"No need to see me off, Saint Dofrak!"
"No need, no need."
As he spoke, Dofrak had already turned and left, while Is casually waved him goodbye.
After Dofrak departed, Is's gaze once again fell upon the group of female slaves.
Naturally, there was no way he would keep all of them.
There were nearly twenty women here already, and adding them to his current household would bring the total to over thirty people.
Faced with such a situation, Is planned to choose at most five of the absolute best among them.
"Minian."
Is called out softly.
Very quickly, Roz Minian hurried out from the castle and arrived beside him.
"What are your orders, Master?" she asked gently.
"I'll leave these people to you. Explain the rules here to them."
"Understood, Master."
"Mm."
After leaving behind those words, Is turned and walked back inside alone.
Back when Roz Minian first arrived, Is had not even bothered explaining the rules personally to her, much less now with nearly twenty newcomers.
"Ahem."
Roz Minian cleared her throat before slowly speaking.
"You now have two choices."
"First, remain here and serve Master Aurelius D. Virel Is-sama."
"Second, you may leave immediately. However, if you are captured afterward, it will have nothing to do with us."
Without question, the moment those words were spoken, all the female slaves looked at one another.
Clearly, their thoughts were completely unified—
They all wanted to stay.
They understood very well that with their own abilities alone, escaping the Holy Land Mary Geoise was impossible.
The second option was essentially a death sentence.
Of course, if someone like Dofrak had offered them those same choices, many of them might have chosen to flee instead.
But Is's residence was different.
Even though they still knew very little about him, none of them were willing to gamble on the alternative.
"Looks like no one wants to leave." Roz Minian smiled faintly. "Congratulations. You made the right choice."
"Sister… please continue guiding us in the future," one of the female slaves said carefully.
"Yes, we just arrived and don't know what we should or shouldn't do."
"Relax. Being able to come here and serve my master is your blessing." Roz Minian reassured them softly. "Now come with me to bathe and change into clean clothes."
"Yes, Sister!"
…
Some time later, after Roz Minian helped them bathe and change into new clothing, their appearances became even more striking.
Truthfully, most of them were exceptionally beautiful.
Pretty faces, excellent figures, and fair skin.
Meanwhile, in the back garden—
Acnologia suddenly opened his eyes and rubbed his somewhat overheated face.
"Damn it. I accidentally fell asleep. The sun's brutal."
Tilting his head slightly, he noticed that Madara had already moved his rocking chair beneath the shade of a tree and was currently reading a newspaper while leisurely enjoying a drink.
Without hesitation, Acnologia also dragged his rocking chair beneath the shade before grabbing a bunch of fresh grapes from the nearby stone table.
"Madara, you could've at least reminded me. The sun was way too strong. Totally ruined my sleep," Acnologia muttered while lying down again.
Madara merely glanced at him without saying anything before returning to his newspaper.
At the same time, Roz Minian arrived in the back garden with the new maids, preparing to assign them work.
"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on here?" Acnologia suddenly asked curiously while looking at Madara. "I just took a nap, and now the house is full of women?"
"A gift from one of Is's friends," Madara replied casually while continuing to read.
"A gift? Good grief, this many? And Is actually accepted them…"
Acnologia sounded somewhat speechless.
"Everyone has different interests. You think everyone's like you?" Madara said calmly.
"Aren't you the same as me? Completely uninterested in women."
"No, no, don't lump me together with you." Madara immediately corrected him. "You're the type that doesn't even bother talking to them. At the very least, I still exchange a few words."
"Basically the same thing."
"The difference is huge."
"…"
"Forget it."
Acnologia muttered softly before continuing to feed grapes into his mouth.
Truthfully, he didn't care in the slightest that so many new maids had suddenly arrived.
His earlier reaction had simply been pure curiosity.
…
Several days later, the new maids had gradually adapted to their work here.
Meanwhile, Is had already selected a few of the finest among the finest.
As for the rest, once he departed for God Valley, he intended to set them free.
After all, he already had more than enough maids.
And every type of beauty imaginable was basically already present within his household.
"Ding! Excavation attempts have refreshed. Please excavate promptly."
The moment the notification rang out within Is's mind, his status panel automatically appeared before him.
Host: Aurelius D. Virel Is
Excavation Level: 2 (0/200)
Excavation Attempts: 1 (0/15)
Can increase as Excavation Level rises.
Physique:
Advanced Taijutsu (100%)
Creation Rebirth (10%)
Increasing progress grants stronger recovery abilities, cell activation, and enhanced vitality. Upon reaching 100%, regeneration ability can be obtained.
Characters:
Uchiha Madara (50%)
Tatsumaki (30%)
Acnologia (35%)
Unohana Retsu (25%)
Yoriichi Tsugikuni (25%)
Hashirama Senju (30%)
Abilities:
Paper-Paper Fruit · Awakening (Burn Attribute) (1668/5000)
Flame-Flame Fruit (1023/2000)
Conqueror's Haki (/2000)
Armament Haki (360/2000)
Observation Haki (999/1000)
Inherited:
Susanoo, Sage Mode
Excavation Location:
[Positioning Available]
Storage:
None.
Is merely glanced over the panel briefly before activating the positioning feature without hesitation.
After all, he had specifically been waiting for this excavation attempt before departing for God Valley.
"Activate positioning mode."
"Ding! Positioning activated."
Just like before, the moment the system's voice faded, a virtual map interface appeared before Is.
This time, the location was not far from Mary Geoise.
After memorizing the coordinates, Is immediately departed alone.
Roughly ten minutes later, he arrived at the destination.
Previously, excavation zones had appeared in blue light and yellow light.
But this time—
It was completely different.
What appeared before him now was a black-colored excavation zone.
"I wonder what kind of reward this one will bring…"
Is muttered softly while walking forward.
A shovel suddenly appeared in his hand out of thin air.
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