"What is this?"
Outside the Beast Kingdom's capital, the Beast Kingdom's residents looked at everything in front of them in disbelief.
Just now, everything familiar to them had suddenly become distorted.
The houses, originally built of stone, had suddenly turned into flesh-like monsters.
Dense tentacles stretched out from the walls, and many unlucky people hiding in the cellars didn't have time to react to the sudden change.
In the end, they could only crawl out of the monsters' mouths, covered in disgusting mucus.
"Sok, be careful!"
At this moment, a female beast-person suddenly shouted at a beast-person child not far away, and quickly ran towards the beast-person child.
But before she could run a few steps, the female beast-person stopped, staring blankly at the beast-person child named Sok, who was hugging a tentacle and gnawing on it.
"Sok, what are you doing? How can you eat that kind of thing!"
A few seconds later, the female beast-person finally reacted and walked forward, grabbing Zak and trying to pry open his mouth to get out everything he had eaten, but it was too late.
Everything he had eaten had already been swallowed.
"Sister, this is edible, and it's delicious!"
Sok looked at his worried sister, nonchalantly raised his small hand to wipe the blood from his face, his eyes full of appetite as he stared at everything distorted around him.
In his eyes, these were all edible meat.
In fact, before Rimuru and the others arrived, the refugees of the entire Beast Kingdom were already starving.
Except for the Beast Kingdom soldiers who maintained order, the remaining ordinary refugees only had enough food to barely survive.
Just now, when Zak saw everything around him turn into flesh, he thought that since he was going to die anyway, he might as well eat his fill before he died, so he directly pounced forward and hugged a tentacle, gnawing on it.
But he didn't expect that this thing, besides looking disgusting and a little sanity-draining, tasted quite good.
"Sok, don't talk nonsense, and these things..."
The female beast-person holding Sok bit her lip as she looked at everything around her.
This was clearly the rumored scene that only appeared in the Gluttonous Kingdom ruled by the Demon Lord Tyrant.
The rumor that when the earth, houses, streets, and forests turn into flesh monsters...
An endless army of undead monsters will engulf everything, and all living beings will either be torn apart and devoured by the undead monsters, or become new undead monsters and join them.
Could it be that the Demon Lord Tyrant plans to take advantage of Lord Carrion's disappearance to invade the Beast Kingdom and completely destroy their Beast Kingdom?
Thinking of this, the female beast-person didn't even notice that she had bitten her lip, her eyes filled with endless despair as she looked at everything.
She didn't want to become those undead but mindless monsters, nor did she want to become food for those monsters.
"Lord Carrion, please come back, quickly return to save your people and kingdom!"
The desperate female beast-person knelt weakly on the ground, praying for their Beast Kingdom's ruler, the Beast-person King, the Demon Lord Carrion, to save them, to save their Beast Kingdom.
"Sister, why are you crying? Look, that's Uncle Zak over there, and the Three Beastketeers!"
Just as the desperate female beast-person closed her eyes to pray, Sok in her arms suddenly shouted excitedly, shaking her shoulders vigorously, his big eyes staring fixedly at the few people walking not far away.
Especially when he saw the Three Beastketeers, he became even more excited, jumping up and down.
"Uncle Zak, Three Beastketeers, is that really you?"
The beast-person woman who had just opened her eyes saw the Three Beastketeers surrounded by many beast-people not far away.
At this moment, she still thought it was a hallucination caused by her despair, until Sok ran out of her arms, shouting, that she confirmed that it was not her hallucination.
"Really, it's real, the Three Beastketeers are back, does that mean Lord Carrion is also back!"
Thinking of this, the female beast-person quickly stood up and ran towards them, but because she was running too fast, she didn't notice a tentacle under her feet and fell heavily to the ground, but she didn't feel any pain, and instead felt a soft sensation.
Looking at the wriggling flesh ground in front of her, the female beast-person climbed up again and ran towards the Three Beastketeers.
When she ran in front of the crowd and squeezed next to the Three Beastketeers, she realized that this time, besides the Three Beastketeers, there were many people she didn't recognize, especially those huge monsters, each of which exuded a terrifying aura, giving her the same feeling as Lord Carrion.
