Inside the dimly lit cavern, densely packed and severely injured Lizardman soldiers lay upon the cold earth. Piercing screams and mournful wails echoed incessantly. Combined with the cavern's unique reverberations, the pervasive stench of blood, and the acrid smell of burning, calling this place hell wouldn't be an exaggeration.
On the only high platform within the cavern, the mastermind behind all this, a ghost girl with black hair and violet eyes, held up an ice-blue slime while muttering something. Her delicate and adorable face was filled with a puzzled expression, as if something hadn't been figured out.
"Why... why?"
The Lizardman chief, sprawled on the ground, stood up and stared blankly at the scene before him. All the surviving Lizardman soldiers were now severely wounded from the earlier assault. The Lizardman soldiers nearest to the explosion's epicenter had been reduced to fragments of varying sizes. Large amounts of flesh and blood were blown away by the shockwave, piling up in a heap at the edge of the cavern.
Within this heap of bloody, indistinct fragments, numerous Lizardman soldiers with grotesquely twisted bodies were constantly moaning. Their piercing screams reverberated throughout the vast cavern, while the pungent stench of blood and the acrid smell of burning filled the Lizardman chief's nostrils, the dark red glow of the lava illuminating his scale-covered face.
Within the lava, numerous severed limbs of Lizardmen hissed and sizzled, the intense acrid smell mixed with the aroma of roasted meat. All of this was unbelievable to the Lizardman chief. In just a few short seconds, the entire Lizardman race had been almost completely annihilated.
Now, the culprit behind all this was right beside him, yet he was powerless to do anything... Moreover, they had clearly expressed their submission, so why... why did this still happen?
"Why? Are you asking Sally?"
At this moment, Sally, standing beside him, skillfully inserted the Lu Minghao slime in her hand into the ghost horn on her head. She turned her head to look at the Lizardman chief beside her, whose face was filled with despair and incessant muttering.
"Powerful being, our Lizardman race is already willing to submit. Why must you still destroy us?"
The Lizardman chief turned his head and stared intently at Sally. He didn't understand why Sally wanted to destroy them. Was it because the Lizardman race initially refused to submit, or because those Lizardman soldiers had just cursed Sally?
But why would Sally destroy the Lizardman race for such a reason?
Wasn't her intention in making the Lizardman race submit to resist the approaching Orcs? Then why would she destroy the Lizardman race over such a trivial matter? Shouldn't she need the strength of the Lizardman race?
"Because you made Sally unhappy. Sally finally showed mercy, but you were too arrogant. Besides, you are just Sally's toys. Sally can do whatever she wants."
Facing the Lizardman chief who was staring intently at her, Sally revealed a disdainful smile on her small face. She roughly understood his meaning just by looking at the Lizardman chief's gaze and expression.
However, in Sally's opinion, the Lizardman race was too arrogant, yes, too arrogant!
Clearly, they were a weak race without even a high-ranking demon, yet they thought she needed their strength, and they even thought their Lizardmen were incredibly noble. She really didn't know where these weaklings got their confidence.
When did these weak and ugly Lizardmen think she needed their strength? Was it because she had been too merciful before, giving them that illusion?
"Also, Sally really dislikes the way you Lizardmen look at her."
Saying this, Sally slowly stood up and looked coldly at the Lizardman chief and the Lizardman soldiers who were moaning below. The weak should act like the weak. Clearly, they were incredibly weak, yet they acted as if they were noble, which made Sally very unhappy.
"...Master, the Lizardman race is willing to submit to you forever."
Facing Sally's cold and empty eyes, the Lizardman chief's aged body collapsed at Sally's feet as if it had lost all its strength. The heavily injured Lizardman Captain, looking at his father prostrate at Sally's feet, clenched his fists tightly.
But the next second, he weakly released his fist, because anger was useless. Their Lizardman race was too weak in front of Sally, so weak that even their own anger would bring death.
"From now on, the Lizardman race will be Sally's toys."
Looking at the Lizardman chief prostrating before her, Sally revealed a clear expression of disgust on her small face. If it weren't to disguise herself as a kind ghost person, Sally wouldn't want these Lizardmen as her toys. Not to mention that they were weak, but most importantly, they had no tentacles, flesh buds, or mutated bodies.
They were simply useless.
"Oh right, you come with me."
After reluctantly accepting the Lizardman race as her temporary toys and spare food, Sally, who was just about to leave, suddenly looked at the Lizardman Captain lying on the ground not far away and pointed at him, signaling him to follow.
"Yes, Master."
The Lizardman Captain raised his head, looked at Sally's departing back, and then looked at the Lizardman chief, his father, who was still trembling on the ground. He quickly scrambled to his feet and followed her, staggering.
