Chapter 41: The Shadow-Weaving Lair is your most loyal servant!

The development of things was basically as Okto had expected.

If there was anything he guessed wrong, it was probably only one thing—

That was from the beginning, the Demon King didn't intend to talk to them about anything, which was why he provoked them again and again, making them lose their minds.

It was just a pity that by the time Okto realized this, it was already too late, and his reaction was a step slower than that guy who didn't act like a human.

"Frost Shock!"

A ghost-blue arc of light streaked across the dark space, accurately hitting the center of the lizard-man delegation.

As early as when Arakdo offered loyalty on behalf of the Shadow-Weaving Lair, Luo Yan was preparing his spell!

Although ice-type magic was not his area of expertise, it was the most effective for dealing with lizard-men who were fire-resistant and piercing-resistant.

The reason these guys were called four-legged snakes was that they were afraid of the cold.

The five lizard-man guards couldn't dodge in time and were hit squarely by the ghost-blue arc of light.

The bursting frost scattered, as if even the air had been covered with a layer of frost!

The five geckos couldn't even let out a scream before they turned into five ice sculptures in an instant.

Not only that!

The cave spiders, who were originally on the same side, also fell into the trap without mercy—

Or rather, added flowers to the embroidery.

"Squish!"

More than ten white, turbid old phlegms flew toward the Earth Dragon clan's delegation, and although it couldn't be said to be useless, the insulting nature was indeed greater than the lethality.

Arakdo, known as the number one wise general of the Shadow-Weaving Lair, shamelessly opened his throat and shouted as if asking for credit.

"Demon King, hurry up and do it! I've held them off for you!"

Luo Yan had no time to pay attention to this guy.

At this very moment, his attention was entirely on the big gecko that had escaped the disaster.

This guy.

His level might not be much lower than his own!

"Roar—!"

Watching his clansmen turn into sculptures in an instant, Okto's eyes were blood-red, and he only regretted not seeing through the Demon King's trick earlier, being caught off guard by this suddenly overturned table.

Running away was no longer possible.

The cowards of the Shadow-Weaving Lair had already run toward the entrance of the great hall, just waiting for him to throw himself into the net.

Knowing that survival was impossible, Okto roared, advanced instead of retreating, pulled out his curved blade, and killed toward Luo Yan.

"Champion's Blood!"

The frozen blood was like injecting industrial methanol, accelerating in his blood vessels!

The cold was dispelled!

Under the blessing of the Dragon God, a faint golden light plated his body!

That was the power of 'Qi'!

It seems these geckos are not just cosplaying the Dragon clan, they even moved the other party's inheritance over.

The power that erupted in just that instant might have already stood above the Golden rank!

However—

Wanting to take away a mage who was playing at home by relying on a momentary eruption, this guy was still too naive.

As early as before the negotiation started, Luo Yan had already fully stacked the buffs on his body.

"Go to hell!!!"

Execution—!

Okto swung the curved blade in his hand fiercely, like a dancing whirlwind, hacking toward the motionless Demon King.

The bursting air vortex and the pitch-black cloak crossed, and slammed into the stone pillar behind the Demon King like a cannonball.

The marble pillar that two people could embrace was cut off alive, and collapsed with a bang in the rolling dust.

A ferocious smile appeared on the corner of Okto's mouth, not expecting the so-called Demon King to be nothing more than this.

However, before he could be happy for two seconds, that ferocious expression froze on his face as astonishment.

Dodged?!

How is this possible!

Amber pupils moved quickly, he tried to lock onto the Demon King's figure from the flying dust, but only saw skeleton soldiers 'creaking' and pouncing on him.

"Brothers!"

"Hack him!!!"

"Experience!! My experience!!!"

Okto's mouth curled in disdain.

Petty tricks!

Just as he raised his hand and was about to hack down the group of skeletons in front of him, a feeling of being stared at by a poisonous snake crawled all over his body, and then he felt his strength flowing away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is—

Soul Drain?!

Too late to hesitate, his feet exerted force and he jumped backward, trying to pull away from the caster.

However, just as he leaped into the air, a premonition of death chased after his footsteps like a shadow.

It's that zombie!

Okto was terrified, trying to twist his body, but because he couldn't borrow force in the air, he could only watch his back collide with the raised blade.

"Hunger..."

Bond, who had been waiting for a long time, raised his head, just like a batter on a baseball field, and swung the greatsword he had rounded up forward fiercely!

Pfft—!

The scarred greatsword snapped in response.

And that broken blade, without any suspense, inserted into Okto's spine!

Boiling blood sprayed into the air, leaving a ferocious trace in the sky of the blood-colored great hall.

Okto didn't have time to leave a last word, followed the inertia and knocked Bond over, and after rolling a few times, swallowed his last breath silently.

"Guessed you would jump backward."

Soul Drain is relatively easy to use against Bronze-rank players, but it takes a while to suck against Steel-rank players.

However, as a bait to create an attack window, this move is as good as ever.

The reason he didn't call Bond over to protect him was just waiting for that guy to jump in and then jump out.

Behind the granite pillar, Luo Yan smiled faintly and put away the mirror in his hand.

In addition, his cooperation with You You was becoming more and more proficient.

It only needed one look from him to stand where it should appear.

As for the players.

For now, it seems they still need to settle down a bit.

Watching Bond pounce to gnaw on Okto's corpse, Luo Yan raised his magic wand and tightened the dog chain in his hand, then chanted a spell, and swung a green light backward, hitting Okto's chest, which was gushing blood.

"Wake up—"

"My servant."

The dried blood no longer gushed, and Okto, who woke up in an undead posture, slowly stood up from the ground, gripped the broken sword blade with both claws, and forcibly pulled it out of his body, throwing it on the ground.

