Chapter 240 The Key (1)
Chapter 240 The Key (1)
With Ashton's evolution, came a plethora of benefits. The most important one among them, however, was the availability of a new subclass. Neither he nor Astaroth was aware of what this new subclass could be, but considering how much his stats had already increased, Astaroth was pretty sure it was going to be a broken subclass.
Also, after carefully thinking about it, Astaroth had come to the only possible explanation regarding how Ashton's stats increased by roughly around 60%. His stats had increased by 20% just as he had expected, but it was increased by 20% for every set of genes Ashton had, meaning an overall increase of 60%.
"Hm, I do have some free stat points to use. Better dump them all to intelligence so that the limit of summons would increase."
[A wise choice. Considering every point you invest in intelligence would increase by 2-3 points thanks to the grim reaper's set.]
After that, there wasn't much for Ashton to do immediately. He did have a quest to find out what his subclass was going to be, but that was it.
[Hm... your subclass is not the only thing you want to find out, do you?]
Astaroth read what was going inside Ashton's head with ease and was happy that both of them were thinking the same thing.
"It would be wrong of me if I didn't test the full extent of my powers, wouldn't it?"
[Yeah, but you should take a break first. Maybe handle a few things around your territory of some shiz. Getting into battles over and over again would only put more strain on your new body. KIt would be wise to adjust to your body first before going on a rampage to hunt more Grim reaper's stuff.]
Ashton nodded and headed outside after calling Sven and Celeste back into his shadow. As much as he wanted to see what had changed within his skills, what Astaroth suggested to him was true. He had been in back to back battles for a while now.
First, it was the Deulls, then the Mera's Clone, then the Deulls again and finally the pain resulting from evolution. He shouldn't overwork himself to the bone only to be exhausted when a truly fearsome enemy appeared in front of him.
As soon as Ashton walked out of the bunker, he found everyone waiting for him there. This surprised him as he wasn't expecting to be greeted by anyone when he got out.
"What... is going on here?" He asked Virgil who was standing right in front of him, with his battle hammer in his hands.
"Oh boy, you're fine? We were about to break into the room to check on you..."
"Firstly, put the damn hammer down before you destroyed someone's chances of becoming a father. Secondly, why would you wanna break inside? I remember telling all of you to keep a distance from this place no matter what."
"We... heard you scream and thought you were in trouble." Verina replied while the rest of them hemmed and hawed, "Wait a minute, did you grow taller?"
"That's not all," Irina chimed in, "Can't you see, his entire body structure has been changed."
No one had been paying attention to it til now since the change wasn't that noticeable. But now that the vampire sisters had pointed out the obvious to them, they began noticing changes in their lord.
Not only had he grown a bit, but the aura around him had also gotten denser. So much so, that a few low levelled civilians were having a hard time standing as their feet had gone numb.
"You evolved, didn't you?" Verina dropped the bombshell on top of everyone, "The screams and the change in appearance both check out if that's the case."
"It's that obvious huh..." Ashton smiled and shook his head, "I was hoping to keep it a secret but since it's already out then there's no point in hiding it. Yes, I have evolved into a grade E being."
"Yo, congratulations!" Baiter nodded, "No wonder even the king had to acknowledge most of your demands. He must have sensed you were about to break through."
Everyone began congratulating him while some like Virgil, Sheera and Irina expressed their desire to evolve as well. It was only After Ashton promised to help them out later, did they turned their not so sulky faces back to normal.
"So what's next on your list, my lord?" Sheera asked.
"For now, we should all focus on getting the city back up and running." Ashton replied, "In the meantime, I'll go and make arrangements to do something about the territory owned by the Morgans and also do something with the enclosures Mera owned. After all, we will need manpower if we want to get this place up and running as soon as possible."
"You want more human slaves my lord?" Duncan who had been waiting for his turn to speak asked, Ashton.
He sounded respectful, but deep down he didn't want the people living within the enclosure to suffer the same treatment that he and Daniella had to.
Ashton smiled and gestured for the man to come forward. At that moment Duncan knew he fucked up. He had made Ashton angry and now he would have to face the consequences.
"You remember what this is, correct?" Ashton showed the human a piece of paper.
"Yes, my lord. It's our slave contract."
What Ashton did next baffled everyone. He tore the contract to bits, effectively freeing all of his slaves, namely Duncan, Daniella and their unborn child.
"My lord...?" Even Duncan was surprised by what just happened.
"If you want to work for me and help me rebuild this city, you can. Or if wanna leave, feel free to do so. But from this moment on there will be no more slaves in Livan." Ashton announced with a smile, "There will be servants and labourers, but they will get paid either in money or with commodities."
He continued, "Consider this the first law I've imposed as the lord of this territory. if you agree with me then it's fine. However, if you don't, then feel free to leave. But the law will stay the same. Any objections?"
"No, my lord!"