Born in apocalypse

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Dhruv wasn’t as thrilled upon seeing this larger sum of coins as he had been before. After all, he couldn’t invest his coins in stats anymore, and there wasn’t anything interesting or worthwhile item he wanted to purchase from the store.

Dhruv felt even more disappointed when he discovered he only received two items this time, and neither of them seemed like weapons or armor. One of them resembled a throne, while the other was a large folded piece of paper.

’Let’s not get discouraged just yet; we’ll assess their value after reading their descriptions," he motivated himself that the item would probably be good after all it had come out from the Diamond Chest.

Dhruv first looked at the throne that had appeared right beside him. In terms of looks, he wasn’t disappointed with the throne one bit; in fact, he was quite amazed by it.

The throne was a pristine white in color, and its shape resembled that of a celestial star. It appeared to be crafted from some type of metal that was shining with a heavenly glow. An intricate star pattern was meticulously carved on the backrest of the throne while the tall backrest looked imposing. For the emperor to sit on there was a luxurious royal black cushion.

With just a single glance, Dhruv can say that this thing is a masterpiece. When Dhruv was looking at the throne he felt a strange power pulling him toward the throne and begging him to sit on it.

Dhruv couldn’t resist the temptation and sat on it. The moment he settled in, he could feel the softness of the cushion. An illusory power seemed to seep into him, he couldn’t explain why but he placed one of his legs over the other and began tapping the armrest with his finger, like some mysterious ruler.

He quickly snapped out of the illusionary power and noticed a notification floating in front of him with the description of the throne.

[Item: Throne of the Eternal Star

Rank: Legendary

Tier: I

Type: Artifact

’"So, it’s a legendary-ranked item, but it’s only tier 1. Wait... Why am I making it sound like it’s a bad thing? Let’s not judge if it’s good or bad until we see its enchantment,’ Dhruv thought as he glanced down at the item’s description.

[Throne of Eternal Star: A throne crafted to capture the beauty of an eternal star.]

"Just that," he thought. Dhruv was neither impressed nor unimpressed by the description of the throne as there wasn’t anything he could make up of it. Without wasting any more time, he promptly looked down to see the enchantments of the throne.

[Enchantment: Imperial Dominion, Shield of Sovereignty, Imperial eye, Imperial Teleportation, Diplomatic immunity.]

’There are five enchantments on this throne. The names seem pretty interesting, but let’s see what their effects are,’ with that thought in his mind he clicked on the first enchantment.

[Imperial Dominion: Through Imperial Dominion, an aura of the ruler’s influence will permeate the entire region under his rule. With the influence of this aura, his subjects will display an increase in allegiance, devotion, and loyalty towards him. A chart will be provided once the number of citizens reaches 10,000, displaying various characteristics of his subject.]

’So, it’s an aura-type skill, and its effect would make my citizens less likely to rebel or go against my orders. Doesn’t that make me a dictator? But then again, it would only influence them slightly, not completely change their minds, or else they would become puppets who just follow my orders mindlessly.’ Dhruv thought.

After carefully understanding the enchantment, Dhruv realized it was a very valuable skill. The subtle influence it offered over the subjects would help counteract any external influences that would attempt to incite his citizens. Plus, there was the intriguing chart he would receive once his citizen count reached 10,000, although he didn’t know its exact details yet.

With a satisfied nod, he clicked on the second enchantment to learn more about its description.

[Shield of Sovereignty: With this extraordinary ability, the user can withstand a single attack of any magnitude while sitting on the throne. The shield will automatically deploy when the attack reaches a threshold that the ruler cannot withstand on his own. This enchantment can only be deployed once, and after using it, the ruler must wait another 24 hours to use its effect again.]

’Whoa! Whoa! What does it mean by ’attack of any magnitude’? Does that even include god-like entities?’ His mind instantly went into a frenzy when he read that, but he managed to calm himself when he looked at the full picture.

’let’s not get ahead of ourselves,’

After reading the description, Dhruv couldn’t help but get excited about the potential uses of the enchantment. However, he slowly realized there were multiple drawbacks that prevented him from using this enchantment like a cheat.

’It’s not like I would always carry the throne around and summon it whenever enemies attack to avoid the attack.’ he thought. Even though he found the limitations of this enchantment, he acknowledged that it was still a valuable asset. With a bittersweet feeling, he clicked on the third enchantment.

[Imperial Eye: With the help of the Imperial Eye, you can observe any events occurring within your castle.]

’Hmm, pretty neat, but you forgot one thing, Mr. Throne: I don’t have a castle, so how am I supposed to use this enchantment?’ he thought sarcastically.

Not finding any immediate use for the enchantment, he didn’t dwell on it longer and moved on to the description of the next enchantment.

[Imperial Teleportation: With the help of Imperial Teleportation, you can teleport to any location within the castle and teleport back to the throne from anywhere within the castle.]

’Same problem, but the enchantment is pretty good. With the help of this enchantment, nobody could kill me in the castle. If anyone dared to attack me, I could just teleport back to the throne where I’m invincible for one attack,’ he thought, recognizing its potential value for his protection along with its usual use.

’Let’s see what you can do,’ he thought, and with this thought, he clicked on the last enchantment of the throne.

[Diplomatic Immunity: During diplomatic meetings, you won’t be affected by any mind skills unless the skill’s level is at the ’True’ rank.]

After reading the description, Dhruv could only think of one word:

’Interesting.’