It was raining. The outside of the castle was covered in bodies. Some humans were fighting demons, and it took at least eight humans to fight a demon on equal footing. Neither elves nor dwarves could match demons in combat. The beastfolk could almost reach a demon's level, but they were still weak, far too weak.Inside the royal hall, two men faced each other. One wore heavy armor, golden and filled with crystal adornments. The crystals served to enhance the strength of whoever wore the armor. The other man was a demon, stronger than the rest. He had two large horns and ears similar to those of elves. He wore no armor. The red clothing he wore seemed as resilient as armor, even though it was made of red silk fabric."You are better than I thought, hero," the demon said to the armored man.The man laughed, but said nothing.A woman entered the hall. She wore a long red dress, and her full breasts drew the hero's attention. He could not contain his carnal desires.The demon simply watch

Miko was eating a piece of cake in Vans's room. She watched him make potions while also analyzing his use of mana. She seemed to judge his mana control, since she did not have to worry about that due to the almost infinite amount she possessed. He had to restrain his usage, because he could run out of mana and faint."I know what you're thinking, your judging look says it all," he said as he placed several potion bottles into a box.She said nothing, only continued her silent judgment while eating the cake."I don't understand why we're not infiltrating now. What's the difference between going now or two hundred years from now?""Some kingdoms are destroyed, others are trying to recover, and some no longer exist and might be rebuilt. There isn't much to be done up there right now. Besides, humans are suspicious. Even with all the knowledge we have, we still don't understand their behavior very well, and in this case it's risky. In two hundred years everything will change and they'll b

Lysandra and Eris arrived and walked calmly toward the others. They were shocked when they saw the crater filled with monsters. Eris felt extremely energized, since she fed on mana.Vesta explained everything that had happened, along with the hypothesis that there might be a traitor. The idea was shocking and very hard to believe.Eris was very suspicious and, even so, it took her a long time to accept the possibility that someone from the Tower could be a traitor. She was wary, but she did not believe anyone would be capable of something like that, which contrasted with her usual behavior.The two larger dragons were sleeping. The smaller dragon was circling the sphere, and it seemed to enjoy the energy the sphere emanated. The other monsters were acting normally, patrolling the crater on watch.The sphere was far larger than any mana sphere Vesta had ever seen. These spheres are usually found inside dungeons. Some are extracted and used as energy sources for cities. They are used fo

Lysandra and Niko were secretly observing Mirel. They were using a few magical artifacts provided by Vans. The artifacts could record images and later transmit them to another artifact. The two stayed in a room next to Victor's office, working in different shifts.They were able to know everything Mirel was doing, or almost everything. The bedroom and bathrooms were restricted zones, but all public spaces were under surveillance, even the dungeon. This gave them a clear view of how she behaved day to day, and it only made them hate Mirel even more. They already knew how strict and arrogant Mirel was, but through the surveillance they saw something far worse. Mirel shouted, gave senseless orders, and constantly abused her authority. She was the worst general the Demon Lord had. Worse than Lotus, who was incompetent at his job, but at least he was kind.Niko wanted to kill Mirel with her own hands, and she did not hide that at all in the reports she wrote. Lysandra was more cautious, bu

Vans was analyzing the reports from the magical terminal, he was confused, the spell had ended much later than he had programmed. They had slept for two hundred and fifty years."You used to be better, Vans," Niko said."Did you identify any error in the system?""No, no error that I could notice, it just went wrong. But I do not see this as something very bad.""In fact, it was only fifty extra years, but what I am curious about is your mistake, Niko."She changed her expression."I did not make any mistake, the golems were not made to last that long, that is why they broke and the monster stampede happened."Victor accepted it."What will we do now?""We need to plan. My idea is that we first explore the surface, little by little we will integrate, but we need to take some precautions, like setting days when each person can go out and not raise suspicion. Besides that, we need to encourage couples to have children, we need to increase our numbers.""And how will we do that?""Simple