Chapter 20 - Reconstruction

It has been 500 years since that time with Fuxi and Nuwa. From the time that Velgrynd and Argent had, they have bonded enough to be friends.

It was mostly due to Argent's childishness and food....
Actually, the majority of it is food.

A lot of things happened for half a millennia. First and foremost, the successful creation of the new race of high dwarves. They were created after the creation of 1000 enkis and 1000 sirens.

Once the enkis and sirens numbers achieved 1000 each. Argent came and took them in, they couldn't exactly just linger in the facility.

Even, Luminas, and Sylvia's people have their own settlements away from the facility that they visit at regular intervals.

The first high Dwarf was created around 300 years ago. He was given the name of Guran, it seems that Dwarves are not affected by the naming process.

After being born he cooperated in the creation of his brethren. He even improved the systems and machines in the facility that the others overlook.

Luckily their birth rate was average, almost similar to humans in fact. This lessen the burden for their creation.

The numbers of dwarves to be born are 1000. And in the past centuries, their numbers have been increased. Their computed population should be around Hundreds of thousands already.

They are also spread across different nations. Their innate skills with their hands have given them position in human society. Although there are those that look down on them.

Their benefits out weight the disadvantages of not welcoming dwarves into their nations. Their (the nations) weapons will be outperform by nations that have Dwarven Blacksmith and craftsman.

Returning back, Argent welcomed the sirens and enkis to his headquarter. However their number is around a thousand. The headquarter could accommodate them but, this made Argent realize how small his place was.

(A/N: the castle is big, don't listen to him. He just has many Subordinates.)

So he took it as a sign to renovate it. First and foremost he went to Veldanava.

"Hey Veldanava I need a favor." he asked Veldanava as he visited the heavenly star palace to chat with him along side Velgrynd.

The trio have been having regular chats in the heavenly star palace with the tea that Argent planted and brewed himself.

"hm? Sure what is it?" Veldanava asked as he flip a page from his book. A little fact, the book is one of those books Argent took from the royal library of a certain Kingdom that no longer exist.

"remember that headquarters that you made for me? Could you increase the size of the island? I'm planning on making the castle bigger."

"I don't really mind, if it's only increasing the size of the island. How big do you want it?" asked Veldanava

"Around 5, no 10 times bigger!" said Argent.

"Hah? You do know that island is 1 square kilometer right? You want to make it 10 times bigger?" Argent nodded.

"To be honest with you I'm actually holding back my request since I still don't have a concrete plan on what I want it to look like." said Argent.

"And if you didn't hold back? How big do you want to make it?" asked Veldanava looking at Argent.

"1000 square kilometers!"

"Are you planning on building a city there!?! Why do you need to make it that big!?"

"Hey you said that I can do whatever I want to it. Not your problem how I want to use that dimension." Argent dodge the question.

" *Exhausted sigh* 100.."

"900"

"... 15-"

"800"

"....."

"700 final offer."

"...500 and don't ask me about it ever again."

"Deal!" the two shook hands with Veldanava wanting to break Argent's fingers.

With that deal done, Veldanava went to the other dimension and expanded the floating island's size. After talking some more, Veldanava left leaving Argent and Velgrynd in the island.

"Say, you sure gave up quickly on that 1000 square kilometers. That's not the Argent I know." Velgrynd asked with a side eye.

"That's because I honestly expected to be able to make him only increase the size by 100 at best. Luckily I started the negotiation at 1000. He might think that it was smaller than what I was expecting(1000) but it was still hundred times better than just ten times. " Argent smirked at her.

"My~ how shrewd of you. I'm expecting a bigger and fancier room for me then. And for tonight's dinner to be a feast."

"Is that asking for a bribe?"

"I don't know what you're talking about or do I."

After that day, Argent asked Guran to introduce him to some of the finest artisan, craftsman, stone mason, Blacksmiths, and carpenters.

They started working on the very and most possibly if not a fact, biggest project of their lives.

"So here are the things that I want you all to make. Don't worry about the resources I'll take care of it. The payment is as promised as well."

Argent talked to the main people in charge of each groups. He wanted to make several buildings in the island. Thanks to his memories from his time as Satoru he can show images of modern buildings to the dwarves.

First and foremost the place where he will live.

A modern house that can have more than 5 people living in it. Argent's memories as satoru showed them all they needed to know in how to build any modern buildings from his time.

Next will be the place where the enkis and sirens will live. Argent chose a type of apartment building from his memories.

Several apartment buildings of this type will be made to accommodate all two thousand of them all. And more if the future wishes for him to have more Subordinates.

Next is the place where the gates will be placed. Argent couldn't find an appropriate building for this type of thing so he chose the closest thing he thought of.

A hospital that has a lot of rooms and a lot of doors on each floor. The doors will be made to be extra durable and appropriate locks for safety reasons.

