In the Westle territory,


    Maximus was on the flying boat, gazing at the castle in front of him.


    As he released his spiritual consciousness, a schrly young man emerged with an arrogant expression.


    "What do you want?" asked the schr, Isaac Westle.


    "I''m Maximus Shadowcrest. On behalf of my teacher, I ask you to leave thisnd."


    Maximus was not polite and told him why he hade, producing the cloned token to prove his teacher''s identity.


    Isaac allowed his spiritual consciousness to scan the token.


    Upon seeing that it was only a tier 5 mage, he sneered. "So what?"


    Although it was rare to have a tier 5 mage born on this continent, he didn''t take it seriously because his father was also a tier 5 mage.


    Furthermore, as a big family, they had multiple tier 5 mages.


    Plus the connection they had built over the generation, he didn''t take Maximus a student of a tier 5 mage seriously.


    If his teacher came personally maybe he would dly bow his head.


    But just a student, it''s looking down on him.


    Maximus was a little surprised by the other party''s arrogance.


    Although Feris had warned him that the Westle family was somewhat arrogant, he didn''t expect that they wouldn''t even follow the rules.


    Usually, when a tier 5 mage or a tier 6 knight was born on the cursed continent, if they didn''t have a territory of their own, they could choose anynd on the cursed continent as long as it didn''t infringe on other families'' interests.


    They could just give somepensation to the rulers or factions of the chosennd and be done with it.


    But the person in front of him seemed to be looking for trouble.


    "I told you to leave thisnd," Maximus said, calming himself and repeating with a dark expression.


    "Heh, sure, just give me a hundred million magic crystals," Isaac said with a disdainful smile.


    This made Maximus angry. A hundred million was already a significant amount of money.


    Moreover, given the other party''s attitude, if he gave it, he would likely ask for more.


    Seeing that Isaac was also a tier 3 nascent mage, Maximus tried to release his soul pressure.


    When the soul pressurended on Isaac, it turned his smiling face upside down.


    How dare a lowly student attack him?


    Not reconciled, Isaac also released his soul pressure.


    However, the result was crushing, as Isaac, who had been flying, fell into a kneeling position due to the vast difference in the quality of their souls.


    During his two months of studying knowledge about the mechanic profession, his soul had somewhat be purer.


    Although he was still not a tier 1 mechanic, the knowledge he had slightly improved the quality of his soul.


    Maximus, observing Isaac in his kneeling position, flew in front of him and raised his foot, and trampled his head.


    "Now what?" Maximus sarcastically asked.


    Although he knew that Isaac''s background was not simple, so what?


    He had been lenient in his approach to conquering the sunburnt teau because he didn''t want to deal with the troublesome aftermath.


    However, it didn''t mean he could tolerate this kind of naked extortion.


    "You!" Isaac nearly vomited blood from humiliation.


    "And what about me?" Maximus teased, enjoying Isaac''s expression.


    Seeing Isaac''s face turning red with anger, Maximus kicked him in the face, sending him flying several meters away.


    Maximus had controlled his strength; otherwise, his kick alone could have shattered Isaac''s face.


    Although a tier 3 nascent mage''s body is slightly stronger than that of a tier 3 earth knight, let''s not forget that Maximus was already a tier 4 sky knight in addition to being a tier 3 nascent mage.


    "Now what? Still want those 100 million magic crystals?" Maximus smirked.


    "Hump," Isaac stood up and cleaned himself, choosing not to reply to Maximus.


    He knew he was no match for the other party, so he swallowed his anger.


    "Do you still wantpensation?" Maximus repeated, slowly walking towards him.


    Isaac''s legs were already trembling.


    He didn''t want another humiliation, and although the kick wasn''t too strong, it still hurt.


    "No! You can do whatever you want," Isaac said as he flew away, without taking his belongings.


    Anyway, all of his important items were in his storage ring.


    But as he thought of Maximus, just a lowly servant in his eyes, his heart grew cold.


    He swore he would tell his father to teach Maximus a lesson.


    As for his teacher, a tier 5 mage simr to his father, he didn''t consider the matter.


    After all, how could a newly promoted tier 5 mage offend his family just for the sake of a so-called student?


    Of course, he didn''t show any reaction or inform Maximus to wait for his revenge.


    Although he was arrogant, he knew how to recognize the situation.


    Maximus seeing Isaac flew out, just smiled.


