A few world messages rang in Minhyuk’s ears just a few days later.

[Qingdao Kingdom has been established.]

[The king of Qingdao Kingdom is Xu Jiaqi.]

[The Rothschilde Kingdom has been established.]

[The king of the Rothschilde Kingdom is Calauhel.]

Finally, after some time of Minhyuk becoming the first king in Athenae, two other kingdoms had been established, in just a span of a week at that. But that was not all. The game experts and commentators expected the establishment of at least five more kingdoms this year.

‘There’s a high chance that the Qingdao Kingdom and the Rotschilde Kingdom already had the power and the funds to create a kingdom long ago.’

From what they had gathered these two kingdoms had their eyes on the Luvien Empire. However, Minhyuk had swept away the Luvien Empire’s Black Knights not too long ago. So, Xu Jiaqi and Calauhel both struck while the iron was hot.

Since several more kingdoms would be established in the near future, the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom needed to start their own preparations, for none other than the establishment of their empire.

‘It will probably take a long time.’

What were the most necessary things for the establishment of an empire? A large territory, enough people, plenty of soldiers and many more. None of these had been met by the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom yet.

Although the strength of the Beyond the Heavens’ troops was high and they could tear down several enemies, their numbers were not even close enough to rival the number of soldiers that an empire should have. The reason for that was very simple.

‘No matter how many...