Chapter 176 - 12: Became the Leader Just Like That

Chapter 176: Chapter 12: Became the Leader Just Like That

Just as Lilia had thought.

The Demon leader hadn’t taken her, a newly born upstart, seriously at all.

Even though his subordinates told him she was powerful, he still paid her little mind.

He exchanged a few words with Lilia and then dismissed her.

Lilia agreed on the surface, but launched her attack the very moment she turned to leave!

The leader’s reaction was incredibly fast, but it was too late.

Considering his immense power, Lilia didn’t hold back at all. She blasted him with High-level Magic of the wind and fire elements, blowing the Demon seated on his high throne to smithereens.

A massive explosion echoed throughout the entire camp.

Lilia took a deep breath and turned to face the entrance, her gaze vigilant.

Demons grew up fighting from the moment they were born; it was impossible for them not to know what that explosion meant.

Soon, they would surely rush in to avenge their leader.

While devising her strategy, Lilia ate the Demon Core the Little Demon handed her to quickly recover her Magic Power.

The strongest leader was already eliminated. The rest of the scattered rabble were no cause for concern.

As long as she killed the first group that rushed in, the others would naturally lose their will to fight.

At the entrance, the hanging door flap was pushed aside, and Lilia instantly tensed up.

However, the one who entered wasn’t a group of furious Demons as she had expected, but the female who had guided her earlier.

She glanced at the situation inside the tent and asked in a small voice, "Um... excuse me, has Lord Ronan died?"

Lilia: "..."

Hearing the female Demon’s timid tone and her all-too-blunt words...

’She’s asking an outrageous question in the most cowardly voice possible.’

Lilia: "Ronan?"

"The leader..."

The female Demon swallowed the word and corrected herself, "...the former lord."

Hearing this, Lilia felt an inexplicable urge to laugh.

It was obvious this Demon wasn’t stupid; she knew exactly what had just happened in the tent.

But she didn’t care.

It was only then that Lilia realized perhaps most of the Demons in this clan shared her mentality.

They didn’t care who their leader was, be it Ronan or Luobei.

They just needed a leader.

Thinking this, Lilia nodded. "Yes, he’s dead."

The female Demon: "W-Was he... by you..."

"That’s right. I killed him."

"Then, your name is..."

"Lilia."

The female Demon placed a hand on her chest and bowed respectfully. "Lady Lilia."

Lilia smiled. "So, I’m your new leader now?"

The female Demon hesitated for a moment. "If you are willing."

"Of course I am." Lilia looked outside through the slightly opened tent flap.

Outside the door, a number of Demons had gathered because of the explosion.

But their faces showed no concern, only apprehension about the future.

’They probably don’t know how to curry favor with their new leader.’

Lilia ordered the female Demon to gather everyone in the camp with any authority. She was holding a meeting in ten minutes.

The female Demon didn’t understand what a "meeting" was, but her natural obedience to the strong made her agree immediately and withdraw to carry out Lilia’s command.

After she left, Lilia remarked with some feeling, "I guess I still don’t understand Demons."

The Little Demon, who had been flying by her side, heard this and asked curiously, "Why do you say that, my lady?"

"It’s nothing."

Lilia glanced at it. "You don’t seem to have a name."

The Little Demon nodded its head. "Low-level Demons don’t have names, my lady."

"There are too many Low-level Demons, and we could die at any moment."

"Never mind other Demons, even we ourselves don’t care what we’re called."

"Only when our power reaches the Middle Level and we have the ability to survive in this world do we consider giving ourselves a name."

"Is that so." Lilia thought for a moment. "If you don’t mind, you can have the name ’Ronan’ from now on."

This was the name of the camp’s former leader, which Lilia had just learned from the female Demon.

Lilia’s reasoning was simple.

Now that she had become the new leader of this camp, she would definitely have to deal with various Demons in the future.

It would be very inconvenient for daily communication if he didn’t have a name.

She had only said it casually, but to her surprise, the Little Demon was stunned for a long time before replying, "A-Are you serious?"

His voice had lost all its sycophantic tone and was now trembling slightly. "Are you sure... you want to give me a new name?"

Lilia: "..."

"Well, it’s not exactly a new name."

’Just freshly plucked from someone else’s head.’

"Whether you accept it or not is ultimately up to you..."

"I accept!"

Before Lilia could finish her sentence, the Little Demon shrieked impatiently, "I accept this name!"

He was so happy he began to dance and wave his arms about.

Among Demonkind, a name symbolized power!

If nothing else, at least within this camp, the other Demons would immediately feel a sense of awe the moment they heard his name.

Of course, as Lilia’s subordinate, he could achieve a similar effect by borrowing her prestige.

But one was borrowing someone else’s power, while the other was having power of his own.

The two were fundamentally different!

The Little Demon flew around the tent for a while, then volunteered to help Lilia relay her orders.

As for why he offered to go when someone had already been sent...

The reason was simple.

He felt that the other Demon was too stupid to fully comprehend Lilia’s intentions.

And so, through the joint efforts of the female Demon and the Little Demon, Ronan...

...all the influential figures in the camp were gathered in the largest plaza.

"Influential figures" was just a term for some of the more powerful Demons in the camp.

Demons didn’t have organizations like squads, so naturally, they had no concept of management.

Internally, things could be described as utter chaos.

Lilia had summoned them for two reasons: one was to bring some order, and the other was to establish some rules for this new organization.

She had already decided on three rules.

First, the sadistic slaughter of humans is absolutely forbidden.

Second, killing each other within the clan is absolutely forbidden.

Third, hunting near the Red River is absolutely forbidden.

As soon as these rules were announced, the crowd of Demons below looked at each other in dismay.

Most of the Demons who had managed to become "minor leaders" had some capacity for thought. Even if some were dissatisfied, they weren’t stupid enough to show it in front of their new leader.

However, some did raise objections.

Low-level Demons were often insubordinate. When these leaders "led" them, it was really just that their actions happened to align with what the Low-level Demons wanted to do, which was the only reason the latter followed them.

In such a situation, they had no way of actually restraining the Demons under them.

In response to their problem, Lilia told them not to worry.

She had her own way of dealing with it.