On the way further into the base, Alpha told Eiji how the two women were doing first.
Starting with Hila— in less than a week she quickly adapted to the other Shadow Garden members and behaved well.
Although she didn't talk as much as Zeta who specialized in being an assassin. Compared to the others, the two seemed more familiar with each other and often trained together.
Because of this, Alpha even left Hila's combat training to Zeta. Although sometimes Alpha also intervened to make Hila realize her position because she was quite arrogant. She slapped the woman with her power so that she became more obedient.
"I can imagine that. After all, Hila is an arrogant woman and before she was brought here, she was a general of the strongest terrorist organization on her planet. She respects the strong and looks down on those weaker than her. Except for her younger sister of course."
"Still, Alpha... How did you do it?"
Eiji was a little curious how exactly Alpha slapped Hila.
Alpha knew what her master wanted to know and said, "Hila is very proud of her esper abilities. She basically has telekinesis with a soul attack effect that is fatal to living beings."
"So I let her attack me with all her might and I blocked her attack with just [Skin Magic]."
"When she was stunned to see that I wasn't hurt at all. I used the [Planetary Devastation] spell to bury her alive in the sky from morning to noon."
Alpha explained the details of her first brief battle with Hila nonchalantly. She was humble and not arrogant but if Hila heard this, her body would probably tremble from being slightly traumatized.
From then on, Alpha was the number two person she feared the most. Who was the first? It was of course Eiji who had once hit her with a nuclear explosion.
Eiji was getting a clearer picture of the battle and found Hila pathetic.
Her strongest attack was blocked by Alpha with just 'Skin Magic' and it hit her pride. Do you know Black Clover? This was a spell similar to the one in that franchise.
With Anos's magical understanding, Eiji was able to replicate it and transfer how it was done to Alpha and other Shadow Garden members in the past.
The spell allowed the user to envelop their skin or entire body with magic energy capable of increasing defense.
It was actually a mid-level magic spell. Except for Hila and Aurora, all the Shadow Garden members had mastered it but the defense level of this spell depended on how strong the magic one possessed.
And so far, Alpha was one of the Shadow Garden members with the strongest magic power. Unless Hila had become a Beyond Grade A capable of devouring the souls of every life on the entire planet in seconds, she would have a hard time breaking through Alpha's defenses.
As for Planetary Devastation? It was basically a magic version of the Chibaku Tensei technique from the Naruto franchise.
Alpha also used that move when she and the other Shadow Garden members beat up Lucifer in the past.
It was a one-sided fight where Lucifer became a pitiful dog.
"I see. You did well, Alpha. You deserve to be the first seat of the Eleven Shadows."
In the original work there were only Seven Shadows.
But after adding Irina, Xenovia, Bella and Liana. Eiji's Shadow Garden had Eleven Shadows.
There was also Haqua but she wasn't included in the Eleven Shadows. Not because she was too weak, especially after she had the Incinerate Anthem and the Master-Servant contract with him.
But because increasing the number of seats according to the number of members was a bit troublesome and uncool. So Haqua had a different status in Shadow Garden called Numbers. Unlike the Eleven Shadows who were in charge of protecting Eiji or just accompanying him in battle— Numbers would protect the members of the Eleven Shadows or in short become their bodyguards and their number would not be limited.
Hila and Aurora were already set to become other Numbers.
But leave that aside.
Eiji praised the blonde elf walking beside him. When they were walking, her ass that moved left and right looked very beautiful.
The movement was a bit exaggerated. He wondered if Alpha did it on purpose to seduce her master?
"This power is bestowed from you, Eiji-sama. I'm glad I can use it to help you."
Alpha smiled again when she said that. Her elf ears twitched as if pleased to be praised by her master.
Not only was she beautiful, she also had a cuteness attribute that was only shown to those she loved.
Who was the man who didn't love a woman like Alpha?
Eiji couldn't resist cursing the protagonist of the original work as he suddenly remembered an episode in the anime version of Shadow Garden. In that episode, Cid pretended to betray the Shadow Garden organization and wanted to destroy the Mitsugoshi company just for fun.
You know that role-playing game he often does?
The boy's actions made Alpha heartbroken and cry because she felt betrayed by the person she loved.
Although Eiji liked to pretend, he wouldn't do it to the point of making his women cry.
That was too much.
"What about Aurora?"
When asked that. He tried to control his eyes from focusing on Alpha's ass and ears.
So, he looked around. For example, the interior of the castle, the pillars lining the hallway and the various organization facilities in the distance.
The blue sky visible from their position was also... Tsk! They all couldn't compare to Alpha's beauty.
Alpha was of course aware of where Eiji's gaze had wandered during their conversation.
