That illusion and transformation magic somehow made MC look even more like a vampire.

And the mad god.

Haven't heard anything about the mad god yet.

Pray to the mad god?

Yes and it died in the arms of the darkness, that power fully going to the darkness instead of MC getting part of it.

Also MC didn't even know about darkness getting power with each death till after letting the whale go.

Again MC was a fool to not kill the whale.

I get that it's something like that. And there are indications this is going to be something evil, just nothing evil shown yet.

I forgot all about the destroying judgement stone thing, can someone please remind me?

Don't those physical witch abilities not get effected by the stones much though?

even unarmed they are another body to potentially be attacked instead of yours.

You can trust them to do what is in their best interest, and that is to not stab you in the back, especially if you take measures.

One thing you could do is promise to give them money if you all survive and they stay loyal till the end.

Try being free in a capitalist nation, pretty impossible unless you are a ruler.

It would fall apart by fear if that kept that up. No one would want to do work for a organization that may turn around and betray/kill them for failure that is not their fault.

We don't know they will be enemies.

No signs of being bad yet other than aesthetics. Just killed some super evil guys and saved a innocent, I see no problem.

Just a person saying "it's a whale" in the pic, a person who is not as big as a whale.

Well I suppose bending your knees and holding your legs is about the only way you can head butt that extreme from a standstill like that.

MC did you fucking spare the whale to deliver a message?! Don't do that! Kill the bastard and get experience etc.! Other weaker beings can deliver a pointless message! Argh!

Also like I commented last chapter, it makes no sense for MC to worry about people knowing MC was reincarnated from a human.

I don't get why MC cares whether people know that xhe use to be human in another life. MC has allies way more human, that use to be human, that still are human, that are quasi human. And as the beasts evolve they gain human qualities as well. What it even means to be "human" is really fuzzy in this world.

They respect MCs strength and leadership, ability to power them up, there is also some forced loyalty from the sap or whatever I think? Regardless I don't think any of them will care. It might effect getting new recruits is all, but they could just not tell them.

Has this city been completely evacuated? I thought for a moment MC was isolating them to keep some damage from happening to the city.

Why the quotation marks?

There was also other benefits for not killing them, even aside from not triggering that event. Like even as temporary allies out of necessity, having 3 more people with you to survive till the end would help. Long as you can trust them to work together to survive this run. Even if they act cowardly and run away or something, that can still be useful. Decoys for enemies to chase.

Also with them alive no one else could enter the witches hut and less need to keep watch as long as they were tied up.