Chapter 26: Trouble Before Reaching the Azure Kingdom
A week had passed since Khan visited the desert. He barely noticed Livia’s absence while she hibernated due to using her ability. He had some suspicions, but Iris came up with convincing excuses to push those thoughts away.
During that week, a lot had been done. The implementation of currency was one of them, starting with 20,000 gold coins, 200,000 silver coins, and 2 million copper coins.
It’s still uncertain whether this will work for trading with people from the new world, but it resembles their currency, based on information extracted from the prisoners.
He also gained a better understanding of how his abilities consume energy. It’s similar to sleep— the more complex the skill, the sleepier he becomes, possibly even falling into a vegetative state.
Since he and his creations don’t need to eat, drink, or even breathe, it doesn’t seem too bad for them. It would only be a real problem during wartime.
But for a normal person, it could be fatal, due to the vegetative state they might enter.
An announcement had been made that people would soon be allowed to descend from the island. After docking near the Azure Kingdom, more preparation time was needed because it was unfamiliar territory, but they didn’t intend to delay for long.
And at this exact moment, they were discussing who would be the one to make contact with the Azure Kingdom.
Khan was seated in his chair in the meeting room, looking at the map of the island.
Even this map is influenced by me... That’s dangerous.
Setting that thought aside, he spoke,