Although she didn't say it, she giggled in her heart and deliberately walked in a rather flirtatious manner.
"Aurora has started attending combat training since two days ago and is more sociable with the other members. Although her combat training isn't as intense as her older sister's because she's not the fighting type."
"That sounds like her. Her esper ability allows her to be a healer and she instead of a fighter, she is more suited to be a support."
Eiji wasn't surprised because he knew what kind of girl Aurora was in the original work. Besides her personality being too kind and gentle that she liked to help everyone.
Her esper power... To be honest, Aurora was a healer who was more cheating than Asia. The girl could not only heal living beings to the level of extending the lifespan of the target and herself.
This was the reason why she could survive for so many years being a miracle pill factory belonging to the Germinal organization.
If Aurora's power reached A-class, she could even sense every organism on a planet and measure their power levels.
Her esper abilities didn't just heal people. She can also buff a person's power and the effects can be stored for use at any given moment.
Compared to Hila, Aurora helped protagonist Han Xiao more in battle. Now that the girl was in Eiji's hands, Han Xiao's journey to the top was bound to become much more difficult than the original work.
To Eiji, there was nothing more satisfying than getting a beautiful woman and at the same time making the protagonist lose a lot of blood.
Of course, giving a green hat was also included in that.
He couldn't help but laugh wickedly in his heart.
[Host, your smile!]
'Oh okay, Miss System.'
What does that mean? It was his smile that almost resembled an evil smile. Luckily Miss System meowed.
Eiji didn't want Alpha and his other women to think he looked like a villain. So, he quickly controlled his smile.
Isn't it too late? They've been thinking like that for a long time, host.
Miss System said in her heart.
The reason she reminded the host was also just because she wanted to. It definitely wasn't because she was lonely and liked to say something to get Eiji to talk to her.
If Eiji knew this... He would definitely mock Miss System and say Shinomiya Kaguya's catchphrase— "O kawaii Koto".
In English, it meant "How cute".
The reason why he liked to say this was because it was the words that the heroine often said.
And of course, she was a beautiful girl.
"Eiji-sama's judgment is correct. Aurora is a gem that shines brightly on the road and will shine even more if polished. Hila is the same, she and her younger sister have potential with a very high upper limit."
"As expected Eiji-sama. You have good eyesight to bring them to the Shadow Garden."
Alpha was very good at praising her master.
She was like herself who adored the protagonist in the original work and praised every single thing he did.
Albedo from Overlord also did the same to her protagonist.
Eiji was happy with Alpha's love and adoration for him, but unlike the two protagonists in the franchise. He did not make his subordinates have a big misconception about him.
Later, Alpha also told him the news of the other Shadow Garden members and many of them were on duty as usual.
At the current headquarters. Besides Alpha, Hila and Aurora. There were only Zeta and Haqua who were currently—
*Boom!!*
The sound of an explosion was heard from the direction of the training ground they were heading to.
...
The place in question was a flat area the size of a football field on the right wing of the castle.
The field was covered in a pink barrier that prevented explosions and any sound inside from spreading out. It was an anti-magic technology created by Eta with reference to the barrier of Eiji's house created by Lala.
It should be difficult for the sound of the explosion to be heard all the way out.
But right now, there were small cracks in the barrier due to the battle going on inside.
More precisely it happened because Haqua had just activated her Balance Breaker Sub-Species.
Unlike the Incinerate Anthem users in the original work, Walburga and Lint. Haqua's Balance Breaker Sub-Species allowed her to combine blue Hellfire and purple Holy Fire together.
Although the flames only gathered on her scythe, the power released by her slash was no less than Walburga and Lint's Sub-Species Balance Breaker.
Or rather, it was even several times more powerful because each of Haqua's attacks was a penetrating strike capable of splitting one of Japan's four major islands, Hokkaido, into two halves with flames that would burn everything.
Moments ago the attack had just been unleashed on Hila. She intentionally missed and didn't hit, but the barrier behind her took the brunt of the impact.
That was why the barrier of the training ground had small cracks! One could imagine how strong the barrier's defense was compared to Haqua's attack power right now.
The purple-haired girl had a disappointed expression on her face.
"The barrier didn't break. Not like when it took a serious attack from Alpha-sama and a few seats from the other Eleven Shadows. I still have to practice more."
"You... Are you testing your strongest attack power on the barrier of this place rather than on me?"
Hila's lips twitched.
She had some injuries on her body after sparring with Haqua and yes although she thought she could beat the girl.
But just like Alpha and Zeta had beaten her soundly. This purple haired girl was also stronger than her and she had a hard time defeating her.
