Chapter 14: Voice

WHAT Aldric saw made him gasp in shock. How could evolution cause this much change?

"Thanks to Your Highness' blessings, I have evolved into an Oni and…" Lavena trailed off and blushed before she flashed a wide and ecstatic smile. "I… I have become your wife."

“W-Wife?” Aldric asked and realized that he wasn't dreaming when he heard the system's robotic voice.

“Y-Yes, Your Highness..." Lavena's red face became even redder.

'Appraisal.'

Status Window

Name: Lavena Fellon

Level: 50

Race: Oni

Class: Mage

Title: [King's Consort], [■■■ First Wife] [Seeker of Wrath] [Holder of Wrath]

Stats:

HP: 15,000/15,000

MP: 15,000/15,000

STR: 15,000

VIT: 15,000

AGI: 15,000

INT: 1000

Skills:

Arrest

Phoenix

Electric Compression

Recover Magic

Demonic Strength

Dark Manipulation

Hellfire Strike

Teleportation

Mind Domination

Regeneration

Infernal Resistance

Oni's Roar

Soul Devourer

Foresight

Night Vision

Perception Expansion

Weapon Mastery

Bloodlust

Ravenous Surge

Self-replication

Oni's Howling of the Underworld

more…

'Some of my skills... then does that mean that I really lost some of mine? What about the others? Did they get my skills, too? System, how many skills do I have currently?'

[Answer: Currently, you have 661 skills.]

Aldric's eyes widened, and he sat abruptly, which startled Lavena.

"Y-Your Highness, is there something wrong?"

'661?! I had 34,596, and now I'm down to 661 from evolving goblins and those wolves?' Aldric shook his head in disbelief. ''This can't be! I thought that there was nothing to be worried about since I could just buy them again, but losing 33,935 skills overnight was unbelievable!’

‘I should think first before naming and evolving monsters from now on!' Aldric stood up and took a deep breath. I spent trillions on my skills, and they are gone just like that? Does this mean that I'm weak again? Fuck! Status Window.'

Name: Aldric Fellon

Level: 88

Race: Human

Class: King

Title: The Human from the Otherworld. The Human Who Held King Authority. Ruler of Wrath. Ruler of Gluttony.

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Stats:

HP: 100,000/100,000

MP: 100,000/100,000

STR: 100,000/100,000

VIT: 100,000/10,000

AGI: 100,000/100,000

INT: 80,000/80,000

Skills:

Berserker Mode

Bloodlust Surge

Combo Fury

Revenge Counter

Vengeful Mark

Wrathful Eruption

Wrathful Roar

Endless Craving

Dominant Aura

Voracious Vitality

Power Reservoir

Endless Hunger

Soul Drainer

Glutton's Overflow

Potent Absorption

Ravenous Surge

Cannibalization

Gluttonous Might

Power Devourer

…more

Unique Skills:

Wrath

Gluttony

Trillionaire System: 2,000,000,000,000

'Well, thankfully, my Wrath and Gluttony skills didn't get affected. I wonder why? Sighs. I really did… lost a lot of useful skills, but... have my stats gotten higher? Is it because I evolved them and they became my people? Yes, that might be it.’

‘I am a king, after all. Maybe the more subordinates I have, the stronger I will become.’

Aldric turned his face to glance at the now evolved Lavena.

"A King without people may have an impressive label, but he has no resources if he has no people, and he experiences ruin, but my skills... they cost me a lot."

Lavena furrowed her forehead as she watched Aldric mumble by himself, causing Lavena's horn to move.

"Is there something wrong, Your Highness?" Lavena repeated her question. "I apologize if I did something because of my ignorance. Were you perhaps displeased by my performance last night, Your Highness?"

Hearing Lavena's words, Aldric's memories from last night slowly returned to him, and he facepalmed himself.

'Performance? Ugh! I can't believe I was driven by lust. I just hope that she isn't a minor or something! What is even the proper age for goblins?!'

Aldric wasn't sure how to answer Lavena's ridiculous question. This series of events had surely short-circuited his brain.

Lavena nervously got up and came up close to him. She leaned in with her beautiful face.

A faint but wonderful scent tickled Aldic's nostrils.

"If you are not satisfied, s-should I do the blow job that you spoke of last night?"

Aldric's jaw dropped and he abruptly raised his hand to stop Lavena from coming any more closer to her.

