NOVPUB[Ely (???) | 0th Rank]
[HP: 184.6K/100 | MP: 8.74M/4,500 | SP: 870.5K/4,500]
[Talent: 6 Stars | Legendary]
[STR: 10 (Limit) | DEX: 10 (Limit) | CON: 173 | PER: 200 | ARC: 10 (Limit) | VIT: 656.1K | LCK: 100 (Max)]
Ely smiled when she saw her current stats. It was an impressive increase in stats since the last time she checked.
She then opened the page to check her log history. She did kill a lot of demons in the ancient secret realm. Not to mention the incident when Celestia forced her to cut down Sylvia...
Based on Yuuki’s estimation, Celestia’s sword slash exterminated over ten thousand demons and devils...
If so, she should get more additional stats than she should. However, she was surprised to find such an extensive list with so little stat increase.
(read more)...
[Slaying 6th Rank devil | MP +12]
[Slaying 3rd Rank devil | SP +6]
[Slaying 4th Rank devil | SP +8]
[Slaying 5th Rank devil | MP +10]
[Slaying 4th Rank devil | MP +8]
[The agent of the Dark Realm is satisfied with your cruelty]
"..." Ely was speechless and clueless. She needed to understand why the stats she got were a hundred times less than usual.
It was probably Sylvia’s summoned devils. She scrolled up and found the average reward for slaying demons.
She then scrolled the paper screen on the log history page to find what she got after killing the God of Poison. Celestia insta-killed that God.
After five minutes of scrolling, Ely finally found what she sought.
[Slaying 11th Rank God of Poison | HP +59K | CON +21 | SP +190K | MP +1M]
[The Constellation of Fate is impressed by your light within the darkness]
Sure enough, she received a nice stats increase from the Tiangong Sacred Land’s great ancestor.
Celestia did not reduce her reward. It was probably because of the quest directly sent by the Constellation of Fate. But, she received almost nothing when this God-tier sword slayed the 10th Rank monster.
Ely then checked the available missions on the quest list page.
[Help Sylvia’s revenge][Reward: Sylvia’s favorability]
[Exploit the Emperor of the Drocogalla Secret Realm’s favor][Reward: Prodigious amount of treasures]
[Bring the peace back to Drocogalla Secret Realm’s society][Reward: Numinous treasures, Charm +20]
"???" Ely had many question marks above her head. It was the first time she found Charm as a reward, but she had no such a stat on her status screen.
The top mission on the quest list was asking her to help Sylvia punish that bad guy. That was what she would do, though.
Then, the Devil Emperor’s favor. The quest asked her to exploit it, but that item belonged to Sylvia. Even so, the reward was so tempting, and it didn’t seem like to possess a significant risk.
The third quest was weird because she didn’t know how to complete it. There was no clue...
Ely tapped her chin while thinking, but she didn’t bother about it.
She scrolled the quest list to check a few things. After that, she asked her grimoire about Ulysses Devonshire’s current location. She got the answer, but it was only a city name. Nevertheless, Sylvia’s evil energy remnant would help spot the mastermind later.
"We must move immediately." Ely made up her mind as she couldn’t feel any relief, considering her friend still had third-party evil energy left.
She also had to do something about Sylvia’s defective demonic arts immediately. Sylvia got harmed by that flawed God-tier inheritance.
"Uhm, master... you’re awake?" Jophiel rubbed her eyes gently and propelled her body to sit up.
"Master, your fever has gone. Your temperature has returned to normal." Gabriella got up and checked her master’s temperature with a magic item.
"Eh? I get a fever when I sleep?" Ely was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, it was a sudden fever. The second sister panicked, but fortunately, it was only a normal fever." Jophiel breathed a sigh of relief.
"Normal fever..." Ely recalled what happened after she slew that Demon God. She got a fever, but this time, there was no warning.
Nevertheless, she appreciated her disciples’ consideration. She gave Gabriella and Jophiel a head pat. "Thank you for taking care of me."
"Hehe~ It’s our duty." Jophiel was pleased.
"..." Gabriella just nodded, but she blushed a little. It was rare for her to get a head pat because she was shy to request it. She could only receive it after she did something good worth her master’s appreciation.
