3 Chapter 3 - Slaughter

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

[System]

{System Speech}

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In the end, I know what I should do because he is of the "Demon King" Race; he can summon minions, and even though he is a Goblin, it does seem like he has been able to summon some units. Using Observe, I can see the stats of the Goblins, and they're disgustingly weak to the point I'm surprised he didn't just give up.

[Goblin Gatherer]

[Level 1 Unit]

[HP:3]

I use twelve of my fifteen souls to make another ability; with that, I am ready.

(POV: Goblin Chief Thomas)

'In the end, I got enough gold to summon some of these weak [Goblin Gatherer]s, but I don't think it'll be enough to save me from these dastardly Heros!' As Thomas thought of this, he saw something in the corner of his vision rushing towards him and his [Goblin Gatherers]. "HEY! WHO ARE YOU-!" While trying to speak, Thomas, surrounded by his [Goblin Gatherer]s, saw the humanoid creature stop and heard him say something. His mouth opened briefly, yet it felt like it took ages to say anything until he heard it "Fall." Instantly, Thomas's world went black; even the sky went completely dark, and he saw a System message

[You were hit by "Fall," a miniature domain]

[Stats Sealed by 25%]

[-1 Health every second]

[Effects - Tiredness, Sluggishness, Impaired Vision, Nausea, Speech Inpairment]

[Warning! Your territory is under an invasion!]

Thomas was trying but failing to fight off the effects of this ability, but with the [Goblin Gatherers], he heard them one by one die.

[Your Goblin Gatherer has been killed!]

[...]

Until only he was left, and then he heard the creature speak up again, "You are alone." Thomas could feel his health had already dropped by almost half without even being hit by this demon, yet it spoke up again, "There is only darkness for you and only death for your people." "And I have come for you, Thomas!" as that was said, Thomas could feel a hand touch his body, and his vision went black.

(MC POV:)

Even though the move may have looked cool, it took a lot of [MP] and was made as barebones as possible because, with only 12 souls, I couldn't make it perfect even if I wanted to. I did gain eight souls and used [Endless Devouring] on the bodies, yet the [Goblin Gatherer]s were too weak to give me any stat points; they did help me gain my [MP], but the [Goblin Chief] did, surprisingly give me some permanent stat points.

[+1 STR]

'Stats.'

[Race: Eldritch (██████)

[Health: 350]

[MP: 136/200]

[STR: 35+1]

[AGI: 25]

[CON: 35]

[WIL:20]

[Abilites: Endless Devouring, Shape Mould, Maddening Aura, Assimilative Regeneration, Observe, Fall.]

Thinking of the situation of the "Demon King versus Heros" game, I know the Demon Kings have a million-member chat group on this continent. I did wonder if I could get into their chat group. 'System, give me the ability to see this continent's Demon King chat group.' Making it bare bones as possible still took ten out of my eleven souls and only allowed me to see the group chat. The chat only allows one message per day due to the massive number of players, so the chat wall flies FAST.

[Man! You all got good luck while I am only a skeleton Demon King!]

[I only want to survive the invasion of Heros, but I will probably die due to my weak race.]

[You guys are getting high-tier races??]

[Imagine being stuck as a skeleton or slime. COULDN'T BE ME!]

[I'm here with my Wraith King Race, and you won't see me complaining.]

[AYO WRAITH KING, PLEASE CARRY ME!!]

[STOP GLAZING LIL BRO!]

[+1 STOP GLAZING ON GOD!]

[He just wants to survive, bro; let him go fr...]

[I'm a Slime Demon King, yet you don't see me jumping to the first Demon King I see.]

[I don't think bro is glazing; he's just trying all his options.]

I've seen enough for now this is definitely the American Continent. Moving back to the task at hand, every Demon King spawns with an "Alter" that allows them to summon units to use for whatever, and each unit is one hundred percent loyal to the summoner. Walking up to the Alter, I take a good long look at it. The color is black with long red lines running through it. It looks how you would think a "Demon King" Alter would look with the pointed top and rectangular shape. I ran my hand gently against it and then took my hand back only to throw the most brutal punch I could, which promptly shattered the Alter. Usually, when Heros kill a Demon King and destroy their Alter, they get skill stones from it, while killing a Demon King will give them "Training Points," which can be obtained by killing monsters, but the Demon Kings give way more depending on strength. They can skip 20 years or more of non-stop training in only a few seconds.

