The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death - Chapter 277

Chapter 277 – Flaman Needs to Renovate Again

“What should we do, Lord Demon King?”

Flaman felt a little conflicted as he looked at Alice. Although there were many historical records detailing the characteristics of necromancers and the undead, they were a profession and a race that had supposedly gone extinct thousands of years ago. Hence, nobody could say for certain that the recorded information was accurate. On the off chance the undead could lie, they’d fall right into the undead girl’s ploy.

He had personally fought the undead girl just now, so he knew that she was strong. At the very least, she had more than enough strength to contest for a Heavenly King’s position. If they couldn’t keep her under control, it’d be very easy for problems to occur.

“Release her. It just happens that I have many questions I want to ask her.”

After thinking it over for a while, Alice eventually decided to release the undead girl from her restraints. Initially, she worried that this undead might be another Demon King. However, going by Flaman’s description, the undead girl should be far from matching a Demon King in strength.

Moreover, the undead girl appeared to be only interested in the Torres Royal Coin. This situation caused Alice to suspect that the undead girl might be the creation of a past Demon King, and the Torres Royal Coin in her hand was the medium used to control the undead girl. If that was the case, didn’t that mean she had just picked up a capable combatant for free?

Although Flaman still couldn’t get over his worries, considering that Alice had the strength to overwhelm all four Heavenly Kings simultaneously, he doubted that the undead girl could accomplish anything in front of Alice even if she did turn out to be lying. Hence, after hesitating for a moment, Flaman went along with Alice’s wishes and untied the mana rope binding the undead girl.

The rope used to tie the undead girl was something Flaman had custom-made to restrain powerful individuals. Even a Heavenly King would have difficulty using their mana when bound by this rope.

However, when Flaman retrieved the mana rope, he noticed visible signs of snapping. This discovery astonished him. After all, he was certain that this rope had prevented the undead girl from using any spells. This could only mean that the undead girl possessed frightening physical strength.

If he were to throw this undead girl and a powerful magician into an anti-magic field, the undead girl could probably tear the magician to shreds in the blink of an eye. After all, not every magician had the time or talent to develop their mana and physical body simultaneously like the Hero and Demon King.

“Ah, I’m finally free. That feels much better.”

The undead girl made a comfortable moan when the mana ropes binding her were removed. Then, she sat up on the floor, grabbed her face with her hands, and twisted, haphazardly snapping her neck back into position. If not for the clear cracking sounds that appeared along with the undead girl’s actions, Alice would have thought that the woman’s head wasn’t actually connected to her neck.

“Are you this generation’s Demon King? You look pretty strange,” the undead girl said, turning to look at Alice after exercising her neck a little. “You’re completely different from past Demon Kings. You feel more like a human princess than a Demon King.”

It wasn’t strange for the undead girl to have such a sentiment. Hero novels were popularized ages ago. Meanwhile, these novels typically involved a princess with blonde hair and a cute face. Alice matched this description perfectly, so it was no wonder the undead girl would think as such.

“Sorry for looking like a princess,” Alice said, rolling her eyes at the undead girl. However, she didn’t reveal the fact that she was indeed a human princess to the other party. After all, she still didn’t fully understand the undead girl. It’d be foolish of her to reveal factual information about herself in this situation.

As for her identity as the Demon King, Alice didn’t mind revealing it to the undead girl. After all, Flaman’s respectful behavior toward her made it incredibly obvious. The undead girl had also shown herself to possess the cognitive abilities of a normal person. So, having fought Flaman, the undead girl should more or less be able to guess that he was a Heavenly King or someone as strong as a Heavenly King. In that case, she should also be able to guess Alice’s identity.

“What is your name?” Alice asked as she took a seat on a chair and looked at the undead girl’s deathly-pale face. “What does this Torres Royal Coin have to do with you? Why did you chase after me for this coin? Answering these questions is one of the conditions for releasing you. You weren’t lying, were you?”

“The undead cannot lie, so rest assured,” the undead girl said, having no intention of going back on her promise. “I do not have a name. I don’t like conventional names, either, so those Demon Kings all call me Little Death. As for this Torrest Royal Coin, it is the medium that my creators, the Torres Royal Family, use to control my movement. The Torreses prepare a coin for every undead they create. Each of these coins carries the aura of their corresponding undead, making it easy for the undead to locate their corresponding coin.

“I see. So you’re an undead created by the Torres family.”

Alice nodded to express her understanding. She also realized how the undead girl called Little Death managed to track her all the way to Flaman’s house without her notice. It turned out that the Torres Royal Coin she picked up carried Little Death’s aura. However, because it was only a trace of Little Death’s aura, the coin’s weapon information did not reveal any special information.

“Wait, when you say those Demon Kings all call you Little Death…do you mean that you’ve met many Demon Kings before?” Alice asked, taking note of the important information Little Death had just casually revealed.

“That’s right. When the Torreses created me, the primary command they gave me was to follow the orders of the Demon King holding the Torres Royal Coin,” Little Death said, nodding. “But they never limited the condition to any specific Demon King. In addition, after the first Demon King that I served died, the Demon King after him inherited his coin. Like so, I was passed down from generation to generation… I think I’ve probably met every Demon King that has appeared after that.”

Alice suddenly thought of Andusia when she heard Little Death’s words, deciding to ask if Andusia knew Little Death afterward. She had left Andusia in her bedroom after returning to the mansion, so the Ninth Demon King wasn’t with her right now. “You say that you will follow the orders of the Demon King holding the Torres Royal Coin. Does that mean you will also follow my orders now?”

“In theory, yes.” Little Death nodded. “But…”

Alice felt something amiss when she heard Little Death trailing her words, her danger senses sounding alarm bells in her mind. Immediately, she stamped her left foot on the ground and summoned an Enochian Prism before her.

As soon as Alice’s Enochian Prism took shape, dark mana poured out of Little Death, the dark mana corroding everything it came into contact with. In the blink of an eye, what used to be Flaman’s study had transformed into a balcony.

Fortunately, Alice remained unscathed since she had erected an Enochian Prism in time. However, because the Enochian Prism she used was a weakened version, it had reached the end of its lifespan after fending off the tide of dark mana.

After releasing a dark spell of considerable power at Alice, Little Death stretched her body lazily and looked at Alice, who was forced to hover in the air after the flooring beneath her was corroded away. Then, Little Death finished her sentence, saying:

“But I must first verify whether you are a Demon King.”