***"Hmm. Is everything roughly sorted out now?"
Although it had only been a few days, he had pushed things forward quickly and decisively, and now things could run to some extent even without him.
The fortress's defense was solidified with automated machines, while the fleet and White Troops took turns handling external expansion.
Under Keisha Winsler's leadership, supply and resource management was proceeding smoothly, and the fortress was rapidly expanding.
She definitely has talent for internal affairs.
Maybe I should send her to Aria for training later?
"Hieek?!"
Leaving behind Keisha, who seemed to suddenly get chills, Karlstein inspected the research complex built near the silver spring inside the fortress.
"Hut!"
"H-Have you come, Your Majesty!"
"Your Imperial Majesty Karlstein!"
"I shall call personnel to attend to His Majesty immediately!"
"W-Welcome."
"Hmm."
Nod.
"That's enough. Continue with your work."
A research institute consisting of densely packed metal buildings.
Even now, additional buildings were being constructed.
Although the research institute had just been established, the Lich King, High Elf, and talents from Debra and various Murim dimensions had been brought in to assist Selena.
Karlstein dismissed the people and finished his inspection.
It would take time for results to come out. Researchers in the Galactic Empire would probably need to cooperate remotely to conduct research on World.
Matters related to the research institute couldn't be resolved in a short period.
Karlstein activated a hologram and also checked the industrial complex near the research institute.
Reports full of complex numbers and graphs dizzied his vision as they rapidly changed.
"Hmm..."
He could grasp the general situation.
"Excellent."
Leather and organs treated with special solutions entered massive machine facilities in orderly lines.
Materials that completed primary processing were sent to other factory facilities to undergo secondary, tertiary, and quaternary processing according to each material.
Debrans moved busily in between, checking quality and inspecting for any abnormalities.
They were compressed by giant presses, further compacted, and then neatly stacked in huge warehouses.
Some materials were sent to the research institute, some to Ether processing plants, and some were immediately reproduced as war supplies.
Nod.
"This side is also progressing without problems."
Materials that were difficult to utilize immediately were stored as samples and then sent to Ether processing plants to be reproduced as power sources.
The Ether produced in this way was left with enough quantity to maintain the fortress, and the rest was all sent to the Galactic Empire.
"The efficiency is better than I thought."
Karlstein's lips curled up at the results, which were no less than the [Dimensional Store].
"Not bad at all."
The guys recruited from the Community were doing better than expected too.
-Life is boring. I want to meet strong opponents.
-To obtain clues to save the world.
-To see the limits of magic.
-For the revival of my affiliated faction.
-To rebuild the ancient kingdom.
They had all applied for their own reasons.
He planned to give them appropriate rewards through interviews later.
A reward personally given by the Emperor of the Galactic Empire?
They would probably have to prove themselves. Whether they were worthy of receiving his reward.
"It's still going smoothly so far."
Because of their aggressive expansion, those Sephiroth bastards and Kaiju were currently hesitating. Or rather, they seemed to be retreating.
But they couldn't expand infinitely like this.
Would they really tolerate all of World's resources being taken by this side?
He didn't think so.
They would probably start responding soon.
Until then, he would keep pushing relentlessly. While waiting for their reaction.
Alright.
For now, I'll take care of this much and take a break.
Karlstein entered the capsule exclusive for Avatars and disconnected.
***[The momentum is ominous.]
Their sighs grew deeper day by day.
***Meanwhile, the Community was bustling in its own way.
ᄂare those the ones who were chosen?
ᄂno way lol aren't they all named?
ᄂis being a named the basic requirement to participate in the circle jerk...
ᄂSeems like there are some I've never seen before too.
ᄂa newbie got chosen?
ᄂMust be someone who was just lurking.
ᄂThey all seem capable.
ᄂaren't they the rumored transcendents?
ᄂno wtf let us join too!!!
From complaints about circle jerks...
ᄂanyone else fail the recruitment?
ᄂ111
ᄂ22
ᄂI failed too.
ᄂAh my PTSD is coming back.
ᄂWhy did I fail? I pride myself on being stronger than that Lich bastard at least.
ᄂthat’s right! at least tell us why!!
ᄂthat's right!
ᄂThe prevailing theory is that the Lich wasn't chosen for his combat power.
ᄂmaybe you didn't praise the Oradge enough?
ᄂhaah.... I really wanted to be chosen.
ᄂagh damnit lol
ᄂdo you need to have saved a country in your past life to be chosen? lol
ᄂWhy are there so many people who failed?
ᄂLMAO everyone was acting like they wouldn't apply but look at you all now
ᄂikr lol
ᄂI'm just envious.
To the complaints of users who failed the recruitment notice, various reactions came up.
If there was a common interest among them...
ᄂikr. the 'Oradge's reward' mentioned in the notice. who wouldn't drool over that?
ᄂi wonder how much a reward guaranteed by the Oradge would be?
ᄂa reward given by an SF Absolute?
ᄂMy mouth is watering.
ᄂhow can I HOLD BACK!!
ᄂKYEEEEEEEEEEK!!
However, less than ten people were chosen.
ᄂaiya Oradge!! increase the quota!
ᄂthat’s right! there are at least ten thousand people waiting!
ᄂ(Open the door meme)
ᄂPLEASE!!!
ᄂOwner!! Open the door!!
ᄂlet me in too! I don't even want a reward!
Everyone was interested.
The Oradge said there would be additional recruitment later, but there was no way that the patience of Community users could be that high.
All sorts of gross images and memes were spammed and there were signs of a riot, but...
There was someone who comforted them.
"Yong-hi! Yong-hi! Did everyone wait?"
ᄂeven if it's just a pie in the sky, keep streaming so we can see.
ᄂWelcome, porter.
ᄂwht did u say? dragons are the weakest?
ᄂwhen the Lich King entered, yongyong at least managed to escape from being the youngest lol
ᄂyoungest AHAHAHAHAHAH where's dat dragon's dignity?
ᄂso when are you getting the enhancement surgery?
ᄂLOLOLOLOL
ᄂi mean hey in the last stream he was getting a consultation.
ᄂlol he said he'd think about it until today lol
YongYongTV, the Community's self-proclaimed cutie talent of a jester, was soothing the users' complaints.