The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Chapter 1577 - 449: An Even Greater Sacrifice! (3)

The hunger eventually overcame reason, and the wooden bucket fell to the ground.

With a hint of devout hope in his heart, the boy trembled as he crawled to the riverbank, cautiously bringing his mouth closer.

He took a sip, and in an instant, his eyes were filled with delight.

So sweet!

The boy's face showed an expression of ecstatic joy, lying by the riverbank, drinking exuberantly, wishing he could pour the entire river into his stomach...

Meanwhile, not far away, a villager who had also come to fetch water was staring in terror at the riverbank, the wooden bucket in his hands clattering to the ground.

His legs trembled uncontrollably from fear, leaving only incoherent sounds from his mouth.

"...Monster, monster!"

It was a monster roughly two meters tall, its slender limbs contrasting with its bloated body, resembling a giant frog filled with air, with its entire body covered in ominous pustules.

The monster slowly turned its head, and its two deep yellow eyes stared at the villager, seeming to blink innocently.

The villager was scared out of his wits, turning and screaming as he ran toward the village.

"Chaos! It's the Chaos monster!"

He didn't know what that monster was, but demons from Hell don't look like this, and the beasts of the forest aren't this ugly. It seemed it could only be something from Chaos.

In fact, he was correct.

The monster let out a "caw" like a mourning raven, its legs suddenly strengthening as it leaped toward the escaping villager, pouncing him to the ground.

Its greedy mouth dripping with saliva did not bite but instead spat out a slender straw, puncturing the villager's belly.

"Ahhhhhh——!!!"

The villager struggled and screamed in terror, trying to break free from the monster's grip, but soon lost strength.

His entire body swelled like an inflated balloon, growing larger and larger, forcibly pushed by the blessing of the "Eternal Hunger Claw" until he breathed his last.

A fresh "Chaos Egg" was thus born, beneath the swollen human skin brewing with vibrant life.

Unlike the Chaos Eggs of the "Deceitful Fog," the Chaos Eggs of "Eternal Hunger Claw" don't nurture Heart Devouring Demons from another world, but rather things from this world, twisted.

For example, cockroaches half the height of a human, flies as large as basins, frogs as robust as cattle, and so forth.

In sum, these are not common sights in a Fantasy World but frequently seen upon the Wasteland.

"Caw——!"

The dark green "giant frog" let out a hearty cry, as if expressing the joy of sowing seeds.

Then, following the direction in its memory, it hopped towards home.

It had finally found a way to escape hunger!

It eagerly wanted to bring this twisted joy to the ones it loved dearly...

...

The boiling smoke continued to ravage the lands of Twilight Province, and just to the west of Twilight City, the corruption of Chaos seemed to have brewed something even more alarming than the Chaos Chosen.

When the Salvation Army, holding the Holy Daughter's banner high, finally cleared the rebel army around the Griffin Cliff Territory and pushed the front west of Twilight City, what emerged before everyone's eyes was a scene that left all silent.

The bloated frogs croaked on the decayed plains, their eyes as large as copper bells roaming everywhere, searching for traces of prey.

A murky thick fog shrouded the entire plains and the adjacent forest, and behind the fog was a faint silhouette of mosquitoes and flies, as imposing as griffins.

They buzzed in the thousands, their terrifying straws like inverted long halberds!

And water fleas and cockroaches scuttling through the dense underbrush, and rats swollen as large as cattle.

There were no traces of living beings on this vast land.

Indeed, not even traces of humanity; even the deer in the forest and fish in the river were corrupted into something else by the Evil Spirit in the Void...

To halt the Salvation Army's advance, the Green Forest Army made sacrifices of their own souls and flesh, killing themselves first!

Facing the mortal Purgatory before her, Carian only felt a slight painful twitch in her chest and abdomen, couldn't resist covering her mouth, almost unable to believe her own eyes.

Lord Divine Son above...

Suppressing the urge to vomit, she squeezed out a trembling prayer through clenched teeth.

"This is...such desecration."

Looking at the hell-like scene ahead, the soldiers of the Salvation Army had anger blazing in their eyes, gripping their weapons tightly.

Yet behind that fury lay a thread of deep apprehension and fear...

Their previous opponents could still be considered human, but now they had turned into complete monsters.

They were merely farmers drawn together under the Holy Daughter's banner, and the most exaggerated demon they had seen was a Frost Wolf or a giant bear, or occasionally a griffin descending upon the Lord's castle.

No one knew how to deal with these things...

Perhaps only the ancestors from Wheat Field Village could remain optimistic now.

"Damn..."

"These monsters have quite peculiar appearances."

"Urgh... Good thing I've already had dinner."

"Aow aow aow, my great sword is thirsting for blood!"

The Holy Spirits uttered creaking and crunching sounds, seemingly expressing their inner shock.

Gunter, bearing a Great Sword, also had a moment of bewilderment flashing through his eyes, but soon that expression turned into anger, along with a trace of undeniable killing intent.

As if sensing his killing intent, the demons wandering in the fog all looked at him, emitting rustling sounds.