“After all, regardless of what your and Sally's purpose is, Minghao, you are both members of the Crimson Rose Squad.”
Sophie looked at Lu Minghao, who was smiling in front of her, with a complex expression. However, Lu Minghao's gentle smile, which was originally like the sun, seemed a bit terrifying in her eyes at this moment, but Sophie still had a glimmer of hope in her heart. At least Lu Minghao and Sally did participate in this mission.
Their purpose was, at most, to obtain high rewards from the Western countries and take the opportunity to successfully establish friendships with the Heroes. Although this behavior was indeed very shameful, Sophie couldn't help but understand it. After all, adventurers pursue wealth, power, and strength.
And what Lu Minghao and Sally did, in Sophie's opinion, was something that every adventurer would do.
“Ah, this is really troublesome. Captain, as long as you kept pretending you didn't notice, I could have lived a little longer at least until I solved all the Heroes. Why did you have to force me?”
After saying that, Lu Minghao reached out and patted Sophie's shoulder as usual, but at this time, Sophie was completely stunned, looking at Lu Minghao in front of her with disbelief in her eyes.
What did she hear?
Her teammate, Lu Minghao, who had gone through life and death together to complete missions, actually wanted to eliminate all the Heroes?
Wasn't his and Sally's purpose to get high rewards from the Western countries and establish friendships with the Heroes?
Why did it turn into wanting to eliminate all the Heroes?
“Ming... Minghao, are you kidding? Besides, those are Heroes. You're just a high-level adventurer, how could you be their opponent?”
A few seconds later, Sophie looked at Lu Minghao with a smile that was more ugly than crying. Although she didn't believe Lu Minghao's so-called elimination of all the Heroes at all, after all, those were Heroes, each of whom was a powerful existence capable of fighting a kingdom alone. How could Lu Minghao, who was only a high-level adventurer, be their opponent?
But for some reason, Sophie looked at Lu Minghao, who was smiling and treating solving the Heroes as easily as killing a few ordinary people, and her heart began to become more and more uneasy and fearful.
“Captain, when did I ever say that I was a high-level adventurer?”
Suddenly, Lu Minghao leaned close to Sophie's ear, and his voice, like an evil whisper, slowly sounded. In Sophie's horrified eyes, Lu Minghao's originally handsome face began to melt and collapse continuously, while the shadow under Lu Minghao twisted into a huge curtain, shrouding the entire room.
Bang!
In the next second, in Sophie's horrified eyes, Lu Minghao's body directly disappeared, turning into a round, icy blue sphere. However, after seeing the true appearance of this sphere, Sophie's originally horrified eyes began to become strange little by little.
Poke! Poke!
Squatting down, Sophie reached out and poked the icy blue sphere in front of her. The elastic, slippery feel made Sophie's expression become more and more strange. In the next second, Sophie directly picked up the sphere on the ground and stared at it intently.
“Slime, Minghao, you're a Slime!?”
Sophie opened her eyes wide and looked at the icy blue Slime in her arms. Even though the color was a bit different, as the captain of an elite adventurer squad, she wouldn't be unable to recognize even a low-level monster like a Slime.
“Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Lu Minghao, and I am a Slime, and also the master of the Gluttony Kingdom, a true Demon King!”
Lu Minghao looked at Sophie in front of him, and his round body moved slightly, directly flying into the air. Looking at Sophie in front of him, he reintroduced himself. At least Sophie could be considered Lu Minghao's first adventure as a captain, so he had to formally introduce himself.
“The master of the Gluttony Kingdom, a true Demon King?”
Sophie looked at Lu Minghao in front of her with confusion in her eyes. She had never heard of any Gluttony Kingdom, and none of the major Demon Kings recognized on the continent were Slimes.
“The Gluttony Kingdom, aren't you very clear about it, Captain? As for whether I am a Demon King, it doesn't depend on the recognition of other beings, but on strength.”
In mid-air, the Slime slowly wriggled and turned back into a human form. However, this time, Lu Minghao gave people a different feeling. Although he still had the same handsome young appearance as before, it was as if he was facing something chaotic, distorted, and incomparably terrifying.
Just by looking at the current Lu Minghao, Sophie felt that her body, soul, and cognition were all beginning to twist and become chaotic. She suddenly felt that her past appearance was extremely ugly. Why didn't she have beautiful tentacles and pretty big eyeballs...
Unknowingly, drops of viscous liquid began to flow down the corners of Sophie's mouth, and her body and soul began to roar endlessly. An insatiable hunger was gradually driving Sophie into madness.
All of this seemed very long, but in reality, it was only the moment when Lu Minghao transformed from a Slime into a human form. This was still the result of Lu Minghao suppressing 99% of the power of his Gluttony Sin. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be Sophie, but most of the humans in the entire Western countries who had not yet been corrupted would instantly turn into Gluttony monsters.
You must know that after Lu Minghao awakened and became a True Demon King, the Gluttony Sin could be transmitted through thoughts, information, and knowledge, turning into something similar to a meme. And now, only a small number of humans in the entire Western countries don't know about the existence of Gluttony monsters.
Especially the many soldiers and adventurers on the front lines who have fought countless Gluttony monsters, and the mages who study Gluttony monsters, they have already been unknowingly corrupted by the Gluttony Sin. However, this time, the corruption is not of the body and soul, but of thoughts and knowledge.
“Restore.”
In the next second, Lu Minghao looked at Sophie in front of him, who had already been corrupted for the most part. With just a thought, all of the Gluttony Sin that had corrupted Sophie was completely eliminated, and Sophie's half-human, half-unspeakable body returned to normal.
“It... it's you! Minghao, you did all of this!”
At this moment, Sophie finally understood everything. The culprit who had caused the Western countries to become like this was Lu Minghao in front of her, but now Sophie's eyes towards Lu Minghao were filled with endless fear, and she no longer had the slightest thought of resistance.
Even if it was only for a moment, during the process of being corrupted by the Gluttony Sin, Sophie still vaguely sensed a part of Lu Minghao's power, and just the bit of power that she had sensed had completely destroyed all of Sophie's thoughts.
“It's me, but don't worry, Captain, I won't kill you. As a member of the former Crimson Rose Squad, I will grant you a new life and let you live as my tool.”
Saying that, Lu Minghao walked to Sophie and placed his hand on top of her head. His entire pupils, including the whites of his eyes, instantly turned pitch black. Viscous, pure 'evil' black mud flowed out of Lu Minghao's palm little by little, enveloping Sophie's entire person within it.
Evil Corruption · Absolute Domination: Awaken and bestow, breed a new evil within the opponent's soul, devour the original self, give birth to a new evil soul, and absolutely dominate it.
