The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death - Chapter 283

Chapter 283 – Team of Villains

Supernatural Event? Demon King Castle Mana Depletion Incident.

Demon King Suspected to Have Appeared and Knocked 296 People Unconscious.

Desperate Daily Reporter’s Exclusive Report. A Deep Dive Into the Demon King Castle’s Large-Scale Comatose Incident.

The day after Alice returned from Demon King Castle, the demon realm’s various media entities caught wind of what had happened at Demon King Castle as she expected. After all, the incident involved nearly 300 people getting knocked unconscious and the depletion of mana in the castle’s surrounding area. It was natural that this matter would cause a huge commotion in the demon realm.

Meanwhile, the various media outlets quickly turned to speculate that this incident was either the Demon King’s deliberate doing or the outcome of a failed experiment conducted by the Demon King. There were also other speculations, but most of them had something to do with the Demon King one way or another.

The demon realm’s mass media are quite good at making guesses.

Alice was a little surprised that the demon realm’s mass media would assume that the Demon King was related to this incident. However, when she thought about it from a different perspective, she felt that these media outlets would probably make similar speculations to garner attention even if the Demon King wasn’t actually involved in the incident.

After all, ever since the “Demon King” had appeared several months ago, the only time this new Demon King had made a public appearance was during her confrontation with the Hero outside the Elven Forest. Since nobody knew the exact cause of the incident this time, the various media outlets would definitely try to drag the Demon King into this matter and ride the Demon King’s wave of popularity.

“Is this an invention of this era? What did you call this machine again? A computer?”

Little Death didn’t sleep last night since the undead didn’t require sleep. However, she didn’t really feel bored doing nothing because of a unique daydreaming method she had developed. There was usually a gap of several hundred years between the birth and death of Demon Kings. Meanwhile, this daydreaming method was something she had come up with to cope with the boredom of having to wait out this gap.

So, while Alice was asleep last night, Little Death used this daydreaming method and simply sat in the corner of the room the entire night. Only after Alice had woken up and washed up did Little Death leave her corner.

“Yes. There’s another device called the mobile phone that is a simplified version of the computer. I’ll have Flaman get you one afterward. Since you’ve woken up in this era, you should adapt to the customs of this era as well,” Alice said, nodding.

After interacting with Little Death yesterday, Alice came to understand that despite Little Death behaving nothing like an undead, the undead girl was indeed incredibly loyal and respectful to her, the “Demon King” in possession of the Torres Royal Coin. She felt that Little Death was completely trustworthy while she maintained her “Demon King” identity.

However, Alice’s current problem was that she couldn’t reveal her “Hero” identity to Little Death. After all, while Little Death might be obedient to the Demon King’s command, would the undead girl remain obedient if this Demon King also happened to be the Hero? Or, more specifically, would Little Death doubt her identity as the Demon King?

Although Alice couldn’t reach a conclusive answer, she didn’t try to probe Little Death on this matter, either. Rather than taking such a risk, Alice decided to simply let Little Death move around her only when she was operating as the Demon King. After all, she didn’t require Little Death’s help carrying out her Hero duties.

“Your two friends are going to visit the Windy Kingdom’s tourist attractions with that Heris girl today. Are you not going with them?” Andusia said after waking up and jumping onto Alice’s shoulder. “Those two are humans, after all. Can you really feel relieved letting them wander the demon realm?”

“Heris is with them, so nothing will happen. She is the daughter of a Heavenly King. Even if they visit the Windy Kingdom, Wintas will help Flaman take care of them,” Alice said, shaking her head. Although she wanted to go with Zauna and Lalu, she had more important matters she needed to deal with. “I’m going to the Terra Kingdom today.”

“The Terra Kingdom… Ah, the Heavenly King of Earth’s territory?”

Andusia had already learned about the modern era’s geopolitical situation through the internet. Overall, aside from the people sitting at the top, the only things that changed were the various countries’ names. So, Andusia quickly realized that Alice was talking about the Heavenly King of Earth’s territory when she mentioned the Terra Kingdom.

Of course, aside from Alice, nobody else knew that Aird, the Heavenly King of Earth, was the real Hero, not even Aird herself.

“What are you going to the Heavenly King of Earth’s territory for?” Little Death asked curiously as she poked her head out from behind Alice’s other shoulder. Then, she rested her head on Alice’s shoulder while looking at the map displayed on the computer.

Little Death didn’t know what Alice’s end goal was. She also didn’t know that Alice and Andusia had already used the dogkins’ chief totem to search for items carrying a trace of the Demon King’s Power’s aura.

“It’s to eliminate the Demon King’s Power.”

The person who answered Little Death wasn’t Alice or Andusia but Luna, who had walked up to the trio from behind, instead. Luna was one of the few people that Alice trusted wholeheartedly. She was also a strong combatant on top of that. So, Alice would naturally inform Luna of her end goal.

Originally, Alice had hoped that Luna could go to the Demon King Castle with her. She had only had Luna follow Zauna and Lalu for a day because she worried that something unexpected might happen.

However, Alice was now certain that the Four Heavenly Kings’ influence wasn’t just for show. Even after Heris had dragged Zauna and Lalu around for the entirety of yesterday, nothing had happened. So, Alice could now have Luna move with her without worrying about Zauna and Lalu’s safety.

“Eliminate the Demon King’s Power?!” Luna’s answer gave little Death a fright. Then, Little Death switched her gaze between Alice and Andusia a few times before turning to Luna and asking, “L-Literally?”

“That’s right. Literally. We are going to erase the Demon King’s Power from this world and halt the birth of Demon Kings and Heroes once and for all,” Andusia said as she crossed her legs and looked at Little Death with interest. “So, Little Death, will you act with us?”

While Andusia spoke, both Andusia and Luna were also preparing themselves to act. Should Little Death express even the slightest bit of disapproval, they would take action and obliterate Little Death right here and now.

The average person might find it challenging to kill an undead since an undead could be resurrected so long as their soul remained. However, destroying an undead’s body and soul was a piece of cake for two Demon Kings.

“How crazy… You’re actually thinking of erasing the Demon King’s Power…” Little Death exclaimed in amazement. Then, without even the slightest hint of hesitation, she said, “Of course you have to include me in such an exciting proposition!”

The only restriction Little Death had to abide by was the command to follow the orders of the Demon King holding the Torres Royal Coin. In other words, before Alice died, Little Death only had to obey Alice’s orders and nothing more.

As for the Demon King’s Power? What does it have to do with her?