The next day, Tang En and Lola were kicked out of bed by Rowling who was full of resentment.
"Get up and eat!"
Rowling turned around and left after saying that.
This girl's resentment was a bit too big...
Tang En covered his private parts, ignored the giggling Lola, and quickly put on his clothes.
During breakfast, Tang En found that Nola was in a good mood.
[Why are you so happy?]
[I got the materials to make bodies for Tessehákro and Murphy-haxha.]
[So that's how it is. Then do your best and make a body for them as soon as possible.]
Tang En's mind was not on this matter at the moment, so he did not ask any more questions.
After eating a breakfast full of dark elven "specialties", Tang En and Lola went to the cage where the lizardmen were locked up. The dark elven guards guarding this place had not slept all night and were still full of energy.
It was normal for them to not sleep all night.
"How's the situation?"
One of the guards captain said, "We strictly followed your orders and did not let them touch any meat or sleep."
"Very good, you can go rest now."
Tang En took out the whip again and circled it around the cage. He was very satisfied with it.
Compared to yesterday, the five lizardmen were clearly lacking in energy. They lay in a corner of the cage dispiritedly.
"Pa!"
Twain flicked the whip, and the cracking sound made the five lizardmen tremble violently. They immediately jumped up and stared nervously at Twain, who was outside the cage.
For these lizardmen, yesterday was probably the most painful day of their lives.
Death was not scary, the most terrifying thing was to live a life worse than death.
It was normal for them to be captured and then killed. However, this damned "food" actually imprisoned them and tortured them. This made them feel very miserable.
"Hiss — Kill us — Or — Let us go — Hiss —"
After being captured for so long, the lizardmen spoke for the first time.
Tang En's face was indifferent. He completely ignored them and stood there leisurely.
Today's requirements were even stricter than yesterday.
Although it looked like their souls had left their bodies, whenever the lizardmen tried to move, the whips would accurately land on their claws or tails.
The lizard only discovered this rule after being whipped more than ten times. Wherever it moved, Tang En would whip it.
Thus, for the next period of time, the lizardmen all stood there obediently, as still as stone.
Tang En raised his eyebrows. The advantage of having a little bit of intelligence was finally showing. They could actually understand his request so quickly.
But this was not enough.
Tang En turned his head and asked, "How long can they last without eating or drinking?"
"As far as I know, the strongest lizardmen can last for three days and three nights if they don't eat or drink. However, they are obviously not the strongest. If they don't eat during the day, they will probably go crazy."
Laura asked: "Are you going to starve them?"
"No, I'm going to push them to the limit."
Tang En pointed the whip at the lizardmen. The lizardmen's pupils shrank. They were obviously very scared, but they still did not move.
He said: "Look, it's only been one night, and they know that if they don't listen, they will be whipped. This is much better than I thought."
Laura shrugged: "But it's useless."
"Yes, in addition to punishment, there also needs to be enough rewards."
Tang En smiled very brightly: "However, this kind of reward must be given when they are on the verge of collapse."
Tang En needed to accurately grasp the limits of the lizardmen's mental breakdown. Training them was not to vent the negative emotions in his heart, but to use them as a spark to spread among the lizardmen. If they went crazy because of their mental breakdown, then the gains would not make up for the losses.
For the rest of the day, Tang En did not let the lizardmen eat or drink, but he and Laura deliberately ate and drank in front of the lizardmen to stimulate their desire to eat.
At this moment, Tang En's training was not very deep, so when they were stimulated, they immediately went crazy and desperately tried to snatch food. Unfortunately, Tang En's whip was merciless. Other than adding a few more wounds to their bodies, there was no benefit.
Later, when the lizardmen saw Tang En and Laura eating and drinking there, they simply closed their eyes.
Unfortunately, their sense of smell was more sensitive, and this could not stop the hunger in their stomachs at all.
At night, Tang En found that the lizardmen's mood was obviously a lot more anxious. After estimating that they had not eaten or drunk for two days and one night, they were almost at the limit of their endurance. Under normal circumstances, the lizardmen in this state would desperately look for prey and eat anything that could be eaten.
Laura reminded Tang En: "They are almost at their limit."
"I can see that."
Tang En nodded, suddenly stepped forward and swung his whip. One of the lizardmen trembled in fear, and Tang En immediately mercilessly whipped it, then sat down again: "Wait for another ten minutes."
Ten minutes later, Tang En repeated the same trick. Another lizardman moved, and he whipped it again, then sat down again.
Ten minutes later, Tang En stood up again and swung his whip, but this time, the five lizardmen did not move.
Only then was Tang En satisfied. He walked to the front of the cage, grabbed the piece of meat with Hand of Magic, and said: "Kneel."
The five lizardmen did not move.
Tang En suddenly shouted: "Kneel!"
