Empress' Evolution 24 Debt Vii

She raised both hands looked at all of them and spoke a single line.

"I will not fail you."

That single line caused a wave of emotions to the hearts of the Ogres. Lilith did not resemble an ordinary Ogre; unlike them, she had no red skin nor did she have long hair and chiselled body, she was tiny and cute with soft skin and weak arms.

Lilith was in no way someone who resembled an Ogre, but right now she was welcomed with opened arms. They treated her as a Priestess, but she is not satisfied with this. When the right time comes, she will challenge the Berserker for the right to rule and claim this tribe as her own.

'I have yet to step on the starting line, but I am getting there.'

"I wish to help you all but I am still lacking. My spirit is weak and I need to increase my strength before I can once again help anyone evolve. But fear not for I will raise my strength for the Ogres who believes in me."

She knows her limitations, and right now, the best thing to do is level up. She looked around and found the Ogre she had named... [Killa: Ogre Champion LVL 41]

'He levelled up, he must have been excited to test out his prowess.'

"Killa, you have evolved to become an Ogre Champion, are you willing to help me in reaching a new level of strength?"

"I shall use this body of mine to repay the Priestess'."

"I am counting on you."

Lilith smiled and noon soon came to be. With the sun glaring at the world like it was its enemy, Lilith was cooped in her makeshift dwelling with the Ogre Berserker.

Like always he had his sword on him.

"So, what do you want?"

It was Lilith who opened the chance for discussion. Time was not going to wait for Lilith and her level will increase if she stays stagnant at a single place.

"You don't need to be so on guard against me, I won't kill you. But let me warn you, if you try anything that will harm my people, I will take your head you myself."

"I have no intentions of ruining this place. Oh yeah, I'm going to say this now, when the moon goes red I'll be the one to step forward and take your position."

"Heh, try it, little Priestess, I have been ruling the tribe for five years, do you think I will let someone like your take over? I will not hold back if you challenge me."

The Berserker left with his sword and Lilith came out right after he did. Killa stepped forward from the side and nodded his head saying that everything was read. It was finally time to move, thus, Lilith jumped on Killa's shoulders.

"Head out, we're going to conquer a [Scourge Dungeon]."

Lilith got on the taxi known as Killa and head out with three more Ogres. One was a woman who wished to prove herself as a warrior. Ogres deem women to be important but if they wish to prove their worth as a warrior, they will not stop anyone from doing so.

However, in the women's side, only one female is allowed to partake every year. A female Ogre is valuable and if anything goes wrong and they lose one, it will be a huge loss to the Tribe as a whole.

For the past 12 years, none of the female Ogres has pa.s.sed as a warrior resulting in the only men Ogre Warrior of today.

[Dungeon Entrance Found D-tier]

'So this is what they call a Scourge Dungeon? It's a normal one.'

In the eyes of the Ogres, there are two types of dungeons, [Meat Dungeons] and [Scourge Dungeons]. Meat Dungeons are Dungeons that sp.a.w.ns a kind of daemon that can be hunted for their meat like a wolf or a boar for example.

Meat Dungeons are important to Ogres and the other intelligent inhabitants of the Forest of Beasts. A Meat Dungeon provides food for them other than vegetation therefore they protect it. If a Meat Dungeon is destroyed, it will severely affect the ecosystem of this place.

'In human society, there's only a dungeon that needs to be destroyed, nothing more nothing less. Humans can cultivate plants and take care of animals, but these daemons adjusted their way of life through the existence of these dungeons.

'Hmm, if humans do this will food become a problem? They would have less mouth to feed and dungeon cores sp.a.w.n them through mana so unless the mana of every world dissipates it will not disappear.'

Truly, it does make one wonder. The Ogres themselves have different places where they horde the meat they collect and some other meat dungeons they leave alone in order to not become too overbearing of what they need.

A Scourge Dungeon is a dungeon that has intelligent daemons within it and instead of a Dungeon Core, there is a Daemon Core. While a Dungeon Core only sp.a.w.ns daemons, a Daemon Core is the Mana Core of a daemon ruling over the daemons inside the dungeon.

