[The host has attained an extraordinary achievement. The title [Domination] has been granted! Congratulations!]
[[Domination] -Gold-
The host has conquered all kinds of lands and holds dominion over 100,000,000 Ascenders.
The host's charisma increases when wearing this title.
The host's intimidation increases when wearing this title.
Other beings will find it harder to resist the commands of the host when the title is equipped!]
"That one is quite helpful, that's for sure!" Dilan acknowledged when he finished reading through the first batch of system notifications he had received.
However, there were still a lot more notifications to comb through.
[The host has attained an unimaginable achievement. The Title [Dragon Rider] has been granted! Congratulations!]
[[Dragon Rider] -Platinum-
The host has ridden a Dragon for more than 300 hours!
The host's Mana control increases by 30% when riding a Dragon
The host's ability to move with the flow when riding a Dragon increases drastically.
The host's communication ability with the Dragon he/she rides elevates by leaps and bounds.
The host's stats increase by 5% when riding a Dragon.
The Dragon's stats increase by 5% when the host rides it!]
[The host conquered 75% of the continent and started his journey toward greatness. The title [Beyond the Stars] reacts drastically to this achievement. Follow the path you have started, and power will follow suit!]
"The new titles are good, but Beyond the Stars is still the best!" Dilan muttered to himself when he finished reading the last message. He was pretty sure that the last message indicated something very simple; the ability would grow to a higher rank or quality when Dilan would completely conquer Cansum.
That was pretty interesting and it allowed him to feel a lot better about conquering the entire continent.
"Do I have to conquer Milarn in its entirety to keep upgrading Beyond the Stars or is it fine to conquer other planets as well? The latter should be a lot easier…" He mumbled and the Red Dragon agreed to what he said without knowing what exactly his mumbling was about.
[Conquering Milarn will become more difficult with time. The Higher Lifeforms will descend soon to get their hands on the Primordial Ascension's system and they will want to turn Milarn into their personal grounds of nourishment. After all, the Primordial Ascension only chooses extraordinary planets to awaken them!] The Red Dragon spoke while spewing out blazing flames that burned thousands of Ratmen at the same time.
They were currently in a temple that worshiped the Pest God and Dilan couldn't be bothered with maintaining an amicable relationship with that kind of race. Their livelihood depended on the complete destruction of the ecosystem wherever they went.
Thus, their death was unavoidable.
Dilan had killed thousands of beings since they had departed to conquer Cansum but he was far from done. The Hordes of Chaos and Destruction were the last hurdle he would have to overcome, and that was something he wanted to achieve with his people, the Red Dragon and his own strength.
The Red Dragon was only supposed to kill those whom Dilan and the others couldn't defeat even if they wanted to and she would help out those who were simply too weak to defeat their opponents.
With that in mind, Dilan exerted [Walk of Thunder] with more than 20 Units of Mana before he unsheathed the Blessed Blade and the Cursed Dagger. He activated [Mantle Of Elements] as well, summoning an Intermediate Fire Spirit to shroud his blades' blazing flames before he jumped down from the flying Red Dragon.
By now, his only concern was how long it would take before he finished conquering the continent rather than questioning if it was even possible.
The Red Dragon alone was already enough to conquer the entire continent, and then there was his overwhelming strength along with the fact that he had many loyal subordinates.
His Undying Group was filled with loyal Ascenders, which was something Dilan was quite happy and proud about.
His Ascenders had helped him a lot in making sure that nobody would dare to disobey him after he had forced them to submit to himself. This had made things a lot easier and it was time to meet up with them once again.
Thus, once he had killed all the remaining Ratmen with the help of the Red Dragon, Dilan waited for the others to arrive.
"Do you want to take a look to assess how strong the strongest being belonging to the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction is right now?" Dilan asked while they were waiting.
He had collected the corpses of the Ratmen to separate them from their Essence crystal neatly before setting aside the remains so that he could sacrifice them once he got back to any of the temples he had conquered.
Dilan had collected so many Essence crystals that he was ready to activate the Orb of Mantras several times if necessary. However, he hoped that this wouldn't be necessary because it was a waste of precious resources; resources he would be able to use later to improve his stats and level after advancing.
[I can do that but if I encounter a Chaos Dragon…good luck…] The Red Dragon could only say before she flapped her large wings. It was quite obvious that she was not confident in defeating a Chaos Dragon on her own and that was something Dilan was a little bit bothered about.
'If not even she can defeat a Chaos Dragon, I wonder how we're supposed to wipe off the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction from Milarn…' Dilan thought and he got a bad feeling. However, something was weird.
It was hard to describe his current feeling because he was pretty sure that he had both good and bad feelings at the same time. That was weird and Dilan didn't actually want to be in such a situation again as it was never good to feel like this.
According to his experience so far, when something extremely good happened, something bad would soon follow suit.
This was troublesome, and Dilan soon figured out what exactly the troublesome part was.
"The Hordes of Chaos and Destruction are on their way to the Shikan plains!" Sven said not long after he and the others finally met up with Dilan and the Red Dragon.
"The Shikan plains? Does that mean they're just charging through the Bellian Forest, or did they already conquer it?" Dilan was a little bit dumbfounded to hear Sven's words but he tried to stay composed.
"I have no idea! Some scouts say that they saw some groups belonging to the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction charging through the Bellian Forest, while others turned into followers of Lumberjacks. They're turning the whole forest upside down!" Sven tried to explain quickly and it was quite obvious that he was losing his composure.
However, Dilan couldn't help but look at his strategist in confusion.
"I understand that you're a little bit flustered, but is there really the need for you to be like this? Most of our people are with us here, and the others can save themselves by hiding in the underground tunnels we dug for situations like this," Dilan spoke quite nonchalantly but Sven's expression turned ghastly.
"They have stone worms that are several kilometers long as their underlings, and a Giganotosaurus as well…"