Nobilis of War

After seizing control of the metal creatures, Darren noticed something that made him feel uneasy.

"Why does it feel like the strength of these metal creatures is waning?"

Hearing what he had to say, Yolanda's shoulders relaxed as she heaved a sigh of relief. From Darren's reaction, she had braced herself for something worse.

"The strength of these metal creatures changes as the cultivation base of their controller changes. Don't fret. It will only fluctuate slightly and won't decrease too much," Yolanda explained, eradicating Darren's doubts.

"I see." Darren nodded to Yolanda and then turned his attention to the metal creatures. He noticed they had only been demoted by one level and weren't on the same level as him.

In this way, their collective strength wasn't subjected to a considerable downgrade as he initially expected. After all, they relied on their cooperative operating method.

"As Darren continues to add numbers to his ranks, we grow stronger as a unit. We'll be able to fend off potential threats with ease," Yolanda said with a smile.

With tens of thousands of metal creatures at his beck and call, Darren strengthened his defenses. Even if he were to be besieged by countless other metal creatures, he would be able to survive.

Apart from that, he could also use his current army of metal creatures to make more of them submit to his command, further fortifying his numbers.

Even if they were unsuccessful in determining the whereabouts of the center of the array, Darren would still emerge as the overlord of the Second Dangerous Area.

"Let's scout this place for small groups of metal creatures and subdue them. While we're at it, we can look for that special metal creature too."

"Alright, let's move!"

Darren and his companions packed their essentials and headed off with renewed vigor.

While on the move, they maintained a low profile to avoid running into large groups of metal creatures to keep the casualties on a minimum.

After scavenging for their targets for a while, they stumbled upon thousands of metal creatures on patrol. They would serve as the perfect bait for their plans.

The process was simple. At first, the metal creatures under Darren's command would ambush the ones on patrol and surround them, rendering them powerless, and then Darren would repeat the previous steps. In this way, the scattered metal creatures would fall under Darren's ranks, adding to his army.

After they searched the broad landscape of the Second Dangerous Area restlessly for half a month, Darren's mob of metal creatures had reached an astounding number of over a hundred thousand!

swarm walking behind him was overwhelming

this army supporting his every move, Darren could go berserk, wreaking havoc in the Second Dangerous Area without fear of retaliation. Due to him targeting groups of metal creatures, most of them altered

and there isn't any metal creature

With each passing day, the metal

capable of experiencing emotions

can't have

the sudden scarcity in metal creatures, Yolanda had spent her time deducing the reason behind the issue. Quick-witted as she was, she already came up with a

nodded, rubbing his

you think the Defiant Bloodsucker

underhanded tactics and

the situation. "Maybe this is the doing of that special metal creature? As the center of the array of the Second Dangerous Area,

Darren is right. It all makes sense that way. The creature must have the ability to manipulate the normal metal creatures to do its bidding." Connecting the dots to their scattered theories, Yolanda recalled that this was exactly how her husband had set

of the metal creatures, is

"Theoretically speaking, yes."

Let's keep our eyes peeled for those metal

they were close to their objective, Darren and his companions split up to

had passed, and their search had

more, while they were preoccupied with locating the metal creatures, the remaining three kings disappeared from the Second Dangerous Area. Darren

they had been going on for months with no luck, Darren and his companions decided to halt the search for the time being. After all, they

Darren's small world to rest their weary

dense scattered clouds, the sunlight dashed along the ground, lighting up everything in sight with its pleasant influence. Several mountains were carved across

others set up tables and chairs to hunker down on

you forgot all about ever returning!" Elsa snorted, crossing

up, and I got held back." Nervously, Darren stroked his hair

eyes and looked away. "Fine. I'll spare you this time, for the sake of the presence of these seniors. But don't

you please, Lady

Hearing Darren sound so helpless made everyone erupt in a fit of

Come and greet her." Darren gestured towards Yolanda as

heard stories of Yolanda from Darren, but she never had the opportunity of meeting his relatives in the Primitive Wilderness in person. Since this was a first, she couldn't

walked over to Yolanda