Chapter 216 Chapter 35: Nu'bella's Answer.
A loud thud sounded as the two women exchanged insults before Nu'bella entered with her huge mace and smashed the ground.
"Both of you, be quiet with your stupid arguments!"
"Who are you calling stupid, you damn muscle woman! No man could get hard for all that nasty muscle!"
"Hmph! Did you get surgery on your ass to make it fat?"
The girls continued their fight even with Raven and Nu'bella arriving, but the lively room was far better than the dreary and solemn feeling of before, where none of the knights spoke to each other.
Nu'bella looked at Juniper beside the Raven Throne and shook her head before pointing angrily.
"Get in your damn seat. You are not Rank 1, so sit in your Rank 2 seat, Juniper!"
"Hmph! Nope."
*Bang!*
The poor spider was not suited to direct combat as Nu'bella kicked her in the body, sending the spider flying into the wall with a loud bang as she slid down the wall with grey chunks of rubble and dust.
"Oh! Our hero arrives to save the day; what an admirable man Nu'bella is!"
Gale was the first to comment.
"Oi, oi, she's a woman, even though she's muscular."
Adam added that the two seemed to have become really good friends after Raven beat them and pointed out their weaknesses while hitting them in the face until they admitted it.
'Why can't they see how cute and adorable she is?'
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It took quite some time for the entire group to settle down and stop chattering. Raven sat on his huge throne; the black stone was quite smooth and cold, with a huge raven statue on the backrest, its wings wrapped around his back.
When the light shone upon them, it glowed a blue shade similar to his neon eyes.
"Now then, Knights, this meeting is not too serious, but I wanted to put some things forward and wondered if you wanted to."
Nu'bella sat in the first seat.
Her beautiful features and sharp tusks were always in the corner of Raven's eyes, as he wanted to meet privately after the meeting, and from her fleeting glances and a slight blush, she did, too.
'Did she change her eyepatch? It seems more frilly and cute.'
"Nu'bella, your new eyepatch suits your lovely purple hair."
"Uh... really?!"
"Tsk, whore!"
Juniper was sitting in the second seat.
When she reverted to her humanoid form, it was quite adorable, as her height was only five feet and four inches, but she kept her large, bountiful assets, making her short with huge tits and a heavenly plump ass.
She and Nu'bella constantly fought each other due to her insults after I complimented Nu'bella.
Gale sat in the third seat and played with his gauntlets, seeming to be oiling them as he tied his red hair in a ponytail.
Persha sat in the fourth seat.
This girl was quite a mystery for Raven; when he came to fight her, she forfeited instantly, letting him advance. Her race seemed to be a type of lamia, but her scales and body were all white, with lovely red eyes and black sclera.
Honestly, Raven wanted to sleep with her.
Shirone (Little White) was similar to Juniper in the fifth seat.
She was short, with curly twin tails, but liked to act strange, likely due to her old age; she was a strange race that even Raven's system couldn't identify, only that it was the parent race of all incubi and succubi.
But because she was undead, it was unlikely her children would be of the same race or who would be brave enough to sleep with a race more deadly than the worst succubus.
And then the sixth seat was Adam, the bookworm and annoying smart guy, but Raven enjoyed his company.
When something was too hard to understand, Adam would teach him and enjoy it.
'The guy would probably serve a happier life in a university teaching history or something.'
"Today, I've gathered you here to ask about the high-level dungeons and their strange features."
"Oh!?"
"Finally!"
"Are we going to invade another lord?"
'Eh!?'
'What, why does it feel like they already know what I am asking rather, even Juniper knows!'
Raven felt a little blindsided as he looked beside him with Nu'bella's eyes shining brightly at him as if ready for battle, but he only wanted to know why they were strange.
"Uh, let's start with Adam since I am sure you have prepared the most information."
"Hehe, of course, Lord Raven!"
Raven leaned on the armrest of the Raven Throne, placing his hand under his chin and listening carefully to every word he said.
"So, high-level dungeons have many peculiarities, such as their monster's strength being based on their lord instead of levels, which means level one hundred monsters can appear at any time within a dungeon."
'Wait, really?!'
