Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 167 Imperial Reform
Dimensional space.

Duncan began to organize his thoughts on what he had gained during this period.

As his power grew, the chances of achieving epic victories decreased significantly. He mostly achieved major triumphs, with victories against overwhelming odds becoming merely notable battles, not epic ones. However, the lack of epic victories didn't hinder his acquisition of legendary points. During the annihilation of the Frankish tribes, Duncan gained 4 legendary points, and later, after decisively defeating the Visigothic Kingdom and killing Torrismond, he racked up another 10 legendary points – arguably second only to slaying the Scourge of God.

However, the legendary rating given by the false emperor Maximus was extremely low; together with the Imperial Senate, he only gave Duncan 2 legendary ratings.

Fortunately, in the subsequent war to defeat the Vandals, Duncan gained 4 Legendary Points in one go.

Now, with the addition of other gradually accumulating Legend Points, Duncan has almost accumulated 23 Legend Points. However, he recently spent 8 Legend Points in one go, using 3 to breed offspring and 5 to inscribe the mythical bloodline.

The final projection page displayed: "Legendary Status: 15/63".

The legend of raising offspring consumes a lot of points.

If he doesn't inscribe the mythical bloodline, he won't feel any pressure consuming only 3 points of legend.

However, this is an initial investment, and the returns will only be gradual in the future. It's possible that, as time goes by, the first human host will be gradually deified by future generations. Merovingian, the founder of the Frankish Kingdom and Duncan's defeated foe, was originally destined to be deified by later generations in history.

Although they are not legitimate deities, this kind of deification in historical legends can still be imbued with a faint trace of divine power.

As long as the inheritance lasts long enough, the accumulated divinity will become stronger and stronger.

The legendary status of investments made now will become divine status in the future.

Throughout history, there have been many deified figures, some of whom have even become righteous gods, such as the God of Wealth who overcame five obstacles and defeated six generals.

"Even if you only have three offspring, it will still consume 24 points of legend points."

Projected page.

Duncan sat on the sofa, and with a gentle wave of his hand, a cup of coffee appeared out of thin air.

His creative abilities became increasingly proficient.

Unfortunately, it can only be used within dimensional space; it won't work once inside a human body. At this moment, the dimensional space has become a palace, somewhat like a miniature Roman palace, because he has no reference points and isn't particularly skilled in architectural design.

This will have to do for now; we'll gradually set it up later.

He opened the country page to see other ways to gain Legendary Points.

Passing on the mythical bloodline to one's offspring consumes the same amount of energy as inscribing it oneself. The first human host was already close to being half-human and half-god, so the offspring conceived from birth had physical qualities that were stronger than ordinary people. Now, with the inheritance of the mythical bloodline, they would basically be awakened superhumans from birth.

(Born with magical powers.)
But if you're going to do it, do it to the best of your ability.

Duncan is still willing to invest in the future.

The Empire currently has virtually no major enemies. It will become increasingly difficult for Duncan to gain legendary status through war. It's like if you killed Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms period, you can't make much of a splash by killing some second- or third-rate generals.

He is now almost on par with Attila the Scourge of God in terms of military achievements, and the legendary status he can gain through martial arts is nearing its limit. Now he can only try to improve his civil administration.

"Conquering Greater Germania should add a bit of legendary status, but not too much."

"Destroying the Eastern Roman Empire and ending the Byzantine Empire's reign should earn them a considerable amount of legendary status."

"Conquering other forces will probably not provide much Legendary Points."

In this era, it's impossible to shoot too far.

The current stage of civilization limits the potential of an empire. Without the geographical advantage of the Mediterranean, the Roman Empire could never have expanded to such a vast territory. Conquering too far a region proved impossible, leaving no option but to distribute it as fiefdoms.

Civil and military achievements.

Now that Duncan is acting as an emperor, he must focus on civil administration.

As he opened the Kingdoms interface on the projection page, several independent national events quickly appeared.

—"Educational Reform [Civilization]: Implement educational reforms, enact laws to establish schools, and break the monopoly of knowledge held by the aristocracy and the church. Upon completion, it will trigger a special national state of cultural enlightenment, significantly improve the cultural level of the people, and reduce the number of illiterate people."

The empire's educational level will gradually develop from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance era over time.

(You will receive 5 Legendary Points.)
—"Religious Reform [Civil Administration] (In Progress): Reforming the religious systems of monotheistic and polytheistic religions, strengthening royal power and weakening divine power, which may trigger religious unrest. If successful, it will increase the compatibility of beliefs and increase tolerance for heretics and heretics."

(You will receive 5 Legendary Points.)
— "Judicial Reform [Civil Governance] (In Progress): Reforming the existing national judicial system, establishing local courts, creating a supervisory body, forming a cabinet, etc., to significantly improve the country's legal system. The 'separation of politics and law' system can be initiated later."

A new imperial code must be promulgated; the law will replace the traditional blood feud and significantly reduce unrest.

(You will receive 5 Legendary Points.)
——"Land reform [civil administration] (in progress): Omitted."

