Training School

After the castle sprung up, many strong people decided to join my army. Of course I gave them a set of resources which include the body strengthening pill, marrow washing potion and the occasional mana grass which they receive once a month.

I can afford to raise them with this much because I have all the supernatural powers mana grass in my space and the mana stones from the mine in the mountain is steadily increasing the quality and variety of the mana grass planted in my space. 

I was shocked to see a darkness mana grass. But that was only the beginning soon after almost all the elements sprang up one by one. It would be a waste to not raise an army out of this sudden blessing. 

I have been working on the glass houses, food crops and having the right people hired for the job. The place is full of surveillance because if someone wants to destroy the base it will be best to target this place.

When the people saw the crops striving in the various glass hoses the hope in their hearts took root. 

After knowing everything is in order I began the project of building a school. This place will be very special because it will not only teach basic knowledge but they will also be given basic training.

This is so they can protect themselves outside. The world is only going to get worse. I have a perfect place to put the school.

It will be the space between the main road going to the central base and the mountain containing my mana stones.

There is a large unoccupied area here right outside the walls of the Toy city.

I was thinking of building a mansion between the wall and the mountain. However this is not urgent as long as the barrier is still in place. In any case the mountain will be hallowed out soon enough after all I am using non stop workers to mine the place.

I enter the mine every two days to load the mana stones into my space to clear the warehouse. Inside my space there are tens of large ship containers with mana stones sorted according to their elements.

The most common one is neutral which is best for my cultivation although I don't usually use mana stones unless I am about to breakthrough.

The toy workers removed the obstacles in the space where I mean to build a school. First I put the two dormitory buildings for males and females. There are on the opposite sides of the school. Inside is the fitted cardboards, wardrobes and basic furniture.

A single bed, study table, a small book shelf and a bathroom every five rooms which resulted in four bathrooms with three toilets, three bath tubs and two showers in each floor.

There's two small kitchens with basic equipment, a stove, microwave a boiling water kettle and a fridge on each floor. The entire building has 12 floors and can house 5 to 6 thousands students.

Then I carefully designed the training grounds for physical training, supernatural abilities training and physical training. 

A safe place enforced by magic circles and runes to ensure safety and effectiveness.

There's weapon training, close combat training and ability training although it will only be basic unless there is need in the future. There are several testing grounds to fight using abilities and close combat.

Making these facilities took up a lot of my time but I managed to finish it, then I put up the teaching building. It has many classes with 7 floors then there's the office building which also has the library in the first four floors.

The books can fill such a large space because I had cleaned up a city library and all the book shops in the central city.

April has retrieved teaching material from various schools database. The school is grand in a modern fashion unlike the fantasy feel given by the castle of the military. It gives the feeling of being in the most prestigious college.

I then announced the desire for basic school furniture from the people willing to sell toy size furniture to me.

By the end of the second week I had all the furniture I needed. A new round of recruitment began for scholars, teachers and care takers for the dormitories.

New residents flocked into the city with the purpose of getting a job and a stable place to stay. I sent recruiting busses to other bases as well advertising my pay and employee benefit.

The school is a business on its own as we will be charging for the enrollment. I offer scholarships but they will have to work for me to repay it in the future.

When people saw the school they wanted to send their kids immediately as a result the school was open one month after gathering all the necessary workforce with the help of April. I had ensured the curriculum is thoroughly modified to include the physical and supernatural ability training.

As an afterthought, I opened a larger mountain turning it into the hunting grounds for the students. The place will have several layers of levels where mutated animals will be placed according to their level of strength.

Students will hunt monsters and sell their materials to the school at a fair price. I put up an electronic fence and reinforced it with magic on the different levels to ensure the safety of the students.

For a while, hunters are required to bring in live animals into the base. All these and the forest has not been used even at one third capacity.

The school had opened smoothly without my presence as I was busy with the matter of the hunting grounds. Just as the school has been running for an entire month, I finished the work of making the hunting grounds for the students.

The only thing missing is the market place where materials from the hunting ground will be traded for credits which will be used to exchange for resources. I managed to put together a place for this purpose below the hunting grounds.

April put together wrist bands which work as a small computer, they can record their credit with the bank and browse through to select recourses they are buying with credits. The wrist band has a computer chip and is used as a cellphone with a personal id number for identification. 

