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nThree years later,

nIn the floating castle, Maximus, who was leisurely reading a book, suddenly felt a movement in the Amalgamation of Will.

n“Huh?”

nAfter careful inspection, he noticed the Amalgamation of Will seemed to improve, forming a complete cycle.

nIn the whole Curse Continent, he felt the dense will of people coming to him.

n“Is the great immigration done?”

nThree years ago, he moved all the people in the Westle Empire to the Moonlight Forest.

nMaximus thought this would be an easy thing, as a single tier 9 ship could accommodate trillions of people.

nHowever, he underestimated the difficulty of moving.

nLoading and capacity are different.

nAlthough the tier 9 ship could indeed accommodate trillions of people.

nThe logistics, support, and time needed to fill that up could take up months.

nFurthermore, cities and infrastructure in the Moonlight Forest were still under construction.

nPriority must also be given to the original people of the Moonlight Empire to move, further delaying the immigration.

nHe also underestimated the number of people from the previous Westle Empire.

nOccupying all of the continent besides the Sun Sea region where the Moonlight Empire is, the Westle Empire had a population of over three quadrillion.

nThis is still because of the war and chaos decreasing the number of people.

nThe forceful conquest of the Westle Empire probably decreased the population of the Curse Continent by at least 30 percent.

nThere are also those top empires who escape once they caught wind of the Westle Empire.

nOverall, if not for the war, there would probably be 4-5 quadrillion population in the Cursed Continent.

nIt might seem a lot; however, compared to the landmass of the continent, it was nothing.

nEven the three quadrillion people coming to the Moonlight Forest were but a drop in the ocean.

nThey couldn’t even occupy a percentage of land, even with all those people.

nOf course, this is also because of the lack of infrastructure and industries.

nMaximus expected that industries would boom in the coming tens to hundreds of years, rapidly occupying the land.

nFeeling the changes in the Amalgamation of Will, a surprise flashed into his eyes.

n“I can control the continent?”

nThis control was like holding the key to a car; with his will, the land would move at his fingertips.

nMountains and seas, trees and forests, weather and climate would form at his will.

nThe mana, minerals, vegetation, could be moved and transferred freely.

nIn the Cursed Continent, he was like a god who could control everything.

n“This is amazing!”

nIt even surpasses what Amalgamation of Will is capable of.

nTerraforming the land at your will on such a large mass of land is like creating the world.

nEven his domain, which could do and create everything, was lackluster in comparison.

nThe area that he could control and manipulate at one time was limited.

nSuch an absurd thing was, of course, not entirely due to the Amalgamation of Will.

nThe Cursed Continent was once a complete world that was integrated into the Etherium Realm.

nAs the ruler of such a land, with all the beings in the land believing in him, he is equivalent to the god or creator of the dimension.

nAs the creator, the land was like his body that he could control

nBesides terraforming the land, the unity of people also brought the efficiency of the Amalgamation of Will production to multitudes of degrees.

nIn the past, at least a hundred ordinary people were needed to produce a unit Amalgamation of Will.

nNow, just an ordinary person could produce one.

nThe will that tier 1 mages and knights could produce regularly also shot up from one to ten.

nFor tier 2, they could produce 10; tier 3 is a thousand; tier 5 is ten thousand; tier 6 is a hundred thousand; tier 7 is a million; tier 8 is a hundred million.

nThe efficiency was multiplied a dozen to a hundred times.

nHe then studied how the efficiency of the Amalgamation of Will multiplied.

nAfter some probing, he noticed that the Amalgamation of Will was directly absorbed by him.

nThere was no loss whatsoever; all the energy produced by an individual was fully intact.

nSeeing this, he nodded in satisfaction.

nAs the clock ticked, he counted the Amalgamation of Will being sent to him and counted how much he would get daily.

