Ch-2 Hermes

Average height, Pale face, black hair, black eyes looking like a bottomless pit and a wide mischievous grin, that's the only way to describe the person present in front of Ryan

"My lord, it's my privilege to serve you"

The person said with a light bow and still intact mischievous grin which makes it hard to conclude whether he was saying the truth or not, Ryan was still examining the person present in front of him, but then from nowhere.

[OPENING SUBORDINATE STATS

NAME : HERMES

LEVEL :1(0/100 KP)

STRENGTH : 7

AGILITY : 10

VITALITY : 5

TRAIT : HYPER INTUITION, REGENERATION,( MORE TRAITS CAN BE GAINED MORE AFTER LEVELING UP)

EQUIPMENTS- BLACK ROBE ]

This surprised Ryan that he can even look at his subordinates stat window and what more his subordinates can be leveled up.

"System is every summon upgradable?"

[NEGATIVE, ONLY S OR ABOVE SUMMONS CAN BE LEVELED UP]

"Do I have to give KP to my subordinates? "

[NEGATIVE, THEY HAVE ABILITY TO GAIN KP THEMSELVES ]

This answer greatly elated him, afterall his subordinate was too powerful even if he was only level 1 and the traits were already on another level, but that was too be expected afterall SSS summons are ranked on top of underworld's hierarchy and by the looks of it he notice one more thing no-one can hear his conversation with system which was a great plus point.

"Hermes so shall we move on to our journey "

"As you wish my lord"

"BHWAAAAA!!!"

They were about to move on when they heard a roar towards them and then a boar twice the size of normal boar appeared which greatly shocked Ryan and made him realise that this world is greatly different than his previous world, but he wasn't afraid of that boar cause he had Hermes with him and this could very well turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

"Show me what you have got Hermes"

"It's my pleasure, my lord "

After that in blink of an eye, Hermes was behind boar and before boar could turn around he got his neck broken which resulted in that boar's instant death, by this Ryan was really impressed and now he has vague understanding of SSS summons power.

"So now comes the meal time I suppose, Hermes can you cut this boar body in pieces "

"As you wish, my lord "

Hermes found a sharp stone and then by using it he separated the waste part from the nutritional part of the body thinking that his lord must be hungry.

"My lord shall I roast it?"

"No need I will eat it raw"

Ryan didn't want any good part to be wasted or meat quality to get degraded since it will be affecting its power and then started his trait gluttony which even helped him in eating around 10 kg meat which even greatly shocked him and then came the best part, he felt a new found strength in himself which made him a little fuzzy and then it came.

[REVALUATING HOST'S CURRENT STATS... REVALUATION COMPLETED. ]

"System open my stats window "

Ryan said quite excitingly afterall he wanted to know how much strength did he gain, after his all that tasteless eating.

[OPENING HOSTS STATS WINDOW

RYAN MAGNUS

STRENGTH : 1.9

AGILITY : 1.3

VITALITY : 2.5

MAGIC : 0.3

TRAITS : GLUTTONY

SKILLS : MIGHT

SUBORDINATES : HERMES (LEVEL-1) ]

Ryan gained a lot but their was still a question.

"System on what basis are these stat points distributed?"

[HOST WILL GAIN 30% OF HIS ENEMY'S EACH STAT ]

Now this helped Ryan a lot in understanding, it means boar strength was 3, agility 1, vitality 5 and magic 1, that's how Ryan got his increase in stats 0.9, 0.3, 2.5 and 0.3 respectively.

....

"Did you spot anything "

"Yes, my lord there is a small village around 1 km from here "

Hermes said while standing on top of a huge tree to scout area around them

"Then let's embark on our journey "

Ryan said with eyes sparkling with ambitions and then they reached their destination around noon afterall the forest was full of obstacles and hurdles including few beasts Hermes have slaughtered and Ryan had eaten.

"How do you feel about this village "

"Feeling is positive, my lord"

"Now that's promising"

Ryan asked standing few meters away from the village, which shows he can't neglect hyper intuition trait Hermes have, afterall it can help them evade possible dangers.

....

