[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-785":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846935,2449,"Chapter 789: Subject: Vanis Tavern","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-785",785,"\u003Cp>Proofread by Thomas F\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vanis Lindgren\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He accepted,' I informed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't have to inform her; she could sense it. She has the secondary control of the legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment passed before the power descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something I had never felt before, something so grand that it suppressed me immediately. I was trying to recover from it when the whole core of Velvet Garden materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intensifying that suppression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My god!\" Mariha gasped as the core of the Velvet Garden emerged in its full glory, and it was shocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been nearly a century since I birthed the legacy, and I have made friends in synod. Some of them have shown me their cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of all the Grade IV cores I had ever seen, not a single one could compare to what I am seeing now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing that shocked me the most is that. This core is only a few weeks old. I have seen the cores of Grade IV thrones that were hundreds of years old and were weaker than this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had some fears that it might struggle to take us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since most thrones wait for at least a decade before taking a subject, but looking at its sheer size and feeling its power. I no longer have such a fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of this monstrosity, I am nothing; my legacy itself is nothing in front of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could hear Lord Thorn saying something, but I chose to ignore him as I marveled at this colossus before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Look at the emotion scale; I have never heard of any current throne having such a scale?' said Mariha. 'Most Grade IV might not even have such a scale,' I replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Velvet Garden is an anomaly in the legacies. Most legacies focus on one thing, two or three at most, but Velvet Garden has far more: a brothel, spas, a restaurant, a casino, and many other amenities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having seen the core and the vast scale of emotion laid bare, the other burning question at last found its answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much essence does Velvet Garden harvest? Size is not everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The absorption capacity of the core also matters, and I can feel it has the capacity to absorb everything the massive space provides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of thousands of people visit Velvet Garden daily, and its core has the capacity to absorb them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had truly shocked me. It blew my mind when I calculated the sheer amount of essence it could generate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is one of the things Thorn wanted me to find out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am not going to tell him, nor could I. I have signed the contract, which is enforced by the power of Velvet Garden. Once I become a subject, the power of my legacy will also be added to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will be suicide to break the contract. I mean it in a literal sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The backlash would be powerful enough to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I thought, young Remus had been very generous with Lord Thorn, but now it seemed like he got the short end of the stick,' I said, and Mariha laughed in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If he knew the sheer amount of emotions this monstrosity absorbs, he would really be mad,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed and looked at the core; there is one more surprise about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A sun, I didn't expect it would be a sun,' said Mariha, stealing words out of my mouth. To be honest, I thought its shape would be like a statue, a gate, or something similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are rare and powerful legacies that have them, but the sun is on an entirely different level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It shouldn't surprise us, though; seeing's its power,' she replied to her own question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment passed and then another; the sun kept blazing. It was nearly a minute after; it finally activated, and not the way I had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scroll, which is in my core, burned and transformed into the motes of light, which had formed into silver strings and began to cover the legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just the outer part, but also the inside of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is it doing?' asked Mariha, with faint panic in her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shouldn't have happened. He should have focused his power on the core of my legacy, and we would have submitted, and that would have been the end of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The threads are not painful, but I could feel them going through every part of the legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is he planning to do with the witchcraft?' asked Mariha, feeling the same panic as I am. This is witchcraft; the power that even the truly powerful are scared of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power that could do anything. Less than two weeks ago, it had suppressed every powerhouse of the undead horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that even the Knight had to run away to save his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had thought the witch and her coven were working for the city, but with this finesse and familiarity, the spell is weaving through my core, and I now know I was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are working for the Velvet Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made me frown; we were advised against taking the witches into the legacy, given the power they could tap into with the help of a core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, I've uncovered that they are deep within the Velvet Garden, and there is nothing I can do about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other than supporting, since I am going to be the subject of it. I really hope I become one, as what is happening now makes the legacy seem like something entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the strings covered the whole core, before they moved toward Silver's sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They reached it before seeping into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it did, I felt the suppression of the Velvet Garden on me. Earlier, it was a general suppression, but this one is targeted entirely at my core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's so powerful that I felt my knees shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a deep breath and controlled myself before letting it, submitting thoroughly. A moment later, after a hint of hesitation, Mariha did the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As we did, the power enveloped the core, gaining a total submission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he just needs to wait a little, and the process would be finished, but he did not. Instead, those strings lit up, and a moment later, something shocking happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of the Velvet Garden's core surged toward my own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is he doing? Is he mad!' screamed Mariha in horror. It filled my heart as well. He shouldn't do this; he will destroy the core and my legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Greltheaven\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved the essence of Velvet Garden into the core of Vanis Tavern, through the strings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could have done this the conventional way. That way, I would have gotten its aspects and skills, but I want more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also want to clean up the mess his legacy has gotten into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is extremely risky, even for me, but I have to do this. I have to get everything out of this ordinary legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, make it an instrument of my power. I have plans, and Vanis Tavern will be essential for it to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of the Velvet Garden entered inside and began to move through the strings. It took barely a few seconds for it to do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it happened, I stopped and took a deep breath. Now, it is the most delicate