Chapter 138: Vol.6 – Episode 6
He was not a child who was embarra.s.sed by seeing a naked girl, but he was a gentleman with proper manners.
“Research completed. It is appropriate to cover your naked body. I will proceed,” she answered clinically, as if she were reading a verdict at court.
Sungjin giggled over how she was not even embarra.s.sed to show her naked body but kept talking clinically without any hint of emotion.
A granddaughter of the Kaiser of gold. She is not an ordinary girl, for sure.
He never expected her to be ordinary, but she didn’t seem to have the common sense to be a girl or to have any idea on how to act appropriately as one.
The wise man who ruled the universe might have missed out on educating his granddaughter, or maybe she learned everything from her grandfather.
I will know soon.
Fabric appeared around her. It was a piece of fabric that looked like a toga from ancient Greece or ancient Rome, but it didn’t seem to do the work delicately.
“Then, let me introduce myself now,” said the girl, and when she stood up, the fabric that was covering her fell down.
The scene reminded Sungjin of the Birth of Venus, and Sungjin started to laugh. “Why don’t you wear something a little more stable?”
“Adjustment activated. Scanning data from surroundings. Proceeding.”
The fabric disappeared, and she now wore a T-s.h.i.+rt and jeans, just like what Sungjin was wearing.
“That’s better.”
Although her outfit didn’t suit her pretty face, at least it wouldn’t fall down.
“Then I will confirm this outfit.”
Suddenly, Ereka cut in. “No, wait. I don’t think that works well.”
“Huh?” Sungjin had no idea why Ereka wanted to stop the outfit.
“That’s… hmm…” Ereka hesitated. How should I put it?
Ereka didn’t like it because the outfit matched Sungjin, which made them look quite close, which Ereka didn’t like, but she didn’t know how to explain.
Then Eustasia said it. “You guys look like you picked up a matching outfit, so no!”
That’s it. That’s what I was thinking as well. Jenna nodded next to them.
“Research completed. There were no such rules related to the matching outfits.”
When the Kaiser’s granddaughter objected, Eustasia answered, “Then add one.”
“Okay, then. Searching for a new outfit.” Her outfits disappeared. She suddenly wore a black skirt with a long white lab coat. She looked like a lab researcher.
That kind of works for her.
“Is this good enough?”
“Yeah, I think it’s good.”
“Saved. This is going to be the standard for my future outfits.”
When she got dressed, she introduced herself to Sungjin.
“With a 99.99 percent chance, my name is Pandora.”
“Pandora…”
Sungjin found it funny and smiled. Pandora was the name of the girl in Greek mythology who couldn’t help her curiosity and opened the box with all the disasters in it.
It was a suitable name for the successor of the wise man who had tried to learn and study all the rules of the world. Although the end of it would be preferable if it would not be a disaster.
“But why 99.99 percent and not 100 percent?” Ereka asked.
“I needed to include the possibility of damaged information or manipulation from the outside into account.”
“Ah…”
“Let me continue. My cla.s.s is Seeker.”
That was not a common cla.s.s.
“Seeker… It’s a special cla.s.s.”
“Yes. According to the data I have, it is a rare cla.s.s, and the same cla.s.s that my grandfather used to have before becoming Kaiser,” said Pandora in a monotone.
She neither articulated her special cla.s.s nor tried to be humble, but simply shared the fact as it was. Her voice was so dry that it made people doubt if she was able to feel emotions.
“My level is 8.”
“You have been awakened.”
“Yes.”
Not only her cla.s.s but her level, too, was quite high, which could be helpful for Sungjin.
“My mission is to find the answer to the sacred place that my grandfather was not able to reach. I want to observe you, who is the answer to that question. Would it be possible?”
“Don’t worry. Your grandfather told me about you and asked me to take care of you. I will make a special place for you.”
“Thank you, my new Kaiser.”
“Should I start creating my capital?” Sungjin looked around again. What kind of capital should I create?
It would be on a ma.s.sive scale that would exceed the Seven Wonders of the World on earth.
“Do you want anything?” he asked his team members first. “I will make districts of your request.” It was important for him to listen to his people who had come there with him.
“I like anything that you like,” Ereka smiled and answered.
“Hmm. A glamorous palace! A huge one!” Jenna requested with s.h.i.+ny eyes.
“I hope we can have a practice hall,” Eustasia requested as a general.
“I wish we could have a garden full of flowers, trees and animals.” That was Rachel’s wish.
“We need a majestic party hall with many hidden private places, don’t you think?” Zakiya requested a tricky one.
“I can’t even remember much now, but I wish to have a place that reminds me of my hometown…” Sooryun looked far away beyond the horizon.
“Sure.” After listening to everyone’s wish, Sungjin started. Fortunately, he had enough knowledge of styles and schools of architecture.
The place was divided into a few districts, and buildings started to appear. The castle was even bigger and more glamorous than Versailles, and the palace was much bigger than the Forbidden City.
Then, there were small castles hidden in nature, and there was a beautiful garden decorated with flowers and trees where rabbits and squirrels were running around. There were buildings that looked like mosques from the Middle-East.
