Chapter 28: 28. Rest for Now

[Sylva level up]

"She's stronger and faster than before."

"Agreed, has more stamina too."

Lilith and Dhampy were speaking of one simple thing, Sylva's abnormal strength and improvement. The way she carried herself, the finesse of her Dagger Mastery, and the superb judgment that makes her efficient in the art of killing, 

Sylva was moving all over the place, her steps lighter than a feather yet her blade carried weight. The wind she produced was formidable, and its strength was not something anyone should look down upon.

'Well, if she's not strong with these stats, what would become of her?'

[Name: Sylva

Lv. 26

HP: 3040/3040

MP: 6000/6000

Attributes: Wind (A), Space (A)

STR: 30 –> 132

DEF: 10 –> 30

VIT: 25 –> 152

AGT: 10 –> 100

MAG: 120 –> 300

PER: 15 –> 80

Passive Skills: Mana Transfer (S), Golden Soul Transfer (SSS), Space Manipulation (A), Wind Manipulation (A), Dagger Mastery (E)

Active Skills: Wind Scythe (2000 MP) (A), Storm Steps (2000 MP/per minute) (A), Spatial Markings (1000 MP) (A), Spatial Tracking (5000 MP) (A), Marked Teleportation (5000 MP) (A)]

Nothing was lower than A — other than her Dagger Mastery that is.

But that’s beyond the point. Sylva is the weakest of their group, but after a single evolution, she’s already stronger than post evolution Lilith.

It was not fair, not fair at all.

'Besides, why do all of their stats increase like crazy? My evolution is more like a chick becoming a chicken while theirs is like a chicken becoming a god damn Phoenix. I refuse to believe this.'

Is what was going on in her heart.

Though she didn't really mean any of it except for that pure envy. But the one who got the shortest stray was Alpha, who was forced to listen to every word.

In the end, Alpha could only sigh at the plight of her pathetic munchkin of a host.

 

[I know it is frustrating but you have to understand, they have their own circumstances. Dhampy is someone with the mysterious Dark Heart that let her draw a line between her and the ancestors of the undead and Sylva's evolution had a mutation occurrence because of a treasure and created a new evolution tree.

Right now, Sylva has become a genuine Ancestor of a new species, what did you expect? Your two followers are quite something but don't worry, no one in all known worlds has the ability to allocate points so stop worrying too much.]

 

Alpha knows that Lilith was but making a jest. Lilith cared little about how strong her follower becomes, in fact, it was good for her, she just needs to keep their loyalty and let them live their own lives.

Even if they dare disobey her, Lilith had different means to make sure she lives, one of them was taking out a loan...one of them currently nonviable but there were other methods.

'Sigh, that debt will be taken care of by the Goddess, right?'

 

[Don't worry, for better or worse she always does what she promises.]

 

"Priestess, Big Sis Sylva, and Eve have eradicated the enemies ahead. They left some daemons for you."

"Alright."

Lilith walked forward and killed the Gnoll in front of her.

This was another Scourge Dungeon that had Gnoll in it and for the past few hours, Lilith had been letting the three girls increase their levels.

This dungeon only had Gnoll soldiers at around LVL 27 max. With Eve who was at LVL 31 acting as the spearhead, the three girls cleared the dungeon with relative ease. And because Dhampy's presence caused the dungeon's difficulty to plummet, Lilith had her sit the boss out and made both Sylva and Eve take care of the LVL 30 Gnoll Lord all on their own.

Dhampy stood near Lilith as she watched Sylva and Eve with great interest.

"Dhampy, why are the Ogres calling you and Sylva, Big Sis?"

While Lilith was casually killing some of the leftover daemons as a Nightmare Dragonkin, she started a conversation with Dhampy while she watched.

Her killing daemons in her other forms had already been accepted by the Ogres as her way of getting used to it. Thankfully she could already talk in both the Leopard and Dragonkin forms without so much as a stutter so it was not so hard camouflaging it.

Dhampy looked at her boss as she before answering.

"The Ogres insisted on doing so, we are the followers of their Priestess, the mother figure to the Ogres. And despite how the boss looks you are their mother thus as your first followers we are considered as the oldest."

