Chapter 227 Behaving Like A King

*gulp*

'I thought that I knew all the snakes that existed in this forest…'

'But looks like that was just my imagination.', Raka thought.

Yes, how could he know all the variety of snakes in the forest? He was not their king. Even though he was powerful, he would only make them scared and cannot earn their respect.

Thus, it was obvious that there would be many more snakes in the hiding and because of that, Raka had no idea about those brown little snakes that were half his size in his snake form, appear out of the swamp.

They were all bowing as Shin stood in front of them.

'Since I am their king, I should behave like one.', he concluded.

"Hear me my subjects, there is something I need your help with.", he said in a dominating voice.

"We will fulfill whatever you desire, your highness!", all of them said in unison.

Their voices were so loud that for an instant, it felt as if the ground trembled, after all, there were more than 1000 of them if they were combined.

Shin then explained his situation and told them about the clan wars.

He then asked them to protect his place as he was away and not to harm the elves.

The lizards and the remaining residents stared at each other for a second and then said, "We will do as you say, your highness."

'This is weird…'

'Is there no opposition at all?', Shin was surprised to see how loyal they were.

He thought that at least some would rebel since they couldn't accept a tiny wolf being their king, but none. Not even a single one said anything against him.

It was as if their minds were controlled or as if they respected and feared him at the same time.

Well, this was bound to happen because the residents of the Central Swamp came to know about the rumors related to Shin.

The residents from the Northern Swamps, that is, the Lian Plains had visited the Central Swamps where they spread the news about Shin.

"Do you know, our new ruler turned the Earth Dragon into his pet."

"He could control the wind and bend it to his own will." – these were some of the rumors that the people from the northern swamps spread.

The residents of the Central Swamps had previously thought about revolting against Shin, but after hearing what the people from Lian plains said, they changed their minds.

However, there still were very few who didn't believe such an exaggerated rumor and were still planning to revolt, but the next news that came blew their minds.

"He became the leader of the entire Goblin Tribe that lived outside of the forest."

"He single-handedly destroyed an entire nation ruled by humans."

"He made the Arb Elves his slaves and forced the dwarves to obey him."

"He is toying with all the strong monsters of the forest."

These rumors were too exaggerated, but these were more than enough to create fear in their hearts.

They understood that if they were to offend Shin, then they would not see the sun the next day.

'I too had some doubts when I heard these things…'

'But after seeing the great snake Raka following him after being turned into a snake, I pretty sure that they weren't just rumors.', the gigantic lizard, who had appeared to greet Shin earlier, concluded.

There were some among all the ones that greeted who thought that Shin was weak.

Yes, even now, there were some who doubted him but they didn't raise their voice because they didn't have any support from others.

'I thought, if there would be someone who would oppose me, then I would show my powers…'

'That way, others would be in check…'

Yes, this would have been an effective strategy to prevent anyone else from opposing him. But oh well, since no one was willing to go against him, it was good too.

Regardless, after saying this much, he said, "I will be going then."

"Eh?"

"Your highness, that's all?", the lizard who seemed like a representative, asked.

"Say, what is your name?", Shin asked.

He could see from the system that the lizard didn't have a name but still asked because he wanted to seem a little ignorant so that he could make some conversations with them.

"Forgive me your highness, but I do not have a name.", the lizard said.

'Ha, I knew that…'

'But reaching this level without having a name is pretty amazing…', Shin smirked when he looked at his level.

[ Race: Level 93 Grigard King ( Exp 67.03%) ]

This is what the status showed.

'The Grigard from whom I stole the title was hella weak.'

'Its level was low as well when compared to him.', Shin said to himself.

'Did they get stronger in just one year?', Shin was surprised.

He wanted to know if it was true for others too and when looking at their status, they were too low level.

[ Race: Level 21 Grigard ( Exp 33.01%) ]

[ Race: Level 28 Poison Toad ( Exp 93.11%) ]

[ Race: Level 29 Grigard ( Exp 0.06%) ]

[ Race: Level 31 Swamp Snake ( Exp 3.92%) ]

These were the levels and races that popped up as he looked here and there.

They were too weak but there were some that were quite strong too!

[ Race: Level 57 Slimy Mudfish ( Exp 55.98%) ]

[ Race: Level 86 Vanishing Frog ( Exp 7.33%) ]

[ Race: Level 91… ]

[ Race: Level 92… ]

They were no more than ten of them that gave the terrifying aura.

Yes, some of them were of higher level when compared to Shin.

*gulp*

'If those who are above level 80 want to kill me and take my position, I think they would be able to do that with ease.', Shin thought as he looked at them.

But of course, no killing intent was detected, not from a single one of them.

They all had their eyes closed and were still kneeling or in a lower position than Shin as if they completely thought of him as their King!