"The sewer network that the followers of Lord Vlad use under the Kingdom sure is convenient, Aries. It's easy to gather so many people without the Kingdom noticing a thing. We've even converted some of the Lord's Domains as our base of operations. The Mass of the Apostles sure is a great skill, don't you think?"
"Even though it is a skill that can only charm a limited number of people into forcing them to believe what Vlad believes is true, his apostles sure did a great work of converting a lot of people towards our side. Maybe there are just a lot of people who secretly hate the kingdom as well. Let's meet up with Vlad and prepare the operations. I believe the Nations of Iru and Zan are almost done rallying their troops as well."
"The Holy Kingdom really has gone weak. No, they've been too lax and thought that nothing of some sort will happen. This upcoming downfall of their Kingdom will result from their years of thinking that nothing can compare to them on the continent. At least, they think that the other two nations can't. Don't you think so Aries?"
"Since they haven't detected the troops of the other two nations coming from the west shows how lazy of a nation they've become. Instead of focusing on building the Kingdom to be the strongest on the continent, all they've done are festivals, gatherings, and masses with the people. Truly a good place for people to enjoy their lives. If only this was a perfect world where greed is not a common thing."
"Even the guild of the Kingdom has become too lazy that instead of mainly hunting monsters and exploring new unique locations, most of them settled for simple jobs to live simple lives, Aries."
"What a joke. They've got a lot of relics as well as powerful magical items and yet I have only seen them in procession and most are kept underneath the city's underground vaults. Do they really think the two nations would sit idle? In this world, power is everything. Let this Kingdom's Downfall be a lesson to the entirety of this world that stagnant power in the hands of the unwilling will be taken by the willing."
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Meanwhile, in the Holy Kingdom.
"Lady Sycia, are you not going to sleep yet?"
One of the maids called out to her.
"It's fine, I will take my time here on the balcony for a while. Tell Alice that she can sleep without me."
"Okay, Lady Sycia."
She stared at the night sky as if sensing something bad is going to happen. She is not sure but she knows that tragedy would soon befall the Kingdom. If it was only a matter of time before that happens, she was prepared to do anything to protect Alice.
"If only the old heroes were alive today, surely, peace would stay for a very long time. The Holy Kingdom has valued its people and has become weak. What they didn't value was the strength they needed to muster in order to keep this peace an unending luxury for their people."
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While all of these are happening, Seth was still busy grinding out the dungeon.
LVL UP! LVL 66!
Notice: 20,000 Demon Spawns have been killed so far. The 10,000 Demon Dogs killed requirement for the Ascension of Auto-Battle EX has also been reached.
"Nice, So I only need to be lvl 100 and get my hands on a Holy Relic somehow. It's been a month of grinding this dungeon. The hard part about grinding it is finding out the nook and cranny of the place. It's not just an open area where they all come and attack me. Some are camping, others are sleeping and some are just hard to find. I also haven't met any Vice generals. Maybe they will all appear along with the Demon General once I clear out all the 30,000 regular Demon spawns."
(This Demon Spawns only drop Demon Essence and not even Crystal Orbs. Well I guess because it's a dungeon mainly for grinding exp and the reward will be when I clear it.)
Notice: Rim leveled up to 60!
"I didn't realize that he also benefited from me grinding this dungeon through the Affiliation. At my pace, I think It will only take a week to clear out this dungeon. After that, I can rest for a day before I enter the Ruins."
(Dark Shadow, let's go hunt some more before the day ends. Our small break is over.)
Notice: Reactivating all offenses, Going back on Auto-Battle mode.
Notice: acquired Title: Demon Slayer. (Kill 20,000 demons.)
-20% more damage towards demon races.
"I also just realized that Rim can only use the skills of the HoarFrost Dragon and the Sand Dragon if he is mimicking them. I guess it really is just a mimic and it's not like he learned the skills and can continue to use them when he is just in his base form or using the Dragon Persona Form."
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PS: Just some notes to clarify regarding Seth's Skill, Summon Dark Shadow. I put from the earlier chapter that he can upgrade it to a passive skill at lvl 50 with no cooldown but then it can suddenly be bumped to a Summon Dark Shadow army when he is lvl 80 which can also become passive once he becomes lvl 100. With the army skill, the bump from summons was 1 to 50 summons which was way stronger than getting 1 passive greater dark shadow. The reason why the first one is a separate talent branch is that there is also a Summon Light Shade skill that when maxed, can be merged with the original Summon Dark Shadow to create Summon Phantom Shade which is only one unit but with a tremendous amount of stats and skills. Since he doesn't have the Summon Light Shade skill, he will be focusing on the Summon Dark Shadow Army.