+1 extra chapter because you surpassed the goal
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"I... am a succubus. As long as you look me in the eyes, you will fall under my charms and come under my orders. It is an ability that activates automatically, I am sorry," the girl apologized, still blushing.
"However!" the girl said, regaining some confidence, as if she had found a good excuse.
"I spent a long time searching until I managed to find special clothes that cover this ability.
But you not only broke through my clothing's protection, you also resisted my seduction ability, and all of that in less than a second.
As expected from number one," she said the last part with excitement, looking at Kaito with sparkling eyes.
"As she said, her ability comes from her race, succubus. She can mentally manipulate anyone who looks her in the eyes. Those who do instantly fall in love with her, but instead of trying anything, they will simply fulfill all her wishes without question. Her ability is powerful because the affected person's personality does not change, which makes it basically undetectable at a glance."
Megumi's explaining voice caught Kaito's attention, and he stayed listening to her explanation for a few seconds.
"Um... Lucifer, right? What exactly did you see?" the pink haired girl asked with a nervous and also somewhat hopeful smile.
'Hopeful? What exactly is she expecting?' Kaito thought when he saw her strange expression.
"Kaito is fine. Does what I saw matter?"
The girl blushed even more at the question.
"Well, I was just curious. My ability makes people see the image of me they want the most, but for that they need to know me better beforehand. If not, without knowing me, they probably just look at my body from the start.
So basically they only see me wearing perverted clothes. The worst part is that even though it is an illusion, it is my real body. Is not that horrible? My ability is basically giving everyone X rays so they can see me," the girl complained.
"Before entering Gaia I was the energetic one of the group, you know? But since I came here my life has basically been being embarrassed all the time."
Even though she spoke timidly, the girl quickly loosened up and started talking more, which made Kaito confirm that she really is the energetic type of person and that she is only acting shy right now.
"Is that all?" Kaito asked, looking at Megumi.
"Hey, do not ignore me."
"That is everyone. Normally I do not like subordinating territories, they are a headache to control," Megumi replied.
"Alright." Kaito turned and looked at the four gathered. "It is a pleasure to meet all four of you."
"So... are you really not going to ask about my abilities?" Utaha asked.
"Aren't you weak?"
"Of course not. I know a lot of magic. Even if they are low level, I will keep leveling up," she replied proudly.
But Kaito only looked at her as if she were an idiot.
'Ah, I get it,' he thought.
Someone who just wanted to try any magic because it was fun and ended up becoming a jack of all trades, master of none.
A dangerous strategy for anyone who is not a fairy queen or cannot fuse all different abilities together.
'I remember when I got scolded for that,' Kaito thought, recalling when he was reprimanded for not taking Gaia seriously enough.
"It is fine, you will get stronger in the future," Kaito encouraged her on the surface.
"Of course." Utaha did not notice Kaito's true thoughts and simply nodded proudly. "By the way, can I meet Shiina?"
"Shiina? Mashiro? Why do you want to meet her?" Kaito asked with doubt.
"Of course to exchange writing advice," Utaha replied. "When she moved to Japan and left art to draw manga it was news in the circle, but in the end she made comics.
Not only that, it was one that became world famous as soon as it was published. Isn't that amazing?"
'So a fan.'
"She is busy right now, but when she is free I will try to pass along the message," Kaito replied, not committing too much, given Mashiro's personality.
"Thank you very much."
"By the way, have you already taken over this entire area?" Kaito shifted his attention to Megumi.
"That's right. Eriri and Aki each control an elven city, although most of the time they spend it together instead of in their villages. Utaha controls the other," Megumi explained.
"And you?"
"I just wander wherever I want," Megumi said, shrugging.
"And her?"
"Fujiwara Chika. I do not have a territory, I also go wherever the wind takes me," Chika replied, introducing herself in the process.
Kaito nodded in surprise. What surprised him was seeing so many people who did not have a territory or who simply wandered around.
As if she had guessed his thoughts, Megumi spoke.
"After all, they were summoned to another world with magic. The number of people willing to stay and manage a territory is smaller than those who prefer to adventure freely," she explained. "Although I suppose now you will make me stay in your territory," she said, tilting her head.
"It is not necessary. As long as you report what you are doing, you can continue as you are now," Kaito replied. After all, the mission of the Lords is to conquer. If he had more like Megumi, with such powerful individual abilities and who prefer to adventure alone, it would be even better. You could seriously expand in one direction only to discover that all those cities are already yours.
"Um... can I go with you?" Chika asked, returning to her shy attitude.
