If any other Beholder had been in Kike's position right now, it would have had far more options to choose from.
In the eyes of a normal Beholder, aside from their noble Beholder kind, humanoids like these—so obviously of the middle and lower strata—were generally born to be enslaved at any time.
Since they liked fighting, let them fight. Once they were all exhausted and mutually wounded, using magic to enslave them would be the best option.
Before leaving the Underdark, Kike would most likely have thought the same.
But ever since stepping onto the surface and kicking one iron plate after another, suffering the harsh beatings of society, Kike's worldview had undergone earth-shaking changes. Even his alignment had begun to waver.
And now, the situation was rather complicated.
Kike had been abducted here by that Silver Dragon—and had even signed a one-sided contract with him.
Resistance was naturally impossible. Since he could not resist, then after leaving the Thieves' Guild, serving under a powerhouse like the Silver Dragon lord was actually not a bad choice.
After all, he still bore the mission of observing the Prime Material Plane. Having a powerful patron would help him continue carrying out that mission in peace.
Though he had not known that terrifying Silver Dragon for long, Kike judged that if he failed to blend into the legion this time, the other party would absolutely assign him an even more troublesome task.
Rather than fall into an even worse predicament, obediently mixing into the legion was undoubtedly the superior solution.
And to get into the legion, he had to deal with this bunch of idiots who had sprung up halfway through to cause trouble.
Yet, constrained by the Slimes' surveillance, he could not make his intentions too obvious.
"Mm, looks like this is