This Overlord Doesn't Care About Anything

Book 3: Chapter 11: Whether You're Food Or A House Pet Completely Depends On Your Performance

After observing for a while, I asked:

Has it displayed any unusual behavior?

Hunter nodded fiercely, replying with lingering fears:

Sir, this thing is very cunning. After it was born, it stealthily hid itself in a corner without making so much as a peep or a movement. At the time, the room was filled with slimes, so we didnt notice it either and opened the door to slaughter the slimes as usual. Who wouldve known that the moment we opened the door, this fellow would instantly dash out and nearly escape.

I asked with great interest:

Oh? Then how did you recapture it?

Hunter smiled:

It was due to a coincidence. That day, sir Aleya had just come over to patrol the cultivation farm, so just as this colorless guy flew out, it was kicked back in by sir Aleya.

I gave a quick look at the colorless slime in the corner.

Turning back to Hunter, I inquired:

The other slimes didnt show any aggression?

Hunter nodded, responding:

Theyre not intelligent, all they know is how to eat. When we grab them, they instinctively discharge corrosive liquid, but thats not a problem as long as we wear special gloves. Sir Felita said that this sort of unintelligent low-level Demon tends to attack humans because they are either seeking food or a higher-level Demon commands them to. Currently, theyre neither lacking in food and theres no higher-level Demon commanding them to kill humans, so theyve become sluggish and slow-witted just like the pigs I used to raise.

I remarked:

So thats to say that only this colorless fellow is innately aggressive? Or is that to say that it possesses enough intelligence to understand that its situation is one of prey to be slaughtered?

The questions I posed were rather abstruse, so Hunter was unable to give a reply.

I asked:

Anything else?

Hunter continued to nod as he spoke:

It has a large stomach capacity and especially likes eating! You havent seen it, but when we had just locked him into this room, it was very well-behaved. But before long, we quickly discovered that from the walls to ground, and even to the ceiling, there were several corroded holes created by it. We initially thought that it was preparing to escape, but it never dug in any specific direction, instead very casually corroding here and there. Afterwards, we saw it devour a brick and it was then that we realized that it was eating.

I pinched one of those talismans for further inspection and said:

And this is the reason why you pasted talismans? It seems they were made by Felita.

Hunter nodded:

Were unsure as to how to handle this fellow and thought it was quite strange, so we believed that you might want to examine it. But seriously, this little fellow has too good of an appetite, to nearly eat out this entire room. We could do nothing about it, so left without much choice, weve provided it with a bit more food and its quieted down some. But this fellows appetite is simply a bottomless pit! Sometimes itll even eat when its obviously not hungry! Since there was nothing we could do about it, we were forced to request sir Felita to make talismans. This way, if it kept gnawing on the room, it would get electrocuted. It was through this way that its become a bit more calm.

I scratched my head:

So itll eat anything! This is too much. Other slimes eat 1 catty at the very most, but from what I can see, it eats nearly 2 catties worth. Its unforgivable for things to continue along like this, we wont be able to raise it. Might as wellturn it into simmer-fried slime.

The colorless fellow fiercely jiggled.

I instantly threw my gaze over and coldly watched it as I questioned:

You can understand me?

The colorless fellow once again became a motionless ball.

It was as if what had just happened a second ago was just a figment of my imagination.

I wrinkled my brows, thinking aloud:

Sigh. How unfortunate. Here I was thinking that if you really could understand me, then I would free you.

The colorless fellow bounced over to the meshed opening with a ceng, ceng, ceng. Then, its transparent body started to bounce up and down non-stop, as if trying to tell me I can understand, I can understand!

I turned towards Hunter and said:

Jot down that while this creature does have a certain amount of intelligence, its still quite stupid.

Hunter earnestly nodded.

It was then that the colorless fellow finally put two and two together and realized that I had tricked it. It angrily threw itself at the mesh netting and unsurprisingly, it triggered the thunder talisman. After a golden flash of light, it rolled back into its corner and shivered as it looked towards the door. No matter how special it was, it was nothing more than the Demon Races lowest-level slime. With Felitas Level 5 Sorcerer power, even if the amount of magic power she used to engrave the talisman was lowered by a great amount, it was more than enough to easily deal with this powerless little Demon.

I inquired Hunter:

Have you tried feeding it other Demons?

Hunter returned:

We were thinking of doing this. But two things held us back from doing so. First, we hadnt consulted with you yet and secondits no match for other Demons. Even the weakestThorn Spideris able to kill the slime under its enraged state. Apart from the other slimes, other Demons seem to be naturally hostile towards it and were also unsure of why this is so.

I pointed at the colorless fellow and told it:

Heard that? All other Demons are your enemy, so you better stay here obediently. Once you leave, you may fall into human hands, its entirely possible that youll be simmer-fried, steaming in broth, stir-fried, roasted, or even covered in flour and deep-fried. If you fall into Demon hands, youll be even more screwed since none of those things will happen and instead youll be eaten straight away.

The colorless fellow didnt pay any attention to me.

I instructed Hunter:

Dont feed it living Demons. But the precious materials that the others Demon produce, you can throw in a suitable amount here and there. Dont use too much, of course, and only once a week. Its normal for children to eat a little more when theyre in their growing stage. But

I turned to face the colorless fellow and told it:

Take a look at my appearance and note it down. Before youre certain that youre able to defeat me, you had better not try to escape. If you were intelligent but couldnt understand anything, I would forgive you. But now its different since Ive ascertained that you can understand my words, so theres no need for you to act naive anymore. If I find out that youre doing something that youre not supposed to, then Ill judge that you did it knowingly. Once that happens, Ill personally add some fresh ginger, a clove of garlic, a pinch of salt, a dash of soy sauce, a bit of sugar, a pinch of chili, and a pinch of cumin before skewering you and roasting you until your fragrance permeates the whole place. A bite for me, a bite for Aleya, a bite for Felita, a bite for Moon

The colorless fellow frantically recoiled and clung tightly to the wall, not daring to let out a single peep.

But that faintly glowing core of its moved up and down rapidly making it appear like it was crazily nodding.