Even though many people could touch the statue at the same time and undergo the advancment transformation, it still took a whole week for hundreds of beasts and 3000 orcs to advance, and in all honesty after the 20th orc advancment Irwin was too bored to even check out their stats .

" Why have you summoned me my King "

The now human like Turan enterted the tent that Irwin had taken from the previous orc leader.

" Turan, I need you to personally test every warrior and select the strongest ones into teams, I also need a report of what their strengths and weaknesses are "

Turan obviously could not perform something like that, he was just a stupid orc not to long ago and Irwin of course knew that, which is why he had come up with a great idea .

Seeing as the parchment could create a statue that could transform thousands of orcs, he figured he could even create skill books if he had enough energy .

He didnt have enough energy to grant them super strong magical skills however he had enough power to create skill books that granted them titles and passive skills .

The current ones he had created were the 'Skill Book General' that granted the receiver the title general and passive skills of leadership, tactics and logistics. The current Turan was now probably a match for even the kingdom's strongest generals, he could perform tactics in battle and organise troops in an orderly manner .

He had also created 5 blacksmith and artisan skill books that granted the receivers skills in forging and smelting, 2 architect skill books and 1 Administrator.

" Sorry for the disturbance master "

The tent was lifted up and what he could describe as a gigantic beauty entered in .

The female monsters also gained beautiful human appearances after the advancement, however it totally ruined Irwin's dream of being a king with 1000 wives . As pretty as they were he would probably struggle bedding a 5 feet tall female .

The woman who entered was his personal bodyguard, a former fox beast who had now become a human and had been granted the name Da Ji.

When asked by the parchment why he made her his bodyguard and whether he fancied her, he told him that it was because of her strength which was also the truth.

After the advancment, Da Ji gained an innate ability called ' Empress of Ilusions ' that could literally lock people inside a fake reality that they would experience as real life. Such a thing even worked on Irwin when she locked him up in a reality called 'Desire' .... lets just say he woke up after experiencing a few wet dreams after that...

Da Ji's strength just like the other advanced monsters was insane, she could probably beat the current him in a fight if he didnt have the purple parchment .

" Do you have something to tell me Da Ji? "

" Indeed master, I recently received word from Fenrir. The message he brings you is that he has found the target "

" well that was quick, seems like I must have underestimated him . Have they taken position ? "

" They have and await your orders, he is confident he can kill all the human soldiers and miners and occupy the entire mine for master "

When he had asked Turan where he had last seen humans, he told him about a strange cave that used to be next to their old settlement .

Apparently humans had shown up and forced the orcs to retreat with their archery tactics, how could the stupid orcs know how to counter archers? The poor creatures admited defeat and migrated to a different location which had led to the humans occupying the mineral mine .

Seeing as fenrir was a wolf before the advancement, he had guessed him and the rest of his ' pack ' to be good at scouting/tracking, so he sent him to gather information .

" He shouldnt attack the humans "

" But master? Why should we let go of such an opportunity? I am sure the wolf could take them down with ease "

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" How dare you oppose the king you stupid fox ? Do you think you know better than him ? "

Seeing Turan's anger she shut up immediately.

Turan was the second strongest and held the highest authority behind Irwin, they all knew not to mess with him unconditionally .

" Enough quarrel " Irwin said softly .

" If we kill the humans sure we may get the already mined minerals but after that we have no miners to mine the rest "

He could make few miner skill books but there was so much to do right now in order to turn this shitty settlement into a small town , he had no energy to spare .

" Tell Fenrir to find out where the humans are hiding the mined ores. They probably put it in carriages and send it back to Thesos . If we simply raid the carriages then we get what we want and the miners are still able to produce more for us in the future "

Da Ji seemed convinced, " as expected of master ", she said, however she still had to ask :

" But what if the humans stop mining in fear that the ores will get stolen by us again "

" This is where you come in , only someone with your abilities can solve this "

" I am thankful for the praise but cant help but doubt myself. Is there really something I can do and you cant master ? "

" Make them experience an illusion where they are raided by the knights of the Stenly family. That way they will think it was the Stenly's who did it and guard against them and not us "

Even though Irwin was of that family he had no intention of leaving those shitty usurpers be.

He described their knights uniform and many of the knights he had seen when he was attacked on his way to the viscounty .

To make sure this plan worked, he even gave the parchment five of his prescious energy points to show Da Ji one of his memories where he first saw the knights, this way there would be no issues when she traps them in the ilusion .

" You should still be careful Da Ji, someone with enough balls to occupy mines in the territory of orcs that the king uses for propaganda, should not be a low rank noble. So the warriors that will guard the carriages wont be weaklings "

In all honesty he would have loved to participate in this raid and devour some of these warriors, god knew he would do with some extra energy points right now. There was just so much work to do in such little time since there was not much left till he had to travel to the capital .

After Daji and Turan both left to get on with their duties, Irwin started to meditate so he could speed up the recovery of his energy .

< you need to calm your mind or else your meditation wont yield full results >

" How can I calm my mind brother parchment, if I dont solve things quick enough my newly found army will get annihilated. I need to recover enough energy to make skill books for them "

< you always overestimate your opponents and forget how powerful you are with me .

But then again you have lived a secluded life and you are unfamiliar of the true nature of humans.

If you were more familiar with your kind you would not be this stressed >

In his eyes the parchment started talking riddles again, what does he even mean by the human's true nature? How would knowing their nature help him in this situation .

< participating in the competition to win a noble title is a decent enough plan kid but at best you will become a political pawn for the emperor's faction.

If you truly wish to come on top of this situation you should present the emperor with a gift, a gift so valuable that will make the entire Thesos work hard to obtain your favor >

The parchment came up with several strategies in seconds, and all of these strategies were far more superior than the ones he had been thinking for days and it made him feel stupid .

All of a sudden he started to question whether he was good enough to become a leader, conquest was much more difficult than he had imagined .

Maybe he had just dreamt too big.