In this world, the power levels go as follows: "Basic, Elite, Lord, Overlord, and Monarch," with levels following after that. As I am not from this world, I don't fully have that System of leveling, so now I need to get souls to gain the ability to get the Heros version of "Training Points." While Demon Kings get a chat, Heros can detect a Demon King from a certain distance away, and it would be helpful if I could get that ability. I can't use Training Points, so I'll try to get the ability to convert it to stat points with a two-one conversion rate, as that shouldn't take many souls. With that thought, I take off in a direction at half my full speed; hopefully, I can find some creatures to kill on the way there.

(An hour later.)

I had found what I was looking for a Kobold-type Demon King, and I was looking for one because of the way the Alter works. The weaker the racial bonuses, the less the units cost, and because of this fact, a dragon Demon King would have to pay way more for a unit than a kobold Demon King. This Demon King was doing well for himself as he had 20 units in total, the [Kobold Laborer] and [Kobold Soldier], with their stats being far below mine but above the goblins.

[Kobold Laborer]

[Level 1 Unit]

[Health: 7]

[STR: 1]

[CON:1]

[AGI:1]

[WIL:1]

[Kobold Soldier]

[Level 1 Unit]

[Health: 20]

[STR:3]

[CON:4]

[AGI:5]

[WIL:3]

[Kobold Chief (Demon King Race)]

[Name: Dex]

[Is currently trying to grow his army]

[Wants to go back home to his family]

[Health: 45]

[STR:5]

[CON:9]

[AGI:7]

[WIL:5]

I've noticed I can't see their skills or other information, but that happens when you make a barebones [Observe]. He has five soldiers and fifteen Gatherers; the soldiers have spears while the Gatherers don't, and in the end, this will be easy. Immediately, I rushed at full speed toward the first soldier it saw me approaching, but again, it was too slow to defend against me. I grab its face and smash it hard into the ground, causing a sickening crunch, and with this, the Demon King has already been alerted. I bolt to the next soldier, who is currently rushing toward me. It tried to spear me straight through the heart, only for me to sidestep by a hair's breadth and backhand him across the face. With the backhand slap, its grasp on its spear lessens, only to find I have yanked it out of his hand. I spin the spear around and hit him with the shaft of it, only to turn into a sweeping motion, knocking him on his back and with a spear to his chest that is one less enemy.

[+2 Souls]

Another Soldier approached me, and I handled this one-on-one because the soldiers were spread out due to their low quantity. I threw the spear in his face sideways, which he wasn't expecting, only to be hit on the bridge of his nose; that was the start of my combo as I continued with a punch to the face, then a backhand, only to the knee him in the face into an uppercut, finally to appear behind him with a HARD left hook to the face ultimately killing him due to the force of the last punch. All of this took place in three and a half seconds, and that was because I was having fun with it, but when I'm not in danger, there's no way I'm not going to try a combo out. "WHAT THE FU*K WAS THAT BRO!?" the display had been seen by the Demon Lord and his summoned units. "EVERYONE KILL HIM NOW!" all the units under the Demon King rushed me at once, and right when I was about to be hit by a multitude of attacks, "Fall.".

[You've been hit by a miniature domain.]

[Stats Sealed by 25%]

[Effects - Tiredness, Sluggishness, Impaired Vision, Nausea, Speech Inpairment]

This time, Instead of taking my time, I quickly went around and crushed the skull of every enemy in my way, eventually leaving only the Demon King alive. "Shhemrhmmm." It seems he was trying to speak, yet he couldn't get it out due to the effects of [Fall]. I crush his skull as he is the last one alive, with only the Alter remaining as proof he had existed. I then destroyed it due to not wanting to give Heros free skills.

I used [Endless Devouring] on every corpse there, with only the Demon King giving any permanent stat points.

[+1 CON]

'Stats.'

[Race: Eldritch (██████)

[Health: 360]

[MP: 106/200]

[STR: 35+1]

[AGI: 25]

[CON: 35+1]

[WIL:20]

[Abilites: Endless Devouring, Shape Mould, Maddening Aura, Assimilative Regeneration, Observe, Fall.]

Looking at my soul count.

[Souls: 24]

I then make the ability to get the skills from defeated Demon Kings for five souls and the ability to gain skills from the Alter for seven souls. Leaving me with twelve souls, and with this, I then use all of my souls to make a new ability. [Eldritch Blessing] This skill allows me to bestow my blessing to those weaker than me. In doing this, they become tied to me, allowing me to kill them if they betray me instantly. Due to only having 12 souls, the ability is scuffed as I can only add a one to twenty-five percent increase in stats. I didn't need anything from the Kobold Demon King as he barely had anything, so destroying the Alter before getting the skills doesn't matter.

My top priority is finding a high-tier Demon King after getting a good amount of souls. After all, today's slaughter has just begun.

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