At first Hila was arrogant even though she obeyed Eiji's orders to join his organization. She thought she could at least be the second or third strongest member, but what happened was the opposite! All the Shadow Garden members other than her and her younger sister were monsters!
She and her younger sister seemed to be the weakest members.
Hila felt a little insulted.
"Ah you misunderstood, Hila-san. I didn't mean to belittle you. At least except for that attack, I hurt you with my attack, right?"
Haqua said with a bit of panic.
Still, what she said sounded like Hila was a masochist.
Hila almost vomited blood when she heard this.
"Then let's do it again! Use your strongest attack and I'll do the same."
"Um... I don't think that's a good idea." Haqua wanted to refuse because she was worried about killing Hila.
Hila gritted her teeth.
Death energy exploded from her body and made her red hair and the ground around her fly into the air.
Combined with Shadow Garden's black bodysuit with gold details. She looked very sexy.
"Do it!"
She did not want to give up.
But at this moment, an adorable voice sounded from the sidelines.
"Big sister! I think you should give up this fight!"
"Aurora..."
Hila's cold voice became soft but still slightly annoyed as she looked at her younger sister.
Aurora who had been wearing the Shadow Garden uniform looked beautiful, especially with her long, wavy white hair. Although she was still petite, she looked healthier and fuller than when Eiji took her away from the Germinal organization's laboratory.
Aurora was anxious when her older sister became stubborn and wanted to compare her strongest attack with Haqua's attack.
The result was obvious, Hila was still weaker than Haqua and although she had strong healing abilities to heal the woman's wounds, she didn't want to see her hurt any worse than now.
Still, there was also something else that made Aurora uneasy since a few minutes ago.
She sensed an organism much stronger than all the Shadow Garden members she had known entering the World Tree. The other party's power level was beyond her ability to measure, Aurora wondered who it was?
Glancing at the cat-eared woman standing beside her. She wanted to tell Zeta who had trained her in hand-to-hand combat about this but before she could do so...
[Seeing beautiful women fighting in tight clothes is quite fun.]
[Hila and Haqua's fight is almost reaching the climax. Should I show up now? I think I'll watch until the end before showing up.]
"???" Aurora who heard Eiji's inner voice for the first time was surprised.
She looked around vigilantly.
However, Hila was only slightly surprised before smiling with a higher fighting spirit.
Haqua also felt the same way because she could also hear Eiji's inner voice since her episode in the past.
Zeta also noticed Eiji's arrival even though she couldn't hear his inner voice— her big cat ears twitched as she heard her master's voice from behind the barrier saying "Zeta, let Hila get what she wants."
Zeta naturally nodded and said to Haqua who was standing on the battlefield. "Haqua, do it. You have permission to attack Hila with everything you have."
"Huh? But..." Haqua hesitated.
"Wait! Isn't this too dangerous for my big sister? This is just combat training why not just stop here?" Aurora put aside the male voice she suddenly heard in her head and protested at what Zeta said.
She held the woman's arm and said with a pleading look.
However, Zeta's expression was indifferent and even cold. Don't get me wrong, she was always like this unless dealing with Eiji.
She ignored Aurora's pleas.
Haqua even listened to what Zeta said and unleashed her strongest attack again. This time she did it with precision.
Hila mobilized all her death energy for this attack. She took a posture similar to Vegeta who was about to unleash the Final Flash. But unlike that man, the energy she released was dark red in color.
The inside of the training ground was colored in purple and dark red. Slashes as high as barriers rubbed and lasers collided.
While Haqua only had to wait anxiously like Aurora in those few seconds.
Hila tried to push back Haqua's slash that was right in front of her eyes with her own attack.
However, she was unable to do so!
The death energy burned and split. At this moment, Hila felt a little regretful for being overconfident and wondered if she would die?
Even though she was confident that her little sister was able to heal any injury while she was dying.
She would still feel the agonizing pain of receiving this attack.
"You will die from receiving this attack, Hila. So leave it to me."
"!!!"
She heard Eiji's voice in her ear.
Hila knew he was around and watching her fight, she was still surprised to see his figure suddenly appear in front of her.
Although it was different from the last time she saw him, now he had blonde hair and looked shorter.
Even so, his backside was still very handsome... Bah!
Eiji casually slashed Haqua's attack with a sword he had just gotten from Miss System.
*Clang!*
With a beautiful clanking sound in everyone's ears.
The direction of Haqua's attack suddenly changed and flew into the sky.
The attack crashed into the barrier shattering it into pieces.
A strong wind blew throughout the training ground and even the surrounding area.
"....." At this moment, everyone, especially Aurora stared blankly at the man who blocked the attack for her older sister.
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