Duncan scrolled down and found that none of the reform options were easy.

Currently, religious reform has the highest progress bar, at around 10-15%. Judicial reform is only at 6%, while land reform, despite the many deaths in recent years, is progressing relatively well. Gaining legendary status through civil administration will take at least several more years, but fortunately, even if the reforms are temporarily suspended, the planned reforms will continue.

However, due to the reforms, some unrest occurred in some areas, necessitating the deployment of troops to quell the situation.

Time flies by so quickly.

After confirming that he could father children through Legendary Points, Duncan became much more diligent, often working tirelessly day and night, because if he were lucky enough to succeed, he would save 3 Legendary Points.

Suddenly I felt so motivated!

That's 3 Legend Points! You have to destroy a small country to get it. He's just being more diligent at night, hoping for a miracle.

Unfortunately, after working on it for almost half a year, there's still no progress. I guess I'll just treat it as exercise.

Now that Duncan has begun to govern the country, he spends more time in the dimensional space because he has found that the management is more efficient, and he cannot make the best use of people when he is in charge. Perhaps because he is a higher-dimensional being, Duncan is very indifferent to the passage of time.

He even tried sleeping in a dimensional space, and it felt like time had been accelerated.

When he opened the log again, it was filled with dense records.

—In mid-October 452 AD, Barton led the British army to recapture the province of Pannonia, drove the Huns back to Sarmatia, and re-established the Danube defense line.

In early November 452 AD, the London Academy began compiling the Imperial Code. Due to judicial reforms, local conservative forces rioted, which was quickly suppressed by the Foreign Legion led by Galavin.

—In late November 452 AD, Pope Patrick I launched the 'Religious Reformation', and early Puritans began to emerge, with Protestant ideas gradually spreading.

In mid-December of 452 AD, Queen Triss was preparing for the Olympic Games the following year. The Avalon faith brought together the 'livestock' priesthood, and the guardian nymphs merged into a member of the Greek polytheistic religion, replacing the gods of agriculture, animal husbandry, and reproduction.

—In early January 453 AD, the empire promulgated the "School Establishment Act," which began to establish a school system in the capitals of various provinces and to set up universities in local administrative regions.

(Due to the limitations of the era, a university in Britain and a university in the Gallo-Gallic province (which later became a university in France) were basically established within the geographical boundaries of a later country. The local school system was similar to the private academies of the East.)
—In late February of 453 AD, the Imperial Censorate was established.

—In mid-May of 453 AD, the Reformation triggered bloodshed, and riots broke out in the province of Gaul, but were quickly suppressed by Severus, and a new Grand Council was held regularly in July.

—In early July 453 AD, Pope St. Patrick I, in a religious decree, refined the ideas of Protestantism and put forward the core doctrine of 'justification by faith'. Protestantism began to spread on a large scale, and Puritan factions emerged in the British provinces. The missionary capabilities of monotheism were greatly strengthened.

—In early August of 453 AD, the Olympic Games, which had been banned for decades, were reopened, the influence of Greek polytheism was strengthened, and the missionary ability of Greek polytheism was greatly enhanced.

I don’t know how long it took.

A baby's cry brought Duncan back to the real world.

Inside the palace.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, a female doctor who was supposed to be delivering babies walked out excitedly and shouted, "It's born!"

"It's a boy!"

The empire finally has a legitimate heir.

Severus, standing outside the main hall, breathed a sigh of relief, and even his steps became much lighter as he left.

The news quickly spread throughout Rome, and jubilant crowds filled the city. Soon after, the emperor ordered a grand horse race to celebrate the birth of the imperial heir. The gladiatorial arena had long been abandoned, too bloody and cruel; horse racing was the empire's traditional event.

Duncan slowly walked into the room. He gently stroked the weak Anya, bent down and kissed her forehead, and said softly, "You've worked hard."

Anya looked exhausted, cradling the baby in her arms, unable to get enough of looking at it. She had always dreamed of having a child, and she never imagined that a miracle would actually happen. From the day she became pregnant, it felt like a dream, and afterwards, she didn't even initiate any sexual activity for the sake of the fetus.

The tiny baby was born with ice-blue pupils, but over time they gradually turned into dark brown eyes.

This is magic being suppressed by the laws of reality.

In other worlds, he would probably be a natural-born sorcerer, but in the Middle Ages, he simply opened a mana pool.

"Prepare for the ceremony to officially recognize the Empress."

Duncan's words made Anya tremble slightly, and she looked up with a face full of surprise. It also made Queen Lysinia, who was not far away, look sad. Princess Eudoxia and Princess Placidia behind her also looked extremely disappointed.

There's nothing they can do if their bellies don't cooperate.

Duncan did not have three children at once; he needed to first help Anya become the heir before having other children.

Also this year.

In the British province of the Empire, a secret cult composed of wizards, witches, and supernatural beings was established, serving the goddess of magic and mystery, Queen Raven-Triss.

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(End of this chapter)