I think they got angrier from that attack. They must have a weakness, right?

  Hoping to get an answer to his question, Dreu ran over to Ragellon who was watching from a safe distance.

  “What are those and what are their weaknesses?"

  “They’re lesser demon primates and they don’t have weaknesses. They also have high resistance against chaos flames.”

  “No weaknesses? And high resistance?” Dreu watched as Zog landed repeated hits with no success in bringing the primates down. “How do we defeat them?”

  “Unless you outright defeat them with either brute strength or spells, I don’t think the primates can be beaten.”

  Dreu drew his blade and signaled the demon worms to follow him. Seeing this as his first real challenge, the young man wasn’t about to give up. He joined up with Ilveroz and Aggich who wisely stayed behind the barrier that kept the primates at bay. They looked up to Dreu who pointed at the primates.

  Let’s focus on them one at a time.

  Ilveroz growled softly at the mention of battle. The eight lesser demon primates all screamed at Zog who had ceased his attacks by now. Even the demon butterfly realized his attacks had little effect. After telling Aggich to release her curse, Dreu walked until he was close enough to communicate with Zog.

  Distract them by flying away from us. We’ll pick these demonic creatures off one by one. If we do it enough times, we should defeat all of them.

  Understanding the plan, Zog took flight at a pace that the primates could keep up. As the primates chased, Dreu gave his order.

  Now, Aggich. Target the slowest of the group.

  Aggich casted her slow curse on the slowest primate. While the other primates went off after Zog, the last one slowed down to barely a crawl. Several seconds later, the primate was all alone and Dreu brought his blade down resulting in a nasty gash on the creature’s side. The demon worms did their nibbling while Ilveroz added a few more nasty wounds with his claws. Following a few more minutes of relentless attack, the primate collapsed onto the ground covered with its blood after futilely fending off the attacks.

  All that effort to kill just one of these things…and it was cursed too. Seven more to go...

  “Allow me,” said Ragellon as she walked over to the lesser demon primate’s corpse.

  The demonic child then chanted a spell. Seconds later, the primate’s body glowed brightly before a small sized crystal exited it. The crystal landed in Ragellon’s hand and she handed it over to Dreu.

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  “That’s a lesser soul stone. Unlike the demonic stone you sought out earlier, this is actually valuable. Collect them until we find way to tap into their powers.”

  “What does this crystal do?” asked Dreu as he held it up, unimpressed by the dull appearance of the crystal.

  “Crafting and spell enhancements are the two main uses. I wish Tragthan is here because he can do a better job explaining all of this.”

  At the mention of Tragthan, Dreu realized that he missed the old demon. He learned plenty during their brief time together and would have loved to learn even more, especially regarding his powers. He wasn’t even sure if the old demon was still alive but a part of him still held onto hope.

  “Will he and the other demons join us here?” he asked, hoping for a yes.

  “They won’t risk leading the humans to us.” Ragellon shook her head. “All we can do is get stronger and hope we can see them when we leave.”

  Dreu turned and was startled by the three creatures that were flying quietly behind him. His surprise turned to puzzlement when the prompt revealed them as Keth, Xig and a demon worm he didn’t know the name of.

  < Lv 7 Demon Worm (Keth) [Mid-Evolution]:

  Skill:

  -Lesser Charge (Lvl 1): Active. User rushes towards a target to inflict damage and possibly stagger the target. Drains the stamina of the user per use.

  -Lesser Harden (Lvl 1): Active. Grants the user +50% defense for 1 hour. Limited to 8 uses per day.

  Status:

  +10% attack and defense from veterency.

  +10% movement from wings.>

  Keth’s wings were different from Zog’s wings. Dreu could see two sets of wings, though only the rear ones were actually flapping. Like Zog, Keth had to adjust to his new wings, being rather unsteady at first with flight. When the young man looked at the status again, he was delighted to see the injury didn’t carry over. To be sure and to the puzzlement of the demon worm, he held Keth in his hands and turned it around to see no sign of the nasty gash. Dreu then looked at Xig and that demon worm had two pairs of wings, one pair directly above the other.

  < Lv 7 Demon Worm (Xig) [Mid-Evolution]:

  Skill:

  -Lesser Venomous Sting (Lvl 1): Passive. Whenever the user hits a target with the stinger, venom is injected causing paralysis or even death. Venom may be exhausted and require a full day to replenish.

  -Lesser Rage (Lvl 1): Passive. If anything or anyone deemed precious by the user is attacked, skill triggers and the user becomes very aggressive. +25% attack but the user will disobey all orders.

  Status:

  +10% attack and defense from veterency.

  +15% movement from wings.>

  Xig got the hang of his new wings very quickly, much like how he mastered his legs and could move faster than the other demon worms. Before long, the demon worm was zooming through the air, reminding Dreu of the exhilaration he felt when a griffin carried him. Xig’s second ability did worry Dreu though. The young man couldn’t imagine a situation where letting the demon worm go berserk would be a good idea. The idea of higher levels of the ability terrified him. Berserkers did exist in the human kingdom and the only similarity they shared was their short lifespan. It wasn’t uncommon for berserkers to lead the charge to ensure lower casualties for the rest of the forces. In many ways, berserkers tended to last one battle before they were dead or too injured to participate in a second battle.

  What am I going to do with you, Xig?