The demon, One, stared at Ner, maddened by how such a simple operation could be ruined by an armoured nobody who he couldn’t get a reading on. ‘It just goes to show that one couldn’t let their guard down,’ One sighed at his mistake. He stared at the foot that pressed down at the now decapitated comrade with a bit …

“What a shabby establishment.” Padding away the dust off of his robe, one of the demons commented. “You know when everything was still solidly built together. There’s some charm in the architecture Four.” Another commented in a more feminine tone. “Charm? In the human sense sure, but who cares about that. Three, you’re eyes must have gone blind, this cruddy …

“So they’re holed up in such a troublesome place? Should we abandon our plans?” After dismissing his subordinate, and musing over the report he had just received, the ambassador turned towards the man before him and asked these questions. “No, we’re continuing as what we agreed on earlier. Unlike other cases, the target is of utmost importance. There is a …

“It’s a no go, huh,” Ner muttered as Luon exited the sixth store they had visited, the latter only lightly nodded in response as he had expected this. “As I said, sir, most of us from Alpha Hideout isn’t too fond of foreigners, the only one we do imports and exports with is Harmonic Forest and that’s for food. Other …

“… so where are we now?” Ner asked. It’s been several days since they had departed from the planet and they had spent most of their times channeling mana into the energy reserves of the ship. With their lack of sustenance, it was tedious besides doing this they had spent their time sleeping to conserve their energy. The standard rations …

“How’s it going?” Ner asked as he finished clearing the floor of Inzektors. “It’ll take quite a while to get one of these moving properly. Fortunately, all I have to do is replace the deteriorated parts. Skipping the tests, I’m going to need another 30 minutes.” Luon replied as he worked away. “As if we have 30 minutes to spare. …

“Let’s go. The debris will only hold them off for a few minutes,” Ner said as he led the charge. The two ran towards the stairs, along the way Luon tossed the last of his explosives into the elevator shaft, closing the opening. According to Ner, there were two ways to ascend the tower. The elevator sounded tempting to use …

Laughter echoed throughout the cavern, the source of it, Luon couldn’t but exclaim, “Ascension? Does that imply that when you reach level 100 that you’ll be equivalent to a god? If it was that easy, then everyone should be aiming towards it. That’s rather a childish dream and pathetic excuse to execute many beings just for the sake of it.” …

“If only you had listened to me none of us would have died.” “Traitor!” “Hahaha. How could you fall for the easiest trick in the book?” “The blood of your family is tasty, but how much better it would be if I used your skull as a chalice?” “Die…” “…” A myriad of thoughts echoed and lingered within Luon’s mind. …

Immediately after landing, the Inzektors that were waiting for Luon’s arrival made their move. They sprung forward at him with their claws threatening to tear his limbs apart. “Transform!” The belt Luon wore let out a mystical glow as a black set of armor covered Luon’s limbs. The attacks were repelled by his armor, the low-level Inzektors could only tickle …