'So the dungeon I found last time is a Scourge Dungeon? A Lamia is an intelligent creature right? The Virulent Serpent is the daemon core, so it is what Hunters call the Boss.'

This time, she was also going to a Scourge Dungeon but unlike last time she is not going to enter a naturally formed dungeon but a Gate. In front of her was a red portal that has the shape of an almond.

Mana swirled in a whirlpool-like manner forming the plate-like Gate. Usually, to conquer a dungeon of this scale the chief of the Ogre Tribe will have seven Ogres go. But this time, with Killa and Lilith with them, he wanted to use this opportunity to see if Killa has truly evolved.

'He still has his doubts.' She thought to herself.

There are only five Ogres this time; they are led by the Priestess Lilith and the Ogre Champion Killa. Lilith got down from Killa's shoulders and stood in front of the group.

She looked back at them and placed her hands on her waist.

"We are entering this Dungeon as a test, once we enter it will be a matter of life and death if we can communicate or not, so I will be granting all of you a name to make things easier.

"The two males who were with Killa come forward."

"Yes, Priestess."

Both knelt down on one knee their faces showed their excitement. It just shows the worth of a name. The two Ogres who were with Killa were similar in their outward appearance the only difference is the placement of their scars.

One has a scar on the face and was dubbed "Scarface" and the other had one on his chest and just happened to be the one Lilith pierced on the shoulder so she named her "Luck" to offset the bad luck she had given him.

The two celebrated their newly gained name, especially Scarface who seemed truly happy with his name. He was happy because of one thing; the letter 'r' is more prominent in his name. It was a sounded masculine or so Lilith was informed. Luck was half disappointed but Lilith comforted her.

"Straighten up, the Ancestor Mawa did not have the sound 'rrrr' in her name, a name does not determine your masculinity. Your courage and pride as a warrior does."

"Yes, Priestess." All four Ogres bowed down.

"Lastly, you." She looked at the already kneeling female Ogre. Female Ogres are much smaller in stature than the others. They have slimmer muscles granting them a good figure.

In some angles, these Ogres are attractive. Lilith has heard that there are Hunters who tried to **** an Ogre and had their member ripped off.

Lilith heard that and she merely laughs but looking at the female Ogre now, she really has a wild beauty and other than her red skin and hard hair, she was a beauty. Her muscles can even be a plus in the eyes of some Hunters.

But this made it harder for Lilith to name her because she had no blemish on her body nor did she had any past with Lilith. In the end, she just based her name on the legend of the first woman, "Eve".

The first Ogre was given the name Eve and Lilith stood before them and raised her hand.

"Killa, Scarface, Luck, and Eve. Are you ready to enter?"

"Yes, Priestess."

"Then, let us end this."

Lilith spearheaded the charge. She had a smile on her visage and as they entered the dungeon Lilith was excited to get some more experience.

The red light of the surrounding mana almost blinded her but Lilith got through the portal without a problem. On the other side of the portal, she found herself in a canyon.

He gushing rive fifty meters away echoed through the entire canyon. The tall walls of the canyon were terrifyingly high but not high enough to take the light away. Behind them was still the red portal, it is still accessible.

Only high-tier dungeons have enclosing gates. Those high-tier dungeons are a pain in the a.s.s; they are B-tier and above and the gates will only open if the Hunters inside are annihilated, the Boss is killed, or the Dungeon Core shatters.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Huh? Finish this dungeon off."

Lilith looked at Killa with a look of disdain, even Eve was with them. She shook her head and failed to understand what they are doing exactly.

"This is a dungeon, we can't just overpower this place even if we can. Strategy my fellow Ogres, strategy; we can get surrounded and killed if we're not careful."

The Ogres showed a look of confusion and Lilith merely shook her head and positioned them.

They are in a diamond position with Lilith in the middle, Killa as the spearhead, Scarface and Luck on the flank and Eve on the rear. In the middle was Lilith, protected from harm.

She designed it this way so she'll be protected and she'll be able to do some mid-range damage when needed.

"Killa, you are to be our tank and take on the enemies in the front, Scarface, Luck both of you will protect me while I support Killa on killing the daemons, finally Eve..."

"Yes, Priestess." Even was the most excited of them all.

