Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix

Chapter 430 Arachneas - City of Silk Part 2

Thanks to Helia and Sigurd for sending letters and troops to head back to the eastern border and capital, Asura would soon have reinforcements. While they promised not to destroy any of the remaining forests, the last that was devastated by his magic a week earlier was now different.'

"So you're telling me this soil is now ideal for tilling and farming, because of being mana enriched?"

In the southern wastelands, the new nickname for the area that used to be home to many monster races that now flocked southeast to a strange part of the continent that was protected by a vast canyon preventing most creatures from entering.

"Yes, Prince Asura!" A lovely pink spider on the gigantic screen created with mana showed how she hovered over the ground on her lovely webbing that covered the enormous mass of land. The girl used various tools and her long legs to evaluate the land to see if they could salvage the land he ruined.

Although most who tried to escape perished, Asura checked using the Valkyrie that many of the monster races escaped with one or two tribes away from the disaster.

'It seems that something in my magic caused the earth to enrich the soil.'

Honestly, Asura didn't forgive himself for this incident. He understood his outburst caused thousands, maybe more deaths and erased several clans that existed for thousands of years in the beautiful forest.

"Then could I ask you to make a detailed report on the soil condition? You can work with the workers from Silvara. I give my permission and hope that you can decide the best future for this land. Is that okay with you Rasha?"

The pair were sitting on the soft silk cushions, with his head resting on her spider body, while she used her front legs to apply a special honey mixture to his hair, which helped make it healthier and shine with a lovely scent.

"Of course, there you have it, Mafuyu. Can you take care of it?" Rasha spoke to the pink spider that was rolling on her webbing. With her pink eyes gazing at the pair while she showed a sinister smile.

However, Asura knew this smile was just because her breed of arachne struggled to smile or show emotions well. They showed their joy, like Rasha, with their legs, as they were shaking in the air and tapping her webbing lightly. 'Now that I know more about them... how cute are these girls?'

"Hmmm? Are you going to cheat on me?" Rasha leaned down, her lovely red eyes covering his vision while she dug two of her legs into his thighs with a cute pout on her lips.

"Of course not, my lovely little spider." Asura was caught red-handed while Rasha rested her human torso on his chest and pressed her face against his neck. He was not defeated by the soft sensation of her breasts that was easily felt because of the soft silk cloth and its thin layer.

"Hehe~, you're the best Asura." She licked his cheek, with the tip of her tongue having a smooth, wet feeling, and a sweet scent flowed from her saliva, having a strong whiff of the delicious honey she ate.

'I'm being spoiled by her again...'

'Though I will probably have to station some valkyries and knights here to protect them in the future... The empire will not sit back.'

"Ah! Are you sure we should not be going, Prince Asura?" A female voice echoed in his ears, and when he turned back, a young woman stood near the entrance of the mine. The lovely Rasha was standing on the ceiling, her human body hanging with her arms folded; she liked to walk on the roof upside down, it seemed.

"I've checked the mine. This one is fine with a bit of work and support added. It will be back for good."

"Then can we go look at the other mine?" She jumped from the ceiling and walked towards him, her slender legs tapping the rocky ground and creating a clicking sound as the tips of her spider legs moved across the rock.

"Yeah, I will leave some knights and miners here and have them meet up with us afterwards."

'I think the next mine is too far west for us to deal with it so soon... the iron mine, why did it have to be so far?'

The pair returned to the exit and found the miners were already at the entrance, though he noticed something different from how they held the pickaxes in their hands and their eyes that seemed to glow in the light.

'Ah I see... they also loved Arachneas and wanted to get back to work.'

"Yes, Prince Asura! We will lay down our lives to protect them!" The Valkyries and the Knights knelt with their swords pointed towards the sky while they looked at the pair with their shining eyes and serious faces.

After the battles Asura realised the Knights and Valkyrie began to work well together, with aerial and ground attacks, not to mention they seemed to have more respect and awe for Asura himself.

"Good. Then head back and start working on the mine. Rasha, shall we go?"

"Fufu~ yes we should, Asura." The pair headed into the forest as he watched the Knights and Valkyries stand guard while the Dwarf miners carried and moved the messy rocks from the entrance of the mine and worked hard to clear the rubbish.

'I just hope those bastards didn't get their filthy paws on the iron ore.'

He didn't know if it would be safe or not, but this time, he would not let Rasha scout from the air, nor would he expose himself using his wings. Instead, his magic sonar was set to maximum, and a huge portion of the forest was now within his grasp.

'I see... a unit of fifty maybe their own miners and knights?'