Some districts had beautiful nature, while others were decorated according to different cultures.
Then there were many facilities where people could train and practice.
It was a special city that the ominous power created with beauties from all around the world. There was a huge library that was for Sungjin’s new guest, Pandora. In the center was a futuristic building filled with hi-tech machines and computers. It looked like a building popped out from a science fiction movie.
“Wow. This is our home.” Ereka blushed as if she were thinking about something in their future.
She was right. Sungjin’s building was in the center, and there were districts for each girl surrounding Sungjin’s building that had been created according to their personal taste and history.
“Yes, the central part of the city is for all of us,” Sungjin answered with a grin.
The girls couldn’t hide their smiles. It was a place for their honeymoon and their lives with Sungjin. Although they were not married, it seemed like it was a great beginning for their bright future.
And Sungjin was not done yet. He kept creating the city outside of the central. Now he wasn’t creating places for him but buildings for the people. Small but cozy and convenient houses started to appear. Residential area, commercial area, industrial area… The buildings were beautiful on the outside and were well organized for the residents on the inside and had water and sewage.
Sungjin only took one-third of the area for his own, and the rest was for the people.
“Now, should I greet my visitors?”
With the whole world in his hand, Sungjin was ready to greet the visitors.
Chapter 4
The huge vortex and heavy fog covering the center of the continent were gone. When the view was cleared, the fifth continent appeared to let everyone know that there was a new Kaiser. The Valkyries already shared the news that there was a new Kaiser, and the portals that connected the four continents to the center started to open again.
All the powerful heroes from the four continents came through the portal to greet the new Kaiser Sungjin. The heroes from the southern continent started to visit Sungjin to celebrate his victory. “The great new Kaiser. Long live the Kaiser under the blessings of the G.o.ds.”
“Seven kings from the east continent are here to praise the new Kaiser.” Seven kings from the east continent bowed down in front of Sungjin, who was sitting on the throne. They never bowed to a living person before, but now they were on their knees in front of Sungjin nine times. It was a traditional ritual of surrender on the east continent.
They didn’t think it was humiliating or that they needed to seek revenge. That was the absolute power of Kaiser of Valhalla. He was a reincarnation of the legend who held their lives in his hand. They would live only a hundred years and disappear, but the Kaiser was there to rule the world for a thousand years.
Kaiser was a living G.o.d that they couldn’t resist, even if all of them tried to fight against him together. The fact that Sungjin was a level 0 extra from another world didn’t matter anymore.
“Five Khans from the west continent are here to offer the goblet to the greatest Khan to make our oath to serve you.” Five Khans from the west continent cut their hands to collect their blood in a goblet to offer Sungjin, and other high-level generals and n.o.ble heroes lined up to make their oath.
Sungjin held their lives in his hands; there was no one who could dare think otherwise.
Sungjin’s front yard was crowded with powerful heroes from all the continents to prove his power and his influence in this world.
His storage kept filling up with offers from all around the world: jewels, precious stones, silk… Those were common things. The more precious things were art pieces from history, and the most precious things were the artifacts that were the legends of each continent.
The heroes offered artifacts that were their own power and lives to show their absolute obedience to the Kaiser.
Clerks were busy counting them all. Sungjin briefly calculated the value of the offers. It is not a perfect calculation, but if I convert…
Apart from art pieces and artifacts, the treasure that could be evaluated as money would be around eight hundred and fifty trillion.
But that wasn’t all of it.
That was just the offering he had received until then, and when he calculated the tax, it would be over eight thousand trillion.
Huh. It is almost twice the United States’. That was when he decided to only collect the tax at a low rate, and n.o.body would resist, even if he wanted to raise the tax rate. He could use the budget for himself or decide to share it for other means.
So this is how it feels like to have the world in your hand.
It was not much different from his experience of taking the continent over, but the different scale gave him a different kind of pleasure. Now, he was able to do whatever he wanted in this world. All the treasures, people and beauties of all the continents were his. Now he could protect the people on other continents as well.
It was a pleasure that only someone standing on top of the world could feel, and it was a next-level pleasure from having only a few hundred people under one in an office or in the army.
What would be the first order of the Kaiser?
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Everyone was waiting for Sungjin’s order.
“We will use the same laws as the southern continent. The heroes have no right to abuse the Extras, and I will collect the tax in currency. You will be paid according to your work and your position, and you will not be allowed to collect the tax on your own.”
The bureaucracy. Centralized authoritarian rule.
Sungjin made it clear that he was the one who was holding all the power and that heroes couldn’t abuse the extras anymore by any means.
And Sungjin also built up a separate legal and administrative system so that the system could protect the people.
Everyone from the southern continent already knew about his style, but now everyone from other continents started to understand the changes. The new Kaiser was not just simply a strong person—he knew how to make the system and manage it.
I’ve already got the information from the Pandoraern continent… but… If we live as we did under this new Kaiser, we will be punished.
Now it was a different era. If they couldn’t keep up, they would be kicked out.
But they had no choice but to follow the order from Kaiser.
“I will take your order,” everyone answered without hesitation.