Several system messages popped up vying for Akira's attention.

Ding!

The new Fharway Settlement has been successfully conquered

+10 points have been added to Kodria's Dukedom.

Kodria has reached the requirements for advanced to Rank 2 Dukedom!

New blueprints and requirements for the next rank have been updated.

Akira looked at the updated information on the dukedom map and saw that Kodria's territory had expanded to include the settlement Fharway while also increasing its score.

Even though the fight for the small settlement town was a minor battle compared to bloodbaths in the north, this victory still brought several benefits to Kodria.

They had protected their territory, expanded Kodria's power, and the dreaded demigods had been driven away for a while. They would no longer have a nearby base to re-spawn and threaten the southern demon races.

At least for now.

Akira returned to reading the system messages.

Level up! You have reached level 200!

Akira's mind went blank as a dark misty aura burst out around him and grew thick to the touch.

Along with the dark mist, a deep killing intent blasted out causing everyone within 100 feet of Akira to pause what they were doing and shudder.

They could definitely see and feel that he had just broken through a bottleneck and his power surged even higher than before!

Sister Teresa curiously stared at Akira who was covered by the dark misty aura. Seeing everything happen and the feeling of it all made her think it was all somewhat familiar to when she had seen others advance in their class.

“Odd,” was all she said.

The remaining low-level demigod followers and bodyguards who had survived the fight, all became fully alert while shivering from the killing intent.

They swarmed around sister Teresa to protect her. They were unsure if Akira was reading an attack or if something wrong had happened to him.

After ten minutes passed the killing intent and thick mist slowly disappeared to reveal an absentminded and fresh-faced Akira who was still in his own world not noticing everyone staring at him.

Son of the Night has been upgraded to Rank B: Advanced.

(-15%) reduced stamina cost

(+15%) boost to strength while transformed and the moon is out.

A new [Advanced] class skill has been learned!

Minor Lycanthropy (Advanced active skill):

During a full moon, you can convert both humans or demigods into a minor lycan by biting their neck and activating the skill!

Minor lycans are a subordinate race to the one who infected them. They are not as strong as true-born werewolves and can only transform at night or with help of external command skills [Darkness Domain].

Staying inside such command skills can extend the time Minor Lycans can stay transformed while giving them a complete buff to their power and defense.

Minor Lycans gain the same traits and weaknesses as true-born werewolf, stamina is still required to stay transformed.

Any normal skills that the targets may have learned before becoming a Minor Lycan can still be used by them.

The number of times [Minor Lycanthropy] can be used at one time depends on the person using it.

Akira was once again frozen in place after reading the new skill. His mind was in chaos as he tried to fully understand it. He was forced to read it over several dozen times before it fully sunk in.

'This skill... is just too outrageous!'

Actually turning normal humans and even Demigods into minor lycans!

'With this... Kodria's power could skyrocket as more and more people become minor lycans. But looking at the requirements, this skill is not so easy to use. I'll have to pick wisely who can become a Minor lycan and slowly build Kodria's newest strength every month.'

Akira took a sneaky glance at sister Teresa and the surviving demigods around her as she was still treating the wounded.

The majority of heavily armored Orc and Werewolf soldiers that had bore the brunt of the attacks all had various injuries ranging from minor cuts to life-threatening wounds.

Sister Teresa felt someone staring at her and caught Akira's sharp eyes that stared deep into her own for a second before he looked away.

'Even if we are in a temporary non-aggression pact there is no way to guarantee that these demigods will not turn around and back-stab us,' thought Akira.

“The town is ours. What do you want us to do with it?” asked Zundar as he stood next to Akira, not hiding his new wounds that had been patched up by Klyn.

“As much as I would like to occupy this town, we can't be spreading our resources and soldiers too thin. For now, we can only leave a garrison force to make sure no bandits try to use it as a base. I'll have the messengers send out a notice to our allies that there is an open town they can settle in and build up if they need some place to move to or expand,” said Akira.

“Good idea. I just worry that the demigods will come back and try to retake the town,” said Klyn.

“From what we know, and a few guesses on my part, the BenDover guild, and their allies will most likely be reappearing in the northern human dukedom of Begus Dekus. There is still an entire day until they respawn and it would still take them a while to travel down here. By then the area's defense should be solidified.”

“What do you plan to do now that you have cleared out the [BenDover] guild?” asked sister Teresa. As she walked over to Akira she used her hand to wipe away the sweat on her forehead.

Akira thought for a moment before replying, “At first light in the morning. I plan to go search for and gather the scattered nomadic people and refugees that ran away from the demigods and help them recuperate and set them up here. Once that is finished I heard there was a dungeon nearby so I want to clear it to make sure nothing happens to the new town after we leave.”

“I would like to join you. With my help, the scattered people will definitely not be afraid and agree to come back. I can also help smooth out any misunderstandings between your two groups.”

Akira felt awkward having a demigod offer to help mediate peace between him and the others.

Normally it was him doing that, and out of all people mediating the peace, it was a demigod!

With his new skill still fresh in his memory, it only took him a few more seconds to come up with a new idea and a plan to see it through!

How rare was it to find such demigods that did not want to kill you at first sight?

Extremely rare, especially now with the major battles and fights between the demigod guilds who were trying to control the vast lands and territories. There was no telling if there were actually any good Demigods or ones that could be trusted.

So with this in mind, why not use this as a test to see their true colors?

'If they truly have no ill motivations and don't try anything funny, then I can offer them a chance to become my first test subuje... the first to enjoy the wondrous transformation of being a Minor lycan.'

“I accept,” said Akira as he held out his hand for sister Teresa to shake.

Both Klyn and Zundar looked at Akira with stunned expressions.

They both knew his hatred for demigods, and understood his accepting the temporary non-aggression pact was only done to take down the demigods in this town.

But now the danger was over and there was no need to team up with them again.

They unceremoniously grabbed Akira and dragged him by the arm away from the demigods and started to hurriedly question him.

“Did you hit your head?” asked Zundar as he inspected Akira's head for any large bumps.

“What are you thinking accepting help from demigods?” asked Varbu.

“This is too dangerous!” said Klyn.

“What will the grand elders say when they hear we allowed you to do something like this?”

“I'm more worried about Mileena coming after us...”

“You were just fully against Begus Dekus not joining the demigods but now you want to join up with them? Isn't this a bit hypocritical?”

Akira put his hand up and stopped them, “This is exactly the best time to test out their loyalty when we have the overwhelming power to crush them if they try anything. Trust me, I have this all thought out.”

Everyone was still unhappy with his decision but they decided to go along with it for now.

“Did you finish your chat?” asked sister Teresa, when Akira returned to his previous spot.

“We have.”

“If you are still worried about the town we can stay here and help protect it,” said sister Teresa.

“That would be very helpful.”

Akira helped the soldiers finish clearing up the town and made sure that the wounded were comfortably set up inside the houses so that they could recover.

A small garrison force would stay here while the rest of the army went out in the morning to gather the stray wanders.