After Sally and the Lizardman Captain left, the Lizardman chief who had been prostrating on the ground finally trembled and stood up. Looking at the many moaning Lizardman soldiers below, his aged face was filled with despair as he trembled and walked down from the high platform.
"...Chi... Chief... Quick... Quick, escape..."
Suddenly, a pair of trembling arms grabbed the Lizardman chief's foot. A Lizardman soldier whose face was covered in blood and whose body was twisted beyond recognition tremblingly raised his head to look at the Lizardman chief. After saying his last words, his raised head slammed heavily onto the ground, his body gradually turning cold.
"It was me... I was wrong."
The Lizardman chief looked at the dead soldier and slowly knelt on the blood-soaked ground. Looking at the hellish scene before him, tears streamed down his face. At this moment, he finally understood the only truth in this world: the strong prey on the weak.
Indeed, when the Storm Dragon Veldora was still alive, the entire Jura Forest was under his protection. The strong from outside the Jura Forest would not come here. In this situation, the Lizardman race was indeed a powerful demon race. But now, the protector of the Jura Forest, the Storm Dragon Veldora, had died, and the Lizardman race had lost its protection.
Having lost the protection of the Storm Dragon Veldora, the Lizardman race was just a weak demon race.
"Do your best to save the surviving members of the tribe. Also, from today onwards, the Lizardman race will completely submit to the Master."
A few minutes later, the Lizardman chief stood up and issued an order to the Lizardman soldiers in the cavern who were not severely injured, telling them to do their best to save all the surviving Lizardman soldiers.
On the other side, on the throne where the Lizardman chief had been sitting earlier, Sally was now hugging her knees, which were drawn up to her chest, looking down at the blood-covered Lizardman Captain.
"What's your name?"
"Master, I have no name, I am just a nameless demon. Only my elder brother in the entire Lizardman race has been given the name 'Gabiru' and become a named demon."
After hearing Sally's words, the Lizardman Captain quickly raised his head and spoke to Sally.
"Nameless demon?"
Sally blinked her big eyes and looked at the Lizardman Captain below, a trace of disbelief on her small face. Only one demon named Gabiru in the entire Lizardman race was a named demon, and the rest were all nameless demons.
Then what gave them the courage to think they were noble?
You should know that the truly powerful demons in this world all have their own names, and these Lizardmen who didn't even have names actually thought they were noble and powerful. Sally really couldn't understand what they were thinking.
After all, Sally had thought that those Lizardmen, with their noble and unyielding appearances, were at least all named demons.
But now, the Lizardman Captain told her that the entire Lizardman race, except for that Gabiru, were all nameless demons...
"Sally suddenly thinks that you toys are actually quite cute."
The next second, in the Lizardman Captain's confused gaze, Sally praised him with a smile on her small face, although he didn't understand at all why Sally wanted to praise him and the Lizardman race.
On the throne, Sally didn't care about the confused look in the Lizardman Captain's eyes, but tilted her small head, looked at the Lizardman Captain, thought for a moment, and decided to give him a name, otherwise Sally wouldn't even know what to call him without a name.
"Oh right, as Sally's toy, you have to have a name, otherwise it's very inconvenient. You will be called... called Canghua."
"Yes, thank you, Master, for bestowing a name."
Below, after hearing the name Sally had given him, Canghua's demonic essence began to increase rapidly, and his race also began to evolve from a Lizardman into a Dragonoid, but at this time he couldn't care less about the changes in his body and directly knelt in front of Sally.
For demons, being given a name by a powerful demon not only allowed them to evolve into a named demon, but also meant that they had become the other party's subordinate.
"Oh right, Canghua, what about the Lizardman you mentioned named Gabiru? Bring him here for me to see."
On the throne, Sally changed her posture, supported her chin with her hand, and looked at Canghua and asked. She was a little interested in Gabiru, the only named demon of the Lizardman race before. After all, the entire Lizardman race was now her toy, including that Gabiru.
"Master, my elder brother left here a few days ago after receiving an order from our father to go to the Goblin Village in the Jura Forest to form an alliance."
Below, Canghua, who had completed his evolution, looked at Sally and said slowly. At this time, she had changed from her previous ugly Lizardman appearance into a half-human, half-dragon girl. Between her gray-black short hair were a pair of black dragon horns. On her delicate and adorable face were a pair of blue pupils. Behind her was a pair of dark, ferocious dragon wings, with black demonic essence wrapped around the dragon wings. Her fair skin was covered with black patterns, making her look extremely strange.
Unlike the Canghua in the original story, after being named by Sally, Canghua not only had some changes in appearance, but also had different abilities after evolution.
"Form an alliance with the goblins?"
