Chapter 568

Darius then revealed what their task would be. "You lot are to learn and practice with the most common Journeyman spell of your five elements and bring them to perfection within the span of a single month."

The excitement in the hearts of the Five Apprentices died immediately, as their faces changed to horror. They didn't dare to complain, but the doubt could be seen on their faces as to their belief of this assignment's fairness.

"Haha, you don't think it's fair or realistic then?" Darius asked with a casual laugh.

The Five Apprentices were smart enough not to agree, but their silence was telling. Gunner neutral expression darkened as he was about to berate these impudent fellows, but Darius patted him on the shoulder gently.

He then addresses the Five directly. "You're forgetting that the standards of my mage tower are higher than any other. You should be smart enough to know that if I have invested so many resources into you, I expect an equivalent amount of effort and quality from you."

He then pointed to the empty trays and basins which were yet to be carried away by the maidbots. "Look at what you were given for free, and then look at me in the eye once more and tell me it's unfair."

The Five Apprentices gazed at the expensive resources, gulping because they knew that these cost hundreds of Supreme Coins alone. They didn't have the face to complain anymore, though they still felt slightly overwhelmed at heart.

Gunner shook his head in disappointment while Darius remained calm. After spending so many years in a mental realm, both of them had developed a slightly wider outlook on various things.

With the truths they knew about reality and time, their horizons were broad and their temperaments profound. However, these fellows were not even at the age of marriage yet, so expecting them to show such maturity was a bit much.

However, it did make it clear to Gunner and Darius that they must cultivate the mind of these fellows far more than anything before lest they become wastes that had swallowed all these resources and went down the wrong path.

"You may leave." Darius instructed them with a casual wave, having the maidbots clean up the area after the Five Apprentices left.

He then turned to Gunner. "You should pay a visit to your lover. She may have missed you dearly in this time."

Gunner nodded with a happy smile, leaving Darius' side in a flash as he moved faster than the eye could see. It would take him a while to reach Celia's empire which was near the southern belt of Fallon, but with his current movement speed, he would not spend more than a day.

Darius, now alone, rubbed his finger as thoughts ran through his mind. There were many things to prepare in this time. The first was to check on Safemoon and provide more resources for the daily sales.

The second was to nurture the faction of Material Element users and spread them worldwide to make the most profit. The third was to grow his internal faction and turn them into absolute powerhouses.

The fourth was to create his elite army unit with Achilles at the head, which would be the spawnlings from Medea's womb. He had to turn Achilles into a True God of the Material Element as well, and provide a batch of suitable semen to impregnate Medea with.

The fifth was to check on the Mage academy of Safemoon and see how Elijah was handling it. The sixth was to pump out more HoloBraces all over Faust to increase their coverage on the ground.

Seventh was to produce and fire up more satellites and eventually datacenters to increase the power of the Supreme Portal as a whole. Eighth was to prepare a suitable army of expendable footsoldiers who were at the limit of mortal power and could overwhelm Fallon.

Ninth was to oversee the war on Pokterr versus Elysium which would weaken the latter enough for his tenth thing to work on, getting his wife back. The eleventh was personally paying a visit to Gravitas and infiltrating their systems with Miranda, while the twelfth was growing his own power by exploring Pan.

He was extremely interested in the power system of the so-called Immortals and figured he could use it to break through to the Master stage now that his stage climbing had been made organic.

Those were the main ones, but there were countless others like getting his new Branded Servant up to speed in terms of skills, spells, wisdom, experience, and level as well as stuff like creating more spells for the various elements.

There was also preparing for his takeover of Ludo, which was why he asked Shameal Bucktowar to gather all of Ludo's top leaders for a meeting here. He would reveal his position to them alone, so that he could begin subtle developments on the continent before going public.

So much to do, and while there was no real limitation on time in that sense, he was just one fellow. If he could split himself into avatars, things would be a lot smoother for him.

However, that was the last thing Darius would ever do, as he did not trust any avatar he'd create. He was the type of person that if he discovered he was a clone or avatar of himself or his true body, he would scheme his way into becoming the true body and extinguish all other avatars.

Knowing this, why would he set up trouble for himself?

Darius rested for a bit before deciding to first work on the specific semen to inseminate Medea with as he had the tools on hand. He wore his working attire and entered his scientific laboratory within the mage tower that was more hi-tech and equipped compared to nay others he'd used out there.

Miranda docked herself in the lab's computers and got everything ready to assist Darius in whatever way he needed.

It was time to begin.