    Although he somehow offended the other party however it is just one family, he thought he can handle that much.


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    With that all of the rulers in the sunburnt teau were gone, as for the berrun city, he didn''t touch that anyway they were beneficial for the future of his territory.


    ...


    In the castle courtroom,


    It had been a day since Maximus returned to his kingdom, and without wasting any time, he immediately convened a meeting with his ministers.


    "How is the situation of the people in the sunburnt teau in the week that I was gone?" Maximus inquired.


    It had taken a week to persuade all the rulers in thend.


    Fortunately, before undertaking that task, Maximus had discussed the follow-up ns with his ministers.


    "Everything is going ording to n, Your Majesty," Doran began.


    "The rulers of the kingdom only took their people and left directly, without causing much chaos."


    "Furthermore, the Aetheria Pavilion can provide enough food for the entire city for a month, so the people didn''t panic much."


    "Good!" Maximus expressed his satisfaction that everything had been smooth so far.


    "Your Majesty, how should we settle the people?" Landon asked.


    "Just as we nned before, gather them around the surroundingnds of the Moonlight Kingdom," Maximus replied after giving it some thought.


    The Sunburnt teau was too vast to upy, and reforming the entirend was not just one or two years.


    It would be better to gather the people in one ce rather than letting them scatter across this expansivend.


    "Your Majesty, such a task is unprecedented and requires a huge amount of manpower," Landon said in shock.


    He had thought that His Majesty would just allow the people to manage their ownnd and collect taxes.


    But moving the entire poption to one ce indicated that His Majesty had bigger ambitions than he had realized.


    However, instead of being overwhelmed, Landon became even more motivated by the challenging task.


    "Don''t worry too much. I have already thought about this. Beforeing back, I have already prepared flying boats," Maximus exined.


    The Sunburnt teau spanned a radius of at least 50,000 kilometers, so one can imagine the weight of the task of transporting the people.


    As for how the previous Aetheria Pavilion transported supplies, they used storage rings paired with individuals with exceptional speed.


    There were quite a few tier 3 Earth Knights from the previous Faerie Kingdom.


    By purchasing specialized knight cultivation manuals focused on speed, these Earth Knights could reach the same speed as a tier 4 Sky Knight.


    As for the possibility of rebellion, Maximus simply beat them until they were willing to sign a soul contract.


    While a soul contract should be voluntary, it wasn''t of much use to him.


    It merely required more beatings until they willingly surrendered with all their hearts.


    After discussing the following ns and countermeasures for a while, Maximus concluded the meeting.


    "That''s it. Just execute everything ording to n," Maximus dismissed the meeting.


    ...


    On the top of the castle, Maximus sat drinking tea while brainstorming ideas for the future structure of his territory.


    He scanned the system mall in search of the Metamorph Architecture, the device he had used previously.


    [Metamorph Architecture: A device that can create an architectural n based on your needs. It can gather mana, build defensive barriers, and offer various attack capabilities. It is a limitless architectural n generator. Full Use, Price: 8 billion Low-Grade Magic Crystals]


    "Tsk," Maximus clicked his tongue at the still expensive price.


    Fortunately, there was a one-time deal option avable, where the cost was based on the n.


    He clicked on the item and selected the service.


    Suddenly, a cube-like device appeared in the void.


    After that, a virtual panel appeared in the air.


    [Metamorph Architecture:


    Scan


    Array Functions


    Temtes


    ...]


    Maximus clicked on "scan" and entered the range, choosing the entire teau.


    [Detected 7,863,981,663 kilometers ofnd.]


    [Detected 314,159,265 human beings.]


    [Detected 798,535,269,934.... other living beings.]


    Afterward, he saw a hologram version of the entire Sunburnt teau, which was shockingly massive.


    To put it in perspective, Earth is only 500 million square kilometers in terms ofnd area.


    The Sunburnt teau, on the other hand, is at least 15 timesrger than the surface area of Earth.


    Unfortunately, much like Earth, which is 70 percent ocean and uninhabitable by people, Sunburnt teau has over 90 percent barren or dangerousnd unfit for human habitation.


    Fortunately, with the reconstruction of thend, it would soon be lush with vitality and pure mana.


    However, Maximus estimated that reforming the entire teau could take hundreds, if not thousands, of years.


    Therefore, he could only gradually expand the scope of his territory as the poption grew.