"I don't care what use that black bead has, I only know that without it, there would be fewer merchants paying taxes, and I don't like that situation," proclaimed the Lord of Hive Valley, 'Piercer' Dugba, raising its blade-like forelimbs. "If any of you dares to hide that thing, I will personally twist his head off, suck his brains dry, eat the flesh off his face clean, and shove the remaining skull up his ass."
The beetle demon seemed ready at any moment to prove its threats were real, and the mercenaries below wisely shut their mouths. But Lancelot had no doubt that many did not take the threat seriously at all.
"Of course, there will also be rewards," the only female on the platform spoke up, her voice carrying an enticing magnetism. That was 'Shapeshifter' Lady Akama, the ruler of the Great Abyss. "Anyone who brings back the Eye of Sarezdon will be granted the title 'Lord of Withering Honor' and given the nobility status of Mogrondale."
