Before being forcibly reorganized by the Dog King, the lesser imps were actually a demon subspecies that lived in swampy regions. These creatures were about the size of human children, covered in dark-red, wrinkled hard skin, and possessed lizard-like faces. They had always been notorious for their cruelty and savagery. Scholars believed that they were not true demons at all, but twisted projections formed from beasts corrupted during the successive Chaos Tides. Others believed that lesser imps were a branch of goblins corrupted by dark magic—but regardless of which theory was correct, the world shared one consensus about them: these terrifying little creatures were an exceptionally brutal and fearless race. They obeyed only absolute power. Although many of their actions appeared ridiculous and comical, that could not conceal the darkness in their bones:
Lesser imps almost never felt fear.
And yet these fearless Little Demons were now screaming as they ran out from the depths of the forest. The two lesser imps were covered in blood and stumbled as they ran, as though an extremely terrifying enemy were chasing them from behind.
Lily came running over as soon as she heard the commotion. She realized that the two trembling, terrified lesser imps were scouts she had previously sent to investigate a certain direction in the forest. But she had sent out ten of them in total—judging by the situation before her, the other eight had clearly met with disaster.
"What happened?" Lily walked up to the two lesser imps and asked condescendingly.
The two shivering lesser imps sensed their leader's presence—and perhaps they were also intimidated by the Light of Order radiating from Lily. In any case, they finally calmed down. They let out sharp cries and babbled in a grating language like tearing metal: "The others are all dead!