And lastly Argent's own facility for his experiments and researches. He has really enjoyed his time doing research that he wanted to make his own place specifically for it.

He had two large buildings for this one. One is for research that is all about experimenting and chemicals.

While the other one is for his creations and inventions. Also a place to store them.

(A/N: yes that's an airport just pretend its a facility.)

He will still keep the castle in the middle of the island. As he said to Veldanava before, he is still not sure what he's plans for the island is.

Once he has a concrete plan in mind he'll demolish all of these buildings to make the one he has on mind.

"This is just absurd!" the dwarves were surprised and flabbergasted by the images and blueprints Argent had given them.

"Very well it might take years but we'll make sure to make this images into real buildings!" the one Guran recommended to him first said.

He was a Dwarf named Adrik. The one in charge of the overall project.

"Don't be shy to use them. They'll be happy to help you guys." Argent said pointing to the Enkis and Sirens.

Adrik nodded. He then went to the other dwarves with the Enkis and Sirens in tow, to start working.

"Are you sure it's fine to show them such high technology?" Velgrynd said as he returned to the castle.

"I made a contract with all of the dwarves. If they ever talk or used this knowledge outside of this place I'll know immediately. And they'll be dead." Argent reassured. Seating down in one of the couches in the room.

"And how did you manage to even make them do this project with smile on their faces. They even have a curse that is implanted in them for the rest of their lives." Velgrynd asked again. She has seen how the dwarves look. None of them were afraid going to this dimension even more making a contract with a high ranking demon.

"Well for one they knew what they were getting into. I made sure that was known. Second it's because of the payment I have for them." Argent grinned. He threw a coin to Velgrynd, she catch it and look at the coin surprised.

"Is this Orichalum!?" Velgrynd stood up from her seat. " where did you even get this? Shouldn't it be a rare alloy?"

"Heh, when I was rummaging for useful things in the rubble of the Magic empire. I took a lot of their coins. It seems that they were so arrogant with their technology and resources that they even placed magic ore in their own coins." explained Argent.

"Since the coins were inside my stomach they were processed and bathed with my magicules. Turning them to magisteel coins. The coins being a mix of gold and magic ore finally then resulted into Orichalum coins."

"This are the payment you're giving them? Isn't it too much?" Velgrynd said tossing the coin back at Argent.

"Of course not, the coins I'll be giving them are different. The lowest worker of them gets paid with 3 magisteel coins per month and the highest worker (the leaders) gets paid 2 Mithril coins per month." Argent caught the coin.

"You also have Mithril coins?"

"Before we met, around when I was working in the facility of Twilight. I already notice the changes happening to the gold coins. That's why I mixed magic ore to the silver coins that I had from a different destroyed country. Which resulted into Mithril coins. The magisteel one was easiest to make. Just have a random ore and bathed it in magicules for Hundreds of years and you get magic ore, after processing you get magisteel."

"Will you have any Mithril left after this project?" asked Velgrynd. Coming closer and taking a seat beside Argent.

"Hahaha what I showed you was the 'coin' version of the metals. You haven't seen the 5 kilo bars or the barrel size ones. I currently have lots of ores swimming in my stomach waiting to be turned into precious highly valuable metal."

"Ah, you got those from them didn't you? you could destroy the economy with all of those metals you know?" Velgrynd raised her legs to drop to the arm of the couch and let her head fall to Argent's lap.

(A/N: something like this.)

"And that is why I'm giving it in coin size." Argent said tapping Velgrynd's forehead.

"Fair enough, I like the design of the house by the way."

"Thank you, I had to really choose carefully for that one. I don't know if a castle is more appropriate but it's not really practical if I'm planning on making other buildings. That's why I chose a simple house instead."

The two then chatted for a few more hours. Then a knock came from the door. Velgrynd stood up from his lap.

"Argent-sama it is time to meet them." Lait's voice came from the door of the room announcing something.

"It's been a decade already? Time sure flies by when you're immerse in something." Argent stood up from his seat. Opened the door and Lait waited for him.

"Well then, you're not interested in coming right?" Argent looked at Velgrynd who once again plop to the couch. She waved her hand to signal him to go.

Argent and Lait went to the halls where the doors were. In the 500 years, another Gate opened.

This one isn't all that powerful like the last one. Argent opened the door and went to the other side.

The universe was named Roc by the inhabitants. The inhabitants were Greater spirits who merge with the lands. The spirits then turned into living golems from each of the elemental spirits.

First are the rock tribes, there are three clans of them in total.

the Igneous clan are rock golem that live near the volcanoes of the planet. They number around only in the thousand, with their large stature they live beside an active volcano.

"Argent-dono has it been a decade already!" a large golem 8 meters in height said once it saw Argent in sight.

