I Can Get 1,000,000x Returns from Selling Anything!-Chapter 107 --Abyssal Upheaval, the Empire on the Brink
At first, the Empire’s upper echelon had shown almost no vigilance toward the intensity of this war.
In their eyes, this was nothing more than another round of dissatisfaction from the six non-human races—an alliance formed to pressure humanity into giving them concessions.
One against six, that was all.
The advantage is ours!
But once the war truly began, the Empire’s top-tier strength immediately showed cracks.
The Empire did have quite a few legendary-grade powerhouses. If they were all mobilized, they could absolutely beat the six races into dust.
But the problem was that the overwhelming majority of those legendary-grade experts bore the duty of watching over the Abyss Rift. They simply could not leave their posts!
Those idiots in high office had definitely counted every single legendary-grade powerhouse into the Empire’s combat roster!
A pack of fools who only liked looking at paper data!
Daniel glanced at his wealth value.
"I have to revive them as soon as possible... to fill the gap in humanity’s battle strength."
He took out the [Banner of Valor]. The star embroidered on the banner gave off a faint glow in the dusk.
[Prompt: Spend 3 trillion gold coins to condense the remnant souls of the three fallen human legendary-grade powerhouses?]
"Yes."
Daniel did not hesitate in the slightest.
[Prompt: Incomplete divine souls successfully condensed! Current stored remnant souls: "Tiana (Legendary-Grade, Mid Stage)," "Cole (Legendary-Grade, Early Stage)," "Upton (Legendary-Grade, Early Stage)"!]
He drew a deep breath and continued.
[Prompt: Spend 3 trillion gold coins to convert the remnant souls of the three powerhouses into relics?]
"Yes."
[Prompt: Remnant soul conversion complete!]
Daniel took three relics out of his inventory.
[Tiana’s Relic (Legendary-Grade, Mid Stage)]
[Cole’s Relic (Legendary-Grade, Early Stage)]
[Upton’s Relic (Legendary-Grade, Early Stage)]
Each relic radiated a faint golden glow—the imprint of the obsession those powerhouses had carried in life.
He activated the forbidden spell [Seraphic Revival], placing the three relics one by one into the light.
Once revived, these powerhouses would lose their memories from life and become his followers.
But serving him was the same as serving humanity. There was nothing wrong with that.
[Prompt: Spend 3 trillion gold coins to revive the three human powerhouses?]
"Yes."
[Ding! Successfully revived three human powerhouses!]
Three faint phantoms appeared out of thin air above the altar, gradually solidifying.
When the golden light faded, the three armored powerhouses opened their eyes at the same time and dropped to one knee.
"Good day, my lord!"
Daniel nodded, finally feeling relieved.
...
Ariahold, Lord’s Manor. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Daniel sat in the seat that had once belonged to the elven guardian, flipping through the war settlement report in his hand.
The system notifications kept sounding at his ear.
[Ding! Obtained "Manastone (Blackgold-Grade)" ×5!]
[Ding! Obtained "Gold Mine (Platinum-Grade)" ×1!]
[Ding! Gold coins +253 billion!]
His gaze fell on the casualty statistics.
The human losses remained extremely low.
And the elven casualties were also far smaller than he had expected.
Daniel was not surprised.
When the army had stormed into the city, many of the elven commanders had voluntarily surrendered to the human legions.
Of course, they had also listed a long string of conditions: treat prisoners well, do not loot civilians, do not destroy the city or the natural environment...
To Daniel, those conditions were nothing much.
Preserving the elven population for his own use was what mattered most.
So long as it did not touch his bottom line, he readily accepted their surrender.
In this battle, more than three million elven warriors and over ten million civilians had been taken prisoner.
After seeing firsthand how ferocious the beastfolk were, Daniel found himself somewhat more interested in the elves.
Perhaps in the future, he could draw some elites from among these elven prisoners and form an elven archer legion.
But for now...
They could go mine first.
Once they had tasted the bitterness of working the mines, they would be far more willing to accept the benefits Daniel later tossed their way.
Daniel withdrew his thoughts and turned his gaze back to the top of the report.
"Manastone..."
His eyes shifted slightly.
When gold coins began to depreciate, mana coins naturally emerged.
It took one hundred gold coins to exchange for a single mana coin, and that exchange rate was recognized by the system itself.
That meant the value of Manastone went far beyond its face worth.
Once the game merged with reality, all kinds of magitech powered by mana would erupt into existence.
Mana cannons, mana wings, mana armor, mana machinery...
They would completely transform the face of the real world!
In short, this was an enormous fortune!
...
Daniel closed the report and opened the city management interface.
Polaris City, Everfrost, Ariahold, and Ironforge...
The cities under Daniel’s command covered more than ten thousand square kilometers.
Under him were 14.5 million NPC troops and more than 60 million player troops.
Among his legendary-grade powerhouses were the peak-stage expert Carodion, the mid-stage expert Tiana, and the early-stage experts Aliris, Cole, and Upton.
The civilian population under his rule totaled more than 300 million, plus tens of millions of beastfolk, dwarven, and elven military and civilian prisoners.
In the world of Stellar, that was already a force no one could ignore!
Leaning back in his chair, Daniel gazed north through the window lattice.
Once he swept away all the non-human forces, he would forcibly open the World Gate and proactively launch a world war!
The humiliations he had suffered in his previous lives—he would settle them one by one.
Just as he was thinking, a blood-red world announcement suddenly exploded across the sky.
[Emergency Server-Wide Announcement!!!]
[The "Nine-Star Abyss Rift" in Galehold territory has been unsealed! A shadowkin army is about to invade!]
[The "Seven-Star Abyss Rift" in Skyhold territory has been unsealed! A shadowkin army is about to invade!]
[The "Five-Star Abyss Rift" in Luminara territory has been unsealed! A shadowkin army is about to invade!]
[The Abyss is in upheaval, and the shadowkin are invading! The entire world will face the threat of the shadowkin! The flames of war are about to sweep across the land—players, prepare yourselves to confront the abyssal shadowkin!]
Daniel shot to his feet.
The plot had changed again!
A Nine-Star Abyss Rift!
That meant nine legendary-grade powerhouses, among whom there would definitely be peak-stage and even transcendent existences!
The northern fortress was already under pressure from billions of non-human troops, and now the Abyss Rifts inside the Empire had broken their seals at this exact moment...
This had clearly been planned for a very long time!
The fools in the Empire’s upper ranks were probably regretting it so badly their guts had turned green.
Sure enough, another announcement followed immediately after.
[Imperial Edict]
"To the citizens of the Empire!
The northern fortress trembles beneath the iron hoofbeats of the non-human invaders. At the same time, the armies of the shadowkin awaken from the darkness—the hour of reckoning has arrived, and the Empire stands on the brink of destruction.
In this darkest hour, I do not speak to you from a throne with commands, but with the heartbeat of this blood-soaked land.
Let every hand that can wield a sword, every body that can bear armor, every soul that can ride to war hasten toward the frontier and forge yourselves into the wall that will defend our homeland!
This battle is not for glory, nor for conquest, but for the soil beneath our feet.
May the Empire endure! May humanity endure forever!"
[Ding! Do you accept the main version quest "The Empire on the Brink"?]
