The Infinite Journey of a Certain Flame

Since that's the case, I'll take Solia and conquer a piece of land to establish myself as king. You shouldn't have any objections, right?

"There's nothing I can do about it, I've already made up my mind."

After issuing this final ultimatum, Kiana stopped wasting words and set off towards the desolate wasteland overrun by monsters.

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In a mountain range west and north of the Demon Kingdom Federation, there lives a large number of magical beasts.

These magical beasts were a variety of shapes and sizes, some resembling lizards, some wolves, and some leopards.

They are extremely aggressive, capable of tearing and biting with their claws, breathing fire and burning, and even possessing venom.

If an ordinary person were to enter this place, they would be severely injured, even if they didn't die.

Even the more powerful demons would feel lost and helpless when they entered this place because of these uncivilized and uncommunicative savage creatures.

However, at this very moment, the magical beasts that had been entrenched in this place were greeted by a traveler of immense strength.

"Ready, ignite!"

Kiana charged toward a gigantic monster that resembled both a lion and a giant bear.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The monster roared and swung its thick arm at Kiana.

"Drink!" Kiana roared, wielding her sword and slashing at the giant hand. A beam of sword light struck, and the giant hand instantly split open, splattering blood everywhere.

But the hand didn't stop; it continued to swing its thick arm and smash towards Kiana. Seeing this, Kiana quickly leaped away, avoiding its attack range.

After the giant hand missed its target, it smashed countless trees around it, creating a continuous rumbling sound.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The enormous monster roared to the sky, looking extremely pained, as if it had just been injured by Kiana.

"Hmph, overestimating yourself!"

Kiana sneered. She had already chopped off half of the giant hand, which was enough to kill the monster. However, she didn't intend to kill it so quickly, because she wanted to continue testing its strength.

"Drink it!"

Kiana roared and charged forward again, sword in hand.

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The enormous monster roared to the sky once more, and vortexes of air currents enveloped it.

"Huh? What's going on? It can actually control the surrounding wind elements."

Kiana frowned.

As the airflow spirals, countless sharp blades spread out.

"These wind elements are emanating from its body? That's incredible," Kiana thought to herself.

Of course, while we are amazed, this is a time of fierce battle, and there is no room for carelessness.

Without saying a word, Kiana swept her sword out, and countless ink-wash-shaped longswords flew out.

'Whoosh whoosh! '

The ink-stained sword clashed fiercely with the sharp blade.

'Bang bang bang!'

Countless explosions followed one after another.

"boom!"

A gust of air rose up, and a fierce hurricane swept in from afar, causing countless blades of grass to tumble and swirl.

A cloud of dust rose, blowing Kiana's dress up and revealing her figure in the hurricane. However, the hurricane was too fierce and blew her dozens of meters away.

The enormous monster remained standing amidst the hurricane, its face contorted with rage, seemingly intent on tearing Kiana to shreds.

Kiana steadied herself. She hadn't expected the giant monster's melee strength to be so formidable. She had used all her might, but the giant monster remained unharmed.

This surprised Kiana greatly, but she did not back down.

"Hmph, this is nothing but child's play."

Kiana sneered and continued charging towards the giant monster with her sword.

This time, she continuously brandished her sword, and countless ink-colored longswords fell from the sky, densely slashing down at the giant demonic beast.

Upon seeing this, the giant monster roared in anger, waving its hands and radiating powerful energy. Countless wind elements converged, forming a vortex of wind.

The whirlwind rapidly expanded, forming a wall hundreds of meters thick, blocking all the attacks from the longswords.

'Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!'

Countless sharp swords struck the incredibly hard wind wall, producing a deafening sound, and cracks appeared on the wind wall.

"Hmph, a mere trick!"

Kiana ignored her and unleashed her Inkstone Sword Technique once again.

This attack was even more powerful, with countless ink-wash sword blades striking the giant monster's defensive shield.

'Boom! Boom! Boom!'

The defensive shield could no longer withstand the attacks of countless ink-wash sword blades and collapsed with a crash.

Cracks covered the entire defensive shield of the giant monster.

"Roar! You damned human, I'll tear you to pieces and swallow you whole!"

The giant monster roared and spat out black beads that shot out towards Kiana.

Kiana didn't even look, and with a wave of her right hand, the Inkstone Sword scattered a flurry of sword flowers.

These sword-like patterns blocked all the black beads and shredded them into countless powders.

Then, seizing the opportunity, she unleashed a sword strike.

'Snap!'

The monstrous bear's head tilted to one side, and it was killed on the spot.

"call..."

After landing a successful blow, Kiana flipped away, wiping the blood off her sword, and looked at the lifeless giant bear with an extremely calm gaze.

“With that, the greatest danger in this area has been eliminated, Solia. You... hmm?”

Kiana had originally planned to talk to that guy about building a spider kingdom here.

But to her surprise, just as she was about to explain in detail, the other party pounced over without stopping, grabbed the giant bear's bleeding corpse, and began to devour it.

It's just like a starving ghost reincarnated...

"Are you that hungry? Tsk, then let's talk after you finish eating."

Kiana went to a nearby stream to wash away the bloodstains, and then strolled around the valley.

Once everything was almost settled, she slowly returned to her original spot.

Then, to everyone's surprise, it was discovered...

"You finished eating so quickly? Your appetite is really..."

Kiana poked the giant bear's severed head in disbelief, her gaze toward Solia filled with an extremely strange expression.

What the hell is this?

A spider actually ate a creature dozens of times its own size?

Does she never gain weight no matter how much she eats?

Looking at Solia's flat little belly, Kiana was somewhat surprised and went up to touch it, only to find that the flatness of the belly was so real that it was beyond words.

"Ugh, hee hee hee! Sister, don't touch me, it tickles!"

After a hearty meal and drinks, Solia swayed her slender waist, looking incredibly shy.

Kiana felt like she was the weird one.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little envious of the fact that I can eat whatever I want and not gain weight."

Kiana thought for a moment, then joked, "I feel like if Mei knew, she would definitely ask you how you did it."

"Uh..."

"Alright, enough of the small talk. Solia, I have a task for you, a very important one."

Kiana put one hand on her hip and said frankly with a cold expression.

"What mission?"

Upon hearing this, Solia asked timidly, sucking on her finger.

"Establish a tribe here, one that belongs to you. Is it possible? As a spider-like magical beast, and a matriarchal spider at that, you should be able to do it, right?"

"Okay." Solia answered decisively without wasting any words.

"Then, you need to always remember to be friendly to humans. If they bully you, you can fight back, but never start a war. Understand?"

"Huh? Well... okay."

Solia obediently agreed as always, which made Kiana nod with satisfaction.

Now that the parties involved have understood the situation, and the area has been almost completely cleared up.

The next step is to shape the terrain and create a nest, right?

"This is a huge project, but for me..."

Kiana raised the Blazing King Sword, gazed at the distant mountains, and then, without a word, slashed down with her sword...

With the release of the sword's power, the massive mountain was actually cleaved in two from top to bottom!

"So strong!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Solia couldn't help but gasp.

"That's about right. Let's find the best place to build our nest first, then build it up, and you can slowly build your own city!"