With their surrounding secure, Alros decided he is ready for the next part of his plan to conquer and destroy Astor Kingdom; monster capturing.
While wild animals can be turned into demonic beast with the necessary ingredients and equipments, they are much worse than monsters. So, he plan on increasing the number of his monsters. Continue your saga on m|v-l'e -novelhall.net
The targets are two common monsters; Goblins and Orcs. If there are Lizardmen in the area, he would also grab them as they are decently strong monsters.
While his witches focused on building the base, he would focus on hunting the monsters. With a lot of B-rank monsters in his disposal, along with C-rank monsters, doing so will be an ease.
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To hunt them down effectively, Alros divide his force into 5, with each forces having at least 3 B-rank monsters along with their subordinates. Almost all of his monsters are part of the hunt, with the exception being the Treemen, Treants, Dryad, Golem, and Wood Termites, as the former four are too slow, while the last one is helping in building the base.
He already flew above the treeline, to see if there are any humans in the surrounding. After making sure there are no human, Alros went with the plans, sending his monsters to hunt down other monsters.
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Lamia and Arachne each have their own group. Considering the number of their B-ranks, it is no surprise for Alros to decide so.
They both head east and west respectively. As they travel, they often spot many monsters, most captured and subdued, though they could not subjugate it without their master.
Soon, they find their target.
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"A Goblin Encampment," Lamia Queen hissed, her eyes on the camp. From the look of it, it is large, maybe housing up to few hundreds Goblins.
She could also see several types of Goblins, from regular one, to Hobgoblins, to even Goblin Shaman.
The Lizardmen, being the monsters with the largest population aside from the bugs, traversed the south, often splitting up to cover more ground. Having used to forest, albeit swampy ones, they were able to male good time, easily passing the numerous trees.
As they could use tools to certain degrees, they used simple slings and threw makeshift bolas, entangling wild animals and capturing them easily, before sending them to the base.
As they traverse the forest, they soon spot an important target, namely an Orc Camp. As fellow C-rank monsters, normally a fight between the two monsters will result in draw, with the advantage belong to mostly Lizardmen.
As there are no regular Lizardmen, only Demonic Lizardmen, the odds are even more skewed for the Lizardmen, who all receive powerful upgrades.
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The Orcs were just done with attacking a small Goblin Encampment for food. Normally, they would have targeted human villages but lately, there are larger group of armed humans near said village, making the risk not worth it.
As they take a look of their spoils, one of their own find their arms wrapped by ropes before being dragged away. The Orcs turned towards the attacker and find themselves freezing in terror.
They knew of the Lizardmen, having fought some for territories and resources. However, they have never seen such Lizardmen before. Their red eyes cause them to feel terror as their black and red skin radiate danger.
With their minds being frozen in fear for a brief moment, they quickly find themselves being bound and pushed to the ground.
Seeing this, the leader of the camp, an Orc Warchief bellowed, calling the Orcs to battle. With them calming down, they turned towards the Lizardmen, ready for an epic battle.
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"You did a good job Raptor," Alros clapped, congratulating the leader of his Lizardmen detachment. They were the one who caught the most Orcs, apart from him.
The rest caught some Orcs as well but not as much as they did. The Orc Warchief snorted but a claw on its neck caused it gulp in terror.
"Don't do that," the demon said, "We need to make sure the new members are welcomed," the smile on his face send terror down the spine of wild animals, Goblins, and Orcs, captured by his force.