Chapter 177 - Creating A Civilization

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"Huh? Economy? Jobs?" Julius asked in a confused tone as if he hadn't even given those topics the slightest bit of thought when he decided that he was going to create a kingdom of his own.

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"I see so it's just as I feared. Please give your big ideas much more thought next time before you decide to go through with them. After all, if you cannot provide jobs, there would be no source of income for your people. Hence they won't be able to buy anything and they would eventually die from starvation or things along those lines," Ian told Julius in a disappointed tone.

Although Julius had been planning the creation of his very own kingdom or to be more realistic, his very own continent for such a long time. It was surprising for both Julius and his subjects to find out that he hadn't thought about giving the new citizens of his land some jobs. If Julius didn't plan for the economy, that lost likely meant that Julius didn't plan for other important aspects which were essential for the survival of a civilization. Some examples of these included health care plans, educational paths and thing of that sort.

"I'm sorry Ian! I didn't mean to forget about all of that! I just wanted to give a place for all the people in the dark district could live at without having to envy the people who had just on the other side of a wall for the rest of their lives.

"I understand that you had good intentions but things aren't quite that simple. I do not mean to cause you any offends however it is essential to fully plan things out before you act on them. Although you shouldn't concern yourself too much with such matters for the time being. I had a hunch that you had forgotten about all of this things since you never bothered to instruct any of us to began the construction of facilities which would allow your continent to flourish. As such, you don't have to worry about anything as I've already taken care of it," said Ian in a responsible tone which brought a light into Julius' eyes.

"Is that really true?! Did you actually already take care of all the extra work for me?" Julius asked in an overjoyed tone.

"Of course I did. What kind of subject would I be if I were to allow disasters to befall my king?" Ian asked rhetorically.

"I guess you're right. But still, I want to thank you for all you've done to help me! Without you guys, I don't know where I would be right now. So please accept my gratitude," said Julius as he began to once again trust his loyal subjects.

"It is our honour to be blessed with your kind words. However we would also like to thank you for all you've done for us. After all, most of us would still be inside a coma if it weren't for your generosity. Even those who you didn't rescue physically, you rescued them mentally. For that we would also like to extend our gratitude as well," said Dae as he bowed down to Julius. All of the subjects follows suit. The most surprising one being Stevan who also bowed down to Julius even though he wanted to keep up with arrogant facade.

"Okay let us bring an end to all this mushy stuff. I want to know what you've done so far to help develop this continent even more that it was initially," said Julius's he turned to face Ian so that he could get some answers.

"Well for starters we've already began the construction of several industrial factories. This would have been basically impossible if not for the secret art which Dae and Knight have possession over. That said, all we needed to do was revive some of the most brilliant minds of the past and overwork them until they were able to come up with the blueprints for all the types of buildings we needed. Seeing has how they're already dead, the revived soldiers could work for hours on end without needing a single break. Although we don't know if that because they can't feel pain or because they're forced to do everything which Dae and Knight tell them. Of course, that doesn't really matter. All that matters is that the buildings which are going to help you raise to the top are already under construction and will soon be completed," said Ian with a smile as if he hadn't just admitted to enslaving the dead and thinking of it as no big deal.

"I'll just pretend to ignore that. After all, how much pain can people who are already dead feel?" Julius asked himself as he tried to make all the bad thoughts in his head disappear.

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*In the minds of the zombies who were working hard to build a hospital like building*

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"What did I ever do to get resurrected just so that I could be a working drone for some random guy? It's been so long since I've gotten a chance to rest. My arms and legs have gone completely numb from being over worked. I truly don't understand what I did to deserve this torture. It's not like I can even scream for help since I can't do anything without the permission of the person controlling me. If I ever get feee from this curse, I'll kill the person who's making me go through this hellish torture!" one of the undead soldiers said to himself as he spoke in his head as that was all he was allowed to do.

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*Back at the castle where Julius was speaking to his subjects*

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"Anyway like I said. There's no need to worry about those revived soldiers, theres absolutely no way that they could be exhausted.. I mean after all, they haven't shown any signs of fatigue! So we'll work them to death!" Ian said with a smile and a thumbs up without realizing he had just said he would kill the undead who are already dead.