"We will be taking these artifacts as a bonus. You do not mind it, do you?" Ember questioned as she stared at the World Leaders of a world named Gorak. Experience more tales on freewebnovel "Of course not. You saved our lives today." The Gorak leaders nodded. Ember nodded as she took the artifacts. "Here are the mission completion papers. We have also rated your performance. Of course, it is only filled with positive comments." Ember took the papers and nodded. "Then we will be taking our leave now." The leaders nodded, and once the mercenary women left, they all sighed. "What a bunch of monsters," one of the leaders commented. "The Leander Family, huh?" "I still do not understand why beings of such caliber are working as mercenaries." "Don’t treat them like normal mercenaries. They have won almost forty wars in the past six months. This number is already higher than what most parties boast. Not to mention the fact that they have never once failed a single mission, no matter how difficult or whatever unexpected thing may have popped up. They even have an army of their own a world could hire to fight for them. It is said that if you manage to hire their party, your win is almost a guarantee. Some worlds exclusively mention in their mission that only their party can be allowed to take it. They even pay extra to the mercenary halls to present their missions to the party first. Their party is one of the few parties that the mercenary halls approach on their own and offer money to take missions from their halls. Just having the Leander Family step into a mercenary hall pretty much changes its fate. Even the other mercenary parties have become wary of them to the point where they do not take any missions that put them in the Leander Family’s opposition." "I do not blame them. We saw it with our own eyes, didn’t we? Ransa was completely helpless against them. The world that resisted our forces for thousands of years crumbled within two days." "Exactly, they were just…" The leaders continued to talk. What they witnessed today, they would not be able to forget in their entire lives. ... On the other side, as the women returned to Core, Nux appeared in front of them and greeted them with a smile, "You are getting more and more popular." Ember smiled at those words. She was happy. After a long time, she felt… useful. To command millions of soldiers… it felt exhilarating. Especially when her Law connected every single one of those soldiers and boosted their and her strength. The Goddess of War. This is what the people call her now, and she couldn’t help but smile at that name every time it was mentioned. "Look at you smiling like that, oh mighty Goddess of War~" Astaria chuckled as she stared at her sister. The rest of the women all had teasing smiles on their faces. The Goddess of War lowered her head, embarrassed. "Gosh, I want those people to see her right now." Allura chuckled. "They probably wouldn’t believe it." Thyra shook her head. "Mhm, they would think it’s a clone that is being used to ’defile the image’ of their Goddess." Aisha added dramatically, and the rest of the women laughed. "Alright, girls, stop teasing my Goddess." Nux jumped in as he gently hugged the War Goddess. Ember, using this opportunity, quickly wrapped herself around Nux. It was her reward for bringing another victory and, most importantly, information about a few other worlds Nux could target. As their influence grew, so did their information network. It had become much easier for them to find things out. So much so that by now, Nux had already devoured twelve worlds, and the universe was losing its mind. Nux smiled as he saw Ember act like that. Then, his eyes fell on Vulpiana and, "Your mother has summoned you." "What?" Vulpiana was taken aback. "Your mother. She says she needs to see you." "Why?" "How am I supposed to know what the Dawnshade Leader is thinking?" Nux questioned back with a playful smile on his face. "…" Vulpiana just stared at this man in silence. Then, she just sighed. "Open the portal." She requested. Nux nodded, and the portal to Yrniel was opened. "I’ll be back soon." "Looks like you do not wish to stay away from me. Look how unwilling you seem even when your mother called for you." Nux teased. Vulpiana, however, shook her head as she walked into the portal with her face flushed. Nux chuckled when he saw that. Then, he closed the portal. "That woman is annoying," Aisha complained again. "But she is quite useful," Ember added, and as Nux turned towards the War Goddess, she continued, "Yes, I admit that we are quite limited whenever we are around her since we need to make sure we do not reveal something important, but at the same time, I cannot disregard her ability. She is strong." "I agree," Thyra nodded as well. As an assassin, she could tell just how useful the Fox’s ability was. And of course, Nux knew that as well. After all, she managed to trick even him using her ability. Not many could boast of doing the same, especially when they were at the same cultivation level as him. The only reason he was even able to react in time properly was because Aeliana had pushed him to the point where his Zenith Flow was working again. If it wasn’t for that, then… even he would have lost that little bout between the two of them. "Anyways, why do you think Faelara called her?" Suddenly, Astaria questioned as she turned towards Nux. Nux, however, shook his head, "I really do not know." But then, a screen appeared in front of him, and in that screen, Vulpiana’s vision was shown. "But I guess we will find out soon enough," Nux spoke with a smile, and the others widened their eyes in surprise. "Nux, when did you…" "What? Did you think I wouldn’t learn from my stalker teacher?" Nux laughed as he glanced at Aeliana, who looked away, as if this wasn’t related to her at all.