However, these millions of imperial coins were the least impressive of Zorats’s loot.

Inside Zorat’s repertoire was a collection of hundreds of artifacts, all equal to, and some way stronger than, the ones Kaelara had so kindly gifted him.

The sheer volume of these artifacts was outstanding, considering every single one would go for no less than thousands in imperial coins....

And the really high-grade ones might go as much as hundreds of thousands in imperial coins.

Of all these artifacts, there were three that instantly caught Zorat’s eye.....

And he was positive that these three would have been the most prized possessions of the royal family....

The effectiveness of two of these artifacts was at the half-step transcendent level....

And the final one was at the transcendent level.

Just the first two alone would have gone for no less than millions in imperial coins...

And for the last one at the transcendent level... that one would be priceless, as no sane person would try to sell off such an artifact.

Probably have been in the royal treasury for generations.

The scarcity of these artifacts is so high, mostly because of the grueling process it entails to make a single one.

And only the holy sea is capable of producing these artifacts.

Which makes perfect sense after Zorat had analysed one of the artifacts that Kaelara had given him.

Every day, the existence of the holy sea becomes a more curious and exciting variable, which Zorat is getting more interested in learning more about.

As for the armaments.... various pieces of body protective gear, treated and imbued with concentrated mana of different levels....

just like the one the Knight commander had on her.

These treasures were in the thousands as well, and to procure each one would require hundreds of imperial coins.

All in all, Zorat had quite the inventory on hand.....

A lot of which was not very useful to him, and he would find a way to exchange them for better benefits in the near future...

There are quite a few, too, that would be very useful to him going forward, and he will keep those for himself.

Zorat’s burgeoning concern right now is finding a way to control or influence the half-step transcendent that has made himself known as the Ancestor of the starfalls.

He is the current biggest force in the kingdom and would be quite useful to him.

There is also the fact that this person might soon be able to pose some form of threat to Zorat’s continued relaxed harvesting.

The realm of transcendence comes with a monumental leap in life-realm for every being, and grants some additional perks to the entity that has escaped the bounds of mortality.....

One is the ability to live for an incredibly long amount of time, so long as one is not hunted and killed by some external means.

Second, they are more attuned to the laws of space and can even accomplish short bursts of spatial teleportation without even having the skill realised spell or skill for that purpose.

With the life realm so potent, even if they cannot touch upon runes, cutting off any further path to advancement...

They become strong enough to affect space to a masterful degree, and depending on their talents, can even reach terrifying levels.

Zorat had experienced this firsthand when he had first attained the equivalent rank of a transcendent being a couple billion years ago in his original dimensional plane.

It’s like the dimension awards the increase in rank by granting this boon, along with a rebirth of body and soul....

This also allows the transcended being to gain a third perk....

They become aware of the separation between their body and soul.

This does not mean they become capable of separating their body and soul.... It only grants awareness.... Making them capable of sensing the weight and presence of their souls.... And also gain a unique sense of the weight of others’ souls.

The Ancestor had not reached this level, but halfway through was just as concerning if he wished for no harm to come to his body when he was still unprepared.

With any of the last two abilities, even at the minute level, since the Ancter was only a half-step transcendent.... They could theoretically sense a little that Zorat wasn’t actually so ordinary.

What they choose to do after that would be unpredictable, and Zorat had no current means to counter a half-step transcendent.

Zorat is in the process of turning the Ursula kingdom into his playground, and all variables needed to be fully accounted for.

Though there are other forces in the world of Arleria and even in the kingdom of Ursula who have beings at the half-step transcendent realm, or fully in the transcendent realm....

But those forces are still relatively far away from Zorat, and at the rate he was improving, in no time, even a transcendent would take just a little effort to dispatch.

Only what might directly or indirectly affect Zorat’s goals or the pleasures he seeks with his human mortal existence is what currently matters to him.

Marrying the princess and becoming king is one of those pleasures; inasmuch as he plans to do the kingdom in, along with the princess.....

Zorat had never been a mortal human king before, so it’s a novel experience even for him.

He is also aware that it won’t be a smooth process....

The king might have given his word, but there must be other individuals who had already staked their interest in the princess’s life partner.

Zorat intends to simply let all that play out as he focuses on what matters..... Get all divine authority fragments before Lumrheal descends upon this dimension.

He would simply respond in kind to whatever this new obstacle would attempt to throw his way. And was actually eagerly looking forward to it....

After coming down from the rush of the treasury high, Zorat was already in search of yet another stimulus.

And he had a feeling he wouldn’t have to wait long.

The remainder of the day was uneventful, with Florielle choosing to spend the night at the maidservant’s accommodations, as a regular maidservant is expected to.

While Zorat simply dismissed this, deciding to have a word with her later, Myrra was quite happy that she got to be completely alone with Zorat for the night.

But she was highly disappointed when Zorat told her to take off her clothes, only for him to place his palm on his belly and simply close his eyes in concentration for several hours.

Myrra fell asleep in that meditative pose, confused about what her lord was trying to accomplish with his palm on her belly.

And when Zorat was done for the day, he transferred her to the mattress.

Zorat was feeling quite demotivated to go at it again after having just concluded a session.

Not because he was tired, but because he had not been able to achieve completion.

It was beginning to become a concern he could no longer ignore.

He wondered if there was something wrong with his current inhabited body....

But soon ruled that out after carrying out a comprehensive analysis on himself and finding nothing wrong.... Other than the disproportionately large penis, that is.

Like that, the night breezed by in unusual calm inside the cabin, with Myrra at some point in the night managing her way into Zorat’s mattress and wrapping herself around him like a koala. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Morning came, and Florielle arrived as usual to fulfill her duties, appearing more professional than ever before, and even going as far as actively avoiding Zorat’s path as servants do.

Zorat was just about to call her in for a word when he saw someone approaching his cabin...

Erica had arrived... right on schedule.