Chapter 295: Finally Ate to Satisfaction
Li Meng had no interest in signing all kinds of contracts with too many people.
Contracts were a two-way street and required sacrifices.
Moreover, contracts often had loopholes.
Once those loopholes were found, the disadvantaged party could easily flip the situation in their favor.
Using contracts to win loyalty would never lead to genuine devotion.
One or two people might be manageable, but with more, it would spiral out of control.
Although there were many beautiful women among them,
they were women drenched in the scent of countless men.
Even here, he could still smell their strange odors.
Li Meng had no interest in such women.
"Annihilate us? Hahaha!"
Li Meng's words sparked uproarious laughter among the adventurers on the upper level.
A mere mage dared to come alone.
Though the earlier move was powerful,
it only wiped out some small fry.
The Brotherhood Thieves' Guild's elites were on the upper level.
All of them were high-ranked warriors, kings, and saints.
"Poor guy, he probably hasn't seen a true powerhouse before."
"Aren't mages all like this?"
"Always protected by others, forgetting their own frailty!"
Hearing the adventurers' mocking words, Li Meng murmured to himself.
Truly, these were the typical lines of side characters.
The scene reminded Li Meng of an anime he once watched.
The situation was remarkably similar to what he was facing now.
"Boom!"
Standing on the water's surface, Li Meng's figure flickered.
A column of water rose high into the air.
In the next moment, Li Meng appeared on the upper platform.
"I'll eat!"
A huge mouth suddenly opened on his smooth silver head.
The massive mouth lunged toward Gray.
"Drink!"
Gray, worthy of being a Battle Saint, reacted swiftly.
With a shout, he raised his axe and swung it at Li Meng's gaping mouth.
"Clang!"
A metallic clash echoed.
The axe struck Li Meng's mouth but was deflected.
The tremendous force made Gray stagger back a step.
That single retreat allowed the enormous mouth to devour Gray in one gulp.
"Captain!"
The scene shocked everyone on the upper level.
"Kill him!"
A Battle King wielding a broadsword charged at Li Meng.
His speed was astonishing, like an arrow unleashed.
He swung his blade, aiming directly for Li Meng's head.
But Li Meng waved his bandage-wrapped hand, striking the blade's edge.
A crisp "crack" rang out.
The Battle King's sword shattered instantly.
The broken blade stunned the Battle King.
In that brief moment of hesitation,
Li Meng's massive mouth closed in on him.
His upper body was instantly torn in half.
"Ahhh!"
A shriek echoed from Li Meng's mouth.
What followed was the horrifying sound of chewing.
"Strong ones taste better, hehe!"
At this moment, Li Meng had transformed into a terrifying man-eating monster.
With a flicker, he pounced on a foreign sage.
Under the sage's terrified gaze, Li Meng devoured him in a single bite.
Another scream of terror echoed.
But the agony lasted only an instant before entering Li Meng's stomach.
"Kill him!"
The adventurers, now filled with fear, launched a frenzied assault on Li Meng.
Various magic attacks—lower-tier, mid-tier—rained down on him.
Water balls, water blades, water arrows, stone bullets, lightning, holy spears.
Li Meng ignored the onslaught of magic and lunged at the adventurers.
To their horror, none of their attacks had any effect.
The magic struck Li Meng's body but failed to damage his black robe.
Standing on the upper platform, Li Meng seemed like a cat toying with mice, devouring one adventurer after another.
Sword Kings and Sword Saints struggled in vain.
Not one of them could withstand a single move from Li Meng.
"Carlos was truly strong!"
Li Meng grabbed a Sword King as easily as holding a piece of meat, biting off half of his body in one chomp.
He then devoured the remaining half in another bite.
The Brotherhood Thieves' Guild's so-called elite warriors and kings reminded Li Meng of Carlos.
Although Carlos was merely a Sword King, his strength far exceeded these so-called saints and kings.
Even now, Li Meng doubted he could defeat Carlos in a single blow.
Human swordsmanship was indeed extraordinary.
It allowed human swordsmen to unleash tenfold their power with just a fraction of effort.
"Monster! Monster! Run for your lives!"
The adventurers on the upper level broke down.
Only now did they realize the monster before them was beyond their ability to handle.
Warriors and swordsmen jumped down into the hall,
while mages and sages fled into the corridor at the back.
"I'm not full yet! Don't run! Hahaha!"
Li Meng sneered menacingly, pulling off his black robe with a wave.
Strips of cloth shot out from the robe, chasing after the fleeing adventurers.
The robe and cloth were magical equipment created by Xiao Bai using her knowledge of runes.
The materials were spider silk coated with mithril.
The slippery texture came from semi-solidified slime mucus.
By blending slime mucus with liquid mithril,
the material became a hybrid that merged with spider silk.
Xiao Bai had also sacrificed two of her split entities to serve as the "spirit cores" for the strips and robe.
These "spirit cores" were essentially "ghosts" bound to magical equipment.
Thus, these pieces of equipment were "alive."
This type of equipment, known as "spirit gear," was extremely rare and valuable on the Augus Continent.
The cloth strips captured ten or so adventurers and dragged them back to Li Meng.
"I surrender! I swear allegiance to you!"
"Spare me! I'll acknowledge you as my master!"
"Have mercy! We'll submit to you!"
Li Meng remained unmoved, devouring the captured adventurers one by one.
The hall resounded with blood-curdling screams.
It wasn't until much later that the screams died down.
On the upper platform, Li Meng sat in a wide metal chair, his belly bulging.
He patted his stomach with a satisfied expression.
"It's been years, but this is the first time I've satisfied a goblin's appetite."
So many people had turned into the meat in his stomach.
It was impossible not to feel something.
But to Li Meng, meat was just meat—it was meant to be eaten.
Humans, animals, magical beasts—it was all the same.
When humans ate animal meat, they didn't ask for the animals' opinions.
The law of the jungle remained a constant truth in any world.
Standing up, Li Meng looked at the corpses floating on the water in the hall.
The rich scent of blood nearly made his mouth water.
But he resisted his insatiable appetite.
Eating any more would be risking death by overeating.
Dying from overeating wasn't uncommon among goblins.
"No more eating. Time to find Monica!"
Li Meng hadn't forgotten the purpose of his visit to the Brotherhood Thieves' Guild tonight.