"You have no actual experience with fighting so watch and learn from them. Don't worry, I will let you have your time after we face three or four waves of daemons."

"Understood."

"Now, forward."

These dungeons are dangerous and if not for her prior experience with the Lamia dungeon, Lilith would already have let the Ogres go. She had seen the number of Lamias in a single dungeon, that sheer number can overwhelm them so a strategy is needed.

They marched forward, but first, she let Eve go and scout the area. In the group, she seemed to be the most agile so she let her do it. Eve was inexperience so she only asked her to tell her how many there are.

"Seven Gnolls, they average at LVL 37."

"Good job, this will be your job, for the time being, get used to sneaking around, got it?"

"Yes, Priestess."

Lilith nodded her head and then head over to the area Eve had scouted. From a ten-meter meters away, she could see the Hyenlike daemons littering the area. Gnoll was a daemon that is a mix of a human and a hyena. They stood on two legs and possess a humanoid figure but is still hyena overall.

'They have swords, tch, their level is dangerous for Scarface and Luck, but they only have to protect me so this is going to be fine.'

"Killa, I will let you lose and let them have it but, only beat them to an inch of their lives, I need to kill them myself. Luck, Scarface be away of any movements and hold them back. If you can kill then kill but if you can't then stall, I'll come and a.s.sist you when the time comes. Ready...go!"

Killa did not hesitate to run ahead like a valiant warrior. He jumped high up in the air and descended like meteor crushing a single Gnoll in the process. He grabbed one of them and crushed it using brute force.

However, his back became open and two Gnolls took the chance to pounce at the situation. They are four levels below Killa but the sharp claws of Gnoll will be able to tear through his flesh.

"Wind Shield." She cast without much problem. The two Gnolls was bounced back and Killa took the chance to pummel the two Gnolls under his fist.

Three Gnolls remain and these three had already noticed Lilith's group. The three hurried towards them with their jaws open, they were ready to kill her group, but Lilith only smiled and the two Ogres moved in front of her to stall the three.

At first, they were pushed back, but Lilith used Colossal Weight on them in order to stand their ground.

"Colossal Weight!"

Their gained weight did nothing to their mobility however and as they threw a punch the three Gnolls were down on the ground.

"Wowww, my fist seems stronger."

"It is the blessing of the Priestess, hail the Priestess."

'Hmm, it is more powerful when I cast it on them.'

Lilith was surprised also. But she regained herself and began killing the Gnolls on the ground.

Even who was behind the whole time watched everything that happened and was slack-jawed by the performance of the Ogres. They came out unscathed this battle, but she knew that this would not have been possible if not for Lilith's precise spell casting.

"Amazing, she said."

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"Should I enter? They should be having a problem now, right?"

Outside the Portal, there was an Ogre Champion who had been sent by the Chief in order to save the Priestess and the rest. The Chief foresaw that Lilith's group will be needing help in an hour so the Ogre Champion was sent.

And after an hour, the Ogre Champion finally decided to enter the portal. But just as he did, one bloodied figure emerged from the Portal.

It was Eve, she had tears on her face and she was running away. She was haul a.s.sing trying to run away from the portal.

Eve saw the Ogre Champion and as if she saw hope she ran to him, crying.

"ELDER HELP ME!"

"What's wrong? What happened? Where are the others?"

The Elder Ogre Champion was naturally in shock and had to ask what happened. His face darkened as he thought of the worst possible outcome.

"Is the Priestess still inside? Is she alright? Why are so afraid?"

However, Eve was trembling too much to answer his question.

The Ogre Champion was ready to take a step forward and enter the portal. But when she turned to the portal she saw a kid walked out of the portal.

This kid had a smile on her face, she too had a body dyed red with blood.

"Eeeeeeve, where are you?"

"ELDER, HELP, HELP ME, THE PRIESTESS IS HORRIBLE!"

Even cried and Lilith noticed the Elder and woke up from what she was doing.

With a clear expression and a bloodied body, she raised a brow as she asked:

"What are you doing here?"

But the Elder was too stupefied to say anything. And after a couple of seconds, he was the one who asked.

"What is happening here?"

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