Sylvan

The next day, Silvan came running to me with an excited look on her face and said,

“Oppa! I’ve awakened my Soul Weapon!”

“What?! That fast?”

“I think it’s because Oppa gave me the power of darkness yesterday!”

“Bring out your Soul Weapon. Let’s take a look.”

Silvan manifested her Soul Weapon.

A red whip appeared in Silvan’s hand, and the whip moved freely as she wished.

I pointed to a tree and told her to attack it.

Silvan swung the whip, wrapping it around the tree, and green acidic vapor came out of the whip, melting the wrapped area, pusyusyuk.

Silvan said with a bright face.

“It seems I inherited Oppa’s Tentacle ability!”

“That’s good. Keep practicing.”

“Yes!”

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My traveling team spent the days climbing mountains and the evenings sparring with Silvan, led by the Tentacle Elite Commander.

Now, Silvan wasn’t helplessly overwhelmed by multiple Tentacles like before; she could evade and parry, and her whip-handling skills had also improved.

As we climbed the mountain to a certain extent, stone golems saw us and greeted us.

I asked Stesaenon to train Silvan.

Stesaenon led us to the mountaintop where I had first competed with him in a peak-smashing contest.

Stesaenon pointed to the mountain peak lowered by my Mana Cannon and instructed Silvan.

“You said you wanted to be trained by me, right? That mountain peak was lowered by my friend Kyle shooting a Mana Cannon. You also try launching an attack from here to that mountain peak.”

Since it was a distance of almost several kilometers, Silvan was taken aback and shouted.

“How can I attack that far away! It’s too far!”

Stesaenon signaled to a stone golem next to him, and the stone golem lifted a large rock and threw it forcefully.

The rock flew in an arc, crashing into the opposite mountain peak with a kuaaaang, creating a crater, and then rolled down.

Stesaenon opened his mouth again.

“I don’t care about the method, just hit it first.”

Silvan looked at me.

When I nodded, Silvan steeled her resolve.

“I, Silvan! I’ll try!”

When Silvan raised her hand, a spear of blood was created in the air due to Blood Magic.

Silvan forcefully launched the spear of blood towards the opposite mountain peak, but it flew shuuuuk and scattered midway.

I massaged Silvan’s shoulders and cheered her on.

“Silvan. Somehow, succeed as Stesaenon ordered. If you succeed in this, your ability to handle Mana will increase dramatically.”

“I understand! Oppa!”

From that day on, Silvan practiced nothing but launching spears of blood at the opposite mountain peak all day until night.

I sat on a chair I had brought around Silvan, watching, and when Silvan’s Mana was exhausted, I injected my dark Mana into Silvan’s Mana circuits, cleaning and smoothing the circuits.

Several weeks later, when Silvan succeeded in hitting the opposite mountain peak with a spear of blood, she jumped up and down, rejoicing.

“Oppa! I did it! Kyaak kyaak!”

I stroked Silvan’s head and praised her.

“Good job.”

Stesaenon looked at Silvan and gave her a new mission.

“You did well in hitting the mountain with your attack. Now, create a crater.”

To create a crater, she had to launch a spear of blood with enough Mana to be destructive.

Or, she had to launch several spears, embed them, and then use Blood Explosion.

Silvan, with my assistance, constantly practiced launching stronger spears, and succeeded several weeks later.

Silvan created six giant spears of blood above her head and threw them all at once towards the opposite peak, and they were embedded with a kwang kwang kwang sound.

When Silvan used Blood Explosion, it exploded with a kwagaaaang roar, creating a crater in the opposite peak.

Stesaenon looked at the crater and said in a joyful voice.

“Hmm. Having inherited the blood of the Demon King-nim and a True Ancestor, her growth is faster than I thought. That crater is about the size of my subordinate stone golems. You can go down the mountain now.”

Silvan was moved and bent her waist 90 degrees to thank Stesaenon.

“Thank you so much! Stesaenon-sensei!”

Stesaenon scratched the back of his head and replied.

“Yeah.”

As we were about to descend, five Specters flew urgently to me and shouted.

“Kyle-nim! We have something to report!”

“What is it?”

“The Werewolf faction and the Naga faction have merged. Prince Ranulf has accepted a Naga royal as his wife, and the Naga faction has decided to support Ranulf.”

“What?! Is it because of me?”

“It’s probably because of that. The power of the Dark Race Champion-nim is so strong that they seem to have joined forces.”

“What’s happening with the Undead faction right now?”

