NOVEL NEXT Chapter 669
<669 – Irresponsible Pleasure (17)>
Galik Fried Chicken.
Despite riding high on the prestige of the Empire’s Three Great Meritorious Families, it was the family’s disgrace to have been captured during Dark Princess Oknodie’s advance, rendering all surrounding legions useless.
Ever since breaking away from the family and aligning with the Foundation, he had surged forward, recovering the glory of the past with each victory.
“Oknodie is definitely Vampinodie. We who accompanied Commander Galik can attest to this.”
“Her skin is pale, her fangs sharp, and she even has small wings and a tail growing behind her. There’s no doubt that the Vampire was disguised as a human.”
“Since ancient times, vampires have been vulnerable to sunlight, so forming an alliance with Titosso, who wields light as a weapon, must be some sort of gradual resistance operation against sunlight, starting with low-intensity light.”
Since the dark trackers assigned to Galik’s unit had actually witnessed Vampinodie, they truly acknowledged Galik as their commander and reported his merit to superiors!
“Galik Fried Chicken. As of today, you are an executive of the Wahyhiemhai Foundation. Send additional personnel and support equipment. Keep a close watch on Vampinodie’s movements moving forward.”
The troops were deeply moved by the fact that they received formal support from an organization rife with a contempt-for-the-weak ideology, which treated the lives of the weak as nothing more than cheap consumables.
This was all thanks to Galik, elevating his command prowess and stepping smoothly into his first role as an executive.
“Thank you, Vampinodie. This second prime of my life as Galik Fried Chicken has come about thanks to you!”
To be honest, he enjoyed being an executive of the Foundation and the commander of a spy unit now more than when he led as a legion commander of the Imperial Duke family.
– Descendants of the Fried Chicken Family, remember: one must display their own power to truly become strong.
The former family heads had collected more talents than anyone and became the family head through their strength.
The current family head has mastered all martial arts and converged them into one to break through the barriers of talent and seize the position of family head single-handedly.
Galik Fried Chicken also harbored ambitions to become the family head, but he lacked the talent to follow in the footsteps of the current family head.
‘No way, this idiot’s martial arts are just like a worm crawling, a bunch of nonsense that’s 90% fluff and only about 10% useful techniques!’
‘It’s insane trying to delve into martial arts I can’t even hope to emulate, and I lack the demeanor to gather talented individuals. Well, I could always wield power that anyone devoid of demeanor can use!’
Galik was clever.
He recognized the current family head’s martial arts collection skills and exceptional martial talents, as well as the former family head’s talent collection and outstanding personality.
He felt the
Instead of numerous talents, he gathered overwhelmingly more soldiers.
Instead of individual prowess, he utilized the combined force of the legion.
Despite dreaming of a military revolution to someday reclaim the title of duke, he increasingly felt he had miscalculated his future plans as days went by.
– Hey, did you hear? This time, the duke single-handedly defeated a 4-meter-red giant!
– What news are you so slow to grasp? Rumor has it he defeated an 8-meter-orange giant, and that’s already widespread in the territory!
– These guys are living without even hearing the latest information? A soldier from the border said a giant as tall as 11 meters has already been defeated.
– Why are you listening to the report of a messenger when we have the Mana Board? According to the latest daily from the Mana Board, it says a 19-meter-green giant has also been defeated.
– Didn’t you know that messengers can traverse mana-saturated zones where the Mana Board doesn’t work? It’s unofficial, but there are whispers that a 22-meter-blue giant was defeated in the forbidden zone.
Reports of the defeat of the five stages of the rainbow giant, which changes color every 5 meters in size, poured in unceasingly.
Now they’re challenging even beyond blue to 26-30 meter indigo giants, and feeling the sense that all of his legions would be wiped out at the blue giant level, Galik realized he had no chance of seizing the headship and had given up.
But now, hope arose.
He had gained a powerful backing in the Foundation.
No matter how great the family head was, what would it matter?
The Foundation was on his side!
If the Foundation decided to change the family head, doing so would be as easy as flipping a hand, given their global influence.
– If you fulfill the special mandate that comes with becoming an executive, your unit’s size will significantly change. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to prove your capabilities.
– What is my first executive directive?
– Track and ambush Vampinodie.
If the City of Pleasure and the Foundation executives clashed, sending shockwaves through the land periodically, and Vampinodie got involved, it would surely complicate the situation.
With vengeful feelings towards Oknodie, who had marred his military career and the Duke family’s standing, he willingly set out.
“Huh?”
And he witnessed it.
“Charge forward!”
“Waaaah, for the Dark Princess!!”
Seated upon the shoulder of a tall man, Oknodie thrust the command staff forward and yelled to charge, heading a unit composed of powerful beings that smashed through several dark trackers like peel sticks.
