Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

"Shat... shattered..."

Mika stared blankly at the shattered remains of Norbert before her, her eyes filled with disbelief. Norbert, so powerful, so bold, who had cared for them, his subordinates, like an older brother, was now dead... shattered into pieces on the ground.

"He's shattered, oh!"

Just then, Sally skipped over to Mika, squatted down, and picked through the debris. She picked up a shard encased in ice, Norbert's head still bearing the angry expression he wore before death.

Sally looked at the ice in her hand, a small smile on her face, and held it out to Mika. Mika stared at the eyes within the ice, eyes that were fixed on her, and her body began to tremble with rage and killing intent. Her scarlet eyes were filled with hatred as she looked at the little demon girl and the slime before her.

But as soon as she raised her head, Mika saw a fair, small fist rapidly enlarging before her eyes. Sally still wore that harmless smile on her face. The next second, the sound of bones breaking as the fist struck Mika rang out clearly. Mika's head began to visibly deform and cave in.

Bang!

In an instant, to Sally's astonishment, Mika's head exploded like fireworks under her fist, tiny fragments scattering in all directions, splattering even Sally's innocent little face.

"So... so amazing!"

Sally stared blankly at her fair, tender little fist, not expecting that she could shatter such a powerful-looking demon with just a light tap. As for Sally taking advantage of Mika's distraction while she looked at Norbert's head to launch a sneak attack... that was Sally's intention.

As an avid learner, determined to become a knowledgeable, elegant, and cruel villain, Sally directly applied Lu Minghao's earlier tactic, using the lizardman big brother's head to attract the hidden hellhound's attention, and then launching a sneak attack while it was off guard, killing it with one blow.

"Sally, you learn quickly."

Lu Minghao, watching Sally staring blankly at her little hand, felt a sense of gratification and satisfaction. He hadn't expected Sally to have already learned to apply knowledge and understand that practice leads to truth.

Without him even needing to remind her, she had learned what methods to use to divert the enemy's attention and then deliver a fatal blow. And most importantly, Sally was able to immediately find something that could perfectly distract and strike the hidden hellhound's attention on her own.

As for what that thing was, it didn't matter. For Lu Minghao and Sally, what mattered was the result. As for using the body parts of someone the opponent cared about, or using relatives, loved ones, kingdoms, or anything else they valued as a threat, it didn't matter at all.

"Hehe, Sally is super smart, isn't she?"

Hearing Lu Minghao's praise, Sally casually tossed the ice block containing Norbert's head next to Mika's remains, skipped over to Lu Minghao, hugged him, and rubbed her face against Lu Minghao's soft body, her smile filled with contentment.

At this moment, Sally was a true child, every move filled with dependence and trust in Lu Minghao... and she would only show this side of herself when facing Lu Minghao.

"Yes, yes, Sally is super smart, and Sally, you should go eat something now."

Saying that, Lu Minghao gently exerted a bit of force, his jelly-like body easily slipping out of Sally's embrace. Then, he pointed to the demon corpses scattered on the ground, all of which were perfect nutrients and couldn't be wasted.

Among them, the lizardman turned into an ice block and the hidden hellhound smashed by Sally were great tonics for Sally, who had just awakened her demon bloodline and become Lu Minghao's familiar.

And besides these, Lu Minghao clearly knew that there were more in the Edras Kingdom stronghold not far away. Although there might not be any demons as powerful as the previous lizardman, there were enough in number.

"Got it! Minghao, you must come back quickly, and be careful."

Sally obediently nodded her little head, reached out, picked up a piece of ice, and nibbled on it like a hamster. The icy-cold taste, coupled with the abundance of magic power in the lizardman's body, tasted sweet, like the snacks Grandma Oran used to make for her with snow and sugar when it snowed.

The sweet and icy sensation made Sally's big eyes comfortably narrow. The food she ate quickly dissolved in her body, transforming into nutrients to fuel the rapid growth of her magic power and body.

"Then, it's time to harvest the final resources."

Lu Minghao glanced at Sally, whose cheeks were bulging as she lowered her head and ate non-stop like a little hamster, then turned and jumped towards the entrance of the stronghold, the dense, heavy purple mist surging behind him.

In the blink of an eye, the purple mist surged over Lu Minghao's body and crashed against the entrance of the stronghold like a giant wave. Then, a constant stream of purple mist poured into it, and Lu Minghao's body disappeared into the entrance.

Deep within the stronghold, low-level and lower-ranking demons were gathered, and fear and panic were spreading among them. After a loud noise suddenly came from an entrance of the stronghold earlier, all the demons in the stronghold were awakened.

And after the strongest demons had all left the stronghold, none of them had returned to this day. Not even Norbert and Mika, who were the mainstays, had sent any news. It was certain that all the demons who had gone out to meet the enemy outside the stronghold had met with misfortune.

After all, with the strength of Mika and Norbert, plus so many demons, if the enemy was weak, they would have already returned to the stronghold. If the enemy was strong and difficult to deal with, then Norbert would definitely desperately hold them back, allowing Mika to return to the stronghold and lead all their comrades to evacuate.

But now, both of them had completely disappeared, and not a single one of the tens of thousands of demons who had left the stronghold with them had returned alive, as if there was an invisible abyss outside the stronghold, devouring all the demons who left it.

"What should we do? Should we go out and look for Lord Norbert and the others?"

"Go out and find Lord Norbert and the others? How is that possible? With our strength, we would only be a burden."

"A bunch of little cubs, what's all the noise about?"

At this moment, an old goblin with a wrinkled face and leaning on a cane walked out from the demon crowd. He glanced at the two young demons who had been arguing earlier, then turned to look at the many demons around him, each with a worried expression on their face.

"Let a few demons who know how to sneak in go out to investigate Lord Norbert and the others. The rest of us just need to wait."

After speaking, the old goblin sat down just like that. He didn't object to any demons wanting to leave the stronghold to look for Norbert and the others, but the old goblin used his prestige and years of wisdom to stop it.

If only a few demons skilled in stealth went out, then he wouldn't refuse, but it was definitely not possible for all the demons to go out. After all, the old goblin was very clear about Norbert's strength. It had been so long and he still hadn't returned... he was most likely dead.