Chapter 22
Their heads were about as big as Lilith's entire body so it was even more confusing to see such a sight. They were trembling in fear, the one who had been scared the most would be the one Lilith attacked without a warning.
"...This lowly one offers this life to your divine being."
[Mission: Empress' Kingdom #1]
[] You have encountered the Ogre Tribe. The Two Horns is a being of great importance to them as it Two Horns are of direct descents of the Pure-Breeds beings who are closest to the Ancestral Ascent. In other words, Two Horns are revered as some kind of G.o.d-like figure.
[] Mission Details (Mandatory): Use the Ogre Tribe as your stepping stone to creating the strongest Daemon Empire. Your story of Kingdom-Building will start now.
Requirements for Pa.s.sing:
[] Establish an Empire that encompa.s.ses the entirety of the Forest of Beasts.
[] Pave way for the children of the G.o.ds to rule the entirety of Eastern Earth.
Penalty: Destruction of Forest of Beast (Death)
Time Limit: six months
Completion Percentage: 12%
[] You have acquired the loyalty of the Ogre Horde
[] Ogres have been added to the Compendium of Daemons
'This more bothersome than I thought; there is no loyalty gauge, I can't see their loyalty, meaning, this is not going to be easy. But, considering how they seem to bow and prostrate to me, their loyalty must at least be at 10%!'
Fear is one means of getting the loyalty of others, but, the only difference is that fear does not beget true loyalty. Betrayal will come, Lilith knew that all too well.
"Ehem, that is enough. I didn't think I would meet the children of Mawa so early. Raise your heads." Lilith cleared her throat and approached the Ogre she had damaged herself, raising her hand, a golden light appeared, "Healing Light."
Soon, the wound close and only the bloodstains remained.
"Ah, I am healed. As expected of her holiness' magic, you have granted this lowly one a new chance in life."
"As expected of the Legendary Two Horn, for her to control the element of Light and Nature, it is something amazing, hail the Sacred Priestess."
"Hail the Sacred Priestess."
"Dear me, it is nothing as great as you said it to be."
The wound on the Ogre's shoulder began to heal. In the first place, the wound was not something so grandeur that it takes a lot to heal it. Lilith merely needs to cast a single Healing Light in order for it to close.
But for the Ogres, it was something of a miracle. Lilith was aware that these Ogres have someone capable of manipulating magic. How, you ask? There are Ogre Shamans in the vicinity who has a higher level than Lilith's.
'The weakest is a LVL 34 Ogre? They are pretty strong, no, ridiculously strong. They are the strongest beings I have seen so far. With a loyalty of 10, I can��t mess this up.'
"Arise, you need not do that to someone so low-levelled such as myself. We are of the same lineage, do not prostrate yourself as you have done nothing wrong, it is I who owes you an apology. If you so wish it, I will do anything that you wish of me."
Ever so slightly, Lilith closed her eyes and lowered her head by a few millimetres. But the faces of the Ogres began to change right after seeing such a thing.
"This lowly one deserves nothing of such. Please, raise your head, great Sacred Priestess; having the ability to wish something is something I cannot possess. The Great Malevolent Sacred Priestess granting me her light is enough."
"If that is you lack the position to accept such a thing then I will say no more."
Lilith accepted their wish and turned to the LVL 40 Ogre leading the Horde.
"You, the strongest of the group, state your name and make a wish for your subordinate. If he has no will to take my offer, I shall grant you the chance to take his place. Now, decide."
Compared to the first time they had spoken, Lilith's voice is no longer just soft but is full of confidence. With her body dyed red with the blood of the Wolves she had previously slain, Lilith was a being that
The Ogre who received her stare began to tremble and attempted to lower his head but was stopped with but a single word.
"Rise, you cannot speak if you lower your head. An Ogre must have pride, look at me in the eyes when you speak."
"Such intelligence, this one has no name and sadly I still cannot accept the wish for I am not the strongest, if the Grand Malevolent Sacred Priestess allows me to lead the way, it would be my greatest honour to show you the way to the Chief of the Horde."
"Lead the way."
"I am thankful for allowing me the chance, oh Great Grand Malevolent Sacred Priestess."
"Do me a favour."
"I shall meet your expectation."
"Priestess is enough, it annoys me if you refer to me with such grandeur."
"I understand of so–"
"What did I say?"
"I apologize, Priestess."
The time to become someone with great pride is now. Lilith was someone who s revered as a Priestess, she has some sort of prestige only the Ogres could see. She must uphold that image as to not lose their respect.
She had lowered her head once, and that is enough.
The ground of Ogres did not approach Lilith any closer than ten meters. If they were to wander anywhere near her that close, it will be referred to as blasphemy for the grand image she holds. Their customs are unique but it pretty close to the ancient ways of humans, in a way at least.
