Chapter 74: Levelling Up | War Rewards

Red pulled up his status screen. [ CURRENT RANK: 3 ]

[ STORED FAITH: 150,000 ]

For weeks, Red’s followers had been praying to the Violet Flame with fanatical devotion. His faith reserves had skyrocketed past the requirements for Rank 4. But Red hadn’t spent a single point of it to level up his core. He had intentionally bottlenecked his own evolution, freezing his valuation at Rank 3.

If he had ranked up to fight Aurelius, it would have been registered as a standard territory war. The payouts would be normal. But Red thought like a businessman. He knew that the System rewarded risk multipliers.

[ BATTLE LOG VERIFIED. ]

[ RANK 3 ENTITY HAS FORCIBLY DELETED A RANK 9 ENTITY. ]

[ COMBATANT RATIO: 600 vs. 13,000 (1:21 DISADVANTAGE). ]

The System paused, almost as if its algorithm was struggling to comprehend the sheer, statistical impossibility of what had just occurred. Then, the motherlode dropped.

[ MYTHIC ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: THE DAVID PROTOCOL ](Defeat an enemy God 5+ Ranks higher than your own.)

[ MYTHIC ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: QUALITY OVER QUANTITY ](Eradicate a hostile force 20x larger than your own with less than 5% casualties.)

[ MYTHIC ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: DEICIDE ](Permanently shatter the Divine Claim of a Top 10 Sector God.)

[ CALCULATING REWARDS WITH MAXIMUM UNDERDOG MULTIPLIER… ]

[ TOTAL REWARD: 5,000,000 DP ]

[ REWARD: AURELIUS’S REMAINING TREASURY (2,100,000 DP) ]

[ REWARD: UNRESTRICTED RANK ADVANCEMENT UNLOCKED ]

A slow, chilling smile spread across his shadowy face.

“I guess… it was a good match,” Red whispered.

He looked down at the map. The Golden Army was compost. The sun had vanished. And all that remained were the assets.

He opened his primary System interface. It was time to process the spoils of war.

[ CURRENT ASSETS ]

– Stored Faith: 150,000

– Current DP: 100,000

– War Spoils (Aurelius’s Core & Treasury): +2,100,000 DP

– System Rewards (Mythic Achievements): +5,000,000 DP

– TOTAL AVAILABLE DP: 7,200,000 DP

Red looked at the massive number. He had hoarded his Faith for weeks, refusing to convert it into DP, intentionally handicapping himself to remain at Rank 3. It had been a massive gamble to secure the underdog multipliers, but the payoff was astronomical.

“I realized it when the game gave such focus and priority to my achievement over the divine Ranks in the Conclave meeting.

He opened the [ DIVINE HIERARCHY ] tab to review the path ahead.

[ SYSTEM RANKS & ADVANCEMENT COSTS ]

→ Rank 1 (Poltergeist): 1,000 DP

→ Rank 2 (Apparition): 10,000 DP

→ Rank 3 (Lesser Spirit): 100,000 DP

→ Rank 4 (Lesser Deity): 500,000 DP

→ Rank 5 (Domain Lord): 1,000,000 DP

→ Rank 6 (Patron Deity): 2,000,000 DP

→ Rank 7 (Ascendant Lord): 5,000,000 DP

→ Rank 8 (Sector Warden): 10,000,000 DP

→ Rank 9 (Manifest Divinity): 25,000,000 DP

→ Rank 10 (Arch-Lord): 50,000,000 DP

“Seven million, two hundred thousand,” Red murmured, the violet glow in his eyes burning brighter in the shadows. He didn’t touch the 150,000 Faith points. He had other plans for them, and he knew that he would be gaining more faith and followers when his army marched to Sun Spire and took control over it.

He raised his hand toward the interface and uttered, “Initiate Rank Advancement.”

[ RANK 4 (LESSER DEITY) ACHIEVED. ]

A wave of dense, purple light washed through the Void. Red felt his connection to the Omni-Web deepen, his senses expanding further across the area, but it didn’t stop there.

[ RANK 5 (Domain Lord) ACHIEVED. ]

The moment he crossed the threshold into Rank 5, the interface exploded with a flurry of golden and crimson notifications. Massive structural changes were trying to initiate within his console.

Red simply waved his hand, swiping the alerts to the side of his vision to check them out later. He couldn’t be distracted right now. The ascension process required intense focus as his divine core expanded to hold the sheer density of the power he was gaining.

[ RANK 6 (Patron Deity) ACHIEVED. ]

[ RANK 7 (Ascendant Lord) ACHIEVED. ]

[ DP: 7,200,000 DP ]

[ Faith: 150,000 ]

With his core stabilized, Red turned his attention back to the massive stack of notifications he had sidelined. Reaching Rank 5 and becoming a Domain Lord was a major milestone in the System, triggering fundamental upgrades to his personal realm.

He tapped the first notification.

[ VOID INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADED ]

Beneath him, the simple, floating stone slab that he had used as a terminal suddenly shattered. From the fragments, a massive, imposing console of polished obsidian cosmic crystal rose into the air. Veins of glowing violet energy pulsed through the stone, directly linking the console to the Omni-Web and the Bio-Reactor down in Bastion. The holographic maps were now hyper-detailed, showing terrain, atmospheric conditions, and even the ambient mana density of the swamp.

Red tapped the next alert.

[ PERSONAL DOMAIN: KITCHEN UPGRADED ]

“Finally!”

Red was more happy to have the kitchen upgraded than he was after skipping three ranks and reaching rank 7.

Red continued scrolling through the sprawling list of unlocks.

[ NEW MIRACLES UNLOCKED (TIER 5) ]

[ Mass Mutation ]: Spend DP to instantly force an evolutionary leap on a selected group of followers, adapting them to extreme environments.

[ Tectonic Shift ]: Physically alter the landscape within your Domain, raising walls of earth or creating deep chasms.

[ Acid Rain ]: Summon a localized storm that heals Plant-Kin/Swamp-Kin but rapidly decays hostile armor and flesh.

“Hmm~” Red hummed in amusement. “Acid rain seems more beneficial for Druid’s followers. Maybe I should claim his land and take him under me under a contract so he can never betray me.”

[ NEW BLUEPRINTS UNLOCKED ]

→ Advanced Star-Iron Forges: Capable of smelting impurities to create ’Star-Steel’.

→ Steam-Powered Mechanisms: Basic industrial pulleys, elevators, and automated bellows for Bastion.

→ Heavy Siege Ballistae: Defensive weaponry designed to puncture magical shields.

Red absorbed the information rapidly, his mind already formulating how to implement the steam mechanisms into Gorak’s workflow.

But it was the very last notification, glowing with an iridescent, rainbow-colored border, that made Red pause.

[ MILESTONE REWARD: RANK 5 (DOMAIN LORD) ]

[ 1x DIVINITY TRAIT TICKET ACQUIRED ]

“Hehe~”

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