The Emperor's Tour

"The next one is the Antonio City, located in the Carter Kingdom."

Keosius flapped his wings, soaring over the land and cities.

The people on the ground cheered – whether it was out of genuine emotion or because they saw the menacing Imperial Guards, it was unclear.

In the past three months, the emperor has toured most of the Embers of the Burned Empire, and wherever he goes, there is a great commotion of gongs and drums and constant cheers.

Long Live the Empire!

"Long live the Emperor!"

Such calls are constant.

Of course, there were also ungrateful "assassins" who tried to become Dragon Slayer. Of course, most of them were burned to ashes before they even got close.

People say those people are crazy.

After all, assassinating an emperor is understandable, but who would assassinate a "Dragon Emperor"?

In fact, within this Empire Domain, even if a god were to personally descend in avatar, it would probably be unable to kill this Red Dragon.

As the inspection progressed, more and more incredible legends began to circulate among the people and were quickly confirmed.

In the frigid, Eternal Frozen City, His Majesty the Emperor summoned a continuous mountain range hundreds of meters high to ward off the cold winds from the north and make the city warmer.

In the rugged High Mountain Fortress, His Majesty the Emperor leveled the undulating hills, creating vast tracts of flat wasteland out of thin air, allowing local factories to be built.

In a village ravaged by Shark Lizard Beast, His Majesty the Emperor enjoyed a sumptuous barbecue. These legends gradually spread throughout the empire.

As former conquered peoples, and having been exposed to rumors such as the "Ember Song" by the Northern Nobles, the people were filled with fear of the emperor and unease about the empire's rule.

But as people experience their lives gradually improving, feelings of "awe and reverence" begin to rise in their hearts.

It is well known that the "inspections" of the Northern Nobles often caused great suffering to the local people, with all kinds of extravagant expenses being borne by the local people, while the emperor's inspections were exactly the opposite.

Some say that His Majesty the Emperor was not conquering, but liberating and saving.

In the form of blood and fire.

In reality, Keosius's inspection tour was aimed at converting his territory into "Empire Domain".

The various miracles of moving mountains and filling seas mentioned in the rumors were merely things he did to test his newly acquired abilities, and incidentally created a better natural environment for the development of the empire's industry.

Originally, Keosius wanted to take advantage of his patrol to clear out all the side quests, dungeons, and bosses in the Anzeta Great Wasteland, so that he could level up to a new level.

However, Keosius is now a legendary dragon, and ordinary creatures can no longer enhance his abilities.

For example, the final boss of the High Mountain Fortress side quest "The Man-Eating Beast in the Cave" is a mutated hook horror with Challenge Rating of 13 called "Shadow Ravager" - which was known as a nightmare for new players in its previous life.

But it can only give Keosius a paltry 500 experience points.

Moreover, the emergence of a new system changed Keosius's original plan, leading him to decide to give all these "experience packs" to the players.

[Your faction, the [Embers of the Burned Empire], has reached the [Crimson Gold] level.][The Faction System [Experience Shop] has been unlocked.][Players belonging to your faction can learn faction skills and related abilities by consuming experience.] In Keosius's memory, this was a system that only appeared in the major factions of his previous life. Players could consume experience to learn faction abilities and quickly improve their own strength.

Horsemanship, swordsmanship, crafting skills, and even some spells can be learned through the Experience Shop.

This has widened the gap between professional and ordinary players, since ordinary players can't even accumulate enough experience to level up, let alone have any surplus.

Many top players have become true "all- Fighter".

With that in mind, he directly communicated with Lang Pu telepathically.

Even though they are thousands of miles apart, the soul link of [Imperial Grace] still allows the Red Dragon's subjects to communicate with him from anywhere within the Empire.

"Master, what are your orders?"

Lang Pu's voice sounded weak and listless, a result of genuine exhaustion.

Before Keosius could speak, Lang Pu's listless voice came from the other end.

"Master, the Imperial Parliament Hall has been completed. The Imperial Tower, the Istaria Grand Arena, and other structures are still under construction. It will take another three months."

"The Claude U Joint Military Industrial Group and the Empire South Continent Company have been established, and the initial distribution of profits has been completed. We've made contact with those people at the Church of Waukeen and even sent out some commercial spies."

"Gilmore Sparrow Earl already built a steam-pressed minting machine and established the template for the ' Dragon Coin.' He needs your confirmation."

"Furthermore, the war situation in the Fadlan region has also changed."

Lang Pu spoke at length.

In recent months, he has not only been in charge of the urban construction of Istaria, but also the industrial planning of various places, and has begun to arrange the establishment of various imperial capital companies.

Just three days ago, he received a new mission—to integrate the Empire Bank and bring the minting rights back to the Imperial Central Government.

He needs to abolish the chaotic monetary system in the the North and adopt a new currency called "Dragon Coin," and also make Thrace Kingdom's orders settled in the new currency.

Even though he has become a legendary figure, with spirit and endurance far exceeding that of ordinary beings, the high-intensity work still left Lang Pu somewhat listless.

He hadn't slept for days.

The empire is now far too large.

With a territory of over three million square kilometers and a population of over eight million, the original kingdom's administrative system was becoming increasingly difficult to manage.

And His Majesty the Emperor, in this crucial initial stage of the empire's development, still acted as a hands-off ruler for several months, as usual.

Keosius did not consider this to be laziness.

Well, he always believed that everyone has their own expertise, and he wasn't good at handling these trivial administrative matters, so why not delegate them to his capable subordinates?

"By the way, Master, there's also the issue of managing the newly arrived Starfallers. There are currently 65,400 of them across the country."

As Keosius listened to Lang Pu's report, his lips twitched slightly—he had expected the affairs of the Empire to be numerous, but he hadn't anticipated this many.

This is indeed a country in dire need of rebuilding and full of vitality. Everything in the country is developing rapidly and becoming more and more different from the past. People's traditions of thousands of years have been ruthlessly torn apart.

After listening to the affairs for more than ten minutes, Keosius yawned with some boredom and interrupted, "Lang Pu, I'm here to give you a new task."

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In the city hall, documents were piled up like mountains.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the mental link, the enormous Dragon Vein Ogre was left speechless with despair.

He roared silently in his heart, "It's all worth it, all for the master's Great Blueprint!"

Lang Pu suddenly realized that there was a Seventh-Circle Spell called "Simulacrum" that could create multiple copies of himself, which would allow him to work more efficiently.