Unlike Bond.

His body exuded a strong murderous intent—or rather, resentment, as if he could go berserk at any time.

However, looking at the lizard-man puppet getting up shakily, a hint of surprise flashed in Luo Yan's eyes.

"... The soul level is actually Golden rank?"

This time he hit the jackpot!

Although the undead cannot cultivate like the living, necromancers have many ways to strengthen the awakened puppets.

Simply put, the upper limit of strengthening is determined by the necromancer's own strength and the level of the deceased's soul.

For example, Bond.

In the case that Luo Yan does not actively improve his soul level, the ceiling of his strength limit is Bronze.

But if it were Okto, as long as he made some minor enhancements, exerting Steel-rank combat power would be no problem!

However, why would a Golden-rank soul appear on the first floor of the labyrinth?

It seems that during Lei Ji Dragon's tenure, many things really happened here that Hell didn't know about...

Just as Luo Yan was refining the 'Earth Dragon clan' champion warrior, Arakdo and a group of envoys from the 'Shadow-Weaving Lair' were respectfully prostrate on the ground.

If there was still a hint of doubt about the Demon King's strength before, then at this moment, Arakdo no longer dared to have any doubt, and completely surrendered at the Demon King's feet.

The players originally wanted to rush up and hack them to death, but as soon as they wanted to do so, their bodies couldn't move again.

"Damn it!"

"I thought it was a BOSS fight!"

"Why can't I move again?!"

"Who exactly is the tool man here!"

"Skip! Skip! I want to kill! I want blood to flow like a river!"

"Skulls for the Skull Throne! Blood for the Blood God!"

Hearing that chattering complaint, Luo Yan nearly couldn't help but laugh out loud.

If you guys aren't the tool men, could it be me?

"Enough, I will give you the chance to make blood flow like a river, but not now."

Just as Luo Yan's voice fell, the creaking sound boiled up again.

"Oh oh oh oh!"

"The Demon King looked at me! He looked at me!"

"Yie! I thought NPCs didn't respond to people?"

Luo Yan: "..."

Although he had played games, he always felt that these guys were unexpectedly hard to understand.

Is it because the times have changed?

Luo Yan walked to the front of the five ice sculptures and tapped on them with his magic wand.

The ice sculptures shattered in response, breaking into a pile of corpses.

"You You, after the CG animation ends in a while, find a few players to send these things to those lizards."

"The war has begun."

You You, who seemed gentle and considerate but was actually afraid that the world wouldn't be chaotic enough, said with great enthusiasm.

"Alright! Demon King!"

After arranging the lizard-men's funeral, Luo Yan continued to face Arakdo, and continued in a leisurely tone in the language of Hell.

"I came to this land with the Demon God's decree to take over the mess left by Lei Ji Dragon."

"Now, talk about your loyalty."

Arakdo gave a loyal answer.

"Please order me, respected Demon King! Although we may have had some misunderstandings before, our loyalty is beyond doubt!"

Luo Yan didn't stand on ceremony with him either, and said in a commanding tone.

"I need a thousand adult 'Diggers' to help me expand my territory. And 1000 'Weavers', I need the silk they spit out to make tools."

"Besides that, I also need 1000 'Hunter' eggs to expand my army."

"Go back and tell your leader that as long as he sends what I want, I can guarantee that the name 'Shadow-Weaving Lair' will continue to exist in my labyrinth."

"In addition, my servants crave blood, and they will attack all living things they see in some areas of the labyrinth without discrimination. I will order them to avoid your lair, but you had better put some sacrifices outside the lair... such as other tribes of cave spiders."

Responding to the Demon King's summons is an obligation that monsters in the labyrinth cannot refuse.

However, after hearing this lion's opening request, Arakdo's body still trembled slightly.

"Yes..."

He agreed timidly, and then under the Demon King's gaze, he left in a hurry with the accompanying cave spiders.

Watching the envoys of the Shadow-Weaving Lair leave, Luo Yan continued to order his godhead.

"You You, mark those envoys with green names, and let the players not find trouble with them."

"In addition, prepare for the a04 version update, allowing players to choose whether to enter the game as an 'Insect-type' or 'Skeleton-type' when entering the game."

There are two main conditions for injecting soul mirrors: one is that the target can serve as a container for accommodating the soul, and the other is that the target is not occupied by a complete soul.

Adult cave spiders cannot serve as containers, including the few adventurers he locked in the stone prison... their bodies are already inhabited by their own souls, and their bodies have completely adapted to the shape of their inherent souls.

Forcibly stuffing a strange soul into it is no less than injecting type A blood into blood vessels flowing with type B blood.

As for the sacrificial ritual of devouring souls, that is another matter, and the side effects are not low.

In short, letting players who want to become cave spiders reincarnate into spider eggs that are about to hatch, and then catalyzing their growth with faith power, is relatively the most suitable choice for now.

As for the future, this process can be completed through the facility of an 'Altar'.

Servants of Hell can directly 'summon' adult cave spiders in batches by sacrificing spider eggs, and most of the cave spiders in the labyrinth are summoned this way.

The batch of spider eggs Luo Yan had players collect earlier, some of which were about to hatch, just happened to serve as containers for souls.

"Received!" After You You responded playfully, it quickly went to prepare the update announcement.

Luo Yan, who had finished all the deployments, opened his attribute panel and took a look, and as expected, his experience points rose by a large margin, almost equivalent to the amount he brushed for hundreds of cave spiders!

Not only that, what surprised and even delighted him was another thing—

Only to see that the daily growth of faith points was finally no longer on par with the daily consumption! ===== CHAPTER 42 =====