Maverick feels his body relaxing. Above them, Liliaghant was playing around.
Even while having fun, she emits a gentle glow that heals their weary bodies.
"Scooch over." Suddenly, someone arrives and pushes him to the side.
He frowns and complains.
"Why are you stealing my spot?"
"Because Lil Lillia is flying above you, this is the perfect spot." Frank answers as if it were a matter of fact.
"I ain't moving." Of course, he knows this, which is why he's not willing to move.
"You younglings have no respect for your elders!" Frank complains, but still relented and lies in another spot.
The sound of children laughing and the bright sunny day emitting a gentle glow of sunshine rains down on their group.
They had been fighting all of this time. During their free time, they would either train or take some missions.
They spent their three-day rest peacefully. Unless Daniel announces that he would once again open the gate of their estate, no one would force him.
Three days later, a large crowd of people are now lining up in front of the gate as the city lord has announced that Daniel has awakened from his slumber and is now going to treat patients once again.
"Okay, everyone, please line up in an orderly fashion." Reggie, with a missing leg and fingers, appears.
There are some members of his group following him with guilt in their faces.
Some members are missing amongst them.
"Boss Reggie, I know that you are close with Saint, but do you really think that he will accept your request?" One of them, who seems to be a new face, asks.
Reggie sighs.
"I do not know. If Saint did not force me to check up in our hideout, the worst would have happened."
During his escape, the members of the Salvation Church managed to cut off his leg.
He had to hide his body and the child that he was carrying in a hidden spot. He failed in reaching the estate.
The gate slowly opens as everyone once again witnesses the beauty of the estate.
Daniel was now sitting on a bed in a meditative position, Liliaghant flying above him.
"Reggie? What happened to you!?" Bryan, with his sharp eyes, immediately sees Reggie and his group.
Daniel opens his eyes after hearing Bryan's exclamation.
Seeing his friend in such a state, a baleful aura filled with oppressive power and dense killing intent descends in the area, but only for a split second.
He takes a deep breath and exhales.
"Come, Lilia would be able to heal your lost limb and fingers."
Reggie hesitates and finally decided to approach him and whispers something to him.
"Just that? You are hesitant because of just that? You helped my family with a lot of tasks and even helped guard me during the healing session, and you are actually worried that I would refuse such a simple request!?"
His voice was loud enough for others to hear, causing everyone to look strangely at Reggie.
"If you were not injured right now, I would have buried your head to the ground. Go on, bring them here. Leave some of your group here to inform the city lord's guards." He waves his hand.
Reggie was about to bow to express his gratitude when he feels a prickling sense of hostility from multiple figures.
He freezes in his tracks and inwardly feels warm. He knows that those people do not want him to feel so indebted.
Ordering his men, he had them bring the injured family members of their group. With Daniel's permission, no one would stop him.
Now that the city lord has started purging all the remnants of the two churches, the city has returned to its usual activities.
Unfortunately, the damage that the lunatics and necrophiles did was just too big to ignore.
The city is now trying to rebuild the destroyed houses and infrastructure. Fortunately, this world is complex with both powerful people and ancient tradition with futuristic technology.
With how important Daniel is to the eyes of the city lord, the protection that was assigned to him is quite shocking.
Multiple elite silver rankers are now patrolling the area around their estate.
Skeleton King's avatar is still at large. They do not know when he will return. They only know that Daniel has a way to hurt him.
Seeing just how tight the security is, his family is relieved.
"Now that the city lord is guarding Daniel quite strictly, we can finally start taking missions again." Maverick stated.
"I think it is better that we go in batches. The girls are not involved in this." Richard added.
"Hey! Why are we not involved!?" Ashley angrily asks.
"Because you four are still working on the task that Daniel assigned you. Besides, you girls need to return every night to help us on guarding our home." Richard hurriedly explains.
The girls heard this and agree with his reason. Ashley was embarrassed as she quickly left.
"I volunteer to stay this week." Richard said.
Sigh "You idiot, that would also mean that I had to stay." Bryan glares at him.
Richard laughs out loud.
"I think I am also going to stay. I need to consolidate my foundation now that I have started cultivating."
"Same." Chris also feels the same way.
Andrew sighs.
"That would leave me, Brock, and Heran. The three of us might have great cooperation, but we operate in different ways."
"Then pick a mission that involves other mercenary groups. Maybe you can help us expand our influence and contacts." Mira suggested.
"It seems that this is the only thing I can do." Andrew smiles bitterly.
"I am probably going to go on solo missions that are designated in high places like steep mountains and tall hills." Heran stated.
"I am probably going to take on escort missions, just like little sister Mira has said, we need to expand our influence." Brock stated.
"I am going to train my swordsmanship, probably going to enter the battlefield near the undead portal." Maverick stated.
The four waves goodbye and left. The girls also wish to travel around the city to check up on their schoolmates.
Seeing them like this, the ladies start to feel like they are burdens to the group.
Carna lifts her weapon and went to the training area. Tsuki starts meditating next to Daniel.
Juvvy and Hina went to the pond. They feel a lot more refreshed and relaxed cultivating and meditating surrounded by some sort of body of water.
Frank knows that he cannot leave Daniel's side as he is assigned as one of the guards.
Unfortunately, he was too excited after obtaining his very own cultivation technique that he has been cultivating nonstop.
His soul is now hurting, and his core is now overflowing, and yet he is still far from leveling up.
According to Daniel, this is not a good indicator.
Right now, he is focusing on refining his body and trying to reach deeper in the threshold of strength.
He starts shadow boxing near Daniel, trying to stimulate the threshold of strength instinctively.
He is not at the level where he can use the threshold of strength just by thought. He needed to focus to use it.
Seeing this, Bryan and Richard summons their partners and starts training with them.
Seeing them like this, the people were confused, but since they are members of this family, their actions were secretly recorded by some people.
Daniel, who was cultivating silently, senses a movement inside his spiritual world. He is confused and enters it.
"What is happening!?" He is shocked as he senses the volatile movement of the world energy that he absorbed.
[System is currently transforming host's partner, the dragon egg.]
"What!? Why was I not informed of this!?" All of the time, the system has always informed him about what it was doing.
[The system did, please check the system's interface for further information.]
He is startled as he hurriedly checked the past messages sent to him.
[Due to host's condition, the dragon egg has not received enough nutrients to continue nursing its health.]
[System is promoted to use drastic measures!!!]
[The dragon egg shall return to only one bloodline and half of its bloodline shall be cleansed and purged, sacrificing its grade for its health.]
He is shocked, but even if he knows, he would accept this measure. No matter how great one's bloodline is, if you are dead, it would be of no use.
"So how will you purge the bloodline?" He asks.
[Host's symbiotic partner, Bless, has poison attribute. Using its skill (Devour), the dragon egg will be cleansed of any poison type bloodline, leaving only its earth attribute.]
"Is that so." He mulls over this and claps his hand.
"Then, what should I do to hasten or at least smoothened out this process?" He hurriedly asks.
[Refrain from using the Symbiote Vine of Despair (Bless) at the current moment and absorb as much world and earth energy as you can.]