Kukuku…
Hahaha…
Heheh…
Kekeke…
I felt like laughing like a psycho for a bit, but I contained myself and didn't let out the insanity inside of my mind. Or well, more exaggeratedly, just my happiness over the situation. It appears that Mikohime knows what's good for the sect.
They're all in ruins after all, the entire place is barely standing, they don't have any food, and there are two weird things inside their dungeons blocking them from getting any food or resources from there.
To boot, their buildings are all in ruins, just a few of them are left standing and even this glorious palace is barely standing too. The entire thing looks like it's about to break in half and fall over the ground… And I would really like that to happen. As a fellow weeb in Earth, I am in love with this sect's Japanese aesthetic. I never thought I would ever actually find a place like this in this world, but I found it, and who would had thought that it was founded by a fellow reincarnated soul?
I don't know what was about the Great Ancestor of the Winter Lotus Sect, but they were clearly an avid fan of Japanese aesthetics and buildings… Wait, perhaps she was just Japanese? Makes sense… but even then, do modern Japanese care about such things? Maybe it was a woman from the ancient Japanese era… after all she was brought here hundreds of years ago, and had long ago died out of old age, I believe.
Oh well, there's still some things to do in here, now that the Sect is pretty much mine and Mikohime is actually signing a special magic contract right now, I have yet to infilter the graveyard and steal the Mana Cores in there. But there might be other surprises around, aside from the task of getting into the dungeons and beating whatever is inside stopping the flow of mana and monsters, I also want to know if there is any other treasure.
I remember that after conquering the Ice Moon Sect I checked out the treasures they had and any inheritance, but everything there wasn't that impressive. I mean, they had amazing magic weapons, armor, and accessories, but nothing that I could replicate and make even better. And I already had a whole set of armor and accessories I am wearing right now whenever I use my humanoid body, so I already get a crap ton of boosts to my power from them, I doubt there can be anything in there that would had helped me anyways, so I left them with their stupid treasures.
But the Winter Lotus Sect seems obviously different, they're clearly above average in this type of stuff, so I believe they might have some nice goodies lying around which they don't want me to see. After all they're way older than the Ice Moon Sect, which is not older than the Lord Ice Moon.
But this one is an oldie, they're almost a thousand years old, so they got to have some nice things lying around, right? Though they had been up for so long yet they had barely expanded or done anything… how long does it take for a sect to produce an immortal? Are they that much of a loser party? I don't know… well, maybe they were simply trying to survive and slowly grow stronger, but it seems that these guys had yet to even surpass Rank 5, every sect master is always the one that reaches Rank 4.
But these guys are clearly quite the losers… Well, a thousand years might not be that much in ice giant lifespan, which is 300. I don't know if they can increase their lifespan, but it appears that that's not the case, unless they become Immortals? But even then, Immortals also have lifespan but find methods to extend it, after all that's how the Venerables lived thousands of years, right?
"It's done…" Mikohime looked at me with a gentle yet bitter smile, she seemed rather sorrowful of having given up her sect to me in exchange for keeping everyone alive through the provision of my resources. I have to make her realize I am not actually going to just change her entire place or turn everything upside down…
"Calm down, Mikohime. I see unrest in your stare. But do not worry, I don't plan on doing anything that would affect your sect negatively. In fact it will still be yours and you can keep reigning over it, the people can continue being proud of being of the winter lotus sect. I will only be a backer behind everything, providing sustenance to your people in exchange for a share of your profits." I said.
"D-Drake… I see. Thank you for being so generous and nice… It makes me regretful to think I am not pretty enough to become your wife." She sighed.
The moment Mikohime said this, I felt the intense stare of Benladann behind me, staring right through Mikohime's soul, and the smaller but not less intimidating abyssal stare of Miranda. At some point she had begun to share Benladann's possessiveness and is just a jealous of any girl that gets like this with me that is not just Benladann.
I honestly don't mind, I am fine with them, and I don't want more.
"Can't you cut it out with that? I just don't want to! I am happy with what I have!" I sighed, as I looked around the building the chill breeze of the outside was leaking inside.
I quickly used ice to close the open areas of the entire room, which was an ice that didn't produced a cold aura, this way this problem was temporarily solved until reparations.
"Well, now that things are done, let's enjoy the feast and have some fun." I said.
"V-Very well!"
The night continued as usual, we celebrated nicely, and everyone ate to their heart's content, later on the night, however, I stealthily walked outside the guest rooms in the palace, and moved towards my next destination.
The graveyard.
