Building a Monster Nation From Zero in Another World

"I think I understand what you mean."

Rin thought of Gabiru from the original story, who was quite idiotic.

This isn't to say that all Lizardmen are conceited fools like Gabiru; there are intelligent individuals among them.

For example, the Lizardmen Clan Leader, and Souka, who would follow Souei in the future and is currently the Lizardmen Clan Princess.

But these individuals are, after all, only a minority.

However, thinking about it carefully, it's not strange that the Lizardmen would think this way.

Firstly, the three dominant races in the Great Jura Forest were the Ogre, Orcs, and Lizardmen.

The Orcs numbered in the hundreds of thousands, but their individual combat strength was lacking.

Although the Ogre were strong, their numbers were too small.

The Lizardmen had tens of thousands of people, and their individual combat strength exceeded C-rank, with some even reaching C+ and B.

Their overall strongest comprehensive strength led the Lizardmen to consider themselves the protectors of the Great Jura Forest, naturally superior to other races.

"Forget it."

Rin decided to temporarily ignore the Lizardmen. "Souei, you can come back now."

"Yes, Rin-sama!"

The Lizardmen rejected Rin's alliance invitation.

He wouldn't hold a grudge against the Lizardmen for such a small matter.

Whether to form an alliance or not was inherently the Lizardmen's freedom.

Rin would not impose his will on others, believing that they must act according to his plans, or else they were seeking death.

"Rin-sama?"

Shuna saw Rin suddenly put down his chopsticks and thought it was because her cooking didn't suit his taste.

"It's nothing, it has nothing to do with your cooking, Shuna."

Rin directly informed Shuna, Snow Empress, and the others present about Souei and the Lizardmen's situation.

"How ungrateful, these Lizardmen!"

Upon learning what had happened, Shion was the first to speak. "Do you need me to teach them a lesson, Rin-sama?"

"Just a lesson?"

Ice Empress was far more brutal than Shion. "Since they are unwilling to surrender, then let's just eliminate them!"

"Uh..."

Hearing this, even Shion couldn't help but feel speechless. "Well, Ice Empress, you're a bit too extreme."

"Is that so?"

Ice Empress didn't think so.

The world of Soul Beasts was inherently a struggle of life and death.

Currently, the strongest in the Great Jura Forest was undoubtedly Rin, and he was not just a little bit stronger.

His not directly declaring war on the Lizardmen, but allowing them to live in the forest, was already very benevolent.

Yet, the Lizardmen still chose to refuse.

If it were Ice Empress, she would have probably already gone to their doorstep and scattered the ashes of those ungrateful Lizardmen.

"Alright, Bing'er."

Snow Empress stopped Ice Empress's ineffective speech. "This is not the Northern Icefield, and the Lizardmen are not brainless beasts."

"They, like the Ogre, have their own culture and customs."

If not for Rin's great kindness to the Ogre, plus Ogerpon as a higher-ranking fellow species, subjugating the Ogre would also have been quite difficult.

In the original story, even when the monster Gelmud wanted to name the Ogre, the Ogre did not agree.

Even facing extinction, the Ogre's integrity remained unchanged.

From this, it can be seen that subjugating the monster races in the Great Jura Forest is not easy.

The more enlightened and civilized they are, the harder it is to suppress them by force.

The Ogre, Lizardmen, Orcs, and Tengu Clan are more like humans than monsters.

Yet, these races are also different from humans.

They are too stubborn.

"Sometimes, dignity outweighs life."

Shuna said, "The Direwolves only chose to compromise because their entire clan was defeated."

Of course, this isn't to say that the Direwolves lacked integrity or were cowards.

It can only be said that the Direwolves were beasts.

And beasts do not have the idea that dignity and freedom are above all else.

After all, you can't tell a dog not to eat charity, can you? That would be a bit ridiculous.

Additionally, as the Direwolves evolved into Beastmen, freed from the shackles of beastly instinct, the Direwolves gained their unique racial quality, which is the loyalty of canines to their master.

"Let's leave it at that for now."

Rin said, "Anyway, we don't lack this small amount of strength from the Lizardmen."

If nearly 30,000 Lizardmen were subjugated at once, the magicules Rin could obtain would be terrifying.

If he were to bestow names, even if he only received 3% of the magicules, that would still be nearly 5 million.

Unfortunately, 7 million and 12 million make little difference to Rin right now.

Let alone bestowing names.

For the Ogre, Goblins, and Direwolves, Rin bestowing names was a favor.

"Master, your naming is nothing less than a chance for them to be reborn."

"It's just that the Lizardmen don't know how to cherish it."

Snow Empress's words were met with unanimous agreement from everyone.

"That's right, the Lizardmen don't have such good fortune."

After Shuna finished speaking, Shion snorted coldly. "Who told them to be so unobservant!"

"Anyway, let's talk about it after Souei returns."

Rin estimated that with Souei's speed, it would take at most a few hours to return to the village from the Lizardmen wetlands.

Sure enough, not long after, Souei appeared in front of Rin.

He knelt on one knee, his head bowed low, as if he was asking Rin for forgiveness regarding the Lizardmen's matter.

"Get up, Souei."

Rin said, "You've worked hard."

"It is my honor to serve my master."

Souei's tone was calm, but his words came from the bottom of his heart.

Having received such great kindness from Rin, Souei truly wanted to do something to repay Rin.

"The task of investigating the Orcs was completed well."

Rin said, "As for the Lizardmen..."

"What exactly is the situation?"

"Souei, did you not show them the power of an Ogre?"

"I did, but..."

Recalling the situation at the time, Souei still felt incredibly abstract. "But they didn't believe it."

"Huh?"

Shion stood up indignantly. "What do you mean? What do you mean by 'didn't believe'?"

If he said they weren't afraid, Shion could still understand.

But didn't believe?

Was there such a saying?

"The literal meaning."

Souei said, projecting what happened at the time in the form of shadow magic.

In the image woven by shadows, Souei swept away hundreds of Lizardmen confronting him with overwhelming power.

Even the Lizardmen leader holding a trident, who was at the forefront, was instantly killed by Souei with one move.

Of course, Souei did not kill them.

He simply taught these conceited Lizardmen a lesson.

"Isn't this good?"

Ice Empress rested her chin on one hand. She felt that Souei did the right thing, and should teach these ungrateful fools a lesson.

(To be continued.)

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