Chapter 46: Relaxation and future planning
(MC POV)
I stood in front of the tub in my damaged armor, a few hand movements i removed the armor as if it had never been on me. The fight was hard and bloody, but the victory was assured. However, neither victory nor revenge could satisfy me. After the victory, I had to oversee the cleaning operations and all the paperwork that resulted.
I entered the bathroom and in the process lay down in the tub and turned on the hot water. After a few moments, I allowed myself to relax. The water was slowly softening my body, relaxing me in the process. I felt that all the tension in my body was slowly released, that everything in me relaxed. The temperature was at a level that would evaporate a normal human being, but for me it was pure pleasure.
After about two hours, I relaxed enough to think about the future. I looked in front of me and started planning the future. I had to continue developing my Warehouse. I had too much potential to waste. I thought for a moment and addressed the elephant in the room.
My Warp Empire stood as a bastion of Order in the Warp, but I had to increase the integration of my psychic and physical realms. Ancient myths and legends must walk in the Materium again. The Immaterium and the Materium must become one in order to function in harmony. In this process, I will become more powerful and will be the master of both when the integration is completed.
All-father was just another title of me, not some Warp deity. Any prayer, any worship must go to me, not to the creation of independent Warp beings who could threaten the Imperium and me in the process.
I shook my head as I realized something. I took another count of everything I owned and realized that I was truly cluttered with thing. I felt like I had a bit of a problem with compulsive hoarding.
I was cluttered with things everywhere I went. Maybe I had to create a new pocket dimension. Instead of amassing technology and military, maybe I could turn to building a nature-based dimension. On second thought, maybe I could take farm life and an idealized version of a small town as inspiration.
I have added the plans to my list of things to do in the near future. I thought about my options and decided that I needed to talk to Isha and Malcador about my plans.
He had a few more things to do. "Show stats," i said in my head and watched as all of stats appeared.
"Show all new" I barked another command and watched the new stats and skills appear.
*Ding Dong*
[Congratulations]
YOU [Dungeon] is now available.
'Interesting' I said in my mind in surprise. If memory serves, I can now improve gamer stats simply by creating a dungeon filled with monsters. If I needed to defeat Men of Iron to unlock the Dungeon, that would mean that defeating and destroying powerful enemies should release the locked features.
I could test the dungeon now, but now it's time to relax, so I put the dungeon testing for another day.
I ordered "Show other statistics" and watched as the other statistics appeared.
[Warrior] (Active) Lvl 73 >Lvl 75
[A combination of all your skills and knowledge from war and combat.]
'Perfect, I've increased my skills' I said to myself and smiled. I was aware that the number of points needed for the next levels would soon become huge, but I didn't care.
[Strategist] (Active) Lvl 59 >Lvl 64
[A combination of all your skills and knowledge from strategy.]
[Tactician] (Active) Lvl 68 >Lvl 71
[A combination of all your skills and knowledge from tactics planning.]
Perfect. Now my war planning skills are complete.
[Fortressbreaker] (active) Lvl 75 >Lvl 77
[A combination of all your skills and knowledge from fortress sieges.]
I saw one notification different from the others and I mentally clicked on it.
[Congratulations, you have gained a new class]
Your new class is [Exterminator] . Your desire to exterminate everything that stands in your way has been rewarded. Enjoy the reward.
Not surprising at all. I feel like an inquisitor ordering Extreminatus. I put the notifications away and lay down in the water again.
After some time I got up from the water and put on a plain black suit in my size and headed towards my room. My daughter Aurora was waiting for me there.
As soon as she saw me, happiness spread over her face and she jumped into my arms, hugging me with love in her eyes. She had an ordinary children's book in her hand.
"Papa, read me a bedtime story," Aurora asked excitedly as she hugged me.
"Of course...my heart" I replied and headed towards her room with her over my shoulder.