Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 780

Chapter 780: Evolving the Army

[Evolution Path 1 of 3 — Monolith]

The Maulfiend art above the menu reshaped. Its already-heavy obsidian plating thickened, then thickened again, slabs overlapping in layered sheets down its chest and shoulders. The horns shortened into blunt protrusions. The maul in its right hand stayed the same size, but the creature that held it grew broader, shorter through the legs, planted low and rooted. The system note rendered beside it.

[Monolith — Fortress variant. Extreme durability, drastically reduced mobility.]

’Hell yeah.’

Kaiden’s mind moved on its own as he selected the next one.

[Evolution Path 2 of 3 — Quakelord]

The form reshaped again. The heavy plating stayed, but the maul head reforged in midair, growing denser, the basalt compacting into a striking surface the size of a small wagon. The creature’s posture shifted from standing-guard to wind-up-swing, and a secondary animation layered beneath. Each strike against the ground sent a cone of jagged stone upward, the floor cracking in a radial pattern from the impact point.

[Quakelord — Ruinsmith variant. Impact strikes generate shockwaves and stone spike formations. Sustained striking produces area hazards.]

’Looks like a sturdy damage dealer with cool AoE capabilities...’

Kaiden leaned forward.

He tapped the third.

[Evolution Path 3 of 3 — Basalt Gunner]

The third path cut deeper. The heavy shoulder plating thinned and redistributed across the back. The creature’s lower jaw unhinged wider than a Maulfiend’s should, and the throat behind it lengthened and thickened, the neck muscles layering into dense bundles built to hurl mass at velocity. The legs lengthened slightly, bracing-wide instead of forward-marching.

A demonstration played: the creature planted, chest rising as it drew breath, and the wide throat snapped open to spit a compressed stone slug the size of a melon in a flat arc across a phantom battlefield, the projectile punching through a mock aerial target.

[Basalt Gunner — Ranger variant. Hurls compressed stone projectiles at extended range.]

"A tanker, bruiser, and ranger. Amazing..."

Kaiden’s voice came out more genuine than he’d meant.

Behind him, a soft giggle sounded. Then another, quieter.

Luna had both eyebrows raised at Bastet with an expression that said are you seeing him right now. Calypso, closest to the dais, had her lower lip between her teeth biting back a grin. The rest of the girls wore the same knowing tolerance, Vespera included.

None of them said a word.

They had watched him explore new toys before. They knew the face: lean forward, quiet commentary to himself. The ladies had read the room and let him have it.

Kaiden felt their eyes on him and grinned wider as he selected Monolith.

[Evolution confirmed. Abyssal Maulfiend → Abyssal Monolith. Cost: 0 DMP.]

His brow ticked up. Zero.

A second notification clarified.

[Evolution between variants of the same species is not charged. The cost of a Mid-Tier unit is paid during the progression to Lvl 99. Evolution is a structural redirection, not a new summon.]

’Well, that’s a pleasant surprise.’

The roster rearranged itself with a soft interface pulse. The Maulfiend count ticked down by one. A new subheading bloomed beneath it.

[Abyssal Monolith ×1]

— Lvl 99

[Abyssal Maulfiend ×39]

— 23 at Lvl 99

— 16 at Lvl 40-60

Kaiden tapped the new Monolith entry.

Beneath the portrait, a new line was visible.

[Level Cap: 120]

Kaiden’s attention caught there.

One hundred and twenty.

He let the number sit for a moment. Level 120 was a threshold most awakened humans would never see in their entire careers, and facing a monster of that level meant instant death.

And that was against the benchmark of standard monsters, where one level corresponded to one level’s worth of stat gains.

But not all monsters were made equal.

Abyssal ones were clearly above average. They scaled harder than a simple beast-type monster would, for example, built to be denser, to rip through everything an invading force could throw at them.

[Upgrade 99 → 120. Cost: 800 DMP.]

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