"Fellow compatriots, I am Albis, one of the Three Beastketeers. Don't worry, all of this is a gift from allies of the Gluttonous Kingdom. Also, beside me is Lord Rimuru, the leader of the Jura Tempest Federation, and..."
As Albis explained, everyone finally knew what had happened, but most people still looked at the flesh ground under their feet with suspicion.
They really couldn't imagine that this thing could be used as food, and Lord Albis even said it was delicious.
"See, Sister, I told you this is edible, and it's delicious."
At this moment, Sok's innocent voice rang out in the crowd, and then, under everyone's gaze, Sok took a tentacle as thick as an arm from the wall on the side, a look of eagerness on his cute little face, and raised the tentacle in his hand, a ball of flame emerging from his palm.
Under the scorching heat of the flames, the originally wriggling tentacles gradually stopped moving, and the blood-red exterior was roasted until it was slightly charred, exuding an enticing meaty aroma.
Around, the Beast Kingdom residents, who were already hungry, swallowed their saliva, and after watching Sok eat that tentacle in a few bites, nothing happened, and he was planning to eat more, everyone became tempted.
Subsequently, several beast-people who were unbearable with hunger also began to try to roast the tentacles and eat them like Sok, and the rest of the Beast Kingdom residents, who had already begun to waver, couldn't bear it any longer and began to run to the nearest tentacles, tearing them off, roasting them, and eating them.
Some who didn't manage to grab any tentacles even used their sharp claws to dig out a piece of meat from the wall and roast it to eat.
On the side, watching the Beast Kingdom residents eat heartily, a smile finally appeared on Albis's face.
At least now the food problem has been solved, and the rest is just to notify all the refugees of this matter, and finally solve Demon Lord Clayman's subordinates and find Lord Carrion.
By then, the Beast Kingdom will return to its former peaceful and harmonious life.
"Zak, please work harder and notify all the refugees of this matter."
"Yes, Lord Albis!"
The beast-person named Zak quickly agreed, and then called out several beast-people who had left the city with him before, as well as some ordinary beast-person teenagers, and sent them to different refugee settlements to notify them of what had happened.
“Lord Rimuru, what should we do next?”
At this moment, Benimaru walked up to Rimuru and asked in a low voice. After all, the problem of the Beast Kingdom refugees had already been dealt with. The remaining issue was to intercept Clayman's subordinates, but Souei had not yet returned from scouting the enemy's whereabouts.
Currently, the specific location of the enemy is unknown. In addition, with so many refugees gathered here, if they miss a wave of enemies during the battle, then these refugees will be slaughtered. Perhaps Clayman will collect enough souls to successfully awaken.
“Let’s settle the refugees for the time being. As for protecting them afterward, Angelica should have a way.”
As he spoke, Rimuru looked at Angelica, who was smiling and watching the Beast Kingdom residents eating meat heartily. At this moment, Rimuru still clearly remembered the scene of her polluting and eroding the entire land with every gesture.
And this was just one of Lu Minghao's subordinates. If it were Lu Minghao, could he even destroy the entire world?
Subsequently, Rimuru shook his head and threw this thought to the back of his mind. Minghao was his beloved friend. Although Minghao's ideas were different from his own at times, Rimuru did not think that Lu Minghao would do such a thing.
As for guarding these Beast Kingdom refugees, Rimuru remembered Angelica saying before that they could easily create a sufficient Gluttony Army. When the time comes, he would just have Angelica create some Gluttony monsters to guard these Beast Kingdom refugees.
Just like that, night fell. Zaku and the others, who had gone out to inform the Beast Kingdom refugees, also returned, along with a large number of Beast Kingdom refugees. When they heard that the Three Beastketeers had returned and that the royal capital had enough food, they all followed without hesitation.
“Lord Rimuru, currently all the refugees near the Beast Kingdom royal capital have gathered here.”
Albis looked at the densely packed Beast Kingdom refugees in front of her and said softly to Rimuru. As for the small Beastman villages outside the Beast Kingdom royal capital, Albis was not worried about their safety.
Because if Clayman wanted to obtain enough souls to awaken, then the number of Beastmen in those villages would not be enough. The only choice was here.