"Do you think we can meet the demands of goblins this month "

Said a skinny aged person who was clearly malnourished to the point it would hurt the eyes.

"It's not a matter of we can, we must meet their demands otherwise you know what will happen "

Middle aged man said with a stern face which was showing the years of hardships he have seen, but that response made the other person's face gloomy and then they saw a village guard approaching them or you could say another villager wearing leather armor and holding a long wooden spear and behind him were two men, one was wearing a black robe another was wearing tattered clothes but both of them looked domineering, but the black robe guy was giving another feeling which was akin to demon carrying a mishieveous smile before playing with his toys.

"Who are they Robb and where did you find them in this forest of hell"

Asked stern looking middle age man cautiously cause his senses were saying to him that he should stay away from them.

"Chief they said they have a proposal for you "

Said Robb while sweating which was indicating that he was powerless in front of them and the stern face middle age man who was this village's chief, now confirmed that they were someone they can't mess with and then he straightened his clothes and gone directly to the guy wearing black robe then he bowed and said

"My esteemed guest from where did you came and what can this small village can do for you and your subordinate "

The moment he said that, the chief felt air around him suffocating and then he could easily see the bottomless black eyes that were glaring at him like they were ready to devour him at any moment .

"My lord, give me permission to turn this pile of bones into your throne "

"Permission granted "

The moment Ryan said that the moment a shriek could be sounded throught the village, Ryan didn't mind it since rather than mindless talking he would demonstrate them their strengths so the things gets a lot easier and making a example out of their chief was the best option and then Ryan turned over to Robb while giving Hermes his time to do his thing.

"Robb, was it?"

"Yes sir... No, lord"

Robb who was now almost scared to death by the previous event was doing his best now to not displease the person present in front of him.

"I have some questions for you "

"Ask away lord "

And now even Robb started to call him lord out of fear and by all that commotion villagers started to gather around their chief's house, but when they see corpse of their chief and the person beside it still not finished with it, gave them scare of their life, they didn't dare to interrupt them.

"What's this village called and where is this situated"

The second part of the question kinda confused Robb but he didn't dare to ask any question.

"Lord, this village is called Timutha and this village is situated in the forest of hell, of Lord Tie's territory"

"Forest of hell... Any particular reason people call it that"

"Lord, this forest is ruled by few orcs, which were exiled from their race and now they command goblins which resides in this area and since this forest is not much beneficial to lord because it separate the kylom and laeryon kingdom, so if any kingdom tried doing any major activity in this forest then it will be a message of war to another kingdom that's why they don't indulge in activities related to this forest, afterall the relationship between the kingdoms are sweet in front and dagger at back, both the kingdoms want to expand but they are trying to find another one's fault first so they can ask for aid from another kingdom in case of crisis "

This explanation was like a sweet song to Ryan's ear, since he can easily build his own faction here and until it becomes too large they will go unnoticed, which solved his many problems but one question was making his mind restless.

"I understand everything but... Orc? What are they I have never heard of them "

This response of Ryan made Robb's eyes go wide, it was like they will pop out soon if he didn't stop, but still he doesn't have power nor courage to ask a question from Ryan.

"Lord Orcs are a stronger and taller version of goblins they can easily handel ten's of average humans "

"Huh?.... What is goblin by the way"

Ryan had heard stories about goblins back on his world but they were mere myths so he wanted to confirm things and on the other hand Robb wasn't shocked anymore bit by bit he was getting used to this.

"Goblins are creatures a little more taller than our waist, their skin is green and they are greedy filthy creatures which raid's our village every month and if we can't fullfill their requirements of women and food they take everything from our village kill whomever they want without hesitation and rape our women's ... "

Robb forgot about Ryan while speaking of goblins misdeed and started cursing them, but soon after he regained his senses when he saw Ryan still looking at him with expressionless face.

"Hmm... So that's how it is"

Then came the realisation to Ryan that there are many things in this world about which he isn't aware yet, but then a thought came in his mind which swept his emotionless face with a bright smile, which can make anyone found it soothing and happy, but deep down Robb felt a huge storm coming because of that smile.