I Somehow Got Tasked With Managing A Realm – Chapter 40

I Somehow Got Tasked With Managing A Realm – Chapter 40

Angru began spreading the news of my appearance following my introduction.

Surprisingly, a decent amount of people took his words at face value, which I assumed was due to them already being introduced to rumors of my existence through stories passed down about Uunga.

Uunga became a sort of boogeyman on the plateau. Parents would tell their children that if they made a mess of the village streets, the 'man who shaped the village' would appear and throw a tree at them.

It was pretty hard not to laugh when I was told this by Angru, since I got to witness that event happen live.

I still can't get over how hilarious that was. It was one of the few times I've seen him lose his temper.

The incident itself took place near the start of his time on the plateau and came after months of random people moving their tipis into his carefully marked streets. Of course, he purposely missed the guy, but the warning seemed to be ingrained in the heads of the villagers.

With stories such as these being passed down, rumors of my existence followed suit as the one who gave him that power. Rumors were still just rumors, however, so there were still many who were still doubtful of the words of Priest Angru.

Such a possibility was something I had both expected and prepared for.

"Gather the non-believers, for I shall show them a miracle so grand they will have no choice but to acknowledge my existence!"

Angru followed my instructions and gathered the nearby humans into the village center. Lored by curiosity and the possibility of some rare entertainment, there was easily a crowd of a few thousand people.

Oh~ this is gonna be fun!

"Now then, get ready to see the power of your creator!"

With Angru relaying my words, I used the first bit of resource points from Uunga's Tier I prize to break off a large cherry tree branch and hover it above the humans.

"Raaaa!"

"Fuo branga!"

"Ungo branga!?"

Muahahaha! Bow down before my massive stick, humans!

I smiled in pleasant amusement as I watched all of my people pointing at the flying branch with expressions of awe.

"That's not all, folks! It's time for an encore!"

In the center of the humans, I positioned the branch to be completely vertical then created two basketball-sized rocks that I hovered underneath it.

"Raaaaa! Pena!"

"Pena fuo!"

"Pfft-"

I tried to keep a straight face as I wiggled the objects in the air.

"B-bow before my giant-"

"Squawk!"

"Ouch!"

My good time was interrupted by a sharp peck on my side.

"Fine, fine. I guess that's enough for now."

Still smiling from the human's reactions, I floated the stick and stones into the temple and layed them in front of my statue. In case any of the humans didn't get the message from seeing the flying objects, I was sure that the last part would convince them.

With that display out of the way, I was able to leave things in the hands of my priest and focus my attention on my next task.

There had been a side project of mine that I had been planning since I first made my realm, and now that I finally had some resource points, I could finally start working on it!

Oh baby, it's finally time!

What was once a yellowish brown sphere was now covered in shades of blue, green, white, brown, and black.

Hold on a second... black?

I zoomed in on the screen toward what looked like black specks forming a razor-thin dotted line across my continent.

The heck could those- oh my god!

Their identity became obvious the instant I zoomed in enough to notice the renowned flame-shaped leaf canopy on the top of the black branches.

"Torch trees!"

"Squawk!?"

"You remember them? I can't believe it, but it makes so much sense!"

There was only one person who could have brought torch trees to my realm: Uunga. My fallen Oracle carried an ignited branch during his attempted journey back to the plateau. Given how the tree's seeds spread through the smoke, it would have been nearly impossible for none of them to germinate.

... Even after he's gone, that guy never stops amazing me.

My eyes became a bit glassy as I looked at the line of torch trees almost perfectly paving the path my Oracle once walked.

"...Squawk."

"I know. I miss him too," I replied to the penguin with a sigh.

Uunga had saved the realm, slayed an Oracle, earned a statue, gave me a ton of resource points, and brought back a new species as a trophy. He had done so much more for my realm in addition to all of that and it was nearly time for me to choose his successor.

I couldn't help but smile as I reflected on his legacy.

That's gonna be a tough bar to reach.

It was honestly unrealistic to expect my next Oracle to even manage half of what Uunga had accomplished. As long as he could stop Ferguson, I would consider it a resounding success.

Unlike Uunga, he won't need to fight alone either. I should probably tell Angru to-

Ding!

Huh?

I glanced over to the source of the sound and noticed an unusual display on one of my previously dark monitors.

"The Oracle chat?" I mumbled.

When I was fast forwarding time, Uunga's messages to me would be displayed on the monitor in a manner that resembled a chat log so that I could slow down time to talk if needed.

That layout was exactly what this monitor resembled, but it couldn't be the Oracle chat, since that took place on a different monitor.

"So what could-"

I leaned in closer and finally noticed the screen's header.

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[Prayer Log]

New Notification!

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Jacob's Current Evolution Sheet

Jacob's Realm