A day later,
Maximus looked at the Atomic God Metal, finally reaching the volume of a cubic meter.
“I can finally make some decent armor,” Maximus muttered.
With the input of his mana, the Atomic God Metal began to rearrange itself and latched onto his skin.
“Not bad,” Maximus muttered feeling the Atomic God Metal wrap around him.
Although it seemed like nothing had changed.
If you looked closely, there were a few micrometers of filaments wrapped around his skin.
With the size of it in atoms, blending into the colors and texture of his skin is nothing.
“Let’s try the toughness.”
*Smack*
A loud sound and vibration filled the room as he punched himself.
“Physical test passed…” Maximus confirmed as he didn’t feel anything from the punch.
With his deep foundation, the punch he just delivered could send a Tier 7 individual flying.
However, aside from the sound and vibration, nothing happened to him.
He didn’t even feel a bit of impact.
“Next Basic spell…”
*Boom*
The reinforced room shook a little as Maximus examined himself.
“Basic spell, pass!”
The concentrated fire spell didn’t affect him, just like the physical test.
Heat, shockwaves, and the like had no effect.
“The composition of the armor is really effective.”
With Atomic-sized parts, Maximus could mold armor to the most precise specifications he thought.
With his control, the Atomic God metal was like a living armor.
Attacking him was like attacking the sea, it could only make waves and not hurt it.
“Invisible spell…” Maximus tried the most common Tier 0 curse spell.
“Huh~”
“It’s still not possible, I guess,” this type of spell is like glue.
It can hit him invisibly, like pollution in the sea.
The Atomic God Metal didn’t do anything to the curse spell at all.
“Sigh, so the toughest metal in the world is not so invincible…”
His experiment showed a huge disadvantage of Atomic God Metal.
Against any physical and common spell, it was invincible, unless the intensity reached Tier 10.
However, anyone who reached at least Tier 7 had mastered the power of the law.
With the way his armor was, that it couldn’t even block such a low-tier curse spell.
Any attack laced with a bit of law was like hitting him while naked.
“I guess I can only use it as a construction material…” Maximus thought.
This should be the reason why Void Gold Metal, the derivative of Atomic God Metal was mainly used to build residents or cities.
“However, this is enough.”
“Once I’ve fully studied how to create a Tier 9 Mechanical Robot, then it will be the time it will shine.”
Imagining a legion of Tier 9 indestructible robots, he couldn’t help but grin.
Although Atomic God Metal couldn’t block invisible attacks and those laced with law power.
This type of attack couldn’t do anything to the Atomic God Metal either.
“Soon, I’ll have as many as invincible cannon fodder as I wanted.”
While he was thinking about what to do with the Atomic God Metal, his token vibrated.
“Did something happen?” Maximus frowned as he read Doran’s message.
[Doran: Your Majesty, the first natural disaster of imperial Domination has occurred.
[By now, a sea beast tide is attacking Sunburnt Plateau from all directions.]
[The Imperial navy around the Sun Sea region is also trapped by the sea beast tide.]
[Maximus: I’ll come right away.]
This event was unexpected.
The first natural disaster of imperial dominion was supposed to happen a hundred to a thousand years later, but it had only been ten years.
“How did this happen…” Maximus frowned as he hurried to his empire.
…
In the Moonlight Empire:
“How is the empire?” Maximus hurriedly asked after coming out of the teleportation array.
“It’s not bad, Your Majesty.”
“Due to the detection array in the sea, we were able to anticipate the coming sea beast tide.”
“We’ve already evacuated all the citizens near the periphery of the Sunburnt Plateau.”
“Fortunately, we have the supplies that Your Majesty acquired from the abyss.”
“With them, we can hold on for a while longer.”
“Hmm, good,” Maximus heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing that there were no casualties.
“What about the imperial navy? Have you received any news from them?”
“This… the imperial navy is in a precarious condition right now.”
“I heard from General Johnson that the army is scattered, and they were trapped in various places,” Doran said gravely.
Upon hearing the news, Maximus furrowed his brow and fell into silence.
Spreading his consciousness, he saw the strength of the beast tide.
It consisted of countless Tier 1 to Tier 4 beasts and occasional Tier 5 to Tier 6 beasts.
With him here, the Moonlight Empire was absolutely safe.
The only problem was the Imperial Navy, which was far away from him.
