七星影视

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Shade suddenly summoned a gigantic black grimoire out of his own shadows. It honestly spooked me a bit.

"This is the Abyssal Grimoire of Records, where I keep record of many things since we got it. Amongst them, there\'s the detail information about every person that composed the last Demon King\'s army."

"Oh, that thing! So you had that Grimoire with you." My father instantly felt relieved. "So who is she?"

"Here, I found her… And Sarach as well." Shade said. "This is the info I gathered after we slain the Demon King and his subjects ran away, we didn\'t gave chase because we were tired of fighting, but just in case, I kept these records…"

Shade gave pretty much the same explanation to who Arachne and Sarach were that Beelzebub gave to us. It detailed her being a servant of Beelzebub and all of that, about her having the ability to tame and control insect and arachnid monsters, and Sarach being her first tamed monster, and one of her strongest ones at that time.

"A-A Servant of Beelzebub?! Wasn\'t that the Demon Lord you had slain over twelve years ago?" Wondered one of the nobles.

"Indeed. At that time he was carrying a Demon King Fragment and brought a personal army of his strongest Beelzeflies, but we slayed them after an intense battle." My father said. "I wish we could have resolved things without fighting, but we couldn\'t. Beelzebub had the intent of killing us and killing my daughter, we did what he had to do to protect our families."

"He didn\'t brought Arachne with her though, and he was rather weak back then- or well, his strongest ability, which might had turned the tables, ended being miraculously deactivated…" Shade said. "I am still wondering how this happened, but it was what helped us defeat him once and for all."

Oops, I think this was when I discovered my EXP draining powers, isn\'t it? After all, the EXP I earn is also a part of a target\'s soul. It makes sense if they find it strange because nobody has a power like this.

Even those that have developed physiques know that they can drain a part of a defeated foe\'s power after defeating them, however, not to the extreme I\'ve reached myself, which is quite insane to be honest.

"She must have probably grown stronger these last years since her master\'s defeat then." My mother concluded. "And probably reached a pact with the Evil Goddess Lolth to gain her powers and blessings in exchange for sacrifices and the like…"

"These Evil Gods, always tempting people…" Sighed Celeste. "Ugh, now I feel bad for her. What if Arachne is being manipulated?"

"It might be a possibility, but I feel it could be unlikely. She had always been a bloodthirsty and selfish woman, with a deep rooted hatred against humanity, and that doesn\'t treat her fellow demons any better." Shade sighed. "She probably did this willingly."

"We can\'t assume everything though, once we confront her, we\'ll try to reason with her. Although the first time this has ever worked is with you and Sylphy… most of the time, cultists of Evil Gods will prefer to die than to give up." My father sighed.

"I see…" Celeste remained in silence after that, her face seemed to be deep in her own thoughts.

"The good news is that Sarach has been defeated, we\'ve got one less problem to care for. However, knowing that they desire the young heroes lives is worrying." My father said. "We have zero clues where they might be, but Sylphy\'s newly awakened ability might give us a direction to go to."

"Yes, I awakened a special power, a compass within my eyes that allows me to find the other heroes…" I said, trying to save the irritation I felt each time I spoke about the damn gods and their stupid blessings. "However, it is not completely accurate…"

"Well, it is better than nothing." My father said.

"So, our plan should be to prepare a special expedition into the Wild Lands, find the two hero children and then save them from Arachne\'s clutches using Sylphy\'s special ability." My mother said.

"S-Such a thing…"

"The Wild Lands are every dangerous, are you sure it is okay to send the young lady there?"

"Even after defeating Sarach and even that strange dragon possessing some evil goddesses\' wills…"

"It is not as if we have any other options." I sighed. "I am willing to go, though after some preparation. I need at least a week."

"Yeah, we won\'t rush it any more than this, a week and a half should be more than enough preparation time." My mother nodded. "Due to my authority here, I cannot leave, so Sylphy, you\'ll have to go with your friends, and your father."

"I will also join." Shade said.

"Eh? You two?" Nepheline wondered. "Then I am joining as well!"

"No, Nepheline, you\'re strong and your abilities are the best at defending, stay with Faylen. If anything happens here, I\'ll be entrusting you with protecting the city." Shade said.

"Geez, you damn big idiot…" Nepheline sighed. She looked gorgeous in the fancy golden dress she was wearing, although it was clear she didn\'t liked it. "Fine, but make sure to survive and bring the kids alive as well."

"I will, don\'t worry about it, dear." Shade said, the two began to kiss passionately, making Aquarina get all embarrassed over her parents.

"Geez stop kissing in front of everyone…" Aquarina facepalmed.

"A-Anyways, I wanted to go and I think my abilities might come in handy as well, but I should probably stay to strengthen the city\'s defenses." Ninhursag said with a nod. "Zack, this week and a half, I\'ll be teaching you even more things and you\'ll go through an intense training to prepare yourself for what\'s to come."

"Y-Yes!" Zack nodded nervously.

This looked more important than it seemed to be…

"It seems this might be a good opportunity for me to join in then~!"

POOF!

And then, out of a gust of winds, uncle Arafunn showed up.

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