MONSTER MMORPG: Mayhem Online

I was already outside Newham Town after murdering its chief, a feared general of the chasm empire.

I could still somewhat hear the voice of the little girl's shriek, but somehow I didn't feel much sympathy after how she had played tricks on me and made me lose out on first hit advantage.

The fight just a few moments ago was very dangerous. I had almost died in the hands of Egran, and being so one-sidedly dominated didn't feel very nice.

I was lucky that the fool gave me time to cast my spells, or else I would have died without even scratching him.

'This also points out my weakness, hmm.'

I had become too conceited after killing Felice's little pet in a single hit, forgetting that it was a low-intelligence monster who was caught off guard. In a match where the opponent was higher-level than me, and was a silver named NPC meant that he possessed extraordinary might and was a class above the others in its level range.

'But the item drops are so good, I wonder how much I can earn from them.'

I had gained two levels after defeating Egran, on top of that, I received some really nice item drops.

—-Hmm~~

I hummed delightfully with my hands behind my head, as I casually strolled out of the Newham territory and looked at the item descriptions.

[Egran's Necklace

Type: Accessory

Rating: Rare

Durability: 29/29

Intelligence: +15

Mana: +500

CD reduction: 5%

A necklace made by a famous Jeweller of the abyss, and something that Egran loved dearly. It has the effect of increasing the wearer's mana and intelligence. It also comes with an amazing effect of a 5% Cooldown reduction for all personal skills.

User Restriction: Level 100 or above.]

[Flame Ring

Type: Accessory

Rating: Epic I

Durability: 22/22

Intelligence: +20

Wisdom: +5

*20% Extra fire damage on every successful fire attack.

*Generates the 'Amber's Breath once every day.

A ring made by a water dwarf. It was initially made as a gift to calm down the sea's chilling temperature when it got angry. The ring was stolen from the dwarf by some rogue abyssal demons after that.

The item represents the most amazing accomplishment of the water dwarf, Gilfert.

User restriction: Level 100 or above.]

'I am gonna get rich!'

The items had amazing effects, although not really anything that could help me, I was sure they would be tempting to a lot of people.

'So the Fire General was called the fire general just based on his ring? It's a little disappointing. Are there other generals like him too?'

It came as a surprise that Egran's breath attack was just due to a ring and not his own personal skill. Well, that can't be the case since lizardmen and fire don't go along that well, since the lizardmen are a water-based species.

"Shura, you're back!"

Kris came running to me as soon as I was about to reach Rewan village.

"Yeah, I am back. What happened to your voice though—?"

Kris's voice sounded a bit more …manly? And Mature. I looked around to see where Kris was coming from, and I saw a two-meter-tall ogre running toward me. He had greyish black skin and his eyes were yellow to the point where one would mistake them for golden eyes.

"...Kris?"

"Yes, Shura!"

Although the voice and physique were different, this was definitely the little boy that I knew of.

'What the fuck happened in a few hours that I was gone for…"

As I entered the village, I realised Kris wasn't the only oddball, almost everyone in the village had a darker skin tone, and everyone's level had jumped to the mid-70s.

'What is going on here?'

I had no idea, but it didn't take long for me to figure it out.

Kris explained that after eating today's food, he started feeling weird in his body. After an hour, he started to grow taller and more muscular, the same thing happened to everyone who ate today's food.

Apparently, the system notifications that I had left behind, thinking they were of no use to me, had brought about this miraculous effect to the other….

When I made the dishes on Kris's request, I didn't know something like this would happen.

[Intermediate Cooking Lv2]

'Ah!'

My cooking skill had gone up by a whole grade from beginner cooking to Intermediate cooking.

'But, why would they evolve after eating food? I didn't even get any notifications…'

I checked the skill description of Intermediate cooking, but there was nothing special about it. The thing that triggered the evolution must be something else.

Anyways, as I didn't know how it happened, I put it at the back of my mind. Since this was a really good situation for me.

I looked at the statuses of others and I was surprised to see 'High-Ogres' as their race. I didn't even know such a race existed.

After all, the only races that had high in front of their names were High Elves. But they were too noble a creature to appear on the central continent.

"Gather everyone around first. I've got to make an announcement."

"Aye aye!"

Kris made a salute in a childish way as he ran towards the village. It felt extremely weird to be watching a big and healthy man acting like a kid.

After a while, everyone gathered around and waited for me to speak.

—-Ahem!

"People of Rewan, it is time we stop giving in to the enemy's oppression and nurture our village further!"

'"Woahhh!"'

"But how would you do that? We need resources to make the village progress. You think we have never tried to progress our village before? As soon as we started building any building, we were suppressed by the Generals."

Kai made his point. He looked a lot younger and a bit more muscular after becoming a high-ogre.

"I would like to see who would try to suppress you guys anymore. I have just murdered the Fire General and we are going to take over his town and make it a part of the Rewan territory."

"....."

'"What?!!"'

Everyone's surprised exclamation sounded out and they gave me a hard look. Their faces were filled with complex emotions.

"Shura this… "

This time, even Jezebeth spoke, who trusted my decisions blindly most of the time.

"What are you guys worried about?"

I couldn't help but feel annoyed. I got that they were scared of messing with the generals and the fear was logical. But once a great man said,

`People who oppress others are sinners, and people who bear the oppression silently are even bigger sinners.`

~~Oh wow, that sounded so cool!~~

'Shut up, Drew.'

"The emperor won't like it if there is some outsider killing his generals and taking over his territories. It's basically like challenging his authority. Not to mention the other generals, they'll view you as a threat. Since if you can kill one of them, you might point your weapon at the other generals too."

Jezebeth explained why it wasn't a good idea to offend the generals anymore than I already had.

'I still don't think that the emperor would make a move directly since he plays a dormant role. Not to mention the weird notifications I keep getting. Doesn't seem like he's hostile towards me.'

I couldn't just say that I had a gut feeling the emperor wouldn't harm me.

"Everyone! I hadn't come to the abyss to gather some treasure or explore some places. I have come here to make my own footing here and dominate a part of the abyss. I am here to take over the rule of the abyss, and you guys can help me make my first step into this ambition."

"....."

Okay, seems like I went a bit overboard. The amount of fear on everyone's faces was proof of the fear business that the Chasm Empire was running.

"I want to give you all much better lives than you're currently living, and it won't be possible without your help."

This time, I chose a much softer approach and the result was instant as people's eyes brightened hearing that.

"What do we have to do?"

Kai, as the leader of the ogres, asked.

"Send some people with me to take over Newham Town. Remaining will stay here and start the construction of Rewan City. I'll provide sufficient materials to start the project."

"Rewan City…"

Everyone was moved hearing that.

'Good, it's time to step up my game.'