The Heartland buzzed with quiet energy.
Stone masons sang as they built walls higher.
Merchants bartered at makeshift markets.
New settlers poured through the gates daily — farmers, smiths, wandering awakened, all seeking the shelter of a dream made real.
But Kaelen's focus was elsewhere.
Deep within the Sovereign Bastion, beneath layers of newly constructed stone,
the Pathbreaker Forge had been born.
It was no ordinary forge.
It was Sovereign-touched.
A living heart of flame and will, fed directly by the Nexus Core itself.
And today, it would craft not just armor,
but the first true symbols of the rising Sovereign Nation.
Multiplying the Future
Kaelen opened the private storage vaults.
Stacks of rare metals gleamed inside —
mithrylite, sunsteel, darkwood, aether-silk.
Normally, enough to arm a few elites.
But Kaelen was no longer bound by the ordinary.
[System Notification]
[Sovereign Multiplication Trait Activated.]
[Resource Multiplied: x100.]
[Warning: High Sovereign Energy Drain.]
The room pulsed with blinding silver light.
When it faded, the vaults groaned under the weight of multiplied treasure.
Enough to outfit armies.
Enough to build cities.
Enough to forge legends.
Kaelen smiled grimly.
The world would not crush his family beneath its greed again.
Not this time.
Not ever.
The Sovereign Commission
He gathered the finest Pathbreaker artisans — smiths, weavers, enchanters.
Many had once been mere village crafters, overlooked by the great guilds.
Here, they became something more.
Kaelen laid out his vision:
"Not armor for soldiers."
"Not robes for nobles."
"Raiment worthy of Sovereigns."
For his family:
Riven would receive flame-forged armor — light and lethal, a reflection of his fiery spirit.
Lyanna would wear robes woven from aether-silk — laced with runes of knowledge and will.
Alen would be gifted adaptable garments — flexible, growing as his yet-unknown power matured.
His parents would wear simple but regal attire — a declaration that the roots of Sovereignty were family, not crowns.
For his companions:
Mira's armor would be a symphony of bowstring and steel — swift, silent, deadly.
Eren's battle gear would be a juggernaut's mantle — unbreakable in the storm.
Selina's robes would shimmer with healing light — a beacon on any battlefield.
Damon's armor would be a fortress made flesh — shields woven into his very soul.
Lyra's cloak would command the winds themselves — faster than thought, deadlier than arrows.
Kaelen would ensure no one who had walked the Pathbreaker way would ever feel lesser again.
Not before kings.
Not before gods.
The Awakening of a Sovereign
As the crafting began, Kaelen felt the air shift.
The Nexus Core trembled beneath his feet.
The walls of the Bastion whispered old secrets, waiting for him to listen.
A new prompt appeared.
[System Notification]
[Sovereign Progression Detected: Pathbreaker City Foundations Laid.]
[New Sovereign Talent Available for Awakening: Sovereign Architect.]
[Sovereign Architect:
Accelerates construction of cities, fortresses, defenses using Sovereign Energy.
Embeds Will into structures, granting passive buffs to inhabitants.
Allows direct manifestation of Sovereign-Blessed Buildings (later stages).]
[Activate Now?]
Kaelen inhaled slowly.
The future loomed ahead.
Not a battlefield.
Not a crown.
A city.
A nation.
A home.
He placed his hand against the nearest wall — still warm from the forge's heat.
"Yes."
"Awaken."
The Awakening
The Heartland Nexus blazed to life.
Golden threads wove into the very air,
binding the Citadel, the earth, the skies together.
Kaelen felt his senses expand.
Every brick.
Every beam.
Every bolt of stone.
All waiting for his command.
The Sovereign Architect had been born.
The Dream Grows
Tomorrow, the first official district of the Sovereign City would begin construction —
homes, academies, training grounds, marketplaces — all born not from taxes or decrees, but from pure Sovereign Will.
His family would walk streets built by dreams, not debts.
The Pathbreakers would train in halls that remembered every victory, every sacrifice.
The future had begun.
And Kaelen Drayce —
Sovereign of Heartland,
Founder of the Pathbreaker Nation,
Patriarch of the Primordial Sovereign Line —
would carve it from the bones of a broken world.
Brick by brick.
Blade by blade.
Dream by dream.