The giant ladybug carrying more than twenty Order Clerics moved ahead, while the Earth Dragon followed slowly behind with her neck held high, reserved and proud.
The roads of the Underworld had not been built. Rather, areas must have been designated as roads, and the enormous bodies of Demon Beasts had worn the rock beneath them remarkably smooth.
There had originally been no roads in the Underworld. As more Demon Beasts traveled over them, roads came into being.
A domed building appeared ahead, resembling a theater. Armored Lizardman soldiers stood from its entrance all the way along both sides of the road.
Lizardmen occupied a position in the underground world much like "cockroaches." They were numerous and reproduced quickly. Although their intelligence fell short of humans', they possessed one particular trait: they could evolve by devouring the bodies of their own kind.
Thus, beneath the feet of the armored Lizardman soldiers standing on either side of the road "lay" many corpses of their own kind.
Kallen believed the Cavern Order God Church must have conducted thorough research before choosing the Lizardmen, concluding that raising them for use as low-ranking Clerics offered the best value.
Indeed, this method of cultivation was probably something the Cavern Order God Church's higher ranks had deliberately improved many years ago to increase "rearing efficiency."
Looking at the faces beneath the armor, almost indistinguishable from those of ordinary humans, with the greatest difference being nothing more than the tails behind their bottoms, Kallen could not help reflecting that he had encountered darkness time and again within the system governed by the Order God Church. Yet that darkness had always remained within the bounds of his understanding, whereas the internal workings of other Order God Churches often delivered a shock that overturned his perceptions.
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