“The Undead faction and Asmodeus-nim are gathering troops in the Undead district of the capital and waiting. No battle has taken place yet, but the Werewolves and Nagas are holding demonstrations in the shops and buildings run by the Undead, and all trade and exchange have been suspended, so the situation is unusual.”

“They’re hoping the Undead faction will give up on its own through force and economic sanctions.”

I pondered deeply and asked Stesaenon for a favor.

“Stesaenon. I have a request.”

“What is it?”

“Could you lead troops to the capital and support Silvan as a Demon King candidate?”

“The Demon King can only be chosen through the Demon King Contention. It doesn’t work just because I support her.”

“I know that too. But looking at the current situation in the capital, the sacred Demon King Contention has turned into a power struggle between families. Currently, Silvan’s Undead faction’s military power is too weak compared to the Nagas and Werewolves, so Silvan may give up without even trying. Please, Stesaenon-nim, just balance things out.”

“If it’s something like that, I’ll do it. I’ll lead my subordinates now and lend strength to the Undead faction. But the Demon King can only be the winner of the Demon King Contention, and I can’t interfere.”

“Thank you.”

I asked the Specters if they had contacted Lich Juknok, the 16th in the hierarchy, and they said a messenger was on their way to Juknok as well.

I called ten Tentacle Elite Soldiers and told them to go to the Phantom Tree Tribe right away, explain the situation, and tell them to bring suitable troops to the capital.

The Tentacle Elite Soldier messengers quickly departed.

I instructed my subordinates that we would continue to carry out our original mission of strengthening Silvan.

We walked quickly during the day and sparred with Silvan in the evening, heading towards the territory of Troll Tooljin, the 20th in the hierarchy.

Silvan was now able to exchange blows with the Tentacle Elite Commander.

Silvan defended with her Soul Weapon, launched spears of blood, attacked with her Soul Weapon, and blocked the surroundings with a shield of blood.

The Tentacle Elite Commander told me his impressions.

“Your Majesty. Queen Silvan is getting stronger quickly, probably because her bloodline is good. I’m envious.”

“Hahaha. It’s because you’ve been sparring hard. Thank you.”

“I know that Your Majesty is injecting dark Mana into Queen Silvan-nim. It is Your Majesty’s grace.”

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When my traveling team arrived at the territory of Troll Tooljin, the 20th in the hierarchy, Tooljin came out to greet us.

“Kruhk. What’s going on?”

“Tooljin. I have a favor to ask. Can you train Silvan here?”

“Isn’t she the Demon King-nim’s daughter? I’ll accept such a request.”

Silvan had to engage in physical fights with several female Trolls of the Tooljin tribe.

Even if they are female, Trolls are almost similar to males in physique and strength, except for their faces, breasts, and vaginas.

Silvan, who is 164cm tall, wrestled and brawled with female Trolls ranging from at least 2m to 4m in height.

At first, Silvan trembled with fear and kept getting hit, so I constantly injected the aura of darkness.

But now, after several weeks, she seemed quite accustomed to it.

When a 3m female Troll swept the floor with her right hand to grab Silvan, Silvan quickly jumped and landed on the Troll’s right arm and ran up.

The Troll slapped her right arm with her left hand, but Silvan jumped upwards like a cat and this time landed on the Troll’s left arm and ran up.

The Troll got angry and raised her arm high.

Silvan flew straight up, fell acrobatically, and landed on the female Troll’s head.

Silvan raised both hands and pounded the Troll’s skull like crazy.

Due to the power of the True Ancestor, a tremendous roar shook the surroundings.

Kwang kwang kwang

The female Troll admitted defeat and wailed.

“It hurts! It hurts! I lost!”

Silvan jumped to the floor and landed, apologizing to the female Troll.

“I’m sorry for hitting your head~”

“It was a sacred fight. It’s okay.”

Tooljin praised Silvan.

“To beat Jiatajie, you’re amazing. Now you’re a strong woman like a Troll woman.”

Silvan stretched her right hand to the sky and shouted assa, then expressed her gratitude.

“Tooljin-nim! Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity!”

“Hmm hmm. It’s all the result of your efforts.”

I also bowed to Tooljin to express my gratitude.

“Tooljin. Thank you so much. Can’t you be my friend instead of my subordinate?”

“Kruhk kruhk! I will do so! I, Tooljin, will be Kyle’s friend!”

“Please take care of me, Tooljin.”

I also asked Tooljin to go to the capital and become a force for the Undead faction, and Tooljin readily agreed.

