Chapter 338: Generous Drop From The Beast
But before doing that, he rushed toward the Beast of the End’s remains immediately.
His Endless Extraction had upgraded now that he was King Rank, allowing him 25 total extractions.
He placed his hand on the dissolving corpse and activated his power.
[Extract?]
He wanted both the Annihilation Charge and the adaptation power of this beast.
He hoped for the best as he confirmed the extraction.
[Ding!]
[Extraction Successful]
[You have obtained: Adaptation of End (Upper A-Rank Talent)]
[Ding!]
[Your Passive Adaptation Wheel is evolving...]
[Success!]
[You have obtained: Adaptation Wheel of the End]
[Adaptation Wheel of the End: When attacked, you automatically adapt and become immune to that attack type. However, the Adaptation Wheel will be visible above your head during adaptation. If anyone touches the wheel even slightly, all adapted powers are lost and the ability enters a 1-hour cooldown.]
"So it guarantees adaptation, but if some random guy pokes my wheel, I’m screwed," Caelus said with twitching lips. "Great, now I have to protect a floating target above my head."
Sylvia giggled at his complaint.
"At least it actually works now, hubby."
A golden wheel materialized above Caelus’ head, rotating slowly.
After that, they retired to Genesis Kingdom to rest.
Jibril followed silently behind them, her emotionless face showing confusion at various things around her.
Caelus noticed her looking around with subtle curiosity.
"We are in the real world now, Jibril. Things work differently here."
Jibril simply nodded.
"Yes. I have some general information about this world. Lord Caelus."
"I need you to enter the Pillar World and familiarize yourself with it," Caelus instructed. "Levels aren’t the only opportunities available there, you can also obtain skills."
Jibril nodded again before vanishing in a flash of cyan light.
[Jibril has entered the Pillar World]
[Cost: 5,000,000 Faith Power]
[Remaining Faith Power: 5,342,567]
With that done, Caelus turned his attention to the treasure chest.
Sylvia sat beside him with excitement in her crimson eyes.
"Open it, hubby!"
He accessed the Kingdom Improvement Treasure Chest, and a prompt appeared.
[Kingdom Improvement Treasure Chest]
[Select One Reward:]
[Option 1: One Random Wonder of the World]
[Option 2: A Random Blueprint for Kingdom]
[Option 3: Profession Card Bundle ×5]
[Option 4: Profession Level Up Card (Divine)]
[Option 5: Regional Lord Token]
Caelus smiled widely at the options.
"I am not a chooser! I’m going to get them all!"
He immediately activated extraction on the chest.
[Ding!]
[Extraction Successful]
[All rewards obtained]
[Ding!]
[Wonder of the World Obtained: Shrine of the Eternal Hearth]
[Description: A sacred shrine blessed by ancient fire deities. All residents within the kingdom gain a permanent 10% increase to HP. Additionally, all profession professions gain a 15% success rate boost when working within the kingdom’s territory.]
Caelus nodded with satisfaction at the practical benefits of the Wonder of The World, it was not much compared to the other two Wonders he had but it was good enough.
[Ding!]
[Blueprint Obtained: Technological Mana Era]
[Description: Allows the kingdom to advance from primitive architecture to a modern technological civilization powered by mana.]
His eyes widened with joy at this notification.
"Finally! We can go from bricks and stones to some good technological shit!"
Sylvia laughed at his excitement.
"You’ve been wanting this for a while, haven’t you?"
"You have no idea," Caelus grinned.
And he also had a Builder here in Mason.
Mason had recently reached Elite Rank using the Transcendent Profession Level Up Cards.
But with the Divine Rank card, he could push Mason all the way to Master Rank.
It was overall a good thing.
Caelus considered putting the Divine card into the Gacha Wheel.
Then he immediately shook his head.
What if he lost it? The risk was too high for something this valuable.
He called Mason over to the main hall.
The nervous merchant-turned-builder arrived within minutes.
"You called, Sir Caelus?"
Caelus handed him the Divine Rank Profession Level Up Card.
"Use this."
Mason’s eyes went wide as saucers.
"Sir, this is..."
"Just use it already."
[Ding!]
[Mason’s Builder Profession has advanced to Master Rank]
"Sir Caelus, with this I can see so many new possibilities!"
Caelus handed him the Technological Mana Era blueprint.
"Can you implement this?"
Mason studied the blueprint carefully before nodding.
"I can."
"Not just that, with this and the blueprint, we can finally make a lock that automatically scans a person and asks them to pay Origin Credits for the Tavern of Endless Food and Drinks!"
"But we need lots of materials."
A system window appeared before Caelus showing the requirements.
[Materials Required for Technological Mana Era Advancement:]
[Refined Stone: 0/500]
[Crystal Conduit: 0/200]
[Circuit Fragment: 0/100]
Caelus smiled at the list. Most of them could be found at the Origin Expanse.
"This is a good time for my fellow faction members to make some contribution."
He immediately sent out a faction-wide announcement requesting the materials and it also seemed to have created quests for them via Quest Giver kit of the faction.
Responses flooded in from eager members.
[Faction Contribution Points Received: +20]
[Refined Stone: 127/500]
[Circuit Fragment: 2/100]
The numbers continued climbing as faction members rushed to gather materials.
"This will come in handy," Caelus nodded with satisfaction.
A few hours later, they had gathered everything needed.
[Faction Contribution Points Received: +320]
[Refined Stone: 500/500]
[Crystal Conduit: 200/200]
[Circuit Fragment: 100/100]
[All requirements met]
Mason began the transformation process immediately.
Light spread across Genesis Kingdom as the architecture started changing.
Stone walls became reinforced with mana-powered metal.
Dirt roads transformed into smooth paved streets with glowing lines.
Buildings shifted from medieval structures to sleek modern designs infused with magical technology.
Street lamps appeared that ran on condensed mana crystals.
The entire kingdom was evolving before their eyes.
Mason approached Caelus with a tablet-like device in his hands.
"Sir, I need to buy the necessary blueprints for specific structures. It costs a lot of Origin Credits."
"Take from the money we got from the Origin Ore Vein sales then."
Mason nodded.
Then as if thinking of something, Caelus spoke. "By the way, how much profit do we have from the past few days of yield?"
Mason pulled up the financial records at his words.
"Two days of selling Elite Rank ores at Grade 5, plus the remaining Rookie Rank ores at Grade 5..."
He calculated quickly.
"We’ve accumulated approximately 47,000,000 Origin Credits in profit."
Caelus nodded approvingly.
"Alright, buy whatever blueprints you need."
[Blueprint Purchase Cost: 37,600,000 Origin Credits]
[Transaction Complete]
[Remaining Balance: 9,400,000 Origin Credits]
Mason immediately began implementing the purchased blueprints throughout the kingdom.
[Domain is Closing]
[All players will be returned to the real world]
Light consumed their vision as reality pulled them back.
It was a pity he couldn’t use the Profession Card Bundle, he will use it the next day.
Caelus opened his eyes in his apartment, Sylvia stirring beside him on the couch.
RING! RING!
His phone buzzed with an incoming call.
He checked the screen and saw Dickenson’s name.
"Hello?"
"Caelus," Dickenson’s voice came through with unusual seriousness. "There’s something I need to talk to you about. There are naturally rewards involved."