On the east side, a massive tower now stood, dominating the skyline of Dargena City.
It was akin to a spire reaching towards the heavens.
As it was made of the highest quality material—costing an astonishing 20 million gold, from the System shop, its body was constructed of pristine white marble, glowing brightly under the sun's rays.
People watch the entire construction process with their mouths agape.
Such a structure to be built in re monts was unbelievable.
Looking at the tower that spawned out of nowhere, three distinct levels could be seen, each pulsating, with a different colored energy, creating an enchanting display of light. One at the bottom was white, the center was yellow, and the top was red.
At its base the tower was broad and sturdy, providing a strong foundation to the ground.
Moreover, a shimring barrier also encased the structure.
It served as a container of the potent energies within and prevented any unwanted leakage.
Rex looked at the tower from the bottom to the top before he smiled.
"I was thinking more of an academy look, but turns out it was a tower," He mused to himself.
On the other hand, Linthia could do nothing but suck in a cold breath.
Even though she knew that the Emperor was able to do sothing like this—the sight of him doing it never ceased to amaze her. A Werewolf could control moonlight energy, but to make a building from lunar light should be impossible.
Not to ntion, the design of the tower was so intricate and detailed.
Linthia could see that the wall of the tower was sculpted with thoughts and decorations.
It was as if the entire building was the masterpiece of soone's life.
Upon reading this, Rex scanned the tower again and squinted his eyes when he saw that the very pinnacle of the tower right above the three luminous levels, there was a small room that was saturated with an intense red energy.
So dense that it caused the top of the tower to glow with a brilliant, almost blinding light.
"Co, let's see the inside," Rex muttered and went on ahead.
Linthia snapped out of her daze and quickly ran after him under the onlookers' gaze.
Entering the tower, Rex and Linthia were imdiately struck by the grandeur of the interior.
Both looked around the hall which was a stunning blend of white, gold, and rich brown, filled with an air of opulence and strength. Contrary to the tower's exterior the inside resembled a lavish hotel, ticulously decorated to impress.
Adorning the walls were various insignia, each symbolizing different virtues.
Strength, agility, and endurance—the physical aspect of the body.
Moreover, there were sculpted statues of different kinds of weapons, that stood proudly through the entire hall, each one a masterpiece of craftmanship that could even rival the Dwarven's craft or even surpass theirs.
"It's beautiful, Your Majesty," Linthia comnted. "What is this place?"
Upon hearing this—he smiled and headed over to the receptionist's desk that stretched long, taking the entire right side of the place, "It's a place for people to train force energy, you, and all the citizens of this city would spend most of your tis here"
Expecting that this was so sort of noble establishnt, Linthia gasped in shock.
She couldn't believe that this place was a training facility.
Now that he knows the Chrono Hollow can only be entered by force users, Rex purchase this tower from the System to increase the number of force users—amongst his force. Rex would make sure that even normal citizens could beco force users.
If I want to move freely, I need to make the city self-reliant.
Having an empire is a must in order to take other forces under his wings, Rex knows that.
But it didn't change the fact that his movent was restricted because of it.
So, in order to solve this problem, he needs to develop Dargena City as best as he could.
The Force Ethos Academy is the first step he's taking to achieve that.
Going behind the desk, Rex saw the manual the System was referring to and read it.
From the manual, Rex now knows that the Force Ethos Academy is comprised of three levels, dedicated to cultivating force users. It was separated into the white, yellow, and red levels as per the stage of force users.
As per the System's description, the tower will help soone progress in the way of force.
Unlike the elental powers of an Awakened that needed affinities, anyone could use force.
In theory, even a normal person could use force energy.
However—it was almost an impossibility for a normal person to exert themselves enough, to the point that they could feel the white force energy. In this tower, they could be guided and conditioned to do exactly that.
"Oh, this place even had a place for soone like ..." Rex mused as he read the manual.
Located at the top of the tower was a place called the Force Armor.
It was a place for soone like Rex who had reached the red force realm to make their red force energy stronger, through exercising. Even though the explanation, in the manual was quite simple, Rex doubted that it would be as simple as that.
"You will be in charge of this place," Rex suddenly said, informing Linthia.
Given the responsibility suddenly, Linthia was stunned, "Eh...?"
Not minding her reaction—Rex continued, "All of the tower's functions are in this manual, so make sure to morize them, and try them out yourself. Once you get accustod, to all of the functions, teach others in batches to train their force energy. At least until Gelmar ca back, you would be in charge of this place"
After leaving Linthia to learn about the tower, Rex walked out in deep thought.
Let's finish all matters here before I prepare Caraptaros, I'll make sure to finish all today.
...
anwhile, on the other side of the Chrono Hollow dominion.
As opposed to another forest, that was bordering the Humming Damned Forest—the entire place was turned into a wet grassland as far as the eyes could see with a bit of mist. It was the change brought by the Second Breath that changed the landscape itself.
Running across this place was a figure, a Werewolf to be exact from the way it was galloping.
But the Werewolf was very petite compared to other Werewolves.
Even the female Werewolves, boasting a slender form were not as petite as this one.
