The Lamia Xenos!
Chapter 94: The Lamia Xenos!
"Who are you?"
"Ah, enemy attack! There's an enemy attack!"
"Run for your lives!"
"Don't kill me, please, don't..."
"Ah—"
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The vast 'Knossos' encountered a disaster tonight.
As a remnant of Evilus, the Ikelos Familia didn't have many members.
At least when confronted with the members of Freya Familia, they were simply vulnerable.
Under the onslaught of the four Gulliver brothers, everyone in their path was killed.
And since this was a direct order from their goddess, they carried it out without any hesitation.
Whether it was men, women, old or young, as long as they encountered anyone in their path, they were all eliminated.
This caused 'Knossos' to be gradually filled with a pungent smell of blood.
"Hmm? Is this the warehouse?"
After twisting and turning through a passageway, they arrived at a rather large space.
Inside were rows of iron cages, filled with a large number of monsters.
Moreover, these monsters were of various shapes and sizes, including monsters from the upper and lower floors.
And without exception, all these monsters were extremely weak, curled up in their cages.
When they saw Ethan, pairs of scarlet eyes looked over, filled with anger, hostility, hatred, and more.
"Ethan-sama, there are so many monsters. What does the Ikelos Familia want to do by capturing them?"
Haruhime looked at these monsters, puzzled.
She couldn't understand why they would capture so many monsters instead of killing them.
"What do they want to do, you ask? Of course, sell them outside of Orario, and earn a lot of money."
"Sell monsters?"
"You see, they're not ordinary monsters."
Looking at the 'monsters' locked in the iron cages, Ethan recalled information about them.
These monsters were different from ordinary mindless monsters.
They possessed self-awareness, and some could even speak, unlike those normal ones that only knew how to kill.
Monsters born in the dungeon with rationality are called 'Xenos'.
The intelligence of Xenos varied depending on the situation.
High-level Xenos possessed good intelligence, language skills, and growth abilities similar to humans and could communicate normally with people.
Whereas, low-level Xenos could only understand the general meaning of words but couldn't use complex human language to communicate.
However, since they were originally monsters, they could also understand monster language that humans couldn't understand.
And some types of Xenos, although similar in appearance to humans, still had distinct monster characteristics that differed from ordinary humans and demi-humans, giving them a 'furry' look.
And, since they were neither pure monsters nor humans, they were ostracized by both sides.
Due to being attacked by both humans and monsters alike, Xenos usually lived in unexplored areas or areas inhabited by other monsters.
The reason these Xenos were imprisoned here was naturally due to the Ikelos Familia.
Because some powerful humans had a hobby of keeping them as high-value slaves, and some Xenos, such as sirens and mermaids, were even favored by certain nobles outside the labyrinth city.
Therefore, outside of Orario, a female Xenos could be sold for a sky-high price.
And the Ikelos Familia had earned a large amount of valis by selling them.
"You should be called Xenos, right? There should be some of you who can speak!"
Ethan stepped forward and spoke to the monsters locked in iron cages.
Haruhime couldn't believe what he was saying.
Monsters that could talk? How was that possible?
However, before she could voice out her doubts, Haruhime's worldview was somewhat shattered.
"You're different from those humans before."
A Lamia Xenos, with the lower body of a giant purple python and the upper body of a beautiful woman, spoke.
However, she had purple scales on her waist, back, arms, and face.
"Oh? How do you know I'm different from them?"
"The way you look at us, there's no ill intent, not even hostility. But those people, their eyes were filled with malice and desire."
"Interesting~"
Humans were truly a fascinating creature, with both incredibly high and incredibly low limits.
Before his transmigration, there were also people in his previous life who were interested in monster girls and furries, but that was merely online trash talk, the kinks of certain individuals.
But in this world, having desires for monsters was definitely a very rare and frowned upon thing.
After all, for thousands of years, humans and monsters had been sworn enemies.
And for this type of person, there was also a term, 'monster fetish'.
Once exposed, they would definitely be spurned and despised by everyone.
However, this was only on the surface.
In the shadows where there was no light, who knew how many such things were happening.
One should never overestimate the extent of human perversion, especially those wealthy feudal noble lords.
For the sake of excitement and a unique experience, who knew what horrendous thing they would do.
"What's your name?"
"Sarah~"
Looking at Ethan, the Lamia Xenos replied.
The other Xenos, after hearing her words, looked at Ethan with reduced killing intent, but still with immense hostility.
Ultimately, for some Xenos, all humans were the same, just as in the eyes of humans, all monsters needed to be killed, let alone the fact that they had been persecuted by humans.
"Do you want to live?"
Ethan looked at Sarah and said.
Lamias were monsters that only appeared on the middle floors, with potential ability values between Level 2 and Level 3.
Their strength wasn't considered very strong, but it was definitely not weak either.
Most importantly, Ethan had a certain conjecture.
"What do you want to do?"
Sarah stared at the boy and asked back.
Although she knew he had no malice towards her, she still maintained a great deal of vigilance.
After all, once bitten by a snake, a person is afraid of well ropes for decades, which was normal.
"I need you Xenos to cooperate with me in an experiment. If it succeeds, you can all be free. But if it fails, you will die. How about it, do you want to give it a try?"
"If it succeeds, what will happen to me?"
Sarah didn't answer but instead asked another question.
This made Ethan laugh.
It was truly rare to find such an interesting individual.
Answering a question with another question, was she really a monster?
Indeed, some of Ethan's speculations about Xenos became more believable now.
"If it succeeds, you will be reborn. However, from then on, your life will belong to me."
"If it fails, I will die, what about them?"
Sarah looked at the other Xenos around her.
As Xenos, they were attacked by both monsters and humans alike.
So, apart from each other, they had nothing else.
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