Empress' Evolution

Chapter 12: The underling

Four people, all had short statures. Three of them had wings on their backs, their wings were reminiscent of a butterfly. While the last one with the silver hair had nothing like a wing of sorts.

She was wingless and was being dragged away by the three men. They were trying to drag her away, at least. The only problem is that the lady was hugging a tree with all her limbs. Try as they might, the three men could not take her away.

"HELP! ANYONE, ANYTHING, PLEASE HELP ME!"

"Stop struggling! Just give it up, resign to the fate that had always been meant to be yours. Become an obedient sacrifice and let your older sister gain your Life Essence!"

"NO! I DON'T WANT TO DIE! SOMEONE, HELP!"

Standing on a tree branch, Lilith and Dhampy observed what was happening down below. Lilith was contemplating whether to intervene and save the lady or just abandon her and go live her own life.

She turned to left and saw the minimap and the mission's reward; to the right, she saw the eyes of Dhampy expecting her to do something.

"Sigh."

The only thing she can do was sigh. The reward was too good, it was a Shop of different merchandise. She wanted to get it, but she also didn't want to get involved. Although she also didn't care if Dhampy dies, she still cared about the mission and the Dhampir's uses.

[High-Pixies LVL 22 (Rare)], [High-Pixies LVL 22 (Rare)], [High-Pixies LVL 21 (Rare)]

'They are strong, too strong. A rare-tier is not something I should deal with so easily. Also, if I get seen, they might target me. These guys are daemon, they should be living somewhere in this forest, right?'

There's the fact of repercussions and consequences if she intervenes in this little place. But in the end, she couldn't help but get a little greedy and decided to do it. But as she did so, Lilith didn't plan on getting seen.

'I only need to be incognito.'

"Dhampy, get close to them. Go for the run and take the loud lady away and cover her mouth. After that, run-away, hide to a place where no one will be able to find you, even me."

"But boss, how will we meet?"

"I have my ways of finding my underlings, now, go to your position. You'll know when to move, don't worry about it."

Lilith turned around, ready to leave. Dhampy smiled, but Lilith failed to catch it as she quickly turned around and changed into a newt. With her body black as the night, and as small as an ordinary newt, Lilith's silhouette was nearly impossible to catch.

She sneakily moved closer to the Pixies, and after calming herself down checked Dhampy.

"She's there."

With a smile, she began the operation.

"No! I don't want to die, I want to live."

Pah!

A slap rang to the air. The face of the girl swollen almost immediately; that crisp slap should have been enough for anyone to feel dizzy. But the girl was resilient and kept on hugging the tree like her life depended on it.

They should be tired later if they continue carrying the tree with them. This was the train of thought of the girl.

The silver-haired girl was taken away by force together with the tree she was hugging. The tree had been uprooted with the combined strength of the three High-Pixies.

She was now being frantic, the consideration of whether she should run away now or wait for them to tire appeared in her mind. It was at that time she saw a black shadow moving around the trees.

Like a phantom, it was fast and unperceivable. Scuttling in the shadows, the three other High-Pixies were all alarmed.

"Who is there? We are the envoys of the four-winged Primas!"

They were screaming and shouting, trying to scare the scuttling beast away. If it was a mindless common-tier it would run away after sensing their LVL. But if it sticks around, then it the thing moving around is not a mere common-tier but someone high-levelled.

But then again, why would it act like this if it was something high-levelled?

The lady with the silver hair closely observed the movements of the phantom. It was then that a dark shadow emerged from the back of the Pixies and three spittle rained down upon them.

"Ow! What is this?"

"It burns!"

"Poison!? Who's there!? Ugh!"

The three pixies then drop on the ground, in pain and confused about what the hell just happened.

The three were being rained upon by a mysterious assailant they could not see. One after the other, they would feel the burning sensation touch their skin.

What the hell was it?

The silver-haired lady was baffled, and as she saw miasma emerging from one side of the shrubs fear crept up in her chest. She knew she had to get away. So, she let go of the tree and was about to run.

"Wait, go after her!"

"You bitch! Get back here!"

Sadly, her kind was not so fast in general and she was almost caught up to. Thankfully, a pale white androgynous beauty descends from above.

