Preview: “Ahaha” soon, she gently laughed as she saw how enthusiastic the demons were and only took a small piece for herself and gave the rest to them. The demons were very happy with her actions and looked at her in a good manner as they immediately fought to see who gets more meat and who gets none. Their fierce competition did nothing to stir the now silent darkness because most wild demons have been attracted and killed earlier.

The taste spread in Sunirae’s roots to her stem as she savored the taste of a new dish. No, it would be more accurate to say the same dish but eaten differently..

“How did you do this?” Sunirae asked in an incredulous tone as she was greatly dumbfounded and satisfied by the bittersweet taste of the cumin and sweetness of the honey and the salty taste perfectly blended with the help of salt.

Only Yhaele couldn’t appreciate it even though he was the one who cooked. His spear was used as a barbeque stick and now he can't even have meat. Isn’t this too much bullying? But he got no choice as the other demons had already started their competition. It would be too embarrassing if he, a Lord, lowered himself to their level and joined them.

“Oh, its thanks to the seasonings and spices.” Fairheth answered honestly as she munched on the meat. Surprisingly, she loved the taste. As Friends of the Forests, most of them are vegetarians and they rarely eat hunted meat. Even in Hell, they only ate particular non-poisonous grasses and now, she seemed to have fallen in love with the taste of meat. As for why a vegetarian was carrying seasonings and spices, it was suggested by her elders and vegetable dishes also need seasonings you know?

“Seasonings… spices… Where did you get them??” Sunirae was honestly curious about it. No, she was eager. The new taste she had today was different from the usual. It was intense and left an aftertaste, making her want more. It made her realize that there was a bigger world out there.

Fairheth looked at the wriggling roots of the sunflower as though excited and got a bit worried as she answered in a hesitant voice “Human world.”

“Human world..” Sunirae had other thoughts upon hearing this. She had thought of going to the so-called human world and taking over it to get more spices. Thankfully, it isn’t possible due to various reasons.

He could feel the atmosphere being weird and awkward between Sunirae and Fairheth. Yhaele interjected in order to stop the conversation that seemed to be going nowhere. “So, what do we do next?” He was wary towards the future in this unfamiliar place. The other demons also looked in the direction of Sunirae and Pendra, who was coiled around her. Simnan at the side was also eavesdropping, he was curious about the next plans of the demons they asked for help.

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Sunirae thought about it and felt that this place might be as dangerous as outside the Muddy Swamp Region. Just like the time when she was weak and was threatened with all sorts of dangers. Thus, she thought hard of a solution and the one she came up with was to use Pennis who was living in one of her leaves. “I’m gonna use Pennis to scout for information and travel around while hunting Wild Demons to increase our strength! At the same time, uh, find a different demon city?”

Sunirae wasn’t so sure about her decision but as always, the loyalist centipede supported her side. “Of course, that’s a wise decision and would keep us alive! And we get to eat more and grow stronger! I want to grow stronger! I think everyone would as well!” Pendra supported her decision, finalling things and putting an end to this.

“Hm alright, sounds good. This is for the better as well. What do you think, Simnan?” Yhaele asked for opinion from the knowledgeable elves as he knew that their knowledge alone wasn’t enough. Plus, having an elf as a companion is a perk that he should make use of. It would be such a shame if they weren’t taken advantage of by the spear of trickery.

Simnan who was listening at the side was shocked by the sudden name calling. He didn’t expect his name to suddenly appear in the mouth of the strange demon. “Yes, I believe it is wise to do as Sunirae said as well. Making you get stronger should be one of our agendas in order to help us escape from here and go back to the human world. And according to our family records, Mid-Rank Demons possess the ability to travel between Hell and human world, so I agree on Sunirae’s plans.” Introductions were over and Simnan agreed with the plan. As for Fairheth? No one asked the clumsy elf of whatever she was thinking since she's a klutz.

The group continued eating as they savored the taste of the prey they hunted. Many of the already strong demons became stronger. The only ones left became elites and even Pendra grew a bit. Sunirae also continued to become stronger. Due to the ambient and dense mana in the atmosphere, the augmentation process that was impeded slowly started to progress again, albeit slow.

Yhaele watched all of them in sadness. He thought about the delicious dish he personally cooked but couldn’t taste. He missed human cuisine and food. I swear I’m gonna eat it someday somehow. He made a strange vow to himself as he went to the side to practice his spear after eating.

Once again, that strange feeling kept appearing in his body. He couldn’t calm down and was restless so he stopped practicing and went to eat. It wasn’t that he was hungry. It was his instinct telling him to eat.

Eat. Eat. Eat. Grow.

It was telling him what he needed to do. Even though he doesn’t know exactly what it would result in. He still followed his instinct and continued eating. He barely absorbed the essence in the meat and blood as suddenly!

Power surged in his body. It was unfamiliar. He felt that he awakened something in his body. He tried stretching out his hand and something flowed out. It was made entirely of pure darkness. It was like a piece of mud made of ink. It flowed according to his will and danced around his body. He tried applying it on his spear and! It worked! The orange red flames of the Soleis Spear became tinged with black and became dark red!