In the central square of Kalandu, the surrounding houses had been completely demolished. Countless cages filled the entire square. Inside the dark cages were nearly one hundred thousand demons, the only remaining demons in all of Kalandu.
In the past week, Edras had led many high-ranking demons to capture all the frenzied citizens and concentrate them here. Firstly, to facilitate management, and secondly, as a way to protect the many demons.
Because, at this time, apart from the central square and the royal palace, the rest of Kalandu was teeming with gluttonous monsters. If these demons were left unattended, they would either kill each other in a frenzy of hunger, or be swallowed by the wandering gluttonous monsters.
“Where is Lord Edras?”
Just then, many demon soldiers returned with a group of ogres. Fila, the high-ranking lion-man demon, immediately stepped forward and asked the demon soldiers at the front. Just now, it sensed a terrifying magic reaction coming from afar, and the aura of that magic was Edras'.
“Report! The King ordered us to return here first.”
The demon soldier stepped forward, saluted Fila, and told him everything that had happened before. Then, he led the remaining demon soldiers to separate the captured ogres and imprison them in separate cages. One by one, they took off their armor and weapons, turned around, and walked into the other cages alone.
At this time, the hunger in their hearts had emerged. If they didn't imprison themselves, they would soon be driven mad by hunger, just like those ogres before, and begin to kill each other and devour their comrades.
Just as these demon soldiers locked themselves in cages, another batch of cages opened not far away. A group of demon soldiers who had regained their sanity walked out. Now, if you looked closely, you would find that these soldiers' bodies had obvious signs of mutation.
The flesh and blood under their skin were constantly squirming, their faces were covered with dense flesh buds, and some demons even had deformed limbs growing on their bodies, constantly wriggling. But these demon soldiers all chose to ignore it, silently putting on the armor they had taken off before, and once again becoming the cold-blooded and ruthless figures they once were.
“Lord Fila, should this batch be handled the same way as the previous ones?”
After the many demon soldiers put on their armor, one of the soldiers walked to the ogre corpses that had been collected and transported back before, and looked at Fila with a hoarse voice, asking. After all, these ogres were Edras' kin.
“Send them all over, all of them!”
Just then, Edras flew down from the sky, holding the giant slime that had been turned into an ice sculpture. After putting down the giant slime in his hand, he finally glanced at the corpses of those ogres and waved his hand to let the soldiers take the corpses away.
Watching the soldiers divide the corpses of his own kin and throw them into the cages, where they were grabbed by the hungry demons and stuffed into their mouths, chewing them to pieces, bones and all, with their sharp fangs.
This was also the reason why they were able to persist until now after the food in Kalandu was exhausted. All the dead demons would be used as food to feed the living demons, and the only thing Edras and the others could do was to prevent the living from eating their own kind.
For example, right now, those imprisoned ogres were eating the corpses of other types of demons, while the ogre corpses were being eaten by the other demons. This could be considered Edras' last bit of tenderness towards his dead people.
“Your Majesty, what is this?”
Beside him, Rafi walked to Edras' side and looked at the thing inside the ice sculpture, which was covered in tentacles, each tentacle with a chrysanthemum-shaped, ferocious mouth. Even though he had personally seen many demons mutate into all kinds of twisted monsters before, he had to admit that the appearance of the giant slime inside the ice sculpture had reached an indescribable level.
“I don't know, but the changes in the royal capital should have a lot to do with this monster.”
After hearing Rafi's words, Edras turned his head to look at the giant slime inside the ice sculpture. He couldn't tell what this thing was before it became a monster, but judging from its ability to change the concentration of that unknown power, everything that happened in the royal capital was inseparable from it.
Even the thousands of demons who disappeared in the beginning were most likely swallowed by the monster in front of him.
“Edras, are you planning to use this monster to find the guy who is controlling everything behind the scenes?”
At this time, Aina, the queen of the Edras Kingdom, walked over, looked at the giant slime inside the ice sculpture with a solemn expression, and asked Edras. Long-term companionship had already allowed her to easily see what Edras wanted to do.
“Yes.”
Edras glanced at Aina and nodded. He knew that if he couldn't find the guy who was controlling everything behind the scenes, the demons in the entire royal capital would turn into monsters in a few days at most due to the lack of sufficient food.
Even he would not be spared... Because Edras could clearly feel that his body was now beginning to mutate. The flesh and blood in his body, as well as his internal organs, seemed to have their own consciousness. If it weren't for his strong strength and will to suppress them, Edras would definitely become like the citizens in the royal capital before long.
By then, the entire Edras Kingdom would lose its last hope, and even he, driven mad, would personally destroy the Edras Kingdom.
“Fila, I'll leave this matter to you.”
