Chapter 298 Completing The Transaction
"They died so quickly?" Maximus was a little shocked.
The top empires were not that simple.
After surviving for epochs, passing multiple era of Imperial domination, they shouldn't be easy to kill.
With various trump cards, even an apex sovereign would eat a pot once they become desperate.
To kill them so quickly, it seems that the ruler of the Westle Empire was stronger than he thought.
"However, couldn't they just escape? How could they die?"
As a top empire, they should have teleportation array directly to the Arcane continent.
The Arcane continent is called a veritable heaven for a reason.
It's the safest place anybody can set foot in.
As long as you have money, not even an apex sovereign can easily kill you.
"They did escape, but it's useless..." Andrew shook his head as he sighed.
"Emperor Khan seems to kill people invisibly, no matter the distance or protection."
"Even the close relatives of those top empires died without a trace."
"It should be the Amalgamation of Will," Maximus concluded after a bit of thought.
Amalgamation of Will is a bundle of the will of every individual.
As long as you have enough control and concentration, you can kill anyone as long as they are in the same dimension.
After the Westle Empire conquered the others, Khan could freely seize the Amalgamation of Will of that empire.
After that, killing others is as easy as cutting a string.
No wonder the protection of the Arcane continent is useless.
No wonder no one dared to resist the rule of the Westle Empire.
Without any Emperor advancing to tier 8, or having a higher master of the Amalgamation of Will.
Other empires can only escape or wait for death under the rule of the Westle Empire.
This also caused the rule of the Westle Empire to spread so fast that they already conquered half of the cursed continent.
If it were not for the process of digestion, maybe the whole cursed continent would surrender then and there.
After all, Will is not something that can be cultivated in a day's time.
It needs recognition and belief, more importantly, time.
"This is getting interesting...." Maximus smiled.
He thought of letting the Westle Empire conquer everything, then he could just snatch it after all the hard work.
No need to slowly cultivate the recognition and belief of people.
The winner is the king.
People will only recognize who wins not the lose.
Especially in these times of chaos, whoever is stronger is the king.
After seeing that everything is fine, he took Doran back to the castle.
"Let's go eat..."
...
Westle Empire:
On the throne, Ashoka was silently meditating, observing the situation of his territory.
From people's lives, the environment, possible crises, enemies, etc.
Khan ensured that everything was progressing in a good direction as he cultivated a pure Amalgamation of Will.
He was already at tier 8, and to have a chance to advance to tier 9, he needed the purest Amalgamation of will possible.
This is the hardest hurdle that he needed to past, for everything to be worth it.
Fortunately, he had the Overlord Domain that can micro control anything in his territory.
From the will, thoughts, behavior, talent, anything that an individual has.
As long as he had enough energy, he could silently change it all, creating the purest Amalgamation of Will in the history.
"Hmm?" Khan suddenly raised his eyebrow as he noticed movement in his amalgamation of will.
"It was absorbed so cleanly?" Khan muttered in amazement.
Although he could also absorb other Amalgamations of Will.
He first needed to divert the belief of the majority of people to him.
However, the Amalgamation of Will he placed on the Moonlight Empire was absorbed so cleanly without resistance.
If not for its disappearance, Khan wouldn't even know it happened.
"Is this a perfect mastery or beyond?"
He only had an expert mastery in Amalgamation of Will, and could barely grasp what was happening.
Seeing a level of control beyond him, Khan couldn't help but admire and worry at the same time.
Just when he was wondering who was responsible for it, a subordinate knocked on the door.
"Come in."
"Your Majesty," the subordinate greeted with a bow.
"What's the problem?"
"It's the Emperor of the Moonlight Empire; he is back," the subordinate said solemnly.
The Westle Empire's spies were all over the cursed continent.
As the main enemy of the Westle Empire, the spies in the Moonlight Empire would be more.
A minute ago, a surge of energy swept through the empire, alerting all the spies.
After investigation, they were shocked to know that the Emperor of the Moonlight Empire had returned.
