Chapter 7: Lord of the Phantom City!

　　The lords of the city of Painful Vale have always been very mysterious.

　　No one knew the true strength of the lord, only that the lord was a chimera.

　　But the townspeople say she owns a powerful pet.

　　The city, however, is divided on what the lord's pet is.

　　Some say it's the hounds of hell.

　　Others say that a group of winged demons were bred.

　　However, Abbott now finally knows what the town's pet is.

　　Abyssal worms!

　　This was a creature of the lowest level in the Endless Abyss, where their status was similar to that of earthworms in the Upper Plane.

　　A creature that creates fertilizer for the land and is responsible for destroying carrion waste.

　　It's important to note that common abyssal worms typically grow to over a meter in length at most, but this one of the Pain Valley City Lord ....

　　Abbott saw a hundred-meter-long Abyssal Worm lurch out of the ground beneath the City Lord's mansion, then lunge at the enemies.

　　With that open, bloody mouth Abbott had no doubt it could swallow a house!

　　The bloody mouth was filled with razor-sharp teeth, densely packed in layer after layer.

　　That body of its was completely different from the kind of defenselessness of its kind, covered in sturdy scale armor!

　　Only to see the Abyssal Worm swallow a still flabbergasted Demon Governor on the ground in a single bite!

　　And it wasn't done, it was so aroused by the smell of blood that it was going a little crazy at the moment.

　　Several demons capable of flight saw the situation and prepared to fly up and escape.

　　But the Abyssal Worm didn't give them a chance and twisted its body.

　　Swallowing several demons in one gulp as they looked on in despair.

　　The demon that led the army invasion earlier was also a bit dumbfounded at this moment.

　　This Abyssal Worm's strength was probably no longer recognizable by demonic standards.

　　I guess it all counts as a moving natural disaster!

　　But he knew there was no chance of escape, so he just put up a fight.

　　Only to see him raise his weapon and leap towards the Abyssal Worm, giving his opponent a vicious slash!

　　This slash was also effective, directly slashing through the opponent's scale armor, cutting out a wound more than a meter deep, and the Abyssal Worm immediately bled out.

　　But here's the problem, this one meter deep wound...

　　For the size of this abyssal worm, it was the equivalent of a human scratching his finger.

　　It won't kill you, but it does hurt.

　　"..."

　　The Abyssal Worm turned his head around, the tiny eyes staring at the person causing him pain.

　　"Mercy...!"

　　Before the words were finished, the demon who had led the invasion was swallowed in one gulp.

　　His men, on the other hand, scattered and began to flee.

　　The residents of the city began to take advantage of the situation!

　　Abbott also recovered from his shock and joined the hunting party, specializing in those high-value targets.

　　Just as they were having fun killing, a clear voice came over.

　　Only a chimera shrouded in tulle was seen being held over her head by the Abyssal Worm.

　　It was the City Lord who had only now revealed himself!

　　At that moment she was shouting to the entire city with her magic.

　　"Kill them all, leave no one behind! The ones who performed the bravest today will be honored by me!"

　　After saying that, he led the Abyssal Worm back to the City Lord's Mansion.

　　It was assumed that prodding such a creature would also drain her mind.

　　And the rest of the fight was much easier.

　　The rest of the troops who had no desire to resist were quickly cut down, and those who survived were not the lucky ones.

　　They will be sent to the slave market as slaves to make up for the losses of the war.

　　And from then on, barring death, they won't have any chance of getting free.

　　Even after death, their souls are used to make soul coins!

　　....

　　After the battle, Abbott returns to the One Eye Tavern.

　　At the front of the tavern, the previous chimera bartender was whipping a shitty demon with a leather whip.

　　"Dare to rob my store? I think you don't want to live!"

　　The Inferior Demon was already injured before, plus its guts were gone, so it could only keep begging for mercy.

　　Finally, after beating his opponent half to death, the chimera bartender used a chain from a tethered demon dog on his opponent's neck.

　　"From now on you'll work for me until you die!"

　　After saying that, he led the other into the tavern.

　　Abbott enters the tavern to find the place smashed beyond recognition, and even the bodies of two of the patrons have not been collected in time.

　　"Oh, you're alive?"

　　The Phantom bartender recognized Abbott; after all, after living there for so long, Abbott was an acquaintance of hers.

　　"There's no food or drink served today, what bad luck, these ungrateful wild devils I want to kill them!"

　　The tethered shitty demons shivered at the sound of it and hurriedly helped clean up, not daring to look at it more than once.

　　At this time, the door to the tavern was kicked in violently.

　　An old, wizened witch and a couple of city defense soldiers walked in.

　　Abbott was confused and just about to pull out his weapon.

　　"Don't make a move, the Lord of the City invites you to come forward to the City Lord's Mansion as a thank you for today's battle."

　　The comment surprised Abbott greatly, how the other man knew himself in such a mess.

　　And the blind old woman hemmed and hawed.

　　"The smell of blood on you can be smelled from dozens of meters away, you must have just killed a lot of intruders!"

　　Abbott put his heart at ease, so it was, he'd have to pay more attention next time.

　　After all, he was prepared to come out of the mountain only after his strength reached the opposite of heaven with the help of the system.

　　But since there was a reward, Abbott didn't refuse and went out with them.

　　Only the clueless chimera and the shitty demons shivering from Abbott's war record are left behind.

　　"Do what! Hurry up and go sweep the floor!"

　　...

　　Abbott followed them to the townhouse.

　　The City Lord's Mansion wasn't big, but it possessed a giant deep underground cavern, and it looked like the Abyssal Worms rested here on weekdays.

　　And at this moment, there were already quite a few people standing inside the City Lord's Mansion, most of which were the City Lord's men.

　　And the other part is the casuals in town, like Abbott.

　　"Jingle bells~"

　　A bell came.

　　Only the same Phantom City Lord from before came to the crowd from the side house.

　　Sitting on his butt on the throne of the city lord, he called for a few attendants to bring long tables and stools for the crowd, signaling for them to sit down.

　　Abbott then realized that this chimera was very different from the others.

　　Most of the common chimeras are red, purple and black leather.

　　While the city lord in front of her as a chimera had a picture of snow-white skin.

　　And the hooves commonly possessed by chimeras were invisible on the other, who was a pair of luscious little feet.

　　At this moment, although the City Lord was covered by a thin veil over her entire body, that explosive figure still made the demons underneath gulp at the sight of it.

　　Abbott at the same time keenly observed that the other person seemed to have blonde hair and somewhat pointed ears?

　　"Elf?"

　　Abbott was a little puzzled.

　　But the curved horns on the other woman's head proved that she was a real chimera.

　　Just as Abbott was still speculating, the City Lord spoke up.

　　"Warriors here, thank you for your bravery today and for helping me repel those dastardly invaders."

　　"Each of you will be rewarded by me with the ability to pick any treasure from my treasury as payment for today."

　　The Phantom City Lord's words came through, her voice was gentle and nice, making people not help but feel a little tempted.