Just as I am about to relax, a summon came for me. It is calling me to the central base three days from now. Couldn't they wait for a single week for me to rest properly? How annoying!

The two days I watched the city bustling as all the new hire find their way around the base. All the civil service staff are located in the eight buildings. This way if they do something wrong and unethical I am able to justifiably kill them on the spot.

The base couldn't be more accommodating and beautiful. This all makes me very proud. "Sir you have a visitor." I sighed hearing that.

"Huo Chen?" I asked.

"He went into the hunting grounds to get you flowers."

"It's not black roses is it?"

"No, they are blue."

"Alright April, let him in."

Huo Chen had just stood in the main gate without saying anything. He knew if Mikel is available he will know about him. As the security is about to ask for his ID, the gates and the barrier opened up making Chen break out into a brilliant smile.

As soon as he entered the office he put the flowers in the empty vase on the small table and put water from the jar that was on the side of the glass.

"Huo Chen. I have told you many times there will not be anything between us. I was very clear about this." I looked at him from the couch.

"I get that. I want to be friends." He gave me a sly smile.

"Really? Because that look in your eyes is very intense." I said not sounding convinced. 

"Alright, I have feelings for you but I will not go crazy and kidnap you if you reject me. So I don't know why you keep pushing me away." Chen said frustrated.

"What do you know about the Blackwell curse?" I asked him my voice turning serious. 

"It turns you into a lunatic if you are not careful. Is that what this is about? You are afraid I am obsessed?"

"I was previously very hurt in a relationship Huo Chen, there is no way I am doing anything serious any time soon." I warned.

"I'll take it. Can I seat next to you now?" He feels he had heled himself back long enough.

"Thank you for the flowers." I smiled looking at the blue roses on the window. Then turned to Chen. Looking at those deep black eyes, I seem to see himself in all those times when he was denied to even get a whiff of Lu Feng. The look from the other part is tinged with a familiar madness. 

This look really makes people as though swimming with the sharks. Only mad men would do it, who better to meet a blazing flame than an inferno? This boy was probably made for me. Swallowing hard trying to distract myself from this temptation. I meant to back away from him but my body wouldn't listen and I ended up nuzzling on his color bone nibbling lightly. 

"You are seating very far. Are you afraid I'll eat you?" I asked smiling. The next second my lips are captured in a hot kiss. My breathing became ragged. I feel really needy, it has been a long time...

I can't move, the black smoke has me completely bound in place. The hot mouth on my lips had long disappeared. A minute passed I am close to snapping but can't say anything.

Then a slow wet sensation traveled behind his ear and a hot breath in his ear makes him shake a little. In this position he is helpless.

Then a while later he found he can move again. Huo Chen is laying on his body like a cat. "Mikel.." The way he called my name made me feel hot all over.

"I want more...I want you to want me." Huo Chen stood up and disappeared in a huff of black smoke leaving me with a hard on.

Feeling tired, I curled up on my couch and fall asleep.

"Mikel wake up!" A voice sounded and I jumped out of the couch checking the office but I found no one around.

"It's me." April sounded exasperated even though she has a robotic voice.

"You scared me ah!" Mikel said with a heaving chest. 

"There's a Sam here looking for you." Previously Sam and I had brainwashed some ideas about the essential items to develop in an apocalypse. We had both agreed on a few choices. I gave him many recipes from my collection to work with at his own pace. 

Sam entered the office and sat down on a chair holding two sparkling green and blue liquids inside two transparent glass tubes. "I finally succeeded." He declared. 

 "You succeeded in what?" I am still a little sleepy. 

"I worked together with your AI I have the recipes and it can make calculations which is very convenient to turn theory into reality. Without April's help, I would have to work for decades before seeing any results." Sam seem to still be in a state of shock. He looked at me with a pair of shining eyes. 

"I am a genius when it comes to chemicals especially medicine but I have always struggled with the precise calculations. I feel like I can do anything now." I stopped him. 

"Can you tell me what is it that has you so excited?" 

"Using the medicine and recipe you gave me at that time I modified it to promote the body's potential. The green serum is to open a person's mana palace this will allow them to activate a unique ability." He could barely contain his excitement. 

