CHAPTER 308: DOUBLE TERRITORY EVOLUTION

Liara’s horrified cries echoed across a wide region. Merla tried calming her down, but it was futile.

While she cried, her voice seemed to act as bait, causing most of the remaining evil spirits to charge toward her location, attempting to take over her body once again.

Fortunately, Eliman and Dragun were on the ground, while they could not directly kill the evil spirits, they were able to block their advances.

Meanwhile, Rowan’s insanely agile movements could be seen as he slaughtered the evil spirits one after another, even managing to take down a couple of them with a single swing of his Soul Harvester.

The Soul Harvester had experienced a lot of growth from the evil spirits that met their end through its blade. Rowan could feel it growing in his grasp. It made his battle even more enjoyable.

Liara’s horrified cries and Rowan’s attack continued for another hour.

"COUGH!"

At that moment, Ren, who was lying beside Liara, coughed as his eyes fluttered open, drawing everyone’s attention.

Ren lifted his upper torso, and, just like Liara when she woke up, he was in awe at the scene playing before him.

His mind repeated the same question that drove Liara crazy, and in the next few minutes, he clutched his head and began to cry.

"Is this some kind of pattern with those affected by evil spirits?" Rowan asked, somewhat confused as he witnessed this.

He was pretty happy that the two victims of the evil spirit attacks had awoken. All that was left for him now was to finish off the remaining evil spirits, and he also needed Eliman’s help to cancel the magic spell.

Eliman’s gaze met Rowan’s with ease, transmitting a voiceless message.

Eliman nodded.

He called off his blood mist spell and moved toward the magic formation.

The evil spirits spotted him and flew in his direction.

But Eliman was faster.

He arrived at the heart of the magic formation. He conjured a blood whip and tore the big bloodstained robe floating above the magic formation. He scattered the blackflame candles on the ground and kicked the plants away from their designated positions.

Following his actions, the glow of the magic formation died.

The fog that had covered the village began to disperse gradually.

At the same time, Rowan moved even faster and finished off the last pairs of evil spirits summoned by the magic formation, receiving dozens of notifications for his kills.

But those notifications were accompanied by another, one he had been awaiting.

DING!

[ Criteria: Survive three calamities has been fulfilled ]

[ You’ve fulfilled all the criteria to evolve your territory to E-rank ]

[ Your territory has evolved to E-rank ]

[ An analysis of your current territory is being calculated..... ]

[ Your military power has reached D-rank ]

[ Agriculture has reached D-rank ]

....

[ Due to current analysis... Your territory has been saved as a pending D-rank territory. ]

[ Once you’ve obtained a bigger land, your territory would reach D-rank finally. ]

"T-this.."

Rowan stuttered as he studied the numerous notification windows that popped up in front of his retina.

The details made his eyes widen. Afterwards, a smile appeared on his face as he read the last message.

’All that is needed now is to go and check out the barren land Dragun talked about. Once we’re done confirming that it is safe, we could start moving the people toward the new territory.’ Rowan thought with a smile.

The cries of Liara and Ren began to subside gradually.

Rowan closed the windows floating in front of him and strolled to meet his people.

Liara’s eyes finally landed on Rowan.

A subtle calmness spread through her heart as his face became clearer in her perspective.

Rowan flashed her a smile and placed a hand on her head, patting her gently, "I’m glad you’re okay, Liara."

As his soft voice reached her ear, Liara’s eyes teared up and she began to cry.

Seeing this, Rowan cradled her head and gave her his shoulder to cry on.

He could not imagine what she was feeling right now. Regardless, he knew she would want a strong shoulder to lean on.

Merla turned to Eliman and Dragun, conflicted.

She had been consoling Liara since she woke, but Liara hadn’t responded. Yet just seconds after Rowan touched her, she became very calm.

Eliman and Dragun simply shrugged their shoulders.

Meanwhile, after Rowan was done consoling Liara, he moved on to Ren.

"Lord Rowan..." Ren called in a low tone, then apologized, "The village you left under my control, I’m sorry I wasn’t strong enough to guide them properly."

"It’s the opposite, Ren. You did a great job leading. Your people will be very happy to witness your return," Rowan said.

Ren revealed a relieved smile, and both of them shook hands.

After Rowan was done with the two of them, he signaled for Merla to take care of them as he strolled out of the village square.

He contacted his pets and called for the return of his people.

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Evening arrived, and the brightness of the sky was dull over Winterseed Village.

Nevertheless, at that moment, the streets of the village were bright and lively as the villagers jubilated.

"Lord Rowan has done it again!"

"Lord Rowan, you are a god to me and my family."

"Lord Rowan, if you ever think of taking a concubine, please pick me and my twin sister."

"Yes, pick us!"

The villagers chattered Rowan’s name in loud voices as they drank and ate.

Rowan had given them a lot of food supplies to celebrate with.

The women tasked themselves with cooking.

At that moment, many open cooking places were set up on the streets.

"Liara!"

Elara called out as she ran to hug her friend.

"Elara!"

Both of them hugged each other. Elara began shedding tears of joy as she finally got the chance to embrace her best friend again.

While the celebration went on, Rowan could be seen standing on the roof of a sturdy building with Riela by his side.

Both of them hugged each other as they watched the jubilant crowd with passion in their eyes.

"This is what victory feels like," Rowan spoke in a low tone.

The determination to create such a scene once more blossomed in his heart.