Demon's Virtue

Chapter 787 The Town's Changes

The caravan briefly came to a halt in front of the gate blocking off the tunnel. It was still well-hidden through magic, but it was absolutely nothing that Eiro couldn't see through. Not to mention, he was the one that had constructed this magic in the first place, so it was basically his own spell.

The monsters standing guard in front of the gate quickly bowed to the demon, who briefly nodded at them.

"Welcome back," the monsters said as Eiro rode past them. He couldn't help himself but smile a bit, at that. Once the last of the caravan's carriages entered the tunnel, the gate was closed again. When Eiro made his way through to the other side, he was immediately met with a massive surprise. The first stop, which basically acted as one of the main guard outposts in the town, as this would be the main point of entry for trade in the future, had been almost completely transformed.

You could barely recognize that these once were mines, which had now been fully depleted of both magic stones and ore. Instead, a large structure filled the space, and plenty of barracks and large training areas had been created. The monsters here were wearing quite high-quality armour as well. When Eiro left, only the high-ranking monsters were given things like this, but by now, everyone was wearing either metal, leather, or cloth armour, depending on where their talents and race boons laid.

The old roads branching off the main road, which once used to be trodden dirt paths, where now also properly cobbled. New buildings were being constructed along those branching roads; new houses, future inns, warehouses, and so on. Considering that this area was supposed to be as far as visitors could go for the first while that the town was revealed to the public, this was all amazing.

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Eiro had purposefully not peeked too much through the servants that he had placed here. For one, he dind't want his prior knowledge to influence his thoughts on the regular reports that he was given by Boju. And, frankly, he just wanted to be a bit surprised by the changes that happened here in the past three months. Monsters always adapted and changed fast when placed into a new environment, and he was incredibly curious to see just how all these monsters had changed.

"Mislan," Eiro said, his body dyed in darkness through the buildings' shadows. And through those shadows, the servant Mislan appeared in front of the demon.

"My lord, I am elated to see that your evolution has come to such a wonderful conclusion," Mislan said, kneeling in front of Eiro. But the demon just smiled, looking him up and down. Mislan had changed a little bit as well. For the past three months, he had stayed here in this town, completely outside of Eiro's shadow. And that meant that, while Mislan used to be basically a thoughtless, emotionless puppet, he had developed his own personality by now.

He was rather mild-mannered, and carried the sort of calm, wise air that one would expect from a butler, which was exactly how Mislan presented himself to this day. Though this was a choice that Eiro had made for him in the beginning, that was never something the demon was going to force on Mislan. If he chose to change his appearance, he could go ahead. After all, he was made of shadows, and should be able to change his body basically freely as long as there wasn't too much light around.

"I'm also quite happy, yes. This town has developed wonderfully, has it not? What do you think, having been here for so long?" Eiro asked, and Mislan quickly stood up, briefly nodding his head.

"Indeed so. The town is lively, and so are the monsters and people within it. There have been some small disputes here and there, but overall, I believe you will be very happy to see how this town has developed."

"I believe so as well. From what I can see, it's pretty great already," Eiro smiled, slowly turning his head toward the part of town where the humans lived. Of course, he was really just looking at a brick wall, but he knew that Mislan was aware of where he was looking, "And how are the humans?"

"... If I can be so blunt, but I did not expect them to adapt as well as they have. Many of them fully expected to have been brought here as fodder, and nothing more. But as time went on, they have become true citizens of this town," Mislan explained, and Eiro let out a relieved breath.

"Perfect. Alright, then let me go and talk to the leaders. Let's hope things are just as good over there."