Chapter 110

Ibro knew what he meant by his question. He said revealing his true intentions:

"I want to build a peaceful place for me and my close ones to live at. In this troubled world, without a very strong empire, peace will be a child's dream.

I want to form a strong empire. My enemies will be afraid so my people will live in peace. I want to wage wars so no one will be safe from the reach of my blade. I want to live in peace through war."

"Interesting. That means you will build a war empire that will depend solely on power and army?"

"No, I will walk on the development of my empire too.

Internally I will support the development and civilization inside my territory. Outside my borders, I will wreak havoc in every inch in my enemies' territories. That will be my future empire."

"Bits of peace and bits of wars, some of the building and some of the destruction… I like that. Ok kid, or my lord. I really admire your future empire and I will try and help you in it. Tell me, have you gained any saints yet?"

"Saints? Who are saints?"

"To build a powerful empire you need a lot of talented people. I can help you at wars but I can't help you in the development of your empire as a civilization.

Here you need the help of the saints. Saints are like commanders in chief in the army. You can look at the list of saints and choose the strongest saint there if you have enough money."

Ibro looked at the interface and said:

"Display saints list."

"The list has been created. Player can view it now."

Suddenly a long list appeared in front of Ibro. He felt astonished by the big variety of this list. There were saints of every field that concerned the internal structure of the empire.

There were also few saints who had no specific fields of expertise and they had high values that went over 5 million gold coins. Mamor was next to Ibro as he checked this list. He asked:

"How many gold coins do you have, my lord?"

"I have enough. do you want to get this Hoden?"

"Yes. I know this saint. He was a very wise and widely experienced saint who got bad luck in his lord like me. If you can get him, you will get a strong foundation for your internal structure of your empire."

"I want to buy Hoden silk code."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I'm."

"Player had paid for the Hoden silk code. Silk code has been delivered in the player's Inventory."

Ibro then checked his Inventory. There was a tube made of fine silk in his Inventory. He took it out.

"You can put a drop of blood on it to activate this silk."

Ibro used his sword to cut a wound in his hand. A drop of blood fell on this silk. Suddenly this tube shone in bright light as it floated in the air.

It expanded gradually till it exploded to reveal another middle-aged man with white long hair. Ibro felt this man wasn't easy at all. The man looked at Ibro and unlike the first meeting with Mamor he bowed his head while saying in deep respect:

"I thank my lord for his generosity. I know that my redemption price was very high, so I'm really grateful for my lord."

Ibro felt deep respect for that man. He glanced at Mamor who seemed not to bother that look from Ibro. Ibro then said in respect:

"I'm really lucky to have you beside me. Now it's time for both of you to give me some guidance about what I should obtain next."

Hoden raised his head and then asked:

"May I ask about the vision of my lord?"

Ibro repeated his vision upon him. After he finished, Hoden praised:

"My lord is really a man of this world. This vision suits reality and I will help my lord with all my power to achieve it. But any dreams must be reached with hardships.

As I guessed from my lord's intentions, you want to buy as many helpers as you can get. I totally agree with my lord's desire. But how will my lord plan to get this money?"

Ibro smiled and then said to both of them:

"Money isn't an issue. I'm a grandmaster rune master. I can make unique runes that will sell at high prices.

I have over 200 million gold coins right now and I can get as many coins as I want."

This time it was these two men who turned out to be astonished. Mamor asked in doubt:

"Are you sure you can make grandmaster runes? Grandmaster rank is a very hard rank to reach."

"Don't worry, I can manufacture runes easily."

Hoden then asked about his concerns:

"Any runes needed special ores to be made. My lord is in need of these ores. I suggest that my lord buys a lot of ores first then after making these runes we can sell them and earn enough money to have some important figures."

"Don't worry either about ores. I have a huge stock here. I only need both of you to determine the list of manpower my empire needs. I will take care of the money issue."

They looked at each other like they didn't trust Ibro's word. Ibro didn't need to discuss more with them as he knew he had little time to have all the people he needed.

He knew there were hidden aspects in this game which he didn't know about. He depended on both of them to plan these things for him. He then instructed in a decisive tone:

"I will start manufacturing runes now. I need both of you to use this market interface and each one prepares his own list. I want you two to select all needed personnel to my empire.

don't worry about the cost. I need you to just focus on planning the future of my empire well enough. we won't have such an opportunity again."

"As you command my lord."

"I will always serve you to my best abilities my lord."

Both of them then started to check the market interface while they glanced at Ibro from time to time to check what he was doing. Ibro was aware of their observation but he didn't mind it.

A good leader is a leader who can impress his subordinates. Ibro focused on making runes with his full power for a whole day. Ibro knew he had only four days maximum to make runes and gain the special generals and saints.

When he finished his first day, he had made a lot of runes. He didn't sell them as he continued for another day. During these two days, Mony made sure to come and visit him in the market.

She also brought good dishes for him and the two new aiders. By the end of the second day, Ibro was really exhausted. The end result was really astonishing.

He managed to make 2700 Even runes in these two days. Mamor and Hoden were speechless as they watched Ibro making runes with dedication. These two days had affected them massively as they knew the true nature of their new lord.

That made them feel great anticipation and relief. They didn't want to repeat their previous sad experience. Both of them tasted failure due to the presence of a weak pathetic lord.

Ibro was different. They saw a small picture of a great ruler. Ibro didn't know that his simple rune making had affected these two important guys.

He only felt happiness. Although he was tired, he was really excited to finish his plan and buy all these two guys selected. Ibro sometimes watched them in deep debate about some choices.

Although he heard weird names, he was sure that this debate was for the best of his village. He looked at them and asked:

"I have finished my preparations. I can now obtain huge wealth in no time. I want to know your vision about the future of my empire."

Hoden started first as he said:

"I planned for the development of the empire. This development depended on raising the whole power of the empire instead of focusing on one or two cities. To achieve that, you needed to have a very talented city magistrates.

You need to build roads, establish merchant chambers, encourage special industry and support every village till it reaches the degree of the city. You also need to plan the distribution of the villages and select perfect places to establish them.

A strong empire is an ever-expanding empire with steady internal bases. So I strongly suggest buying this list of names from the planners' list.

Planners are the main brains of any empire regarding construction and city distribution. These names are the highest 20 planners out there in their list. Also, this is the list of names I recommend from the magistrates' list.

I don't know the full status of the village right now. So I chose some grandmaster professions for major fields that are really important for any empire.

These include grandmaster architecture, grandmaster blacksmith, grandmaster alchemist, …etc. these names are really important as they will work as our reserve for the future."

Ibro checked the scrolls that was given to him by Hoden then asked:

"What about other saints?"

"I prefer not to have any. More brains will create more trouble than benefits sometimes. Saints are very important but each has its own way. If you mixed more than one in the empire, it would cause many side effects."

Ibro understood his point of view as he respected it. He then asked:

"Then you don't need any more civilian talents other than those in these lists?"

"These lists are more than enough my lord. If you have any shortage in coins then I can shrink them a bit."

"No need. I can afford these lists."