Even more, there was blatant disdain. As generals of the demon lord, they believed in strength. While each one of the generals desired the position of the demon lord, regardless of their worship for their current demon lord, they believed in taking the position through their own power, not through sneaky tactics. That was why when her plans of seduction became known, they mocked and shunned her.
Mocked, only because the general rule of the demon Lord was not to have his generals fighting and killing each other, else she would have retaliated a long time ago. The lower commanders could do so. Heck, even a commander could try to kill a general to take their place. After all, if a commander could kill a general, it proved they were strong or that the general had grown weak. Regardless of the tactics they used.
"Just you wait. I'll show you all" Thinking back to that time, she moved her right arm over the stump where her left arm was supposed to be. An angry frown appeared on her face. Even after all that, her desires had never once wavered. It only served to intensify them. With that she came up with a better way to gain and climb to power without drawing too much attention to herself, while at the same time fulfilling her task of taking over the human territories.
With her skill she was able to easily draw out all humans in a settlement and easily feed them to her minions, allowing them to slowly grow in strength. Currently, the less humans there were in the village, the more powerful her skill was. She was not worried though. She knew the stronger she got, the more powerful her skill would become. It would not be long where she would be able to affect higher level adventurers.
That did not mean she was weak in any way. Anytime she reached a village that had a powerful adventurer, she would move personally to take care of them. She did not become a general with just her charm skills. It was just easier to use that brute forcing her way through things.
By the time a much stronger opponent came she would have been long gone. With the strategy, her minions would kill, eat and grow stronger together with her. Eventually she and her army would be strong enough to take over the position of Demon Lord.
Her minions informed her of another village far from the main city. Apparently there were no adventurers in the village. However, she knew with the rate she had been going, it would not take long before Lorks sent a group of platinum rank adventurers, or even an adamantite rank adventurer. Her plan this time was to lay low after this round for a while. She had killed and taken more than enough human villages to wash away her shame. She was hoping it would be enough for her lord to forgive her and allow her to regrow her missing arm.
She slowly walked to the edge of the forest where the village could be seen. It was almost evening when she did, and she could see quite a few of the humans walking around. Without wasting much time, she activated her skill, [Voice of a Lover], "Come. Come with me." Her voice echoed out through the entire village. She was not worried someone would be able to resist in the village. According to her senses, there was not even a silver level adventurer in the village, and currently, only silver level adventurers would be able to barely resist her charm skill.
Just like always, she did not feel any resistance from her charm skill, and just like always, the humans began to pour out of their homes like flies, following her with smiles on their faces. The sneer on her face was evident as she led every villager deeper into the forest where her three commanders welcomed her on their knees. Each of her commanders had different body types, one huge and buff, one slim and athletic, and the other with wings behind it. Different they might be, but there was one thing that was the same about them all: Ugly.
Her makeshift throne made of bones and skin was mounted high up. That was how she preferred it. To be able to look down on everyone and everything. Like the queen she was. Her throne was a depiction of her ambition. Walking up to her throne she sat comfortably. "Begin." Her sweet voice echoed out in the vast clearing.
Her commanders stood with a smile and began ordering and arranging the humans in threes queues, according to their preferences. And with that, they slowly began to kill and feast. She looked down at the happy expressions on the faces if her commanders. Killing these low-level humans would not even raise a single stat of hers. With her level of power, she would only grow stronger if she took down high level adventurers. Silver, gold, and platinum were the only delicacies she was aiming for. That was also the reason her commanders were feasting slowly. She knew the adventurer's guild would send a scout to check things out. That would be her turn to feast.
Their feast had barely began when a command washed over the whole place. [Sleep]. Every human including her commanders fell to the ground without resistance. A slight wave washed over her as she resisted the command with a little more effort. The general was shocked, not just because of the power that was displayed, but by how quick the adventurer had showed up. Usually, it would be morning until they would arrive. By then they should be done with their feast and laying in ambush for them. However, it looked like this time a fool had stepped in alone. She never understood why most usually came alone. Maybe the only reason those fools would charge in alone was because they had someone among the humans that was close to them. Regardless, she was grateful that they did.
She looked down at the new human that had appeared. Usually when they realized they were up against a general, they became serious and tried to either run or try to rescue the person they came for and flee. Not this one. The one before her had on a rather nonchalant expression. She slowly walked down from her throne and stared at the neck of the new arrival and noticed it was platinum. A savage smile appeared on her face as she licked her lips with a predatory gaze.