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Chapter 742 Arrival 1
Chapter 742 Arrival 1
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As everyone flew across the skies to land on their destination, the Silverlight Duchy, Blake decided to utilize all the items the Holy Spirits had gifted him. First of all, a potion with a pink liquid that the Holy Spirit of Love gifted to him.
[You have consumed [Essence of Joy (Mythic Grade)] x1!]
[All Stats have increased by +150!]
[The [Command] Skill has evolved into the [Emotional Commanding Rally: Lv1] Skill!]
[Your ability to discern emotions and show your own emotions has increased greatly.]
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[Emotional Commanding Rally: Lv1]
Skill Proficiency: 0/25000
The ability to inspire people with your words has been enhanced even further, as your commands are also emotional rallies that stir the hearts of your followers, allies, and friends, to fight even harder towards a common goal.
When allies obey your Commands, all of their Stats increase by +100% for as long as that command lasts. Whenever you give a better speech, filled with emotions, different buff effects can be given, from mere stat boosts to specialized buffs that increase damage against certain types of foes, or even grant health and mana recovery, among other effects.
Increase the Rally Buffs Effects by +25% with each Skill Level. Rally Buffs Duration increases by +5 Minutes with each Skill Level. All other Buff from Spells and Skills have their Effects increased by +10% with each Skill Level.
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It had a rather sweet flavor, with a smell similar to women's lipstick, Blake had hesitated to drink it, thinking it was yet another useless love potion or whatever, but this one actually enhanced his stats and made one of his skills evolve.
Aside from that, he gained… the ability to discern emotions and show his own more clearer. Blake felt slightly angered, this was clearly some sort of trolling from the Holy Spirit of Love…
Nonetheless, the new Command Skill Evolution looked very strong and could be very useful, on top of the +100% stat buff that was already insane, so Blake felt satisfied.
[You have started to absorb [Holy Light Spirit Stone (Mythic Grade)] x1!]
[You have started to absorb [Ancient Forest Spirit's Crystal Core (Mythic Grade)] x1!]
[Your Holy Light Attribute Magic Power has increased by +100.]
[Your Nature Attribute Magic Power has increased by +100.]
[You gained +10 Spirit Stat.]
[You gained +10 Spirit Stat.]
[You gained +100 Mana Stat.]
[You gained +100 Mana Stat.]
And lastly, the Holy Light Spirit Stone and the Ancient Forest's Spirit Crystal Core were consumable items that could only be absorbed over time. However, they were a mine for stat boosts.
He had considered gifting them to Erika and Elizabeth first because the elements fit the girls better, but considering they were already very powerful, he decided to first boost his own Holy Light and Nature Element further.
Not only that but after a few minutes of absorbing the spirit cores energies, he gained a lot of Spirit Stat and Mana Stat, over the days it might take to fully absorb, he might constantly gain more bonuses.
And once they were soon to run out of stats to give, he'll probably use the cores as a material into some sort of accessory or weapon, like he did with the [Crescent Frozen Tear (Mythic Grade)].
"We're getting closer." His eyes changed color, turning bright red as he glanced into the distance, utilizing the Vampiric Eyes from his Physique's many abilities combined with the Hawk Eyes Skill to see from a very long distance with great detail. "Time to deploy our army… Saphira, get ready."
"Okay papa!" Saphira nodded in excitement.
Not only Blake had his Familiar Summon Cards lined up over his grimoire and ready to use, but he was also preparing Saphira's special Skill, which would bring a nice chunk of soldiers to his already big army.
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The Silverlight Duchy used to be a famous city for tourism, as it hosted a beautiful series of forests made by its citizens, the forests were tailor made by nature attribute magicians, and most trees were fruit-bearing trees that gave colorful and delicious fruits, boosting the economy of the duchy as one that produced all kinds of fruits for the rest of the Kingdom.
It was known as a place of great beauty and elegance, and the nobles living in here were known for being quite regal compared to other gloomier families, such as the Darkage Family. However, such things didn't last long. As the Demons slowly creeped into the Kingdom's territory, they swiftly started taking down village after village.
The stupidly slow response against the demons threat made it so they advanced quickly, and the problem of "mere villages nobody cares about getting destroyed" quickly evolved into "a whole city getting burned to the ground"… The irresponsibility of the King's family knew no bounds, bringing forth the beginning of the end of their Kingdom.
Now, the once regal city had been turned into burned down ruins, where large camps made by demons were placed, thousands of demons lived here now, making use of the city's resources for their own food, and hastening their ability to reproduce even more as a result.
And above all, the fruits weren't the only "valuable resource" of this city, as the demons have always fancied the tender meat of humans, filled with the delicious Mana they cannot create by themselves, as they only naturally generate demonic energy.
"As you can see, I've got a big selection of delicious human meat, still fresh and alive! Demon Lord! Please, choose the most tasty looking." A Red Imp smiled, showing a tall demonic figure several people wearing tatters, closed inside a cell.
"Hmmm…" The Demon Lord smiled, pointing at a small little girl at the end of the room, with short silver hair. "That little one over there, she looks small and tender, little meat, but I bet her bones will be soft as well. She has a lot of Mana too… I want her for today's lunch."
"Very well, milord." The Imp bowed his head, opening the door of the jail and forcefully dragging the little girl outside. "Come! Don't you dare fight back!"
"No, please! Don't take my daughter!" A woman grabbed the little girl, screaming. "Anything but her! Please kill me instead! Eat me instead!!!"
"Mommyyyyy…!" The little girl continued crying.
"Get off, you whore!" The Imp kicked the mother in the face, throwing her away.
"Urgh…! N-No…! Henrietta…!" The woman tried to move, but her hands could not reach her daughter, as she cried and screamed in fear, being taken away from her hands, to be devoured by monsters more horrendous than anything.
"Mamaaaa…! Buaaahhh!" The girl started crying while being dragged away by the red imp.
"Why… Why is this happening to us…" The mother continued crying. "If only… if only we were more cautious… If only… we had… responded to this sooner, and faster… If only we weren't so stupid! If only… Why?! Just why we were so foolish as to not care about commoners lives in those villages?!"
The woman started crying in frustration, her body no longer responding to her anymore.
"If we could had cared… My daughter… wouldn't have been taken away from me… If we had… uphold our duty as nobles…" Her consciousness slowly started to fade away.
RUMBLE!
However, the entire city suddenly started to tremble.
"Hm?" The Demon Lord looked into the ceiling, sensing the presences of… hundreds of beings! "W-What?! Who dares invade my territory?!"
"Have the Holy Spirits heard… my prayers?" The mother wondered.
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