He didn’t know.
They were known as Pleasure Slaves in the world, the ones who had reinterpreted the pleasure zone and were Oknodie’s creations who had taken away the soul dominion of the Pleasure Slaves under their control.
“Wait, Oknodie should be at the back…?”
Not long after Oknodie and 49 Pleasure Slaves drifted away in the distance, there sat Vampinodie on the shoulder of Rosinante, now a bio-type golem, raising the command staff and shouting forward.
“Charge forward!”
“Waaaah, for the Vampire Princess!”
The scene evoked an eerie familiarity!
Seeing the two Oknodies, only the subordinates were different, doing the exact same thing, Galik broke into a cold sweat.
What’s going on?
How could there be two Oknodies?
Is it permissible for such a cruel thing to occur in this world?
After much deliberation, Galik made a decision.
“Let’s hide and run.”
There was no way to survive where even a single Oknodie was terrifying, let alone two.
Soon, his instincts proved correct as he heard the sound of butlers being swept away.
The Dark Princess and the Pleasure Slaves had ambushed the butlers who were watching the battlefield away from the head butler.
“The original…?”
With a dazed look, Vampinodie fiercely bit her thumb, causing blood to flow as she unleashed Blood Magic.
“Stop it! Don’t let them grow stronger!”
Oknodie and the 49 Pleasure Slaves, the Wahyhiemhai Foundation executives, and the Underworld’s reform troops.
The three forces collided.
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Collecting Pleasure Slaves was easy.
As much as pleasure drove their actions, granting it from this side sufficed.
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Cooking Handbook Collection
Equipment Handbook Collection
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10x repeated training stats experience increase formula
Achievement acquisition stats experience increase formula
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“Eh…?”
“This, this is…”
“Growth… a way to get stronger…?”
Tears brimming in the Pleasure Slaves’ eyes.
Knowledge that no organization or group would dare recklessly divulge systematically spread before them.
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Strength experience points were accumulating
Strength surpassed 70
Strength surpassed 80
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They felt the sensation of growth in strength as if foretelling changes approaching their bodies, a thrilling revelation passed through their bodies, akin to a moment of enlightenment that danced around them.
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Strength surpassed 90
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The thrill accelerated like a runaway car without a brake, causing a few to roll their eyes and drool, trembling.
“Oh shit!!!”
“I can feel omnipotence… omnipotence…!!”
“Humans can get this strong? Without relying on any function or external aids…?”
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Strength 99
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“Oh no… if this keeps up… my head might explode from the omnipotence…!”
“With such great satisfaction entering my brain, I’ll never be able to settle for my flimsy, weak self again!!”
“D-Don’t come here. Don’t come here!!”
The struggling Bodies of the Pleasure Slaves were bound by [Telekinesis] and forced to a halt.
Unable to dodge or escape, with their feet tied, the sensation of a veteran player’s overwhelming growth pierced through their feeble struggles and resistance.
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Strength 100
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At that moment, the leashes that had bound all the Pleasure Slaves completely shattered.
And a new spiritual confinement ring appeared before them—one far larger and more wicked than the last, a chain of strength that, once donned, would never be loosed again.
If they accept this, they can never be freed.
They must dedicate themselves to the entity before them until the last moment their soul perishes.
Yet, if it means attaining the omnipotence they once felt, one can’t just define that life as unhappy if they are served by a strong and relaxed master.
“Those who still feel loyalty toward the Mayor of the City of Pleasure, who didn’t even give them proper feed, don’t need to be dissuaded. Those who think I can achieve the growth I’ve shown alone are free to leave. But if you wish to grow a bit faster than others… sign the contract. And pledge your loyalty to me!”
The Pleasure Slaves unanimously volunteered to become the Dark Princess’s subordinates.
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Ultimate Mana Flow Technique – Dark Explosive Technique
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The Foundation’s butlers suddenly found themselves facing profoundly stronger enemies.
“Hehe, what an easy victory!”
If the Foundation’s butlers were to lose their will to resist and envision a future of being engulfed within a similar pleasure zone, suddenly, immense crimson spears came flying from somewhere, piercing through the bodies of several Pleasure Slaves.
“Are you going to snatch away my stepping stone for growth as well? Hmph. I won’t allow that.”
“Huh? Darknodi?”
The runaway eternal doppelganger appeared alongside the reworked legion, causing chaos.
“Reinforcements?”
“I don’t know where you came from, but thanks for… cough!”
As the nails extending from Darknodi’s hand smoothly retracted, blood gushed from one butler’s neck.
“Thanks? For what? Didn’t you hear? You’re my stepping stones, insoles on my shoes. Elevating shoes!”
The Foundation executives all stiffened at the realization that the enemies had now doubled.