True and False Creator Races

"Matron!!!!"

A high-ranking priestess of Lolth widened her eyes and cried out in alarm.

Yet there was not the slightest hint of grief or anger on her face. Instead, there was even a trace of secret delight.

The reason was simple!

This female Drow wore the exact same family insignia as the matron, which meant she was probably either the matron's daughter or sister.

That also meant that after the matron died, she would likely be able to seize the opportunity and rise to become the next matron.

This was an extremely common occurrence during power transitions within Drow noble families.

Some ambitious eldest daughters even secretly joined forces with other siblings or enemies, doing everything possible to eliminate the current matron and replace her.

The matrons themselves knew this perfectly well. They even viewed it from a strange perspective, appreciating and even encouraging their daughters to demonstrate their talents through conflict.

But unfortunately, this high-ranking priestess had clearly celebrated too soon.

Or rather, she had simply failed to realize how dangerous and terrifying a Darkguard personally granted power by a layer lord of Baator could be.

What was more, Aribeth was far stronger than an ordinary Darkguard.

Because she had originally possessed an extremely high Paladin level, after falling, she directly converted part of her Paladin levels into Darkguard levels. Her classes were therefore LV10 Darkguard and LV9 Fallen Paladin.

On top of that, Raymond had personally granted her an exclusive advanced class for chosen ones, similar to a devil master—the Demon Prince's Chosen—bringing her total class level to LV23.

This was a comprehensive class that combined the advantages of melee classes and Divine Magic casters. Its main function was to greatly enhance close-combat ability while granting the spellcasting power of a LV20 Cleric.

Although its spellcasting level did