"Is that so, you say they insisted, but you quite like it don't you?"

"..." She did not deny nor accepted any of the allegations.

Dhampy was quiet and continued harvesting mana cores to help her boss.

Lilith couldn't touch these mana cores as they were automatically turned to SP and right now, her debt would only turn those mana cores to become useless pebble thrown into a sea of glorious debt.

'These mana cores have no use for me or my followers, but for the low-leveled Ogres who can't fight yet, it is useful.'

Mana cores were a form of stocked life-force in daemons and humans. Lifeforce was called with another name, Life Essence.

Life Essence can be turned to ordinary LE but it can also be converted to EXP.

To daemons, using mana cores as EXP was wasting it as they would rather store LE rather than level up with it. Leveling up was harder than gathering LE.

'To those who can't fight, increasing their level will make things easier for them to adapt to things. They won't fight but they will grow stronger at a fundamental level and with Dhampy's training they will gain the basics of combat, if we can complete the proper program, I'll be able to create a proper force.'

"Dhampy, how many mana cores have we collected?"

"We have just reached 276 mana cores and 4 Daemon Cores from the four Dungeon Bosses."

'That is not enough to bring everyone at least up to LVL 30.'

An overwhelming victory, that was what she wanted and needed. That was her goal, Lilith does not want to have mediocre results in this war, she wishes to end everything and gather what that could be gained, in other words, she wanted absolute victory.

'No flaw or hole can appear, not even a little.'

"How long before sunrise?"

"Four hours, boss."

"Alright, starting from now on, all of us will be going to deal with five dungeons in four hours. If you complain go back, if you wish to follow, then follow me, everyone will now begin the slaughter of low-tier Scourge Dungeon!"

"We'll follow the Priestess!"

"We follow the boss."

Lilith announced her wishes and the others followed her wishes. After that little speech of hers, their group went to raid four more dungeons before sunrise. The Ogres are now much stronger than before.

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[Eve was at LVL 33], [Sarface LVL 39], [Luck LVL 39], and [Killa LVL 43].

Killa was the slowest to improve in terms of level, after all, he was an epic-tier and his opponents were Rare-tiers. The difference in the quality was too severe that it failed to provide him much EXP. He needs higher-leveled preys in order for him to increase his level.

But just his luck, the C-tier dungeons are sealed off and reserved for the Chief's raid party. This sort of Raid rarely happens mostly because it was dangerous.

When Lilith's group of seven finally returned to the Ogre Village, a massive breakfast had already been prepared. It was a mix of freshly picked vegetables and fruits, there was no meat only fish.

The Ogres were trying to eat as little as possible and they are avoiding hard to digest food in order to survive what was to come. While the Ogresses were handing out the food, the Ogres were carving out tree trunks to make weapons.

Lilith didn't care much about this peculiar sight and just ordered her crew to keep the mana cores away, which would be later used for something else. She grabbed food for herself and then left as to not cause a disturbance.

[You really not going to mix with the others?]

'Nah, let Sylva and Dhampy do that... I can do that at any time. Let them bond more so that they'll be able to make proper connections with one another. Ogres are affectionate daemons despite their looks, they'll come around sooner or later.'

[Are you sure about that?]

'They already accepted Dhampy's training regime yesterday, what more could you ask for?'

[Makes sense.] 

Lilith directly went to the Chief's dwelling.

"So you have finally returned, where is the Young Champion?"

"He's resting for a bit, I used him as one of the spearheads for my group earlier. Enough about that, Berserker, are you and your group ready to destroy the C-tier dungeons?"

"Sure, why not. I've been feeling itchy these past few days so why not?"

Lilith smiled at his words. The Ogre Berserker looked at Lilith and began caressing the oversized sword of his and the sound of its hum began to echo.

The wind in the room became filled the Ogre Berserker's lust for blood. Lilith had a calm expression throughout.

"With that said, we'll leave in two hours, well then gentlemen, I'll be sleeping now."

Lilith finished her food and closed her eyes right then and there.

