551 The Troubles that the Goddess Left Behind Part 2 (1/2)

The number of dwarf demons in the warehouse kept increasing. These creatures were one point two yards tall on average, and the stronger ones could even reach up to one and a half yards. Despite their lack of height, the dwarf demons were actually creatures that came from the abyssal plane. These creatures were able to spread to many other dimensions and were more adaptable than magic bugs.

At least the magic bugs would always be stuck in the demon dimension, but the dwarf demons were said to even exist in the Kingdoms of God.

Unfortunately, there was no hiding. If they left the warehouse, the dwarf demons would be able to burrow through the sixteen yard long tunnel and eventually take over the entire Goddess' dimension, possibly even reach the purgatory desert and reproduce there. Judging by the attributes of the dwarf demons, they were similar to sand scorpions in the sense that they would be able to survive even in harsh conditions.

Although the Goddess did not request for the protection of the temple as one of the conditions, for the temple to be fully opened and ready to accept disciples, there needed to be enough space for them to at least settle down and build a home for themselves. At the rate that these dwarf demons could reproduce, they would soon occupy the entire dimension. They had to get rid of the dwarf demons.

Even the creatures of the abyssal plane treated the dwarf demons like locusts. The armies of the abyssal plane did not recruit the dwarf demons because they ate too much and reproduced too quickly. If they had recruited the dwarf demons they would run into many logistic problems very quickly.

Lex flew up as well. Sika decided that she might as well release her monster bones, she stood on top of them and flew to mid-air. Luckily. The space in this underground palace was big and the warehouse also measured about fifty to sixty yards in height.

Now, only Cuisi and Bain were still left on the ground. Both of them could fly, yet chose to remain hidden.

”What should we do?” Lex and Saleen began to discuss. More and more dwarf demons were at the door and many of them had started to look upwards at the big hole above them. Dwarf demons did not possess many ranged attacks, except for hurling rocks.

”If we escape, we will need to bury this hole again. The dwarf demons know how to dig, so this hole…”

Lex knew as well that burying this hole again would not be easy. The dwarf demons already knew that this hole was their way out so they would keep digging as if their lives depended on it.

”I am curious to know how the dwarf demons have been able to survive all this while.” Sika looked at the countless dwarf demons in the warehouse. By now, there should be more than one-thousand of them.

”Damn it. There must have been a lot of food kept in the Goddess' storage, but they have eaten it all!” Saleen said furiously.

Back on top, they only managed to find some seeds, but down in this warehouse, there might have been large quantities of food and grains. Looking at how many dwarf demons there were, no amount of food that the Goddess left behind would be enough. The food that the Goddess had left behind must have had a long shelf life. If Saleen and Lex could get their hands on this food, they would not have to worry about Metatrin City's shortage of food in the near future.

”Damn it, these dwarf demons will eat anything. The food supply in the warehouse must be mostly depleted by now. The Goddess might be able to manipulate the dimension and the food supply probably mostly consisted of green cloud wheat, which was extremely filling, but there was no way that the supplies were unlimited for the dwarf demons.”

”If I had not opened up this palace, these dwarf demons would have starved to death sooner or later.”

”These dwarf demons must have been left behind by the Goddess. The Goddess did not like to kill for no reason. Dwarf demons are extremely capable in digging, so they must have been used to create the foundations for this huge palace. After they had completed their tasks, the Goddess must not have had the heart to kill them. After the Goddess fell, these creatures were locked up…” Lex did not continue, but Saleen understood anyway. Without the Goddess, there was no one else that could control them from reproducing.

Lex might not be entirely right, but she was probably not too far off either. At that time, the different types of creatures that humans had captured were just too many, so some of them must have been offered to the Goddess, including the dwarf demons. These remaining dwarf demons must have been surviving on the food supplies that had been kept in the warehouse. Without the intelligence to comprehend population control, they must have reproduced rapidly and armed themselves up as if they were still on the abyssal plane.

Within the underground palace were metals, food and medicine that the Goddess had left behind for Saleen and company. They had all been used up by the dwarf demons. If Saleen and company had not come now and the dwarf demons began to turn against one another, they would not have survived for more than three to five years.

The large amounts of supplies that the Goddess had left behind were clearly to help those who were willing to sign the contract with her, so that they could quickly set off to spread the faith and unify the mainland. Unfortunately, even Gods make mistakes sometimes. The Goddess' mistake was to leave these dwarf demons behind. Aside from the food supplies, the Goddess had also left behind some agricultural produce. The humans that signed the contract with her could use magic to turn them into eggs. These had been eaten up by the dwarf demons too.

With these food supplies, Saleen could have fed an army of more than one-hundred-thousand and still would not have to worry about food-related logistics for another one-hundred years.

Just as the astrologer had said, one could never predict the future entirely. The Goddess might have predicted that the Lord of Glory's faith would spread, that Myers Mainland would divide itself and that the fourth dynasty would dissolve. She never would have guessed that a small form of life would destroy all her resources.

”Sika, give it a try.” Saleen wanted to confirm the level of defence the dwarf demons possessed. Sika nodded and took out her boomerang. The boomerang looked totally different now. It was now a crescent-shape and transparent metallic weapon. This transparent metallic weapon was very thin, yet much heavier than its previous version. Saleen had added metallic materials that even he himself could not bear to use.

Sika did not possess any ranged attacks, so Saleen refined this new boomerang according to the diagram that Sika had given to him, no matter the cost.