Chapter 109: The aftermath.
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"Shiro-boy. Good job on completing the first scenario of the game."
"Thank you for that. May I know why you are here? Hanamom?"
"... Everyday you call me differently huh... Anyway, I'm here to congratulate you, obviously. After all, you are the key holder to the Royal Capital. I want to also make sure, is everything okay? You need some help from the GM?"
"I appreciate the offer. But honestly, I don't. I've pretty much finalized what I wanted to do with the Dwarf Kingdom."
"Really? That's you to make. So, I won't ask any question any further. Speaking of which. You need some... 'Things?'"
"I do need some things. But, no worries, GM. I can take this matter to my own hand. Help Rio when you can though. That guy has been overworking..."
"Whose fault is that?"
"His fault. Anyway, thanks for your kind word. But, you caught me at a bad time here. I'm about to go on."
"Yeah, I know. Sail away my boy."
"See you later then."
"See you at dinner time."
After talking a bit with Hanami, we make a bit of promise to get a dinner together. Because that means that there's something that she wanted to talk about seriously. Of course, I'll be taking it seriously too...
Anyway, I'm back on to the Eclipse Online. To be exact, in the throne room of the Dwarf Castle. There's not much different in the dwarf royal castle. Except the interior has been fully fixed so that there's nothing suspicious going on. It takes a lot to fix it, but I managed to fix it pretty quickly...
"Master OneSec. You have arrived."
Mona, who's been sitting on the throne waiting for my appearance, calls me out the first thing. I looked at her. Who's complete with her staff and small crown.
"I have indeed, arrived at the castle. But Queen Mona. Isn't it not normal for a Queen to call other people Master?"
Indeed... I have picked Mona to be the newest leader of the Dwarf Kingdom. It's not an easy decision to make, but, it's a natural decision for me to make. I'm planning to have someone who's a proper dwarf who can smith to be the leader. But, the princess is here... Since I know Mona, I decided to make her to be the next leader.
It gives us the best leverage to move around Coggensville from now on. Not to mention, it also gives us the best resources to make our weapon. For example, just earlier, I managed to fully up my gears to full +15. I have yet to attempt to make Forgery Shrine or Zero Edge however...
But that comes in soon. For now, I need to properly focus on my party members gear.
Anyway...
"It's natural for me to call you as Master. After all, you are our Guardian, Master."
"Well, I am your Guardian. But that's kind of a different matter. For now, I want to ask you. Everything is good, right?"
"Yes. Everyone in the area supports the decision that you make. It's also helped us when you become our newest guardian. It's also obvious that, since you appointed me as the Queen, I shall also granted you with the ability to traverse Coggensville and Coggs Villa without any worry of anything."
"Thank you for your blessing, Queen Mona."
'You have received, 'Coggensvilla Blessing.' A blessing given straight from the Queen of Coggensvilla, Mona. With this blessing, you are free to do anything you want in Coggensvilla as you are the benefactor of the floor. The Entire Royal Castle is also yours to operate. You can also influence Mona to do something with her power as the Queen.'
There's a lot of benefits for me from choosing Mona as the next Queen. We all knew this would happen, because Mona owes a massive debt to us and we treat her real well despite her knowing what she had done wrong. That's another plus point to getting her to our side.
With that, we gain the best power to have in the current state of the game. An entire floor in our control. I kind of knew that this would sorta happens when we reached the upper floors. Monopoly is the way to make a living in this game. The strong rules over an area where the resources is the most valuable and then they make money living off of it.
Naturally, there's a lot of concerns coming from my friends. I'm making a massive move so early in the game. It's going to lead us to a very bad path. Especially since we're aiming to be the best for years to come.
This is where my skills as smithy comes from... As the best blacksmiths available right now, It's natural for me to monopolize all the material in the entire floors. With the help of Mona and Dwarven workers, I can get as much material without anyone bothering their work. Since attacking the dwarfs, means an all out war with the kingdom. As the Royal Guardian, I have the ability to immediately teleported to the source of the danger...
I have yet to tell anyone about it, but I also didn't plan on telling them.
"Master OneSec?"
"Ah, Sorry, Mona. What are you talking about again?"
"It's about you being the Royal Guardian of the Kingdom. As you know, the Royal Guardian have their own place that they used in the outskirt of the Kingdom."
"Oh! Right. I kind of knew that there's a place where the Royal Guardian are sitting."
"Exactly. At the Outskirt of the Kingdom, there's some small cabin that you can explore and learn about everything that the Royal Guardian previously left. It's natural for you to know about this as you're going to need a lot of them later."
"The knowledge huh. I guess so. Thanks for reminding me of that, Mona. Unfortunately, it's about time for me to start working on learning stuff. So, I'll see you again later."
"Yes Master. Please work hard and safely."
I waved my hand toward Mona and then left the Throne Room using my Reality Shift... I obviously went straight to my room to check on everyone. They're still sleeping from the fatigue of picking stuff for me. Immediately after, I immediately go to my Smithy to start working on the only Forgery Shrine, and also, Zero Edge.
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