Arpious of the Planes

Walking away from the dying queen Kumo focused her attention on the berserk crawlers flooding the forest.

"There's going to be a massacre and she won't stop anytime soon..."

…

Watching Kumo slaughter every single berserk crawler in her sight I had an idea that included the queen.

Walking over to the queen I see her on the verge of death. I decided to do the same thing I did with Kumo but she's just going to work for me. I won't love somebody who somebody I love hates. Well, maybe she killed her for a different reason since she let the queen die from blood loss.

Using [Ichimei] I start to heal the wound on her back. The wound closes but I wasn't able to recover her shattered spider legs.

It didn't take long for her to realize what was happening and lashed out at me with her hands using [Slash]. Before it could even land on me though, I activated most of my presence skills thickening the air by 5 fold.

The queen's hand stopped instantly right in front of my eyes. Her entire body started to shake feeling the overwhelming pressure. Withdrawing her hand slowly she speaks in a very broken voice.

"W-what do… y-you want?"

"Oh, so you can speak. This makes it easier. Work under me as the leader of an assassin corps I would like to put together," I say softly while putting on a fake smile.

I could've asked Kumo to lead it but I don't want to put her in constant danger since the corps I want to form is going to be busy all the time. I hope they can do recon which means entering enemy territory… so yeah that's a no for Kumo.

This only left me with this queen as the leader since she has the most potential as an assassin... after Kumo of course.

"Y-you dare make... this queen a servant!" She yells and then instantly regretting it as I activated the rest of my presence skills.

The pressure was so strong that she started to cough up blue blood. As this happened my face shifted from the fake smile to a slightly ticked off face.

Seeing the change in my facial expression she properly prostrated herself in front of me knowing that I could kill her easily.

"You are not a queen anymore… just a mere servant,"

"O-ok," she stutters.

"What~ address me properly. You're just my servant, so don't even think of speaking my name," I say while my eyes start to give off a faint black and yellow glow.

Biting her lip causing blood to draw she said the words that I needed.

"Yes... master," the queen says through gritted teeth.

"Good girl…" I said patting her head.

[Would you like to make [Queen] your servant?]

Yes

[Queen has rejected the servant contract]

"Why did you reject it..." I say while surprised by the new notification I haven't seen before.

Kumo was just looking away from me with a terrified look.

No matter how low a royal can fall… they will always be a royal. Her enormous pride as the queen of berserk crawlers is getting in the way of my plans. That is good though, this displays that her title as queen is not just for show.

I kind of want to break it…

As a sadistic smile crept up on my face I blindfolded and restrained the queen's limbs with [Shadow Magic]. She tried to counter it with her own [Shadow Magic] but I just activated [Boost] and kicked her through multiple trees.

Securing a tight hold on her limbs and eyesight with [Shadow Magic] I walked over to her. The blindfold enhanced the rest of her senses causing her to be fully aware that I was approaching her. Soon she stopped struggling and was just shivering on the ground as tears flowed from her eyes.

Standing over her body I realize the tears stopped flowing and the shivering of her body stopped.

"She passed out," I muttered to myself.

Picking up the queen's unconscious body I rested on a tree branch next to the massacre that was coating the Rock Boned Forest with blood. Kumo was not spared from blood staining everything. The scenery was something out of a historical war movie where the battlefield was covered in corpses and blood.

Some crawlers were even getting scared and running away which Kumo didn't notice so I decided to take care of them for her.

Kumos expression didn't change for the entire hour the massacre lasted… a cold stare. I swear she didn't blink unless blood splattered in her eye. Towards the end of the battle, her movement had a drastic decrease in speed but she still ended up finishing the job.

Finally, the one-sided massacre ended with Kumo standing on a pile of crawler corpses that stacked higher than the trees. A tear fell down her cheek before passing out standing up. The amount of blue blood spilled created dark clouds in the sky eventually causing dark blue droplets to rain down on the bloody battlefield.

drip... drip… drip drip drip

[Calculating the excessive amount of XP]

...