"It has been a decade already Chief Pt-78, I was thinking the same thing. Time sure does fly by quick."

Pt-78 the chief of the igneous clan of the rock golem tribe. The wisest of their people.

"Hohoho well it is good to see you again. Come let us go." Pt-78 and Argent went to another location.

It is on the other side of the volcano. There the two could see another igneous rock golem.

"It's good to see you Pd-46." waved Argent to the igneous rock golem.

Pd-46 has a height of 15 meters tall. The tallest out of all of the igneous rock golem in their clan. He is their Vice-Chief and strongest fighter.

"It is good to see you, Sir Argent and Ms. Lait." he bowed respectfully, something you won't realize a big and scary golem like him would do.

"I have gathered the excess parts from our clan members. Since, I have expected that you would arrive soon." Pd-46 showed the two a large mountain of different minerals and ores.

"This are what we have collected from everyone for the last decade. Truly that tool you gave us made it easier for us to remove it from our skin." said Pt-78.

The rock golems are of the earth element. And everyone one of them has the trait of growing gems and minerals from their body like hair or horns.

For the rock tribe it is just a nuisance and doesn't hold any value to them. That was when Argent made a deal with each of the clan. In exchange for the ores that they remove from their bodies. He'll supply them with a type of food that they like.

For the igneous clan this would be the fire crystals that are made by bathing magic ore with the enkis fire element magicules. And processing them into fire crystals.

"Well then I'll take it." Argent mimic his arm into a slime and started absorbing the mountain of minerals.

Meanwhile Lait is giving the chief the payment of Fire crystals. They are given 1000 square plated 2x3 meters fire magic crystals.

(A/N: like this but more glass like and color red. Lol imagine a large chocolate bar.)

"It is always a pleasure to be doing business with you two." bowed Pt-78.

"As do we, after this transaction I'll let one of my Subordinates handle this exchange in the future if that's okay with you." Argent said to the chief.

"Hohoho but of course, as long as we both benefit in this exchange no one would complain in placing another in charge." the chief replied.

As the two groups said their goodbyes. Argent and Lait went to another location. It was on a mountain range, this time they will meet the Metamorphic tribe.

"Over here Ti-22!" Argent waved at the giant golem reaching the height of nearly 20 meters.

"Argent, good to see you." Ti-22 said with a calm voice.

Ti-22 is the vice Chief of the Metamorphic clan. Most of the vice Chief are those with the strongest strength in their tribes. They have the duty to protect the chief.

"Please follow me." Ti-22 turned around and started walking.

Similar to the igneous clan, Argent traded with them for their gems and minerals. The time of food that they like is scorch ore.

Scorch ore is the magic ores that were just in the right distance from an attack of Velgrynd. Close enough to be affected, but not close enough to be melted by the heat.

They also talked with their Chief W-7 about the change of person who will meet them. Which they agreed on.

After that they went to the land near both the dessert and the forest lands. In this place lived the Sedimentary clan.

"Argent-sama it is a pleasure to meet you again."

Au-79 met up with the two as they traveled to the forest. The chief of the Sedimentary clan which has a height of 17 meters.

"Yes same to you."

Argent traded with the Sedimentary tribe in a similar fashion from the other clans. In this exchange Argent gave them class 4 monster bones. As well as dead plants that were blessed by the spirit queen Ramiris as food.

"Lait, I'll leave the other golems of the other tribes (tree, water, air) to you." Argent said to Lait as he started to return to his headquarters to give his spoils to the dwarves for them to use.

List of what Argent manage to obtain:

Rock golem tribe

Igneous clan : 130-140 tons
-basalt
-obsidian
-granite
-gabbro
-scoria
-Dacite
-Garnet
-diamond
-moonstone
-spinel
Chief Pt-78
Vice Chief Pd-46

Metamorphic clan: 200 tons
-marble
-quartzite
-soapstone
-garnet
-corundum
-skarn
-Gneiss
-lapis lazuli
-nephrite
-jadeite
Chief W-74
Vice Chief Ti-22

Sedimentary clan: 190-200 tons
-chalk
-coal
-limestone
-shale
-flint
-rock salt
-phosphate
-travertine
-beryl
-opals
-turquoise
-azurite
Chief N-7
Vice Chief Au-79

A/N: the last part was a bit... repetitive so I just rushed it. Argent meeting with the chiefs and trading goods with them and announcing that he'll hand over control of trading with them to his subordinate (enki) .

Probably a boring chapter... I can't always make it about anything interesting, I have to set up some lores otherwise they'll just be there without any explanation.

I don't want to just go "yeah 10,000 years passed. I'm super op now, I have an army of strong followers and am overseeing thousands of worlds. Huh? How did that happen? That's not important is it?"

Anyways that's it for this week, see you guys next week!