Chapter 57 - Progress of small break

Two months went by from conquest of the complete subjugation of the Ewor subcontinent.

Last two months I have mainly spent surprisingly training and experimenting with magic. I finally trained with the specialized automaton, to learn a scythe mastery more, as I s.u.c.k.e.d at the close combat pretty bad.

I have also used Devour on corpses of the Orc Shaman and Eldritch Giant. The Eldritch Giant gave me the biggest surprise, as not only I increased my reserves a bit, but more importantly, it helped my physique tremendously, as currently, I was almost on the pinnacle of the High-Class in terms of physique.

Currently, I was in the Fortress Gremory which became the command center for an entire expedition for time being. I finished the last exercises with my scythe, as I spent some time practicing, to not look so bad. While I preferred magic, as it was everything for me, it was good to be prepared for Anti-Magicians or begins with the ability to negate any energy types, which was troublesome.

Thus the close combat became more important. I had a great advantage in my physical strength, so it would be foolish to not use this advantage to the fullest and learn some weapon mastery.

'Architect scan.'

[Class: Ultimate

Demonic Energy: 183

Strength: 98

Agility: 96

Vitality: 90]

Most of my increase went to my physical attributes, mainly because of using the Devour Clan Trait on the Eldritch Giant. On one hand, it would be better to have increased energy reserves, but on the other hand, to increase physical state was far harder.

Three humongous voidsh.i.p.s were being tended by tens of thousands of Arcane Mechanical Automatons, as construction of the first Voidsh.i.p.s of my future fleet would be soon completed.

My current number of Arcane Mechanical Automatons shot up to the number of 750,000 within two months which was a very nice number. With such a number, I could finally start many construction projects and other things.

Even a small plot of land in this newly birthed plane was far richer in resources than my own territory. Though that was understandable, as most territories in the Underworld belonging to the lords were already explored, resources found and mined.

For resources "regenerate" could take tens of thousands of years or with some special means but that would be pointless talk.

No wonder most of the factions that could do it, will explore the Dimensional Gap and search for some weaker planes to conquer them and take their resources. With this trip alone I have saved several years of worth of time.

With a constant flow of resources into my factories, production of the Arcane Mechanical Automatons went with tremendous speed. I even got to have three Voidsh.i.p.s constructed already, while each of them was of the only Cruiser, it was still better than nothing.

Though, even Cruisers of Solar Federations have fearsome firepower. Main canons, which were practically Anti-Matter Magicule Canon Batteries of the higher model, firepower comparable to Ultimate-Class.

As I looked at the works being done on the voidsh.i.p.s in satisfaction, I was thinking about started constructing combat-oriented Arcane Mechanical Automatons of the Arachne Type.

While Drones were useful in supportive and construction areas, they were not so suited for the battlefield, even with their combat prowess of Low-Class, after I ordered to install small Magicule Lasgun onto them.

The future lied in Voidfleet. During the Stellar Exodus, and Age of Technology, the majority of power, if not all, of the Solar Federation came from the Voidfleets, that we have constructed.

While our land armies in terms of strength were inferior to Aeldari Empire or Ork Warbands and Orkish Empires, in terms of Naval Fleet, we could hold our own against Aeldari and even Orks... if not for Orks using numbers against us.

In past decades Solar Federation was being more and more militarized, something that I truthfully approved, as High Admiralty and Marshalls poured more finances into the research of weapons and things for the Military.

Some things, that weren't finished like human enhancements, and various transhuman projects were still in the database of Architect. Many of the Marshalls of the Solar Federation wished to create transhuman warriors that would be able to slaughter in combat the Aeldari Exarchs or Orks, from ordinary Boyz to mighty Warbosses.

"It is really impressive how efficient and at the same time terrifying your Arcanotech is."

Said Venelana as she stood behind me.

"Yes, indeed. The Arcanotech I believe is the future of the Devil Race. Look at it, at its wonders. With Voidsh.i.p.s able to traverse starts and conquer worlds, with Mechanical Automatons, we could raise fortresses, castles, and cities within days. And when combat-orientated Automatons are manufactured, the blood of enemies would baptize them as a most terrifying army to face in battle."

I said dramatically while imagining millions of Mechanical Automatons of various shapes and forms, orderly marching underneath thousands of voidsh.i.p.s that were high above them, to the battle. Bringing down every foe, and killing every enemy.

Devils had a good predisposition to develop Arcanotech. We were an extremely magical species, meaning magical power, magicule particles were our root. We are also long lives species, and could easily learn through time, develop, and many others.

But Orks, armed with advanced technology was a nightmare for everyone that fought them. I remember that they were like the plague, that destroyed everything in their path... and when they were armed worlds and stars burned.