"Yes, also, before the master arrives, a Kijin named Souei has already reached an alliance with my father, and will gather here in seven days to launch a counterattack against the Orcs."
Souka nodded and told Shuna everything about Souei's previous alliance. After receiving Shuna's naming, Souka's soul had been unknowingly twisted by Shuna's Gluttony power. At this moment, even if Shuna asked Souka to kill her father, the Lizardman chief, she would not hesitate in the slightest.
"I understand. Also, Souka, I'm hungry. And after that Gabiru Lizardman returns, bring him to me to see."
After hearing about the previous alliance between the Lizardman chief and Souei, Shuna nodded, and then said that she was hungry.
"Yes, Master."
Souka nodded, turned and left, and began to prepare food for Shuna. After Souka left, Lu Minghao, who was staying on Shuna's head, jumped down and transformed into a human form, curiously looking around the familiar and unfamiliar environment.
"Minghao, what's wrong?"
Shuna looked at Lu Minghao's appearance and curiously ran down from the throne, looking at Lu Minghao with big eyes and asked.
"It's nothing. Besides, Shuna, that Kijin named Souei who formed an alliance with the Lizardmen, his master Rimuru is my kind. This time, taking advantage of the war with the Orcs, we can become best friends with him."
Lu Minghao lowered his head and touched Shuna's little head. Before, Souka's name was given by Shuna at Lu Minghao's request. As for why he did this, it was mainly because Lu Minghao wanted to see what the difference was between the monster named by Shuna and the monster named by Rimuru.
But currently, it seems that the monsters named by Shuna are not only affected by her magic essence, awakening skills different from the original work, but also, as Lu Minghao's first subordinate, the monsters named by her will also be directly eroded by the power of Gluttony.
Although they did not become Gluttony monsters after being eroded by the Gluttony sin, their souls and cognition would also be distorted. Although the original memory and personality would not change, they were essentially completely loyal to Shuna.
"Okay, Shuna understands."
When Shuna heard that she was going to become best friends with Rimuru, she nodded obediently, raised her small hand high, and cheered herself on. This time, she must practice the villain cultivation she had learned from Lu Minghao here on Rimuru.
Strive to become a qualified, perfect, knowledgeable, gentle and kind... good villain who penetrates the enemy's interior and becomes his best friend.
"By the way, Minghao, can these Lizardmen be played to death?"
In the next second, Shuna tugged at the corner of Lu Minghao's clothes and looked at him with her big eyes blinking. For these Lizardmen, Shuna only subdued them because she was bored. First, they could be used as toys when she was bored, and second, these Lizardmen could also provide food for her and Minghao. Of course, if there was not enough food, the Lizardmen could also be used as reserve food.
It's just that, now Shuna is considering that she will have to pretend to be a kind Kijin in the future, so she intends to ask Lu Minghao if she can play these Lizardmen to death.
"Just play with them as you like. It doesn't matter even if you play them all to death before the war starts."
Lu Minghao patted Shuna's little head dotingly. Lu Minghao didn't care about these Lizardmen at all. Even the Souka, Gabiru, and the Lizardman chief who appeared in the original work, Lu Minghao didn't care at all. Shuna can play as she wants.
After all, he would not have any scruples because they were monsters under Rimuru's command in the original work. As for what to do if all the Lizardmen were played to death by Shuna and he formed an alliance with Rimuru, that was a small problem for Lu Minghao.
At worst, he would send some Lizardman corpses to the All Things Nest to devour, and then breed a batch of Lizardmen disguised as clones like the Orcs.
Moreover, such Lizardmen are not only stronger and more nutritious, but also much better internally than these Lizardmen. After all, Lizardmen disguised as clones will not die just because their bodies are cut into pieces.
In addition, with the blessing of several major skills of the All Things Nest after Luo Yina accepted the Demon King's blessing and evolved, the Lizardmen disguised as clones are also very perfect and will not be seen through easily.
"Got it!"
After confirming that she could play with the toys at will, Shuna nodded happily, picked up Lu Minghao, who had turned back into a slime, and ran back to the throne, and began to think about how to play with these brand new toys. After all, this was Shuna's first time playing with toys other than Gluttony monsters.
"Master, the food has been delivered."
At this time, Souka's figure walked in at the entrance of the cave, and behind her, more than a dozen Lizardman guards were pushing in a large amount of food. When those Lizardman guards saw Shuna on the throne, they subconsciously showed fearful and angry eyes, but in the next second, they lowered their heads and dared not look at Shuna again.
After all, just now they had personally seen Shuna almost completely destroy all the combat power of the Lizardman race with just one blow.
"Yes."
