Lucien pov

It's the day before the wizard is supposed to show up. Which to me is like the light at the end of a tunnel. It has been a rough week. Ever since Trisha moved in she and Wendy have been fighting and a few times she's tried to get it on with me, which honestly I was more than willing to go through with. But Wendy would stop it before it started. It was the same with their roles reversed too. Their constant bickering was really annoying and gave me more than a few headaches. I even considered erasing their personality's once. I even thought the same thing for my pawn's because they started complaining about how training and forest duty was getting old. I then stopped myself from going through with it because being surrounded by blank's would be both boring and a little lonely. So to calm myself down I broke a few bones in some animal's and orc's.

However after this little act a miracle happened. Well two miracles which honestly was like a god send for me. When I finished venting. I saw Wendy and Trisha standing a few feet away from me. When I noticed them they left and a few hours later they came up to me saying how they noticed how they were becoming a annoyance to me and decided to make up. This made me relieved since I don't have to hear them arguing twenty-four seven. Then a giant rabbit showed up in front of me.

GR: (Master we found a entrance to a dungeon while we were sinking the forest.)

Hearing this I felt like a great weight was lifted off my shoulder's. If this was like a dungeon in a game then there would be treasure at the end. I then told everyone about the dungeon using the darkness and more than half went to it. There were fifty floors to the dungeon. I stayed in the village so I can get better at using the darkness. I did keep a eye on things in the dungeon using . I also discovered a new trick to the darkness. I was able to make copy's. Well not exactly copy's but I made the darkness take on the shape of a person that had the same figure as me but they were completely black. My mind was also able to see, hear, and move them. But I also stayed with my original self. It was like being in two places at once which caused me to get dizzy a few time's. But I was able to get the hang of it. The most copy's I can make is 5. Anymore and I can't tell left from right. I also learned that if the copy's get close to another being they envelope them making another loyal pawn.

Thanks to this and my pawns training they were able to get through all fifty levels in no time. It seems the human's were pretty weak. They were only stronger than some wild boar's that were in the forest. Also it seems that giant spider I caught came from the dungeon. Their was a whole nest of them at the bottom but they were easy to overcome because I studied the one under my command. A few times my pawn's did get stuck in a web but I just ripped through them with tentacles. Their mind's don't really remember much except how to trap pray which is the same with the first spider.

When the nest was consumed I had the copy's start looking for something of value. After a few minutes of searching they found a door behind a lot of webs. What was inside made the other's go in a trance but I was disappointed. It was gold. A huge pile of gold that was 20 feet tall. The reason I was disappointed was because we didn't use anything like currency. Since we don't need to eat and we just take what we find except armor and weapons, which I give to the strongest of my subjects. Of course all they have to do is touch a creature for it to be consumed. But they don't like pain and weapons make thing's faster. Anyway while the goblin's went for the gold my copy's found some weapons and armor.

After all the ransacking they left the dungeon and returned with happy expressions. Among the loot was a sword that kind of glowed. Although it seemed odd I decided to give it to Trisha.

Trisha: (Th-this is a enchanted sword.)

Lucien: (Seriously?! Well what can it do?)

Trisha: (I won't know until I try it out.)

(Hmm this is actually a good opportunity.)

Lucien: (Trisha I want you to cut off my hand with that sword.)

Trisha: (What?! Why?!)

Lucien: (Because i'm trying to see if i'm weak to anything. Gerard's magic didn't work and neither does normal weapons. I have yet to try a enchanted weapon and other magic besides fire.)

Trisha hesitated a little until she finally answered with a shaky voice

Trisha: (A-alright I-I ...understand.)

Lucien: (Remember, you have to cut off my hand. If you simply stab me the darkness might be able to heal it.)

Trisha looked at me with a worried face. Then she prepared herself. I stretched out my arm waiting for her to strike. After 10 or so second's she finally did it.

With a SHUNK my hand was seen flying through the air. Pain hit me immediately but I controlled it. I then focused on the stub on my arm. At first nothing happened, the stub just simply bled until the darkness finally healed it. It was slow but my hand healed.

(Hmm. It seems all an enchanted weapon could do is buy some time for my opponent.)

I then looked at Trisha only to find her crying.

Lucien: (What's wrong Trisha?)

Trisha: (It's just *sniff* I hated the thought of hurting you *sniff*)

Hearing this I smiled and said

Lucien: (What are you talking about? You didn't hurt me. See my hand's all better.)

She looked at me with tears in her eye's

Trisha: (I know ...but)

Lucien: (If anything I should thank you since I now understand what I am a little more.)

She continued to cry so I decided to show her how thankful I was. I kissed her. At first she was shocked but she soon started kissing me back and very passionately too. Then things started to get serious and we made our way to the master bedroom in our house. I was able to release some tension I had built up and at some point Wendy joined in. I ended up pleasuring them in a threesome all through the evening and night when they finally couldn't take any more at dawn. It seems they passed out with pleased looks on their faces.

(Today is the day the wizard comes.)