The next second, Edras looked at Fila beside him. As a high-ranking demon, the lion-man Fila possessed the best tracking skills in the entire Edras Kingdom, which was why Fila became the captain of the guard in the royal capital, Calando.
"Your Majesty, please leave it to me."
Fila patted her chest forcefully, looking at the giant slime turned into an ice sculpture with incomparably firm eyes. She knew that if she could successfully find the mastermind behind the changes in the royal capital, then everything in the royal capital would end, but if she failed... more than ninety-nine percent of the remaining demons in the entire royal capital would die.
The next second, Fila took a deep breath and stood in front of the giant slime, reaching out and placing her hand on a tentacle. The magic power in her body was fully mobilized to activate her tracking skill [Retrospection]. In an instant, a scene appeared in Fila's mind.
Inside a cave full of luminous algae, a large number of sky-blue slimes bounced around carefree, gnawing on the food on the ground. At this moment, a familiar figure appeared in Fila's mind. It was Sally, the next king of the Edras Kingdom, hailed as the savior of the Edras Kingdom, who appeared in the cave.
Then, in Fila's horrified gaze, the slime that Sally had been holding in her arms and that they had ignored actually flew into the air. A chaotic, distorted power emanated from its body. In the blink of an eye, the previously normal underground cave began to mutate and become animated. The ground of the cave began to wriggle, growing a large amount of flesh, and the luminous algae in the cave also began to twist and expand continuously.
In the center of the cave, the originally harmless slime revealed its crazy side. Many slimes began to frantically devour their companions... Finally, three indescribable giant monsters appeared in Raffi's mind.
At this moment, Raffi finally understood what was happening with the changes in the royal capital, and even the sudden appearance of monsters in the entire Edras Kingdom. It turned out that the mastermind behind everything was that slime, the slime that appeared in front of them but was ignored.
"Your Majesty, it's that..."
The next second, Fila opened her eyes and looked at Edras, wanting to tell him everything she had seen, so that he could quickly kill Sally and Lu Minghao. However, just as Fila was about to open her mouth and hadn't finished a sentence, a scene suddenly appeared in Fila's mind again.
In the picture, a blue-crystal slime was lying on a pile of magic crystals. Suddenly, the slime looked at Fila without warning. In an instant, Fila felt that the whole world was different. The twisted, indescribable monster that she had seen as terrifying was now full of infinite beauty. The hideous and terrifying tentacles were so enchanting and beautiful, and she wanted to become a part of it.
"Fila!!"
Just then, Fila suddenly heard Edras's call, and subconsciously opened her eyes, looking at Edras with a puzzled expression, not understanding why he wanted to disturb her from appreciating the most beautiful thing in the world.
On the opposite side, Edras and the other demons looked at Fila with fear and horror in their eyes. Just as Fila had just opened her eyes and said a few words, tentacles suddenly emerged from Fila's body, and her body began to mutate and expand continuously.
At this time, in front of Edras, the former high-ranking demon Fila had turned into a pool of mud-like monster. The wriggling flesh was full of pairs of chaotic, twisted limbs, and the mud-like wriggling body was covered with dense eyes, looking at the many demons in front of him with a terrifying gaze.
"Fila... what exactly did you see?"
Looking at Fila, who had completely become indescribable in front of him, Edras suppressed the anger and killing intent in his heart, squatted down, and looked at Fila's face, which barely had a outline in the mud, and asked.
"Your Majesty! I saw the most beautiful existence in the world! Your Majesty, come on, become a part of us!"
In a fanatical and crazy voice, Fila's mud-like body suddenly began to boil, and blurry faces emerged from it. Then, many twisted limbs grabbed towards Edras in front of him, wanting to drag him into it and become a part of himself.
"Fila... I'm sorry."
Looking at Fila, who was launching an attack on him, Edras only had guilt and sadness on his face, because Fila had become like this because of his order.
"No matter who you are, I will definitely kill you!"
The next second, Edras turned around, his dark red pupils filled with anger and killing intent, looking at the dense cages in front of him. The cages were all his people, but now his people were gnawing on the corpses of their compatriots. All of this was caused by that guy in the dark.
"Your Majesty, Lady Sally is awake."
At this moment, a ghost girl suddenly appeared beside Edras. After glancing at the ice sculpture monster behind him, she said to Edras with a faint smile on her face.
"Flora, have you evolved into a ghost?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Flora raised her head and looked at Edras, the black and white ghost horns on her head shining with a strange light in the sun.
"Your Majesty, Lady Sally wants to see you, please come with me."
The next second, Flora reminded Edras in front of her again. Edras, who had reacted, then placed his hand on Flora's shoulder. The next second, the two ghosts instantly disappeared in place.
