When Flain was walking back to the base, sothing crossed his mind — a reason why he wanted to briefly return to the ruined, lifeless village of the Green Lizards.
The reason was that while thinking about his skill, Flain realized that Aranuld absorb souls fromrpses, which would strengthen both him and the skill itself. And in the ruined village, there were plenty ofrpses.
Honestly, Flain was a bit angry at himself for not realizing this imdiately after reading the skill description. But whatuld he do? Flain had no choice but to return there — he definitelyuldn't leave so many unabsorbed souls behind.
'My king, can you hear ?' Aran's voice echoed in Flain's head as he was walking back to the village. The description never ntioned that a recalled slaveuldmmunicate with their master, but it was definitely a useful feature.
'Hmh, what do you want?' Flain thought backldly.
'Well, my king, forgive for disturbing you. I just wanted to ask — what happens to if you die?' Aran asked.
'That's none of yourncern,' Flain answered with a smirk.
Then, Flain arrived at the village again. With every step he took, he made tallic clanking sounds that echoed throughout the land. Even if any Black Lizards noticed him, Flain didn't care. He had already proven his strength when he massacred the entire Green Lizard village within minutes.
Flain wasn't entirely sure if heuld do the sa against the Black Lizards since they were stronger. But if they noticed him and sent an army after him, Flain was certain that even with half his HP, he'd win easily.
Flain reached the ruined village. A transparent silhouette of Aran erged from his body and then solidified into his normal form — Flain had summoned him.
"In front of you lies a feast of souls," Flain muttered.
"My king, to be honest, I feel disgusted at the thought of absorbing their souls — they were my people. But at the sa ti, I have this strange feeling, almost like I'm craving those souls, like they're food," Aran muttered.
"Hmh, go on," Flainmmanded.
Aran nodded and approached the first lizard crushed by the wall. Flain watched as a white mist rose from the lizard's body and was absorbed by Aran. Then, Aran repeated the process with all the Lizards and Commanders. After finishing, he returned to Flain.
"How was it? Do you feel stronger?" Flain asked.
"My king, it was sothing I've never experienced before. Forgive , but I have no bettermparison — it was like eating the bloodiest snake, it was simply incredible. As for whether I feel stronger... honestly, I don't know," Aran answered.
"You definitely got stronger, I can tell. Don't worry — you're going to need it," Flain said before recalling Aran again. Then, he headed back to the base.
Flain arrived at the base where the Green Lizard army and Itai were waiting.
"Flain, you're back? I just finished summoning all therpses you gave . I summoned the last one on the 45th attempt," said Itai.
'So now he can manage to have 15 skeletons summoned at once — he's learning quickly,' Flain thought.
"Keep it up. Anyway, I'd like to introduce soone to you," Flain said.
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anwhile, in the Black Lizard settlent, one lizard approaches the Lightlord of the Black Lizards — Zehren.
The lizard wipes saliva from his face and speaks to Zehren. "My Svetloid, we found so dead soldiers at one of the cave entrances, the ones who were guarding it. Also, so soldiers on patrol reported that they occasionally heard strange noises," he said.
A smile appeared on Zehren's face. "Looks like the rat has crawled out of its hole. Send six patrols throughout the valley, each led by ammander. If anymmander spots that monster, they are to imdiately retreat to the village and report exactly where they saw it. Then, I and all themmanders will go capture it," Zehren ordered.
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anwhile, at the base, Aran erged from Flain's body. Itai observed the process with his mouth wide open.
Itai stepped back just to be safe. "Can you tell what just happened? Why did so big weird green lizard suddenly appear in front of you?" Itai mumbled.
"Well, I destroyed the Green Lizard village and enslaved their king," Flain said as if it were nothing.
"My na is Aran," said Aran.
Flain didn't mind that Aran spoke without permission. Yes, hensidered him his slave, but he wasn't particularly cruel to him because he had no reason to be. If soone Flain disliked beca his slave, things would look very different.
"Hey, I'm Itai, heh, I've never talked to a monster before," Itai said to Aran.
"Well,ngratulations, but what else should I expect from you — you never stop surprising . By the way, is this so new ability of yours that lets you hide your slaves inside your body and summon them out?" Itai asked.
"It's much moremplicated than that. I got it for absorbing enough souls. Basically, I can enslave soone's soul..." Then Flain explained the Lord of Souls skill to Itai, leaving out so system-related details.
Aran was there and listened to everything as well. At least now he learned sothing new about hisndition, since when he had asked Flain about it directly, the answer hadn't been very informative. When Flain ntioned that the slave would feel a strong sense of sympathy toward him, it shocked Aran quite a bit.
He really did feel a strong sense of sympathy toward Flain ever since his soul was enslaved, despite having no reason to. Flain had literally massacred all his people, tortured him for a long ti, and then enslaved him. What shocked him the most when he realized this was how natural it felt. Even after understanding it, he still felt the sa strong sympathy toward Flain as before.
"What else should I expect from you. This ti you really surprised — I didn't expect youuld pull this off. This really sounds like an expensive and advanced spell — you can basically turn soone into your immortal soldier who has to obey your everymmand. Sure, it has a few downsides, but even so, it's insanely strong," Itai reflected.
"Alright, anyway, now I'm going to do a release air particles," Flain said and recalled Aran back into his soul.
Flain felt a swirl of excitent — it was finally ti to spend that pile of EXP he had earned...
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