Epic Of The Demonic Sage

"I'm glad that we've finally finished our conversation with those people." Kiana said once they stepped back inside the carriage. She let out a sigh and relaxed against her seat.

Even though Arius and his team had agreed to be subordinates of Asher, she was always still wary that maybe they'd double-cross him and she would have to fight against three Epic Rank users.

When it was just Arius, Kiana had been confident that she'd be able to take him down and the other two, but it was intimidating to have them all be powerful and being stuck in the same closed room as them.

"How so? Are you nervous about their character? They've proved to be competent." Lucius commented. "The mission that they'll be undertaking is another way for them to assist us with our plans, Kiana. Similar to the Masked Legion, they are tools and so long as you know how to wield them, then there are no issues with it."

"I suppose so, Asher. You're right… but it's just something I'm getting used to." Kiana admitted but then sighed. "Gellor and his team are good, but I doubt that they'll agree to do something like attack the Gisir army would they?"

"Yes, you see my purpose for Arius and his men exactly." Lucius said.

"Of course." Kiana nodded proudly. "It's just… well, I suppose they won't be doing anything drastic as long as they trust that you'll upgrade their gifts again, Asher. But it's not going to be easy since the materials will be hard to acquire won't it, Asher? I worry that they'll get impatient and snap."

Lucius hadn't exactly gone into the full details of everything that he was capable with so he understood Kiana's concerns.

Even though he had the mark of loyalty on her, it was still under the presumption that Kiana was dealing with Asher and not Lucius from the Barrom clan.

But perhaps he could mention something.

"You do know that the Erudite's Will is not something I can only use for the Masked Legion and the creatures you know?"

"You mean you can compel other people as well?" Kiana blinked.

"To a certain degree, yes. But they need to have faith in me, or trust that I have the best intentions for them or that what I say is something that makes sense. People all have certain willpower, so they won't easily succumb to my will, Kiana." Lucius said.

Lucius wondered if that was the best thing to say as Kiana had an uncertain look on her face. It was easy to almost read her mind.

'Am I… being compelled to follow, Asher?' Kiana thought. 'It's my own choice, even before everything happened though, so I don't think that's the case.'

"If your willpower is strong, then you need not worry about those things. And I won't use my powers indiscriminately, you know that, Kiana." Lucius said.

"O-of course. Asher."

"But yes, among other things besides Arius and his team. I've mentioned to father beforehand that I'll look into upgrading his Epic rank gift and that has been a bit of an issue in terms of procuring everything that we need. Same goes with you, Kiana."

While Lucius had increased his capacity for Hell Energy drastically with all the new Lost he had created, there was the fact that using Nexus still took a certain chunk.

And the death of the Lost Plow Worm did also affect him to some degree.

"Yes…" Kiana nodded slowly. "I know that you've recently upgraded my gift, and making it into a Legendary rank will require a lot more than what we've previously used. So it's not a priority now either, right?"

"Once we get everything in order then we'll make it so." Lucius said. "I still have to check all of the rune crystals that we've acquired from Bergan's Band after all and see if it matches with what we need for you… not to mention all the materials either. Those are harder to procure than rune crystals sometimes."

"No worries, Asher. I'll train hard using my Sting Sniper." Kiana reassured him. "I've been doing my best to improve where I can. If I could go search for materials by myself, then I would have done so… but there are other more important things and tasks that I do as the servant of the household."

"Thank you, Kiana. I'm glad that you understand, and we have other servants at our disposal for those things."

Among the things that was hard to deal with after the Bergan's Band incident, it was the amount of treasure that Lucius acquired from their vaults and how much time and effort it would be to transfer everything to Inanis City.

'I could have easily gotten Gellor and his mercenary team to do it for me, especially with how they already have the mark of obedience on their person, but if I had traveled with them while they carried everything, it would attract too much attention.' Lucius thought. 'The Bergan's Band would have caught wind of it and it would be a pain to deal with. At my current state, we would have been annihilated.'

Lucius wasn't worried of Gellor's team being greedy, even if they were mercenaries since he could have killed them with the spell active, but it was something he'd rather avoid.

The less complications, the better.

The Bore Shrews used the same route that they've taken beforehand and worked nonstop to bring all the wealth into the re education center. Lucius was positive that the wealth wouldn't be traced back to him, but he still made sure to make everything as organized and undetectable.

'The money is something I can store in the re education center. I'll keep most of the rune crystals since we don't know when I'll come in need of them, and I've already sent some to dispose of the gems."

Once they arrived back at the Inanis Mansion, they would come see Neta holding up an envelope.

"Young Lord Asher, a letter from Priest Maleck has arrived."