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The next day after the symposium, Edward had another meeting with his aunt, Amelia, to discuss official business.
The two sat at a diner table and ate without saying much. Once they finished, Amelia waved her hand and all the food on the table disappeared.
"How have you been doing since coming back?" she asked.
"Let's see. My wives have been given me the cold shoulder, my mother cuddled me too much, calling me every five minutes. I have many large projects to supervise on top of dealing with many issues of the Empire.
"How do you think I've been."
"Since you can walk properly and breathe normally, then you are fine," replied Amelia nonchalantly, ignoring her nephew's complaints. She knew if he was probably trying to find some excuse to be lazy and leave all the work to her.
However, the current situation did not allow for this. Over the past five years, she realized something. Although the Empire can function properly without Edward, it cannot be stabilized.
Edward is the key node that suppresses all the unrest, the extreme desire, and all the instability of the Empire. The moment people knew that he was not here, many people became restless and began to act out.
However, the moment he returned, these people quickly hid like rats in the sewer.
Amelia sighed after thinking about this, then ignored the pouting Edward and began her official business.
"We have chosen our target for the upcoming war."
"Who is it?" asked Edward with intrigue.
"It is a race we referred to as Steel Skin. However, their official name is the Fer Race. They lived in a star system for about 65.4 light-years away from us."
She sent him a document of all the information that the Empire has gathered on this race, while also summarizing the content.
"As the name implied, this is a magical race with very hard skin. Based on our study, some of their members' skin have high magic resistance and can be as hard as some very dense metals."
Edward had a holographic image of a humanoid race in front of him. The majority of them were very tall, with the tallest of them reaching 5 meters. Based on the information, even children of this race are born at least a meter tall.
However, this was not the main feature of this Fer Race. The main distinguishing feature is their skin color. At birth, their skin colors are grey. However, as they become more powerful, they will change.
At Tier 1, their skin will become yellow. Tier 2 is green, Tier 3 is purple, and Tier 4 is blue. So far, the highest level recorded for them is Tier 4.
Edward quickly focused on the anatomy of this race contained in the document. Based on previous dissection and study, the Fer Race does not have magic cores to store mana. Instead, mana is stored in their skin.
After quickly glancing at the analysis of their Life Code, he motioned for his aunt to continue.
"Although the Fer Race is a magical one, the development of their civilization is more focused on technology. They have already conquered their star system and are trying to develop faster than light technology to travel to other star systems."
Immediately, a large spacecraft appeared in the hologram: it was the Fer Race. The document contained an analysis of their level of technology. Based on the document, the Fer Race has developed nuclear fission and used it to power their spaceship.
After reviewing everything, he asked: "Why were they chosen as the target?"
"For many reasons. One, their technology is low enough that we can control the war. After all, this is our first Interstellar War. It is best to use a weak opponent as practice.
"Second, despite their advanced technology, the Fer Race's culture is very barbaric. In the conquest of their star system, they have basically massacred all other races on other planets.
"We can use their cruel actions to gain support for this war. As long as we control the media properly, few people will object to the war after we find a proper excuse."
Edward frowned after hearing this. In the future, he will go to war with other civilizations simply for benefit. If he has to find an excuse for war every time and has to control the media to control public opinion, things will become troublesome and a chore.
It would be best if the majority of people were more logical and could place the interest of the Empire over their morality, thus supporting all its decision without much resistance.
Of course, Edward knew this was not possible unless he deprived these people of their free will.
Another way to achieve this is to change the zeitgeist of the entire Empire. Over the years, he has been trying to do so. He made sure that the people placed more emphasis on knowledge and research.
He elevated the status of scholars to encourage people to take that path. He made sure that knowledgeable people not only have status, wealth but also power–both individual and political.
However, this was not enough if he wanted the unconditional support of the people. After all, many concepts and ideas of the old era are still present today. This is all due to how young the Empire is.
If he wants to achieve such a goal, then he would need to give all the people the belief in one great ideal or one unique goal, then ensure that they would be willing to do anything to achieve it.
After thinking about this, Edward quickly came up with a rough plan. In the future, one of his tasks would be to slowly indoctrinate all the people of the Empire–including the arcanists.
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After Amelia saw her nephew deep in thought, she did not interrupt him. Once he regained his senses, she continued:
"The skin of this race is very valuable and can be used to replace many magical ores. According to recent research, once liquefy mana or crystallized mana entered the Fer Race's body, their skin will undergo a mutation.
"The new skin can replace many of the metals we use for creating our battleships and are cheaper. As long as we conquer them, we can farm their skin."
Edward nodded his head. Just like Dragon's heart can be constantly regenerated, the same is for the Fer's skin. That way, it will be considered a renewable resource.
"Did we manage to recreate their ability?" asked Edward.
"Yes. A new spell that could reinforce the skin was created after studying them. Plus, a while ago, a group of Aura Masters asked permission to study them to create a way to use aura to permanently change the skin to have the same property."
"This is a promising study," muttered Edward. If Arcanists could have such natural strong defense, that would be excellent. In the future, they will not have to worry that much about assassinations.
"Since the target has been chosen and studied to such extent, then we will use them."
"When do you want to start?"
Edward pondered for a moment. He had to wait for Olivier to establish herself in the navy for a while. Plus, he still had one major project to finish. With it, he will be more reassured in case something goes wrong.
