For one month, Sam disappeared completely from the limelight. His presence was completely lost. But nobody forgot about him.
The more time he took and the more he stayed silent, the more panic they caused. The Emperor Orion was also on tenterhooks.
He was taught a lesson with what Sam had done in the southwestern star.
He didn't take him seriously before but now that he lost main resources of the two dukedoms, he is having a hard time thinking what is Sam up to.
The metal mines are the worst problem of all.
Because, the impact crystal Sam threw in is all of the impact crystal he got from the estate and even more. If they really did melt all of it with high level heat, the spiritual stone mine can be saved but the metal mines would be in deep shit. And even that they would need months before they can do so.
It is not possible to do that without any harm.
And from some instigation from Blackwater, there was a start of the economic issue. The minor fields owners recongnized the scarcity of the resources started increasing the prices which the users didn't like that much and the robberies increased at the same time.
The supply is not meeting the demand and there is a desperate situation where they have to import them from other Dukedoms, but that is not easy. The import is another way which increases the banditry.
The pressure of the south-eastern star is increasing with these exports.
Perhaps, the officials had it too good all these years, they couldn't handle the situation and definitely not in a month.
But in this month, Sam had a lot of progress and that has a lot to do with the deal he made with the Emperor Arian.
Why did Sam make that deal in the first place?
Because, he has this deal in mind from the start. From the first time he started this whole thing, he had a plan to make a deal with Arian.
After all, he cannot deal with the whole empire on his own. He can at most create some problems that could really annoy them. And make chaos, but that doesn't mean, he can completely destroy the empire and build a new authority.
That would be a pipe dream at least until he achieved the same power level as the Emperor.
But he doesn't have that much time to wait, he has to deal with this guy as soon as possible and establish an income source, so that he can explore this planet more.
For that, he is going to make use of the Arian empire.
In this month, Sam had a minor break through and so did the rest of his friends. He is a Level Great realm cultivator while the remaining three are Level 3 Great realm cultivators.
Apart from that, he took this month to teach the ten instructors to be the trainers. He took a battalion as an example and clearly explained the ten people on how to train them, why they had to train them like that, and how those training methods will affect them.
Even how to execute the punishments and how to maintain the relationship between them as instructors and the soldiers.
He gave the formation discs that had to be used for the soldiers.
The beast battles, the team working. The elemental control.
The battalion that was given to him was the most elite, and he noticed that these guys are even better than the guys from the thunder wolf squad.
They caught on to everything easily and the training he gave to the previous battalion in the southern star in three months was done in a single month.
They are almost ready for a war. Almost.
After that, Sam met with the emperor again.
"Train them like this for another fifteen days, they are great at teamwork and learning. The ten trainers are good they know how to prioritize and what to put first.
Start a war on the southern star and the southwestern star at the same time. They have some scarcity in resources and from my analysis they have the imports from the western star dukedom and the south eastern star dukedom.
Imports from the eastern star will be difficult.
Now, I will be leave now and enter Orion. Since, you have the information network, you would know when to attack and which border to attack.
For now, I need that Level-6 beast. And for the final plan, I need you to help me with something."
"Sure, what do you want?"
"I need feces of a Level-7 fire type beast. Collect as much as possible."
"Feces?"
The Emperor was surprised. He didn't expect what the feces are for?
"Of course, you heard me right."
Emperor was really surprised. He didn't expect that Sam would ask for feces. He stopped thinking much into it and asked something else.
"I am curious, would you be able to deal with the Level 6 beasts, do you need me to send a Nascent as an escort for you. He would be able to help you better than a beast, right?"
"I trust the beasts better than humans. They are all true to their characters. And, I don't need the beast for my protection, rather I want it for something else. But I would need your help for some time, you have to suppress it for some time, before I manage to come into consensus with it."
"Sure, shall we go now. The beast is already arranged."
Both of them moved to a beast which is proudly standing.
It is a white winged-vulture.
Sam knew this beast; it is actually a beast with a good bloodline heritage.
White-winged vulture is a descendant of silver winged vulture a beast which has a bloodline on par with the Golden fur ape.
He was actually surprised. There is another Beast on the side which is also a vulture, it is a thunder vulture a Level 7 beast which is also Emperor's ride.
It might be a Level 7 beasts, but he is not actually interested in that. The white-winged vulture can easily surpass that one. It is the one with most potential.
"You do have a great taste in birds. A vulture. Not bad." Sam said to the emperor.
"Really, I am flattered."
Sam has a particular understanding of Vulture. A vulture is a tyrant of the sky, they travel in flocks, they eat live prey to dead carcasses. One might think it is not that great, but an eagle wouldn't give a shit about a dead carcass, it would rather die with its pride, but the vulture is one of the most practical thinking beasts.
It would do anything to survive. Whatever it takes. No being in the sky will do what a vulture does for survival and Sam can relate.
He might have pride and arrogance which was built on his achievements and hard work. But there was a point where he did everything for survival. No matter what it takes.
He looked at the White winged vulture which was being suppressed by the Thunder Vulture. He walked towards it and sat down. With a wave of his hand, he took out most of his beasts, except for the shadow mice.
Emperor was surprised.
He didn't expect that Sam had these many pets.
He brought out Yanwu, Sky, Ape, Mia, the panther twins and even the termite queen.
He looked at the Vulture which is looking at the beasts in curiosity.
"I am here to make a deal with you."
Sam spoke out loud gathering its attention.
"As you can see, these guys are my friends, and you can have a talk with them about what kind of deal I want to make, if you want to make that deal by the end of the discussion, you can tell me."
Then he sat there as he examined the wings and feathers of the bird. He is looking for the number of silver coloured feathers among the white ones.
That's the indication of the purity of the bloodline.
Meanwhile, the beasts are in a discussion. They are cawing and roaring and it is very chaotic and noisy.
Sam didn't talk about the deal with the vulture himself because he doesn't want to reveal the details to the emperor. He didn't want to reveal the cards like bloodline refinement to anyone.
After an hour of roaring, the vulture turned towards him and spoke.
[You can guarantee what they are saying? You can actually improve my bloodline?]
"Yes."
[what if you cannot?]
"You can leave the next minute, you feel like I am going back on my words. I may not fulfill all of it now, but I can do it partially and you can decide whether you can trust me or not."
[Okay, you have to deal with that tonight and if you can prove me that you can do so, I would make a deal with you.]
"Sure, tonight."
Sam stood up and put all the beasts in his dimension and left the vulture with the emperor.
"You know beast tongue?"
Emperor asked in a surprised tone, but Sam didn't reply.
"I need an extremely isolated place with no disturbances whatsoever, I need extreme privacy and if I discover it was violated, we can call off the deal."
Sam said in conviction.
Emperor thought for a second, he wanted to ask why, but he didn't do so in the end and said.
"Sure."