Even with his speed that faintly surpassed a Tier 7 individual.
It could take a few days to reach the nearest place where the Imperial Navy was stationed.
“What to do…”
Thinking about it, he realized that only the Tier 8 puppets could get the Imperial Navy out to safety.
With their speed, they could reach the farthest place in just a few hours.
“But what about the people in the Sun Sea region…”
Although they were not part of the Moonlight Empire, Maximus already considered them as part of his dominion.
“Just buy more Tier 8 puppets,” Maximus decided.
The most basic Tier 8 puppet only cost 10 billion.
He looked at his remaining money.
[Crystal Points: 47 trillion]
“Fortunately, I still have some money,” he thought.
With his remaining funds, he could purchase enough puppets to defend the entire Sun Sea region.
“Huh~” Maximus breathed a sigh of relief as he calmed himself down.
Having planned what to do, he relaxed.
“Just do your best to reinforce the Sunburnt Plateau; I will take care of the Imperial Navy.”
“As you command, Your Majesty!” Doran also calmed down upon seeing Maximus.
…
Back at the castle,
Maximus opened his system and purchased the most basic Tier 8 puppet.
He also summoned the puppets around the Moonlight Empire.
“4,730 Puppets…”
“Just a few trillion can buy this many puppets,” Maximus was a little shocked as if he had returned to reality.
Earlier, he had spent tens of quadrillions just to buy ten seedlings.
Now he had bought thousands of fearless thugs just with some loose change.
“Tsk, tsk, having more money is not necessarily good…” he mused.
He had been worried earlier about the damage that the sea beast tide might cause.
However, looking at thousands of puppets in front of him, he realized that the first natural disaster was just that.
“What a waste of emotion,” he thought.
Furthermore, even if the sea beast tide intensified.
It couldn’t catch up to the speed at which he earned money.
“The only problem is how to hide these puppets…”
What he was wary of were those apex sovereigns.
It was okay if it was only one or two, but with thousands of puppets coming out at once.
They would quickly realize that something was wrong with him.
With his current strength and means, there was no way he could match an apex sovereign.
Even with all his money, there was nothing he could do.
Tier 9 weapons? Alchemy items? Mechanical items?
These were nothing to those apex sovereigns.
As masters of the world, they controlled a part of the world’s rules.
How could a little ant like himself match that kind of power?
He didn’t dare to bet on what a being of that tier might think of him.
“I can only suppress the puppet’s strength to Tier 6,” Maximus sighed.
Even though he was nearly invincible, there was always an apex sovereign above his head.
Without having the same strength or at least the capability to protect his family, he didn’t dare to run wild.
With the decision made, he tinkered with all the puppets and suppressed their strength to Tier 6 while keeping their speed for quick support.
Now, unless he unsealed it, no one would know that these were Tier 8 puppets.
Of course, if a Tier 9 apex sovereign really wanted to know something, there was nothing he could do.
Thinking about it, he also added a self-destruct mechanism.
“Now it’s done!”
Although it was a little weaker than he initially planned.
The maximum strength of the sea beasts was only at Tier 6.
Furthermore, although the puppet’s strength was sealed at Tier 6, they were still stronger than any Tier 6 individual.
“That’s right, I can also add some armor!” Maximus thought.
It had been a few hours since the Atomic God metal reached a volume of 1 cubic meter.
By now, it had multiplied to thousands of cubic meters.
“Just a few layers are enough,” Maximus thought of the design for the armor.
The Atomic God Metal quickly dispersed into the puppets, giving them a few femtometers layer of armor.
“Although it’s not as complex as my armor, it’s enough,” Maximus muttered after testing the effectiveness of the layers of armor. 𝗈𝓋𝐞𝓛xt.𝑶𝔪
After putting on the armor, he loaded them with programs, tasks, and precautions that they needed to perform.
Maximus even uploaded the combat module he had created when he was bored.
There was also a map, reconnaissance, and long-distance communication added.
All of this cost a few trillion for the additional modules.
After all, these were only some cheap puppets with not much function except for their sturdy bodies.
Even the abyss monster cannon fodder was stronger than these puppets at the same tier.
“Done!” Looking at his work, he smiled in satisfaction.
“Although you are weak, you are indestructible…”
With a command, the puppets dispersed, each with its target and mission in hand.