With the System’s assistance mode on. When Cedric looked at Lacius with his Divine Sight, there is now an additional s o the light that shows his life level and potential.
[Life Level: Upper level 0
Potential: Peak level 1]
Cedric observed the s and asked, “Does that mean Lacius is currently at level 0 and will receive a boost until he reaches the peak of level 1?”
[Correct.]
“What will happen after he reaches peak level 1? he tio the level?”
[Yes. It is still possible to advao the level through training. But, he won’t receive a boost nor other bes that push his growth in life level.]
Cedriodded before he asked ahing. “How many levels are there anyway?”
[There are twenty life levels in total, from level 0 to level 19. Each level grants a qualitative leap in their existend power. Level 0 to 15 are the transformation from mortals to something divihose below level 16 are still bound by lifespans. Although they have many means to extend their lifespans, the time they have is still limited heless.]
[Starting from level 16, which is the level you’re at, living creatures deheir godhood. They will attaiernal life, free from the limit of lifespan.]
Cedric silently remembered it as he felt that information is extremely important. Theopped b about it and closed his eyes to check the situation on Crystal Cube world.
Ihe Crystal Cube world, the elves and dwarves are still pretty calm and no importa has happened. Seeing that, he smiled and moved his attention to the humans.
During his chat with the System and experiment to activate Divine Sight, the burial ceremony held in the retly renamed Sacred Kingdom has finished.
Now, Lacius be seen sitting inside an office at River Stoy. On his head, he wore the golden Gratian always said to symbolize his authority as king.
Holding a newly crafted goldeer, he observed his subordinates who prepared for his assion as the new king. They are currently discussing the way to stabilize the kingdom after Gratian’s death.
After a few hours of intense discussion, the meeting ended and their pn began to be put in motion.
Pushed by Lacius’s subordinates who traveled through every city, news of Gratian’s demise and the rise of a new king began to spread. Along with the news, Lacius has also ceased Gratian’s previous order for tribute and manpowers. In exge, he began a new order to forbid the humans from spreading Gratian’s tale. Those who failed to ply were greatly punished.
Under Lacius’s unfiving rule, the talk of Gratian slowly ceased and his name slowly but surely became fotten. Especially ohe youaken by Gratian’s order to build his pad city wall have returo their respective city, everyone begins to happily resume their daily lives.
Seeing the situation had stabilized, Lacius, Yasu, and their subordinates rode together to the Winter City. Upon arriving at the city, they quickly marched into the pad searched fratian’s family. Every time they found people tied to Gratian through familial bond, they heartlessly sughtered every single one of them.
Once all of Gratian’s family members they found had been killed, Lacius traveled through the bloodied half-finished pace with expressionless face before sitting ohrone ihrone room.
Watg the young Lacius sit on it, Yasu and the surrounding people bowed. Just like the day when many people bowed to Gratian to show their allegiahe people ihe throne room gave their full allegiao Lacius.
***
Meanwhile, in the Divine Space. When Cedric saw Lacius’s sughter of Gratian’s family, he could only stare at it bnkly. Suddenly watg such a graphic se is quite a shock for him. Although simir bloodied battle also happens during the war, at least both sides are fighting to either kill et killed.
As for the sughter that just happeheir targets are mostly incapable of fighting. Except for some of Gratian’s adult children and wives, most of them sisted of young childrens. Some of the women are even still pregnant with Gratian’s unborn children.
After a long silence, Cedric spoke. “This situation is pretty fucked up.”
He then stopped the situation on Crystal Cube world and stood up from his chair. Once he stood up, he walked around the house he created in the Divine Space to calm down. After cirg the house once, he went outside and used his ability to create things in the Divine Space to create several neighb houses.
Only when a small neighborhood has beeed does he return to his house aer his room. Now with a calmer state of mind, Cedric asked the System. “I’ve ted it, the previous war and Lacius’s sughter has decreased the human race’s popution by almost five pert. Are there any means to increase their numbers?”
[There are many ways to increase a world’s popution. But, for your current situation, System reehe Level 4 able Diviem, Species Fertility Blessing.]
Cedric searched for the item and quickly found it.
