"Can I eat now?"
She childishly asked, facing the direction of Craig.
Craig's face beamed with smiles.
"Sure. Since nobody is watching, you can dig in now and enjoy your feast" He stated, she responded with a giggle.
Clapping her hands excitedly.
"Okie dokie…"
"Thank for the meal"
Craig watched her transform, the Mother of Ants transformed into her original form, a twelve legged ant.
The creature towered over its surroundings, it's body a massive, hulking mass of chitinous plates and razor-sharp limbs.
It's mandibles were enormous, capable of crushing rocks and snapping steel with ease.
It's exoskeleton glistened like polished obsidian, it's dark armored plates reflecting the light in a mesmerizing pattern.
The surface was etched with intricate, swirling patterns that seemed to shift and writhe like living things.
It lets out a shriek.
Slowly advancing towards the heaps of corpses, it began devouring the rotten corpses of fallen humans.
Feasting on their flesh.
Craig turned the other way around, he felt nauseous by just watching what was happening.
He exhaled a sigh.
"The Mother of Ants my first demonic beast summon has started feasting, it's her first taste of human flesh"
"I should check out how high I would be now"
Craig stated.
He could instinctively summon the virtual panel of the Pandora System to appear right before his eyes.
After all, it's connected to his soul.
And the virtual glowing panel expanded in size, revealing the details displayed on the screen.
[Congratulation, you have passed the second mission]
[Your S ranked Demonic Summon has been fed]
[You will receive your rewards]
Craig giggled softly, he could see the glint of the glowing screen in his eyes.
"My first successful mission ended up upgrading my stat since I received fifty Fate points"
"I had to divide the Fate points equally, I wonder what the rewards of this mission will be"
Craig thought.
He flashed a smile, still awaiting the results.
Ding! Ding!
The system rang out.
[Your mission's reward is 50 Fate points and your stats will be mutiplied by 2]
Craig's eyes widened in awe.
"Oh? That's a suprise. If my physical stats is being multiplied, then i don't need to make use of the Fate points right?"
"I should save it and awaken a sub authority"
Craig thought.
He gently careesed his chin, still lost in his thoughts.
Just then a message alert rang out.
His attention drifted back to the floating virtual panel before him.
[Your S-Ranked Demonic Beast: The Mother of Ants is well fed]
[The restrictions limiting her is slowly deteriorating]
[She will level up]
[Report. The Mother of Ants has leveled up]
[Current Level: 20]
[As her master, your stats will also be blessed by her leveling up]
[You have been gifted a new sub Authority]
[Utopian Sub Authority: Ruler of Ants]
"Ruler of Ants? Ants?…..I thought I only obtained a single demonic beast, Ants isn't a singular pronoun but a plural one"
"What's happening?" He questioned.
Still confused about the situation, just then he overheard the growl of the Mother of Ants Ramposa.
He tilted his head.
Shocked to see ninety percent of the bodies were already devoured by the demonic beast under a few minutes.
"So quick?" He asked.
While still in her Ant Form, she rolled her eyes. Staring directly into the eyes of the unwavered Craig.
Or should I said, Demon Lord Zephyr.
He exhaled a sigh.
"I knew you were hungry but I had no idea you were this hungry. How are you feeling now?" Craig asked.
The Mother of Ants transformed back into her humaniod form. She giggled softly while caressing her stomach.
"Happy…Happy…Happy"
"Happy….Happy….Happy….Happy…Happy"
She excitedly clapped but her mood changed when her stomach made a grumbling sound.
Craig's brows furrowed.
"What's that?" He asked.
She frowned, still caressing her tummy.
"Momma is pregnant…she wants to deliver"
Ramposa voiced out.
Craig's eyes budged.
"What?"
He exclaimed. The virtual panel flickered, drawing Craig's attention back to itself.
It dropped the revelation.
[Notice. Your tamed demonic beast…..]
[The Mother of Ants is pregnant]
The system revealed.
