The small slimes and the four great smiles trembled.
Their simple minds immediately believed what they saw and heard from Lucien.
Glurg! S-should we give up, glurg?
Glurg! What if our dungeon is erased, glurg!
In many dungeon invasion cases, the stronger dungeon would override the weaker dimension, just like how much wilderness in this world was changed beyond imagination.
For the slime, that would be the same as losing their house and kingdom!
The slimes fidgeted and Lucien held his breath, his eyes were on the guide screen in front of him.
[Skill effect duration: 00:59]
Damn. This skill can only be active for one minute??
'Does it drain my energy super fast or something? How come the duration effect is so short??'
Lucien suppressed his anxiety and immediately shook Mumu up and down as he approached the crowd of slimes with light steps.
"One minute. Make your decision."
Lucien ignored the four great slimes and the other small slimes.
His eyes were fixed on the slime king and queen, the true decision-maker among the slimes.
He was silent, but his entire presence was pressuring the slime king and queen, forcing them not to think too much.
Hurry! Hurry! Just surrender and give me the dungeon core!!
Lucien's face was cold but his heart beat every time the countdown ticked.
[00:55]
The slime king and queen fell silent.
If they were humans, they would have sweated like bullets, their faces pale.
Glurg! What do we do, my queen? Our child is with that guy and our house is in danger!
Glurg! Wait. Don't be impatient. If he can really invade our dungeon with his, he should have done that much earlier.
The queen's instinct was sharp and she immediately grasped onto the sliver of hope.
Glurg. I think he can't complete the invasion easily for some reason.
Look. He only changed the terrain a few meters radius around him!
The slime king was immediately enlightened.
Glurg! My queen! Then, do we...
Glurg! We must defend our house at all costs!
The two slimes communicated in less than a few seconds, right when the timer hit exactly [00:50].
Seeing the two slimes finally moved, Lucien's face instantly brightened.
Good! Those two slimes must be giving up—
But the big slime with a golden crown on its head suddenly shrieked in a high pitch.
"Glurgggg!!"
[King's aura!]
A strong pressure instantly burst out of its body, crashing right towards Lucien like a tide.
Boom!
Lucien felt an invisible force slamming towards his chest and his body swayed, about to fall hard, but he exerted all the strength in his muscle and forcibly rooted his body into the ground, not moving even an inch!
That invisible impact hit harder because Lucien resisted the force and his inside instantly ached like mad.
Throb! Throb! Throb!
A familiar sweet taste rose in Lucien's throat and his face turned a shade paler, albeit unnoticeable in the dark.
Kuh!
Lucien ruthlessly bit his own tongue to suppress the blood about to cough out of his mouth and swallowed the mouthful of blood without even frowning.
As his throat moved, Lucien's face darkened and the domain around him twisted chaotically, as if growing in size.
"Ha. What. kind. of. attack. is. that. Do you think your measly king aura can compete with my legendary-level aura??"
The Landlord's Conquest aura immediately burst out even more strongly than before, pressing down on the mob slimes and the four great slimes.
Glurg!!
The mob slimes trembled, their bodies were squashed flat to the ground.
The four great slimes subconsciously shrunk their bodies as they trembled, corrosive saliva continued to leak out of their bodies.
The slime king and queen who were determined to resist until death suddenly paused as if someone pressed a pause button.
In their eyes, the chilling black hole behind Lucien seemed to surge like a tide, about to swallow the entire hall.
A pair of amethyst eyes slowly opened, staring straight at them with indifference.
! Glurgggg!!
The slime king and queen trembled, their hearts dropping to their stomachs.
Glurg! My king! I was wrong! H-he really could invade our dungeon and erase it completely!
Glurg! My queen! We have to surrender! For the sake of our kin!
The two slimes mixed up Lucien's Landlord Conquest aura with his [Territory Descent], forming a wonderful misunderstanding.
Even Lucien himself didn't see that his domain was "expanding".
It was simply a shadow play and some chaotic movements that didn't even exceed three meters radius!
[00:20]
Damn it. These stubborn slimes!!
Lucien snapped his fingers as he spoke in a hoarse voice, sounding like a devil's whisper to the slimes.
"Time's up. Since you don't want to submit, I'll take over— "
'If these guys persist, I'll run away— no, strategically retreat when you guys are distracted.'
The wise strategist was about to implement his retreat strategy when the slime king and queen suddenly plopped down, their huge heads inseparable from the ground.
"Glurg! Hu..man..."
"Glurg! We...su..rrender..."
The two voices, one masculine and one feminine, spoke in human speech haltingly, but the tremble in their voices were unmistakable.
[00:15]
Lucien immediately retracted his feet that were about to make a U-turn and he stared at the two slimes with indifference, much like the eyes illusion in his aura.
"Prove it. Prove your submission. Bring me the dungeon core and I'll spare your kin.
Yes! Finally! But, hurry, hurry! The skill is about to end!
Sweating bullets in such a cold place, Lucien grabbed Mumu tightly and kneaded it to reduce his stress level.
The two slimes didn't dare to waste the lord's patience and benevolence.
They immediately squirmed around while shouting,
"Glurg! Lord! Mercy!"
"Glurg! Lord! Kind!"
[00:10]
The countdown turned red and Lucien's inner soul also turned red with anxiety.
Ahhh! Yes, yes, I'm kind and wise, so quick, hand out the dungeon core!
As the timer continued to tick down, the two slimes' bodies glowed in a strong blue light.
Swhaaaaa...
The void inside the hall twisted and trembled, as if something was about to come out.
A wave of familiar energy, the same as when Lucien's house turned into a dungeon washed over the entire hall, followed by a glittering blue crystal that appeared out of thin air.
Plop!
[00:05]
Lucien wished he could manipulate the dungeon core to fly towards him but he couldn't, and he couldn't desperately run to snatch it either!
"Come. Hand them over with your own hands."
[00:03]
Fckkk!! Move faster! Aren't you slimes known for being agile??
Seeing Lucien's face darkened to the point of almost dripping ink, the two slimes immediately slid over with a speed comparable to a cheetah.
Swoosh!
[00:02]
The slime king stopped right three meters in front of Lucien and it could feel the chill from the "dungeon invasion" even more clearly.
He lowered his huge head and slowly stretched out his tiny jelly hands with the blue crystal floating above it.
[00:01]
"Glurg! The...core!"
Lucien walked calmly, crossing three meters in less than a second and snatched the crystal with his bare hands!
The moment his hands touched the crystal, the timer ended.
[00:00]