King's Rule: Creating the Strongest Kingdom With My Broken Talent-Chapter 8: One Solution

Vesh checked the newly acquired talent.

[Arcane Cultivation(Rank-D): By controlling Mana, create a formation of frequency that can attract pure magic power from the surroundings and infuse them into the user, increasing one’s Seed Force. The acquired Seed Force depends on the amount of pure magic power in an area.]

’So it depends on the area. That means if there’s a place with rich pure magic power, I can gain more Seed Force.’

But Vesh didn’t stop himself from cultivating it right now.

He wanted to increase his Seed Force as much as possible.

In the first five minutes, he got Seed Force every second, ranging from 1 to 3.

At the ten-minute mark, it slowed down. It took a few seconds for him to get any Seed Force.

At the seventeen-minute mark, his Seed Force stopped increasing.

Vesh looked at his hands.

He was feeling uber powerful!

He walked towards a tree.

Clenched his fist.

Pulled his hand.

And punched forward on the trunk.

Boom!

Crackk! Crackkk! Thud!

The half a meter thick tree trunk was shatter and the tree collapsed!

[Seed Force: 1127]

’So 1127 Seed Force is quite powerful. Almost the same as the bear.’

He hadn’t used his full power in that punch. It was slightly less than half of his full power, in fact.

’I can shatter a rock easily with my current physical power.’ Vesh grinned.

[Combat Power: 3844]

’My combat power is less, but I should be able to beat the bear.’ Vesh’s eyes glinted.

He was feeling confident.

Because of his C-rank Swordsman talent.

’Since I already have knowledge of Mana thanks to Arcane Cultivation talent, is it possible that I can do some tricks myself?’

Vesh headed towards the place where he had encountered the bear.

He couldn’t wait, so while walking, he began applying his acquired knowledge.

The Wind Sword in his hand suddenly hummed.

A mana coated around it.

’Let’s adjust the frequency and thicken it.’

The aura around the blade stabilised and sharpened.

The bear came into view.

Vesh continued walking towards it with confident strides.

The bear, high in mad honey, detected aggression in Vesh’s gait, unlike the previous encounter where it sensed ’let’s mind our own business.’

Because the bear very much wanted to continue eating honey and get high.

But the aggression from Vesh stirred its instincts.

"ROAR!!"

With eyes whirling in madness, Forest Rock Bear’s back glowed as rock shards formed above it while it began sprinting towards Vesh.

Swoosh!

The first rock shard came like a missile.

Vesh’s figure moved with minimal movement. Eyes focused.

With perfect timing, his hand moved at blinding speed in a perfect arc.

The rock missile split into two, missing him completely.

No change in his movement.

No change in the bear’s movement.

When the distance between them was shortened to twenty meters.

The remaining two rock missiles shot at Vesh.

Vesh abruptly jumped high, cracking the ground below in the process.

The moment he reached the peak height of the jump, his swing was executed.

Wind Sword’s skill—Wind Slash!

Vesh infused as much Mana as he could in time, which amounted to 239.

A cerulean green slash shot at such a speed that it took 0.3 seconds to reach the bear down below, 18 meters away.

Converting to km/h, the speed of the slash was 216 kilometres per hour.

Swoosh!

Forest Rock Bear, cleanly split from side as its front half and back half separated into different directions due to its speed.

[You have killed a D-rank Forest Rock Bear. +1 Seed Force]

’Huh? Only 1 Seed Force from the bear too?’ Vesh was disappointed. ’Guess Seed Force farming is not viable with monster hunting.’

Putting that aside, his eyes shone as he looked at the bear’s hide.

’If Arga uses the hide of this bear with iron, he should be able to make a pretty good armor set.’ Vesh rubbed his chin. ’I’ll put him on that task once I can get the forge. Can’t waste his A-rank Blacksmith talent.’

Storing its body in the Inventory, Vesh created the King’s Rule again, now more confident than ever as he killed the bear on his own.

’King’s Rule. I find an Iron Vein while roaming around. But if there’s a threat to my life. The rule will break.’

’Confidence aside, I have to be careful. If there’s a threat to my life, I have to run. Well, not run, but rather, strategic retreat.’ Vesh grinned.

Because whatever threat he faced, he was as determined as he was thrilled to overcome it with his King’s Rule.

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’Two kilometres.’ Vesh looked back. ’I am pretty far now.’

He was on the mountain now. It was big and not directly steep.

He was almost tempted to shift his territory here.

[You can designate 150 x 150 meters of area as your territory anywhere on unowned land. Of course, structures will not move. They will be simply destroyed.]

Vesh wryly smiled. ’No thanks. I’ll think about it once this territory is properly built and can run stably.’

’If I want materials, another way is trading.’ Vesh’s eyes glinted.

Right at the moment, he caught something in his field of vision and froze, forcing his will to stop moving during the King’s Rule.

But only for a second before he continued moving.

’I’ll return there since it’s on the way.’ Vesh’s mind was churning an idea. ’I can learn to farm something using King’s Rule easily, so if that patch of plants I saw was really berries, I have to get them and start farming them near the territory. The river is near, I won’t lack water for farming anyway.’

[King’s Rule Executed]

Vesh stopped moving.

Blinking, he looked at the secret cavern and his eyebrows raised.

’Damn.’

Secret because it was covered with thick vines and flowers, and all around was also greenery on other rocks and on the protruding rock above it.

If he weren’t standing in front of it, he likely wouldn’t have found it.

Vesh couldn’t help but grin.

’Found a secret area.’

Without further ado, he stepped in.

And then, stepped out.

’Wait a second. This is a cavern. There could be something crazy inside. Should I really go in alone?’ Vesh frowned.

And then he got a solution.

Every problem had a solution. He lived his life putting every ounce of his will to live into finding solution of his problems and lived long past the expectations of all doctors.

And in this new life, all of his problems had one solution for him.

’King’s Rule. I explore the cavern and find Iron Ore inside, but if there’s danger, I escape instantly. Survival above everything else.’