Still, even with Zaun’s cape added, the preview looked more like her than him. The skirts were so short that this demonic ogre with his kind of thicc boyish... feminine... legs—was showing way too much.
"Oh boy... he looks like a girl. Even his base ogre form was a bit... you know. Unlike his twin ogre, his posture showed he was a proud boy... but anyway!"
Instead of dual swords, she manifested a refined Magical Rod in his right hand—a conduit for the Light elent she had stored.
"There. Noctis takes the hits, and this one rains hell from the back."
With his traits, it was similar to Noctis, but of course not as a shadow spirit, this one was a white spirit.
White Spirit Traits: [Incorporeal Body], [Ethereal Drift], [Lingering Presence], [Chill Aura], [Fading Form], [Spirit Sight], [Light Elent (Basic)]
"Just like his brother, his physical body is a ghost too. Instead of dark magic, he wields the Light elent, which allows him to buff, debuff, heal, and, of course, deal damage."
He glanced at the most important traits the two shared:
"This Colony Instinct and Formation Instinct, they’ll move like two halves of a single brain."
Maddy looked at the white fla ghost drifting inside the hooded mage armor.
"If Noctis was the night, you are the dawn..."
[Na successfully assigned: Soltis | Role: Soldier | Base Form: Ogre | Physical Appearance Changes: Shadow Spirit | Equipnt Applied: Armor and Weapon | Traits Applied: Mineral-Mineral Worm-White Spirit-Bulwark Beetle-Mammoth Mosquito-Floras-Demonic Ogre | All Systems Stable]
Maddy hit the second confirm button. A second sac erupted beside the first, this one glowing with a soft, pale radiance.
"Two more soldiers for the Colony. My family is a real colony now."
She stretched her arms high above her head and let out a long, satisfied yawn.
"Ohhh... the demonic ogre family has now all been reborn as my children—reborn as morally monstrous beings."
She rolled her shoulders, glancing at the glowing sacs inside the Mobile Womb with quiet pride.
"And it’s not just that... I fixed the chief ogre problem."
Her smile slowly widened, the kind that only a very proud and slightly dangerous, mother could make.
"He used to be the only one who could unleash the Demonic Blood Art... the only one strong enough to awaken that power."
She lightly tapped the womb’s surface with her finger.
"But now? That limitation is gone. I distributed the trait properly."
Her eyes glead.
"Now every single one of them will be able to use it."
Maddy clasped her hands behind her back and rocked on her heels like an excited scientist who had just perfected an experint.
"Which ans the next generation won’t have a single ’chief’ carrying all the burden."
She glanced toward the cavern where Arach, Dyralfa, and the others were training and farming.
"They’ll grow together... evolve together... and fight together."
Her voice softened slightly.
"No more fragile hierarchies. No more single points of failure. I didn’t just solve the problem... I upgraded the entire species."
She looked back at the gestating sacs again, eyes glowing faintly with maternal pride.
"Honestly... if those old ogres could see this, they’d probably faint."
Her grin sharpened just a little.
"Or kneel."
Maddy’s quiet chuckle still echoed in the chamber when a slow clap broke the mont.
Frovian stepped forward from the edge of the Mobile Womb, his amphibian eyes reflecting the faint glow of the gestating sacs. He had been watching the entire process in silence, carefully observing every pulse of mana and every structural change inside the organic chamber.
"Now I have two new unborn siblings to watch over... Mother, I assure you none of those foolish humans whose brains sit in their fists will ever touch your womb again. And if one ever enters our ho..."
His voice dropped into a cold, calculated calm.
"I will personally arrange their corpses in the Monster Chamber."
Maddy’s eyes softened, a small smile tugging at her lips as she looked at Frovian.
"You... you truly understand what it ans to protect this family. Your vigilance, your care... it ensures that no harm will ever co to us. You’re growing into the role I hoped you would embrace."
She placed a hand over her chest, her gaze lingering on him for a mont before she nodded firmly.
"Thank you, Frovian. Truly... thank you."
Their mont was broken when the sound of dragging bodies echoed through the cavern again.
Maddy turned her head.
Arach and Dyralfa had returned once more from the forest. Between them, several new monsters were being hauled across the stone floor. Dyralfa tossed one onto the pile with a satisfied grunt.
"Another batch!"
The mound of corpses shifted again. Arach carefully set the creatures he carried beside it, far more controlled in his movents. Even with six arms, he placed them neatly, ensuring nothing crushed the others.
"We cleared the west side of the forest this ti. It was kind of hard. There are more adventurers in that area..."
Dyralfa chid in, sounding amused.
"Yeah! They were hunting those blade-like monsters. I even heard one of them say it was for dinner! So humans eat monsters too, huh?"
Arach nodded thoughtfully.
"They actually looked pretty delicious. We got lucky, though. The sun was already setting, so most of the adventurers were packing up and heading back to town. That gave us the chance to snatch a few of those tasty looking monsters before they noticed."
Both Dyralfa and Arach were already drooling as they stared at the newly captured monster in front of them.
Maddy watched them for a mont, amused by their enthusiasm and growing bond.
Then she clapped her hands.
"Alright, everyone. Gather here for a second."
Her children imdiately turned toward her.
Dyralfa walked over, brushing dust off her claws. Arach followed behind her. Sephiran bounced closer with Vermi still tucked under his arm, while Frovian stepped away from the Mobile Womb.
They ford a loose circle around her.
Maddy looked at each of them with warm pride.
"You’re doing incredibly well."
Her children blinked.
"For your very first day operating under the colony system... this is beyond what I expected."
She gestured toward the enormous pile of monsters.
"Soldiers farming efficiently. The Monster Chamber filling with resources. The Womb stable. The cave secure."
Her voice softened.
"I couldn’t ask for better children."
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