"Blood Bullet." A calm and collected voice came out of Dhampy as she fired out a Blood Bullet from her gun finger.

Fwu!

The blood bullet cut through the wind and hit the Pixie on the chest area.

"Gah!"

It was not a lethal shot, but he was hurt and pushed back granting Dhampy enough space to sweep the lady with the silver-hair off her feet and escape the premises.

"Go after her!"

One of them screamed, but Lilith's Miasmic Expulsion finally spread throughout. This Miasmic Expulsion may be a low-MP kind of skill, but its deadliness is not something to laugh at.

Slow-acting poison that's what it was. Continuing her little assault. The Miasmic Expulsion was quickly becoming more and more potent. With Lilith directing it more to the area where Dhampy escaped to, the Pixies have two choices.

Go after Dhampy and the silver-haired lady or go back and report to their Leader.

"Dammit, whoever you are, we saw your precious friend, we will find you sooner or later! We will get that little bitch no matter what happens."

The High-Pixies left with their wings tucked on their backs. They were experiencing mild paralysis, and the poison hurt, it was burning. Although it will dissipate soon, the Poison Spittle had evolved that it will stick for three days before disappearing if nothing is done!

"Should I try and kill them? no, it may backfire on me. I'll let them go for now!"

On a branch, Lilith watched the three disappear into the darkness. She could kill the three, but there's a slight chance they will succeed in turning the situation around on her.

[System: Mission Accomplished. Dhamphy has taken the lady away and had been secured.

Reward: Shop (Obtained)]

Lilith heard the system announce that she had gotten the Shop and smiled. She asked Alpha to open it, but was reprimanded:

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[Do you think this is so easy!? I have to optimize it first, wait a little bit and let me do my work!]

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(Timer: 2:59:59)

The Shop will be added to the system after three hours. It was not that long of a time, but she reckoned it would be the right time to find Dhampy.

[Chain Quest Part 1: Complete]

The Chain Quest has yet to end. It was not something she could wish to end so easily. The Chain Quest will appear sooner or later. She will have to wait in order to learn what the next quest would be.

'I wish it's not so hard.'

Lilith was grumbling and checked the minimap. The minimap was slowly increasing. The bliss of having a follower was this. The minimap will improve if she and her follower are present in the same area.

Soon enough, Dhampy crossed the 1000 meter mark and the increase of the minimap disappeared. Lilith checked the timer and decided to go after them while she waits. That silver-haired girl ought to be her follower.

And so, Lilith started moving.

Her fatigue was at 10%, she was far from being tired.

While running, Lilith would come across some nocturnal daemons. Owl-like, wolf-like, and panther-like beings was appearing.

The mark of Dhampy would never disappear on the minimap. Her general direction will also be pointed at by a green cursor in the minimap so Lilith will not lose sight of her.

While she was running, she came across a LVL 12 Giwa distracted by a blob-like creature simply known as a slime.

Giwa was similar to that of the ancient animal called elk. Only, its body was bigger and its horns were deadlier than it already was.

"Such a big creature was bullying something so weak and more importantly cute creature. It needs to die." She said that as a LVL 17 daemon.

As an Ash Leopard, Lilith jumped high to the sky turned to a One Horn and casts Earth Weight!

She momentarily became like a meteor.

Boom!

"Guooooo!"

"Right on the spine, hehehe!"

The Giwa struggled for a little bit before dying. Lilith turned to the slime. She showed a smile and left.

While she was running after Dhampy, Lilith saw a lot of low-level nocturnal daemon. Showing a wide smile, Lilith killed them all and avoided the high-level ones. As a high levelled daemon, she was not bullying the weak, she was harvesting them.

"This the way." She commented, "God damn how far did you run, Dhampy?"

She asked and an hour later, when she was sweating bullets and was trying to catch her breath, Lilith has yet to reach Dhampy!

"Seriously, how far did you run?"

And only after thirty minutes of running did Lilith reached her destination. Standing in the front mountain wall, Lilith raised her brows.

'Here, really?'

There was nothing in front of her, but from the minimap, it says they were right in front.

"Maybe, just maybe."

Taking a step forward, Lilith touched the wall and her hands went right through.

Lilith smiled and went past the illusion.

"This is...am I the underling or is she?"

She asked after seeing the final boss esque old mansion before her.