Raven had been fighting low-level monsters only and training himself, so he didn't notice the strangeness of it, but now that Adam mentioned it, he remembered that sometimes, in the higher dungeons, there was a tricky guy or a strong and sturdy monster that took a few extra blows.
"Also, dungeon bosses can only appear once a month, unlike lower dungeons, where they can appear at any time."
'Once a month?'
Raven found that strange but didn't interrupt Adam, who was explaining things while pushing his glasses up with his little finger.
"However, high-level dungeons are very different from low-level dungeons, as they are not just underground caves and caverns filled with monsters. They can have forests, castles, cities, mountains, whole islands, and at the highest level, even whole worlds inside!"
Adam finished and wiped the sweat off his forehead while taking a deep breath.
"Then, Persha, what do you think about high-level dungeons?"
As Adam explained it well, Raven decided to hear from someone else, but Persha was a mystery and might have some valuable input.
Persha sat straight while crossing her legs, showing her beautiful tail and long white hair, before answering Raven's question.
"Well, I am not as knowledgeable as Adam, but I believe it's the best place for us to increase our prestige and power currently."
"The title "Dread" is one of the weakest and lesser-known titles, so desolate that the sovereign title hasn't been held for more than fifty thousand years. So gaining prestige and growing powerful will be difficult without conquering dungeons and raising our ranks."
'Damn, Persha is smart!'
Raven never thought about it, but he realised there was too much he didn't know about the dungeons, and now these peons of his were giving it to him for free!
"Then, what is a weak Lord we can attack now?"
Persha smiled slightly before looking at Adam.
"Adam, give it to him!"
"Yes, my lady."
Adam jumped from his chair, landing on one knee before Raven, holding a map in both hands.
"Lord Raven, this map has three weak lords we could easily conquer, raise our power, and hope to lift our rank into the upper levels of dread!"
Raven almost jumped from his seat but kept composed while taking the map and looking at the three lords Adam had marked.
Rank Twelve: Lord of Beasts
Rank Twelve: Lord of Flames
Rank Eleven: Lord of Bliss
'Hmmm? Bliss that sounds like my technique.'
"Adam, why did you add a rank eleven?"
Persha answered Raven's question.
"Bliss is a title that seems to have lost its special technique aeons ago and is said to have been created by a mythical creature, the manticore; since the only females vanished, the bloodline ended, and now only races that involve seduction and charm occupy that title."
'Manticore, huh? It might be related to me somehow.'
Raven remembered the bliss title for later before returning to look at the map.
"I don't mind attacking Lord of Bliss, but the other two sound fun; Beast sounds like it has many strong monsters, and Flame sounds like the lord is fire-related. Nu'bella, what do you think?"
Nu'bella stood from her seat and walked towards Raven before pointing to the Lord of Beats.
"Lord of Bliss sounds fun, but Lord Beast has many strong monsters that would be great for our army; it's also ranked twelve, so it should be easy to conquer, Lord Raven."
Her eyes looked away as she discovered how close they were, almost pressing her face against his before she completely turned away, but there was a small note of paper left on his armrest hidden from the sight of the others as she gave a cute smile and rushed back to her seat.
'Ahhhh, Nu'bella is so cute!'
"Okay, then Beast it is; Adam, prepare everything for an invasion. We leave tomorrow."
Adam stood up and bowed before Raven before leaving.
"Understood, Lord Raven!"
Persha stood next, bowing gracefully and smiling gently while looking at him.
"Lord Raven, I wish you luck and victory in your conquest; please return safely."
Persha left as Gale stood up and stretched before laughing loudly.
"Finally, some action! My fists miss fighting strong enemies. Lord Raven, don't worry about a thing; I will protect you with my life!"
Gale laughed loudly while leaving, with Shirone skipping behind him.
Juniper remained seated while playing with her nails, not paying attention as she seemed to be watching Raven with half her spider eyes, the rest focused on her nails.
Nu'bella didn't leave but headed upstairs into the castle, where only Raven and the top three could normally visit. He was a little bemused by why Shirone didn't say anything when leaving but then found her peeking inside from the door, likely waiting for everyone to leave.
Since he was alone with Juniper, he read the note from Nu'bella.
[I want you to take my everything tonight; let me fight knowing I belong to a strong and powerful lord.]
[Then I will show you my strength, so you never leave me.]
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