Looking at the three kneeling trios, Crocus was extremely pleased inside.
''Get up! This King is pleased with your loyalty. I also noticed that the two of you didn't have a spirit yet?"
In the past, he didn't have a dream to be a king? He is not interested. However, when his past life memories were remembered, he couldn't help but have a desire to be a King!
Some men in this just accept everything the fate throws at them, accepting them and adapting, not having a dream could devastate them.
Crocus knew he would need strength to pass the cruel place and time called life! That is a dream! Remembering all his past, he wanted to achieve it now! Where he would get his fate by his hands and not when fate only threw it in his face!
"King, we are only immunized, but don't have a spirit. Melei was the only one who had it because she loves mushrooms."
Replied the girl. Crocus patted the little girl called Melei and put his hands on the head of the silent, awkward boy and the black-haired girl.
"This King won't let his subordinate become hopeless, so tell me... Do you want one spirit?"
This time, he is looking at the children with proud eyes. The red maple lady and her people were stumped at what the man had said. Especially her people.
'We sacrificed a lot to become spirit users and now someone will just become like that easily? Is he saying the truth? Can he do it?'
"You do? Our King?"
Asked the girl with black hair. They knew how hard it was to spirits that even the people at the back of the King in front of them had a hard time. Now, the King just casually says it feels like they are in a dream.
"Do you doubt this King?"
Crocus asked with an angry smile. Seeing this, the children trembled from Crocus's tone.
"No... Our King we ju-"
When the children were about to say something, Crocus beckoned his hands to Envy.
"Asmodeus!"
Envy instantly flashes beside with intense heat. His body adaptation from the sloth demon is working, so the fire is not burning him... The fight between Envy and the dog comes to a stop when the children bow to Crocus.
"Here, your highness."
Envy took out three eggs from his body. Not the slightest bit of injury. Envy's ability is absorption, so anything that he absorbs will only die once Envy dies itself.
"Take the other one back."
Crocus calmly said as he took only two eggs. He looked at the two children who were looking up at the two eggs with shining eyes.
"Finally, sister Crayola and Farquad will become spirit users like me... Yay!"
Melei cheered on the side, watching them happily. Crocus suddenly thinks of his action of abandoning these three and feels ashamed of himself.
He will become a King. How can he let these three innocent kids fend for themselves when they beg them to follow his lead?
"Look! Inside here were Raptor devils! They are fast and strong creatures that may turn people who tamed them into powerful and fast raptors! It even has ten magic types where, in Zoan Spirit transformation, they can resist his magic."
Crocus happily explained with his eyes closed. However, when he saw the three children stare at him blankly, Envy couldn't help but react violently! The children have been shaken once again by Envy's violent aura.
"You runts try to"
Crocus beckoned his hands and gave a hearty laugh.
"Let them go. They are just kids. They are adorable."
Crocus chuckled and Envy went silent.
"Alright, you just put all your hands on top of it and concentrate."
The girl named Crayola did what Crocus told her to do. She can feel the warmth of an egg. She closed his eyes, trying to do what Crocus said. Soon a bright light erupted from the egg, and Crocus could see that the girl was now in a trance.
The boy Farquad saw this and quickly stepped forward to do the same thing Crayola did.
"So... What's your name?"
Crocus asked the little girl at his front who was shaking nonstop from Crocus's action.
"Don't be scared."
He assured the little girl with a little smile on his serious face. Finally, after a few seconds, the little girl extended her little hands. Crocus put her on his shoulder and let the two other children keep trying to tame the Zoan beasts on those eggs.
"By the way, your job is done."
Crocus said to the red maple lady and her group. Envy, who changed and became hot-tempered, opened his mouth.
"His highness doesn't need all your bullshit faces in front of him. Go! Scram and leave. I will execute you all myself!"
Crocus can feel the hatred of Envy and he couldn't help but choke inside.
'Envy must have been resentful that I have little followers compared to her. That's why he is erupting right now.'
Crocus thought, suddenly, he felt a scratch from the little girl he was holding. He looked at Melei and mused.
"What's wrong?"
The little body of the little girl nonstop. She often touches the surface of her skin in his hands full of bruises that are obvious from torture.
"Hm..."
The little girl had a snot as she looked in the direction where everyone went. Crocus instantly understood. Soon, his eyes flamed with an extreme desire for murder. He looked at the little girl and the dog under her.
"Protect yourselves at all costs and stay here for this King."
He said, and then suddenly went out of his room. Envy followed suit like an obedient butler. He knew what would happen and this time, he would get to see the seven demon monsters spill some blood.
...
Nor far away from them.
"My lady? Is it sure that the man won't kill us with those Zombies outside? Please, he is the seven demon masters. The apocalypse would probably end if we crush his bones!"
One of the followers complained he was holding back earlier and wanted to explode anytime and this is the only way he would vent all his frustration at being treated as someone anyone can command.
The red maple lady looked at the distance.
"I told you already, that man is not like that. He will do anything, for his desire to be a King will only trap him in his own beliefs. Plus, you shouldn't speak like that. What would happen if they heard us talking about them?"
Red maple lady warned. As long as possible, she didn't want to make any contact or want nothing from the seven demon masters who have several unknown abilities.
Instead of taking it to the heart, the man marches happily with a hearty laugh.
"A King? Is he fooling himself? Like this in the apocalypse? With just one strike of a zombie wave, his kingdom would surely be decimated! The way he acts is not also meant for any King! He doesn't have a spirit! HAHHAAHHAH!
Rumble!
All of a sudden, everyone came to a stop because they heard a group of rumbling sounds.
"What-?"
Their eyes darted to the ceiling when all of a sudden, the ceiling was blasted at their front and back. Creating a man-made hole and a shadow of a man drops!