Chapter 31: What the Freak??

'Uncle Deron sure is an amazing person." I thought while moving towards the recruitment space to recruit two Daemons today.

Nightmare Hounds were after I recruited the Daemons, I was having a great time today with the matter related to Smithy and blacksmith being dealt with.

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WOOSH!!!

The Space glowed with blinding light for some time with silhouettes of two bulky giants standing in front of it.

"Were they ORCS??"

And yup they were, the same as the two we have in our territory.

<GREETINGS MASTER>(Both in unison...)

They both had the same stats except one was male while the other was female.

The amazing fact about these two recruited daemons was Female was bigger and bulkier than male. I had thought our 'Little Orion'(Name given to the first ORC by Lilith) was smaller than Miss. Orc due to their difference in tier but not, the female ORC definitely is bigger than the Male ones.

"Welcome Brave Warriors to the Territory.."

<For the Great lord>

They both started swinging their clubs in excitement.

"Lilith, Help these two settle in our territory."

<Yes master.>

<Welcome brave warriors to our territory. Our territory is located inside the Greyvile forest having several monsters....> Lilith was already explaining to the two new recruits regarding our territory before taking them away from the recruitment space towards the other building while I was left alone staring at the space with blank gaze.

<HOHO... So You can only recruit two warriors a day without fixed attribute or race.> Deron smiled at me after noticing me dazed while looking at a blank space(Recruitment space) in front of me.

I was brought outside from reverie after he lightly tapped on my shoulders while asking me about my ability to recruit Daemons on a regular basis.

"Yes, I can only recruit two Daemons regularly without knowing about their race or attributes when recruiting." I nodded at him.

Also, I had to give respect to him as he looked totally engrossed while inspecting the tools in the Smithy to know anything that was happening outside the Smithy. Yet, he was in front of me looking at the space I was gazing at with a light smile on his face.

"Weren't you in the smithy inspecting the tools before sometime?" I raised my brows in amazement.

<It's just a little trick.> He replied with a smile on his face.

I could only click my tongue in amazement looking at him returning towards the smithy with light steps.

" Uncle Deron, Can you make equipment suitable for warriors using the materials obtained from the monsters outside?" I was just asking to know whether he was able to utilize the drops obtained from the monsters in some decent equipment.

<Oh you are talking about the Dog's(Nightmare hound)body and snake's (Nightmare Python) body.?>

"He is something else to call Nightmare Hound and Nightmare Python as a dog and a snake." I once again slicked my tongue in amazement. Those two monsters especially Nightmare Pythons have one Tier-2 Monster and several peak level tier-1 monsters amongst their ranks but he is belittling them as mere snakes.

" Yes yes, those dogs and snakes."

<I can make some decent stuff from them but do you have enough of the materials those Monsters?>

" Is this enough?!" I directly showed him the stored items in the warehouse.

Those items weren't that many but were much more for someone who had become a lord for only five days and hadn't spent a single penny to purchase them from the market. I was proud of the items stored in the warehouse as no one was able to compare the loot in my warehouse with theirs in terms of the items being stored there.

Of course, those from powerful families and with unusual talents or attributes like mine are excluded from the lords that I am talking about. I couldn't fight against those from powerful families while those with unusual talents or attributes like mine were even more dangerous as they might have something not known to us like my talent that even let me change my attribute as if it was nothing. I could even upgrade the talent after meeting certain requirements which was also unheard of.

" Look at those tier-1 materials stored in my warehouse." Was it something that someone who had only awakened as a Lord for five days was able to collect and store in their warehouse?

" No, it wasn't. But I was storing these items in my warehouse to collect dust." I could feel my nose getting bigger as my thoughts ran wild.

<Hoho... I couldn't even make proper tier-1 equipment with such a lousy collection of materials. But if it was the souls from those undead outside territory, could have some amazing produced for you.>

This sentence shattered my tiny heart into so many pieces that I wasn't even able to breathe properly for some time. I just stared at Uncle Deron who was looking at me with gloating eyes. 

I had several materials from tier-1 monsters hunted by us that weren't of any worth to him, but the one monster whom I couldn't even touch right now was something he was interested in. 

I really wanted to punch and break his nose looking at the playful look on his face but I couldn't as he was way stronger than me in the first place.

Another reason was his loyalty, it could just decrease if I were to use my authority as a lord to punish him for a petty reason.

If someone powerful like him starts revolting, even the experienced lord will have a hard time handling the matter much less me, someone who wasn't even a fledgling in front of such veteran lords. The only outcome for me if someone as strong as Uncle Deron revolted was getting killed in the process.

Also, I hadn't even become a lord for a week to do something dangerous for no reason.

I have to say, Those lords who had utilized their authority to harass their warriors inside the territory had all died brutally due to their warriors betraying them once outside the territory.

I wasn't going to die getting betrayed by my own warriors for some petty reasons.

" Uncle Deron, It wasn't funny, you know. My poor heart nearly stopped beating for some time." I looked at him with beady eyes while clutching my chest(as I had thought) with both hands.

" I DEFINITELY WAS ACTING AT THE LEVEL OF THOSE WITH OSCARS BEFORE DISASTER." I had such thoughts in my mind while thinking about the expression that I had on my face. 

< Hmph, Don't you dare to trick this mighty Blacksmith with your lowest-rated acting skills young lad. Also, Don't you feel ashamed while acting like some idiot in front of others?> He scrunched his nose while looking at me with disdain before walking towards the smithy.

<GAHAHAHA > ORCs' laughter(mixed one)

< Kyahahaha> Goblins' laughter

I looked around after listening to the atrocious laughter only to see the red face of Lily. Those pair of ORCs along with Grede laughing maniacally like idiots after listening to Uncle Deron cracked the lamest joke ever.

" WHAT THE FREAK?" I could only shake my head looking at the daemons surrounding me excluding Lilith who was also looking in our direction with a confused gaze while helping the newly recruited orcs learn more about the territory.

" Hmph, All of you get back to your work. We are going to clear the monsters in the vicinity near the Nightmare swamp where Nightmare Python King resides. Also, let the new recruits learn about our strategy and have them prepare to lead our group in the upcoming hunts near the Domain ruled by the Nightmare python king after we have more peak Tier-2 daemons in the territory?' I harrumphed before walking towards the Village cottage for resting but after recruiting two Nightmare Hounds for today in the process.

I was actually exiting the lord space as it had already been around two hours after entering the territory today. But, I wasn't in the mood to let them know about it. I even revoked any authorization I had given to Lily and Lilith, stopping them from entering the cottage for sometime before exiting the territory.