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nA day later, his eyes widened in shock.

n“Over a hundred quadrillion?!”

nOne had to know that a Monarch Abyss Crystal could only produce about a quadrillion units of energy equivalent to system points.

nWith a one-to-one ratio, a hundred quadrillion Amalgamation of Will is equivalent to a Monarch Abyss.

n“Crazy!”

nThis is still because the majority of people were mortal.

nThe one who gave him the bulk of the Amalgamation of Will was the original residence of the Moonlight Empire.

nWith over a trillion people in at least tier 3 realm, it was already a hundred quadrillion in an instant. ᴛʜs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛʀ s ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛ ʙʏ ovl(F)re.et

nInitially, he was worried about the coming invasion of the Abyss, not giving himtime to modify the Myriad World Mall.

nBut now, with such a huge amount of system points.

nHe could turn the Myriad World Mall into flowers, and they wouldn’t even recognize it as the same thing.

n“Huh~ It seems that it’s time to change plans…”

nOriginally, he wanted to stay low-key for a while and silently cultivate the Moonlight Empire.

nHowever, with such a large amount of benefits, he decided to go all out.

nMoney, resources, knowledge—he was ready to give it all out.

nMaximus had only one plan: population, population, population.

nQuality didn’t matter; Maximus only wanted quantity.

nMore people mean more talent and more talents mean more system points.

nHe planned to incentivize giving birth with generous rewards.

nIf the children brought were talented enough, Maximus could even increase the reward.

nMaximus also planned to poach people from various continents, whether the Arcane Continent, the Divine Continent, or the Beast Continent.

nPoaching people is the way to go; slowly nurturing them is time-consuming.

nOf course, this would also cost much more, but with the reward, he was willing to bear this cost.

nThe only problem is how these continents would react.

nPoaching people from different continents?

nThis was such an unconventional idea that he didn’t know how they would react.

nAlthough it seemed that each continent was open and free, the differences between them were enormous.

nEven the closest continent to them, the Arcane Continent, had significant differences.

nIt’s like a first-world country compared to a barren village.

nEven if he took out a large sum of money, he may not even poach several people from that continent.

nAfter all, although the rewards are high, who would be foolish enough to live in barren land?

nAs for the Divine Continent?

nThose gods were crazy about population; how could they just hand it over to him?

nEven more so for the Beast Continent; they were a different species.

nImmigrating out of their land to live in his Human Empire?

nIsn’t that looking for abuse?

nHowever, despite these difficulties, Maximus planned to take a long-term look at this.

nMaybe by then, he could think of a solution to this problem.

nThinking of this, the land construction needed to be hastened.

nHe can’t have people living in the woods any longer.

nAfter all, without a place, how could they have time to make children?

nEarlier, he prevented the Shadow Hunter Guild from helping because it’s costly.

nFurthermore, he wanted the city-building task to enhance people’s sense of belonging.

nBut now, with the benefits in front of him, screw it.

nHe would use all his power to become the most populous continent in the Etherium Realm.

nHowever, thinking about it, he realized the land in the Curse Continent was not enough.

nIt couldn’t even reach a percentage of the Arcane Continent, much less the ever-expanding Divine Continent.

nIf the population continued to grow without living space, it would ultimately be all for naught.

nDigging the land under the sea is inefficient and slow; by the time they dig enough, the population would be overflowed.

nFurthermore, the land under the sea is too low-grade; he would have to spend a lot if he wanted to nourish it.

nBuying land directly is also too costly.

nAlthough he is stupidly rich, it’s not enough for him to waste it just for some land.

nSuddenly, he thought of the most abundant material in his storage dimension.

nThe Atomic God Metal, the hardest tier 9 metal in the Etherium Realm.

nThe Earth of Life, a tier 9 soil that could accommodate and give birth to all things.

nThe Water of Life, a tier 9 water that could heal and nourish all life.

nThese three treasures were the ever-expanding treasure he got from the Etherium Vault.

nReaching millions and billions of light-years, it was more than enough to accommodate the expansion of the Cursed Continent.

nFurthermore, as treasure generated by his mana, he controlled it like the back of his hand.

nAs for the structure of land?

nLike the scattered continent-domains of the Arcane Continent, the expanding land of the Divine Continent, or the moving continents of the Beast Continent.

nIt was too early to think about.

nMaximus planned to first repopulate the Moonlight Forest before thinking about it.

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