“Well then, I’ll leave it to you, Angelica.”
“Leave it to me.”
Angelica smiled and nodded. Then, she walked to the wall of flesh and pressed her palm against it. From below the slightly wriggling flesh ground, came continuous roars. Then, in the terrified eyes of the Beast Kingdom refugees,
one Gluttony monster after another crawled out from under the ground. In just a few minutes, the empty ground outside the royal capital was filled with nearly 100,000 Gluttony monsters. Looking at these indescribable monsters with endless hunger in their eyes,
all the Beast Kingdom residents subconsciously let out cries of fear. Even Rimuru and the others couldn't help but look at Angelica.
“Please rest assured, Lord Rimuru, they are all under my control.”
Looking at the worried eyes of Rimuru and the others, Angelica smiled and explained. At the same time, in order to prove her statement, Angelica casually pointed to a Gluttony monster and made it perform backflips, front flips, and spin in place.
After seeing such obedient Gluttony monsters, Rimuru and the others relaxed.
“By the way, does Lord Rimuru want me to leave some Gluttony monsters to guard these Beast Kingdom residents?”
At this time, Angelica looked at Rimuru and asked proactively, coupled with her expression full of holiness, she was simply like a benevolent messenger of God in the world.
“Well, can you do that?”
“Of course.”
As she spoke, Angelica snapped her fingers, and nearly ten thousand Gluttony monsters neatly dispersed in all directions, and then began to train, centered on the entire Beast Kingdom royal capital, protecting these Beast Kingdom residents.
Seeing this, both Rimuru and Albis were relieved. Just at this moment, Souei, who had gone out to scout the enemy's situation, also rushed back and began to report diligently.
Currently, Clayman's subordinates were advancing towards the Beast Kingdom in three routes. Judging from their appearance, they had completely regarded the entire Beast Kingdom as meat on the chopping board. According to their advancement route, they were planning to slaughter all life in the entire Beast Kingdom.
“Benimaru, you and Albis, the Three Beastketeers, Oz, and Chris, will take a portion of the Gluttony monsters to eliminate this part of Clayman's subordinates on the left.”
“Eldras and Leeward, you and Shion will be responsible for eliminating this part of Clayman's subordinates on the right.”
“As for Angelica and I, we will be responsible for this part of Clayman's subordinates in the middle.”
After analyzing the situation of Clayman's subordinates, Rimuru still assigned personnel to deal with Clayman's subordinates, with the strongest part being given to him, Angelica, and Shuna, and the rest being given to Benimaru and the others.
As for Souei, he would lead his subordinates to be responsible for liaison and intelligence gathering on all three sides.
“No problem.”
Benimaru nodded in agreement after listening to Rimuru's assignment. There was indeed no problem with this assignment. As for the matter of Rimuru facing the strongest enemy, Benimaru was not worried at all, because how could Clayman's mere subordinates be a match for Lord Rimuru.
“Well, since there are no problems, let's start moving!”
“Yes, Lord Rimuru.”
Immediately, the remaining ninety thousand Gluttony monsters were divided into three parts and taken away by their respective leaders, rushing towards the direction of Clayman's subordinates.
“Let’s go too!”
Looking at the departing crowd, Rimuru turned his head to look at Angelica. Now they were going to meet Clayman's strongest subordinate, the middle finger of the Five Fingers.
“As you wish.”
Angelica winked playfully, and then began to command the emotionless Gluttony monsters in front of her to rush towards the direction where Clayman's subordinates they needed to face were located. Then, Rimuru and Shuna also flew into the sky and followed.
As for Angelica, she turned her head and looked at the Beast Kingdom situation behind her, where a banquet was in full swing, with a meaningful smile on the corner of her mouth… The Sin of Gluttony was not as benevolent as it appeared now.
She believed that when the master was ready to rule the entire world, these Beast Kingdom residents would be surprised to discover one thing, that free kindness was the most expensive.
Subsequently, Angelica smiled, stepped forward, and walked forward. There, a flying Gluttony monster had been waiting for a long time. After Angelica stood on it, it quickly waved its fleshy wings and chased after Rimuru and the others.
