Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 525 - 494: The Sacred Artifact at the Bottom of the Box

Perfikot indeed detested socializing, primarily because in the past, when her identity was merely that of a noblewoman unable to inherit titles, those greedy and conniving individuals would always surround her, making her feel nauseated.

But this does not mean an Alchemist who can achieve great success in alchemy lacks intelligence and emotional intelligence.

When she is willing to focus her energy on this, Perfikot can completely transform herself into a socialite with perfect manners, amiable demeanor, and even exemplify social excellence, skillfully mingling among the guests in a crowded venue.

Of course, at her own seventeenth birthday and coming-of-age banquet, she is the one who needs to be the focus of attention, flattery, and fawning, so there is no need for unnecessary socializing with others.

If she wishes, she can keep a cold face throughout the event, ensuring that no one dares to utter a word out of line.

Besides being her birthday today, the more critical factors are power, status, and the added bonuses from her own capabilities.

After all, most of the guests attending her birthday party today are here to seek favors from her, not to mention the many monarchs of old world countries waiting for her to save their nations.

Under such circumstances, even if Perfikot proposes some excessive demands, those guests can only pinch their noses and accept them.

If it were three years ago, Perfikot likely wouldn’t pay attention to any of them, nor would there be such a banquet held because according to Perfikot’s estimate at that time, she might at best only be able to save one million people in the Northern Territory, and everyone else would have to perish.

But now, with the advancement of the technology Perfikot controls and the announcement of the apocalypse’s advent, as well as the increase in available resources she can tap into, Perfikot’s latest estimation is that the Northern Territory’s population capacity has already increased to three million.

More than triple her initial estimate.

The most critical factor among these is none other than the compressed biscuit alchemy.

Sound absurd? Quite the opposite; this is actually the pivotal factor—food.

Perfikot’s original calculation estimated that the Northern Territory could only accommodate one million people, calculated based only on the grain output maintained through the energy tower’s greenhouse cultivation.

After all, in the apocalypse’s cold winter, coal can be used for heating, and underground living can solve coldness.

But hunger? You can’t really let people eat dirt, can you? Even if it were like the sacred earth, it wouldn’t be enough to fill a million mouths!

So in Perfikot’s original plan, she genuinely intended only to ensure that one million people would survive in the Northern Territory, leaving everyone else to fend for themselves.

However, when Perfikot can produce food through alchemy in an almost conjuring way, the deciding factor for how many people can survive becomes how many energy towers can be built and how many shelters can be constructed.

Under such circumstances, Perfikot certainly doesn’t mind saving more people by allowing more of them to survive this apocalypse crisis.

Moreover, for Perfikot, rescuing more people entails no disadvantages, except for increasing expenses.

Because the larger the population size, the more it can enhance humanities’ overall capacity to counter the apocalypse crisis, while simultaneously increasing the possibility of talents emerging within humanity.

Who can guarantee that there is no one among those forsaken plans with a sudden flash of inspiration that can greatly improve humanity’s living conditions under the apocalypse crisis, or even possibly resolve this apocalypse crisis?

At least Perfikot herself cannot guarantee that.

Thus, when various country leaders, envoys, and representatives continually approach her, seeking favor, connecting ties, and smiling all the while hoping for her assistance, Perfikot endeavors to maintain a friendly demeanor, listen to their requests, respond politely, and express that she can provide assistance within a suitable scope of her abilities.

Of course, none of this is for free.

While Perfikot is willing to help others, it does not mean she will help them without compensation.

On one hand because she simply can’t afford it, on the other because receiving something for free tends to make the recipient feel entitled, believing it was theirs to begin with, thus demanding more.

To avoid situations where she feels displeased or may even have to personally annihilate those she once helped, be it people, powers, or nations, Perfikot believes it’s better for them to pay a certain price, turning this into a transaction of a philanthropic nature.

Moreover, considering the matter Perfikot had been wary of regarding the Evil God Sect, it certainly couldn’t hurt to build a good relationship with the ruling classes of these old world countries.

It’s a world of magic and mysterious existences, who’s to say that the seemingly subservient rulers of these countries had illustrious ancestors or had a trick up their sleeves?

At least when Perfikot revealed information about the Evil God Sect to Empress Victory, the Empress had Eldest Princess Annie bring over a Shield looking like it was fashioned from a log stump and a Knight sword that appeared to have significant age.

These are magic items powerful enough to be called Divine Artifacts in fantasy tales, or using the term from the church, these items are referred to as Sacred Artifacts.

They originate from a Legendary monarch during Victory’s founding era, a Knight whose strength reached the Legendary level.

These two pieces of equipment are the Shield and sword of the Legendary Knight back in the day, although the craftsmanship seemed rather crude, benefitting from the time’s environment’s mystery exceeding today’s, they remain simply and brutally powerful.

After centuries of being enshrined, they are further filled with potent faith power, amplifying them into two mighty national equipments.

If it weren’t for Perfikot’s mentions of possible Evil God’s arrival, the Empress would never have brought out these family treasures, the Royal Family’s bottom-of-the-chest valuables.

Of course, there’s also the consideration of the Royal Family and Imperial Center migrating to the Northern Territory, compelling the Royal Family to move some treasury collections there as well.

And now, these two mighty treasures have been integrated into the Godslaying Armor without damaging the Sacred Artifacts, further strengthening and upgrading them to enhance their power.

After all, the magical equipment manufacturing technology during Victory’s founding era compared to Perfikot’s current technology, there’s still a rather significant gap.