Chapter 62

Thump—

After swallowing the meat, a tremor rang out from the goblin chieftain's heart.

At the same time, deep within, the goblin chieftain felt—

As if he were being watched forever by a pair of eyes.

At the same time, every thought in his heart was laid bare before some presence.

Every move he made, every thought he had.

All of it naked, without a single secret to hide.

But at the same time, he also felt his body brimming with power.

The moment his muscles tensed slightly, they took on a solid, unyielding texture.

As though nothing could pierce through his muscles.

"Then, what is the price?"

The goblin chieftain raised his head and looked at Lu Cang.

This spokesperson of a great existence.

Yet, Lu Cang slowly shook his head.

"This is what you deserve. As for the price—"

"Heh, bestowing power of this level requires no price at all."

The goblin chieftain heard this answer.

His pupils flickered slightly.

Clearly, the existence before him had no need to deceive him.

Given the other's overwhelming power, they would never stoop to deceiving a being like himself.

"I thought I would turn into a monster."

The goblin chieftain looked at the crawlers around him.

Then looked at his own hands.

Still the same pair of goblin hands.

He had thought that, after accepting the power, he would become a monster just like those crawlers.

He had chosen to submit with the resolve to die.

And the result actually told him—

No price needed at all?

He could get this power for free?

The shift between hell and heaven caught him off guard; he couldn't adjust all at once.

But then, he realized something else.

This supreme existence was perhaps even more terrifying than he had imagined.

A power that broke the world's laws and shattered the order of biological hierarchy.

Was something that existence could bestow with a casual flick.

In this world, to gain power, one must pay an equivalent price.

Transcending tiers, in their view, was a power that required one's life as the price.

Yet before that existence, it was something so utterly trivial.

Just how terrifying must that be?

Thinking of this, the goblin chieftain immediately dropped to his knees!

"I am willing to serve you, Supreme—"

The goblin chieftain got this far, then suddenly faltered.

He suddenly realized—

He still didn't even know what he had pledged himself to.

This existence was so mysterious.

But, did he truly have the right to know this existence?

Yet without knowing, how should he address them?

"Lord of Flesh and Blood."

Just as the goblin chieftain was wrestling with the dilemma,

Lu Cang's deep and far-reaching voice came through.

The goblin chieftain heard this name.

His body trembling, he prostrated himself toward Lu Cang.

"We goblins shall forever serve you, great Lord of Flesh and Blood."

……

Lu Cang looked down at the goblin chieftain kneeling beneath his tentacles.

This goblin had pledged himself to Lu Cang without knowing what he had pledged himself to.

That didn't seem quite proper either.

To spare the other an awkward oath of loyalty, Lu Cang ultimately decided to ease the other's embarrassment.

Since he controlled flesh and blood.

Being called Lord of Flesh and Blood wasn't really wrong.

It was just a temporary title.

As for what to call them specifically in the future, it can always be changed once you've thought it through.

As for the reason.

It was that he was previously unworthy of knowing his own true title.

They're all his subordinates anyway, so it doesn't matter how this reason is made up.

In fact, he doesn't even need a reason.

However, looking at the long term, more races will need to be absorbed in the future.

Lu Cang still decided to maintain this setting.

Old employees can also tell stories to new employees, forming a corporate culture.

Why not do it.

"Have them swallow this flesh and blood, and they shall be reborn."

The Crawlers carried several pieces of flesh and blood over to the injured goblin warriors.

The goblins, though they didn't understand the meaning.

Still did as they were told.

Soon, those wounded goblin warriors ate the flesh and blood.

The effect of 【Picking Up Flesh】 was triggered.

The wounds on their bodies were healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, the toxins carried by the Crawlers' attacks were also eliminated.

After they recovered, the first thing they did was to prostrate themselves before Lu Cang.

"Great Lord of Flesh and Blood, thank you for your gift."

"To be able to submit to you is our honor."