Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

“But human souls... there are plenty here.”

At the bottom of the cavern, Lu Minghao raised his head and looked upwards. There, nearly a hundred thousand human soldiers and magical creatures were locked in battle. This was the perfect place to collect human souls. According to Lu Minghao's calculations, the minimum requirement to awaken as a true Demon Lord was ten thousand human souls. However, the more human souls absorbed, the stronger the awakening would be.

However, awakening as a true Demon Lord was not a simple matter. The magic essence of a Demon Lord seed ranged from two hundred thousand to four hundred thousand. Creatures of this level were known as Grade A by humans. To awaken as a true Demon Lord, one needed at least eight hundred thousand magic essence to use ten thousand human souls as a catalyst.

In other words, the difference between a Demon Lord seed and a true awakened Demon Lord was not just a matter of rank, but a world of difference.

An awakened Demon Lord possessed the power to easily kill an ordinary Demon Lord seed. They could even destroy an entire country single-handedly, and not just small kingdoms like the Ister Kingdom or Edoras, but the entire Western Nations.

Above the awakened Demon Lords were even more powerful beings with over a million magic essence. These beings were called Calamities and were designated as Grade S by humans.

These beings had reached the pinnacle of the world. Their power could bring about disaster, like walking calamities.

“Never mind that, I’ll gather enough souls first.”

After recalling the conditions for awakening in his mind, Lu Minghao chose to focus on the immediate task. The most practical thing was to get the souls in his grasp. As for the magic essence, he would have enough eventually. Once Lu Minghao's magic essence was sufficient to awaken, he could directly leap into the realm of awakened Demon Lord several times over with enough souls.

“Minghao!”

Just then, Lu Minghao suddenly heard the sound of sand particles above his head, accompanied by a strange whistling sound. When Lu Minghao looked up, he saw Sally jumping directly from the platform, her body rapidly falling towards him.

Bang!

The next second, Sally landed heavily in front of Lu Minghao, her feet directly plunged into the ground, and a large number of cracks spread around from the point where Sally landed.

“Minghao! Sally missed you so much.”

Sally looked at Lu Minghao, who was close at hand, and without even bothering to pull her feet out of the ground, she hugged Lu Minghao tightly. Her little face rubbed vigorously against Lu Minghao's elastic body. The familiar and comfortable feeling made Sally's big eyes narrow.

“Sally, how long have I been asleep?”

Lu Minghao stretched out a hand and gently stroked Sally's hair. After she had rubbed enough, he asked. Just now, Lu Minghao sensed the situation on the Crimson Plains. The war above had completely entered its most brutal phase. A long period of fighting had exhausted both humans and magical creatures.

However, fueled by the hatred of magical creatures (humans) in their hearts, the magical creature army of the Edoras Kingdom and the human army of the Ister Kingdom became even more cruel in their fighting. With their magic essence almost completely exhausted, they were now fighting like wild beasts.

Some human soldiers had their weapons destroyed in the long battle, but they chose to fight with their fists and teeth. However, facing the naturally sharp claws and fangs of the magical creatures, large numbers of human soldiers began to die.

Even in the face of such unfavorable combat, none of the human soldiers retreated. Instead, they became more ferocious and reckless, because behind the human soldiers were the kingdom and family they were trying their best to protect.

Therefore, the human soldiers present had no intention of escaping. The only thing they thought about was killing... killing the magical creatures in front of them.

Behind the battlefield, on the walls of the Ister Kingdom's main camp, Celai looked expressionlessly at the soldiers constantly dying on the distant battlefield, his majestic face seemingly without the slightest pity for the soldiers who died in the war.

But in reality, Celai's forehead bulged with veins, and his tightly clenched palms showed that his heart was not as calm as he showed. But he could not be merciful and let those human soldiers retreat.

Because once they retreated, the plan he had spent nearly a year setting up would completely fail. At that time, the Ister Kingdom would still be mired in war.

Celai's plan was to directly surround and kill the main force of the Edoras Kingdom's magical creature army and several powerful figures. At that time, the Edoras Kingdom would no longer have the ability to resist. Perhaps the Ister Kingdom could even take the opportunity to expand its own kingdom's territory.

“Lord Celai, the Hero and the others are ready.”

At this moment, a magician in a gorgeous robe suddenly ran behind Celai and reported. Upon hearing the soldier's report, a hint of joy appeared in Celai's eyes. He turned to look at the soldiers in the center of the battlefield who were constantly dying in the magical creature army's attack.

“Let the Hero prepare the forbidden magic. Don't worry about the soldiers on the battlefield. This time, we must kill all the disgusting magical creatures of the Edoras Kingdom and defeat the Edoras Kingdom in one fell swoop.”

A few seconds later, Celai clenched his palm tightly and gave the order to the magician behind him. As for the soldiers on the battlefield, he had already abandoned them. After all, if those soldiers were allowed to retreat, they would definitely be discovered by the magical creatures.

Therefore, for his plan, Celai had already decided their fate when he sent those soldiers out. That was to disappear together with the magical creatures of the Edoras Kingdom. As for being cruel... Celai, who was able to become the commander of the Ister Kingdom's army, had long understood that there was no such thing as cruelty on the battlefield.

There was only the purest battle, a fight to the death... a battle for the beliefs and interests of both sides.

And for victory, Celai didn't mind sacrificing some soldiers to maximize their role.

“Yes!”

The magician was stunned after hearing Celai's order, but then he turned around and headed towards the adventurers, led by a human Hero, who were their greatest confidence in launching this full-scale war against the Edoras Kingdom.

They had actually secretly investigated the Hero's power before. It was a powerful force that completely surpassed ordinary humans and magicians, and could even be called a monster. For this reason, the Ister Kingdom spent a lot of money to invite him to the Crimson Plains.

A few minutes later, a sudden blaze of heat rose behind Celai, distorting the air with terrifying high temperatures. A golden sun with a diameter of a hundred meters rose from the center of the city.