Chapter 98: Targeting × Preparations
Squish!
Meruem casually crushed Leol's wide-eyed head. "Xilin, you're an exorcist, correct?"
Only when Leol's headless body fell did Xilin react. With her feminine face and cutesy clothes, she prostrated herself on the floor. "Yes, Your Majesty. I will do everything I can!"
She did not even know what Meruem wanted her to do, but she knew that if she dared utter a single word of objection, she would meet the same end as Squadron Leader Leol, who had kept a hand pressed against her back.
Death!
Leol's crushed head was like a switch, leaving everyone on the Extermination Team drenched in cold sweat except Netero, who only grew more excited.
Shaiapouf, meanwhile, had remained kneeling on one knee. His body could not help trembling slightly, and, strangely, tears covered his face.
With Leol's death, the effort to save Komugi was also put into motion.
After Meruem cooperated with Shoot, allowing him to take most of Komugi's body away with Dark Inn, Xilin began her work.
Like a well-bred lady, she took out her cutlery and ate Terpsichora portion by portion. The whole process lasted ten minutes.
It took so long because Terpsichora was simply too large. By the time Xilin swallowed the final piece, her belly had swollen grotesquely.
With tears and snot smeared across her face, she looked at Meruem and smiled. "I have fulfilled your command."
Joey paid no attention to Xilin. Instead, he examined the injured Komugi and began treating her.
Komugi's injuries were severe. Without Neferpitou's assistance, the best way for Joey to stabilize her condition quickly was to replace her damaged parts as fast as possible.
And replacements like these could not be accomplished with just a tiny trace of Wallet Aura.
So while he waited, he had already