No.6 obediently followed in my footsteps, taking care to proceed only when I did and to stop when I did.
With me were Mo Na, Cinderal, the aforementioned No.6 and six other Winged Abyssal Golems, as we finally stepped into the Teleportation Zone. As expected, I found Sinmosa and Sasani standing guarding over the area. They weren’t alone, however, as I found roughly a hundred Devils squatting on the ground obediently, not daring to even to move a muscle under the couple’s watch eyes.
With how titanic my golems were, our arrival, heralded by thunderous footsteps that shook even the ground itself, had the unfortunate effect of stirring up the rabble who tried to escape while Sinmosa and Sasani trotted up to greet us. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately for us, the intent of these ten or so Devils was quickly sussed out by the hawkeye Sasani. With a leap as swift as the wind, he easily caught up to the escapees just as they took their first steps out of the crowd. His three heads snapped down on two of the poor sods who weren’t quick enough to leave, after which he casually started gnawing on their heads… Just like that, two Large Imps were fatally relieved of two large chunks of flesh…
Sasani spat out the lifeless meat sacks in his mouth before galloping ahead, his sprinting speed nearly untouchable by ordinary Devils when he had a straight, clear road ahead. Like a deadly panther, he bore down on the remaining Devils before they even had the time to regret their foolishness.
At the end of the day, he was a Five-stars Cerberus; his speed wasn’t something any old Devil could hope to match.
A while later, the deed was done, no mercy whatsoever. Having done that, he gave the remaining Imps a placid stare with a chill so biting that they couldn’t help but shiver, just like a bunch of students who had just been given the evil eye by a teacher.
Just like that, this little hiccup was forcefully snuffed out and quickly smoothed out. Sasani gave a bunch of nearby cowering Devils a pointed glare. Seeing that, ten Big Imps promptly stepped out and obediently picked up the souls of the dead Imps before quietly lining up behind Sasani.
Once the souls were gathered up, Sasani trotted off to Sinmosa without glancing back for a second. As for those corpses…corpses! It was only then that I realized that there was a sizable pile of Devil corpses nearby, at least two hundred by my estimates. The corpses were all piled up in a miniature mountain. Judging from the bites and claw marks, their deaths were most likely the handiwork of those two ferocious hellhounds…or should I say, pawwork?
Having offered up the souls to Sinmosa, those Big Imps promptly carted off the dead bodies to the corpse pile without even being told to so… and that was how things were in Purgatory. Devils living there never hesitated to kill. Even the normally warm and welcoming Cerberus husband and wife had their dark side as well. The kindness they showed was only applicable to their own people. Should they enter into battle, they would instantly turn into bloodthirsty killing machines, carving a bloody swathe through their enemies without any hesitation.
“You’re here.” Seeing us arrive, Sinmosa was the first to trot forward to greet us in a respectful manner. “I thought you all would make it back sooner.”
“Bark bark bark~~” Cinderel immediately leapt towards her mama. As for her papa…she merely gave him a quick snort before burying her head into mama’s embrace.
‘Well, looks like Sasani just got the cold treatment again… who told him to be covered in that awful blood scent.’
Finally, after the Hellhound were done with their family time, I replied Sinmosa, “I have an interesting idea, I did a simple test on it just now over at the side of the lava lake.”
“Idea?” Sinmosa paused for second, then all three of her lips smiled. “What have you cooked up this time?”
“My original intention was to create some worm catching tools. Thanks to Nola, I managed to come to an agreement with the salamanders over that. We would be in charge of guarding the worms while they provide meat.” I sweeped my eyes over the imps nearby who were all frightened stiff. “In order to feed those idiots, I planned on heading back to the capital to create some tools…but there’s no need for that now.”
“Nola actually agreed to that?!” Sinmosa gave me a shocked look: “If it wasn’t for your massive size difference, I would have thought that both of you were…”
‘When did Sinmosa start talking like that exactly…’
However, I had to say that I was surprised Nola agreed as well, but Sinmosa would most likely be less surprised after hearing what I had to say next. “We’re not killing them, just letting them split up. Those that have, will be guarded by us. In their wild state, such an occurrence shouldn’t be rare at all. As long as they receive enough nutrients, recovering shouldn’t be an issue.”
“But the split worms don’t have a complete soul.”
Sinmosa was extremely family with my picky eating habits; no meat, only souls. Mo Na was the same as well. As everyone knew by now, a worm who had just split won’t be able to recover its soul so killing them at that point would result in only meat and unusable soul fragments.
“Well, I have my own plans regarding that.”
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