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章 544: Government Affairs

The entire election lasted more than a month, so Edward was relieved when the ordeal ended. He wanted to celebrate with his family, but even his mother and father had left, traveling to another universe for a vacation despite how much he protested against it.

Ultimately, he had to accept his family had a life of their own, and he could not control them. So, he turned into an obsessive protective freak and created countless measures for his mother and father in case something happened to them.

He walked into a room where his aunt waited for him.

"That was a great speech and a great display of might," said Amelia with a smile. With this election, the royal family's power will reach a new height, not to mention their popularity in the eyes of the people.

"You think so too," replied Edward before sitting opposite her, serving a drink for him and her.

"How are things?" he asked.

"Generally speaking, everything is proceeding smoothly," replied Amelia as she showed him a bunch of data regarding the current state of the Empire.

"There should be a but, right?"

"Yes," she nodded. "Two proposals have repeatedly appeared in the council despite how many times I voted against them.

"The first one is the Merit Crime Bill, which would allow the use of Arcane Merit to offset their crimes."

"That's understandable. Now that these people have God-like powers, they also want to be above the law," replied Edward with a sneer. "Do you want me to send the Ghost Squad to pay them a visit?"

"Not necessary," chuckled Amelia. "We already have a plan to deal with them."

Edward looked at the data and nodded. The plan was a galaxy-wide media smear campaign against the people who supported the deal or the powerful Arcanists trying to lobby it to pass in the council. The Empire will reveal their identities to the public, ruining their reputation and dragging them into the mud.

"That's an excellent solution. What's the other bill?"

"Some people are advocating to make selling slaves legal," replied Amelia with a frown. "Mostly clones and undead, but the list also includes other races and species."

"Clean these people up," said Edward directly. "We are about to open access to the Astral Realm. If we do not regulate such a thing, the underground slave-selling business will boom once these people can control entire planes."

"That's my plan, and I only wanted you to sign on it."

Edward nodded and signed his order.

"The last thing is we need to clean up Planet Dark Star."

"Already?"

The Empire was not a utopia, and despite all its advancements in ending world war, world hunger, and curing all regular diseases, the human heart is unfathomable. As such, things like crime and evil nature still exist and can be said to be rampant because of how powerful Arcanists are.

So, the members of the Think Tank had the brilliant idea of controlling crime since it could not be completely stopped. The Empire then secretly created the Dark Market–a place that gathered all the evil Arcanists, the people who sell slaves, drugs, banned substances, mercenaries, assassins, rogues, outlaws, or anyone who doesn't like to follow strict rules and laws.

No one knows that the underground, which is the darkest place of the Empire, was established by the government to control crime. Once in a while, the government will "discover" the underground and clean up the place. However, a few months later, a new one will be opened and repeat the situation.

In the past 20 years, Planet Dark Star has been cleaned up and re-opened three times.

"Go ahead. If you need to mobilize the Royal Guard, you can do so."

"There is no need for that," replied Amelia. If the navy could not deal with one planet full of outlaws, then they would be useless and need to be replaced.

The two continued their official talk for a while before stopping and changing the topic.

"I wonder how Susan is doing," said Amelia. Although the little girl had parents, she always treated her like her child.

"The world of Yu-Gi-Oh is not inherently dangerous. So, as long as nothing happens to her in the Void, she will be fine."

If something had happened to her, they would have long sensed something. So, Susan should have already reached her destination and studied these creatures for the creation and completion of Card Summoning Magic.

"What about you? Any interest in visiting other worlds?"

"The world has plenty of mystery for me to unravel, so there is no need for now," she replied with a smile. "Plus, someone has to remain to keep things in check."

"It's fine if you feel this way. However, don't let power control you."

"You know me better than this."

She is now one of the people with the most power in the Empire. However, despite this fact, she kept up with her magical studies to ensure she is as powerful as possible while also keeping a sense of wonder and desire for pursuing knowledge.

She keeps her position because the Empire is her baby, watching it grow from the ground up. Edward and most of the royal family are not too keen on governing, so someone needs to keep an eye on things to prevent any issues.

"That's good," nodded Edward as he led his aunt away. Soon afterward, Itachi appeared in the room.

"What's the result?"

"The Gods have summoned a Divine Armament to the material plane from the Outer Realm. They pierced a hole through our defense with its power and contacted an Arcanist called Chu."

