'What? Their lord? I've been here before...I don't need any more exposition! Now what can I do if I don't want the exposition? Well, make stuff up of course!' Caden thought as he started speaking.
"Indeed, I am your lord." he started generically. He wasn't too scared of the position he was in as he was currently stronger than the beings in front of him, and he even had his undead as a failsafe. After all, even these ancient, strong looking monsters
As they heard this, the Cthulhu's that gathered there started shivering. "M-My lord! We di-didn't mean anything with our actions just now! Pl-please don't kill us!" One of them, a seaweed green Cthulhu, muttered out in fear.
'Oh? It seems I can have a bit of fun here' Caden thought as he replied in the most noble tone he could muster. "SILENCE! YOU DARE TALK BACK TO YOUR LEADER?"
"N-no! Of course not, my lord!" The Cthulhu manage to say while bowing as low as possible.
'Messing with these guys is a lot of fun, but I don't have the time right now, do I?' Caden thought melancholically. "Very well. Since it seemed as though you were just doing your jobs properly, I will forgive you this once. However, don't bother me for the time being, as I have a very important mission to accomplish."
During that line, the Cthulhu's in front of him went through an array of emotions. At first, they were overjoyed at the fact that their lord had forgiven them, but when they heard that he didn't want to be bothered, they started to worry. When they heard that he had an important mission, their worry only deepened.
"B-but my lord!" Another Cthulhu, one that was a dark shade of red, spoke this time. "The training dimension will be destroyed if we don't have your help to face off against-"
Just as he was about to finish, however, a blade that was completely made out of icy blue essence appeared at its neck.
"Even after I forgave you once, you still have the gall to speak back to me? If I wasn't so forgiving, I would've cut a few of your tentacles off right here." Caden spoke in a cold voice, sending chills through the Cthulhu's.
'Nailed it!' he thought, satisfied with his acting.
"However, fear not. This important mission of mine will be finished in a few months." He quickly said, maintaining his fake regality. After all, he couldn't just ignore the issue in this realm; it basically handed him exp on a silver platter!
Now all he needs to do is to conquer his own dimension and guard it from a mysterious force. Can't be too hard, right?
The Cthulhu's, overjoyed at his words, spoke happily. "Yes my lord! That would give us more than enough time to solve our problem!" the red Cthulhu said.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have important matters to attend to." Caden said as he teleported out of the training dimension.
After Caden left, the Cthulhu's stood there for a bit, not knowing how to feel about their lord. One thing, however, was for sure. He was definitely their lord!
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"Phew, that was fun!" Caden said as he looked around at the barren wasteland he was in before he entered the training dimension. However, the Caden now was far stronger than he was when he entered, so much so that they couldn't even be compared.
"Surveillance Beetles, come out." He called out, as a bit of essence escaped his body and formed a small portal. Out of the portal, a wave of black, shiny beetles, each with a formidable amount of defense, flew out. If one stared hard enough, the could see that these beetles weren't beetles at all, but rather a drone in the shape of a beetle! However, it was almost impossible to tell the difference, if not for the singular camera right in middle of its face.
It was one of the many creations Caden made with his crafting skill! He had stored them all in a spell he had gotten earlier from the magician dungeon-mini space pocket. While this skill was vastly inferior to his inventory, Caden relied on this skill to store his creations because it was a skill he could easily access in the middle of battle.
"Alright, I need you guys to find something. It's supposed to be a monster that's been chained down, and it should be at the demiurge level. You guys can do that, right?" he said sweetly, like he was talking to his own children. The beetles buzzed happily in reply and flew away to complete their task.
'Man, craft sure is a versatile skill!' He thought as he walked around. After a bit, he finally encountered what he was looking for-a strong looking monster. 'Sure, none of these monsters might be at my level, but its a nice way to see how I've progressed.'
"Hey you! Ugly! Yes, you! Come at me unless you're scared, you coward!"
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At the same time, the monster that Caden had encounter was resting there, satisfied with what it did today. After all, it had finally defeated every monster in the northern part, solidifying itself as the mighty phoenix. It had all the right to be peacefully resting.
'I'm so amazing, now that I've finally reached the demiurge realm, I'm undefeatable! Even the rumored chained being is at the demiurge realm, so I'm not any inferior to it!' it thought, delving into its fantasy of having multiple monsters bowing to it.
However, a shout forced it to come out of its dream world. Even worse than that? It was a shout mocking it, the mighty phoenix!
The phoenix stood up as it stretched its wings far apart, looking fearsome. "WHO DARES DISTURB MY REST? I AM THE MIGHTY PHOENIX THAT HAS CONQUERED THE WHOLE NORT-"
"Yeah yeah, that's cool, now can you attack me with your strongest attack?" The human that stood in front of said, interrupting it.
'THIS HUMAN DARES TO INTERRUPT ME? ME? THE MIGHTY PHOENIX? HA! What a joke, it seems I need to put him in his place!' it thought as it replied.
"A meek human like yourself thinks he can withstand even a sliver of my power? I don't even need to use a percent of my power to deal with you!" The phoenix boasted as it flapped its wings.
Heat waves appeared near its wings as they flew towards the human; however, they disappeared with a single wave of his hand. "Is that all you can do?" He said, seemingly disappointed.
'Hm, impressive. A mere human stopped me with a single wave of his hand? Even if it's a tiny bit of my power, that's still quite the achievement!' it praised him as it gathered power in its wings again.
"That was quite impressive human, but I don't feel like playing with you anymore." it said, using a more power this time. Once again, the human dismissed it with a wave of his hands.
'Wh-what?!? How did he do it again? Impossible! It seems I need to take this human seriously!' the phoenix realized as it gathered all the power it can into its wings. Two stars, each about the size of Caden, appeared in front of the Phoenix's wings.
"It seems I need to take you seriously human. Very well, since you have pushed me so far, I guess I'll show you the skill that caused me to become the ruler of this region!" It boasted as it shot the two suns towards the human.
"Hohoho, impressive. This skill alone makes me want to kill you!" he said as a familiar, icy sword appeared in front of me. The human made a slight chopping motion as the two suns got cut in half.
"Wow, I've completely surpassed my past self in every way, huh?" The human said, ignoring the phoenix. After all, he could easily take any attack the phoenix wanted to throw at him without trying. Not that he really needed to as the last attack completely broke the phoenix.
'I-impossible! A mere human! H-how can this be! Who...no, what even is this human?!?!?' The phoenix thought as it collapsed on the ground. 'What did I ever do to offend this human?!?!? This is unfair! I don't want to die here!'
It glanced at the human hatefully. After all, it was just happily resting until this human woke it up. What did it ever do to deserve this?!? It never got its answer, however, as it saw a blue blade appear from the hands on the human. Before it could process what was happening, the blade zoomed to it, and with a clean swing, detached its head from its body.