"No shit Sherlock"
"She already revealed that to me but how the hell is she pregnant?" Craig asked.
"I don't remember impregnating her or having sex with her"
Craig added.
[...]
[You don't need to impregnate the Mother of Ants for her to give birth to her children. Each time she properly feeds in large quantity]
[Depending on the level of her Tamer and his full strength. The offsprings she births will be limited]
"Hmmm, limited? Are you talking about the numbers?" Craig asked.
[Yes. That's correct]
"Cool, my level is still pretty low so I don't expect her to give birth to alot of offsprings right? how does an insect put to bed?"
"What are the procedures?" Craig asked.
[Procedures?]
[The Mother of Ants isn't a human but a demonic beast. She doesn't need any procedures to give birth]
[When it's time…..it just happens but you might need a place for her to….]
[Nevermind]
"Huh?"
He felt it behind him, the overwhelming flow of demonic Starlight Energy. Emanating behind him from all directions.
He gently turned back to see hundreds of baby ants feasting on the remaining corpses left behind by Ramposa.
His eyes widened in awe.
Craig couldn't believe his eyes.
[Congratulations. Papa Zephyr]
The system spoke out.
"What in the hell is going on?" Craig voiced out.
Ramposa excitedly ran towards Craig, she leapt into the air. Wrapping her arms around his neck as she pet him.
"Ramposa"
Craig called out.
"Master! Master! See…"
"I gave birth to hundreds of soldiers, aren't my baby ants the perfect soldiers for you?" Ramposa giggled.
Still hugging Craig tightly.
Craig exhaled a sigh, he gazed at the wandering baby ants flooding the scene, all coated in noir, exploring freely.
He rolled his eyes, staring at Ramposa whose face beamed with smiles.
"Are you ok with me making them my soldiers?" Craig asked.
"Sure! Sure!"
"I gave birth to them for a reason, I've been watching everything from your eyes. I know you have shortage of workers"
"But this village has no formal supporters, the Nations in the West are all against the village of Esmerald right?"
Ramposa asked.
"Yh. That's correct" Craig said.
"Well my children are efficient workers, if I feed more. I can birth more children for you to use as your foot soldiers"
Ramposa said.
"Hmmm, but aren't they still babies?" Craig asked.
He bent down, gently picking up a baby ant who wandered close to him.
The baby ant wandered into the palm of his hand and he gently lifted it up.
He glanced at the floating virtual panel and the informations displayed on it.
[Revealing informations about this creature]
[Name:???]
[Race: Demonic Soldier Ant]
[Level: 1]
The system revealed every single information regarding the baby Ant within the palm of his hand.
Squeak! Squeak!
Craig giggled.
"Have you forgotten that I'm a demonic beast. I'm naturally just a spiritual beast but when I got tamed by you"
"I awakened as a demonic beast"
"In seven days, my babies will be full grown adults, ready to do anything you ask them to do"
Ramposa explained.
"After I leveled up. You must have received it right?"
"The sub authority to command the army of Ants"
"Let's rebuild this land to your likeness"
Ramposa giggled.
Craig left the children of Ramposa to explore and feast on the remaining corpses until there was nothing left of them.
They were both seen heading back to the village.
Craig decided to check his current level.
[Level: 10]
He caressed his chin.
"I leveled up by 5 after I obtained a new sub authority. This is good, my physical stat has also increased"
Just then, he had an epiphany.
"Pandora" He called out.
[Yes?]
The system answered with a question.
"I'm curious, since Fate ordered me to make this land my own due to the fact that the Demon Lord Zephyr already lost his land"
"Can I share some abilities with this humans?"
Craig asked.
"I think if I'm going to create for myself a powerful nation in this land. I should start by having powerful subordinates right?"
"I want a quiet life, just relaxing on my bed while my men handle businesses for me"
"So is it possible?" Craig asked.
[Negative. Such feats cannot occur at your current level]
[Required level to create a Grace is 30]
[For now you're the protector of this land. Build a Nation befitting of your glory]