Chapter 14: Changes in the Sea of Blood (2/2)
Don’t tell me this blood sea moves?
“Let’s go, we need to leave this place.” In order to avoid being trapped by the blood sea, I immediately led them away.
Along the way we met several other small imps fleeing from the blood sea as well. Some of them were alone while others moved in small groups. Whenever we met with groups smaller than us, we killed them.
Our group was five man strong which counted as one of the larger groups we’ve seen so far. As such, most small imps avoided us, saving us a lot of unnecessary trouble. The exceptions were groups who had similar numbers or even larger numbers than us.
I had given an order to those four scamps to capture any lone imps they found and force them to serve us. If they resisted to the bitter end…then just end them.
For some strange reason, the latter scenario rarely happened. Nearly all the imps we captured, knelt down without much hesitation and begged for mercy. As such the plan to recruit more small imps went smoothly. In merely half a day, the number of subordinates swelled to 12.
The moment we hit the two digits range, I shifted our focus to hunting. The rule was as always, the souls belonged to me while the corpses are to be shared amongst the rest.
I have no way of confirming this but the food intake of these scamps seem to be growing. Plus, they seemed to be undergoing some sort of transformation each time they ate. Especially No.3. He was the strongest among them and also had the largest appetite. He even changed the most. At this rate, he might be the first to evolve into a large imp.
As for the blood sea, I theorized that this body of water was responsible for giving birth to these small imps.
It was highly likely that this sea was the origin point of hell, an existence similar to a mother.
We are currently situated at the edges of the blood sea. The devils here are extremely numerous with the most common type being small imps and the strongest being large imps. As for the reason for this…it’s probably because the sea is moving.
If this sea did not move, the small imps who hatched earlier could just prey on the newborn small imps. As time passes, these small imps would only get stronger and stronger while the imps who were born later would be relegated to the status of cattle. In a situation like this, no matter how hard you tried, you can’t beat those who were born earlier.
As the source of all life in hell, the blood sea definitely did not want to become a breeding ground for trash. While I do not know if the sea possessed a mind of its own, the fact that it moved is proof that it didn’t want this to happen.
Because of the sea moving, the devils who were threatened by the sea had no choice but to distance themselves. As a result, the devils who were born earlier would gradually leave this region. As for living in the sea…there’s a legend on earth that the sea was the source of all life and that humans were born from the sea as well. However, have you seen any humans being able to breath underwater?
As if to prove my theory, another wave crashed onto the coast. With it, came several round objects and a few small imp corpses. Those round objects were none other than devil eggs.
It was extremely obvious now. The blood sea would give birth to devil eggs while the waves would wash them ashore. Small imps would hatch out of these eggs and begin hunting around the coast. After realizing that the sea moves, they would distance themselves in order to protect themselves. After which, the next batch of devil eggs would be washed ashore.
If that’s the case, the sea’s expansion should have a limit otherwise the entire Purgatory would become flooded. However, I will probably never know what that limit was. In order to save himself, I have to leave this zone as soon as possible. Who knows when this sea might suddenly decide to drown me in my sleep…
Speaking of which, shouldn’t we have encountered some large imps by now? Ah…speak of the devil…that seems to be a large imp ahead…
With a body that towers over a small imp, he was clearly a large imp and judging by his face, he wasn’t happy…
Behind this surly large imp were five other small imps.
On my side, our numbers came out to 13. Our numbers were definitely superior but the other side had a large imp. This tier of devil could easily suppress a bunch of small imps. In a one on one fight, a small imp couldn’t last more than 10 seconds.
“Hey you. That’s right, you. Get over here and let me have a look.” When he was 10 meters away from me, he pointed his finger at me and shouted overbearingly, “Get your ass over here!”
Surprised, I pointed at my nose and asked, “Me?”
“That’s right, you.”
Once a small imp evolves into a large imp, their intelligence will experience a boost which also increases their communication abilities.
“What’s the meaning of this? Why do you want me to get over there?”
“To have sex of course!”
Me: “……”
Se…se…sex? The word sex just came out from a devil’s mouth…and it seemed to be directed at me…how unpleasant…
Which reminds me, this large imp doesn’t have any boobs or a pee pee either. Is he a male or a female? But since he’s trying to catch me, I guess ‘its’ a female? Also, how do devils have sex? I’m kinda curious now.
Er…what the heck am I thinking about! I should be angry about this! That’s right, I’m angry, very angry!
“Hey, hurry and get over here otherwise this one will kill all your subordinates before tearing you into pieces!”
Before I could express my anger, No.3 stepped forward and shielded. “You. Scram! Now!”
“Brat, you dare to disrespect this great one!?” The large imp was taken aback by No.3’s rudeness but soon recovered and roared at him, his finger raised. “You’re dead!”
No. 1, No.2 and No.4 were slightly slower than No.3 in coming to my aid. They arrived with the rest of the imps only after the large imp had declared his intent to fight.
In this way, a strange battle was started.