Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, and Eta, all seven of them have now turned 18.
It was another morning, waking up with Beta in his arms.
Xi Nuo looked at Beta in his embrace, she was so adorable.
Even Beta's sleeping face was so beautiful to behold.
Beta's eyelids fluttered, and she opened her eyes.
"Good morning, Lord Phantom!"
Beta spoke, her eyes still hazy with sleep.
"Good morning, Beta!"
Xi Nuo consciously got up and left the room; Beta was about to change out of her pajamas into other clothes, and at such a time, he should be a gentleman and leave on his own accord.
"Lord Phantom, you don't have to leave when I'm changing!"
Beta thought to herself, watching Xi Nuo leave.
Time flew by, and Gamma had already been here for seven days.
Gamma and Beta's daily tasks were to follow Xi Nuo to practice Magic control, methods to increase Magic power, and sword fighting guidance.
Gamma's talent was similar to Beta's, but her physical coordination was particularly poor.
She was always prone to falling.
As usual, today they practiced sword fighting.
When Gamma and Beta sparred, Gamma would often fall, getting covered in dust.
"Lord Phantom, am I very useless?" Gamma said, lowering her head in self-reproach.
"Of course not, I know Gamma has worked very hard!" Xi Nuo smiled, patting Gamma's head.
"It's necessary to change Gamma's training method!"
Xi Nuo snapped his fingers.
A mass of Magic separated from his body.
The Magic slowly transformed into a human figure beside him, eventually becoming identical to Xi Nuo.
"Beta, this is a Magic clone I created. Its Magic power is twice yours. Your current goal is to defeat him!"
"Lord Phantom, he has your face, I find it a bit hard to strike!"
Beta had seen firsthand how good Xi Nuo was to her.
She couldn't bring herself to attack Xi Nuo.
"I didn't think that through!"
Xi Nuo snapped his fingers again.
The Magic clone transformed back into a mass of Magic, finally becoming an adult wearing a black mask.
"Gamma, come with me, I'll create a specialized training plan for you!"
Gamma followed Xi Nuo, her head down.
Beta watched Xi Nuo leave.
She turned to look at the Magic clone.
Her body was covered in Slime Magic, and a slime sword appeared in her hand. She suddenly vanished from her spot.
"Clang!"
Their swords collided.
The Magic clone only defended, it did not actively attack.
Xi Nuo's control over the Magic clone was not yet too strong; if he accidentally let the Magic clone kill Beta, he would have nowhere to cry.
Gamma and Xi Nuo arrived at an open space.
Xi Nuo controlled his Magic, extending four Magic Hands.
He propped himself up, making himself float in the air.
"Gamma, what do you see?"
"Lord Phantom is flying!"
From Gamma's perspective, she couldn't see the Magic Hands at all.
Xi Nuo snapped his fingers.
The Magic Hands appeared.
"When the amount of Magic and control ability reach a certain level, you can support yourself with Magic like me and fly!"
"And you can also disguise the Magic Hands, making them invisible!"
"Your body's balance is very poor, this is an innate flaw, and I cannot change this. But your Magic control ability is not bad, as long as you practice diligently! Use these Magic Hands to help you stabilize your body's balance. Then you won't fall on flat ground!"
"Lord Phantom, you are amazing! Please teach me what to do!"
"First, you need to learn how to control Magic..."
Xi Nuo personally taught Gamma how to control Magic.
Meanwhile, no matter how hard Beta tried, she couldn't defeat the guy whose Magic power was twice hers.
After countless failures, Beta finally defeated the Magic clone.
At night, Xi De passed by and saw that Shadow Garden was well-managed by Xi Nuo, so he did not show himself.
"Good harvest today! Xi Nuo is truly diligent, teaching the newcomers of Shadow Garden!"
"Our Eminence in Shadow's big family has gained a few more members! Congratulations!"
Half a year flashed by.
Beta and Gamma's strength advanced by leaps and bounds.
Gamma could already control the Magic Hands.
During her usual training, whenever she was about to lose her balance, the Magic Hands would help her stabilize her posture.
As for Beta, her strength had already surpassed Xi Nuo's older sister, Claire.
It should be known that under Xi Nuo's guidance, Claire's strength had become unprecedentedly powerful.
Everyone in the entire Kageno Territory, not including Xi Nuo and Xi De, would probably not be a match for Claire even if they all attacked together.
Shadow Garden's temporary base was not in Kageno Territory, but in a desolate, uninhabited area.
However, an uninvited guest arrived today.
A group of Magic Swordsmen came to this place.
"Boss, look at this house, it's so new, it must have been built not long ago, perfect for our base!"
"Yeah, I never thought after wandering for so long, we'd find such a good base in the wild!"