Snore*

Echoing inside the dwelling of the chief would be the snores of Lilith that was untamed by any social decorum. She was sleeping, inside a bloodlust filled room, which in of itself had the others amazed.

But what surprised them was her ability to sleep so fast, she must have been tired, they all thought.

The other Ogres wished to approach the Priestess in order to move her away, but then as one of them got any closer than five meters from her, the wind inside the ten began picking up.

They ignored it as nothing but a gust, but as they approached closer, the sharper the wind became...

SLASH!

A single gust of wind brush past an Ogre Champion, it merely grazed his cheek but it managed to scratch his tough skin. Blood flowed out and from then on, they knew not to disturb the Priestess.

They made such tacit agreement but one particular problem remained...

"Do we just stay here until she wakes up?"

"...guess so."

The Priestess in question blocked the entrance.

They were locked inside the room inside the Priestess and because they could not exit, everyone closed their eyes and chose to sleep.

'Rest is best.' Everyone thought.

===

In the neutral area of Section 4 and 5, three winged-figures moved under the shades of trees and neared the border of Section 4.

These three were High-Pixies and all of them were LVL 37. They were strong, stronger than the average daemons of the Forest of Beast. They were moving fast, and as they neared Section 5, they managed to sneak in quicker than normal.

"What sloppy movements, these Ogres does not know how to keep watch at all."

One of the three Pixies said in disdain.

"What did you expect, Sa, these guys are nothing but mindless muscles incarnate. They are savages, they do not know what is right from wrong if you put blood in front of them.  They are no better than Meat Dungeon spawns."

The two laughed while the man in front, the captain of this operation scowled and growled silencing the other two. The Captain let out a deep sigh and then looked at the one to his right.

"Why do we need to infiltrate the Ogre Village again? Mu, did you get a report?"

"Captain sir, the Pixie Lord said we have to locate a certain group of Ogre. A Two Horns has been born in their midst and had dared to take possession of the Lord."

"That is correct, both our Race had shown signs of ascending to our Ancestral lineage. We need to gather information so we can assassinate the Priestess and retrieve the Lord's possession to help our Race strengthen the Liwa... we cannot mess this up so the two of you best shape up." The captain commented.

They head deeper into Section 5, bypassing Ogres; ranks with ease. They would move in an area where there were fewer Ogres and slip past their watch, it was fairly easy for the Pixies.

Their fine movements were mesmerizing and soon enough, they reached the perimeter of the Ogre Village, they then saw what was happening inside.

And what they saw baffled them to no end, to the point of almost halting their breathing.

HAAAAH!

HAAAAH!

All of the Ogres, whether they be young or old, male or female was training. Swinging their weapons made of tree trunks some of which were as big as a Pixie.

"We need to report this to the Lord, we need to hurry."

"Oh, we can't have you doing that." A voice entered their ears as a shadow appeared behind them.

"Whose there?"

BOOM!

The dark shadow came down from above and slashed a sword towards the leading Pixie while the other two figures this time with a red hulky figures came down from above crushing Mu and Sa under their clubs.

They died immediately.

The captain turned around and found his two companions have already been turned bloody pastes.

Scarface and Luck looked at the remaining Pixie Captain and showed a very wide grin.

"Big Sis Dhampy, the Priestess is truly brilliant, she foresaw the Pixie's movements and led them here."

"Stop it, Luck, you don't have to mention boss here."

Listening to the conversation of the undead and the Ogre, the Pixie Captain's expression turned sour as he realized that the path they traversed was nothing but more than a preset trap and they followed it with wide smiles without knowing they were laughing closed up their deaths.

The captain's face turned red and then black from anger and embarrassment.

"You bastards!" he charged to his enemy hoping for death to free him from such shame.

The Pixie Captain lunged at her with his nails that were as sharp as daggers fully extended. He wished to gouge Dhampy's heart, but she simply shifted her footing and body and drew then pulled him to her by the wrist.

The Captain lost his balance and fell headfirst. He tried getting up, but someone stepped on the back of his head. Dhampy's words echoed in his ears...

"Now, go sleep for a while."

Everything turned dark after losing consciousness.

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