They walked through the woods in silence, no one spoke and none of the daemons around approached them. No one dared to try something, the reason being the Section 5 was ruled by the Ogres.
Though only in the outskirts of the Sections does the Ogre can control the daemons to such an extent.
According to the words of the LVL 40 Ogre, the deepest parts of their territory have daemons at Epic-tier. The dungeons producing such daemons are yet to be conquered so such a thing is a problem.
"We have arrived, Priestess."
It took them no longer than fifty minutes of walking until they reached the Ogre Village. The Camp was marked by Alpha. In the camp, there were a lot more female Ogres than men.
The group who went to find Lilith were mostly comprised of men there were girls, but only a few of them were there. The girls in the Ogre Tribe are like the men, they have muscular bodies but not so muscular that they were bulked like a stone man.
They had perky b.r.e.a.s.t.s and big hips most welcomed for childbearing.
The Ogre Village was unlike the Goblin Camp. Though those Goblins have a rare-tier leading them, their combined intelligence cannot hope to match that of an Ogre's. Their huts were created from the pelts of different beasts.
All of them had clothes that covered their most precious parts, their crotch was covered and the ladies even had their chest s.h.i.+elded from the gazes of others.
"Do the women not go out to fight daemons? Do they not hunt?"
The Ogre who was asked this was surprised by such an obvious question. They looked at Lilith with strange gazes and had an obvious curiosity towards her words. Lilith noticed such a thing and immediately activated her glib tongue.
"...I am not of this land. I and my family travelled here but only I survived and for as long as I could remember I have been the one hunting for my food. Even my mother does it, is it so strange?"
The eyes of the Ogre who only shows battle-readiness changed and showed sympathy for the warrior child.
"I shall explain. The Ogres have strength like no other but we have low-fertility rate, oh, low fertility means that a baby cannot be made by...wait, I need to explain how babies are made first, okay, babies are made when a man and a woman..."
"I already got it so you can stop. Ogres have low-fertility so women are valued thus you grant them a safe haven is that it? That should explain why they are mostly at LVL 24."
"As expected of the Priestess, so smart."
Lilith was having a headache; these daemons see her as a child, what a bother it was for her. She is a child in their eyes therefore her true form when she is older must be that of someone who has a voluptuous figure.
'Will I have b.r.e.a.s.t.s like those girls?'
Her thoughts wandered as they entered the village. Upon entry only two guided her letting everyone in the village see who it was.
The Ogres eyed her like she was some kind of unique attraction. They were fascinated and upon realizing what kind of being she was all of them were in awe and immediately put their hands together to pray.
'Am I a deity or something?'
She was.
Lilith was guided to the biggest and grandest camp of all.
"The Chief is inside."
Lilith entered the dwelling right after the LVL 40 Ogre did. Inside, Lilith felt the suppression of higher tiered daemons.
And upon her entry, her eyes widened as Red Panels appeared.
[Ogre Champion LVL??? (Epic)]
[Ogre Champion LVL??? (Epic)]
[Ogre Champion LVL??? (Epic)]
[Ogre Great Shaman LVL??? (Epic)]
[Ogre Great Shaman LVL??? (Epic)]
[Ogre Great Shaman LVL??? (Epic)]
There were six Ogre Champions whose level she failed to see. Was it because their level was too high? She cannot tell.
Their levels were too high for her to see and in the middle
'This had not happened before.'
Also, their clothes had so much more prestige than the rest. Their clothing was of high-levelled daemons, some wore armour made of bones and the weapons they wielded were held in their hands.
Their height towered over Lilith, these guys were two meters tall and that is them sitting down. But one of them was unlike the others, the man in the middle didn't resemble the Ogres but that of a male at his twenties.
"This is our Council, they are the mightiest of our ranks. And that in the middle is our Goblin Chief."
He was handsome, like the other Ogres he had a tusk, but unlike them, it was very little and looked unnatural.
Ogres had red skin but unlike the others, he had something similar to bronze. The only red on him was his stiff long hair.
[Ogre Berserker LVL??? (Epic)]
The Ogre Berserker, their Chief smiled upon seeing Lilith. He opened his arms wide and welcomed her.
"Welcome, to the Ogre Tribe."
"Thank you for the warm welcome."
Lilith seemed satisfied and nodded her head. But then, he said something she did not like.
"So, the Ancestor Mawa has granted my village a wonderful Village Mother?"
"Say what now?"
Her smile was still there as the Chief answered.
"...You are a Two Horn, therefore, to give birth to the Legendary Three Horned Lord we must mate and create a child."
Lilith was still smiling, but that smile was now fierce as she answered.
"How about you f.u.c.k yourself, I am not interested in becoming a breeding horse."