"I see, go back." Although there was no change in his face, Khan's worries deepened.
The return of the Emperor of the Moonlight Empire could only mean one thing: he advanced to tier 8.
After seeing his subordinate leave, Khan anxiously tapped on his chair.
Taking out a token, he contacted someone.
"It's time to fulfill your promise," Khan said solemnly.
"Don't worry; everything is in place," the other end said confidently.
"I can only hope," Khan muttered and put down the call.
He knew a lot of this emperor.
Possessing unknown physique.
The strongest talent of the era.
Being connected with a dimensional merchant.
Many label, that even made his confidence waiver.
"Now everything is in place; I don't want some variable to disrupt it," Khan muttered coldly.
...
Soon, the days and months passed by.
Maximus and his family began to settle down in the empire and wait.
With confidence in his strength, Maximus waited until the time was ripe so he could just pick the peach.
In the meantime, he began to study the myriad world mall.
Hundreds of trillion system points were poured every day, that Maximus was too busy to care about the ongoing war.
Maximus still had his priorities straight.
The abyss was on the verge of explosion.
Although they estimated that it would still be at least a hundred years before the abyss gathered enough energy.
Everything was uncertain.
Maximus wanted to take all his time so he could cope up even if there was an emergency.
...
A year later,
Maximus quietly teleported to the City of Arcana to finish his transaction with the Apex Sovereigns.
Unlike in the abyss, where he delivered what they ordered in a month.
In Etherium realm, he stretch the time to a year.
This is to give him more time to sort and make it harder for others to detect any anomalies.
"Maximus," Fealan greeted.
"Dean!" Maximus responded with a bow.
"They are all here; come." Fealan waved his hand and took Maximus inside the Tower of Arcana.
"You're finally here!"
"I wonder if he really had everything we wanted?"
"It couldn't be a scam, is it?"
"Haha, he really dares..."
The crowd just laughed, not thinking Maximus would really default on the transaction.
"Don't worry; I have all you wanted," Maximus smiled wryly.
Soon, Maximus handed out mountains of stage rings.
The Apex Sovereigns began cautiously authenticated the products, making sure that everything is real.
This went on for a few months until they confirmed that all of it was genuine.
"Hahaha, thank you, brat! With this, the Etherium realm will go further!" An Apex Sovereign said excitedly.
"Indeed, with these materials, the number of beings advancing would skyrocket."
"Tsk, tsk, the only thing is that it's too expensive." A High God from the Divine Continent couldn't help but complain.
Unlike the Apex Sovereigns from Arcana and Beast continents, they were not as rich in magic crystals.
All they needed was faith; how could they care about mortal things like currency?
"This is because you're too xenophobic; you should do more business in the Arcane Continent if you want money," an Apex Sovereign from the Arcane Continent mocked.
For them, money is an indispensable thing.
Just the tax they got from their territory were probably more than some of these Gods' property.
"Don't corrupt us with your so-called money," a High God refuted with a frown.
After trading with Maximus, almost all the magic crystals in their possession were spent.
Being called poor explicitly touch their sore spot that they look at the one who spoke with anger.
"Hahaha, if you don't have money, then shut up," a man from the Beast Continent jeered.
Although they didn't have as much money as the powerhouses in the Arcane Continent, they were not that poor either.
They could still buy one or two Tier 9 weapons as they wanted.
"You!-"
"Enough~" Seeing that a fight might happen, Fealan stepped up.
"You should go on your way after you've confirmed your purchase."
"As you command, Great Venerable."
Seeing a big man step up, they quickly shut up
Soon, those who didn't have money left, as the others handed Maximus another list.
After Maximus finished his transaction, he turned to Fealan and thank him.
"No problem; this is all for the Etherium realm."
Fealan couldn't just let thousands of apex sovereigns gather without any supervisor.
Who knew what these crazy people could do?
"Then goodbye, Dean..."
As Maximus teleported back, he suddenly felt a pulling force.
"What-"
With no power to parry, his teleportation diverted as he was sucked into an unknown place.
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