"...N-No, I have no need of it." Aldric cleared his throat and changed the atmosphere by changing the topic, "Why are you calling me Your Highness? The last time you called me Lord. "

"Yes," Lavera nodded innocently. "The Voice has spoken to us, Your Highness."

Aldric furrowed his brows even more.

"Voice?"

"You don't know the 'Voice', Your Highness?" Lavena showed a bewildered face before she began to explain, "The Voice is the one who guides us and teaches us monsters. We heard it when we evolved. It is a rare occurrence to hear it since it is not common for monsters to evolve, especially for our kind. The Voice also said that you are our King and that we are your people and that we should follow and serve you, Your Highness."

'Is she talking about the system? So, I guess monsters can hear it, too. Yeah, I mean, they can level up too... and evolve.'

Aldric nodded.

"Call in the others."

'I wonder how much the goblins and the wolves changed.'

****

Aldric is currently looking at the bowing Goblins. Their faces were facing the ground but Aldric was able to see how much the goblins had evolved.

He was so shocked by how much they changed that he could barely even speak.

Aldric expected them to have a monstrous appearance because the Kijins he sees in games are gigantic and ugly but the Kijins he sees look human-like except for their skin color, which has become ashen rather than green, and each one of them has a single white horn on their forehead.

Some of their hair had changed colors.

One thing that Aldric notices is that the goblins also have a tattoo that runs across their face and neck. There were also different markings on their chests.

'Lavena has too. Their tattoos look the same as mine. They appeared when I got the Gluttony skill. I wonder... if these tattoos mean that I got an evolution like the goblins...or something else.'

"You are awake, Your Highness; I hope that you had plenty of rest," Grom said, bringing Aldric back to reality. "We hope that you had the greatest time last night. I'm honored to have my daughter be the first wife of our King."

"I-I see..." Aldric mumbled, hiding his embarrassment.

'Since there wasn't a wall that separated us, I'm sure they heard the noises last night. H-How embarrassing! They don't look affected so... I will just move on.'

Aldric stopped his gaze at the little goblin, Drub, when he noticed that he had different looks from others.

He still looks small, his skin is still green, and there are no horns protruding from his head—he still looks the same as he was before.

Although his face was facing the ground, Aldric was able to notice that he wasn't in a good mood and was on the verge of crying.

'Did he not evolve like the others? Why does he still look the same?' Aldric could not hide his emotion, and this caused a misunderstanding among the goblins, eliciting visible panic from them.

"Your Highness, are you displeased with our evolution? Did we not meet your expectations?" Grom asked, worry etched on his goblin face as he felt the change in Aldric's aura and emotion.

Aldric shook his head.

"No, Grom. I am just surprised by the extent of the changes. It's not displeasure; it's curiosity," Aldirc said, putting his other thoughts aside. "Stand up. Let me see your new forms."

'Honestly, I just don't want to see your butts as you prostrate to the ground in those ragged clothes,' Aldric thought with a mental grimace.

As he commanded, Grom and the goblins stood, revealing their transformed appearances.

Grom, who was once wrinkled with a short stature, had grown in size and strength, his muscles almost rippling under his skin. His eyes were still black, but now those eyes were sharper.

His long silver hair was tied back, and like the others, he had a pair of small horns on both sides of his forehead and a long silver goatee.

'He seemed far younger now. He had looked about ready to keel over at any moment before, but now he looked like a warrior.'

Of course, it wasn't only Grom who had changed significantly.

The other goblins were the same; the two shaking idiots who guarded the door all night, Brak and Vork, had changed significantly. They now had a muscular build, and well-defined muscles were visible on their arms, chest, and abdomen, and the same can be said for the others as well—except for Drub.

‘Did he not get the same evolution as others? Appraisal.’

Status Window

Name: Drub

Level: 23

Race: Kijin

Class: Assassin

Title: [King Aldric Fellon Subject], [■■■ First Subject] [Seeker of Wrath] [Holder of Wrath] [Late Bloomer]

Stats:

HP: 5,000/5,000

MP: 5,000/5,000

STR: 5,000

VIT: 5,000

AGI: 5,000

INT: 400

Skills:

Annihilation

Behead

Piercing Heart

Presence Concealment

Silencer

High Speed

Assassin’s Promise

Augury of Death

Aura of Displacement

Beguiling Haze

Wild Strike

Swap

Smoke Powder Defense

Siphon Speed

Blades of Steel

Sharpen Daggers

Mark of Death

Intensify Wound

more…

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