Chapter 275 - Settling in (3) (2/2)

”Victoria do you mind?”

”Nah...”

”My...”

Jane was surprised as Victoria's voice appeared in her head before she timidly reached out with her hand and touched Victoria feeling her soft fur, a few minutes of healing fluffing later Mars and Jane had returned to their previous spots sitting face to face as the maid served some fresh tea

”So... About the ceremony first of all---”

Jane spent a couple of hours with Mars as she explained the ins and outs of the ceremony he would attend in the evening, eventually Mars got a passing grade from Jane and was let go as she herself also had to prepare for the ceremony...

Mars walked back towards his and the girls quarters but on the way there he decided to take a walk around what was soon to officially be his city, so after he sneaked out of the palace (by casually jumping the 15 meter high wall) he walked out into the so called upper city or simply the silver part of the city (since the rock that made up most of the buildings were carved out of silver rock the citizens mostly had a so called upper class feel to them and few people spared Mars a glance (since he wore a t-shirt and jeans).

Mars walked around the upper class silver city for a while before he eventually reached the outer part of the city were the buildings were carved out of red granite, here the feeling was a little more relaxed there were children running around the streets playing as well as street vendors selling their wares, his stroll however didn't last to long as a group of guards approached him and saluted him

”Lord Mars, the time for the ceremony approaches please follow us back to the palace”

”...Sure”

Mars was done strolling around anyway, plus he didn't want to make life hard for the guards since they were just doing their job, so under the confused gazes of the citizens he walked back to the palace, when he arrived in the palace he was let into a changing room where he was dressed in what looked like a officer uniform for the ceremony, then he followed the instructions of the maids and was let to a grand hall that already was filled with important people of Ular, ranging from wealthy merchants to local nobles and forgin diplomats (although there was no diplomat from the NNE since the recent war), Mars pulled back his perception from the hall and gave a sigh

”Well then... here we go”

Mars put on a calm expression and pushed open the grand door, instantly all attention was put on him as various gazes inspected him, Mars however looked undisturbed and walked forwards into the grand hall with a slow and confident pace without looking to the sides until he arrived in front of a elevated throne where Jane sat and looked down on him, she wore a silver dress and had a solemn expression on her face as she stood up from her throne and asked in a loud voice that carried over the entire hall

”Who are you?”

Mars kneeled down as the ceremony demanded and before he spoke in a voice loud enough to shake the very cores of all the people present

”Mars, the current living god of energy”

Jane gave a slight smile before she then asked

”What are your purposes?”

”To rule all of Ular”

”Very well... With the authority given to me as governor of Ular, I appoint you Mars, the current living god of energy as the just ruler of Ular!”

Mars rose and walked past Jane that walked down from the throne and sat himself in her, no now his rightful place as ruler of Ular. Then his gaze swept over the people in the grand hall for a moment before he began speaking again

”I am now governor of Ular”

”””””””””””We all great you Mars, the current living god of energy, ruler of Ular!”””””””””””

Mars gave a nod as a charming smile formed on his face and he spoke again, only this time a little more casually

”I appreciate all of you coming to the ceremony and attending in person, as stated before I am Mars, the current living god of energy... Some of you may be confused by Jane's current appearance and I will now explain, with the powers bestowed on me as a living god I am immortal and recently I have been given the authority to grant this favor to others”

The eyes of the people in the grand hall lit up, powerful and rich as they may be they were all mortals and thus they were bound to have a limited life

”Now before you begin to gain any funny ideas I will state this now, only those that render extraordinary service to Ular will be granted a time extension on this mortal plane, it can and will not be brought by cel or intimidation..!”

'well now that the cat's out of the bag I imagine that there will be some fools that try anyway...'

With such thought did Mars continue his speech

”As for how I plan to rule Ular, the first project I have planned is to extend the city with a new outer wall that is set to be finished construction in a little under 5 years! the new outer wall will be named after my predecessor Jane and will last for melinums to come with me personally engraving the magic formations on the walls so that they may withstand any invasion!”

loud cheers was heard all over the hall, after all space was limited in a fortified city and new building space would stimulate the market a lot which in turn would mean massive profits for all the rich and powerful people present