"Boss, what if there's someone inside? What should we do?"
"What else can we do? Kill the men, keep the women!"
At this moment, Xi Nuo was not here; he was currently in Kageno Territory.
After all, he had a home and parents, and usually had to show his face at home most of the time.
However, with Xi Nuo's efforts, the Magic clone could now observe Beta and their situation through thought. Xi Nuo's Magic clone was observing everything from the shadows. If the two of them encountered danger, he would step in to help.
Xi Nuo controlled the Magic clone to observe the situation, while simultaneously hurrying towards them.
The Magic clone only possessed one percent of Xi Nuo's strength, and it also couldn't discern the Magic power of this group of people.
Beta and Gamma both noticed the people outside the door.
They directly pushed open the door and walked out.
"Boss, we hit the jackpot this time, only two girls. Girls of this age are just right. It's been a long time since I've touched a woman, this time I'm definitely going to have a good time!"
Beta didn't know if she had some special talent, but she started developing at a young age, and now she was already an A-.
And Gamma had already become utterly charming. She was already a modest B-.
This made the group of bandits beam with joy.
"This white-haired elf is mine! I'll be the first!" one bandit exclaimed.
At the same time, he charged towards Beta.
Beta was about to make a move when a hand stopped her.
"Beta, let me! You've already had real combat experience, I haven't. Let this be my first real combat!"
The bandit heard this and laughed obscenely.
"I'll let you experience the feeling of real combat properly!"
"Bang!"
The bandit crashed into an invisible barrier.
This was a barrier set up by Xi Nuo, a barrier to protect the safety of everyone in Shadow Garden.
After Xi Nuo's upgrade, this barrier could now identify people. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Xi Nuo, and Xi De could pass through this barrier without any issues.
But other people would directly crash into it.
"What the hell is this!"
The bandit leader slashed at it with his sword.
His sword was directly repelled, and he was also thrown back, falling to the ground.
The bandit leader looked at his subordinates.
Feeling that he had lost face, he immediately got up.
"Damn it, break for me!"
The bandit leader gathered his Magic, concentrating all of it on his sword, and with all his strength, he slashed down.
"Crack ~"
A cracking sound rang out.
The bandit leader felt that he hadn't lost face this time.
But upon closer inspection, cracks appeared on his sword, and in the next second, the cracks widened, and his sword instantly turned into a pile of fragments.
At this moment, Gamma moved, quickly rushing out of the barrier and slashing at the bandit leader with her sword.
The bandit leader watched Gamma approaching at high speed, feeling certain he was going to die, but Gamma's slash missed.
As Gamma was about to reach the bandit leader, she swung her sword.
However, she misjudged her distance from the bandit leader and swung her sword too early.
The sword almost hit the bandit leader, but it just grazed past him.
The bandit leader even felt a chill on his neck. It was the sword wind generated by the extremely fast swing.
After Gamma missed, she immediately swung another sword.
However, the bandit leader immediately knelt down.
With that previous sword strike, he felt as if he saw his great-grandmother waving to him.
"Lady hero, spare my life!"
This sword strike directly shaved off the bandit's hair.
Seeing the other party begging for mercy, Gamma didn't know what to do.
It was also her first time encountering an enemy begging for mercy.
Gamma turned her head to look at Beta behind her, wanting to ask her what she should do.
Taking advantage of Gamma turning her head, the bandit leader pulled out a dagger from his Pregnant.
He stabbed the dagger towards Gamma's abdomen.
The dagger broke directly.
The bandit leader stared blankly at the dagger in his hand, which now only had the hilt remaining.
Then he looked at Gamma's intact black Slime Suit and fell into contemplation.
"I must be dreaming, right? This is a Magic dagger I bought with a lot of money, even more powerful than my sword, yet it can't pierce a black piece of clothing!"
Gamma came back to her senses and realized that the other party had tried to sneak attack her.
This time, she swung her sword, and the opponent had no time to react.
He was beheaded by Gamma on the spot.
The other bandits saw their leader die, yet not a single one fled.
They were all desperate men, looking for a place to settle. They knew very well that fleeing was definitely not a good method.
"She's only one person, let's all go at once!"
A group of bandits rushed forward, weapons in hand.
When Gamma fought the bandits, she would suddenly lose her balance and be about to fall, but then she would stand up again.
This confused the bandits immensely.
Gamma's fighting couldn't be called graceful; clumsy would be a better description.
In the bandits' eyes, Gamma's movements were also very clumsy, but it was precisely such a person who killed all of them, one by one.
Every bandit died with disbelief.
Beta looked at Gamma's state.
She felt no discomfort at all from killing, then she thought about her own reaction the first time she killed someone.
She felt a little ashamed of herself.