Chapter 92 – Divine Talents Buried in the Mud.

Chapter 92 – Divine Talents Buried in the Mud.

That night-

To increase the relative safety of the household, Gerhart brought all the servants and blessed them. With this blessing, they reached the standard of weak S-rank adventurers, being level 60, with all their stats at S-grade, and having ten tier 5 talents according to roles.

In this way, the servants had some protection ability. Although Gerhart conveniently forgot about something- His servants were now too overpowered! Even if they couldn't beat the likes of Ma Yang(Post Corruption), they likely wouldn't die like chickens and dogs, being able to retreat. And they could mop the floor with almost any A-rank adventurer. It was an extravagance even the three major superpowers rarely had!

With the abundant energy at his disposal, Gerhart focused on Havre, his top fighter. With a hundred million points, he gave the 100% Golden Marrow. When that happened, her other unevolved talents suddenly became evolvable, so Gerhart evolved Boundless Agility, Absolute Dexterity, and Majestic Aura to Beginner, with only the Domain of Blades remaining. He then raised her level to 60 before stopping.

Energy: 1,815m -> 285m

With this added layer of protection, Gerhart was not worried about the manor, so he had a good sleep after a round of merry-making.

On this note, Qold, an initial S-rank Greater Succubus, was evolving toward the Succubus Queen, a powerful S-rank monster. However, since he didn't repeat the other day's debauchery with Stella, she only reached 13% of the way. But that was fine. There was no need to rush things.

On the other hand, Stella started edging toward an evolution called the Kingdom Slime Girl. But the progress was much slower than the Empress Slime Girl. It would take Gerhart several thousand shots to raise her to that level. It would likely take upgrading the Epitome of Masculinity to the Intermediate level to reach a more reasonable time frame.

After waking up, Gerhart took Hope, To-Meri, and Qold to the other dungeon city, Xoirora, leaving Havre to guard the manor. Perhaps because the horses were too fast, Hope said they were not monitored minutes after riding away.

With no need to take detours, the horses traveled at full speed, passing a dozen towns before reaching Xoirora within an hour.

As they didn't plan to stay for long, Gerhart had To-Meri and Qold search for talents while he and Hope crushed the dungeon.

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Two beauties walked through the city, attracting lustful eyes wherever they went. After a quick check in the slave market, the two beauties dejectedly left with no haul, wandering about the city for two hours.

"Finding talents here is like finding a needle in a haystack. How did you find someone before?" Qold complained.

"I dunno? Ray and I just walked here and there, and boom, we found someone." To-Meri explained.

"Blind luck?" Qold asked.

"Blind luck." To-Meri nodded.

"Have you ever tried guiding that luck? You can try flipping a coin or rolling dice before making decisions." Qold pointed out.

"I didn't try that before. Any dice?" To-Meri asked.

"Look, sweety. I have many vices, but gambling is not one of them. I am more surprised someone as lucky as you don't gamble." Qold said.

"Who would play with someone that always wins?" To-Meri rhetorically asked.

"Touche." Qold nodded.

The two ladies then headed to a nearby merchant and bought a pair of six-sided dice for a Silver Coin before gambling where to search. After a series of rolls, the dice led them to a specific location.

"Shantytown, of course." To-Meri pursed her lips as she looked at the dreary section of the city.

Shantytown had many broken-down buildings and pitched lean-tos against overcrowded buildings. The people here were even more miserable than in the slums, who at least had some decency and hygiene. The stench in the summer reeked to the high heavens. This place was downright foul! Even if someone here sought to sell themselves as slaves, no one would take them. Some of them are slaves abandoned by their owners to a miserably long death sentence.

Typically, the two women would selectively avoid it until they searched the whole city, which is impossible in a day. Luckily, the Shantytown in this city was small, with only about 300 inhabitants, so it wasn't too hard to look.

"Let's get this over with quickly. This place is worse than the regular goblin zone." Qold said with undisguised disgust.

From her point of view, even the slave-like regular goblins lived better lives than this. Because of this, many people from Shantytown left the city to become bandits.

"Agreed." To-Meri nodded and walked with Havre through the Shantytown.