[Servant Kumo gained 179300 XP]

[Servant Kumo leveled up (x25)]

"It seems like she's finished,"

Walking up the mountain of corpses I threw Kumo over my right shoulder with the queen under my left arm.

『Status』

[Name: Kumo]

[Race: Moonlight Arachne]

[Status: Servant]

[Level: 39/60]

[HP: 38/120 MP: 2/65 SP: 1/30]

[Strength: 15]

[Defense: 8]

[Magic: 20]

[Speed: 30]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 15]

[Skills: [Acid Secretion] [Shadow Magic] [Slash] [Poison Immunity] [Moonlight Magic] [Thread Manipulation] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Enhanced Senses]

[Body Modification: [Moon Tattoo]

[Titles: [Servant] [Revenger]

…

That new title makes sense… but I should ask her for the full story later.

Leaving the Rock Boned Forest a black flame could be seen engulfing half of the forest. The only thing they burned were the corpses of berserk crawlers since that was the only order they were given.

Snapping my fingers the black flames disappeared into thin air cleaning off most blood stains and every single berserk crawler corpse.

…

Since the queen and Kumo are unconscious I just flew back since it was faster.

Arriving back at my kingdom I noticed many significant changes. The kingdom has expanded towards the Forest of Poison with many medieval-looking houses. There were even pathways and lamps on the streets. I could see infirmaries, clothing stores, public baths, and restaurants.

Satisfied with the immense progress I land on top of my castle which has been made its own separate thing from the mountain. Since the kingdom was made right next to a cliff face with a waterfall not too far down the builders expanded my castle through the cliff face and upwards. Part of it was poking out from the top which is what I landed on.

Noticing the part poking out from the hill was unfinished I decided to just jump down the cliffside that made up part of the hill. Landing at the usual entrance of my castle I saw a big change on the entrance.

It was no drawbridge but It was grander than before. Using a mix of black stone, nodril, and gold that made it look like it had stars in it.

While entranced by the grand entrance I heard a voice coming from behind me.

"Master!"

Turning around I saw Aika running towards me. She tried to go in for a hug but I pushed her forehead back with 1 one finger.

"Who are those two you are carrying?" She asked.

"The one over my shoulder is Kumo who evolved and this one is somebody secret," I said.

"THAT'S KUMO!" Aika yells in shock.

My castle isn't too far from the actual houses so Aika's yell drew the attention of many people.

"WELCOME BACK YOUR HIGHNESS!" I hear an accumulation of my citizens' voices.

"Anyways, where's Homura?"

"Miss Homura is currently hunting with Akito and the rest of the hunters. She wanted to level up instead of managing the kingdom all the time.

Waving back I signal for Aika to come into the castle to discuss some things.

The barren castle was now filled with furniture and even some vegetation. The maids from the fire harpy village were getting adjusted to working in my castle. Calling over one of the elf maids I told her to bring Kumo to my bedroom. The maid also thanked me for hiring more maids since taking care of the expanding castle was hard work with only the 6 of them.

Seeing the maid leave with Kumo I asked Aika who was still next to me a question.

"I know you expanded the kingdom so I'm pretty sure you have a dungeon, can you lead me to one?"

"Yes, we have multiple dungeons built since there were some rebellious citizens while you were away. But you don't have to use those dungeons since we have built your private dungeon down this way," Aika says leading me down a hallway.

Walking to the end of the hallway there was a huge door made of iron or maybe some new type of ore they found. Aika lifts the basic lock which was just a steel bar, set in between some hooks that are connected to the door.

Opening the huge door I saw was inside. There were chains everywhere on the walls for legs and arms. Many types of torture devices which sort of creeped me out which I tried not to show on my face. The room was dimly illuminated by candles and one window made from iron bars in the corner of the room. But the thing that caught my eye was a row of 10 thick metal collars that seemed to have no way to attach to a living being.