Chapter 7. Haha you're joking right?

“Haha You’re joking right?” Samuel tried to laugh it off only to notice the spirited look on Boss’ face that’s ready for action. Holy shit he’s serious.

Sweat began to drop from his forehead as he is unsure what to say, does he completely reject Boss’ question and anger him? Or does he play along and become a wanted criminal? What if Boss succeeds and he becomes king? Samuel began fantasizing in a daze.

Ahem

Angel interrupted putting her useless husband out of his daze.

“My apologies Boss, but we do not wish to become royalty.” Angel stated flatly.

“Aww, c’mon it’ll be fun. We can do it the easy if you want, but that’s no fun.” Boss replied.

“Easy way…?” Everyone looked at Boss in confusion.

“Yeah! I’ll just kick them off the throne and make uhh… Mr. Galafray here the King.” Boss said. He forgot to ask them for their names!

“Oh, pardon our manners, let me introduce ourselves to you first. I’m Angel Galafray, my husband you were talking earlier to is Samuel, this is Benjamin our butler, she’s Shelly and you know Arthur.”

“Hello, Angel, Samuel, Benjamin, Shelly, and hello again, Arthur.” Boss greeted each of them in order. With each of them giving the proper responses back.

“Anyways~ easy way?” Boss continued from where he left off.

“I—"

“We’ll have to decline that too.” Angel said completely cutting off Samuel from saying anything.

“It’s not that we don’t wish for power, but I have a son to raise and would rather not get involved in the ugly scheming of political factions.” The current royalty and higher-ranking nobles are always vying against each other for power, suddenly becoming the next royals has way more negatives than positives.

“What about your daughter? Why didn’t you mention raising her?” Boss said giving Shelly a curious glance completely ignoring the bigger point of the political factions.

“I’m not their daughter.” Shelly bluntly stated.

“Well they still could’ve mention raising you or something right?” Boss continued pestering.

“I don’t need to be raised.” Shelly refuted.

“Eh? You’re an old person that looks young or something?” Boss replied.

“No, I’m 10 ½.” Shelly factually stated.

Unsure if she should continue to let Shelly bluntly answer him Angel quickly intervened.

“Shelly’s very mature for her age, we have complete trust in her, and she sometimes makes Samuel look like the kid.” Angel said completely throwing her husband under the bus.

“That’s right! Shelly’s very mature and she’s been my best friend since we were 8.” Arthur added.

“Hm, looks like you have quite the story to tell eh little girlie?” Boss said giving Shelly a curious look.

“But that’s not the point, easy way is a go, yes?” He quickly changed the topic back to the royalty problems.

“No!” Angel exclaimed after getting a better read of his personality. She is certain he wouldn’t harm them for rejecting it.

“Fine, fine, fine, no easy way, I got it. Anyways, I have one more question to ask. Why is there a big empty castle in the middle of the forest with only a few people in it?” Boss asks about the Church.

“Oh, you mean the Church of Future Heaven. It’s one of two opposing religions most people believe in.” Samuel was the first to speak.

“Why is it so empty?” Boss quickly asked what was on his mind. Why on earth is a church so massive? Yet contained hardly anyone?

Silence befell the entire room again. Holy shit when did he ever have time to visit the church to know it is empty?

However, those in the room started to get used to how unfathomable Boss could be and quickly recollected themselves.

“It’s empty because the Pope ordered the Emissaries and every personnel to go to the other countries. Thanks to the Church of Future Heaven and the Church of Safe Haven for sending their Emissaries to both our Northern Country of Zeldova and the Eastern Continent the Tillowisk Empire, our war ended at the end of our 3rd year 2 years ago. Samuel was the first to respond as he was on the frontline of this war since the beginning.

“Oh? What changed? Why two opposing religion get involved to end the war?”

Samuel’s eyes instinctively darted towards Shelly’s direction, he quickly closed them and reopened a few seconds later with a formulated response.

“The war between Zeldova and the Tillowisk Empire started like any other wars for territory and riches. Our country of Zeldova and its royal family the Masters have a monopoly over the most powerful energy source called Rainbow Stones. These stones can be used to enhance the powers of human beings beyond limitations of that taught from the two school of thoughts.”

“The Tillowisk Empire had energy resources of their own mainly Rainbow Shards and Colored Energy Gems. However, shards and gems were a one time use product whereas a Rainbow Stone can be used 7 times. With the ever rapidly growing powers of the Masters. The Vistas knew it was only a matter of time before the balance of power was toppled.”

“So, they engaged war on the Masters and fought for three whole long years on land and across oceans. However, in the middle of the 3rd year of war the energy level on our planet dramatically increased. When the two Church felt this sudden spike in global energy they intervened and ended the war. Their Emissaries are currently conducting research with the aid of the Tillowisk Empire at the sight of the dispersal.” Samuel concluded.

