163: Imperial Nobility Standards

Two months later, at the end of October, 3626.

The conquests on the Boundary Sea front were also nearing their end.

Execution thoroughly purged the resistance forces in the Heart of Lava plane with lightning speed. After being stripped of its core resources, this plane, with its violent elemental energy, no longer held much value for retention.

According to Brian's plan, it initiated the traction procedure and chose the land transformation reward.

The land essence of the plane was extracted by the world will, traversed space, and slowly merged into Brian's main territory.

Outside the eastern wall of the territory, a vast expanse of newborn land, rich in fire elemental energy and possessing unique textures, quietly appeared.

It provided an excellent site for building the Intermediate Mage Academy and Advanced Mage Academy.

Spirit Eye · Mi successfully dismantled the ecological resistance network of the [Humus Swamp] plane and reached a symbiotic agreement with several of its core ancient fungal nuclei.

Although this plane had a harsh environment, its unique fungal ecology and the biochemical potential it contained were quite valuable.

It suggested and executed the sub-plane reward, incorporating it into their control as a special biological resource reserve and research base.

Spirit Eye Xiu's soft-power strategy achieved a decisive victory in the [Dark Pious Kingdom] plane.

The empire's fanatical faith completely collapsed under her sustained acts of kindness, internal disintegration, and powerful display of force. The rationalist faction seized power and voluntarily submitted in its entirety.

Considering the plane's unified social structure and considerable population, Brian also chose the sub-plane reward, making it yet another new territory that provided troops and research on faith conversion.

Three fronts, another perfect conclusion!

This time, Brian had truly expanded his territory in the Main World!

He gained approximately 1,000 square kilometers of land, expanding this island tenfold!

(1,000,000 to 1, which means the plane's area is about 1 billion square kilometers (about 2 times the size of Earth).)

At the same time, he could apply to the empire for an imperial noble rank promotion!

Land and strength are the metrics for imperial noble rank promotion.

Only if one's strength reaches Level 3 Mage and the territory area reaches over 1,000 square kilometers can one apply for promotion to Viscount.

A Count requires strength of Level 4 or above and a territory of 100,000 square kilometers.

A Marquis requires strength of Level 6 or above and a territory of 10 million square kilometers.

As for a Duke, one can apply as long as their strength reaches Level 7 or above.

A King requires strength of Level 8 or above!

From this, it can be seen that strength is the only standard for measuring status in the Mage World!

When that piece of newborn land stabilized, Brian personally went to inspect it.

Feeling the scorching energy contained in the land beneath his feet, which was different from the original attributes of the island, the blueprint in his mind for the Intermediate Mage Academy and Advanced Mage Academy became clearer and more feasible.

"Master!"

Heart followed by his side, her eyes flashing with the radiance of planning:

"This new land is vast and has distinct energy characteristics. It is far from the residential area and is very suitable for building an independent Intermediate Mage Academy and Advanced Mage Academy campus.

We can transform this place, plan branch academies with different elemental attributes, large comprehensive libraries, high-level laboratories, and even reserve space anchor points for connecting to small plane fragments in the future."

Brian nodded, his gaze deep:

"Not bad. You can plan it well, transform it at the same time, and finally use the city builder to start construction!

Divide 300 square kilometers of this area for the Intermediate Mage Academy, and 700 square kilometers for the Advanced Mage Academy. For now, let the Advanced Mage Academy be like this! In the future, prioritize arranging land transformation for the expansion of the Advanced Mage Academy."

He returned to the Main Tower, looking at the primary plane coordinates marked on the star map.

Due to continuous exploration, more than a dozen primary plane coordinates were still flickering.

Conquest brings resources and land, resources and land support education and inheritance, and education and inheritance will nurture more powerful forces, feeding back into wider conquests.

This is a perfect virtuous cycle.

"Pupil Slaughter, Spirit Eye - Seek, Spiritual Eye Xiu, rotate the legions for rest and digest the fruits of battle. After one month of rest, the next target: primary planes numbered A-07 to A-09! The conscription order remains effective, and the merit book is open once again!"

"Yes!"

The 1,000 square kilometers of newborn land, like a god wielding a brush, added a powerful and substantial stroke to Brian's island territory.

This vast area, rich in fire elemental energy, became the perfect canvas for realizing his educational blueprint.

The planning was completed quickly.

The approximately 300 square kilometer area adjacent to the original city wall was designated as the Intermediate Mage Academy campus, while the 700 square kilometers further in were reserved for the Advanced Mage Academy.

Brian's instructions appeared quite methodical:

"Spiritual Eye Shou, mobilize all city builders to prioritize the completion of all infrastructure for the Intermediate Mage Academy.

At the same time, in the Advanced Academy area, first build the core functional areas—the Central Library, the Administration Tower, a comprehensive laboratory building, and the basic energy supply network and protective Magic Formation.

For the rest of the area, just complete the land leveling and main road paving."

"Master, why not build the Advanced Academy completely at once?"

Heart asked with slight confusion.

Brian smiled slightly and explained:

"There are three reasons."

"First, the gradual nature of students and faculty."

He pointed to the talent data on the light screen:

"Our primary academy has just been expanded and upgraded, and excellent graduates need time to accumulate. The intermediate academy is the key link between the past and the future; it must be prioritized to ensure its high-quality operation so that it can stably supply qualified students to the advanced academy.

At the same time, professors who can teach Level 3 Mages and above, especially those involving plane knowledge and cutting-edge magic theory, are not easily recruited. We need time to attract true masters. Building an academy with only an empty shell in a rush is meaningless."

"Second, technological accumulation and customized needs."

He continued to analyze:

"The Advanced Mage Academy, especially the kind I envision, might need its laboratories and training grounds to integrate the latest technologies we have obtained from the Verdant Source or even future conquests.

For example, the specific design and safety measures for the space anchor point reserved for connecting to small plane fragments need to be researched more deeply by Tong Xi and us.

Instead of building it with a standard template now, it is better to leave time to optimize it according to our constantly growing technology library, so that it will be ahead of its time when it is built in the future."

"Third, strategic allocation of resources."

Brian's gaze swept over the resource list:

"Building two large academies at once, even for us, is not too high a consumption. But we are about to deploy troops to the A-07 to A-09 planes. The legions need supplies, and newly conquered planes may need immediate investment of resources for pacification or construction.

Reserving part of the resources and city builder production capacity to maintain strategic flexibility is a safer approach."

Heart suddenly realized: "Master has considered it thoroughly! It is to lay a solid foundation for the Intermediate Academy, while leaving room for upgrades and optimization for the Advanced Academy, and ensuring that the conquest operations are not affected."

"Exactly."