140 Malicious Compliance (1/2)
”Daniel..” Said the Strongest of Warrior, as he approached him with a big smile on his face. His eyes betrayed a fair amount of mental exhaustion, which Daniel thought was probably caused by the extreme increase of workload. ”Come in, please.” added the old warrior.
Daniel and his small group of friends followed the Strongest of Warriors into the throne room. There, they met with the Chief Hunter, and the Head Scholar.
”How are things going?” Asked Daniel with a faint smile lingering on his face. He could see that, despite the three of them appeared extremely tired, they were also happy.
”Swamped.. The effort to clean and reinhabit the ancient cities is killing us.. There is just too much to do and not enough people.” Responded the Head Scholar with evident tiredness.
Daniel smiled back at her, and said ”I'm sure you will manage to do a great job.. The reason for today's visit, is to bid farewell, we will depart today.”
After talking for a few minutes with the three members of the triumvirate, and saying their goodbyes, Daniel and the rest of his group left the throne room.
They had remained two months more than necessary, and thanks to thee fact that they had had more than enough time to prepare for Daniel's departure, their goodbye wasn't too emotional.
To contribute to that, was the fact that he had promised to come back and visit them sooner or later.
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Daniel was now sitting in the room of his castle. He was watching two of the features of his karmic system. The first one, was the group window..
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Group of the Karmic System's Wielder.
Name: Group of the Karmic System's Wielder (Provisory)
Number of members (Details): 4908
Overall Karma: 311,021.111
Karmic effects:
Karma X Luck (Group)
Karmic Aura Lv.100
Time is Precious Lv.20 (Group)
Reap What You've Sown (Group)
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Shared Karmic effects (Details)
Reputation (Details)
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The numbers of Daniel's group members had significantly increased after his sudden ascension in power. This new level of power might not have been much for the tribe warriors, but was a lot for the cultivators that came from his world.
The majority of the Overall Karma had been gained during the three months before Daniel was able to establish a spiritual connection to the wasteland world, and during the six months in which they had prepared for the incoming war.. Only a smaller portion had been obtained thanks to their marginal contribution during the conflict.
Despite of where the karma points came from, Daniel's group had more than enough to unlock the third level of the group's karmic effects. So, with a thought, Daniel opened the window in his mind.
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Shared Karmic effects lv.3
Karmic Aura Lv.101 = 200,000
(Passive: When in the presence of the Karmic System's wielder or inside the group's ground, the group members will obtain a battle prowess enhancement of 1%. An additional 1% per level. Max Lv. 150)
Time Is Precious Lv.41 (Group) = 2,000,000 KP
(Passive: When in the presence of the Karmic System's wielder or inside the group's ground, the group members will obtain a boost in their speed of progression of 5%. An additional 5% per level. Max Lv. 60)
Karma X Luck (Group) = Purchased
Reap What You've Sown (Group) = Purchased
Universal Compass = 50,000,000 KP
(Passive: Grants the ability to find the group's base to each member of the group, no matter where, or how far the base is.)
Group Base (Basic) = 200,000,000 KP
(Creates a small world accessible only to the members of the 'Group of the Karmic System's Wielder'. The world's size depends on the number of members the group possesses.)
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Accumulate 5,000,000,000 Karma points to unlock Shared Karmic effects lv.4
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Daniel couldn't help but look in shock at the changes within the shared karmic effects.
He had expected that there would be at least a few, but to have actually receive the chance to create an entire world for his group to use as a base, and to have its position permanently marked for each and every member.. was a lot more than he expected.
He still had to check the next level of his own system upgrade, and yet, he couldn't help but want to see what this 'Group Base' was all about.
Without thinking about it twice, he bought 'Group Base (Basic)'and 'Universal Compass', and increased the levels of 'Time is Precious' to the max level once again.
In total, he spent two hundred and ninety millions.
The very moment he finalized the purchase, the members of his group members felt the presence of something in the direction of Daniel's room.
In his hand, a miniature world had appeared.
In this miniature spherical world, Daniel could see oceans, mountain ranges, deserts, ice caps, and volcanic lands.. And yet, it was only twenty centimeters in diameter.
”You better not use that item in here.. You wouldn't want it to enlarge within the limited space of the pocket dimension..” Said Sewah from within Daniel's head.
It was in this moment that Daniel understood.
The system wouldn't simply let a world appear out of nowhere in a random point in space.
Instead, it had given it to him in a shrunken form, which he would then have to place in space by himself.
Had Sewah not warned him, he might have used the item by mistake, causing the pocket dimension to be destroyed from within, and causing hundreds of thousands of people to die in the void.
”Where can I store it?” Asked Daniel while keeping the round-shaped world in both of his hands, almost scared that he could drop it.
”As long as you don't want it to become bigger, it wont. Once you place it in space, you won't be able to shrink it back into this size.”
Of course, Daniel still wasn't aware of what 'space' was exactly. In his mind, the concepts of world was closer to lands separated from each other in something like different dimensions.. He still knew nothing about the space in which the planets floated.