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The two-say trip has messed up my schedule, plus the week long mass release on Patreon is also quite hectic so I keep forgetting about posting the chapter. I always realize it 20-30 minutes after the update time. This will hopefully be the last time a delay happens.
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"It doesn't matter." Haru decided, "I have enough Divine Crystals now. Let's see how far I can push these two."
He chose to upgrade the armor first. As a Castle Lord, he could upgrade his growth type artifacts with a simple command, without any need for artifact smiths.
[Divine Crystal reserves are abundant. Do you want to consume 300,000 Divine Crystals to upgrade the Armor of Sovereignty to intermediate-level High God Tier Artifact?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes."
Haru selected yes, and a golden light wrapped around the floating armor and without waiting for the upgrade to complete, he turned to the scepter.
[Divine Crystal reserves are abundant. Do you want to consume 500,000 Divine Crystals to upgrade the Scepter of Sovereignty to high-level High God Tier Artifact?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes."
As usual, Haru again selected yes, and another golden halo appeared around the Scepter. In an instant, 800,000 crystals vanished, but it was all worth it.
"I still have about 1,059,000 crystals left." Haru calculated, "I can upgrade at least one of them again."
As time passed, although the artifacts' appearance did not change, but the divine aura they emitted steadily intensified, an indication of their strength increasing. After about ten minutes, the golden light faded and the upgrade finished.
[Scepter of Sovereignty]
[Owner: Lord of the Aetherium Kingdom, the 'Divine King' Kazehaya Haru]
[Type: Growth Artifact]
[Grade: High-level High God Tier Artifact]
[Description: This is an artifact exclusive to the strongest Kings and Emperors. Only the strongest Lords of thousands of planets are qualified to own it. It is a symbol of strength!]
[Divine Power: 500,000 Points]
[Effect 1: Can mobilize thirty percent of the power of the kingdom's subjects for the monarch to use! (Note: This effect can be improved)]
[Effect 2: …]
…
[Upgrade requirement: 800,000 Divine Crystals]
[Next Grade: Peak High God Tier Artifact]
[Special Reminder: Special Reminder: The more population the kingdom has, the stronger the Scepter of Sovereignty becomes!]
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[Armor of Sovereignty]
[Owner: Lord of the Aetherium Empire, the 'Divine Emperor' Kazehaya Haru]
[Type: Growth Artifact]
[Grade: Intermediate-level High God Tier]
[Description: This is an artifact exclusive to the strongest Kings and Emperors. Only the strongest Lords of thousands of planets are qualified to own it. It is a symbol of strength!]
[Defense Value: 200,000 points of Divine Power]
[Upgrade requirement: 500,000 Divine Crystals]
[Next Grade: High-level High God Tier Artifact]
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"This upgrade has brought a significant qualitative improvement to my strength. Especially the Armor. Since its defense value has reached 200,000 points of Divine Power, any attack below that level will struggle to break my defenses. With this, I can virtually ignore early and intermediate‑stage High God Tier attacks."
Spending 800,000 crystals for that jump in improving survivability and attack power was absolutely worth it.
"Divine Crystals are consumables, my strength is what truly matters." He glanced at his remaining stock, "I still have more than one million Magic Crystals. It takes 800,000 to upgrade the Scepter and 500,000 for the Armor. As expected, I can only level up one of them again."
He chose the Scepter because as a peak High God, wielding a top-level High God Tier Artifact would perfectly match his strength.
[Divine Crystal reserves are abundant. Do you want to consume 800,000 Divine Crystals to upgrade the Scepter of Sovereignty to top-level High God Tier Artifact?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes." A golden light engulfed the Scepter once more. Half an hour later, it faded and the upgrade completed. The artifact's Divine Aura surged yet again.
[Scepter of Sovereignty]
[Owner: Lord of the Aetherium Kingdom, the 'Divine King' Kazehaya Haru]
[Type: Growth Artifact]
[Grade: Top-level High God Tier Artifact]
[Description: This is an artifact exclusive to the strongest Kings and Emperors. Only the strongest Lords of thousands of planets are qualified to own it. It is a symbol of strength!]
[Divine Power: 800,000 Points]
[Effect 1: Can mobilize thirty percent of the power of the kingdom's subjects for the monarch to use! (Note: This effect can be improved)]
[Effect 2: …]
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[Upgrade requirement: 10,000,000 Divine Crystals]
[Next Grade: Low-level Supreme God Tier Artifact]
[Special Reminder: Special Reminder: The more population the kingdom has, the stronger the Scepter of Sovereignty becomes!]
'Eight hundred thousand points of Divine Power. That's the attack strength of a peak High God.' Haru thought with a grin, 'And I can still pull 30% of the empire's citizens. With that, I'm one hundred percent invincible at the High God Tier.'
'Even someone like the Ice Queen Eira, with her lord type Divine Artifact, wouldn't be my match as I have two Supreme God Tier Angels under my command. The full burst of my strength now probably rivals a newly promoted Supreme God or Goddess like Micteya.'
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