Brimgan Empire!
Seated in the Brimgan Palace's throne room was Boul Brimgan, watching the Ministers giving him an account of everything happening in the Empire.
"We have recently purchased two thousand unique Spirit Weapons from the Quip Clan. Six hundred of them have suitable cultivation techniques in our Royal Library." The Minister of Education stated, "We've begun developing them and soon plan to have at least a thousand Free Humans cultivate it."
Plan of a Thousand!
The Brimgan Empire launched it to select a group of Free Humans and name them a Family. Each Family was given a cultivation technique and mining rights to the respective mineral. The existing Families with Silver Grade strength were left to their devices, since they had enough foundation.
The population with only Iron Grade strength was targeted. The Brimgan Empire intended to elevate its overall strength until it was ready to wage war against both the Varahan Empire and beings from other Continents in the future.
The war against the Varahan Empire was basically an effort to test their war strategies on a large scale, refine their methods, and gain enough experience to face those from other Continents.
Silver Grade minerals were rarer in terms of availability as compared to Iron Grade minerals. Even though a blessed region such as the Brimgan Empire was capable of producing enough to satisfy them all, there existed plenty of useful Iron Grade minerals that was necessary to run the Empire.
Hence, the Plan of a Thousand. If the selected Family was to practice its respective cultivation technique and build Human Avatars out of the intended mineral, they'll be given grants by the Empire.
Monetary, Skills, knowledge, and many other forms of assistance. Such extensive care was bound to elevate the strength of any Family, and hence, the plan was put in motion.
By having every Family practice a cultivation technique, the Brimgan Empire was diversifying its capabilities and enriching its populace's capabilities in a variety of sectors.
Before, they couldn't take on such a task, despite living on a blessed land. They had no lack of mineral resources, or even food, thanks to the Brimgan Founder's setup. But with the arrival of the Quip Clan, the Brimgan Empire was able to finally flex its financial muscle.
Whatever the world required could be produced by the Brimgan Empire, making them the largest exporter in the Quip Clan's trade network. They were exporting goods at volumes almost forty percent of the Quip Clan's total trade volume.
This was despite the Quip Clan's growth and them adding more and more forces into their trade network. The Brimgan Empire was simply an unquenchable behemoth, one that was awakened after the mass slaughter that happened during the Second Major Disaster.
The populace that lived happily in their blessed land was now triggered by the loss of their friends, families, etc. and were the most motivated in their history.
'We're growing stronger at a rapid pace.' Boul Brimgan thought as he listened to the Ministers' report, 'But, it's still not enough. We're currently the superior power, but the growth speed of the Wean Clan is vastly superior.'
'When we wage a war, our Gold Grade strength can dominate their Gold Grade strength. But they could quickly recover from their losses in mere decades. However,' He sighed mildly, 'It takes our Royals a Century on average to build each body.'
A Wean Clansman could actually reach the 10-Life Stage in a century. That was what Boul Brimgan was most concerned about. If the two Empires were to wage a war multiple times, the Brimgan Empire would absolutely decimate the latter the first few times.
But in later wars, they'll start seeing more defeats than wins, and eventually, the number of Gold Grade existence in the Brimgan Empire would pale in comparison to the Varahan Empire, so much so that the advantage brought by their superior range could no longer carry them.
"Hence, with our estimates, we can head into war within the next two decades." The Minister of Raids concluded.
"That's enough," Boul Brimgan snapped his finger and waited patiently as a man entered the throne room, sporting a 10-Storey Storage Lantern strung along the side of his hip.
"I greet Your Majesty, the strongest Free Human in Sumatra's history!" The man bowed in respect, his back arching until his forehead almost touched the floor.
"Convey the status of your mission to everyone here." Boul Brimgan said coolly.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The man bowed in acknowledgement and took out the 10-Storey Storage Lantern, reverting it to its actual size, where it reached a height of 10 metres, with each floor spanning a cubic metre in volume.
From the first floor, he took out a Glove Slip alongside a Vara Slip and presented it.
"Check it," At Boul Brimgan's command, the Minister of Raids stepped forward and wore the Glove Slip, following which he accessed the contents of the Vara Slip, his expression morphing into both excitement and shock, "T-This is...?"
"Gold Inheritance Art!"
Gold Inheritance Art, Blessed Influence, Gold Varahan Library, Mystic Sumatra Art, etc. everything the Varahan Empire and Wean Clan had publicised was contained within the Vara Slip, the details impeccable.
"This changes everything!" The Minister of Raids expressed his excitement, "We can build Vara human Avatars easily, since we have the Brimgan Guardian with us."
"Yes," Boul Brimgan nodded, "It can make up for our lack of speed in terms of growth. But that's not my primary intention. If we simply follow what the Varahan Empire is doing, we'll lose our originality and influence among the Free Humans. Our identity is what defines our strength. We can't be reliant on a Pranic Beast for strength."
