[Your Allies have slain [Low Ranking Demon] x823, [Mid Ranking Demon] x234, [Demon Lord] x2, [High Ranking Demonic Human: Enmity] x1!]
[You earned 45.160.000 EXP!]
[Your Level has increased from Level 10 to Level 20!]
[All of your Stats have increased. You earned Bonus Stat Points and Skill Points.]
Ten Levels in a row were exquisite, the amount of power I attained from that was enough to make my physique grow slightly stronger, and the additional Mana made my internal magic circle rejoice.
"This was a good harvest."
After that, with Eleanora, we flew where Erika was, to find her resting over a huge piece of wall that had fallen off the castle her attack ended destroying.
"Phew… Hahh… I overdid it… But I did it!"
She was gasping for air, exhausted. She had gone all-out against Enmity at the end, to the point she exhausted all her energies, leaving her without the strength to even lift her own body anymore.
"Are you alright? You did a good job." I smiled, walking to her side, and offering her my hand. "Come on, you can't just rest over the rubble like that."
"Blake…" Erika smiled sweetly, she seemed very relieved, as if she had gotten rid of an annoying weight on her shoulders. "Yeah, thanks."
She slowly stood back up and stretched her hands, as I gave her a small potion, which she drank calmly, sighing in relief.
"Phew, that hits the spot! Now that I got rid of that idiot, how many others are left?" She wondered.
"A lot, this is not going to be a quick revenge." I laughed. "But I am happy that you're so eager to take revenge, I wonder what the Erika of the past would say about you now."
"I doubt she would ever think it's bad! I haven't changed THAT much." She crossed her arms while pouting. "But see? I'm pretty strong! Hehehe, I gained like twenty levels."
"Amazing, you're growing at an incredible pace." I smiled, giving her a head pat. "Well done, you make me proud."
"E-Eh? Is that so… Hehehe." Erika giggled while blushing a bit. "If it wasn't thanks to you, I wouldn't even as strong as I am now. I owe you much more, Blake! Now let me repay you with a few kisses~! Mooch!"
And then, Erika attacked me with her kisses, kissing my entire face while saying how lucky she was to have such a handsome boyfriend, it made me slightly embarrassed, but I let her do as she pleased.
At the end of the day, it seems I've grown much weaker than in my previous life, isn't it, Asmodeus?
Yet this weakness… it makes me feel so full now.
Is this what Asmodeus missed, what he could not experience nor find by himself?
Such a comforting warmth, this girl is…
"Now, now, enough with the kisses!" Eleanora interrupted Erika's attacks.
"Huh? You want some too?" Erika teased her.
"T-That's not what I mean! We have to regroup now. Not only we still need to store all the demon corpses, but also go check the survivors that Elizabeth found and has been healing." Said Eleanora. "Ahem… Of course, I wouldn't mind… a few from my lord."
"Hmm, so you've become just as weak as I am." I laughed.
"W-Weak?" Eleanora didn't understood what I was meaning to say.
"Anyways, let's go. I will reward you later, don't worry, my fair night maiden." I smiled at her, giving her a head pat.
"O-Okay…" Eleanora blushed, looking more beautiful than ever.
"She's so cute when she blushes!" Erika giggled, pulling Eleanora's cheeks as if she were a baby.
"Uwaah! C-Cut it out, Erika!" Eleanora complained, although she didn't really stopped her.
Like that, I swept through the battlefield, storing all the demons and cleansing the demon blood from festering and turning into miasma with Elizabeth and Eric's magic help.
And then, once things were done, we regrouped with all the survivors in the nearby church, one of the few buildings that didn't ended being destroyed.
This time, there were only commoners, all the royal family was slaughtered by the demons, according to some witnesses.
"That demon human… Enmity! He killed all the royal family… Just so he could occupy the castle and use it as his new home…"
"That monster… You killed him, right, young lady?!"
"Thank you… for avenging our lords…"
"A-Ahahah, well, I had a grudge against him too… I'm glad that his death brought you all a bit more of relief." Erika sighed. "I've learned through my life that there's some trash that is not even worth the mercy…"
I never imagined words like those would come from the formerly compassionate and delicate girl that Erika used to be. It is quite obvious I've become a strong influence on her mental maturity… I don't know if I should feel guilty or happy about it.
The survivors, which were around three hundred, praised Erika as their heroine, and even lifted her off the ground and everything, they were more lively than I imagined, thanks to Elizabeth's healing magic.
However, concern quickly came back to them as they enjoyed the large meals we prepared to fill their bellies.
"B-But what will we do now?"
"Our city is in ruins… We don't have anything else…"
"At the very least, we should begin building a few houses, and slowly cleaning all the rubble, right?"
"With our numbers, it's going to be a monumental task…"
"Don't worry about that." Monica stepped in. "The Darkage Duchy is still safe, much like the previous duchy survivors, everyone's going to be moved there after you finish your meals. You will become temporary citizens, and be given shelter, food, and a place to work for that shelter and food until things stabilize."
"We will be forever grateful…!"
She's really good with her words, she went directly to the point and explained everything that would happen to them. Having lost everything, they had no reason to reject her offer.
With Greenbow cleared, our next stop will be our last, Silvershield Duchy, the small "shield" city that protects the large capital of Silvertide.
We'll not only raid that area, but we'll follow directly to the capital once we break through the gates.