Empress' Evolution

Chapter 22: Debt V

The hulking Ogres were all low on the ground, prostrating before the tiny one that is Lilith, it was an odd sight.

Their heads were about as big as Lilith's entire body so it was even more confusing to see such a sight. They were all trembling in fear, but the oddest of them all would be the one Lilith attacked, for being the most frightened.

"...I do not know how I angered your divine self, but this lowly one offers this life to quell your anger."

[Mission: Empress' Kingdom #1]

[] You have encountered the [Ogre Tribe]. The Two Horns is a being of great importance to them as the Two Horns is of direct descent to the "Purebreds" or beings who are closest to their Ancestral Heritage. In other words, a Two Horns is revered as some kind of God-like figure.

[] Mission Details (Mandatory): Use the Ogre Tribe as your stepping stone to build the strongest Daemon Empire. Your story of [Kingdom-Building] will start now.

Requirements for Passing:

[] Establish an Empire that encompasses the entirety of the Forest of Beasts.

[] Pave way for the children of the Goddess to rule the entirety of Eastern Earth.

Penalty: Destruction of Forest of Beast (Death)

Time Limit: six months

Completion Percentage: 12%

[] You have acquired the loyalty of the Ogre Horde

[] Ogres have been added to the Compendium of Daemons

[Compendium of Daemons]

Ogre: A Hunter whose body deceives the eye for bearing unprecedented agility despite their relatively large build. Contrary to belief, they are caring for children they call their own for their low birthrate. They would sacrifice themselves just

They are the descendants of Mawa, the First Ogress.

Weak Against: Silver Powder Poison of the [Storm Helix Butterfly (Epic)]and both water and aerial combat.]

'This more bothersome than I thought; there is no loyalty gauge. But, considering how they seem to bow and prostrate to me, their loyalty must at least be at 10 or 20%! I think.'

Fear was one means of getting the loyalty of others, but, the only difference was that fear does not beget true loyalty. Betrayal would eventually come; Lilith knew that all too well.

"Ehem, that is enough. I didn't think I would meet the children of Mawa so early. Raise your heads." Lilith cleared her throat and approached the Ogre she had damaged herself, raising her hand, a golden light appeared, "Healing Light."

A light appeared overhead and upon contact, the wound closed, leaving only bloodstains. Lilith was surprised to see the Healing Light taking effect so quickly.

'It appears after getting Light Manipulation, it got stronger.' Healing Light was originally Nature Element's sub-genre of skill, but it would appear with Light Manipulation, healing others and herself would be much more efficient and effective.

Lilith's mild shock, however, did not match the Ogres' reactions...

"Ah, I am healed. As expected of her holiness' magic, you have granted this lowly one a new chance in life."

"As expected of the Legendary Two Horns, for her to control the Element of Light and Nature, it is something amazing, hail the Sacred Priestess."

"Hail the Sacred Priestess."

"Dear me, it is nothing as great as you said it to be."

All of these, from seeing one of theirs being healed by the one who caused the injury. It was an odd sight because it should have started a fight instead.

The wound was not even that big that it took so little to heal. Lilith merely needed to cast a single Healing Light in order for it to close.

But for the Ogres, it was something of a miracle. Lilith was aware that these Ogres had someone capable of manipulating magic. How you ask? There were Ogre Shamans in the vicinity who had a higher level than Lilith's.

Ogre Shamans seemed to be different from a normal Ogre as their classification wasn't exactly the same. She reckoned them to the subspecies.

[[Ogre Shaman (Rare)]has been added in the Compendium of Daemons]

'The weakest is a LVL 34 Ogre? They are pretty strong, no, ridiculously strong. They are the strongest beings I have seen so far. With unknown amount of loyalty, I can't mess this up.' Lilith could see the danger and benefit of being associated with such daemons.

If she could have them in her ranks, then, Lilith was sure she'd be able to steamroll the Forest of Beast. She decided to first play it safe.

"Arise, you need not do that to someone so low-leveled such as myself. We are of the same lineage, do not prostrate yourself as you have done nothing wrong, it is I who owes you an apology. If you so wish it, I will do anything to calm your hearts."

Ever so slightly, Lilith closed her eyes and lowered her head by a few millimeters. But the Ogres' faces changed right after seeing such a thing.

"This lowly one deserves nothing of such. Please, raise your head, Great Sacred Priestess; having the ability to wish is something I cannot possess. The Great Malevolent Sacred Priestess granting me her light is enough."

"If you lack the position to accept such a thing then I will say no more."

Lilith accepted his wishes and turned to the LVL 40 Ogre leading the Horde.

"You, the strongest of the group, state your name and make a wish for your subordinate. If he will not take my offer, I shall grant you the chance to take his place. Now, decide."

Compared to the first time they had spoken; Lilith's voice was no longer just soft as it had been filled with confidence. With her body dyed red with the blood of the Wolves she had previously tortured and slain, Lilith was a being that reeked of danger.

The Ogre who received her stare began to tremble and attempted to lower his head but was stopped with but a single word.

"Rise, you cannot speak to me properly if you lower your head. An Ogre must have pride, look at me in the eyes when you speak."

"Such wisdom, this one has no name and sadly I still cannot accept the wish for I am not the strongest if the Great Grand Malevolent Sacred Priestess allows me to lead the way, it would be my greatest honor to show you the way to the Chief of the Horde."

"Lead the way."

"I am thankful for allowing me the chance, oh Great Grand Malevolent Sacred Priestess."