part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would have loved to use the Parallel Mind here, but I didn't have complete control over the skill. So, I activated the Still Mind to keep myself focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, I begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I brought out of the power of Velvet Garden out of the strings, directly into the cores of Vanis Tavern and Mariha's Inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the submission, there was resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could crush through it, but that will be counterproductive. It won't bring the result I want; the merger of Vanis Tavern and Mirah's Inn is proof of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might have merged, but they didn't produce the desired result. Instead, it made things worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I moved gently, but the resistance didn't lessen; instead, it came at me full force. I could sense that Vanis and Mariha were trying to help, but despite being masters, there were some things they couldn't do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed, and the resistance continued. I didn't stop; instead, I continued, gently treating the core with the power of the legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour passed, followed by another, and then another; it continued without any change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was at the fourth hour that things finally began to change. It was very faint, so I could barely sense it, but slowly the effects became bigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of Velvet Garden begins to merge with Vanis Tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn't happen during the submission process. It usually takes decades and centuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take Tranquill Bathhouse's core; it had only around 1.5% of the throne's essence, and it was its pawn for nearly a century and a half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As more of Velvet Garden's power merged with it, things began to get easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't only merge my power with it, I also took their power into my core. The ones that align with my vision, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would not pollute my core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end of the hour, all resistance had vanished, and the power of my core began to merge seamlessly with it, bringing about the changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mariha Baelir\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is what I had thought a few hours ago, when he pushed his power into the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the last thing Thrones could do. The core rejects it, and half of them become unstable and are destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the core had rejected it, and the rejection was hard. It would have also become unstable and exploded, but the colossal power of Velvet Garden suppressed that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, merging power is madness when one is a throne and the other is a Grade III legacy, which had gone through a barely successful merge and is still unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought he would use brute force, but he didn't. Instead, he used the power gently in every corner of the core for hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hour after hour, there was resistance and rejection, despite our trying to calm it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hated to do that, but there is no other option. If we didn't help, we would be left with nothing. Helping him, there will be a chance of success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours passed, and Lord and others kept asking questions, but we remained quiet. We tried to help, but nothing seemed to work until the fourth hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power finally began to merge; it was very little at first, but slowly it increased, with the resistance lessening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it happened, I began to notice small things, and soon I could see it clearly. It is making significant changes in the core of Vanis Tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first important change is that our two aspects had stopped fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of Velvet Garden had become a kind of cement. It calmed the power and made it coexist with one another, which they were unwilling to do before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second, the very shape of the core begins to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A change like that is something that takes decades and centuries, but here it is happening in hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The legacy had lost the shapes of the pillar and lantern. It no longer has a shape, but it is changing rapidly, and soon it will reveal its new form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'3%,' declared Vanis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Velvet Garden's power now makes up of 3% of the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, it is not over 2.5% and that takes centuries. It is not more than that, because even after becoming a subject, the legacies try to maintain the purity of their vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The essence of the throne that they take must align with their vision, and the essence they bring should not be enough to overpower them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Change them into something they are not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Silver is doing the opposite. He is moulding our legacy to his vision. Masters do not do that; it threatens the future of their own legacies, but here the man didn't seem to care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is not stopping at 3%; looking at things, he plans to increase it further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes passed, and it reached 4%; I had never heard of a pawn legacy having 4% of its throne's essence, but even here, he didn't stop and kept increasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it did, the shape finally came into view. A sphere, like the sun, but our legacy didn't feel like a sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It feels more like a planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not in its complete shape yet, as the changes are still happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes passed, and the essence reached 5% of the core before finally stopping. It made me relieved because now the core is feeling different than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It has the same vision, but now it includes much more. Making its vision expand further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was watching it when the strings covering the sphere blazed brightly, and I couldn't see anything else. It remained such for a few seconds before it began to dim rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gasp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light entirely disappeared, along with the strings, but I do not care about that. I looked at the core and gasped as it underwent a complete transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is still spherical and colourful, but now the colours are refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emotions of Vanis Tavern, Mariha's Inn, and Velvet Garden moved beautifully and harmoniously. I only looked at them for a moment before looking deeper, through the layers of cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, it looked like a planet, but now it is a planet. I looked past its atmosphere, onto the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There I saw a large pole. Although it is not as thick as a pillar, it feels more powerful, and it is attached to the lantern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lantern changed as well; it became more delicate and a little longer than before. It still burns with grey smoke, and there is gloominess in it, but it holds the promise of secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are my aspects, but they have changed. I could feel the influence of Velvet Garden in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought I would hate it, but I still felt the same alignment and familiarity, despite foreign elements added into them. It made me feel scared, but also excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'You are feeling this too, right?' I asked. 'Yes,' he replied, with excitement, I had never felt from the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could also see the potential of it and felt the power from the new core. It is far more powerful than before; it feels more potent than those Grade III legacies I was so envious of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too excited to wait? Jump50+ chapters aheadonPatreonand read what others haven’t even reached!\u003C\u002Fp>",2448,"2026-06-09T06:55:06.199Z",1,"novelbin.me","c1f43de1cdd46256012e8460d1c0be996bc86e7d57cc50eed4639b0bdb6eb08f","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-881","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-880",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]