"Why?"
"Well, Kaguya is with you, right? I want to be with her," Chika replied with a shy smile. "Besides..."
"...Alright," Kaito said after thinking for a second.
As for the last part, when Chika looked at him strangely while breathing heavily and blushing, Kaito ignored it.
"Really?! Then also, would you tell me what you saw?... Waaah!"
Before she could keep talking, Kaito picked her up and took off toward his territory, but he lowered the protection around her a bit, so the wind hit her, not too much, but enough to bother her.
"Waaah! Why did you do that?" she complained as soon as they arrived.
But Kaito ignored her and disappeared from the place.
"Immature, bleh," Chika muttered, sticking out her tongue in a childish way.
While Chika complained to herself, Kaito was running at high speed toward the south, happily.
The reason for his happiness, and why he left so quickly without even telling someone to guide Chika, was that he had just received a message from Kaguya.
And everything was exactly as he had imagined. Eighty Barak clones, all with strength comparable to a high level demon and an almost absolute immunity to magic, spread throughout the low level area.
If he did not know Kaguya, he would even believe she had a future sight ability or that she boosted her analysis to impossible levels.
"Now that I think about it, I could use Eureka-issimo to analyze things like this in the future."
While Kaito was thinking, he arrived at the low level area, at the first of the villages they had conquered.
In front of Kaito there were four exactly identical beings, basically beings with Hulk's body and size, but with the color and ears of a dark elf.
Although to be exact there were three, since as Kaito arrived he saw how, where one of the Barak was, a barely perceptible kind of bubble appeared surrounding him. Anyone with senses would notice that it was not something physical, but a magical disturbance.
One second later, the sphere disappeared along with everything inside it. Barak, the ground inside it, and even the air.
In front of the three remaining Barak there was only a gray haired man with a tired appearance, around fifty years old, with one hand raised in the direction of the vanished Barak.
"Bastard!" With a furious shout, another Barak roared and charged at him using only his fists.
The demon closed his eyes, waiting for death, but along with the loud impact sound and the powerful wind, he did not feel the expected pain.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Kaito punching Barak's fist with his own, neither of them giving way.
"Zerath, how are you?" Kaito asked.
"My lord," the demon said with great respect. "They have incredible magical resistance. The only thing that works is 'erase', from our Bael clan, and I had to gather all my demonic power to achieve the last attack, so I am no different from a normal human until I recover."
"Good job," Kaito told him. "I will handle it from now on. Retreat."
"Yes, my lord."
While Zerath ran away, Kaito and Barak kept pushing with their fists, neither giving in.
Suddenly, a sound reached Kaito's ears coming from the system. It was a noise he had not heard in a long time, like metal breaking into pieces.
[Your blue iron set was destroyed]
'I had forgotten I had that.'
Since it is not visible and Kaito has not changed it in a long time, because he simply does not consider it necessary, he had completely forgotten that he had armor.
'I will look for a better one later, for now...'
Kaito looked at the dark elf in front of him. His strength was comparable to Kaito's. According to what Koneko told him, the Barak she killed had high level strength. However, after obtaining the Demon King Body ability, Kaito's strength reached the supreme level, so it is clear that these Barak are stronger than before, probably superior versions.
"Even so, as long as it is only strength and magical resistance," Kaito murmured.
"What are you muttering?" The clone in front of Kaito roared in fury before losing balance when Kaito's body became intangible for a moment.
As he fell, Kaito's body, still in the same place, passed completely through him.
Or almost, since Kaito turned and stretched out his hand. When only it was inside his body and in the exact position, Kaito stopped vibrating, piercing Barak's heart and killing him instantly.
Kaito placed Barak's body into his inventory. On one hand to obtain the corpse and on the other to confirm the clone's death.
Once done, he looked at the other two, who remained motionless, eyes wide open in surprise.
"There are eighty more, so let's do this quickly," he said before moving toward them.
Five seconds later he was running toward the next village with two more corpses in his inventory.
From there, the process was repeated again and again.
There were other cases where some Bael killed some of them. Those who had the bad luck of appearing where Koneko was left none alive by the time Kaito arrived. Then there were others who, even if they were not defeated, were restrained or injured, like those who arrived at the wyvern land, which was surrounded by hundreds of skeletal wyverns.
Kaito simply made a lap around the black forest, vibrating his arms and stopping hearts left and right.
When not a single one remained, Kaito felt a great evil heading toward him, which guided him to the base where those responsible were located.
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(They don't reach 15 at this moment, since there is a marathon of my other fic because it is ending.)
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