"Just get ready to support me in case things get crazy," Damian said as he made his way towards the village.
With blade in hand and runes drawn, Damian walked up to the two guards. As they saw the man appear from behind a tree and walk towards them, one of the guards spoke.
"It's just one human, I will take care of it. I'm getting hungry,"
Walking closer to Damian, the troll lifted his club, and as he was about to swing it down, Damian activated his runes. The moment he did, his blade was covered in a layer of flames, and his body was filled with strength.
Seeing this, the troll was surprised, but before it could finish its attack, the flaming blade came at its neck, cutting its head off, killing it on the spot.
Before its body even reached the floor, Damian used gluttony and consumed it, gaining a few stat points.
[+3 Strength/+4 Vitallity]
Seeing his comrade killed in one attack, the remaining troll yelled in anger, alerting the remaining trolls as he charged at Damian.
While Damian was fighting the guard troll, the others who had been alerted to the intruder began preparing for a fight. As they donned their gear and weapons, they all ran out to the entrance, only to see their clanmate dead and its body being consumed by a mist that came from the human's body.
"Who are you, human?" asked a female troll with short black hair while pointing an axe at Damian.
"I am Damian, the one who killed your raiding party," Damian replied, walking closer.
"Ha yeah right, our leader went with that raiding party, no way you killed him," the troll replied, laughing.
"Is that so? Then tell me. Whose weapon am I holding right now?" Damian said, grinning as he clenched the blade over his shoulder
Taking a closer look at the blade, the troll was filled with surprise as it realized that it was its leader's blade in Damian's hand.
"What do you want, human?" the troll asked, clenching its blade.
"What are you doing? Stop talking to the human. We must kill him," another troll spoke.
"Stop speaking. The leader was much stronger than any of us, and that human killed him without any injuries. We would all die fighting him," the first troll replied
"But there is only one of him," another added.
"Yes, but there could be a group hiding in the woods. So all of you shut up and let me figure out what to do. We have women carrying children in the village," the first troll replied.
"Tell me, what do you want?" the first troll asked.
"Simple. I wish to become your new leader," Damian replied
"Our new leader! What do you mean by that?"
"Like it sounds, I want all of you to follow me, but don't worry, I don't expect you to do it for free. I will give you something all monsters dream of, a name." Damian explained
"A-a name...impossible only monster lords can give us names, not humans," the troll replied
"Has a human ever tried to name you?" Damian asked
"No, it's just the law of the world," the troll replied
"Well then, Ymir, come here in your titan form," Damian ordered
The next moment, a flash of bright yellow lightning appeared behind Damian. The next moment, Ymir appeared in her titan form, towering above the trees.
"This is Ymir, Queen of the Titans. A monster lord and someone who can bless you with a name. She is also my companion," Damian explained.
Seeing Ymir appear before them in her towering form, the trolls could not help but tremble in terror and amazement.
"So I ask one more time, will you follow me. If you do, I can promise you will never go hungry again, you won't have to raid, and you will reach the top of the world," Damian said, holding out a hand.
Slowly, the first troll bowed to Damian, because in front of her was no longer a human but a savior who would grow their tribe into a kingdom.
Seeing their 'leader' bow to Damian, the remaining trolls soon began to follow suit.
With the Troll Village now under his control, Damian made a mental tick off of his list.
"Ymir, leave your titan form," Damian said, looking back.
As the titan went on all fours, smoke began to appear as Ymir emerged from her titan form.
"Jump, I will catch you," Damian said as he held out both of his hands.
Jumping off her steaming titan body, Ymir fell into Damian's arms.
"You planned this from the beginning, didn't you?" Ymir asked
"Yup, I'm just lucky they had one rational tribe member," Damian said with a smile, and he placed her down.
Walking up to the tribe members, Damian spoke to them.
"You may rise. I wish you would show me around the village. Tonight, I shall do the naming ritual for the others," Damian said to the first troll.
"For the others?"
"Yes, since you are the most logical and stopped a fight from happening, I will name you Athena, the name comes from the goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and crafts. Wear it with pride," Damian said
"T-Thank you, my lord. I shall wear this name proudly," Athena replied with a bow.
After he named her, Damian felt a large amount of his mana being drained as a golden light enveloped Athena. As the light faded, it showed the new Athena.
He once had light blue skin that had changed into a dark blue color; her matching eyes were entirely red with white irises. Her large, muscular body had become slightly smaller, and her muscles had compressed not because of a lack of strength, but because of a significant increase in strength. Her short black hair was now at elbow length, with a pale white color.
[Congratulations on obtaining your first servant]
[You have gained the skill Enhance[Lv.1: Make your servants stronger by feeding them your mana]