Plus, he still wanted to take a small vacation.
"Let's wait for a while," he replied.
"In that case, I will have the Imperial Navy used Simulation Battles against our opponent as a form of training and preparation."
"Alright."
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Next Chapter Title: Bar
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A few days after the meeting with Amelia, Edward suddenly popped up at Fleur's Tower. After contacting the Tower Spirit to let him in, he strode inside.
"What brings this sudden visit?"
He hugged her tightly on his arm and said: "Let's go on a small vacation."
"Now? I'm a little busy."
"I promise you that it will be worth it."
After pondering for a few seconds, she agreed. They did not waste time as Edward took her back to his palace and got inside a spaceship. Since he had the highest authority in the Empire, he did not need to report his flight operation.
So, after getting into the small individual spaceship, he flew into outer space. The ship had auto-pilot mode so he did not have to drive.
"Activating Void Jump," said the artificial intelligence in a cold and monotonous voice.
The spaceship seemed to enter a world that is completely white before exiting. To Edward and Fleur, it seemed that only a few seconds had passed.
Fleur–who was curious about where they were–looked through the window, She saw a massive fortress floating in space.
"Where are we?"
"Epsilon Cluster, more than 30,000 light-years away from Earth."
Fleur nodded her head. After the space expedition five years ago, the Empire has learned plenty of things about the universe. The Milkyway Galaxy is divided into different clusters, and each cluster is made up of many star systems.
The ship flew directly to the fortress to the parking area. Suddenly, the A.I. said: "Receiving information transmission. Accept or Deny?"
"Accept."
A message was then projected in front of Edward.
"Dear Customer, Welcome to Acadia Bar. If you want to park, a certain fee is required. What form of payment would you like to use?"
"Direct Deposit from the Central Cosmic Bank," said Edward. Then, a bank account number was transferred to his ship. Under his instruction, the AI accessed Edward's bank and transfer the money.
"I did not expect you to be so rich, even outside of Earth," said Fleur in a joking manner.
"Of course, otherwise, how could I be the sugar daddy of so many women."
Edward was indeed rich. In the cosmos, there are many forms of currency. However, two of them are the mainstream. The first is one is the Universe Coin issued by the Central Cosmic Bank.
The other is mana stone, which is a rare mineral found in certain planets where mana is abundant. The stone contained mana inside, which can be used by casters for increasing their mana and a variety of other things.
After learning about this, Edward commented how this thing was the same as spiritual stones that he often read about in novels in his past life.
As for the source of Edward's wealth, it came from two things: mana crystal and gold.
Mana crystal is an artificial version of mana stones. Despite being artificial, the energy inside is purer since it is made from Philosopher's Stones, so Edward discovered that they were quite valuable after selling them.
As for gold, it was not the material itself that was precious, but the things that could be made with it. A large quantity of gold can be used to refine another ore called Magic Gold, which is a very rare and valuable mineral that is in high demand.
After buying a few pieces of magic cold and studying it, he did reverse engineer the method of making it. And with the Philosopher's Stone's ability to turn metal into gold, he never lacked this stuff.
So, he was a relatively rich man in the cosmos.
"It seems that you have been too influenced by the Americans," said Fleur. Edward shrugged his shoulder after hearing this. In his past life, he was American. Although in this life, he was British and speak with their accent, sometimes, the influence of his past life will manifest itself.
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After paying the fee and landing, Edward handed Fleur a watch.
"What's this?" she asked
"A universal translator."
"No need. I have already learned the universal language."
Edward suddenly remembered that the Empire has already entered the Space Age. Currently, the universal language is a normal course in schools along with basic knowledge of the universe.
While thinking about this, he suddenly started to wonder how this language was accepted as the universal one. Who was so powerful or influential to be able to do this?
Not just the language, but even the central currency issued by the Central Cosmic Bank. To have so many races and civilizations accept your currency as the standard one is not something a regular person or group can do.
He decided to pay more attention to these issues and get to the bottom in the future once he is more powerful.
After getting off the ship, the two of them headed to their destination. They soon reached a building that had the design of a rundown bar in a fantasy world full of magic.
There was a sign with the word "Acadia" on top.
After entering inside, they soon found themselves in a very large area full of people. According to size only, this place was probably bigger than a football stadium. Obviously, a spell similar to Extension Charm was placed inside the small bar as the interior space was larger than the exterior one.
Fleur's eyes lit up as she saw all kinds of different races. Humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and more. Many of these races she thought only existed in stories or legends, and they were right in front of her.
Although her facial expression did not change much, she was excited on the inside.
"Is this place really a bar?"
The reason she asked this was that she saw that all the people here had weapons on them or wore some sort of armor. More ever, based on the mana she detected on many of them, there were many people of different Tiers.
The majority of them were between Tier 0 to Tier 3, while dozens were in Tier 4. As for Tier 5, including Edward, she only detected 4 of them. And there were no higher Tiers, at least she did not detect any.
"Although it is called a Bar, this place is in fact a Mercenary Guild where people can post and take jobs from all over the galaxy."
"Task?"
"Yes. From saving a country on some planet to saving princesses to slave and drug trafficking. You will find everything here."
"Something tells me that we are not here only for vacation?"
Edward smiled at her before leading her in a specific direction.
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Next Chapter Title: Strange Encounter
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