The Third Revelation

Three days had passed again and now it was time for another council meeting . A large map had been placed on top of the table where Damon was being shown the borders of his territory which was about 300 square miles, but the living area was just one tenth of it. His territory served as a border city with the neighboring country of Helmut on the east with only the black river acting as a barricade against incursions . And then the had the region of Ronalla occupying his Northside.

The city or rather town was just about 20 or thirty square miles with a population of five thousand people.

"So Lord Teruss how much do I have in my coffers ." Damon asked

" Roughly fifty thousand gold coins, three hundred thousand silver coins and about one hundred magic stones". Teruss replied.

Now magic stones cost between one hundred to a thousand gold coins depending on the quality. Few people even used it for large transactions but most people prefer to use gold as currency.

Teruss continued " you also possess fifty horses , two carriages and a worthless mine".

" And what makes this mine worthless " Damon asked

"My Lord don't you remember, it is because it contains anti magic metals only used in the construction of chains for prisoners but most people go to rune smiths to turn cheaper metals into anti magic chains." Lord Barthos, the master of building replied.

" Okay , then what is our sources of income? " Damon asked

" My Lord we mainly rely on farming to sustain the town and any extra income we get is from taxing the people that is after paying tribute to the Duke" Teruss replied

"And how much is the percentage of this tax that we collect from the citizens " Damon asked.

" They are honored to pay at least sixty percent of their Lord ." Teruss replied.

Damon almost jumped out of his seat because of that outrageous answer. If it were on earth people would had most likely took to the streets in protest.

Damon held his head in his hands if he knew that things were going to be this chaotic, he could have just ran away to be an adventurer. He was still thinking of a solution to his territories as he drank the wine brought in by the maid and shivered as the wine trikled down his throat like warm piss.

" Oh my God what is this shit , is this what you call wine in this parts " Damon asked no one in particular.

" Ah my Lord this is one of the best wines in the region, your uncle got it when he went on a campaign with the Duke. Sir Barksdale replied.

" Okay enough talk about wine ,sir Barksdale,gather all my knights and meet me at the black river we have work to do". Damon ordered.

In about two hours Damon met up with his knights at the black river ( although this river is not actually black, infact no one knows why it is called the black river). The master of building was there with him also.

When he was sure that everyone one was with him he began speaking. " Across this river is the kingdom of Helmut and this puts us in a very vulnerable situation. If the people of Helmut were to decide to invade the empire, we would be their first target. The imperial army doesn't have a base in these regions so it falls to us to defend our lands from any incursions." He then paused and asked, " I need five men who would volunteer for a very important mission ".

Five knights then stepped up to Damon and knelt in front him and declared " we are honored to serve your mission my Lord".

Damon now had to speak words which he found totally repulsive.

"You will go off , and you will buy me slaves. You will not buy children and you will not buy the elderly but you will buy both men and women. When you buy them, you will treat them with care , you will not assault them or treat them badly unless they have seriously erred against you. You have one month to complete your mission."

After sending them off he then turned to the master of building, " Lord Barthos, we are going to build a wall along the black river till it encompasses all my lands."

" Lord Damon, it is a very noble effort but we have no manpower and according to Lord Teruss our funds cannot support such large operation." Barthos replied.

"Oh no you are mistaken, I would build the wall myself " said Damon.

"You would build it yourself? , what does that mean " Barthos asked .

Damon said nothing, he then moved 500 meters away from the river bank moving back into his territory . He then used geokinesis to manipulate the terrain raising it to an elevation of one hundred meters and width of on hundred meters. At Damons current level of power, he could only manipulate the earth to about one hundred meters. This meant that the wall he was building had a heights, length and thickness of one hundred meters.

"Lord Barthos, you will take your workers and map out the directions which is to be followed, make sure you keep at least five hundred meters from the border ." Said Damon.

Barthos was dumbfounded, he was a beginner second circle mage, and he had never seen someone manipulate the earth like Damon. His powers were mainly used to build quick defenses or barricades. He had never seen magic being used in this way .

He then knelt on both knees, placing his head on the dirt he then declared in a loud voice " Lord Damon my life is yours , use me as you see fit."

Damon then turned around to Barthos and replied " your life belongs to God Lord Barthos but I as a servant of God will make sure to use you well." Damon replied and then continued with his work .