Ely then checked her current devil makeup and adjusted her devil young master outfit.
"Hmm~" Jophiel adjusted her veil and observed her master from the side. She didn’t understand why her master disguised as a devil young master. Regardless, her master was always beautiful.
It was fresh and pleasing to the eye, but she was a bit jealous because the current event was about Sylvia, the blood dragon devil.
She was dissatisfied because that devil was privileged to be her master’s partner. Even though it was just pretending, it made her so envious!
"Master, may I know why you disguised yourself as a man this time? Was it because of that devil girl?" Jophiel asked in a whisper-like voice.
"Hmm, half of it, yes." Ely recalled Sylvia’s early warning. She looked weak, tender, and delicious... Her shrine priestess appearance could invite hungry demons and devils.
She disguised herself with Versatile Slime and several artifacts to avoid unnecessary trouble.
"Then, then, can we go somewhere in the future with a similar disguise as you are now, master?" Jophiel made her request with an expectant gaze.
"Yeah, sure." Ely didn’t mind spending more time with her disciples. Since Jophiel specifically asked for it, she couldn’t refuse.
Jophiel was excited and couldn’t wait for it. She knew she was always her master’s favorite child, so she expected her master couldn’t refuse her as long as it was a reasonable request.
Gabriela just rolled her eyes as she could guess Jophiel’s intention.
After that, everyone prepared to leave. Several hours later, they arrived at the nearby town.
Ely’s disciples went to gather information about the Count Devonshire Clan. Everyone was currently disguising themselves as devils, so things were going smoothly.
Everyone gathered again an hour later. Ely laid a map on the table and spotted the Urylas City, the Devonshire Clan’s territory.
"We are only about two hundred kilometers away from our target." Ely read the brief report that her disciples had collected in the last hour.
"It’s nice to have reliable disciples... Then, let’s move now." Sylvia muttered softly as she inspected Ely’s disciples. They were talented seedlings with a flawless foundations. As expected of Ely’s disciples.
"Before that, can you elaborate on the Devil Emperor’s jade plaque? How did you obtain it, and what is it useful for?" Ely raised her hand for attention.
"This thing? I don’t know why he said this in Emperor’s favor. I got this after accidentally saving him. I slaughtered many demons and monsters. He was just a dying devil back then. I ignored that man, but he gave me this thing."
"Did you kill him? Is he safe? What’s his name."
"I don’t know his name, but he is also a vampire. I let him go because I had accumulated enough blood qi then. He was a dying man then, but I don’t think he will die that easily. After all, he was a 9th Rank devil."
"Then, that’s good. He is probably this secret realm’s ruler."
Sylvia then told Ely about her experience.
Ely then proposed an idea, and everyone agreed with it. Because Sylvia would have done something big, they needed an internal backer to handle the overall situation. They couldn’t just rely on Klaus.
Therefore, before going to Urylas City, they visited Drocogalla Secret Realm’s capital city. It was a detour, but they would drag the Imperial Family over to take care of the aftermath of Sylvia’s revenge.
Although, they weren’t there to ask for help directly. The Imperial Family would come to them voluntarily.
As for how Ely would drag the Imperial Family into the fray, that was what they would do to the so-called Emperor’s favor. She also wished to receive a good reward for exploiting it.
Regardless, Sylvia was the one who would receive the most benefits.
"Sir, is this the best silk in this city?" Sylvia asked a particular shop owner.
"You have come to the right place, miss. This silk is not the best in this city, but the best in the entire Drocogalla Secret Realm."
"Then, pack everything. I want everything!"
"Miss, honorable customer, do you want to buy everything?"
"Yes, you heard me. Make it fast. This is the Emperor’s favor!"
"Emperor’s blood jade plaque! Ye-yes, the esteemed customer. We will wrap everything right away!"
The shop owner bowed respectfully, then immediately ordered his underlings to wrap all the silk. He begged other customers to leave because he was closed for business that day.
"Woah... So this is what this jade plaque is for." Sylvia stared in awe at the item in her hand. She then gave Ely a thumbs up. It was just what Ely expected.
