However, before he could start gathering SP, he needs to learn of the whereabouts of his targets.
Aside from that, he also needs to think of the best and most efficient way of hunting and killing monsters, as well as not killing some of them and forced them to join his force.
As an Archdemon, he could subdue B-rank monsters and below easily. As for A-rank monsters, it would take some time, but he believed it can be done.
However, he would not target any A-rank monsters. In fact, if he spotted one, he would look the other way. Battling an A-rank monster with an A-rank monster after him is a recipe for a quick death.
"Looks like I will utilise you guys more in the future," on his hands are groups of Phantom Wasp, ready to fullfill their duty as his scout.
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A large Hulking Hobgoblin looked around, pleased with its current tribe. The tribe of 500 Goblins of various kind are busy preparing for another attack to a nearby Kobold Encampment.
It could already envision eating a lot of Kobold Meat by the end of the day.
The large monster was about to let out a bellow, calling his tribe for war when arrows pierced through some of his Goblins.
The one who survived the first volley quickly took it upon themselves to hide behind their tents or anything that could provide cover.
The Hulking Hobgoblin did the same, using a large tree as its cover. It tried to see what attacked it's tribe when large ants suddenly swarmed it's Goblins.
Such large ants should not be a problem but it soon spit out Fireball, burning some of the Goblins while injuring many.
While it's tribe still confused, their formation in disarray, a group of large spider slammed into them, followed by a group of large mantis.
The spider tear through the Goblins while the mantis unleash blades, cutting some of the Goblins to smaller pieces.
Seeing this, the Hulking Hobgoblin had enough.
It roared loudly, making the intruders looking at it. With a vicious swing, the Hulking Hobgoblin took out several mantis and spiders at once, turning them into paste.
So, their number are often the same or slightly larger than the nearest nations to their home. Sometimes, though rarely, the number of monsters are less than that of the population near them.
Another reason was that monsters did not have the infrastructure similar to the sentiance race.
It made it harder for their population to rise as their youngs could die despite monsters especially Fiend Race able to reach their juvenile periods in count of days.
Not to mention, the survival of the fitting rules made it even less monsters reaching adulthood due to competition. After all, while Mana Zone cause the production of food items in the form of fruits and herbs, plus made animals grow larger and faster in places with high density, the resources will still be limited, which cause monster to compete with one another.
As such, even if they should outnumber human by tenfold, if not more, they could not.
As he thought of Mana Zone, he looked at his own system space. While the density of mana could not be compared to the density of mana in Lunos Forest, it slowly gaining to it.
Unfortunately, the ability to spring forth monsters from high concentration of mana is not available to his system space. It will made things a lot easier if that happened.
"Too bad. At least I would not be burdened with random monsters spawning in," he exclaimed before standing up.
One of his Phantom Wasp had found another group of monsters, this time Kobold.
A vicious smile formed on his face.
It's looks like he will be on his way to the next hunt.
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The Forest Drake looked around, waiting for its kindred. They are born from the same great tree, with their purpose planted into them since their creation.
"Protect the Mother Tree and the forest against those that would harm it."
Since then, it had slain most of the mistress' enemies, being who target it's mistress and the Mother Tree for their greed.
Now, it and its kindred will hunt a being that manage to evade it's claw. It would have feel shame if it could, but it didn't so it did not feel anything when the mistress told it of the reinforcement that will come.