"Hmmm, let's see you will be called Sondebokke. Your orders are simple protect this land from any invader, do not leave this land, do not harm any wildlife on this land, and if you are unable to defeat any intruders, activate self destruct mode… do you understand?" Lieg ordered the Warrior slime.
With his eyes glowing bright golden yellow and a hand hovering over its head. It responded to his orders, banging it's right arm on it chest plates, and his left arm stretched out as the dim glowing Gray flames from the cross on it's back flowed to its left side. They emerged together to form a wide broadsword resembling a smokey flamed Cobalt, all the gray flames started to condense forming a blue and white handle. Upon gripping the handle it changed in colours, and expanded to form gray bladed Edge, and in the middle a neon blue gray centipede like spine legs stretching out covering the top.
It's slowly got off the ground place the blade on its back, right on top of the cross and slowly headed towards the entrance passage of the village to the west. Lieg said nothing else, he just watched it walked away off the solid slime on to the poison Lake of slime with no resistance walking over it.
As if the Warriors slime had melted into, the same material as what the lake was made of, it was freely able to go within the water or on top of the water as it so chooses. His natural bland look of annoyance was gone Lieg was in full king mode, stopping Esma from asking any more question that were itching at her thoughts; while he may avoid being in conflict as much as possible he is not one to hide status once it's been reveal.
(There wasn't even the slightest moment of resistance, warrior slimes souls do leave behind the persona of its owners. Which in this case was a self serving holy man, yet even though it's now ten times stronger than he would have ever been in his prime; not even the slightest moment of hesitation?) Esma thought.
Has she then remembered what Lieg said before.
* "Did you know the opposite of faith is not doubt it's fear?". (No matter how strong a person's fate maybe, it may even be enough for him to pull out his own soul core just to fight for his own self justification.
In the face of true fear, over dominating power, even if he was a hundred times stronger. In the face of the Abyss that just killed him twice; his ego was destroyed, pride and beliefs was shown its value a mediocre worth.
A soul without an ego is a perfect husk for a Warriors slime… still gives more questions than answers, how was he able to plan this out so thoroughly, Kari casting that forbidden spells, Raga killing Stupi to keep him quiet, the creeping fear being overwhelming?.
How much of this did you knew, and when did you plan all this. Did you knew this was going happen from the moment Kari swung his blade at the chief?). The mountain of question that kept popping up in her mind were almost reaching the peak of the mountain she was standing on, But sensing the disorder of thoughts coming from her.
Lieg asked her "What are you doing?" In a commanding tone never heard from him before, as his voice was slowly echoed in the Mist having both hands in his pockets he slowly walked towards her with eyes still focus on her.
It's been around 6 months since he's last shown this side of him, turned around one year since she's felt this sensation from him. At that moment she was surprisingly thankful she had appeared with the mask has this form, as she would have been unable disguise the quivering of her lips forcing not to give the hint of her smile of excitement.
While she could hold her body's composure she knew her face could not hold it back, the commanding presence, the overwhelming Mana, the twisted thought pattern, a sadistic strategist, an incomprehensible monster those were the features that's blaze the flames of excitement to her very core.
For the brief moments of him slowly approaching her she was unable to see a man only the outline form of an abyss, guiding her gaze with his bright golden yellow eyes put in those brief moments he had no race, no color, not even species, just a fear-mongering being. Has he finally reached to her side, underneath the mask she was smiling from ear to ear her fur turning bright pink at the face, ears right down to her shoulder with excitement. As he gently touched their shoulder it when from pink to bright red orange, upon contact in that area alone; does lip quivering became audiable has she made animal like snicker.
"…Esma…" his voice echoed, unable to keep her focus some parts of her body started to liquidate like most of her hind legs, arms and even the corners of the mask showing the edge of her smile fangs and all. As half of the mask had melted off her face to the side where he was holding onto her shoulder, fear struck her from his gaze as he slowly moved over towards where her ear would have been seeing that had completely melted down into goo.
(Sfx Growling)
A loud Rumble came from his stomach,
"Huh?"
Surprised Esma He then whispered,
"I'm hungry be a good girl and deal with the trip down the mountain for me will yea?".
Has his face reappeared with a smile on it, his eyes closed and his brows down to hide the hunger he was feeling with the few cold sweats coming out his forehead.
"Son of a Bit-" now leg take a look at what's going on down the mountain on the chief's side,
"He sure is taking a while, should we go check on him" Tetso wondered;
"Hmmm… no need knowing him he's probably teasing Esma up there, and should be coming down any". And just before Ulia could finish her sentence,
(Sfx Crash)
landed Lieg just a few meters away from them, creating a crater two times his size. "Second" Ulia finished