Blood demon leveling

Chapter 57: The first command

"Just a little more!"

"Ei!!!"

A dagger cut across the neck of the goblin, after the goblin choked on its own blood it finally died, it's body was riddled with defensive wounds on its arms and even some on its legs, Lina stood and watched in shock before the young teenage girl yelled

"I did it!"

Mike showed a wry smile before he called out to the proud Lina

"Remember to cut out the monster crystal"

"Y-Yes master"

Lina kneeled down in front of the goblin carcass and stabbed into its chest with her dagger before she dug out the monster crystal before she ran over to Mike and showed off the monster crystal that was faintly glowing in the dark

"Look master I did it!"

Mike showed a smile and patted Lina on the head

"Good job Lina"

"Ehehehe~"

"That's unfair master, you didn't pat me on the head~"

Mike heard the slightly Well, 'loose' voice right between his ear, if it wasn't because he had gotten used to it by now he would have had a chill down his spine already, he gave a sigh and replied to Marie, the non-human with bunny ears in her 30's

"That's because you would just let out some weird sounds Marie, once you get your limbo under control and don't moan like a bitch in heat every time I accidentally touch you then and only then I will consider it"

"Boo~"

Mike seriously considered killing Marie just so her personality might change for the better, but looking at how Elina and Rebecca behaved when they got drunk on blood held him back

'You can live for now If Julie doesn't kill you that is'

Mike took a glance at Julie that had a frosty look on her face as she looked at Marie, Mike gave yet another sigh before he commanded

"Alright tune it down a bit Maire"

"Yes master"

Mike thought about soothing Julie a bit when they returned home, but first, he had to make sure of each one of the new slave's capabilities

"Alright John, you're up next"

"... Yes master"

The one eared non-human answered, he was quiet usually which Mike had no problem with as long as he got the job done, soon they met another group of goblins and John when forwards in silence without drawing his dagger, the goblins spotted him and charged at him but the first one was met with a kick that snapped its neck while the next got stabbed right through the eye with John's dagger, then letting go of the dagger John turned around and simply punched the last goblin in the face that sent it flying backward until the back of its head got smashed against the dungeon wall and the light went out of its eyes, then John quickly retrieved the dagger and cut out the monster crystals before he presented them to Mike

"Well done John"

"... Thank you master"

Mike gave a nod and looked back at the last two of his new servants and asked

"Who wants to go next?"

One of the two kneeled down and spoke in a respectful tone

"Please let me make up for my disrespectful behavior master"

Mike gave a nod

"Then show me what you're capable of Kathy"

The teenage woman that spoke so respectfully to Mike was the one that had refused to show her hand when he had controlled them, even now she still had a shallow cut visible on her cheek, still now she was much more obedient, might have something to do with the fact that she was no longer her But enough about that, the new and improved Kathy overflowed with a will to make up for her earlier display of (slight) disrespect and the goblins had to suffer for that as she killed them with near perfect efficiency to show how useful she was to her master, soon she returned with five monster crystals and presented them to Mike while kneeling down on the rough dungeon rock

"Master I have retrieved the monster crystals"

"... Good job Kathy"

Mike took the monster crystals and put them into the pouch before he looked back at the second to last of the new servants, the teenage boy that used to have yellow hair but now had red hair and no other defining features, Mike even had an uncontrollable urge to just call him 'dude' since he looked so average, but alas that would be just be rude so he called him by name

"Tom, you're up"

"Yes master"

Tom drew his dagger and charged at the goblins that appeared from the conner up ahead quickly ending them with little to no effort on his part by using his surprising agility to run them in circles while he picked them off one by one, Mike gave a nod he was satisfied by Tom's performance and praised him as he returned

"Well done Tom"

"Thank you master, your words honor me"

Finally was the last of the new servants, he used to have short blue hair and blue eyes, but now his hair had turned red, when Mike looked at him he got the impression that he was not entirely human, unable to keep his curiosity back Mike asked Heinrich

"Heinrich, you're not entirely human are you?"

Heinrich gave a nod and spoke

"I am half lizardman My race is called scaleless"

"I see Well then Heinrich, you're up"

"Yes master"

Heinrich then proceeded to kill the next group of goblins with ease before he returned and handed Mike the monster crystals

"Thanks, Heinrich, you did well"

"Thank you Master"

Seeing as Marie was tested by Mike before Lina all of his six new servants had now shown Mike what they could do

"Alright, off to the 5th floor"

Soon the group arrived at the 5th floor where they did some more combat tests, this time in teams of three working with each other, the teams were as following: Marie, Lina and Tom in one team while John, Kathy and Heinrich made up the other team, or squad if you wanted to call them that. At the start they were a little clumsy but by the end of the day they had gotten the basic teamwork down, then the group headed out of the dungeon and made their way to the guild where they sold their loot which consisted of 16 lowest quality monster crystals and 43 crystals from the 5th floor for a total of 2.950 which Mike considered decent, then Mike that walked hand in hand with Julie let their way back to the barracks where he gave orders to the six new servants

"For tomorrow onwards you are to visit the dungeon at least five days a week and kill monsters on the 5th floor, sell the monster crystals and bring the money to me Oh, and be sure to visit the temple to check your progress towards level 3, once all of you hit level 3 I will have a new assignment for you all"

""""""Yes master""""""

Mike gave a nod and left along with Julie, Elina and Rebecca and Clare, he had great hopes for how the first batch of his army would work out

The next day Mike awoke and realized that they had forgotten something important

'We forgot to shop for breakfast yesterday'

Mike left Julie in dreamland and walked downstairs after putting on some clothes, he quickly found out that the ground floor was silent, likely his three servants were still sleeping

'Oh well, I can just go myself Yeah and take out Serina she's been lonely lately'

Mike put on his boots and walked out into the fresh morning air, quickly arriving at the shed Mike saw Serina and Molly snuggled up sleeping and called out

"Serina"

Serina's ears peeked up before she opened her eyes and when she saw Mike her tail began wagging before she stood up and walked over and began licking him in the face, after she got done with that Mike patted her for a bit before he asked her

"Want to come with me out shopping?"

Serina gave a happy bark as her tail wagged at possibly near-speed-of-light as she crouched down so Mike could put on her saddle, after a few moments Mike secured the saddle that had been laying in the shed before he climbed onto her back and then the two of them were off, but they barely got out of the gate when someone called out to them

"Hey Mike!"

Mike stopped Serina and looked over and saw a familiar young woman before he greeted her back

"Hey Lily"

Lily was with the rest of her party and it looked like they were heading towards the dungeon, after quickly apologizing to them she ran over towards Mike with a happy smile on her face, but when Serina looked over at her she stopped before she timidly asked

"It doesn't want to eat me, does it?"

Mike gave a wry smile and climbed down from Serina before he lied

"No don't worry, Serina doesn't Like human meat"

Meanwhile Serina wagged her tail as she sensed from Mike that this delicious looking piece of walking meat right in front of her was not to be eaten, so instead she put on a charming offensive and trotted over before she began licking the terrified Lily in the face, Mike chuckled as he saw how scared Lily looked which made her pout

"Hey don't just watch!"

"Sorry, but I think she likes you"