City of Desire [Kingdom Building]

Proofread by Thomas F 

Caena Aris

"It is happening quite fast," I said as I looked at the buildings that started popping up from the ground.

It is a new military training ground that will be significantly larger than one located within the city. It isn't the only thing; when I turned toward the river, I saw hundreds of people working on the new port.

We are constructing another port on this side of the city, alongside the administrative building, guardhouse, and other necessary infrastructure.

"It is just the beginning; the progress will be even faster as the weeks pass," replied Architect Harrison.

I sighed in my heart, hearing that.

This will continue for three more weeks before the protection expires. After that, the undead will attack, and that will affect everything.

Including this construction. I will be surprised if things continue at half the current speed.

"I am glad," I said, and talked to the man for a few minutes before sitting in my carriage.

The driver followed the predetermined path and soon arrived at the designated spot.

A charm appeared in my hand.

It is a beautiful work, made of intertwining delicate wood and flowers with costly gems infused with a drop of Velvet Garden's core essence and Remus's blood.

I don't usually use the essence of Velvet Garden. Each drop is precious, but this spell requires it.

'Ireszae Ver,' I chanted under my breath, and the charm in my hand turned to smoke—the last and forty-eighth piece of the powerful spell.

It is one of the most powerful spells I have ever crafted. It is not a complete spell but a part that will be attached to the bigger spell.

I had planned to do this two months ago, but I waited and worked on it until I became satisfied.

Now they are ready, and I am merging them into the wall of the second circle.

I had done this now because the spell was ready, and also because it was the only time I had. Barb will be returning next week and will be bringing the blood and charms.

From then on, I will be swamped for the following weeks, working to integrate those things into the spell.

Mok's Tavern had helped me a lot in gaining the necessary information, but the spells against the Tranquill Bathhouse must be grander and powerful.

It needs to be because we are against the living legacy that wants to eat us.

The power of the whole kingdom will be used. That includes powerful classes, artifacts, and other things.

We are taking massive risks that even Archmage Tower warned us about doing, but it is necessary. It will take Velvet Garden to greater heights.

Tranquil Bathhouse has emotion reserves on a scale that we didn't. That is a big incentive to do this, but there are also skills from the legacy and its master.

There are a few more things I am interested in, like the essence of Grade IV legacy.

The legacy that had been bound to the throne for over a century.

It might even have a few qualities of the throne that will be a tremendous help, but it will also pose the most significant challenge for swallowing it.

The carriage moved around for over an hour. If anyone was watching, I didn't want them to have any suspicion.

Finally, the carriage moved to the bridge and, a few minutes later, reached the other side.

When the carriage reached the gate of the city, I relaxed. Once in the city, I am safe. It isn't just the imprinted spells I could command, but also witchcraft.

A few minutes later, the carriage stopped in front of the tower, and I got out.

"Madam," greeted the girls at the reception. I nodded at them before stepping into the elevator.

Soon, the elevator reached the top floor, but it didn't stop. It kept moving before finally coming to a stop at the roof, and I got out.

Remus was there, and I opened my mouth to speak when I stopped, seeing the worry on his face.

"What happened?" I asked after a few seconds of silence had passed.

"Yressor is moving toward Haltav," he replied. The name felt familiar, and when I remembered it, a surprise appeared on my face.

Haltiv is a port city of the Renha Region, and there is only one way for Yressor to attack it.

"Naval attack?" I asked, and he nodded. "They are coming with a great force. The crown Prince's navy had moved to engage with them, but if intelligence is correct, it won't be able to hold them for long," he replied.

These past few days have been crazy.

All four kingdoms launched their new offensive on the same day, overwhelming the empire's forces.

They have captured many cities and are advancing within the empire.

Although it may be happening on the mainland, it affects things everywhere. First and foremost, it pressured us to supply them with more essences.

We will be sending a large amount of it to both princes in a few days.

We are doing this not only because the imperials need this, but also because we have promises in return to help against Dorus' dictatorship.

"Will they be able to capture the city?" I asked. Haltiv is the biggest port city of the Renha region. It is a commercial center and, most importantly, the regional supply point for the empire's forces.

It would be terrible if they were to capture it.

"I don't know," he replied and sighed while looking toward the mainland.

For a moment, nobody spoke before he turned to me.

"Have you finished?" he asked. "Yes, all that remained was connecting it to the central spell," I replied.

"Do it," he ordered.

A moment later, everything disappeared, and a sun appeared with numerous planets revolving around it.

I looked at twenty-four planets at the outermost layer. They are planets representing the boundary of the city; within them is the domain of the Velvet Garden.

I looked at them and took a deep breath.

"Arente," I chanted, and immediately, the twenty-four planets lit up.

The light around them began to grow brighter and brighter before it started blazing in a dense yellow light.

As they did, the blazing threads came out of them. Each planet released two threads and moved toward the great dark.

They kept moving for two and a half seconds before stopping as if they reached their destination.

They did.

As they stopped, a pale forty-eight points appeared at the end of the strings; these points were the charms I had imprinted in the second circle.

These pale points became brighter as the strings poured the energies into them.

Those forty-eight points are the new spell, and these twenty-four planets aren't just feeding them with power but also connecting with them, making them part of the grand spell.

The points begin to get brighter and brighter till they start to shine brightly,

It is when the strings returned to the twenty-four planets while the forty-eight points blazed like the stars.

"Succeeded?" asked Remus. "Yes," I replied.

"They just connected to the spell. Now, the challenge would be to become a true part of it; it will only happen during the advancement," I added.

"That is a long time away," he replied with a smile.

With this spell, I connected the second ring with the domain of the legacy. The actual connection will happen during the advancement.

I did it to expand the domain of the Velvet Garden.

Even with all my preparations, I'm not sure if it will happen. The magic I am playing with is beyond my level, but I have to do it.

If the domain expands into the second circle, it will be of tremendous help.

The second circle is massive, nearly ten times the size of the current city.

Even after the legacy advances to the throne, it would be foolish to expect it to cover the whole second circle given its sheer size, but Remus wants it to cover at least a third.

He had even made changes in the second circle according to it. The critical parts will be in that area.

I will try to let the domain cover at least half of the second circle wall, but it would be difficult, given the size of the second circle.

I looked at the fourth-eight points and twenty-four planets. Feeling there was no problem, I turned it off and looked at Remus.

"Now that that is done. I am ready to focus on Tranquill Bathhouse fully," I said.

"You shouldn't have wasted your time on this. You have years, decades, or never before the legacy advances to the throne," he said.

"Our priority should be Tranquill Bathhouse. If we didn't put all our effort into it, we might end up losing our legacy," he said, his expression turning serious.

"It won't happen. I am focused on Tranquill Bathhouse," I replied.

I understand the stakes here; Velvet Garden needs to survive and thrive. It is for this reason that I focused on this formation.

Unlike Remus, I do not have a single doubt about Velvet Garden's advancement.

It will advance, and I have a feeling it won't be decades or even a decade before it happens.

I need to be ready as if it might advance tomorrow. That is why I was zealously focused on upgrading the charms, and I have already finished with over 70% of them.

Most importantly, I had finished the difficult ones.

The rest are easier, and I will focus on them after we finish swallowing Tranquil Bathhouse.

"Good, because without the legacy, we are nothing. We won't survive, even a month, if it dies," he said and walked away.

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