With the flying fortress’ current speed, it only took five hours for them to reach the destination, and while the place was pretty close to the ocean, there were no signs of the sahuagins. In any case, Luke could see several types of monsters moving around a certain settlement that had around three hundred people in it. In an outer ring, Luke could also see those massive, dark, and hairy creatures that looked like lions. Those weird creatures were back and now he could see why they were so troublesome. Their skills were also at a pretty high level...

Cursed Dark Beast Lv 414

HP: 2989/ 2989

MP: 2121/ 2121

SP: 2354/ 2354

STR: 756

SPE: 450

INT: 620

END: 450

RES: 450

FOC: 1200

Free points: 00

Gold Coins: 00

Active Skills: Devour Lv 10, Dash Lv 10, Steel Claws Lv 10, Uncontrollable Will Lv 10

Spells: Ice Arrow Lv 10, Fire Arrow Lv 10, Tornado Lv 10, Earthquake Lv 10

Passive: Fire Resistance Lv 10, Wind Resistance Lv 10, Viral Resistance Lv 10, Pain Resistance Lv 10, Cold Resistance Lv 10, Earth Resistance Lv 10 Electric Resistance lv 10, Poison Resistance Lv 10

Those creatures sure looked strong, and since they probably ate some dark elves, they had a lot of spells. Luke would also save coins and learn Devour if the process wasn’t rather troublesome. He was willing to do a log to obtain power, but not that much...

"They are strong... Your average dark elf can’t face them," Luke rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Their numbers are small compared to the other species, but they still outnumber the dark elves below."

"Hey, did you find many overlords that use that type of monster?" Shalia asked.

"No, those creatures are hard to control," Nambra replied. "They are hard to find as well, and most overlords breed them with skills that make them impossible to tame or that they will die instead of submitting to others."

That explained the skill: uncontrollable will... it was a pity, but it couldn’t be helped. That kind of monster would serve well as a sacrifice, after all. Regardless, the monsters got tense when they saw a flying fortress nearby, so they stopped fighting among themselves. The dark beast began to move to a single spot... They knew that they would be harder to kill that way... They truly were troublesome creatures. Nevertheless, Luke called his dark elves and told them to jump at certain points and then form an encirclement in that area. Not a single monster was supposed to leave the place... And as if the system was reading his thoughts, Luke received the first quest in a while.

You received a quest.

Quest: kill all the dark beasts without letting a single dark elf be killed.

Reward: 100.000 gold coins and the Overlord’s blessing of power.

It wasn’t a bad reward. Luke was also pretty Interested in the skill book. The only problem was the fact that the objective was way too broad. Luke couldn’t take down so many high-level monsters instantly, not even with Weapon Augmentation... Fortunately, even though the dark elves were assuming their position, the dark beasts weren’t moving at all... It was like they were waiting for the fortress to descend. As if Luke would let such crazy beasts get so close to his base.

"Let me start with something... Hot for a start," Shalia said.

"I suppose that is fine, it will keep the enemies in a single place for a while, and it will wound several of them at the same time as well," Luke said and then nodded.

Shalia will use all of their mana, but Luke could recover by using the effects of the rings. It shouldn’t be that hard once she damages them, after all. Luke made the fortress approach, and then Shalia summoned her fire tornado. Even from a distance, everyone could feel the powerful heat coming from it. In any case, the monsters tried to resist, but most of them got pulled in by the spell that lasted for five seconds. The duration seemed to decrease, but the power increased in its place... once that was done, Luke jumped from the fortress.

"Not a single one died, but most of them lost half of their health, huh," Luke thought while checking the monster’s wounds.

The monsters suddenly got wild when they noticed Luke’s approach. They began to fire their single-target spells. Still, before they could hit anything, Luke threw his ax and then made the weapon pierce the head of one of the beasts. In the next moment, he appeared right there.

You obtained 2220 experience points.

You obtained 2220 gold coins.

"It is... Stinger time!" Luke said and then pointed his ax toward the nearest enemy. "Stinger! Stinger! Stinger! Sting..."

Luke stopped talking because he bit his tongue. That messed with his rhythm as well and gave a chance for some enemies to attack him. The monsters with their massive bodies and claws tried to Slash him apart, but Luke repelled their attacks by using his secret technique; the Beyblade attack.

The claws of the monsters began to hurt like hell. Still, Luke was forced to stop and change his attack because that wasn’t killing anything, and the other monsters were preparing area of effect spells. However, before they could do that, some colorful spheres showed up and attacked them. After a while, Nambra landed nearby.

"I am sorry for intruding, master," Nambra said.

Luke couldn’t even complain since he wouldn’t be able to stop all those enemies from using their spells, and while he probably could withstand a few of them, it would only make him waste time. Regardless, the monsters were stopped, and several of them began to fall dead on the ground since Nambra’s magic power was something else... In any case, Luke resumed his own attacks, and he became even more ferocious than before when Nambra used her orbs to increase his speed and strength.