Having descended from the skeletal dragon, Hektor confird that the panicked Lisa opposite him was indeed his target.
For tonight's operation, the four apostles were each assigned their tasks by the Wisdom Demon.
Leo specifically chose this lady, whose appearance was the easiest to identify and most unique, for the Great Demon. He even lent the skeletal dragon to Hektor, fearing that Hektor might not find his target.
However, Hektor circled in the air for a long ti without noticing her, until Lisa, in an attempt to attack the Eagle rcenary Group, released the undead warriors, causing such a commotion that he finally spotted her and imdiately rushed over.
Such negligence.
Hektor shook his head at himself inwardly.
On the other side.
"Who are you? The Empire? The Lord's guards?"
In Lisa's understanding, such terrifying monsters could only possibly co from the most mysterious and powerful empire in this world.
As she tried to buy ti with her words, she quietly retreated. Regardless of the identity of her opponents, the fact that her most beloved treasure, the undead warrior she summoned with all her effort, was now reduced to a pile of bones on the ground proved that the other party had no good intentions.
Seeing that the robust demon with red skin and giant claws in front of her did not answer, Lisa seized the opportunity to activate her power, attempting to flee into the distance.
Unfortunately, before she could take half a step, the skeletal dragon beside Hektor, with a flick of its tail— which to humans was like a steel bar—viciously struck Lisa, sending her flying back with several rolls. It took Lisa a good three or four seconds to barely climb up from the ground.
By then, Lisa had no more illusions. She imdiately unleashed all her power, perhaps sensing the "host's" danger. The "insect" inside her no longer rely dwelled within her but started to control the host, causing Lisa's body to wriggle and change.
In just a few breaths, the previously nearly two-ter-tall, full-bodied lady had transford into a blood-flesh worm, resembling a "large flapping moth."
Her mouth turned into an oval-shaped mouthpart, which she violently opened to spray out a stream of filthy toxins. Then, attempting to use the toxin to buy ti, Lisa spread her sli-coated fluffy wings and was about to flee into the sky.
It was evident that even when controlled by the "insect" within, there was no desire to fight; the only thought was to have the host flee quickly.
But the next mont, Lisa's ankle was seized by a giant claw, and no matter how much she struggled, the claw below felt like the most solid iron pincer.
Following that, Hektor forcefully swung, pulling down the "moth" that had just risen less than half a ter into the air, then violently smashed it towards the ground.
Bang!
It was like slapping a blood-filled mosquito to the ground; the "insect form" of Lisa looked extrely pitiful. The Great Demon's smash directly caused her abdon to burst open on the ground, splattering a large amount of insect juice onto the surface.
These "insect juices" were the precious essence obtained by Lisa through the constant trafficking of people via the Five Flowers Alliance, relying on blood sacrifices. It was her valuable asset for future breakthroughs.
Now that everything was destroyed, and knowing survival was hopeless, Lisa being a fierce character herself, no longer attempted to flee. Instead, she opened her sharp mouthparts to the fullest and lunged at Hektor, seemingly determined to bite the Great Demon before dying.
Regrettably, due to the burst insect abdon and the loss of insect juice, which caused her size to shrink, Lisa could now be easily held in the air by the Great Demon with just one claw.
As the "moth" fluttered its wings, struggling up and down, Hektor slightly tightened his grip.
"Uh ah... Let... let go."
Bang!
This ti, not only the insect's abdon, but Lisa's entire body was crushed under the Great Demon's claw, with overflowing blood trailing down the claw. The scarlet flesh and blood chunks were flung by Hektor, scattering like blood rain on the ground.
This was nothing to the Great Demon.
Having experienced countless battles across several worlds, he had long been accustod to such sights.
However, to others, the bloody and terrifying scene of Lisa being crushed to death was unimaginable to the mbers of the Eagle rcenary Group on-site.
The female sorcerer Luna was the first to involuntarily start retching, but she quickly covered her mouth, frantically trying to keep quiet for fear of attracting the Great Demon's attention.
But how could that be possible?
When Hektor descended, he had, of course, already noticed the other humans besides his target, the adventurers of the Eagle rcenary.
Having eliminated the primary target and successfully completed his mission, Hektor then turned around and lowered his head, using his crimson demon eyes to stare at the remaining mbers.
Soon, Hektor extended his claw towards the leader of the group, Sea Tiger himself.
