Even though Michael was worried about his friends and others, he focused on growing stronger. That was only possible after Evee used a consumable Artifact to drastically increase her Soultrait’s power for a single use. Evee found Alice and the other Descendants of the Tritan Alliance using her augmented Soultrait – by using her Soultrait with her Curse and her customized Soul Arts.
Evee was exhausted for a few days after finding Alice and the others, but it was not like she didn’t receive anything in return. Michael created a considerable amount of healing serum, which he reinforced with Enhancement and Soul Tears, before bottling them to sell them in the Cosmic Trading Market to the Nest for one Cosmic Coin.
Of course, Michael could have returned to the Nest once and for all, but he had a few things to complete. They acquired enough Cosmic Coins via his sold Soultrait Symbols to purchase 17 planetary energy generators and empower them for several years. Once installed, the situation across the Tritan Alliance changed slightly. More energy filled the surroundings. The flora and fauna changed, and everyone, whether ill, old, or still growing, grew healthier. 𝒻𝔀𝑜𝓋.𝑐
It was nice to see that the children were more vigorous than before. Their life improved drastically, and it wasn’t difficult to tell that they matured faster as well. The origin energy entering their bodies nourished them. They were pushed beyond the limit an unawakened was supposed to reach. That was interesting, and it was exactly why everyone was adamant about awakening their planet’s energy core.
Not only would the likelihood of manifesting a War Rune increase drastically, but ordinary citizens would live healthier and longer lives as well. It would be more likely to manifest War Runes in a few hundred years than failing to manifest one. By that time, the Humans of the Tritan Alliance would have a massive advantage. After all, even the Supreme Human Alliance was interested in their Soultrait Symbols. The Lesser Humans of the Tritan Alliance had better Soultraits than most races of the same rank. The Berserkers and Warlock Centaurs had slightly worse Soultraits. Of course, they were still powerful, but there was still a large difference. Nonetheless, the Berserkers and Warlock Centaurs had other advantages. Their alignment toward body refinement techniques and compatibility with physical Soultraits was extraordinary. The physique of the average Berserker was several times stronger than a Lesser Human’s. They could refine their physique much faster as well.
Michael considered a few factors and left the Cosmic Trading Market and everything related to the Tritan Alliance to Kraft Viton and the others. He was unsure if keeping the Racial Symbols was the best idea, but Palika and others didn’t take them back. Thus, he kept them and used his individual Achievement Points to purchase a few more things.
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[Achievement Shop] – [2413 Points] [Cosmic Shop] – [1000 Points]
[Origin Watch] – [1000 Points]
[Auto Repair Attachment] – [100 Points]
[Return to Owner Attachment] – [100 Points]
[Unbreakable Attachment] – [100 Points]
[Perfect Network Attachment] – [100 Points.]
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Michael didn’t plan on spending all his Achievement Points, but it was not like he had another use. Thus, he purchased a Cosmic Shop, which he could connect to the Origin Watch after linking to the Tritan Alliance’s Cosmic Trading Market.
However, it was more important to link the Cosmic Shop to the Origin Watch, one of the most advanced technologies used in the cosmos. It didn’t look too special. It was a white watch with a holographic screen, but the attachments made it worthwhile. The attachments were self-explanatory. The Origin Watch could be damaged beyond recognition, but it couldn’t break. Combined with auto repair, the Origin Watch would always return to its peak state as long as it absorbed some energy. It also required energy to tap into the Perfect Network of the Origin and for the Return to Owner Attachment to work properly.
Besides purchasing a Cosmic Shop, which he used with the excessive resources he didn’t have much use for – or resources, he’d much rather exchanged with other materials to expand his territory – Michael did a lot to expand his territory. Several months have passed since Evee learned about Alice, Kaleb, and the others, and Michael spent more than 80% of that time in the Origin Expanse.
He’d procured 500,000,000 Ordinary Summoning Scrolls from the Valyr, which Michael tore apart and combined. To be precise, Michael tore slightly more than half of them into Scroll Fragments to combine them into Legendary Summoning Scrolls, while the rest was combined into Named Scrolls.
Michael knew he could have created two, maybe three, Divine Summoning Scrolls, but the World Serpent ensured he wouldn’t obtain three more creatures like him. It was more likely that the energy accumulated for Divine Summons had been drained entirely with the World Serpent’s summoning.
He wasn’t sure whether to believe that or if he should try it, but he didn’t want to take the risk.
Thus, Michael summoned 375 Legendary Summons instead. Michael had expected something similar to happen, but Michael was a bit stunned when all of the 375 Legendary Summons turned out to be Awakened of the SIlverfang Tigerfolk. The Silverfangs were linked to him with the Link of Loyalty, but the burden of the Links of Loyalty was pushed onto Tiara as the Princess of the Silverfang Tigerfolk. That was a bit burdening for Tiara. However, it helped Michael establish more Links of Loyalty with Awakened. If he continued like this, Michael would have no problem connecting to twice as many Awakened as other Lords. To be precise, he was pretty sure it would be more than that. His Soul was a little more substantial than the norm due to the burden the Wolf Curse had put on his Souls from the day he was born and the fact that two Curses have been straining his soul for a while now.
Summoning 375 Silverfangs pushed the number of Awakened in his territory toward 1000. At the same time, it increased the portion of Silverfangs toward 382.
Some SIlverfangs were youthful and shouldn’t have manifested a War Rune just yet. They were useless in combat but could be nourished into mighty warriors, knowledgeable scholars, or crafty artisans with proper training. Michael wasn’t too worried about that. If anything, he was glad to have summoned more Awakened since he could empower them using Soultrait Symbols. Tiara and the other Silverfangs were also more motivated. Their dream of bringing everyone to Michael’s territory seemed to be coming true – slowly but steadily. All they had to do was continue to help Michael, and their kin would return to their sides.
Besides that, Awakened provided far more Soul Power through the Link of Loyalty than most Summons. Even the 8-Star Starheaven Pharaoh didn’t offer as much Soul Power as Frederik Kolbenheim. More Awakened strengthened Michael’s combat prowess, and by supplying them with Soultrait Symbols and SoulStar Fragments, Michael could transform every Awakened in his territory into Calamity on the battlefield. All he had to do was to throw a bunch of 3-Star and 4-Star Soultraits at his Awakened and push them beyond their limit by forcing them to train their Soultraits in depth.
Once they mastered their Soultraits, Michael could increase their star rating, pushing them further away from the combat prowess of an average Awakened and closer to becoming the Disasters Michael wished to create at some point.