[Level 4 able Diviem, Species Fertility Blessing.
Cost: 100 GP
Description: Increase the fertility of one or several species within ahe item’s effed duration depends on the number of creatures affected, their average life level, the plicatedness of their life structure, the area included, the amount of races affected, etc.]
He read through the description and saw many plicated things that affect [Species Fertility Blessing] and shrugged. He decided to simply ask the System about its fun. “Once I use the items on humans, how big will the popution increase going to be?”
[Including the ce of death due to illness and other things. One usage of the Species Fertility Blessing is enough for the human popution to reach 150.000 within ten years, which is also the item’s duration acc to System’s calcution.]
“It sounds pretty good.” Cedriodded as he spent 300 GP and bought three [Species Fertility Blessing]
Initially, he only wishes to purchase one, but he suddenly thought of something and purchased three [Species Fertility Blessing] instead. “I’ll use one on the humans, elves, and dwarves respectively. Although I feel I am a bit too skewed toward humanity, as the god of the Crystal Cube world, I must try my best to be impartial!”
As he saw his GP decrease by 300, Cedric saw three bright pink octahedron crystals appear in front of him. Looking at those crystals, he got dumbfounded.
“Why is it another pink octahedron? Aren’t there other shapes and colors?” He ’t help but ridicule the uivity of whoever created these items.
With the crystal at hand, he asked,"How do I use this item?"
[Simply pental power on it and pull the energy ihe crystal into your world. The a target you wish to bless.]
Cedriodded and closed his eyes while spreading his mental power outside. He moved them inside one of the crystals and trolled the energy within.
The feeling of trolling the [Species Fertility Blessing] is quite simir to trolling his GP. The familiarity made him easily scoop those energy and bring them into the Crystal Cube world.
Ihe Crystal Cube world, Cedric saw his mental power had arrived he dwarves’ magic mountain and decided to use the [Species Fertility Blessing] on them.
‘Damn it, I fot to ask what I should do after I brought the energy inside.’ As he thought so, the energy from [Species Fertility Blessing] seemed to heed his will and slowly seeped into the body of a dwarf. Because Cedric hasn’t set any area for the item’s range. Soon, it began to spread and merged with the body of every single dwarf in his world.
When the energy has entirely merged with all dwarves, he could faintly sehat the dwarven race’s fertilization creased. Their ce of giving birth to twins, triplets, or more has also been increased. Furthermore, the babies born within the blessing’s duration will also be more robust. Which should increase their survival rate to a certaient.
‘That means the blessing should’ve been activated right?’ Cedric thought while slowly retrieving his mental power bato his body.
[Indeed]
The sudden s shocked him and almost caused his mental power to disperse. “Damn it, you shocked me! Also, stop peeking at my thoughts. Where is the basic trust between humans? Don’t you even know about privacy?”
[The System isn’t human though.]
Its replies make Cedric speechless. He decided to stop speaking and just silently retrieved his mental power before opening his eyes.
Feeling the three octahedron crystal on his hand, he saw one of them had stopped glowing and lost its bright pink luster.
Pg the crystal he has used, Cedric repeated the a he has done before two more times and blessed both the humans and elves.
Cedric the some time silently watg the three intelligent races on his world prosper as their poputions quickly exploded. It sted for a whole year before he felt something was wrong and stopped.
Using the memory and calcution boosts from the godhood, Cedric begins calg the source of his uneasiness.
After a minute, he finally found the source. It is actually something quite simple.
With his usage of [Species Fertility Blessing], the three races will soon have a popution boom. But, except for the elves that’s blessed by their magic forest to have plenty of food, the food produ of dwarves and humans is barely enough to feed their current popution.
“Damn it, I am careless.” Cedric groaned. “If this goes on, the 300 GP I spent will e to waste. Furthermore, who knows what kind of mess will happen. If another war somehoehe popution would decrease even more instead of increasing.”
He begins to rack his brain in search of a solution. Soon, he quickly grabbed the pale pink octahedron shaped [Diviervention: Dream] with a helpless face. “Guess I o use this once more.”
Cedric toyed around with the octahedron crystal while preparing the information he wished to share with the people he will soon pull into the dream space.
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