Chapter 266 Strengthening the family(1)

Thirty minutes have passed since Colin has used his domain. The hunt was going well, all things considered. The members were all fighting their own battles, RT Nagar new with minimal interference from Colin, causing them to defeat the beasts at a fast pace. The tier 4s have wisely chosen to stay in their lairs, and Colin left them there, uninterrupted. A lot of the Colin's subordinates between levels 12 and 14 have successfully started their evolution, including Melissa and Leia. The only ones left were the leprechauns and daimonis who had the lowest level of the bunch.

'Things aren't looking so bad. Henry, Esme and Beatrix evolved pretty quickly, which is expected from demons from the underworld. Melissa and Leia have started as well, which means my main objective is complete. Just fourteen more and I'll be done here.' Colin thought as he observed them from within the darkness. He was using one of the abilities he gained from the [Darkness Affinity] skill, called [Dark Transmutation]. This ability allowed him to change his body into pure darkness, allowing him to blend in with his domain, change the shape of his body and hide in dark places without being noticed. He was using this ability to observe each member as they battled, allowing him to assess them.

The Daimonis and leprechauns in particular seemed to be struggling in battle, with subpar physical abilities, for a demon, and not enough demonic energy to go from battle to battle. The leprechauns were a bit better off than the Daimonis, as with their [Sneak] skill, they could launch sneak attacks. But if that failed, they would have to rely on direct combat.

Another fifteen minutes past, and Colin's domain disappeared and so did his ability. His DP was low, making him feel exhausted, but he had achieved his goals nonetheless, as all the tier 3s were undergoing evolution. With a little help from Colin, each member managed to level up enough to evolve. But still, his job was not complete, he had no idea if something could happen to them while they were inside the cocoons, so he had no choice but to stay behind and guard them.

'What a pain.'

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Back in M town...

"Sit you wild mutt." Alice growled as a werewolf, in full werewolf form growled at her. Even with the authority granted to her, by Colin, the werewolf wouldn't listen to her, and continued growling at her.

"Sit and listen. If you don't, then you will be punished." Paul said and the werewolf whimpered, before transforming back and sitting down in a meditative pose.

"Why the hell do these bastards listen to you and not me?" Alice fumed and Paul sighed. Alice has been trying to teach them the [Meditation] trait for over three hours now and during that time, only Paul managed to learn it. The reason being that the werewolves were uneasy and kept trying to leave the town, but thankfully, Alice's authority was strong enough to keep them inside, but barely enough to keep them in the courtyard. Paul told her that ever since he evolved, he had an indescrible itch to hunt something, something strong like the windigos from the previous day. The only reason he managed to learn the skill was because he had enough will to sit and learn the boring trait, in-order to set an example for his fellow wolves and soldiers. The others didn't have that much will apparently.

He also told her that the [Meditation] trait was helping as the urges were suppressed to a manageable degree, and if he wanted, he could suppress them altogether. The trait was both passive and active, the passive part decreases the irrationality of a person and the active part allowed you to suppress an emotion completely, giving you a state of complete calm and detachment. The process for learning it was also simple, all you had to do was to calmly channel your demonic energy around your body for an hour or two, in a state of complete calm. This trait was aimed at eliminating certain urges in demons, such as bloodlust, greed....and the innate desire to hunt everything. Since demonic energy was basically the carrier's, and maybe even the cause, such desires within a demon, calming the erratic flow of demonic energy within the body should calm those urges. But it seems the werewolves were too erratic to even learn the trait.

'Damnit, why did Lily choose to evolve now and leave me with these unruly bastards?' A thought that almost brought Alice to tears, but she calmed down and sighed

"If I were to allow them to go out and hunt, do you think they will calm down enough to learn the trait?" Alice asked Paul and the werewolves ears perked up at the question

"Yes, I guess they would." Paul said and Alice turned towards the half naked, because their transformations tore up their clothes, wolves.

"I'll allow you guys to go on a hunt for the next two hours, but, you lot better come back in that time, or I'll make sure that you never leave this town for the next month...got it." Alice said, her eyes glowing dangerously and the wolves shivered at her threat

"And you, you are responsible for bringing each and everyone of them back." Alice said to Paul and he nodded his head

"Now go." She said and all of them transformed excitedly before rushing out of the town in a rush.

"Haaah, I hope I made the right decision, either way, it's not like they would have learned anything if they stayed here. And this gives me time to figure out my new abilities." She said, a little excited to master her new abilities.