The tripsted less than a week only. Since our bored gamer was already in Thephri owned territories, getting to the center of the race was an easy enough task indeed.


    "BOOM!" Arge squid-like petnded on perhaps the biggest and most advanced amidst this constetion of stars.??


    Different from the previous worlds where there was only 1 captain monster to guard everything, this was brimming with activity.


    There were thousands of cities built and trillions of sentient monster poptions.


    Although the Thephri looked like misshapen creations of a drunk artist but one could never find ack in their sense ofmunity.


    There was open trade to be seen and many wonderful technologies on sale and used which primarily came from the myriad worlds that they had conquered.


    More than that, there was also a rich business in the ve markets.


    Although the majority of the popce was still ignorant about their impending doom but the same could not be said to the head and brain of their civilization.


    "A strong enemyes." A seemingly ordinary crow muttered in its lonesome. It did not panic at all as it continued to wait for its visitors toe.


    * * *


    "No reaction whatsoever. Interesting!" Our bored gamer said after he noticed that his enemy did not care at all in his arrival.


    He knew that it had noticed his existence already because of his rampant use of divine sense to scour its home and people.


    "I guess we should make our presence known in the old fashion way." rk smiled and walked towards the colossal but ugly looking citadel before him.


    It was obvious that the Thephri race had a different taste of beauty than the majority of humans.


    "TAP!"


    "TAP!"


    "TAP!"


    .


    ..


    ...


    Running figures could be heard in the distance and before long, 2 long columns which consisted of armored rats approached the neers in haste.


    rk continued walking and ignored them all.


    ''We''re dead. Or perhaps only I.'' Little ck trembled in fear at the back since it could feel that every single one of these warriors were much stronger than he was.


    In the end, Little ck could only follow the footsteps of his master and closed his eyes in the process.


    "TAP!"


    "TAP!"


    "TAP!"


    .


    ..


    ...


    Little ck walked with his tentacles and arms but as the seconds came and went, he got curious to hear and sense no fighting whatsoever.


    This made him open his eyes once more and marveled at the 2 columns of rats which stood in attention and respect on the sides.


    "You are not wrong, Little ck."


    "The Thephri leader is truly wise." Our bored gamer chuckled as they passed through the hot wee of these warriors.


    The journey did not stop there since the gates of the citadel were still a long way off.


    "My master is pleased by your visit, esteemed guest."


    "Please follow me. My master has prepared a feast in your honor." A lovely woman said at the entrance of the citadel.


    rk used his divine sense to explore the identity of this girl and he was surprised to see that this was indeed a real human and no monster.


    He quickly deduced that this woman must have been one of the countless ves of this world.


    "Lead the way, girl." Our good gamer nodded. After that, they walked some more into winding steps and stairs until they arrived at the top of the construct.


    And the girl was indeed not joking earlier. There was a big feast in sight at the end of their hike.


    s, most of the attendees were some of the ugliest monsters that rk saw in his life but he cared not for this paltry aspect at all. He has better things to focus on.


    One of those was of course the ordinary crow at the head of this gathering.


    "Wee, my friend from distant stars!"


    "I am called Dark Crow and the founder of the Thephri."


    "Pleasee and join me in this feast."


    "We could talk more about other things after we eat." The crow spoke not in his nativenguage but uttered the human tongue with perfect delivery and intonation.


    "Okay." rk answered calmly and began walking to the main table of the party. Behind him, Little ck was busy whispering something in rm.


    "Don''t eat anything from this table, Master!"


    "This was how we were subdued millions of years ago!"


    Little ck almost pulled the nket that covered our bored gamer''s body in order to show his desperation and the danger of this setting.


    "Don''t worry, Little ck. An insignificant plot like this is not enough to defeat me." rk replied audibly. Thus, the feast started in time.


    Food and drinks were shared and music filled the air. Three hourster, Dark Crow then began to reap the fruits of his preparation.


    "I''m not surprised by your arrogance, my friend Kian."


    "As the old say, this is the natural demeanor of the strong." Dark Crow showed his bird smile and gazed at theposed visitor before him.


    Since he knew that the enemy came to his domain, he also realized that this certain enemy believed that he had enough capital to defeat him in his home.


    Unfortunately, this alien guest has vastly underestimated his resources at hand.


    "Are you talking about the poisoned drinks and food?"


    "I barely felt them at all. You need to practice more to reach perfection in this great dao." rk shrugged and a full jar of wine to prove his point.


    ''Impossible! I could not even entirely resist the effects of this concoction Lover''s Seed!'' Dark Crow was secretly shaken inside.


    This was the same poison he used to entice the cooperation of the Misara race before. A drop of this mix and anyone would be spellbound to follow whatever he wishes.


    One should know that Dark Crow has continued to improve this form until even level 10 existences could not help but sumb to these effects.


    ''This human must be faking it!'' Dark Crow judged.


    "Stand up and bow before your new master!" Dark Crow put his hypothesis to the test.


    "BANG!" s, he only earned a huge fist to the beak.