"No, please!"
"Please spare him! Leader! No!"
Luna, seeing that Sea Tiger was about to be captured and associating it with the previous scene where Lisa was crushed to death by those red claws, the female sorcerer wept and scread, her face full of pleas.
Of course, Hektor would not heed the humans' pleas for rcy.
Rather, he had heard too many similar pleas on the battlefield.
But when the Great Demon grabbed Sea Tiger, he indeed only held onto the other's clothes without any intention to harm. Then, with another claw, very carefully and delicately, he extended his sharp claw tip towards Sea Tiger's neck, and afterward...
A copper dal necklace was hooked out by the Great Demon with the tip of his claw.
This scene, viewed from the outside, was sowhat comical.
The Great Demon, who was so violent and bloodthirsty just monts before, now seed to be doing needlework, with actions incredibly gentle and ticulous, all for that... copper dal.
Luna, who was a bit stunned at first, ca to her senses.
Yes, that's right!
That dal!
The copper dal that Teacher Reji had given us!
After receiving it, Sea Tiger imdiately replaced his own, which symbolized an A-level adventurer, the "platinum" dal, with Reji's copper dal on the necklace.
"You may go now."
The Great Demon put down Sea Tiger, handling him gently as he did at the start, and also returned Reji's copper dal to Sea Tiger.
The Great Demon's "You may go now" was, without a doubt, the most beautiful sound all the mbers of the Eagle rcenary had ever heard.
Apart from feeling fortunate for "surviving," they were also shocked that the Great Demon had spared them after seeing the dal, indicating that this Great Demon was also one of Reji's subordinates.
And a mber of the force known as the "Demon Race."
Compared to Sword Demon Pierre, the Great Demon Hektor, whether in terms of size or the level of violence in combat, brought much more shock and awe.
To Sea Tiger and his mbers, the current Reji and the Demon race seed like just the tip of the iceberg, with each revealed "tip" shocking and awe-inspiring them, making them wonder about the true enormity of the actual "iceberg."
The Great Demon, along with the previously ntioned blade-tipped demon, amounted to two terrifying beings.
But Sea Tiger himself suspected that there might still be more, perhaps a third or even a fourth party.
So after thinking deeply...
"Sir, we no longer have the strength to leave. Could we humbly ask you, humbly ask the demon race to give us shelter?" Sea Tiger said this sentence knowing that they had no turning back, and the Eagle rcenaries were destined to join the monsters' side and could no longer return to human society.
But so what?
Luna looked around at the mbers slaughtered by the death knight, thought of the families and villagers killed by the Five Flowers Alliance, and realized that if they wanted revenge, if they wanted to make Ilinor a better place, if they wanted to fight against those who were like the real demons, they would have to beco demons themselves.
"I understand."
Hektor nodded without refusal.
Being given a token by the king indicated that these humans were of value to be cultivated. Therefore, they were the property of the demon race, and he, as an apostle, should rightfully protect them.
Seeing the Great Demon's agreent, the adventurers felt a relief they hadn't experienced since the start of the night. They were truly, completely free from the tension of danger, truly and thoroughly at ease.
While they felt secure,
A person in the distance felt the exact opposite. The Imperial Envoy, originally a handso blond man nad Kasm, had witnessed the entire process. It wasn't what he wanted to see; from Lisa's resistance to her being crushed by the Great Demon, it all happened in less than half a minute, and he was just coming back to his senses from the shock.
Run! I must run now!
That demon gave him a feeling a thousand tis more terrifying than the Empire's "Hunters." For soone from Ilinor, still seen as "the countryside" and lacking in broader understanding, as an Imperial Envoy with a wider perspective, he naturally had a better grasp of Hektor's strength.
Not just the Great Demon.
The skeletal dragon alone was unprecedented, and if it were to appear in the entire Empire, it would undoubtedly cause a trendous shock.
I must take this ssage back!
As Kasm was about to activate the magic power in his body and use the wind magic to escape, a certain existence that had been hiding in the dark seed to finally lose patience.
"Idiot."
Lordan cursed and then raised a dark green magic array under Kasm's feet. The next mont, the magic array flashed, and Kasm disappeared before he could react.
At the sa ti, the Great Demon looked toward the distant high place where the imperial envoy had been hiding, but he did not find anything and soon turned his head back.
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