“Trample everything!”
“Trample everything! Seize the power of the companions eaten as food, and seize the power of the prey eaten as food!”
“Trample everything…”
Under the gloomy and dim sky, an army of 400,000 Orcs slowly wriggled forward like a tide. Insatiable hunger drove all the Orcs to devour every living thing they encountered, turning their power into their own.
“What a spectacular scene.”
On a cliff, Lu Minghao shielded his eyes with one hand, looking at the dense army of Orcs below. As the saying goes, a crowd of over ten thousand is boundless. In the plain below Lu Minghao, the army of 400,000 Orcs was constantly moving. Looking out, the massive number of Orcs had long since merged into one, as if the entire world had been occupied by Orcs.
“Lord Rimuru, may we take action?”
At this moment, Benimaru on the side turned around and knelt before Rimuru, asking. His gaze towards the Orcs below was filled with hatred and anger. Just looking at those Orcs made Benimaru involuntarily recall the Great Ogre village that was destroyed by them.
The burning village, the Orcs’ roars, the Great Ogres’ wails, and the chilling chewing sounds—everything ignited the anger and hatred in Benimaru’s heart.
“Yes, but Benimaru must pay attention…”
“Wait.”
Just then, Lu Minghao interrupted Rimuru’s words, looking at the confused Benimaru and Rimuru with a faint smile.
“Minghao, what’s wrong?”
“Let me go first. Otherwise, it would be very dangerous for Benimaru and the others to face 400,000 Orcs with their strength.”
After speaking, Lu Minghao didn’t wait for Benimaru and Rimuru to reply. He stood up directly and jumped off the cliff. The sound of the wind echoed in his ears, and his dark hair fluttered wildly behind him. Below, the army of 400,000 Orcs all raised their heads to look at Lu Minghao.
“It seems this is the first time I’ve fought so many monsters head-on.”
In mid-air, Lu Minghao looked at the boundless army of Orcs below with a wanton smile. At this moment, Lu Minghao had another feeling of facing the entire world alone… And this feeling gradually excited him.
“Then, let’s get a little serious.”
Substantial magic essence condensed in Lu Minghao’s palm. The dazzling light illuminated the originally dim sky, as if a golden sun had risen. The terrifying aura also caused the 400,000 Orcs staring at Lu Minghao below to become restless.
“Crimson Lotus Bloom!”
In the next second, Lu Minghao slammed his raised fist heavily on the ground. The powerful force instantly caused the entire plain to shake. Cracks thousands of meters deep spread from Lu Minghao’s fist to the entire plain. Tens of thousands of Orcs were directly blown away, wailing as they fell into the cracks.
“So strong!”
On the cliff, Benimaru and the others stared blankly at the entire plain below that had been completely turned into rubble. Just the power of this punch made them feel deeply terrified. The entire plain had been turned into ruins by this one strike.
“It’s coming.”
At this moment, Shuna, who was looking calmly at the bottom, suddenly said something. Benimaru and the others turned their heads curiously to look at Shuna, not understanding what she was talking about. Could it be that the Orc Lord was coming?
“Everyone, be careful!”
Suddenly, Rimuru’s expression changed drastically, and he shouted directly at everyone. Then, a powerful magic essence formed a substantial magic barrier that enveloped everyone around him. The tens of thousands of Lizardmen soldiers in the rear also automatically lay on the ground, incidentally knocking down the goblins who were standing there blankly, at a loss.
“Heh!”
At the same time, on the shattered plain, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of Lu Minghao’s mouth. Dazzling red light slowly lit up from the cracks all over the plain. In the next second, countless scarlet flames broke through the surface and shot straight into the sky like fire pillars.
On the plain, countless Orcs who had not yet reacted were directly swallowed by the flames. Armor melted in the flames, and bodies gradually turned into coke, disappearing completely in the flames.
“The power is barely acceptable, but it’s still not enough.”
Lu Minghao raised his head and looked at the countless fire pillars rising into the sky in front of him, casually waving away the substantial magic essence wrapped around his hand. The scarlet firelight illuminated his handsome face, and his pair of black pupils were full of indifference. The countless miserable screams of the Orcs before their deaths echoed constantly in his ears, but this was not enough.