"The blue serum is to activate a person's body strength. Turning them into a level one warrior. They can improve to the next level by training or in a midst of battle. so far I have been able to make these two for now but they are the most important." 

"Without a doubt." I agreed. 

"There are no trial and error here these are the real deal. We can but them in the market as soon as possible." 

"April you can advertise in the screens outside." I Instructed. 

"As you wish. What do I call it?" 

"Warrior serum and the Ability awakening serum." Sam showed a thumbs up. 

"How much is an injection?" April asked only for Mikel to turn and look at Sam for answers. 

"One mana stone, for the ability serum and 10 mana cores for the warrior gen serum. It is worth noting the warrior serum will awaken the ability id one is lucky or they take the second level injection." Sam said. 

"So how are we sharing the profits? The wealth from these two serums will be astronomical so it is better to decide on this matter now." I know money is the one thing that will destroy any familial affection between people. 

"You provided the resources, April and the recipes I was only responsible for optimizing it and resolving expelling the impurities. I made it to dissolve the impurities from the body and stimulate it by pumping power into it." 

"I want 30% from these and the future discoveries." I agreed and advised to revise the agreement in the future if he has reservations. 

"I should be able to upgrade the golems to a level of above basic level. This will ensure the ones mass producing the serum are the ones we can trust instead of humans who will turn around and sell the formula to the highest bidder." My tone is not a few degrees colder. 

Sam looked at me with a questioning gaze but I brushed it off. "How about dinner? To celebrate the success from your hard work." I coughed hiding the darkness in my eyes. 

Sam didn't agree but moved closer to me pulling my face closer to his. "I know that look, tell me Mikel, can we skip dinner and move straight to the jacuzzi in my suite?" I have never seen Sam like this, so sultry. My eyes darkened. 

"Just a little swim?" I asked him my gaze darkening. 

"Whatever you want." Sam looked at e with hooded eyes. I turn and lead him to his place of residence. When we get there I didn't waste time removing my clothes and entering the jacuzzi watching the water bubbling up to my chest. 

Jacuzzi are mostly for chilling and talking so the water is usually not deep. My eyes remained of Sam watching for his next move. He took too long, peeling his clothes one piece of clothing at a time. 

Sam who I was sure was fat looked to have lost a lot of weight. He is now just thick of body than a fatty. Just after he entered into the water, a young man walked in wearing a suit with shoes that seem to be polished. 

"Sammy why aren't you in your office, are you sick?" The man hadn't seen me in the tub and continued to speak. "Since when do you take a break for a quick swim in the middle of the day?" 

"Tatian what do you want?" Sweet Sam has suddenly transformed into a sharp tone Sam with a dash of coldness. 

"I was worried about you." 

"If you were worried about me, you would have told your family about us instead of hiding me like a dirty secret. In any case we are not a couple nor are we related in anyway so please stop pestering me. The only way you would know to find me is if you have someone wat hing me closely." 

"I am not hiding you I just need the Lu family's support if I want to open a restaurant in this base. That way I can eventually own something of my own." 

"I am not waiting for you to use others and keep me on the side like some side piece. Anyways I have moved on." Sam looked my way. The man turned to see me for the first time since he entered the room. 

"Base leader Mikel?!" He turned to Sam with astonishment in his eyes. I sighed feeling the raging boner from before slumping flat. 

I take out a six pack of Sam's favorite beer and open a bottle. "Why don't you join us? I would love to hear the fascinating story of your friendship." I drink the beer as the two of them stand there stunned. 

"Mikel, he was just leaving." 

"Nonsense, a friend of Sam is welcome to share a drink with me." Sam looks very uncomfortable. I can see the ambition in the boy's eyes. He wants to use this rare opportunity to get acquainted with me. 

Sam got into the water with slumped shoulders and opened a bottle. The guy is about to take off his clothes when the watch in my wrist vibrated. 

answered and a holographic image of April came up. 

"There are several people looking for you." I frowned. 

"Who?" I asked.

"Lu Pei, Lu Song, general Feng, the Wei brothers, the Ming siblings, and Mrs Hui." 

"Where are they?" 

"They have been escorted to your office." 

"I'll be there in a few minutes." I drank my beer calmly and looked at Tian. "Well? Are you coming in or not?" Tian couldn't believe I am making all those big shots just to see him out of his clothes. 

His face turned red. 

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