Chapter 211.

His control over the earth attribute, after refusing to hit its maximum level even following his mastery of the wind attribute, finally reached 100.

- Your attribute control has reached its maximum value, and the bond between you and your spirit has become stronger. Your spirit is now able to show more complex expressions and is better able to understand you.

It was a rare source of encouraging news for Seon-Hyeok after being stressed by the refugees.

He paid close attention to the continued messages as he subconsciously clenched his fists.

- Nudar, the highest-tier earth spirit, has evolved into an ancient earth spirit (Dwarf).

He had wondered whether Nudar, already a highest-tier earth spirit, could undergo any transformations, as the only higher beings he knew of were the Spirit Kings.

But contrary to his expectations, the highest-tier was not the ending point of a spirits growth.

- Even the powerful highest-tier spirits are unable to fully utilize their abilities in this world. This does not apply to ancient spirits.

- Ancient spirits are not significantly more powerful than the highest-tier spirits, but they are more versatile and are closer to the source of their strength. Ancient spirits are able to more freely use their abilities.

- Ancient spirits are able to stay by their masters side for as long as they wish. If necessary, ancient spirits are capable of remaining even closer by transforming themselves or integrating themselves into certain objects.

- Ancient spirits merged with objects of this world are able to exert even greater power through these mediums. However, a spirit will suffer terrible damage if the host object is destroyed. It is possible for a bond between spirit and master to break in such instances.

It was a tremendous development considering that until now, Nudar was only able to remain in this world for unusually short periods of time.

Nice!

Seon-Hyeok thought a ray of light was shining on his depressing return journey, now that he was finally able to make full use of the highest-tier spirits strength.

However, the current situation was too chaotic for him to express his elation right away.

Report on any deaths or injuries within your group!

There was a particularly aggressive person among the refugees devastated by the demonic attack and the Qeishas busy recovering their spent arrows.

Group leaders, what the hell are you doing? You have to move quickly so that we can organize and get moving again! Are you going to slack off among the dead bodies?

It was John.

There is no reason for you to get involved with this filth, my Lord. Please remain as you are now. I can handle the grunt work and manage the self-centered refugees.

While Seon-Hyeok was filled with skepticism about the deeply selfish nature of the refugees, John approached and suggested that he could assume control over them. Already exhausted from handling everything by himself, Seon-Hyeok readily accepted the offer.

I will never let any trouble befall you, my Lord.

Following that day, John selected a number of refugees and instructed them to lead smaller groups.

It was astonishingly effective.

John and the group leaders were somewhat rough on the others, but they were equally as effective and established rules among the disorderly refugees.

Of course, this was not without its problems. Even in this environment, some of the leaders became drunk on their own minimal power and began to abuse the others when out of sight.

But John was not naive. Having experienced all of these hardships before, he secretly picked out individuals to be his eyes and ears and placed them in each group to better observe what happened within.

If you bastards act in that manner, what becomes of our Lord who trusted us and put us in these positions of power? Even at this very moment, he is struggling to save one additional life. You think its all good because youre in a position of safety?

Johns punishments were ruthless, but thanks to this, there were no instances of the refugees blaming Seon-Hyeok. Rather, they even praised him when the group leaders exploiting them were punished.

It was quite ironic. When treated with warmth and devotion, the refugees complained and complained some more, but now that their treatment deteriorated, they began to praise him instead.

Seon-Hyeok watched all of this unfold from behind the scenes, and he grew convinced that John would be capable of controlling the refugees until they departed this land.

The same was true now.

Thanks to John, the Qeishas were able to focus solely on fighting without worrying about the refugees, and likewise, Seon-Hyeok did not have to panic after every demonic raid.

One person is injured.

There are seventeen injured, but no deaths.

There were two deaths and three significant casualties.

Seon-Hyeok turned his head with a bitter look when he saw the group leaders reporting their casualties in response to Johns verbal abuse.

Well, hes doing well.

His methods were far from ideal, but right now, Seon-Hyeok needed a person like him.

He took his eyes off the refugees and summoned Nudar.

Nudar.

Master.

The ground rose in response to his call, and Nudar emerged.

Your appearance

The spirits appearance was clearly different from before.

The spirit was still short and resembled the mage, Aria Eisen, but unlike before, when she looked like an achromatic earthen doll, she showed an array of natural colors.

Nudar was colorful, with tones reminiscent of grass and soil, but this was somehow both very familiar and u