Edward had a screen before him showing him a new race with crystal eyes.

"He exchanged information for a Divine Blessing, allowing him to rise very quickly from Tier 5 to Tier 9. According to our analysis, their plan was probably to have him take the throne and cause chaos."

"How much information was revealed?" asked Edward with a frown.

"We were lucky Chu did not reveal everything, trying to bargain for more benefit," replied Itachi. Edward felt relieved when he saw that news about the Floating City and a few other important things had not been revealed.

"Are you sure he was the only one they contacted?"

"Chu does not know about this, so we are still investigating."

"Use as many people as you need to find things out."

"I will."

"How is the expansion going?"

"Everything is proceeding smoothly, but we still need more time to create a universe-wide spy network."

"Any concrete plan?"

"My objective is to control an already existing order. Unfortunately, the best spy faction of this plane is directly connected to some powerful Tier 10 Gods, so we cannot control their souls or use any other forms of control."

Believers are scary to deal with because they have no fear of death. Even if you threaten them with their loved ones, they will not hesitate to kill themselves, so they ascend to their Gods' Divine Kingdom and achieve eternal peace.

"Take your time. Once we have cracked the secrets of the Soul Flame, we might be able to deal with the control these gods have on their believers' souls," reassured Edward.

"My Lord, may I ask how much progress has been made?"

"I have made great progress in the past 20 years. However, it's far from enough."

"That's unfortunate," said Itachi before taking his leave.

"Morgana," continued Edward. "If the Gods used a Divine Armament to pierce through the Fog, shouldn't a department detect such a change?"

"Yes. The energy used to power the Fog should have increased drastically and alerted us."

Edward created three Tier 10 Supersolid Aether Cores to power the Fog that is protecting the Milky Way Galaxy. He also established departments to keep watch at all times, so it was abnormal that he did not detect this breach in advance.

"Find what happened."

"Give me a moment." A few minutes later, "The spike in energy was detected, but someone did not do their job properly and reported the problem too late."

Edward groaned, "Fire them, whoever it is."

"As you wish," replied the little elf. "None of this would have happened if you used state-of-the-art artificial intelligence for that department's system."

"For security reasons, man-made workers are better in this situation," replied Edward. Despite the current situation, the data has shown that using responsible individuals for security measures was more secure than AI.

"What is my next itinerary?" he asked, changing the subject.

"Chris has made some progress in his research. You can go see him."

"Alright."


章 545: Will Tempering Method

Edward soon arrived at Chris's lab, which had been waiting for him since he sent prior notification of his arrival.

"Chris, how are things?"

"Very well, Your Majesty."

"It seems married life suits you well. How about? Consider having more than one wife?" joked Edward.

"I don't want to turn into a mental patient that has gone crazy," swiftly replied Chris. Who was his wife? The Chief of the National Bureau of Mental Health, one of the best Tier 8 Spiritual Arcanists in the world–Shenice King.

If he dared step out of line, he was sure the government would soon find him with a shattered psychic with no proof that his wife was involved.

"Haha, it's good she's keeping you in check and not letting the fame and glory get to your head," nodded Edward, who also knew how scary a Spiritual Arcanist like Shenice King was.

"True to that." Although he was a man of exceptional will, it did not mean he could not change and be corrupt by power, wealth, and fame.

"Enough of the chitchat, and let's get to business."

"As we should," nodded Chris as he led Edward to his office. Without wasting time, he began to show his research results.

"As you already knew, my research direction was to create a perfect method that would allow Arcanist to temper their Willpower. My first attempt was the normal stuff, using illusions to create a vivid world that would torment the Arcanists and temper their will.

"Sadly, this method had a variety of results and many side effects, including permanent damage to my subjects. Some people responded to experiencing hardship, while others completely shut down."

Chris showed the data while explaining.

"My second attempt was to use battles to temper the will. I tried this method after learning about the Haki System, but the results also varied. Some people responded positively, but most failed to achieve anything.

"My third attempt was a simple meditation method. By analyzing the correlation between willpower and the soul, spirit, mind, and memories, I created a meditation technique to nurture a person's willpower slowly.

"Sadly, this method was too slow. It could take thousands of years to increase the Willpower by a factor of one, and the higher the number, the longer the time required."

Screen after screen flashed before Edward as he swiftly analyzed these experimental data from the early stages to their conclusion.

