Bright lights overhead illuminated the treasury as if it were daytime. Sally hugged Lu Minghao, her big eyes blinking as she watched the large doors slowly closing. Just moments ago, Edras had entrusted everything within to Sally, and then promptly left with Chris and Oz.
"Minghao, is Sally dreaming?"
Once the doors were completely shut, Sally stood there for a few seconds, stunned, before lifting Lu Minghao in her arms. Her small face wore a bewildered expression as she asked Lu Minghao, after all, they were the greatest enemies of the Edras Kingdom.
How could they, in the blink of an eye, first become the next king of the Edras Kingdom, and then be brought to the treasury where the accumulated wealth of the Edras Kingdom for centuries was entrusted to them with such confidence? This series of events made Sally feel a little embarrassed.
She felt like she was in a dream, the development of events was completely different from what she had imagined.
"....."
Lu Minghao didn't answer Sally's question at this moment, he simply stared at the treasury filled with various treasures. Honestly, his feelings at this moment were similar to Sally's. Edras' actions had even caused Lu Minghao's remaining conscience to be condemned, and he felt a slight pang of guilt.
However, thankfully, Lu Minghao's remaining conscience wasn't much to begin with, and besides, as a slime, whether he even had such a thing as a conscience was another matter. Moreover, wasn't there a saying that went something like this: money can be earned again if lost, but if you lose your conscience... you can earn even more!
"Forget it, why bother thinking so much? What's eaten is yours, and with these things, my speed of awakening as a True Demon King will be accelerated again."
In the next second, Lu Minghao stopped bothering to think about whether his slime body had such a thing as a conscience. He jumped directly from Sally's hands and looked at the pool in front of him, filled with magic potions made from various top-grade magical herbs and the huge magic crystal in the center.
With them, the amount of magic essence in Lu Minghao's body would reach the critical point for awakening as a True Demon King in a short period of time—eight hundred thousand units of magic essence. As for the souls needed for awakening, although Lu Minghao already had the basic number of souls needed for awakening in his body.
But Lu Minghao wouldn't be satisfied with just that. Once the magic essence reached the critical point, Lu Minghao would go to the various polluted areas within the Edras Kingdom, absorb all the souls and nutrients accumulated in his clones, and awaken as a True Demon King in the most perfect state.
"Alright, Sally, stop looking and come down quickly."
As he spoke, Lu Minghao was the first to jump into the pool full of magic potions. The moment he entered, the [Gluttony] talent automatically activated, and Lu Minghao's body instantly began to devour the magic potions continuously like a bottomless pit.
The endless stream of magic potions, upon entering Lu Minghao's body, were directly transformed into nutrients under the powerful digestive and absorptive power of the [Gluttony] ability. Lu Minghao's magic essence, flesh, and soul began to rapidly increase.
During this process, Lu Minghao also fell into a state of semi-sleep, which was the body's instinctive reaction when magic essence increased significantly. Moreover, in this state, Lu Minghao's absorption speed increased again. The pitch-black power of gluttony continuously spread from Lu Minghao's body as the center, and in just a few minutes, the entire treasury was shrouded in a layer of pitch-black mist.
In the pitch-black mist, the magic crystal mines, gold coins, various magical weapons, armor, and even high-level magical herbs that were piled up in the treasury began to disappear constantly, turning into nutrients and being completely absorbed by Lu Minghao.
Plop!
At the edge of the pool, Sally glanced at the surrounding mist and then at Lu Minghao, who had already sunk to the bottom of the water. She smiled slightly and jumped in directly. A large amount of magic essence poured into Sally's body, instinctively causing her to fall into a deep sleep.
For a time, the entire treasury fell into dead silence. The thick black mist enveloped the entire treasury. If anyone accidentally stepped into this place at this time, they would be instantly devoured by the pervasive power of gluttony.
Outside the treasury, Edras, Oz, and Chris looked at the closed doors and the layers of magic barriers that had risen again. A hint of a smile appeared on their faces. When the doors opened again next time, the Edras Kingdom would welcome a new king... the Demon King Sally.
By then, whether it was the monsters that suddenly appeared in the Edras Kingdom, or the human kingdoms surrounding the kingdom, they would all be swept away under the leadership of the new king. The Edras Kingdom would become the next top kingdom.
"Flora, you stay here and tell me immediately when Sally wakes up."
Edras said to the great demon Flora, who had been guarding outside the treasury. After she nodded, Edras looked towards the direction of the royal city. There were still many things waiting for him there, whether it was the citizens who had suddenly gone mad, or the souls needed for Sally's awakening later.