"Please enlighten us, Your Majesty!" The Minister of Raid bowed in response. Even though Boul Brimgan currently didn't have the strength he used to, that didn't matter to the Ministers who all had 10-Life Stage cultivation now.
After all, Boul Brimgan had achieved what none of them could even dream about accomplishing the death of the Celestial Boar.
The existence before them had fought against the Celestial Boar and lived to tell the tale. Even the leader of the Mystic Humans was in a maddened state following the Third Major
Disaster.
Even if Boul Brimgan was living on borrowed time, his build was the strongest a Free Human could attain, especially his State of Harmony that allowed him to actually fight against the Celestial Boar.
"The greatest strength of the Varahan Empire is not their capability to store and arm themselves with various Natures. It's their Blessed Influence that's truly a treat." Boul Brimgan announced and smirked, "In response to that, we need our own trump card."
"Do we have it, Your Majesty?" The Minister of Raids asked.
"You're looking at the living example." Boul Brimgan smirked proudly while pointing at himself. He then raised his finger and produced a soft snap, following which Ruvva entered the throne room, carrying with her two Nature Weapons, one grey, one ivory.
"I'll take it from here." Ruvva bowed towards Boul Brimgan and then faced the Ministers, stating solemnly, "Compound Mineral Human Avatar,"
"That'll be our trump card."
"Compound Human Avatar?" The Minister of Raid inhaled a sharp breath before staring at
Boul Brimgan, "But, Your Majesty, your Rirenal is the only example of a mineral capable of building a Compound Human Avatar. And even that is only possible thanks to Sumatra Gold."
"Without Sumatra Gold, we don't have the means to combine two minerals stably and build a Human Avatar out of it." The Minister of Raids expressed his confusion, "We have attempted
it countless times throughout our history and never succeeded. I'm sure you've also accessed
its records."
"Yes, that is the truth. Theoretically, it's impossible to fuse two minerals into a compound
mineral unless it's Sumatra Gold built into a Human Avatar to elevate them to the Mystic Grade." Boul Brimgan nodded, "Even in the records left behind by our Ancestor who reached the Mystic Grade, his Human Avatar may have reached the Mystic Grade, but his mineral was still Rutham. The Mystic Grade was only a result of Sumatra Gold elevating his strength to
Mystic Grade status."
"Then..." The Minister of Raids hesitated.
"I'm sure you know about Orakha's Mystic Eaters." Boul Brimgan spoke next.
"Yes," The Minister of Raids nodded, "But individually, the Nature of Mystic Eaters can only extract minerals from ore and build them into a Human Avatar quickly. They're not the source of Orakha's Compound Human Avatar."
"Yes, he was able to build a Compound Human Avatar thanks to his Primary Nature." Boul Brimgan didn't hide the truth, "However, that's not the point of focus here."
He patted his head, "Rather, it's the knowledge pertaining to the Nature of Mystic Eaters and Human Avatar that has been the key to our success."
"Currently, both Orakha and Virala are in my possession." Ruvva took the lead to explain, "I have their entire memories in my possession."
It was not the truth. Ruvva could only use the Mystic Human Stamp on Virala to extract his memories. Of them, there were only bits and pieces regarding information about Orakha's Mystic Eaters, from the time when Virala used his Mystic Human Stamp on Orakha's Mystic
Eaters.
She gained Orakha's memories from Gannala. The last time Gannala touched Orakha was around the time the latter accompanied the Mammoth Clan to leave Sumatra Continent. So, her information was pretty updated in regards to his build.
After sharing the details of the Third Major Disaster with Gannala, Ruvva gained a lot from
her older sister, one of which was information related to Orakha. Using that, she and Boul Brimgan could finally research more about compound minerals.
And to assist that was something that Inala had created with the help of Maroppa.
Secondary Nature-Kinesis Lantern Deity!
Secondary Nature-Grey Kinesis Deity!
The first was the Secondary Nature of the Empyrean Tusks while the second was the Secondary
Nature of Maroppa, both obtained by fusing the Nature Weapon of a Brimgan Royal with their respective Primary Natures.
Meaning, Kinesis Lantern Deity was an example of Rutham being combined with the tusk of
an Empyrean Tusk and Grey Kinesis Deity was an example of Rutham being combined with Sandy-Grey Assimilation.
Both were examples of compound minerals, and Ruvva had a Nature Weapon version of each.
It was easy for Gannala to create it, since she had Internal Derivative Refiner and had access to both Kinesis Deity and Sandy-Grey Assimilation.
"I have reverse-engineered its principles and created a realistic way to form both Human
Avatars." Ruvva smirked, "Soon, I'll be able to produce large quantities of the two minerals, enough to form a small army."
"Can you share the method with us?" The Minister of Raids asked next, disappointed to see
Ruvva shake her head.
"It's not that I can't share the method, but it's just too dangerous." She smiled wryly, "After
all, the method of creation involves using grey sand. And currently, on Sumatra, only I can resist its effects."