"Do me a favor and stop calling with such a long-winded title, a simple Priestess is enough, it annoys me if you refer to me with such grandeur."

"I understand Gr"

"What did I say?"

"I apologize, Priestess."

The time to become someone with great pride was now. Lilith was someone who's revered as a Priestess, she had some sort of prestige only the Ogres could see. She must uphold that image as to not lose their respect.

She had lowered her head once, and that's enough.

The Ogres did not approach Lilith any closer than ten meters, but they surrounded her to ensure her safety.

They walked through the woods in silence, no one spoke and none of the daemons around approached them. No one dared to try something, the reason being the Section 5 was ruled by the Ogres.

Though only in the outskirts of the Section do Ogres have the ability control the daemons to such an extent.

According to the words of the LVL 40 Ogre, the deepest parts of their territory have daemons at Epic-tier. The dungeons producing such daemons were yet to be conquered so such a thing was a problem.

'I at least have prey for the future.'

"We have arrived, Priestess."

It took them no longer than fifty minutes of walking to reach the Ogre Village. The Village was marked by Alpha in the minimap.

Inside, there was a lot more Ogress (Female Ogres) than Ogres.

The group who went to find Lilith was mostly comprised of men though there were Ogresses, only a handful of them was a part of the group. The Ogresses in the Ogre Tribe were like the Ogres, they have muscular bodies but not so bulky.

The Ogresses were actually closed to being slender.

They had perky breasts and big hips most welcomed for childbearing.

The Ogre Village was unlike the Goblin Camp. Though those Goblins have a rare-tier leading them, their combined intelligence cannot hope to match that of an Ogre's.

The Ogre Huts were even created from the pelts of hunted daemons and the structural integrity of each lodging was not questionable. Some of them were so well-built that it actually looked better than the mansion.

All of Ogres and Ogress also wore clothes that covered their most precious parts. Everyone had their crotches covered and the ladies, in addition to their crotches even had their chest shielded with fur.

"Do the women not go out to fight daemons? Do they not hunt?" Lilith asked, curious about their ways.

The Ogre who was asked this was surprised by such an obvious question. They looked at Lilith with strange gazes and had an obvious curiosity towards her words. Noticing this, she immediately activated her glib tongue.

"...I am not of this land. My family and I traveled from my motherland to here but only I survived and for as long as I could remember I have been the one hunting for my food. Even my mother does it, is it so strange?"

The eyes of the Ogres who only shows battle-readiness changed and showed sympathy for this warrior child.

"I shall explain. The Ogres have strength like no other but we have low-fertility rate, oh, low fertility means that a baby cannot be made by...wait, I need to explain how babies are made first, okay, babies are made when an Ogre and an Ogress really..."

"I already got it so you can stop. The Ogre Race has low-fertility so women are valued thus you grant them a safe haven is that it? That should explain why they are mostly at LVL 24."

"As expected of the Priestess, so smart."

Lilith was having a headache; these daemons see her as a child, what a bother it was for her.

Lilith observed the voluptuous figures of the Ogresses and silly thought emerged, 'Will I have breasts like those girls?'

Her thoughts wandered as they entered the village. Upon entry, only two guided her in letting everyone else in the village see who it was that appeared.

The Village eyed her like she was some kind of unique attraction. They were fascinated and upon realizing what kind of being she was all of them were in awe and immediately put their hands together to pray.

'Am I a deity or something?'

She was confused as to what she really was.

Lilith was guided to the biggest and grandest Lodging of all.

"The Chief is inside."

Lilith entered the dwelling right after the LVL 40 Ogre did.

Upon her entry, her eyes widened as Red Panels, after red panels appeared.

[Ogre Champion LVL ??? (Epic)]

[Ogre Champion LVL ??? (Epic)]

[Ogre Champion LVL ??? (Epic)]

[Ogre Great Shaman LVL ??? (Epic)]

[Ogre Great Shaman LVL ??? (Epic)]

[Ogre Great Shaman LVL ??? (Epic)]

Lilith felt the suppression of higher tiered daemons.

There were six Ogres whose level she failed to see. Was it because their level was too high? She was not sure.

[It's because they are too high-leveled.]

It was because they were too high-leveled.

'This had not happened before.'

Also, their clothes had so much more prestige than the rest. Their clothing was of high-leveled daemons, some wore armor made of bones and they even had weapons.

Their height towered over Lilith, these guys were two meters tall and that was them sitting down. But one of them was unlike the others, the man in the middle didn't resemble the Ogres but that of a human male in his twenties.

The LVL 40 Ogre spoke beside her.

"This is the Council; they are the mightiest of our ranks. And the one in the middle is our Chief."

He was handsome and unlike the Ogres, he had no tusk but fangs.

Ogres had red skin but the Chief had something similar to bronze. The only red on him was his stiff long hair.

[Ogre Berserker LVL ??? (Epic)]

The Ogre Berserker, their Chief smiled upon seeing Lilith. He opened his arms wide and welcomed her.

"Welcome, to the Ogre Tribe."

"Thank you for the warm welcome."

Lilith seemed satisfied and nodded her head. But then, he said something she did not appreciate.

"So, the Ancestor Mawa has granted my village a wonderful Village Mother?"

"Say what now?"

Her smile was still there as the Chief answered.

"You are a Two Horns, therefore, to give birth to the Legendary Three Horned Lord, we must mate and create a child."

Lilith was still smiling, but that smile was now fierce as she answered.

"How about you fuck yourself, I am not interested in becoming a breeding horse."