Ch.34Expanding the Clan

Placing just one sentry made it extremely easy to infiltrate the human settlement, as no one else was standing guard.

I stood on my tiptoes pressed against the container, peering through the window to see inside.

“Hmm…”

There were three humans inside the container.

The effect of my Mystic Eye activated the moment I recognized humans.

I tilted my head in confusion as I looked at the human user information that appeared before me.

There were three humans inside, but the Mystic Eye only sent information about two of them.

[sisq123]

Level: 17

Race: Human

Health 100%

Mana 100%

Emotional state: Bored, calm.

[HamburgerFiveEater]

Level: 14

Race: Human

Health 100%

Mana 100%

Emotional state: Bored

This was strange.

Just as I was thinking that, small information appeared above a man’s head.

[Human]

An ordinary human.

Ah, so that’s it.

I nodded in understanding.

The man beside the two human users was just an ordinary human.

That’s why no game character specs appeared for him.

I suddenly became curious.

Could I turn an ordinary human who wasn’t even a user into my subordinate?

When curiosity strikes, it’s best to resolve it immediately.

I turned to look at the children waiting behind me.

Aurel, completely tense.

Hwang-gu, muscles tightened as if ready to fight at any moment.

And MoonRabbitVv, anxiously looking around.

Everyone was in position.

I spoke in the lowest voice possible.

“Everyone… when I give the signal, quickly climb through the window.”

“Yes…!”

“Understood…!”

The cute children answered in equally hushed voices.

I nodded and reached toward the window.

Black shadows began flowing from my fingertips.

The shadow transformed into a thin blade and started cutting through the container’s window.

After a short while.

When the shadow had perfectly cut through the window.

I signaled to the children.

“Now!”

Click-

With a slight pull of my hand, a window-shaped hole appeared in the container.

At that moment, Hwang-gu, who had been waiting, leaped forward and invaded the container.

I followed behind her with a surprised expression.

I had thought I should go in first to quietly subdue all the users inside.

But.

“Mmph…!”

“Urgh…!”

“Gack…”

Just 1 second.

That was all the time it took for Hwang-gu to subdue the humans inside the container after jumping in.

Even though one of them was just an ordinary human.

Two humans were on the floor groaning, while the remaining one was being choked by Hwang-gu’s legs.

Despite the soft appearance of her thighs, they contained enough strength to crush steel.

No words were necessary.

I reached out toward the humans who were opening their mouths in shock.

At that moment, black shadows began moving according to my will.

When Hwang-gu released the human she was choking, his body smoothly dissolved into the shadow.

The total number of humans absorbed this way was three.

It seemed I could make ordinary non-user humans into subordinates as well.

“Are we getting new children again?”

Aurel asked with sparkling eyes as she watched my writhing shadows.

I nodded and answered.

“Yes. They’ll all come out resembling me.”

“Gasp…!”

“Gasp…!”

Aurel and Hwang-gu were simultaneously surprised by my answer.

MoonRabbitVv was still anxious, moaning while looking outside the window.

Since we’d made it this far, MoonRabbit’s role was essentially complete.

I gestured toward her and retrieved her into my shadow.

After some time had passed.

The shadow that had absorbed the humans spat out three large eggs.

I smiled contentedly at the large eggs.

What would the children inside look like?

Though they all resembled me, each had slight differences.

I waited for the subordinates to be born from the eggs with subtle anticipation.

“Hurry and be born!”

Aurel also prowled around the eggs, seemingly excited about the new subordinates.

After a short while.

Crack-

The eggs cracked open and three girls who looked exactly like me poured out.

“Hueek…”

“Hueng…”

“Hueet…”

Like other subordinates, they couldn’t get their bearings at first.

They couldn’t properly control their suddenly transformed bodies.

I checked the subordinates’ information through my Mystic Eye.

[sisq123], [HamburgerFiveEater]

These two children had slightly lower levels than before, like other subordinates, and their race had changed to Vampire.

And after these two, another status window appeared.

[None]

Level: 1

Race: Vampire (Charlotte’s subordinate)

Health 100%

Mana 100%

Emotional state: Panic, fear, confusion

“Oh…!”

I helped the fallen child to her feet.

This was the child who had been an ordinary human, not a user.

That’s why she had no nickname.

“Hueek…?”

Dazed eyes and a small tongue hanging out of her mouth.

I fiddled with the nameless girl’s body.

Her arms and legs were properly soft, and she flinched whenever my hand touched her, showing her senses were intact.

“Good. From now on, you’re Bbi-bbi.”

“Bbi, Bbi-bbi…”

Bbi-bbi murmured her name blankly.

She didn’t seem to understand what had happened to her yet.

She would find out eventually anyway.

I put the newly transformed children into my shadow.

“Charlotte… Bbi-bbi?”

“It’s the new child’s name. She didn’t seem to have one, so I gave her one.”