According to the human's minds they will come some time in the afternoon. So I got dressed in some black leather armor which was found in the dungeon and started making preparations. I made two groups go into the grass fields that surround the only road that comes into the village. 1 went on the left side while the other went to the right. I told them to stay a few dozen feet away from the road and meet each other on the road when we attack. This would entrap them and unless they could fly they will be caught. I then had the archers position themselves on the roof's with a black blanket over them so they would blend with the roof and the other's wait in the house's.

It was afternoon when Wendy and Trisha finally woke up. After explaining to them what's going on they prepared themselves. After another hour their was still no sign of them. I started getting impatient

(What I want is being hindered because some fool can't be on time?!)

I suddenly remembered a question I was going to ask Trisha

Lucien: (Hey Trisha what was the enchantment on that sword?)

Trisha: (Oh! Well you see ...I wasn't really paying attention because the thought of hurting you was to much.)

(Huuh!)

I sighed out of annoyance when I heard this and summoned a blank human to try it on. She pierced through him and went

Trisha: (OHH!)

Lucien: (Well what is it?)

Trisha: (This sword makes it easier to pierce and slice enemies. This makes it like your cutting through enemies like butter.)

This is actually really helpful when fighting something with thick skin like that lizard-man we caught. So with my curiosity satisfied we continued to wait. It was almost evening when finally we saw a large group coming down the road. It wasn't just a small group but a army. Their were soldiers and carriages that took up the whole road.

(This makes me glad we started capturing creatures in the forest.)

When they were almost to the village I ordered the attack. The archers on the roofs all fired and hit their target's. This surprised them and not missing the opportunity everyone in the houses attacked. It soon turned into a war zone with people losing limbs. I saw a orc hit a soldier in the back of the head with a wooden club so hard that the soldiers eye's popped right out of their socket's. While a human child used a spear and stabbed someone in the heart. I used my copy's to gain some soldiers quickly and had the tentacles and thin string rip through them and pull them into the darkness. Wendy was making people jump into the darkness with her powers. Trisha just cut through them and didn't once stop moving. There were a few people with enchanted weapons that showed up. 1 burned you while another paralyzed you. But even though it slowed down the healing process my subjects didn't die and the ones with these weapon's were quickly overwhelmed.

While arrows and magic rained through the sky one particular group on the enemies side made themselves known. Their was a loud explosion right in the middle of the battle field that captured everyone's attention. What we saw was a group of 3 people surrounded by bits of my subjects which were now being healed.

(I'm guessing one of these guy's has the orb.)

One was a man that seemed to lead the other's. He seemed middle aged with brown grayish hair that was short and was wearing a robe with a pattern of circles and lines on it. The other was a woman that seemed young and had short aqua green hair. She looked week and had the same robe as the first man. The last was a giant man with a bald head that was covered in scares and was about 10 ft tall. He was wearing metal armor and had a huge sword. He looked very strong and threatening. Everyone backed away from this group except me and Trisha. The man in the robe attacked me while Trisha went for the Giant. The man used lightening magic to attack me. It hurt at first but I soon recovered. I then used my speed to close the gap but he summoned water that shot out of his hands like a bullet. It stopped me in my tracks but thanks to my improved strength I didn't lose any ground. We were at a stale mate with him shooting a powerful stream of water at me and me guarding against it.

Then suddenly the water stopped and I looked up to see a arrow in his arm. Not missing the opportunity I made a tentacle smash into his arm with enough force to break it. This sent him flying a few feet tell he fell on the ground. The girl with the aqua green hair rushed to his side and a light emitted from her hand's. I then had the tentacle grab the men when I felt a surge of pain.

(AAAAAH! What the fuck is this? It feels like the a part of me is on fire.)

I then looked at the man and noticed the tentacle that surrounded him seemed to have gotten thinner and smaller. I focused on the tentacle and confirmed that it was the reason for the pain.

(Is this his doing?)

I then noticed that the part that wasn't touching the light looked fine.

(Wait this means it's her.)

I looked at the girl and immediately had a tentacle wrap around her. It hurt like a bitch but I forced the tentacle to drag her into the darkness.

(I should figure out what the hell she is later, but for now let's end this.)

I dragged the man into the darkness but not before he fired off a few more spells which didn't do much. I then looked at Trisha and the giant who now had no legs and one arm missing and I did the same with him. The soldiers around us started panicking and ran away. But they fell into the trap I made before their arrival. We quickly finished off the rest and everyone started celebrating while I on the other hand looked through the darkness looking for my prize. I soon found the power crystal and like I thought it was in that guy's robe. I then held it in my hand and summoned Gerard.

Gerard: (What is it Master Lucien?)

Lucien: (How do I use the power crystal?)

Gerard: (Well you must first pour your magical energy into it and it will tell you what kind of magic you got. To pour magical energy into it you have to focus on the crystal in your hand. Then it will unlock your magical energy. When you feel your magical energy push it into the crystal and it will tell you what power you excel at.)

Hearing this I nodded and focused. When nothing happened for the first minute I focused harder and suddenly I felt something that was mixed with my blood. Thinking this was the magical energy I forced it into the crystal. The crystal lit up and a single word entered my head.

CONSUMER