Red watched the glowing map of the Eastern Sector shift. Golden boundary lines dissolved across the holographic display, replaced by a uniform crimson grid connecting the thirty vassal territories directly to the City of Spiral. The terminal flooded with incoming data packets as the localized System Nodes booted up across the continent.
[EASTERN ALLIANCE: DATA SYNCHRONIZATION COMPLETE]
[ALLIED POPULATION: 412,500 COMBINED UNITS]
[PROJECTED MONTHLY TRIBUTE: 80,000 TONS RAW IRON, 50,000 TONS TIMBER, 4,500 BEAST CORES]
Red tapped the screen, scrolling through the staggering numbers. The supply chain was officially secured. The Ash-Forge Crucible would never lack fuel again. The incoming beast cores alone would allow him to mass-mutate his standing monster vanguard without draining his own DP.
A golden notification icon flashed at the top right corner of his vision.
[ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: HEGEMON OF THE EAST]
[CONDITION MET: SUBJUGATE 30 INDEPENDENT DIVINE FACTIONS]