“Bbi, Bbi-bbi…”

Hwang-gu and Aurel made strange expressions at my answer.

Bbi-bbi, isn’t it a cute sound?

I looked down at the children with my arms crossed.

“Any complaints?”

“N-no…”

“None…”

“But… why don’t you give new names to the other children?”

“Hmm… too troublesome.”

I shook my head in response to Aurel’s question.

The fact that I gave a name separately meant that I particularly liked them among my subordinates.

Of course, that standard was entirely up to me.

“Well then, shall we move to the next container?”

Having dealt with one container, it was time to move on to the next.

I approached the adjacent container with Aurel and Hwang-gu.

The infiltration method was the same as before.

Cut the window with shadows, the three of us jump in and subdue the humans inside.

Then turn them all into my subordinates.

“Hueeeng…”

“Hiiing…”

“Hoeng…”

Subordinates began to be born from the large eggs.

They all transformed into soft girls and went limp.

By the time we had made about 20 people into subordinates.

-Hey, where did everyone go?

-This one’s empty too!

-What… is this…

Voices of humans from outside the container.

It seemed they had noticed people were missing.

-Flowing Star is gone too!

-We’re under attack! There must be werewolves or vampires!

I drew a katana from my shadow.

At this point, a fight was unavoidable.

“Grrrr…!”

“Hiyah!”

Aurel and Hwang-gu also finished preparing for battle.

Seeing them, I fell into thought.

Hwang-gu was level 20, so she wouldn’t be in much danger, but Aurel was different.

Her level was only 13.

Though she did have mist transformation…

“Aurel. Go somewhere safe…”

“No, Charlotte… I’m going to fight too…!”

Aurel cut off my words.

She was looking at me with strong determination.

“Uh, uuh…”

I stroked my cheek and turned my head.

With such a cute face looking at me like that, I couldn’t refuse her request.

I really was weak to children.

“Alright… but be careful.”

“Yes!”

I took out a military longsword from my shadow and handed it to Aurel.

She swung it through the air after receiving it.

Then she began to assume a plausible stance.

-Check everything! Find the remaining people first!

-Draw your weapons!

The humans outside the container began running around frantically.

Judging by the approaching footsteps, they seemed to be planning to check this container as well.

“Ready…!”

“Grrrr…!”

“Hah…!”

Step- Step- Step-

The footsteps grew closer.

At that moment, the container’s door handle rattled and turned.

“Now!”

“Roar!”

“Hiyaaah!”

The moment the door opened, we charged forward.

Aurel, Hwang-gu and I rushed out of the container at tremendous speed.

BANG-!

The container door flew far away as we crashed through it.

The human standing in front of it became a lump of meat without even having time to scream.

“Enemy! Enemy!”

“Shoot! Shoot!”

Ratatatatat-!

The humans began spraying bullets as soon as they spotted us.

I frowned at the sight.

To shoot at such cute girls without hesitation.

They must all be out of their minds.

“Grrrr!”

Aurel transformed into blood mist to avoid the bullets, while Hwang-gu charged forward at high speed.

My Mystic Eye sent warnings about bullets flying from all directions.

My entire body was red.

It was a situation where I would be hit no matter where I dodged.

I used my shadow to form a massive barrier.

Drrrr-!

Bullets hit the barrier with a strange sound and fell to the ground.

I immediately stomped my foot.

Thump-!

With a small sound, shadows stretched out.

At that moment, my subordinates rose from the extended shadows.

VermouthSs and his friends, along with MoonRabbit and Yeppi appeared.

Despite being summoned suddenly, the children understood my intention and began to move.

“Hiyah!”

Yeppi thrust her fist forward with a short shout.

That tiny fist burst through a human user’s chest.

“Th-there’s the enemy!”

“Doppelgangers…! Monsters!”

“Aaaaargh!”

My eyes lit up as I watched Aurel fight.

She wasn’t as weak as I had thought.

Swish-

The red mist condensed, and Aurel’s body materialized behind a human user.

At that moment, Aurel extended the sword in her hand.

Squelch-

“Gack…!”

The human with a pierced chest collapsed.

Aurel turned back into red mist immediately.

Though she had the disadvantage of needing to materialize to attack, her mist transformation using the mutation skill showed tremendous performance.

“Roar!”

Of course, Hwang-gu also showed amazing performance.

She jumped into the air with a loud shout.

She smashed the head of a human who was firing a gun.

Crunch-!

An eerie sound that didn’t match her cute movements.

As the head was crushed, blood spurted from the mouth.

“Raaaaar!”

Hwang-gu, covered in blood, roared toward the sky.

The fight didn’t take long to end.

The humans gave up fighting after losing their will to fight.

The total number of humans captured was five.

“Yap!”

I turned those five into subordinates as well.

Five soft girls were born from large eggs and went limp.

The total number of newly acquired subordinates was 25.

I smiled with satisfaction as I looked at the limp girls.