He had to prepare before Sally finished absorbing the magic potions and magic crystal and reached the critical point for awakening.
"Oz, Chris, you two stay here to protect Sally. If we encounter any danger, I will rush back as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, unless we're dead, Sally will never be in any danger."
"Leave it to us."
Looking at the two partners in front of him who had followed him from the very beginning, a smile appeared on Edras's handsome face. Only by entrusting the task of protecting Sally to them could Edras feel most at ease.
Afterwards, Edras moved and flew towards the direction of the royal city, while Oz and Chris, after Edras left, exchanged glances. Oz directly lay down at the treasury gate, while Chris spread his wings and flew to the top of the treasury.
......
Time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed. Lu Minghao and Sally in the treasury were still asleep, and the original mountains of gold coins, magic ore, etc. had completely disappeared, leaving only a thin layer of magic potion in the central pothole, and most of the huge magic crystal had also disappeared.
Outside the treasury, Oz and Chris were still guarding here, but their expressions at this time had become extremely solemn and irritable, and they would occasionally raise their heads to look towards the direction of the royal city.
Looking from afar, the royal city was filled with fire and smoke, and the mad roars and explosions of magical creatures could be heard from time to time. One could even clearly see many bird-like magical creatures fighting each other in mid-air.
"Did Edras fail?"
Oz's huge body suddenly got up from the ground, raised his head to look at Chris above the treasury, and asked. Since Edras left, he had never returned here, and as time passed, the originally calm Karandu had a large number of magical creatures going mad a few days ago.
Even the lower-level magical creatures and magical beast cubs that had gone mad at the beginning had directly turned into a distorted, chaotic monster appearance, exactly the same as the monsters that suddenly appeared in the Edras Kingdom.
And this was still the most serious situation. In the past few days, all the middle-level magical creatures in Karandu had been spared and had become mad, starting to frantically devour everything they saw. Even some of the higher-level magical creatures had begun to show signs of madness.
For example, Oz and Chris. From today onwards, they would always feel a strange sense of hunger. If it weren't for the strong will that they had honed over hundreds of years, Oz and Chris would have already started to frantically devour everything in front of them.
However, even though they relied on their strong willpower to control the madness in their hearts, they still ate several times more food today than before.
"Edras will never fail, don't forget that they are our most trusted king."
On the roof, Chris lowered his head, his golden dragon pupils filled with struggle, but his gaze was still clear. At this time, he was suppressing the madness brought about by the constantly rising hunger in his heart. One could even see that Chris's slender dragon neck was covered with wounds, which were the damage caused by the other dragon head during a previous bout of madness.
In the wound, fresh red flesh was wriggling slightly, covered with small flesh buds the size of human thumbs, looking like countless maggots were lying in Chris's wound and gnawing.
"Um."
Below, Oz looked at the terrifying scene at Chris's wound, his eyes filled with worry. This kind of wound, for Chris, a top-level high-speed regenerating magical beast, could have been healed with just a few calls, but now Chris's wound not only showed no signs of recovery, but instead began to mutate.
'Sally... did you do all this?'
In the next second, Oz turned his head, his wolf eyes filled with complexity and entanglement as he looked at the treasury behind him. In fact, when he fell into madness today, Oz instinctively developed awe and respect for the treasury behind him, as if a certain existence in the treasury was like his creator.
In addition, in Oz's cognition, only Sally existed in the treasury at this time. Lu Minghao, who was hugged in by Sally, was subconsciously ignored by him. After all, how could a mere low-level magical beast slime that didn't even have the ability to think for itself do such a thing.
In addition, all the anomalies in the royal city started on the day Sally came to the royal city. All of this couldn't help but make Oz start to suspect Sally, but Oz didn't say this out loud... because, without confirming that all the changes in the royal city were caused by Sally before.
Oz simply had no way to say this, because at this time, Sally was the only hope for all the magical creatures who still had reason.
"Lord Oz, have you discovered something?"
At this time, a girl's voice sounded in Oz's ear. A girl with a small and cute demon horn with black and white stripes on her head was blocking in front of him, looking at him with a faint smile on her face. However, the smile on the girl's face looked very kind at first glance, but on closer inspection, it would give people a creepy feeling.
That smiling face gave people a feeling of smiling but not smiling, and on closer inspection, it would be found that the flesh and blood under her fair skin was constantly wriggling, as if a huge monster had been stuffed into this girl's shell, constantly struggling to rush out.
"Nothing......"
Oz stared at the demon Flora in front of him, stared deeply for a few seconds, shook his head and returned to his original position and lay down again, while Flora looked at Oz with a strange look and smiled, then returned to the front of the treasury door.
