The rest of the night went off peacefully after Kaelara had returned upstairs to the cabin, and Zorat then drifted off to slumber, not even bothering to check out the improvements in his stats just yet.

Since it was a constant dim glow in the underground accommodations, Zorat was not alerted to the early morning sun until Florielle found her way down to gently wake him up with the tantalizing smell of fresh breakfast.

Food had become one of the enjoyable things Zorat had been indulging in ever since his transformation into mortal flesh. And the taste of human food in particular was very much to Zorat’s liking.

After having a quick breakfast, with knowledge of what he had to get done in the next couple of hours, since the escort mission would be starting the next morning, only a few extra hours remaining to go....

Zorat decides to check out the improvements that this last session of nectar essence infusion has brought to his physical body.

Even though he could make a rough guess with how much strengthened he feels, he still prefers seeing it the way its translated in this world’s system.

With a thought, a translucent, invisible panel appeared to Zorat’s mind...

*****

[Name: Caleb Cole]

[LV: 18 ]

[HP: 335/335 ]

[MP: 62/62 ]

[STR: 21 ]

[DEF: 23 ]

[SPD: 19 ]

[Affinity: Space || Earth || Bow || Shadow || Strength || Lightning ]

[Skills: Spatial Repertoire (Error) || Portal (Error) || Earth Manipulaion (Error) ]

[Special Skill: Space Manipulation (Error) || Void Domain (Error) || Existential Pierce (Error) || Limitless Might (Error) || Lightning Genesis (Error)]

****

"That’s quite the improvement....hehehe."

Zorat smiled in satisfaction, looking at the bump to his stats.

Now, with Zorat’s new physical stats, his human body could withstand more use of his abilities. With this, he could channel enough destructive force to match those at the mid-stage paragon realm.

Technically, ’Caleb’ should still be at the Adept realm, just like the other heroes. But in reality, he could now easily squash someone at the early stage of the paragon realm, and for those at the mid stage, he could still go blow for blow.

Though, to the defense of the heroes, they were also growing incredibly fast, with most at the verge of the master realm and almost crossing over. And with the repeated training sessions, so too were their skills improving, and soon they should be able to start using their divine skills as well.

With this upcoming journey, it’s only a matter of time before they start ranking among the strongest in the kingdom. But since they were not part of this world in the first place, their ridiculous rate of growth and strength is not really set as a basis for others to emulate or contend with. They are essentially in their own lane.

And even until now, the question Zorat had about what happened to the previous heroes was still unanswered, though Kaelara gave him insight into an important fact; she also did not know.

But the opportunity to retrieve meaningful information would be presenting itself to Zorat on a platter with this new journey they were about to embark on.

But first, there was something he needed to take care of.

Zorat instructed Florielle to bring Kaelara down to meet him and to give them some privacy.

This took the ladies for a spin, but Zorat didn’t bother correcting their misconceptions. Even Kaelara, as she came down the stairs, was flushed in heat, obviously ready to get into another round of action with her master as she smiled shyly.

But she was destined to be disappointed.

Zorat simply instructed her to take off her top and give him access to her belly, which she excitedly did, but he simply placed his palm on her lower abdomen and closed his eyes. Zorat did nothing else as they both sat in that position for several minutes.

Minutes turned into hours, and Kaelara’s ambitious thoughts immediately died out, knowing Zorat never intended to partake in what she had in mind.

She remained there, not quite sure what Zorat was doing. But she happily smiled through it all, the prolonged intimate contact between herself and her master making her want the moment to stretch forever.

Invisible to Kaelara, from the very moment Zorat had made contact with her lower belly, spirals of squirming runes were dancing all around the underground accommodations, all emerging from her belly and swirling around Zorat.

What Zorat had devoted several hours of his precious time to accomplish was to bring a certain aspect of the runic configuration that governed her special skill under his control.

As her special skill is of such a high grade, it makes it more potent and easier for Zorat to make contact with. Still, it took several grueling hours as Zorat was doing it the old school way, same as he had been doing with Myrra.

Where with Myrra, Zorat was trying to replicate her skill into himself entirely....

This time, he was only trying to mess with the code a little, and after several long hours, Zorat successfully brought the aspect that governed the production of her essence nectar under his control.

Now he can temporarily command that aspect to cease functioning while the other parts continue. And that’s exactly what he did. All without Kaelara noticing anything except for the subtly climbing pressure on her soul.

But she couldn’t actually express it, and only translate that feeling as a pressure on her mind since she couldn’t sense her soul.

Through that all, it soon got very late into the night before they were done.

Now, when Zorat leaves, Kaelara wouldn’t be accumulating essence nectar, causing her discomfort and pain.

He also left her with some powerful artifacts from his collection with instructions to keep Myrra and Florielle, as well as herself, safe, since he has investments in all of them. Though he didn’t mention that last part.

With that, everyone turned in for the night, and the next time Zorat opened his eyes, it was already morning, woken to the smell of a delicious breakfast prepared and offered by Florielle.

He enjoyed his meal up in the cabin with the rest of the ladies, amidst chatter and suggestive, playful remarks.

Florielles, ever efficient, had long prepared all that Zorat would be needing for his Journey this time, and was already tearing up as she gathered them for Zorat, having already been informed, just like all the maids, that their masters are to be present for a final address by the king before setting off on this journey that had no specific timeline.

With some consoling and very drawn-out hugs from all the ladies, and surprisingly, Liora. Her own hug was even the most drawn out.

Zorat temporarily turned his back to them all as he headed in the direction of the palace auditorium....

A new Chapter was about to begin.....

And this demon could not be more excited.

"Hehehe"