“Ah I see, okay I got it.” Boss didn’t ask any more questions because after being told about the energy dispersal of the planet he clearly sensed the increase in global energy starting from across the continent.

Yawn

Arthur was the first to let out a yawn and began rubbing his eyes. It was already past 10 at night. One yawn followed by two before long everyone within the room bid Boss a good night and went towards their own room to sleep. All the lights within the home turned off. Only the moonlit night provided any light within his room.

Boss laid still on the bed; he was staring at the ceiling overhead lost in thought. Memories of his past resurfaced, hundreds of millennia of warfare and conquest for power to become the ultimate victor. How many friends and family did he loved and lost in the process? Generations after generations of up and coming young sprouts becoming stronger than the previous, yet their life blew out like a candle.

He knew why war persisted back on his own home planet as he felt the subtle energy within this planet wafting around. He didn’t want this planet to follow that route of struggle for power.

Only he currently knows what it means when the planet’s energy grows and becomes abundant to the point of dispersal. He knew that this planet could evolve and become a higher tier planet within the universe.

Sadly, a planet like this is precious on a universal level with one in a ten quintillion ever having the capabilities to evolve. Less than 1% of the entire universe of planets evolve with even less being habitable. His own planet was one such planet and now he apparently stumbled upon another.

Scratching his head Boss began to worry. He thought back to what his female companion had said. Was handicapping himself to visit a mortal planet really the brightest idea? His current power is only at the limit of what this planet can hold.

With this planet becoming an enormous temptation for other unseen forces that will eventually stumble upon it, could he manage to hold them back? Sure, if they are weaklings whose power isn’t at the peak of what this planet holds. But what if others like him began to show up ones whose power is beyond this planet’s threshold.

Groups of people standing at the peak of this planet’s existence only death would await the one with fewer numbers. He knew this all too well that currently quantity is better than quality.

~Gurgle~

A second round of hunger pang hit his stomach as it began to gurgle. His once worry of formidable enemies vanished instantly as a new and more formidable one made its way in.

The guy who at one point was thinking about his friends and family got out of bed and snuck his way towards the kitchen acting shady like a bandit.

Morning follows and some of the inhabitants woke up anew refreshed and ready to start the day with a morning breakfast. Only to find the desolation and emptiness in the kitchen in its wake.

“There’s no food? What do you mean there’s no food?” Samuel gave Benjamin a questioning look.

“All the food in our kitchen is gone, seems like the sandwich and water I prepared last night wasn’t enough ahaha” Benjamin stated with a hearty laugh not caring about Samuel’s hunger.

“He ate all of the food!?” Samuel exclaimed before rushing out towards Boss’ room.

Opening the door Samuel snuck his head into the room only to see a sleeping immortal with a rotund belly popping out, snoring away with no care in the world. He softly closed the door back and returned to look at Benjamin behind him.

“Quickly go restock the kitchen, the kids will be awake in an hour and I want to eat something now!”

Benjamin handed Samuel two little oval eggs before he disappeared out to buy food in the market.

“…this is all that is left?” Samuel sighed as he made his way into the kitchen to prepare two eggs.

Benjamin quickly arrived at the marketplace where stalls of fresh produce are lined up. People are already hawking and hollering their products and the prices.

“Benjamin! C’mere” one of the food vendors motioned him over. He was a man on the heavier side with short arms. “Look at this imported from the Tillowisk Empire.” He said pointing at the rows of vibrant display of juicy meat.

“A buddy of mine over there said creatures are becoming larger and tastier since the war ended. And get this, he also said that eating them can even increase your physical and mental energy. Ahaha what a jokester that guy is.” The rotund belly of the many could be seen jiggling as he laughed.

“But, look this is the leg of a rabbit, a freaking rabbit what kind of rabbit is the size of a horse? And look at this! It’s chicken! My gosh if only they sent me a cow, but apparently those things are the size of a small ship it’s insane what being closer to the dispersal is like.” The merchant sighed in amazement.

“Hmm, I’ll take a leg of both the rabbit and chicken.” Benjamin wanted to try tastier food. I wonder when our animals will get bigger and tastier. He thought as he slowly walked from vendor to vendor carting a large amount of his purchase.

Carting food home lost in thought, unsure of whether to arrive early to satisfy Angel or late to mess with Samuel, Benjamin bumped into a familiar person.

“Oh, excuse me” yawned the person with dark bags under his eyes as he walked past like a zombie towards the direction of Church.

Wasn’t that Michael? Heck happened to him. It doesn’t seem like he’s slept for the past two days.

Eh,

Oh well.

Not my problem.