Landlord World - Start with SSS talent

(This is the bonus chapter for my book is on the splash banner.)

Noan had not yet made a move when Vylyss acted first.

Another chain appeared, knocking away the chain of Vylyss's copy.

"Do you want to harm my master?" At that moment, Vylyss's voice suddenly turned cold and filled with killing intent, so even Noan could not help but feel frightened.

She clasped her hands together, and from between her palms, three streams of energy in three different colors appeared, quickly merging.

A black spear materialized in the blink of an eye, with lines on its body radiating white light.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The spear hovered before Vylyss, emitting energy waves that spread continuously around.

She waved her hand, and the spear disappeared. In just a small moment, it instantly reappeared.

Phut!

The spear appeared suddenly without warning before Vylyss's copy, piercing through its chest.

"Explode!" Vylyss muttered softly.

It seemed that Noan's copy realized something strange; it immediately tried to flee, but everything was too slow.

BAM!

The spear exploded into a massive energy sphere, annihilating everything within a thousand-meter radius.

A shockwave spread out, and Noan furrowed her brows, crossing her arms in front of her face as if trying to resist the shockwave.

But Vylyss appeared before him, pulling him into her embrace, her wings shielding him from any harm.

The explosion lasted for over a minute, and then the energy sphere, which had a diameter of more than ten meters, disappeared, leaving behind a huge crater more than five meters deep.

The surrounding water had completely evaporated, leaving a dry area where the ground had cracked due to the extreme heat of the explosion.

"It seems that even a C+ rank doesn't pose any threat to you, right?" Noan, held in Vylyss's arms, asked softly.

"Hehehe... Master, guess where my limit lies?" Vylyss teased with a smile, gently lifting his chin with her finger, bringing their faces closer together.

"In bed, you might be able to defeat me, but in a real battle, I'm not so sure you'd win," Noan sighed. In truth, Vylyss was strong enough that he wasn't surprised.

He had to admit that he currently possessed the 'Pioneer' medal.

The medal had three effects:

It increased the lord's strength and all heroes and soldiers under their command by 30%. It reduced physical and magical damage by 30%. It reduced the strength of zombie-type monsters by 30% when near any hero, soldier, or lord bearing the medal.

With these effects, Vylyss could easily defeat rank B monsters of the same level.

Thus, a rank C+ monster was merely an ant to her, just a slightly larger ant than the usual ones.

[Ding! Congratulations, you have passed challenge 8, beginning to teleport to level 9.]

The system's notification interrupted the moment between Noan and Vylyss. Of course, Noan never expected to do anything strange here, such as giving Vylyss "milk."

He pushed her away, glancing at the notification before him, but another notification appeared immediately after.

[Ding! Congratulations, you are the first to reach level 9 and have been awarded the 'Extreme Challenge' medal.]

…

Name: Extreme Challenge Medal

Rank: ???

Level: 00

Description: Reduces the strength and defense of monsters by 50%. This percentage decreases for monsters that are higher-ranked than you.

For each level and rank above you, the effect decreases by 10%.

Note: This effect is only valid during challenge events. Storing it in the 'Storage Space' will still allow it to exert its effect.

...

"Another medal," Noan thought to himself with delight.

Although this medal was only effective during challenge events, that was already more than enough.

Moreover, the 'Apocalyptic Bunker' still affected all of Noan's monsters.

Therefore, Vylyss's strength in this space was increased to over 85%.

That number was incredibly formidable, and it seemed that, unless rank A monsters appeared, Vylyss would truly be invincible in this space.

Noan placed the medal inside the 'Storage Space' and continued moving towards level 9.

Just then, four dark shadows appeared in front of Noan.

One shadow was his copy, with strength almost equal to his current self.

The other three were copies of Vylyss; two ranked C+, and one reached rank C Peak.

Vylyss suddenly thought of something, furrowing her brow and saying, "Master, be careful. This battle may be quite difficult."

Noan: "..."

He understood what Vylyss was thinking, immediately saying, "Vylyss, you don't need to act like that. Your strength has increased to 85%, so don't worry about these shadows. Even if a rank A monster appears, you can still fight fairly, right?"

"Master..." Vylyss pouted, her face showing a hint of playful sulking.

Noan sighed, whispering something into her ear that made her widen her eyes. Then, she looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Master, are you serious?"

"Have I ever lied to you?" Noan furrowed his brows, saying, "I'm very strong now. You can't beat me in bed alone. Find yourself another ally if you don't like it."

"Hehehehe no, I like it very much," Vylyss smiled brightly. "Master, I will not disappoint you."

"Show me your strength then." Noan waved his hand, his expression indifferent.

Vylyss smiled, then disappeared.

In the blink of an eye, she appeared amid the dark shadows.

Although the dark shadows had immense power, they were nothing but ants when facing Vylyss, who had reached rank B level 3 and was further boosted by 85% strength.

Even if there were many ants, they were still just ants.

Countless chains pierced through the space, moving faster than the eye could follow, heading toward the dark shadows and binding them tightly.

Vylyss sat on one of the chains, crossing her legs to reveal her perfect long legs and irresistibly seductive figure.

She flashed a smile that was as devilish as one from hell. "Sorry, I was planning to have fun with you all, but my master doesn't like that."

BAM!

The chains tightened, instantly causing the dark shadows to explode into countless dust particles, vanishing into space.

[Ding! Congratulations, you have completed challenge 9, setting a new record.]

[Ding! Congratulations, you are the first to reach level 10. The 'Extreme Challenge' medal has been upgraded.]

...

Name: Extreme Challenge Medal

Rank: ???

Level: 01

Description: Reduces the strength and defense of monsters by 70%. This percentage decreases for monsters that are higher-ranked than you.

For each level and rank above you, the effect decreases by 10%.

Note: This effect is only valid during challenge events. Storing it in the 'Storage Space' will still allow it to exert its effect.

…

"That means Vylyss's strength has now been increased to 105%," Noan muttered. "Not just Vylyss, but all my monsters, if they enter the challenge space, will also get a 105% power boost."

Noan felt extremely pleased inside. With this, he didn't need to worry too much about the upcoming challenges from the system.

He sighed, shaking his head, trying to rid himself of the arrogant thoughts creeping into his mind.

"This isn't right! I can't be so arrogant."

Although Noan tried to suppress his arrogance, he still couldn't help it. After all, he was the first person to reach level 10 of the Challenge Tower, and arrogance couldn't be avoided.

It was important to note that even the former Emperor of the Empire only reached level 8 of the Challenge Tower.

In fact, that Emperor hadn't even passed level 8.

But Noan? He surpassed level 8 and reached level 10, the highest level of the Challenge Tower.

However, Noan knew clearly that he could only make it this far because of the system's "bug" and his own innate "Almighty Fusion."

Without these, he would still be nothing more than a useless being.

The space around him began to change. A few seconds later, he and Vylyss appeared in another dimension.

At this point, he stood in a pitch-black space, just like when he first entered level 1.

Noan furrowed his brows and said, "Vylyss, don't be overconfident, this is the final level, something strange is bound to happen."

A moment later, Noan did not hear any response from Vylyss. He furrowed his brows again and called out, "Vylyss! Vylyss!"

There was no reply.

[Ding! Challenge level 10 begins.]

Just then, the system's notification appeared, and the space suddenly lit up, allowing Noan to clearly see his surroundings.

However, at this moment, Vylyss was no longer by his side.