Chapter 242 11: The Real Work Begins!
Raven couldn't sleep well and began to toss and turn before waking up to the warm embrace of Evelyn and her sweet-scented body odour. Her eight shadow tails wrapped around his body like an octopus as she rolled and squirmed over his chest to either side of the bed.
'So Evelyn is a restless sleeper...'
In the space of three hours, she had moved from his right arm, enjoying a nice tight hug, rolling onto his chest and wrapping herself around him like a koala, drooling on his muscles, the warm sticky saliva dribbling down him and keeping him awake, before rolling onto his left side and pushing her ass against him, while kicking the walls.
Eventually, using his tail to push her off, he stood on the balcony and found that to the far distant side of the city was a huge forest of darkness...
"It's those guys again... just like Emily's dungeon."
While focused in the distance, a strange sensation wrapped around the area as several auras appeared, dropping from the sky like magic.
Da! Da! Da! Da! Da!
The sound of several people impacting the castle landing caused Raven's eyebrows to raise and smirk—two gentle females landed first, the second in a graceful human form, wearing a silk gown of her webbing and Raven's essence.
The first wore an orcish war raiment revealing her tight abs and muscular thighs, holding a great-axe smaller than Ravens but with a longer shaft.
"First seat, Nu'bella of dread see's the Lord!"
"Second seat, Juniper meets her everything!"
"Third Seat, Gale greets the master!"
"Fourth Seat, Persha greets her destiny!"
"Fifth Seat, Shirone greets the great one!"
"Sixth Seat, Adam greets his big bro!"
As the others landed, the females grinned pervertedly at Raven's current figure.
He snapped his fingers as a black mantle of dread formed a simple tunic and pants that covered his body—the details and patterns were exquisite, while he looked at the six knights he trusted, leaving the others to protect their castle.
"Good that you could all break the barrier so soon."
"Bro... why are you so imposing? Those thin pants hide nothing! Give your bro a chance!" Adam and Raven got along with a strange change in pace since he became the Lord, probably having something to do with his sister Persha.
"Stop crying and marry that undead girl you've been trying to date for months."
Raven shrugged his shoulders. One of the maids in their castle was involved with this guy, but they were both first-timers and lacked the confidence to take the next step.
He looked at the large castle where Deva would be sleeping and felt a little bad for her—she was under the thought he would eventually move his people down here and thus didn't tell her that he planned to move them straight away.
'I need to grow our power out of the sight of those up there.'
There was a small regret for destroying several lords in one day. Setting a record that had never been done before by a new Lord made even those who helped him take the seat anxious...
'Why would they become Lords to not aim for the top?'
"Juniper, Gale, Adam, I want you to head towards that dark forest. Do not fight more than one of the monsters at a time. This is an order, Adam. These things will greatly challenge you as a melee fighter."
"Be careful. If you do well, I will train with you for a full day without stopping." Raven's voice was deep, but there was a thick sense of concern and trust transmitted with his warm smile and the hand tapping Adam's shoulder.
"A whole day? No women, just us guys all fighting and trying to improve!? Even Gale?"
"Ah, of course. Why do you make it sound gay, though?"
"W-Wait? Me.... in a melee training!?"
"Hahaha, sorry. I get too excited as you never train if you can have sex with a woman..."
"Oi!? Don't ignore me...." Gale was ignored as Adam dragged him to the side at Raven's subtle order.
"Juniper, don't get cocky. You are to act as their support and leader, direct and help the two act to the best of their abilities as the mid-guard. You know what I will do as a reward, so do your best."
"Mmm... hehe."
Raven nodded, then looked at Gale, crying in despair, reading his magic tome in the corner. "Gale, if you do better than Adam, you are excused from the training, but don't be overconfident."
"Each monster has a changing magic affinity, and the resistance changes with each spell cast. It is time for you to increase the range of your elements. Fire and Arcane are banned."
"!!!" Gale looked angry at first, then shocked, but as he looked at his lord's face, the furrowed brows narrowed, eyes filled with a serious glint... He felt a strange sensation. It was the first time someone told him he lacked magically...
A jolt of inspiration and desire flooded his body, a real challenge...
"I will do everything in my abilities to surpass your expectations!"
With a smile, Raven nodded.
The three people were the most honest and easily analysed regarding his rule—thus, he trusted them more. "Take this seed, plant it in the forest's centre, and your goal will be complete."
Raven gave the seed to Juniper; even if he trusted Gale and Adam, she was his woman and better trusted.
"Leave within an hour and take anything from the shared inventory space to complete the task—you have a week."
Before he could speak again, the three of them leapt into the air and began to fly towards the forest, all using the special items allowing minor flight inside a dungeon, leaving behind the three most difficult women for Raven.
Despite them bowing and kneeling, looking at him with respect, these three were smart and filled with ambition, especially Persha, who was a Lord but pretending to be a knight for some reason.
'The fact I can see these things with my inspection... I suppose she plans to tell me or betray me one day. I will prepare for both and entertain her for now.'
Since he broke through, Raven had more leeway than ever as he completely broke through to the Ninth Pillar of Joy thanks to the love of all the women in his heart and Evelyn breaking the strange seal that seemed to stop him from going further.
Rather... he felt it was a seal to stop him, not malicious, but maybe they were scared of the changes when he went further.
"Nu'bella, I want you to be in charge of scouting this world along with Shirone; you will scout the desert around this world and aim to report forests like the one over there to me."
"Ehhh~ I wanted to stay here and enjoy your bed." Shirone, like a flirtatious cat, whined, rolling around his body with her flexible but petite body; however, Raven just looked at her with cold eyes.
"If you can keep doing this and find three forests. I will grant you three dates."
"!!!"
"Okay!!! Orc woman, let's go!!"
The two seemed excited, while Nu'bella didn't even ask about a reward. She just smiled at me and left, just like the other three.
All that remained was Persha, her long white hair and eyebrows fluttering as she looked at me with a sense of respect, but nothing compared to what the others felt.
"Persha."
"Yes?"
"I need you."
"Hueh!?"
For the first time, it felt like Raven managed to knock her off guard, her white skin, normally pale as snow, suddenly like strawberry jam as she opened her mouth wide like a gaping fish.
'Oh? This girl seems to have a cute side, too... hahaha.'
"Let's go."
"Kyaaa!?"
Since that was the case, Raven didn't explain. Instead, he took her soft hand and leapt off the wall to head in the same direction as Juniper and the others entering the forest from a different angle.
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