"After all these failures, I returned to the board and summarized what I have learned. I wanted to know the source of Willpower. What made someone so determined was that they were willing to suffer unimaginable pain to accomplish them; they were willing to discipline themselves to a level that most people could not fathom.

"And the answer I got was the consciousness. To be specific, subconsciousness–the part most people do not know- is responsible for most of their beings or even existence.

"After finding a direction, everything else came naturally. I created a Meditation Technique that allowed any race or species to delve into their subconscious, find introspection, and control it.

"The result was not a simple improvement of Willpower but a deeper understanding of the mind, the self, and the soul."

Edward squinted his eyes as he saw a new paper Chris had just finished. It was titled–The Link Between the Subconscious and the Soul Flame. He read it briefly before his eyes lit up. He immediately placed it on the top of his reading list before focusing on the other research results.

After finishing reading through everything, Edward felt Chris' research reminded of something. After checking his memory, he realized the latter's research on the subconscious reminded him of the Immortal Cultivators Novel he used to read in Primordial Earth,

One of the core concepts of those words was the idea of the Dao Heart–the desire to pursue the Dao or Path. A cultivator with a strong Dao Heart was someone of immense will who was willing to do anything and experience any hardship to ensure he reached the top of the world.

'Everything is connected, and all paths lead to the same destination,' thought Edward of this famous quote in these novels. He secretly sighed at how true these words were.

He finally focused back on Chris and asked:

"With your method, how much willpower can be increased?"

"Sadly, it only reaches Level 5. I've reached Level 6 myself, but I'm an anomaly."

Edward gave him a look. If nothing unexpected occurs, Chris might be the second person in the Empire to control authority and become a Legendary Arcanist.

'Level 5 is the minimum standard in most worlds to become a Legendary Arcanist. However, it's still not enough for this world,' analyzed Edward.

"Do you have any ideas for future development?"

"Yes, The Collective Consciousness," replied Chris.

"The Planet's Will?"

"Yes, my idea is that Arcanists must confront the planet's will–which is a gathering of the consciousness of everybody–with their own. In the process, they have to protect their consciousness and not be assimilated.

"According to my idea, the Planet Will is not enough. Having a Galaxy Will and even a Universe Will would be better. However, if it does not exist, maybe we can artificially create one."

Edward gave him an odd look, and Chris picked up on it, "I was right? There is a galaxy and a Universe will?"

"Universe Will and the ultimate purpose of increasing Willpower is to overwhelm it and force it to hand over control over the fundamental rules of the universe."

Chris looked at him in shock, "Is that even possible?"

"Yes, I've done, and the requirements are a minimum eight on the Willpower Scale."

"I see. If we, Arcanists, want to be on the same level as the Gods, we must control [Authority]. However, the path of faith is not for us, so we need an alternative method."

"That's correct."

Chris sighed, "I salute, Your Majesty, for your forward thinking."

He could not imagine how long this man had been planning the rise of the Path of Arcane and how willing he was to share such power with so many people. Such a mind deserves his respect.

Edward accepted the salute and continued, "I'm unaware of any Galaxy Will, but we can artificially manufacture one. Your will-tempering method could first involve a planetary will, then a star system will, and a galaxy will before the final confrontation with the universe will.

"However, you should create safety measures to ensure the sanity of our people when using this method."

Confronting a Planet Will was not a simple endeavor despite the fact that a Tier 6 Arcanist can easily destroy a planet. The Planet Will contains the thoughts and memories of billions of people, if not more. If an Arcanist was not careful, their soul could be corrupted after coming into contact with so many people murmuring together.

It's possible for them to suffer a state similar to the Gods' Faith Poisoning, where they suffer personality splits like a schizophrenic patient, or their main personality is forcefully changed into something else.

"I will," nodded Chris, who knew the Empire's motto of pushing the boundary while maintaining a paranoid level of cautiousness in case something happened.

"If you need anything, you know who to contact."

Chris knew he had a lot of work to do, so he did not waste time. He must first access most of the Empire on the Planet Will research before proceeding on the next step to recreate it on a galaxy size.

While this part of the project is going on, he must create a perfect method to temper Willpower using the Planet Will.

"Lots of work to do," he muttered with a smile. He called his wife to tell her he would be late today but promised to return home. Then, he continued his work.


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