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My traveling team soon left for the territory of Spirala, the 19th in the hierarchy.

We ran during the day and sparred with Silvan at night.

Now, instead of the Tentacle Elite Commander, Tentacle Heroes took turns sparring with Silvan.

We encountered a river in the middle, but swimming across was natural.

On the night before reaching Spirala’s territory, I watched Silvan sparring with Hanifa.

Hanifa is the commander of the 5th Legion of the Giant Ent Kingdom and my Tentacle Hero, entering the ranks of the strong.

Silvan worked hard to spar with Hanifa without being intimidated.

When Hanifa shouted and thrust her spear quickly several times, Silvan jumped to the side, rolled, and dodged.

When Hanifa thrust her spear, Silvan threw a spear of blood, hitting the tip of the spear accurately to block it, and shot the end of her Soul Weapon, the whip, into Hanifa’s stomach.

But Hanifa didn’t flinch even though the spear of blood hit the spear, and swung the spear as it was, knocking away the whip.

At that time, a bullet flew towards Silvan with a tang sound, but Silvan only moved her head to avoid it.

I had asked Teacher Lime to train Silvan to improve her risk avoidance ability by unexpectedly shooting bullets at Silvan with reduced damage.

The moment Silvan dodged the bullet, Hanifa did not miss the opportunity and swept the floor with her spear, trying to hit Silvan’s ankle.

A shield of blood appeared in front of the spear, and the moment the spear broke the shield and slowed down, Silvan jumped and dodged, conversely throwing five spears of blood at Hanifa.

Hanifa quickly retrieved her spear and blocked the spears of blood by spinning it like a windmill.

I clapped and stopped the sparring.

Clap clap clap

“Excellent! Everyone is excellent! Silvan, you’ve grown a lot too.”

“Thank you, Oppa! It’s because everyone is helping me kindly. Hanifa-nim! Teacher Lime! Thank you!”

Silvan was growing sufficiently, and I could see the potential even when I looked at her.

Now that it was late at night, we went to sleep in our respective tents.

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We arrived at the territory of Spirala, the 19th Dark Fairy in the hierarchy.

It is a place where Rafflesia and dark flowers grow everywhere, and Dark Fairies fly around.

Spirala remembered the treasures I had given her last time and accepted the request to train Silvan.

The Dark Fairies fly through the sky with Fairy wings, scattering powder that causes mental confusion and shooting dark arrows.

A dark arrow is a magic arrow made of the aura of darkness.

The mission Spirala gave Silvan was to arrive at the target point on the other side of Spirala’s territory, breaking through the mental confusion powder and dark arrows of numerous Dark Fairies, but Silvan could not attack.

Silvan was given only one map, and it was training that required everything such as mental strength, Mana defense, willpower, concentration, and evasion ability.

Spirala and I drank the sweet aphid drink I had brought on top of a large Rafflesia, watching the video of Silvan sent by Spirala’s familiar.

Spirala drank the drink and shouted excitedly.

“Kyaak kyaak! Silvan evaded! Go Silvan! And this drink is delicious~”

“It’s a drink that comes from the Giant Ent Kingdom, which is allied with my kingdom. You can always taste it if you trade with my kingdom.”

“Kkihihihi! I hope the next Demon King gets along well with your kingdom.”

Silvan succeeded in this training after several weeks.

I waited at the target point.

Silvan’s eyes, approaching the target point, were hollow from resisting the mental confusion powder.

Silvan arrived at the target point and collapsed as soon as she saw me.

I held Silvan in a princess carry and thanked the Dark Fairies who were following Silvan from behind.

“Thank you all for training Silvan! I’ll welcome you if you come to my kingdom later!”

The Dark Fairies replied amicably.

“Kkihihihi! I understand~”

“Kkyahahaha! I’ll look forward to it~”

When I asked Spirala if she could help the Undead faction in the capital, Spirala asked back.

“It seems like the favor of receiving the jewels ended with helping Silvan? Aren’t you asking for too much?”

“Is there anything you want?”

“Are you perhaps going to attack the Elf Kingdom too?”

“That’s right. I will bring down the hammer of darkness on all the light races.”

“Then corrupt all the Elves and Fairies living in the Elf Kingdom later.”

“Is there a reason?”

“I hate Elves and Fairies so much. They think they are good and ignore and kick out our Dark Fairies.”

“I will do so.”

“Then the negotiation is established~ Kkyahahaha!”

My traveling team set off with Spirala and her soldiers to the capital, the Demon King’s territory.