Empress Evolution - Chapter 98

“The Two Heads have been annihilated; the South West of this place had been conquered by our Village. We will not be moving so you can return without a problem. Please ask the Dwarves to return before it gets dark. We just received information that the whole northern Mountain Valley is filled with the enemy known as the Tyrant Apes. Please move with caution — Luna.

“PS. Please ask the Dwarves to try and bring back something that can be used to create a heavy spear… the Priestess asked of this.”

Dhampy finished reading the message and yawned. She sat in an upright position as she looked back at the people behind her to ask, “Are you done, Hammer?”

The Dwarf known as Hammer turned to Dhampy and shouted back, “We are about to finish collecting the necessary ores to create utensils, weapons, and armors for the people.”

“That’s great, but if you could, please find a material that could be turned into heavy artillery. The Boss seemed to have some weird idea again. Oh, but with how much we are about to carry back home, please keep it to a sample.”

“Hoooh, our Priestess thought of another thing? Hmm, I wonder what kind of thing she came up with. All right, we’ll look for the materials. We found some Dark Iron Ores that has some significant weight to it, I’ll get some with Anvil later on.”

Hammer said with a smile. He went back to the entrance of the cave, leaving Dhampy outside. Dhampy looked at him and shook her head, ‘He’s too excited, isn’t he?’

Dhampy laughed at the Dwarf. She looked up to the sky and yawned as she formed a rare smile, ‘He didn’t even find this whole scene to be weird.’

Dhampy laughed while sitting on top of a mountain of white-haired Apes. These Apes were all a meter and a half big, and their levels were at the 70s to 120s. Dhampy killed enough to create a mound and increased her level to 93.

She fought for around an hour straight to ensure nothing would be able to escape her grasp, but she was not tired.

‘The Life Steal and High-Regeneration really do work wonders… this body is weird, but it is convenient. If I go back to the Stronghold like this, they’ll most likely receive me with open arms and give me every monster they could to increase my level.”

Dhampy once had a different name, Kristina. She was a human who protected humankind from the shadows but was always feared for her ridiculous strength and how she lacked what others called humanity.

She was taught not to feel anything in order to make her movements more natural and less stiff. Not once did she smile, not once did she yell out in pain, and not once did Kristina felt proper emotion… she was the perfect killing machine.

Though some tried connecting with her, Kristina knew that they were only trying to use her to secure a position of their own. They would smile at her, promise her things that they could not fulfill, and abandon her once they got what they wanted, and then ask for her again once they need her.

Others only remembered Kristina when they needed her.

She had a toxic relationship with others, and Kristina knew she would have already longed to die if the people of her Stronghold could take her out. Luckily, she was strong enough that even if the entire combined might of the Stronghold’s Hunter Headquarters would not be able to last if she decided that their lives were meaningless.

However, despite all that strength, she died at her last hunt at the Forest of Beast when she went hunting for the Legend-Tier daemon [Vampire-Lord Ecratia], who flew away to recuperate from an encounter.

Kristina was sent there an hour after she just eradicated an SS-Rank Gate on her own. She was injured at the time, but went out to do her mission nonetheless. She killed the Vampire-Lord, but one thing led to another, and now, she’s a daemon herself.

She didn’t know if the upper-echelon of the Stronghold planned it, but why should she care? She was no longer human, and her strength had already disappeared. Even if she went to seek answers, then she would only die.

‘It’s best not to care.’ Was what she thought and then went on living. But she was now devoid of strength and, while in a weakened, was captured by Goblins where she was farmed for her limbs. It was veritably painful, but despite it being so, Kristina didn’t even try running away.

She felt so much worst before. She didn’t care about anything. She had no reason to live in the first place other than being a killing machine. Kristina knew that she had no more future when she turned weak.

She couldn’t be bothered by the idea, and after spending who knows how long with the Goblins, a commotion broke out, and amidst a fire, a child appeared before her.

When Kristina saw this, her eyes widened from the shock, and before she can understand what was going on, the child smiled and spoke.

‘You can stare at my glorious image for all you like, but it will not change the situation, and soon enough, you will die. I only have another 30seconds to wait for your answer — correction, 25 seconds left. You can either die here and continue becoming the meat of the Goblins or —’

For some reason, Kristina, who had done nothing but save and serve others, accepted her invitation out of curiosity when that child appeared before her. But moments after they met, she was dragged away by one of her Boss’ forms.

‘Ow, hey, be careful, if I twist my neck, I’m going to die, you know!’ this was the first time she screamed out to someone. And for some reason, Kristina didn’t dislike it. She was given a funny name, but she also found that as interesting.

After that, they saved some variant of a Pixie, which she treated as her own sister, and family. Then she evolved thanks to Lilith’s help; she found even more people with her.

She gained more disciples, and they treated her like she belonged with them. Without even knowing it, she was far more alive when she was an undead compared to when she was alive.

And Lilith was the one who showed her how to live, and Kristina already knew that she would rather stay as a daemon with the Boss who saved her, other than an ungrateful bunch of humans.

‘The Boss had changed, she mellowed out to make a good model daemon, she’s still the same as before. She Still shows her unorthodox way of thinking, how quickly children grow. I don’t know what idea she has now, but I’m sure it will be something new to me.’

When Lilith appeared before Kristina, she was arrogant and full of confidence, she cared for her, and soon, when her forces grew in number, she cared for them too.

She had indeed been reborn after being renamed. Although it was a rather funny name, it was hers, and no one could take it away from her.

Dhampy held onto her chest and closed her eyes, “I wish I could have lived far longed with the Boss… sadly, my time is running out.”

She spoke with melancholy with a satisfied smile — Dhampy was… nearing her limit.