Chapter 350 Looting!



An aesthetic flying vessel in the shape of a fiery bird flew at an incredible speed, following the path of the mighty Kètūki River. Its speed caused monstrous ripples in the atmosphere as it broke through the air boundary, leaving behind multiple waves of river water.

Aboard the aerial ship, Shadow Slave had just digested and refined energy derived from the Naginas that he had just devoured. With a loud popping sound, foul-smelling black dirt was expelled from every orifice and he had multiple breakthroughs.

Opening his eyes, he waved his hand, and a chilling dark flame set ablaze, burning the dirt into smithereens.

Clap! Clap! Clap!... The sound of applause chimed in the small compartment as Damien* and Layla entered the chamber.

"Atta bouy!" Damien spoke, praising him.

Layla joined the fun by praising and lifting him up to the sky.

Shadow Slave bowed slightly and responded, "Thanks for the kind words, milord!"

Damien tried examining his current strength with his system. However, the stats came out the same as before, along with the reasoning that, without leaving the current body he was possessing, the system couldn't classify Shadow Slave's raw strength.

Therefore, Damien asked instead, "Shadow, how do you feel now? And how much do you get stronger?"

"I feel...better. Umm," Shadow Slave further added, stretching his body. "Perhaps, if I were to fight those earlier three Naginas then, I can slaughter them easily without relying on red Katana."

"Good! It turns out, coming to this Exoplanet is a great call. Plus, I've got to experience a lot of exciting moments. And I got my God Crystal too." Damien said lazily. "For now, let's go back home."

Seeing his tedious appearance, Layla thought about something and jumped into their conversation. "Who knows when we will return here, Mr. Darhk? I have an idea. And I think you would like it."

"Alright, go on."

Pulling out a red Crystal stone, Layla said, "Mister seems to like this stone. And as a previous slave, I knew a lot of places where they mined such stones." Then she added with a grin, "How about looting them all?"

"Hmm, it sounds–great!" Damien agreed. "Okay, let's do it. However, I don't like small loots. So, let's start with Leader KóKó Chá's palace."

Later, after a brief meeting, the ship shifted its course toward Bourbon Town.

Adding another colossal sum of white angelic grace energy from his palm, the ship sped up rapidly.

They first stopped in a nearby town and blended while hunting for information.

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A week later, a rumor spread quickly across the large land where the Kètuki River runs, practically the entire easternmost region of Meadow Valley Continent. It was regarding the rise of a terrifying, oddball bandit comprising two humans and a snake man named Jugo.

Yes, under Damien's well-crafted plan, Shadow Slave, who was in the body of the already deceased Chieftain Jugo, visited several markets and collected roughly ninety-five percent of the secret coordinates of the Crystal Stone Mines in this eastern side of Meadow Valley Continent.

After learning enough and understanding the powers behind them, they started their operations by looting from one mine to another. And in the next five days, they had already dried up over 500 grade-1 Crystal Mines, 356 grade-2 Crystal Mines, and 99 Grade-3 Crystal Mines. There were a few skirmishes, but they were all for nothing since they left piles of corpses behind.

Soon their reputation preceded them as they were given the nickname The Three Gluttonous Butchers!

Today, after gaining special intel about the location of a Grade 4 Mine, Damien and his gangs went straight there. This time, the moment they arrived they were ambushed by thousands of powerful Nagina Experts. Indeed, it was a trap!

Still, with a red katana, Shadow Slave beheaded all of them within ten minutes. Whereas Layla sniped all the other weaker guards.

After tidying up the piles of bloody corpses, Layla said, "Uncle Shadow, go on. Your feast is ready!" pointing at the piles of the corpse.

While Shadow Slave was devouring the corpses, Layla asked the suave-looking youth who had been standing still all this time, "Sorry, it's my fault for getting into this trap. I'm ready to accept my punishment." Then she knelt in front of him.

Damien ignored her and started looking around.

It became even more unforgettable for Layla that she couldn't hold the awkwardness anymore. So she opened her mouth once again, "Teacher, please punish this silly disciple." It even got to the point where she started weeping at the thought that he might disown her and discard her.

Her tears kept dripping on the dusty ground.

Suddenly, she felt a warm hand touching her head. So she looked up with her teary eyes. "Please, don't leave me here, mister Darhk!" She said, pleading with a shaky tone.

"There there," Beaming brightly, Damien patted her head and responded with a gentle voice, "Stop getting wild ideas girl. You're my one and only disciple. How silly of you... I'm not abandoning you, sweetheart."

After assuring her, he further added looking at a particular spot, "Instead, do me a favor. Observed the surroundings with your Ocular technique and informed Shadow to dig them all out."

Even though Layla had an inferiority complex, she was witty enough to catch the under-lining meaning in his words.

So, she activated his ocular eye technique, and soon the three comma-like eye shards rotated around the periphery of her corneas. Then she undid the skill.

After learning from Layla the exact locations deep underground, Shadow Slave excavated five enormous Red Crystal Stones the size of mountain rocks.

Damien observed each of them with satisfaction and put all of them inside a Purple Spatial Beast's Eyeball. "I believe these will be enough. Let's leave immediately! We've already caused too much uproar... Hmm, stronger experts will eventually be after us."

He then brought out the flying vessel. And they quickly left the place for the Beetal Oak Tree Forest.

Unbeknownst to them, a team of NAGINA led by Countess Meera had already been after them.... (please, stay tuned!)