Chapter 19

Gabriel had woken up, he was in a rustic wooden room with practically no furniture, only a bed made of sheets and soft leather to increase comfort as much as possible.

He was in his fortress resting after a few moments of leveling, although his level hadn't increased drastically, if enough to make it worth all the time it took.

Once a full day of fighting had passed, he decided to return to the fortress to take a break. Luckily he had prepared a room and mainly a simple bed where he could sleep in light comfort.

So he was able to spend the night with a safe sleep even in this place. Obviously safe sleep didn't mean a good dream, since she actually hadn't slept well and the time in the dream world was extremely short. It's not that he didn't like to sleep, it's just that when he couldn't get to sleep properly, This has been happening since I arrived at the testing ground.

So at this point I was really upset and not wanting to do anything at all. But he knew that he couldn't waste time complaining and continuing to sleep, his enemies were gradually becoming stronger, and he had to move on if he didn't want to be left behind.

Actually if I calculated my strength with that of the monsters, I would be in the lower-middle part only considering their strength. If we consider all of his battle power and taking into account his attribute skills as well, he would be in a solid mid-range.

One would think that would be nice, but it was only the second stage and the monsters that inhabited the proving ground were still not extremely strong, at least considering that they have not yet reached the point where the high level monsters of the first stage (Wild Ogres) can be killed by the low level monsters of the second stage (Goblins,

Kobolds and other monsters without the [wild] trait).

But this doesn't mean that he would necessarily stay like this for long, so he had to move faster if he didn't want to be killed by a strengthened Goblin out of simple lack of strength. Although he had his relatives, he didn't want to fully trust them, since if I did, I would only be inciting laziness by letting them do everything for me.

She got up, took the spear leaning against the wall and left the room. He walked down a short corridor made of wood.

A group of four Guards made up of two Kobolds and two Goblins was passing by, I greeted them to which they happily said good morning.

I talked to them about various topics with no real purpose other than the talk itself, before continuing on my way. This was repeated a few times until I reached the central area of ​​the Fortress.

In the central area was the Goblin girl, Chloe, and a Kobold girl named Adele.

I approached them making a slight greeting, to which they stopped what they were talking about and greeted me.

"Good morning, master" Chloe said bowing like a gentleman towards her master.

"Hello Gabriel. How do you feel? You didn't sleep much like usual" Adele said without showing even an ounce of loyalty to her teacher.

The personality of both was so different that it was impressive considering that both were created by the same being. But since he was used to this, he didn't care much for me.

"I'm fine" I replied lightly "Although it was short, it was enough for me to move and fight" This was true, since now with their enhanced bodies, just a little rest was enough to keep them active for several hours without major problems, but obviously this couldn't be done for long periods of time or there would be consequences. Since it was still necessary to have a deep sleep from time to time so that the body can fully recover.

"Well, he is the teacher after all. I guess from the weapon in your hand, you're going to hunt more monsters today too," Adele said, pointing to the spear in my right hand that was resting on my shoulder.

"It's not like I have anything better to do, so I just want to focus on leveling up for a while." I said, "Speaking of which, how are things progressing around here?"

"They are progressing correctly, teacher" Chloe said "The construction of the rest area has been finished, and the Kobold group can now concentrate on finishing the defensive measures and once they are finished they can start making some improvements on certain parts that were half done." Chloe continued with the report about the small details, there was a lot of information in it, but basically everything was going well,

so apart from some readjustments in some things that had not been taken into account originally, everything could continue by itself.

They talked for a while longer before Gabriel continued on his way.

Walking in the direction of the main exit and entrance, he could see the great changes that had been taking place in the last few days. As he had been very focused on increasing his strength, looking away from a quick, not very detailed look, he hadn't noticed the immense progress his relatives had been making in building the fortress.

Looking at the built place, he couldn't help but smile unconsciously, he was happy. He loved the current situation, instead of how he was when he started, where there were only enemies around him looking to kill him, now he not only had people looking to help him progress but also a place to rest without having to worry about anything.

Sensing his mood improving, he kept walking until he reached the front door. Where there were two Kobolds watching in case menstruation arrived.

I greet you lightly, to which they happily waved back. The path into the forest was smooth, parting from a few groups of kobolds and goblins that were heading back to the fortress, it didn't make much of a difference.

"Isn't your number a bit high?" She thought her.

Originally her numbers in total would be less than one hundred, but with the constant battles and having to create familiars every time the Stigma's life force storage was filled, their number exceeded one hundred with relative ease.

That is why the different facilities were expanded to accommodate the new members, areas were also designated to be expanded several times over the current capacity to avoid future problems.

Even so, although their numbers had increased, their current strength was the same as their equivalents, but as many of them are concentrating on building the fortress and defending it, their overall strength will tend to become weaker than their counterparts.

Of course, this problem can be easily fixed by using [Strengthen], but this is not a good current measure.

Originally when the individual's strength was important, this was an easy measure to increase strength. But taking [Attributes], [Traits], and [Skills] into account, having more and more weight than overall strength, this measure would become less and less effective.

Still [Reform] serves to give them abilities or attached characteristics, but it's just easier and less expensive to let them build up their strength on their own. And this would be his plan once the fortress was finished.

For now, only a part of his familiars were destined to become stronger by killing monsters.

Once these become strong enough to kill entire groups of low-rank monsters by themselves, I would put them as leaders of weak familiars to serve as Guardians of the weaker ones.

With this formation there should not be too many casualties among their people.

The last thing he wanted was for his relatives to die for sending them to fight without any help. Even the current Groups are protected by the strongest of their forces.

Anyway, once he reached the forest he felt the presence of his named relatives nearby. They came to where he was, one had an authoritative presence while the other a dignified one.

The First was the former Silver Wolf, Managarm. The other was the ancient nine-tailed fox, Kyubi. Both of them were the protectors of the groups that he had encountered recently.

Both entities were large on their own, larger than a normal human at the very least.

Managarm purred happy to see his teacher, as both were busy with their respective tasks, he didn't have time to meet the wolf. Stroking his head, Managarm purred even more. This went on until he felt something spongy on his back. Looking at what it was, he noticed that it was one of the Kyubi's tails.

He didn't know why, but Kyubi liked to wrap their tails around him, so he let it be while he stroked Managarm's head.

This happy atmosphere continued for a while, until a new group from the subjugation team arrived. Greeting them, she rose and left them to do his duty.

Managarm and Kyubi were clearly unhappy, but they knew that they couldn't be playing with each other for long because their master had things to do, so apart from showing some dissatisfaction, they did nothing else.

Bidding farewell to both and the new group, she headed into the forest. It was time to hunt.