The King Of Luminous glanced his army of soldiers and knights practicing swordsmanship and exercising as usual this evening. Since he had reported that the Cult of the Demon King of Miasma was still existing, and that proof of their existence has been found, he had decided to spend his resources into strengthening the military strength of his Kingdom's capital.
Much like Elayne, as a Ruler of an enormous Kingdom, he possessed special abilities and privileges. Even though NPC cannot see the System in detail, they can know how high their level is, or how many Skills they possess, and with items such as Appraising Accessories, it is possible for them to see their entire Status on detail.
However, unlike Players, NPC are much more restricted on what they can customize once their Class is chosen. Most people of Arcadia begin classless, and can further advance into Beginners, which will then branch out into other Classes, unlike Players that can choose them right before starting.
Nonetheless, there are special cases, such as inherited skills or classes from strong or powerful bloodlines, or also… from titles such as royalty.
The King of Luminous, named Luminous after his father, grandfather, and grand grandfather, possessed such powers. The almighty Class [Luminous Kingdom's King] which was of the Heroic Rank and allowed him to not only use several skills specialized for a ruler, but also to imitate in a way Elayne's Territory Management System.
This was also something King Dainn and Queen Titania possessed, through accumulating Community Points passively from all the things their Kingdoms produced or practiced, they could then activate their special skills, enhancing the growth of their warriors, the speed in which products are made, or even improving on the socioeconomic aspects, such as money duplication.
Although this later Skill was often forbidden, as it could alter the economy too much if too much money was produced where there was no value for this money to take.
However, one of the greatest sources of money of each respective Kingdoms ever since the entire world of Arcadia "changed" was their very Kings, producing Gold Coins based on the value and economy of their Kingdoms.
And what King Luminous was doing now was activating the special skill [Great Ruler's Training Decree], which enhanced the natural growth of stats of all his Kingdom's Military by +250% for the next 7 days.
He had to spend a lot of his Community Points for that, but it was a reasonable price to better improve the strength of his Kingdom.
He was watching in silence as they grew stronger, basic training was possible through the Kingdom's Castle Barracks, enhanced with special effects after he imbued them with Community Points years ago.
"To think this damned cult has been thriving right below my noses…" He thought, gritting his teeth. "What I'm supposed to do now? They hide better than cockroaches. And I fear some of those within the noble families could be working with them! How do I even approach this situation?"
The Young King was unexperienced in all matter of such things and couldn't really think about a proper solution right now, other than strengthening his forces to protect his family.
Until his wife stepped in.
"Dear, David is looking for you again today." Camilla spoke, with her charming red eyes shining brightly.
"Ah, my dear Camilla…" The King sighed, hugging his wife, and giving her a kiss. "You're the only thing aside from our son that brightens my mood these days…"
"Fufu, I know it has been hard, but let's work on this together." She smiled. "Now, don't be lazy and go meet David, he has important matters to assess."
"Alright…" The King nodded, as he quickly put on the dignified mantle again, his weakness only shown to his beloved wife.
The young King reached the Throne hall, sitting on his throne, Camilla right next to him. Kneeling in there was Paladin David, alongside a couple of other Knights.
"My King, we've brought you good news." David said.
"Good news?" The King wondered. "What is it now?"
"Player Planta and her friends have found yet another Hidden Dungeon related with the Cult!" David said with a face filled with joy. "And above all, they have defeated the threats inside and have found many new clues."
"What? So soon?" The King was surprised. "It hasn't even been a whole day since the last time… And it's also the same woman. Hmmm… Bring her here, and her friends too. I need to speak with her and rewards her too."
The King suddenly thought of a brilliant idea, if she was so good at it, why not leave the job to her?
He smiled as he rubbed his chin.
"A-Are you sure about this, my King?" Asked David. "But she's… You wouldn't mind that she and her friends are non-humans?"
"Of course I wouldn't mind those things." The King sighed. "Only ignorant people would ever care. Now, quickly bring them here."
"Y-Yes!" David nodded. "Let's go."
He led his group of knights as they made their way back to city.
"What are you planning with that woman?" Wondered Camilla. "Don't tell me! Are you planning on getting a second mistress? Am I not enough for you, my dear?"
"Camilla, that you're a Player doesn't mean I'll chase every other Player out there!" Sighed the King. "Also, I've told you plenty of times that you're the only woman I would ever love. I just thought that she's good at what she does. So how about ask her, with a Royal Decree, to aid us? I'll reward her handsomely as well."
"Well, I guess I should had expected that from my lazy husband." The Queen giggled, caressing his head with a motherly smile.
This always conquered the King's heart… Despite being someone so prestigious, the Queen always had him in the palm of her hands in that regard.
"L-Lazy?! Well! I'm just trying to do what I can! Don't tell me you're expecting a king to go out on the streets looking for thugs?" Sighed Luminous, holding her hand. "Although something like this… I might have never considered it if I hadn't meet you, my love. We used to have a huge stigma against Players, but I suppose it is my duty to fight against it now."
"I do not trust every Player either. Our communities tend to go on wars for every little thing, and we are stingy, greedy, and quite despicable sometimes." Camilla sighed. "But there are also some very good people out there. Planta… She's someone I've seen before; I think you'll realize she's very different. In a good way."
"I'm looking forward to that then." The King smiled. "If you say so, I suppose she might be as unique as you are. Hm, now that I think about it, where's Gustav at?"
"Our son? He's playing in the garden as usual-"
"Daddy, mommy! I found another bug!"
Their little son stepped into the throne room carrying a huge bug, interrupting his parent's talk.
"Gustav! Get that thing out of the throne room!" The King panicked, as the Queen playfully giggled.
"Eeh? But it's a big and shiny bug!" Gustav tried to show it to his father.
"Fufu, why are you scared of bugs, dear?" Giggled Camilla. "Gustav, bring it here, I want to take a look at it."
"Okay!"
"N-No! Gustav, enough!"
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