Something was bothering me. Nilah had given me an insane amount of mana, but her size didn't change. Her size normally reflected how much mana she was holding on to, but she remained in her relatively small size. A bit too big to not look silly on my head, but big enough to keep up with me if she wants to walk.

  It's possible that she has undergone many changes without me noticing. Another worrying fact is… I didn't need to use my mana to deal with the terrorist attacks but… Nilah has yet to be wrong.

  Nilah was getting brushed and was well-behaved.

  It's almost time to test Giana and Yv.

  I had an idea of what to use to test Yv, but it might be invalid as she had completely given up on Greg.

  Oh…I can have her fight Inyr. I have a good idea what Inyr can do, doesn't mean I’d win if I fought him. Hell no!

  It might even give her ideas for new skills. Stressing her out and giving her a chance to grow at the same time! Maybe I'm not a shit leader after all!

  They…they're going to know that these tests are based on my experiences. They will get even more protective if it doesn't break them. Is this a good idea? I don't benefit from this at all. It's a loss for me either way but it has to happen, for the team.

  My tales prepared the illusions and details, making it as realistic as possible.

  Next up. What to do with Greg? Maybe the shitty novel has ideas.

  A part came up where the protagonist had a fight with some of his harem, they wouldn't talk to him.

  Perfect! Just like with Greg! Now how did they solve it?

  I read and flipped pages and flipped pages. They sure kept this bullshit up for long…

  And there it was! Hmm, he fucked them and everything was solved… What the fuck? Does that work? It doesn't, right? And why do I keep reading this novel after deciding it was shitty? It's shitty in an entertaining way, though.

  Would giving them the ‘Eslana Experience’ fix this? When do I ask Yv? Before or after the test?

  I hopped in my dimensional pocket to stay in shape and got back out.

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  It was time to leave. My room got cleared out and Nilah and I went to relax in the lounge.

  We would have breakfast there, but everyone seemed to be still asleep, Noelle was the first to arrive.

  “Early as ever. Do you ever sleep?”

  I do but… we don't need to sleep like humans do.

  “We still can get tired though, and we're used to sleeping every night.”

  It takes getting used to. Most nights are boring anyway, so might as well sleep. I have a question for you. I'm planning to test Giana and Yv. It's going to be brutal to make sure they react favorably under stress. Do you think that is a mistake?

  Noelle smiled as if she expected this question. “Why would it be a mistake? Our lives depend on it.”

  They will have to leave the party if they fail and you idols will become even more overprotective if they succeed…

  “That's better than being dead, right?” She raised her arm to attract the attention of the sleepyheads. “They will be fine. Even if they fail. That's what you're worried about, right?”

  I nodded.

  The rest arrived and with that, my question died as I didn't want to talk about it with them around.

  Giana was grumpy because she couldn't sleep in my tails, so I presented the chocolate cream puffs I had bought for her. Her mood turned around and we had an uneventful breakfast.

  Shim was nice enough to meet up with us before we left. He thanked us again and off we went.

  We went by foot as we had no destination. I'm not going to aimlessly run around at supersonic speeds.

  Raishin was complaining about his feet as usual, Greg was reading, and the idols were socializing. We naturally went south as we’d hit the imaginary slavery line if we’d go north, the former Igrini Kingdom was to the east so that was a ‘no’ too.

  Greg wanted to stop by some farmers to help out and get more poison and cheese from them which was a great idea.

  I'm not a fan of randomly helping people out, but I could use more poison for my secret weapon. And who knows when Noobgod or a shadow behemoth will pop up.

  A week passed, and we were in the middle of nowhere. I stopped, dropped my team and turned around.

  It is time.

  follow if the story is interesting enough.

  Moorland Menace