Shuna glanced at the dozen or so Lizardman guards behind Souka, nodded, and began to eat the food that Souka brought to her. Whenever she ate something delicious, she would directly raise her hand and stuff it into Lu Minghao's body on her head.
A few minutes later, under the horrified eyes of more than a dozen Lizardman guards, almost enough food for hundreds of Lizardman warriors for a day was eaten by Shuna and the slime on her head, and it even seemed that Shuna was not satisfied at all.
Seeing this, Souka, who was guarding Shuna's side, silently turned around and continued to prepare more food. As for whether so much food would affect the Lizardman race after being eaten by Shuna, that was something that Souka didn't need to consider at all now. After her soul and cognition were distorted, satisfying the master's orders was the most important thing for Souka.
"You few, are you very angry and want to kill me to avenge those Lizardmen?"
Just as the remaining dozen Lizardman guards were about to leave, Shuna suddenly raised her head and asked them with a smile. Shuna was very clear about the attitude of the entire Lizardman race towards her, after all, these Lizardmen who considered themselves noble had just been killed by her by at least half.
Now, the entire Lizardman race, in addition to fear and fear of her, are all hatred and anger, and even Souka, who had not been named by Shuna before, was the same.
"....Demon, you demon!"
"You killed so many of our companions!"
"......"
Below, more than a dozen Lizardman guards who were originally planning to leave were stunned in place after hearing Shuna's voice, and then turned their heads to look at Shuna with hatred in their eyes and shouted. At this moment, they had lost their minds in anger and hatred.
After all, a few minutes ago, they were still the noble and powerful Lizardman race, but now they have become the toys of this Kijin girl, and at least half of their clansmen died at her hands.
"Lord Gabiru will definitely kill you and save the Lizardman race!"
At this time, a guard suddenly looked at Shuna and shouted, his eyes full of admiration and respect for Gabiru. In his opinion, Gabiru, who had been named by a powerful existence and was destined to lead the Lizardman race, would definitely be able to kill Shuna in front of him.
"Gabiru, is it, Shuna is looking forward to it."
With that said, Shuna walked down from the throne with a smile on her face, and the dark, viscous, mercury-like flames slowly flowed out from under Shuna's feet. For the entire Lizardman race, Shuna had already decided their fate after killing those Lizardmen before.
After all, Lu Minghao's teachings to her were to kill the enemy completely, and there would never be any mercy.
And before, Shuna directly used a magic cannon with the smallest power to kill at least half of the Lizardmen. Although the remaining Lizardmen surrendered to her under her powerful strength and the shadow of death, Shuna didn't think that they would let go of their hatred after surrendering.
Besides, Shuna didn't have the idea that the other party would let go of their hatred after surrendering, otherwise Shuna wouldn't have asked Lu Minghao if she could play the entire Lizardman race to death before. From beginning to end, when the Lizardman race rejected her rule and prepared to resist, their fate had already been decided.
"It seems that I have to contact Luo Yina."
On Shuna's head, Lu Minghao looked at Shuna who was playing happily and smiled, and then contacted Luo Yina, who was staying in the Goblin Village, through the subordinate connection, and asked her to use the All Things Nest to breed tens of thousands of Lizardmen.
"Master."
At this time, Souka's figure walked in at the entrance of the cave, and behind her, a large amount of food was being pushed in by the remaining Lizardmen, and Souka, who came in first, did not have a trace of fluctuation when she saw the dozen or so Lizardman guards who were howling in the [Gluttony Flame], but obediently put the food in the place that was most convenient for Shuna.
And at the exit of the underground cave in the Lizardman territory, the shadows under the moonlight were constantly twisting as if they were alive, and finally completely sealed the entire underground cave....
On the other side, hundreds of kilometers away from the Lizardman territory, Gabiru, the next generation leader of the Lizardmen who was considered to be able to save the Lizardman race, slowly opened his eyes and woke up, looking at the starry night sky above with a confused look.
Just two days ago, he, who went to Rimuru's Goblin Village, successfully fainted by Gobuta, the little brother, after a series of courting death, and only now has he regained consciousness.
"Lord Gabiru, we were so worried about you!"
"Finally woke up, Lord Gabiru!"
"What happened.... That's right! I was completely deceived, that goblin with a haggard face is the real owner of that village!"
Looking at the three followers who were excited in front of him, Gabiru showed a trace of doubt, and then remembered that he had been knocked down by Gobuta, the little brother, before, and instantly Gabiru understood that he had been deceived, that slime is the owner of the village, in fact, the goblin who defeated him is.
After all, how could a goblin who can defeat his noble and powerful Lord Gabiru not be the owner of that village!
"What!"
"That kind of guy?"
"Otherwise, Lord Gabiru would not have lost!"
"Too despicable, shameless."
