Second World

Jack didn't stop the transfer. The merit points continued to flow from his kingdom badge. The exp indicated that he needed another 100,000 points for the next level. His badge had enough merit points.

In the end, he depleted the entire merit points in his badge. His sovereign was now level 3. He needed 150,000 merit points to reach level 4, he needed just a tiny 12,196 merit points for that.

If he knew this, he wouldn't have spent any of his merit points in the kingdom exchange list in the past. But then again, how could he bloody know he would be the king of this country?

With the two times level up, he now had a total of 130 ruling power.

"So, what can this ruling power do?" Jack asked.

"Multiple things. Try clicking your sovereign status," Peniel said.

Jack followed the instruction and the screen changed to display several options.

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Hasten construction

Complete 10 days' worth of construction.

Cost: 1 ruling power

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Hasten research

Complete 10 days' worth of research.

Cost: 1 ruling power

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Increase population

Summon 100,000 population into a selected settlement.

Not applicable to villages or towns.

Cost: 10 ruling power

Cooldown: 1 week

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Call to arms

Draft troops from all the settlements in the country. Draft 50,000 troops from megalopolises. 10,000 troops from metropolises. 5,000 troops from cities. 2,000 troops from towns.

All drafted troops start from level 30.

Cost: 30 ruling power

Cooldown: 1 month

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Mass Drill

Trains all the levels of the soldiers in the country with 50% efficiency of a barrack. Those who are trained inside barracks received a 200% growth rate.

Cost: 50 ruling power

Cooldown: 1 month

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War Rally

Increases all soldiers' attributes for 1 day.

Cost: 20 ruling power

Cooldown: 1 week

Requirement: Usable only during wartime

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War Transport

Teleport 100,000 soldiers to any settlement within Themisphere.

Cost: 30 ruling power

Cooldown: 1 week

Requirement: Usable only during wartime

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War March

Increase all soldiers' marching speed for 3 days

Cost: 10 ruling power

Cooldown: 1 week

Requirement: Usable only during wartime

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"Wow…," Jack only gave this short utterance after reading the options.

"More options will be available as you level up your sovereign level," Peniel said.

"No wonder Alonzo said that he will use this power to recover the military power," John mused.

"What is it?" Jeanny was getting anxious about being left out. Duchess Isabelle was kind enough to spare her time to explain to her.

"Next month, if my sovereign level is still level 3, I will only get 30 ruling power, correct?" Jack asked.

"That's correct," Peniel answered.

"Now I understand why you are so excited that I get that 100 points of Ruling Power. Well, in this case. I can't squander it. The call to arms and mass drill is a must. This will instantly increase our troop counts to…"

Jack was still calculating when John said, "182,000 troops. That is not yet counting the ones we manually draft from each settlement. If we do, the numbers will double. This means we will have recovered almost half of the fighting force we lost during the invasion war."

"Not to mention, that mass drill trains all troops even if only half the efficiency of a barrack. This means the stronger veterans, like Emris and Meryl, will benefit as well. As opposed to the normal barrack training which prioritizes the weaker troops," Jeanny said. She could finally join in the conversation after catching up due to Isabelle's explanation.

"Well, I know Themos had been pretending to be unwell. But if he had used this power when we are invaded, it will have truly eased our struggles," Jack complained.

"Although I agree with you, there is one thing that you need to be aware of," Isabelle said. "The sovereign power that Themos used to have, is slightly different."

"How so?" Jack asked.

"His sovereign power doesn't have a level," It was Peniel, who answered. "A native monarch receives only 10 ruling power every month. That's it. They have to make do with that small quantity. If they want to use the power that requires more ruling power, they will need to save their points through several months."

"Oh? I thought when Alonzo said that he was going to use his ruling power to recover this country's military power, mean that he has a sufficient amount?"

"He was expecting to receive it from his father," Thaergood said. "Since King Themos hasn't ruled for a while, his ruling power should be piling up. If he was crowned king, Themos' ruling power will pass on to him."

"Well, I guess it didn't pass on to me because I have no blood relation to the king?" Jack said.

"That's right. But even so, the current ruling power you have is more than King Themos has saved up. I can't help but think that the Gods are truly unfair. Even our monarch system favored you, outworlders," Thaergood sighed.

Jack glanced at Peniel. Only she and outworlders here knew the reason why it was so. He considered telling the three natives here about the true nature of the world but decided against it. Better to not get side-tracked.

He proceeded to spend 5 ruling power to complete the construction of the World Peace Garden and the War Academy. World Peace Garden would help the probability of better grades emerging from the drafting process. War Academy would help the speed of training growth rate.

He then spent 30 ruling power to use the Call to Arms. Afterward, he used Mass drill. He spent a total of 85 ruling power, leaving only 45 points left.

"I think I will just save these remaining points," Jack said. "So, we can at least use Mass Drill again next month."

"Good choice," John agreed. "Don't forget to also manually train the troops in barracks. They will get a 200% effect in that way."

Jack nodded. He returned to the City Overview screen and zoomed back to Thereath. They performed heavy drafts on this city, so that function entered a cooldown.

He went back into the Build function to fill up the two building slots that had been freed up because World Peace Garden and the War Academy had been completed. He filled in the two slots with one fighting school and one magic school. They similarly needed ten days to be built.

He then went out and clicked the Train function.