They still did not move.
"Dear," Laura pulled him and whispered: "Lizardmen are different from us, they can't kneel …"
"…"
Tang En was embarrassed.
He changed the way he said: "Get down!"
The lizardmen could still understand some simple words in Loen. They looked at Tang En in surprise, not knowing what he was trying to do.
"For the last time, get down."
After Tang En finished speaking, seeing that they still did not move, the sky full of whips whistled, and the ruthless whips continued to hit them. The lizardmen were completely dumbfounded. We didn't snatch the food, and we didn't move, so why are we still being beaten?
Get down? He wants us to get down?
One of the lizardmen had a flash of inspiration and got down on the ground.
The next moment, the whip that was supposed to fall on it stopped.
It was almost done.
Tang En laughed, tore off a fist-sized piece of meat from the piece of meat with Hand of Magic, and put it in front of the lizardman that got down first: "Eat."
The lizardman saw the piece of meat in front of him and couldn't believe what had happened.
Why? Why didn't he whip me just because I got down, and he even gave me food to eat?
The lizardman's poor IQ was completely unable to understand Tang En's intentions. He was even a little afraid of the piece of meat in front of him, afraid that he would be whipped again, so he desperately restrained his desire to eat and shrank back.
"I said, eat it!"
Tang En shouted and lashed out with the whip.
The lizardman who was in pain finally understood Tang En's meaning and trembled as he moved forward. The smell of the meat was full of temptation. He looked at the meat with a little fear, and then looked at Tang En.
"Eat."
The hunger in his stomach was really unbearable. The lizardman finally no longer hesitated and swallowed the piece of meat, chewed a few times, and swallowed.
The feeling of eating was simply too blissful …
A ball of water floated in front of him.
"Drink."
This time, he no longer hesitated and drank it in one gulp. His dry throat that was about to burn instantly felt comfortable.
When the other lizardmen saw this, they seemed to understand something. They all lay down and looked at Tang En with a little desire in their eyes.
However, after simply feeding the first lizardman, Tang En sat down again and directly ignored the other lizardmen.
The lizardmen lying there suddenly became anxious, but without Tang En's order, they didn't dare to move at all. They could only lie there and look at Tang En outside the cage.
"I understand!"
Lola suddenly clapped her hands and finally understood Tang En's intention.
Tang En smiled, "Form a reward and punishment mechanism in their minds, and they will naturally seek benefits and avoid harm. These lizardmen will then pass on their experience to the other lizardmen through their own methods. Then, we will be able to relax."
After waiting for about ten minutes, Tang En stood up.
"Stand up."
None of the lizardmen moved. They were still lying there, waiting to be fed.
At this time, they still didn't associate Tang En's order with the reward.
Tang En did not hesitate to whip them.
When one of the lizardmen stood up, Tang En did the same thing and gave it a piece of meat and a ball of water.
After a few times, the lizardmen finally understood that they could only get rewards by obeying Tang En's orders.
This made Tang En a lot more relaxed. When he told them to lie down, they would lie down, stand up, and roll. All of his orders were faithfully carried out.
After seeing that they finally understood the meaning of the order, Tang En stopped training them and said to Lola, "Next, let them understand that not only me, but anyone with a whip can give them orders."
"In addition, don't let them eat until they're full. Only feed them a bit of food and water at a time, keep them in suspense until they've completely formed a conditioned reflex, then increase the reward."
"When they've completely formed a conditioned reflex, open the cages and carry out open training. At the beginning, if they try to escape, kill the one leading the escape. There are five of them anyway, so as long as we can successfully tame one of them, it'll be enough."
"After the open training is completed, we can carry out the next step of the plan, which is to capture the other lizardmen and let the tamed lizardmen teach them what to do. I believe that they can pass on their experience to each other faster than we can train them."
"The only thing we need to pay attention to is that when they respond correctly to the order, we need to give them a reward in time."
Tang En smiled, "As long as the plan is carried out well, we'll be able to harvest a large amount of labor, and all we need to pay is a little bit of food."
"You make it sound so easy."
Lola rolled her eyes at him, "If it weren't for you, who doesn't know that the most precious and rare thing in the underground world is food?"
"Fortunately, due to Grandia's contributions, the food production of the surface world will increase explosively."
Tang En smiled and said, "It won't be a problem to feed the current population at all."
Lola looked at Tang En with a charming face, "Hey, I think you're quite good at training. Do you want to try it on me?"
Tang En's heart skipped a beat, and he chose to leave without hesitation.
In any case, he had already taught them the method to train the lizardmen, and the next step was to complete the taming process step by step. There was no need for him to continue staying here.
If he continued to stay, he was afraid that something would happen again.
Next, he still had to go to the hammer-forging castle to deal with the kobolds. There was not much time left for him.
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