The two women started walking through the uneven streets in obvious disrepair, smelling like a mixture of rancid sweat, human waste, and rotten meat while analyzing everyone they saw. The talents of the people in the Shantytown were at the bottom, with the occasional drug addict, cripple, helpless elderly, poorly-equipped thugs, or street urchins.

"Nya... If I didn't have weapons, those thugs would have likely attacked us by now." To-Meri, who wore armor and had a pair of scimitars, said while looking at the thugs looking at them as if weighing their chances.

"Oh, I am sure they would. If lucky, they would strip us naked before running. If we are unlucky, they would- You know what I mean." Qold gave the thugs a nasty glare, causing them to flinch and turn away.

People tend to learn that the more beautiful a person is, the more likely he is strong. For two women who stuck out like sore thumbs in this place, either they were ignorant idiots or powerful enough to look down on all of them. Even the desperados didn't take their chances.

While To-Meri and Qold scanned everyone equally, a young street urchin mustered up his courage and walked up to them.

"Misses... This place is dangerous. I think you should leave." A boy who appeared about twelve said, his hair and skin caked with grime and his cheeks sunken. He had some bruises and had a poor knife caked with dry blood as a sidearm, perhaps the reason why he survived in this area.

"Oh?" Qold raised an eyebrow and quickly analyzed the boy. Upon seeing his status, her eyes glinted. "Brave boy. Are you worried about us sisters?" She teasingly asked while leaning over.

Anthemius's mind went blank before he immediately nodded, full of joy!

"Yes! We will be your master's servants!" Anthemius teared up.

How could he not understand that he got fished from the gutters?! It was an act of charity while keeping his dignity as a human being! He would be an idiot if he didn't accept it!

"Good! Oh, and by the way, would you like to convert to my religion while we are at it?" To-Meri smiled and asked. "I see a lot of potential in you. If you convert, you will be very powerful."

"Hah?" Anthemius thought he misheard her when suddenly-

"Your money or your lives!"

"Hehehe... they have nice bodies."

"Let's play with them before selling them."

They heard the rough voices of men outside as Anthemius's expression changed. "Oh no... They're here!"

Without saying anything, Anthemius drew his dagger as he vigilantly eyed six thugs wielding makeshift weapons facing Qold.

"Stay back, you fiends!" Anthemius pointed his dagger at the thugs, a crazed glint in his eyes.

These lovely ladies cured his sister and were about to fish them from the gutters, so how could he allow these crooks to destroy his future? He would fight them to the death if he had to!

"Kill the brat." The thugs cast a dismissive glance at him.

But just then-

"Okay, you can fuck off to your hideout and fuck each other to death." Qold glared at them, her eyes shining.

The six men froze, becoming dazed. "Yes..."

Like mindless dolls, they left.

"W-What was that?" Anthemius gapped in amazement, lowering his knife.

"Just a small trick." Qold winked at Anthemius.

"Amazing..." Anthemius muttered, realizing the two women were indeed powerhouses. His hopes for the future rose sharply.

What he didn't know was that, several days later, six men were found dead in their hideout, having fucked each other until they died from exhaustion. But no one investigated it since no one cared about Shantytown.

After To-Meri retracted the power from the statue, they carried the sister with them and headed to a nearby decent inn to lay her down and get clean water, food, and clothes for the siblings.

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Exiting the dungeon, Gerhart looked at his energy.

Energy: 285m -> 1,284m

With this new energy, it slightly relieved Gerhart's pressure.

Hope led them to where she sensed To-Meri and Qold, leading them to an inn, where Qold waited by the entrance.

"Qold, how did it go?" Gerhart asked.

"Very well! We have two talents. Come and see." Qold smiled and led them.

With anticipation in his heart, Gerhart followed Qold upstairs to a double room, where a weak and malnourished young woman rested. Beside her was a boy and To-Meri taking care of her.

"Master!" To-Meri exclaimed, her eyes lighting up.

"Master!" The boy copied her, bowing.

"Oh? Raise your head." Gerhart said as he checked their talents.

But when he saw their talents, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Anthemius's talents: Initial Shadow Monarch(Unawakened)

Flora's(The sister's) talents: Initial Aspect of Life(Awakening), ???(Developing)