Based on Lu Minghao’s understanding of Rimuru, after this guy solves the Orc Lord, he will definitely take the surviving Orcs under his command, just like in the original story. But in order not to expose his identity, Lu Minghao must eliminate all 200,000 sub-bodies mixed into the Orcs before that.
Otherwise, after Rimuru names the Orcs later, the abnormality will definitely be discovered.
Whoosh!
In the next second, Lu Minghao stretched out a white and tender jade-like finger, and a drop of purplish-black liquid appeared at his fingertip. With a gentle flick of Lu Minghao’s finger, the purplish-black liquid flew out instantly.
“What is this?”
An Orc who had just climbed up from the ground looked down at something flying past in front of him. Because the speed was too fast, it didn’t see clearly at all. However, in the next second, a feeling of weakness surged from the Orc’s body. The body that had just stood up swayed and knelt on the ground again.
“Could it be that I’m hallucinating?”
When this Orc raised its head again, a scene comparable to hell appeared before its eyes. 森 white bones covered the entire plain, and purple mist slowly drifted in the air. In the mist, the 森 white skeletons and even the armor were melting.
Clatter!
In the next second, before this Orc could figure it out, it slammed heavily on the ground. The helmet rolled away with a gurgle. After the fallen corpse took off its helmet, a melting skull appeared there.
“It should be about the same, right?”
In the distance, Lu Minghao touched his chin and looked at the vast expanse of 森 white bones covering the ground in front of him. When the Orcs attacked before, Lu Minghao deliberately had the Orcs disguised by the sub-bodies walk in the front. Most of those who died in his hands this time were Orcs disguised by the sub-bodies, of course, there were also some real Orcs among them, but who told them to be unlucky.
“Speaking of which, my [Poison] has become even more terrifying after awakening into a Demon Lord seed.”
As he spoke, Lu Minghao opened his mouth and took a deep breath of the purple mist in front of him. The poisonous mist containing toxins and Orc nutrients made Lu Minghao reveal a satisfied smile. As expected of his own skill, evolution has even made it easier to recycle nutrients.
The monsters killed by the poison before would dissolve into a pool of slime, but now they are directly integrated into the poisonous mist, not only strengthening the toxicity and corrosiveness, but most importantly, making it much easier to absorb.
Clatter! Clatter! Clatter!
Just as Lu Minghao was evaluating his own poison, Rimuru and his group jumped down from the cliff and landed beside Lu Minghao, staring blankly at the earth covered with white bones. The cruel scene stunned them for a moment.
"Master, you're so amazing! Loyna wants to learn!"
Suddenly, a small figure pounced into Lu Minghao's arms, her tender and lovely face full of adoration as she looked at Lu Minghao. Loyna also wanted to learn such a cool and convenient skill. She had seen Lu Minghao take a mouthful of purple poisonous mist when she jumped down.
So, out of curiosity, Loyna also took a sip the moment she landed. The unique and novel sensation of the poison and nutrients combined instantly made Loyna feel great.
"This is just a very simple skill, [Poison]. If Loyna wants it, just find a few monsters with similar skills and try it out."
Lu Minghao chuckled as he looked at Loyna, who was acting spoiled in his arms. For Loyna, who was a Gluttony subordinate, she could get a similar skill by simply finding some poison-attribute monsters to devour.
"Okay, Loyna understands! Also, Master, Loyna is going to play with Sister Sally!"
With that, Loyna jumped out of Lu Minghao's arms, grabbed Sally on the side, and rushed directly into the poisonous mist, heading towards the pig-head tribe who were still alive outside the poisonous mist. Hongmaru and Ziyuan also reacted after seeing Loyna and Sally rush out.
Although everything in front of them was cruel, Hongmaru and Ziyuan calmed down after adapting slightly. After all, these pig-head tribes had done things even more cruel when they destroyed their homeland. Only five of them survived from the entire Ogre tribe village, and the corpses of their dead compatriots were devoured by the pig-head tribe as food.
In addition, as monsters, they were already accustomed to killing. They were just frightened by the皑皑 white bones covering the entire plain.
Now, after reacting, they only wanted to kill all the remaining pig-head tribes, just like they had treated their compatriots back then.
"Kill!"
"Charge!"
