Holy crusades for the sake of growing a cult can get tiring.

You fight a ton of monsters, collect a bunch of random resources, and save future cult members, over and over and over again.

Hours deep into their most recent crusade, The Lamb was feeling the effects. Tiredness, hunger, general fatigue.

So after stumbling across Helob the spider once more with two poor saps covered in web, The Lamb was happy they would get a moment of respite.

"I'll cut you a deal on these two... A two for one special... I've been very lucky in my hunts lately, so I'll let you have them both for the usual price of one." The ever creepy spider offered.

Giving a not, The Lamb cut them down and prepared to send them back to the cult grounds to be indoctrinated.

But before they could do so, their stomach growled...

Gwwrrrbblrrr.....

Then they got an idea...

Rather than sending them back immediately, The Lamb told the two of them that they would get a very special way of contributing to the cause.

With some help from the crowns influence, plus the pair being happy that they had been saved, they were happy to serve their leader in any way they could.

After moving a little deeper into the forest for privacy, The Lamb made their first mission as members of the cult clear.

Opening their mouth wide and pointing in,

they said, "Your first task... Feed your leader."~

Sensing their hesitation, they added, "Don't worry, I have ways of bringing you back from beyond, I just really need this right now..." reassuring them that they didn't get saved from being meals for a spider just to wind up feeding a lamb instead.

Still hesitant, but reassured, the first new follower, a red panda, approached cautiously, reaching out towards their new leader. The other one, a cat, was still standing back, but was oddly blushy at the way todays events were progressing...

With a nod from The Lamb, who opened wide, the red panda placed their hands within The Lambs maw, pushing them in.

Placing their hands on the red pandas sides, The Lamb pulled them in more, eager to fill up on them, and loving the taste.

Something seemed to click in the cat, as they suddenly stepped forward, and lifted the red pandas legs.

Eyes wide in shock, The Lamb eventually realized what was happening, and settled back into a smug expression, as they continued gulping down their first course.

As time passed, eventually the red panda was reduced to a pair of slowly sinking legs, which the cat shoved down with continued excitement.

As their feet passed through into The Lambs gullet, the blushy cat pushed more, shoving their arms down as well in order to keep the process going, now taking their turn to slowly sink down into sheep guts.

Further and further they sunk, until they too were nothing but twitching legs and a wagging tail.

Gulping down the last of them, The Lamb leaned forward, pressing down into their squirming gut, thankful that they got the break they needed from an exhausting day.

"Ahhhh... Better to feed your leader than some forest monster... OooUUrrrRRpppPPppp.... Right?~" Belching up the robes that the new followers only just received, and tightening the great round gut The Lamb was sporting.

As they continued to knead them down into lamb pudge, the lamb thought about how long it would take to gather resources for the resurrection rituals and sighed...

"I hope they don't mind if they stick around for a little while... Or if I only bother collecting enough for one of them~... The cat at least seemed like they'd make a great acolyte..." They thought to themself, just happy to have something in their gut...