So it is done

Jonathan Goodman?

Jonathan closed his eyes, trying to catch the moments of rest, peace, and quiet that are slipping through his fingers.

To Jonathan... It was hard to tell if he enjoyed his work.

He was by no means complaining about his current life, certainly not, he was in a position where it was simply hypocritical for him to complain about anything.

Remnant's richest man, according to the 'official' survey, of course. Remnant's most powerful man, according to an equally 'official' version. And lastly, Remnant's most powerful Hunter, again, through the 'official' Hunter channels. Jonathan doubted that Ozpin, for instance, would put his magic in his bio.

On the other hand, if we're only talking about the scale of destruction he could cause, then yes, Jonathan was unrivalled here.

Though even without his magic, as a King of the strongest country on Remnant, he wasn't lacking in firepower. A country with an army that scours the area around Glenn for Grimm, preparing the ground for the colonization of the copious deserted lands around Glenn, or anywhere really. In his city-state, unconstrained by logistics, soldiers were ready to go in any numbers, anywhere in the world, for any purpose.

Where previously, states had to claw each inch of land one step at a time, with geological landscapes as the backstop to Grimm, and to allow easy logistics. First moving to the rivers, then to the seas, to arable land, step by step, snaking through their surrounding territory, creating outposts and paving roads. Jonathan, on the other hand, could just snap his fingers.

If, on the other side of this world, existed an isolated patch of land full of resources that would be too hard to occupy, it would be no trouble for Glenn, for no obstacle could stop their march. Logistics, distance, and defensiveness, no longer as crucial as before, important, but not a dealbreaker.

With copious colonization, Glenn had grown from a state that was a small blob, if a growing one on the world map, into a scattering of small patches, settlements hundreds of miles apart, with no single road linking them. Why should they? With the teleportation array, one could even get a cooked food from one side to the other without having it cool down.

Behind Jonathan was not only an army ready to appear at any moment on the doorstep of any Kingdom, a Damocles sword hovering over the world, behind Jonathan stood an economy free of all logistical costs. A combination able to provide an instant response of supply and demand, a trading crossroad for millions of visitors daily. Merchants that live their lives like a gourmet at the buffet, able to pick up the most 'delicious' pieces offered to the willing, the first who can reach for them.

Behind Jonathan stood the most powerful and influential logistical service of Remnant. Delivering anything, anywhere, anytime, freeing people from the need for contemporary medicine, from the doubts and fears of not being able to save a person.

Behind Jonathan stood the most technologically advanced army, fueled by Hunters, money, and influence from Cinder's organization, its eyes watching out of the shadows of every politician, businessman, and Hunter hurrying to do his business. The social ties that hold a fragmented society together securely, with its media groups promoting a chosen narrative. Manufacturing facilities, one step away from government control, and scientific institutions at the cutting edge of progress.

The shadow of Jonathan Goodman, King of Glenn, stretched far and wide.

And if by some chance his country were to be put on the back foot, there's Jonathan himself, a mage possessing incredible powers.

Unknowable magic, capable of healing the terminally and incurably ill as easily as he could destroy cities at a flip of the hand. The forefront authority in Dust transmutation technology capable of transforming one type of Dust into another on demand, not only playing with supply and demand in an economic sense, but providing access to the rarest types of Dust on demand. There were even rumors that the first pilot plant for the creation of synthetic Dust was also nearly ready to be launched.