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If Rex was here, he would recognize this Werewolf as Kassandra.
Upon making her first encounter, with Rex through the Awakened she dominated, Kassandra very recently left the Chrono Hollow, "I can't believe it took days to leave that dominion... I got lost in there, silly "
Kassandra eventually ca to a stop when she found a half-subrged massive statue.
A trademark of the place that she used to know her way in this place.
"Lucky, I'm back!" She shouted, looking around the place in search of sothing.
However, even as she waited for half a minute, there was no answer.
Considering her situation and the place, Kassandra frowned, and called one more ti which ended up the sa, unanswered. "Where is he? Did she get lost too? No, that is not possible—he should've heard my voice. Did he get stuck sowhere?"
But as she was looking around, she subtly heard so noises.
Naturally, she thought that it belonged to Lucky so she approached the noises' direction.
As Kassandra rounded a massive rock formation—her eyes lit up with excitent at the sight of a wagging yellow furry tai. Instantly recognizing it as Lucky's, she quickened her steps but slowed them back down when she saw a figure sitting on a rock while petting Lucky gently.
Lucky is a ninth-rank realm mutated wolf that has a massive body.
He has a blend of yellow and black furs, and was bald around his ribcage and also head.
Not only bald at those spots but there was no skin and muscle either.
Both of those spots revealed his glowing yellow bones.
Kassandra ca here only with Lucky, so she was surprised to see this figure here.
Not to ntion, this figure was also a Werewolf.
For better or worse, Kassandra didn't recognize the Werewolf, she never saw him before.
"He's a beautiful creature—Lucky is his na, is it?" the figure said lightly, before shifting his eyes, toward Kassandra. "Not a sign of domination could be seen—you surely have a special bond with him, Kassandra, and I respect it"
Upon hearing this, Kassandra's frown deepened.
Even though she didn't know who this Werewolf was, it seed he knew her.
"Who are you?" She asks cautiously.
Moreover, even though she was here, and signaled to Lucky to co over to her—Kassandra was surprised to find that Lucky didn't move from his spot. It was almost as if he preferred to be with the Werewolf rather than her.
As opposed to answering her question, the Werewolf stood up, "We awakened recently,"
"Our seal was broken long ago, and the Second Breath helped wake us up. So instantly go on a hunting spree, so spend quality ti with their packs, and so even indulge, in their fantasies, and reproduce but you... you didn't do any of that" He added, looking at Kassandra with probing eyes.
"Instead, you severed your link to your pack and searched for another Alpha. Why is that?"
Judging from the way this Werewolf talked, calm and composed, Kassandra knew, that he was not a simple Werewolf as she could not even feel a hint of aggressive air coming from him. He must be an older Werewolf, older than her.
"Isn't it natural? I'm searching for a stronger and more capable Alpha" Kassandra replied.
But this made the Werewolf smirked and pointed at her with his claws.
He then stated, "You... You also feel it, don't you? A calamity is coming"
...
anwhile, in the Dark Elf Kingdom.
As expected, the atmosphere in the kingdom was quite tense, especially with the nobles.
Evelyn had heard from General Theodas about what Kyran did here, and she now understood the tense atmosphere. If anything—she applauded that the situation was not way worse than this, the Dark Elves are quite strong in the mind.
Nevertheless, she was not here to find out what Kyran did but to fix it instead.
Kyran had shown the stick, so Evelyn had co to show the carrot.
In an effort to calm the nerves of the people and the nobles after what Kyran did Evelyn, the Empress herself visited the graves of the punished Dark Elves alongside the Queen and sent a prayer to ease their souls.
Of course, she did it when there were people around to see her.
Upon finishing that antics, Evelyn decided to see how King Jorik was doing.
But, as she was about to enter the supposed castle within the great tree—she stopped when she rembered sothing, 'I should visit Qonvale and give my thanks to her. After all, had it not been for her help—I could not possibly outsmart the Witch and took the Eternal Curse for myself'
Deciding to pay Qonvale a visit, Evelyn made a quick stop before eting King Jorik.
Just like the other nobles, Qonvale's house was on the great tree itself.
Arriving at the door, however, she frowned when she found a lot of people were there.
Most of them are guards, and there are also so mbers of Qonvale's family.
"Y- Your Imperial Majesty!" the Dark Elf—in a noble attire widened her eyes in surprise at the sight of Evelyn. She didn't expect to find the Empress visiting this house. Then again—only a handful know about Evelyn's talk with Qonvale.
Not wasting a single second out of fear, the Dark Elf and the other guards knelt down.
"What do we owe the pleasure for Your Imperial Majesty to visit us?" the Dar Elf asked.
Instead of answering, Evelyn asked, "Did sothing happen to Qonvale?"
"Ah... Yes," the Dark Elf, surprised by the question, answered. "Madam Qonvale has been in a bad condition—she has gotten sick. If Your Imperial Majesty wants to et her I can arrange that to happen, but I'm afraid now is not a good ti"
Just as Evelyn was about to say sothing, her eyes widened when she heard a scream.
"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!"
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