CHAPTER 24 PREDICAMENT
Shadow then calls Shelia over.
"Shadow, what did you call me for? If it is to flirt, please don't. I have a busy day ahead of me. Even with Cloyd, there are still many documents."
"Nope, that will be tonight." Shadow let out a lewd chuckle. Shelia just let out an angry harumph.
He then became serious and gave the manual of the Dragon Body Technique to Shelia, telling her to distribute the complete technique to Bruce, Lou Yan, Ban, Banjo, Cloyd, his mother-in law, Doctor Mary, her, Rose, Lucy, and his grandpa.
While the lower part of the technique will be sold to the villagers
The soldiers will also be given the lower part of the Dragon Body Technique, but they can access the rest of the parts if they have made enough contributions to the village.
After that, Shelia left Shadow and just waited in his room for a while. He was waiting for someone.
"Master, I have come." After waiting for a couple of minutes, Peach came.
He nodded and scanned her improvement.
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NAME: PEACH
RACE: KOBOLD WARRIOR
GENDER: FEMALE
AGE: 18(160)
Innate Talent: Shadow Blend (Link with Venom)
PROFESSION: Assassin (Militant)
RACIAL POWER: Natal Weapon, Weapon Mastery
Techniques: Basic Dagger Technique, Stealth, Spiritual Energy Assimilation Technique, Beast Guiding Technique
LEVEL: SILVER LEVEL 1
56 points for strength and 74 points for agility
Physique: 56 Intelligence: 39
BEAST SKILL: Shadow clones
CONTRACTED BEAST:
NAME: VENOM
RACE: Shadow Wolf
LEVEL: SILVER LEVEL 7
ATTRIBUTE: DARK/VENOM
Skills: Shadow Clones (S), Venomous Slash (A), Venomous Bite (B), Dark Blast (A), Venomous Pin Missile (S), Stealth (S)
INNATE: Shadow Blend, Venomous Body
MONSTER GRADE: LEGENDARY
Strength: 169; Agility : 200
Physique: 170 Intelligence: 47
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He was surprised by how lucky she was to sign a contract with a beast of legendary grade and much stronger than herself.
"Peach, how did you achieve the feat of contracting a beast that is much stronger and smarter than you?"
"Master, how I signed a contract with Venom is actually a lucky accident. When I was scouting the forest for potential enemies, I found an injured wolf. Seeing how it struggled to live so much and the desire to survive emitting from its eye, I felt pity for it, so I made a deal with it. As long as it signs a contract with me, I will give it a chance to live, which Venom accepted immediately."
He nodded and told her to give Venom many beast pills to improve its strength.
"Peach, open your spirit again, and I will imprint a body-tempering technique called the Dragon Body Technique on your soul."
Peach nodded and opened her spirit to him.
He then imprinted the Dragon Body Technique on her spirit.
He then left and went to the Great Goblin Village, gave Old Darwin the Hobgoblin Warrior Orb, told him the specific requirements for evolution, and told Old Darwin to bring the Hobgoblins and the evolved Hobgoblin to the mansion a week from now.
He also goes to Russell Village and Great Elf Village and gives them their respective orbs. He also tells Russell to bring all of the Kobold Warriors to the mansion in 3 days.
After that, Shadow stayed back in the village and didn't return to the city. He also gave the Portal Orb back to the Research Lab, telling Rose to upgrade it.
He was busy viewing the Shelia and Peach report. He also gave the Artisan Orb to the Dwarves and Gnomes. He also told Bruce to give the third Blacksmith Profession to a Dwarf.
He also built a mechanic shop next to the Smithy, while a greenhouse was built next to the apothecary shop. The ones going to take care of the herbs and plants are the herbalist and the elves.
The rest of the profession orbs were presented to the villagers, and the one in charge of them was the profession guild that Shadow built next to the research lab.
The six upgraded orbs were given to Lucy, Rio, Leo, Drake, Fernardo, and Liz.
Lucy and Fernando are scholars; Leo and Drake are blacksmiths; Rio is a mechanic; and Liz is an herbalist.
Lucy became a Grade 2 scholar; Fernando, the new recruit of Rose, became a Grade 1 scholar; Drake is the first apprentice that Bruce appointed as the second blacksmith of the village; he became a Grade 1 blacksmith; Leo is the dwarf that Shadow nominated to become the third blacksmith; he also became a Grade 1 blacksmith; Rio is the goblin that was once working under Bruce; he became a Grade 1 mechanic; and Liz became a Grade 1 herbalist.
If possible, Shadow wants to upgrade the general profession, but it seems some professions can't be upgraded using the Upgrade Orbs.
During the stay, he led the armies with his three generals to conquer the surrounding villages that were marked on the map that Peach gave him.
They continuously conquered village after village, and the strength and population of Eligan Village increased as time went by.
Three months came by, and Shadow and his generals were discussing their plan. They couldn't advance recklessly anymore, according to Peach reports. To advance, they needed to cross an ocean if not conquer a city, and this city is actually Flower City, one of the three cities that Shadow heard about during his stay in Sunshine City.
He wouldn't be nervous if it were just a city; over time, he could conquer it, but Flower City is in alliance with Sunshine and Dragon City.
He decided to improve peacefully for now and told Ban that he needed to return to the city and purchase any rare herbs, exotic beasts, and slaves as much as possible. All the expenses would come from the town.
Yes, with the conquest, during the 3 months he upgraded the village into a town. They also found four bronze veins, two silver veins, and one gold vein in the forest. He then built villages on them.
He upgraded his soldiers equipment, and with the veins, their money increased greatly, so purchasing items and slaves in the city is no longer a problem.