At this moment, countless lizardmen and goblins not far away also raised their weapons, rushing out with murderous intent on their faces. Especially the goblins, who had long since turned from being fearful at the beginning to being full of morale. After all, in the short few minutes that Lu Minghao had taken action, at least nearly 200,000 pig-head tribes had died.
Having witnessed Lu Minghao's power, how could they still be afraid? They only felt that their whole bodies were full of strength, and they couldn't wait to chop all the pig-head tribes who hadn't died into pieces.
In the short few seconds after Sally and the others rushed out, intense sounds of fighting filled the entire battlefield. The blood of flying blades, the limbs flying in the air, the wails before death, and the figures of corpses falling constantly resounded, and the originally clear water gradually became red.
"Rimuru, it's your turn."
At this time, Lu Minghao turned around and looked at Rimuru, who was still in a daze. His petite and lovely body was trembling slightly at this moment, with a hint of fear and disbelief in his eyes, but Lu Minghao could understand this.
After all, compared to the war that was like a game in the original work, what was now displayed in front of Rimuru was a real war, a scene like a meat grinder and the scene of countless lives dying in front of him, which deeply impacted Rimuru's pure heart.
"Minghao, is this war?"
In the next second, Rimuru raised his head, his big golden eyes staring fixedly at Lu Minghao. Although he had already thought that he was mentally prepared when he accepted the Treant Tory's request to subjugate the pig-head emperor, after all, in his opinion, as long as the pig-head emperor was resolved, the war could be easily ended.
But now, what was displayed in front of him was a scene that he had never seen before, whether before or after reincarnation, a scene as cruel as hell.
"Otherwise, Rimuru, you wouldn't think that the so-called war is actually the same as in comics, where the bosses of both sides come out for a one-on-one fight, and whoever loses the war ends, right?"
Lu Minghao looked coldly at Rimuru in front of him. Indeed, in the original work, this war between Rimuru and the pig-head tribe was indeed as he thought, just like playing around. The entire war, from beginning to end, was that some lizardmen and goblins died before Rimuru and the others arrived.
And what Lu Minghao found most ridiculous was that the general who was the commander of the pig-head tribe actually played a one-on-one duel with Gabil in the center of the war. This was a war in which both sides gambled on the survival of their respective races, but such a ridiculous scene actually appeared.
A real war has always only had a situation where it's either you die or I live. During this period, any despicable means and tricks can be used. Everything is to kill the opponent and win the victory of the war, instead of playing a one-on-one duel in a war where you die and I perish, which is ridiculous.
".... I .... I understand."
Rimuru looked at Lu Minghao, who had a serious face in front of him, and bit his lip hard. He understood that his previous thoughts were indeed too naive. How could the so-called war be as simple as he thought.
"Huff ~!"
In the next second, Rimuru took a deep breath, raised his head with a firm gaze, and looked forward. Huge explosions constantly resounded behind the purple poisonous mist, accompanied by the wails of the pig-head tribe dying. One by one, huge black fireballs floated in the center of the battlefield. Rimuru knew that was Hongmaru.
And on the side, whether it was the lizardmen, the goblins, or Gobta and the others he brought, they were all fighting with the enemy with all their strength. Every moment, lives were disappearing before his eyes.
"Minghao, although what you said is right, war is indeed not as simple as I thought, but ...... I still want to try my own way!"
Rimuru raised his head to look at Lu Minghao, and a confident but simple smile appeared on his face again. Although he now understood that war was not such a simple thing, he still wanted to try.
Try to end this war!
"That's really naive."
Lu Minghao looked at Rimuru's back as he flew towards the battlefield, and a smile appeared on his cold face. Even if he had shown him the cruelty of war, this guy still insisted on his simple thoughts in his heart, but compared to the beginning, Rimuru at this moment seemed to have become a little different.
"However, that's good too ..... Even I don't want my 'loved ones and friends' to be a sinister and evil fellow."
With that, Lu Minghao raised his hand with a faint smile on his lips. The purple poisonous mist covering the battlefield surged like a stream. When all the poisonous mist was devoured, Lu Minghao walked towards the battlefield, with a gentle smile on his lips. After all, only such a naive and simple Rimuru could prevent Lu Minghao from worrying about being stabbed in the back before he exposed himself.
