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Join the ServerOn a desolate ruin, a mischievous loli stood with one hand on her hip. Wicked horns crowned her head, and black-red bat wings sprouted from her back. With the other hand, she daintily covered her mouth with a practiced ‘orchid finger’ gesture, cackling maniacally and shamelessly.
Beneath her delicate, silk-clad feet, Alice and Anna lay trampled, their eyes glazed over in a daze.
“Hohahaha! The Saintess and the Sword Saint of this era have both been trampled beneath my feet!”
“Who in this world can stop me now?”
“From this day forth, this realm belongs to me, Demon Lord Lu!”
“Oh, you foolish humans, all of you shall become my slaves!”
“Oh~ hoho!”
“Oh~ hoho!”
Her shameless laughter echoed relentlessly under the blood-red moon, plunging the entire world into its darkest hour.
****
And then, just at that moment, Eve’s eyes snapped open once more, and she gasped for breath.
Before her, the desolate world had vanished, replaced by a dim, enclosed space.
In her arms, Wennya was sleeping soundly.
‘Another dream, then…’
Eve rubbed her temples.
Ever since she learned that the Demon Lord’s ability was the absurdly powerful ‘reality alteration,’ such scenes had become a recurring nightmare.
The Demon Lord’s initial impression, so strikingly similar to a ‘Jade Loli,’ made it easy for Eve to envision them as an arrogant, utterly punchable brat.
As for why the Saintess and the Sword Saint were the ones being trampled by Demon Lord Lu, it was because these two represented the highest combat capabilities Eve had encountered so far, both holding noble ranks within the system’s evaluations.
Thus, in Eve’s dreams, these two became the Demon Lord’s convenient stepping stones and background figures. This idea, however, was not born out of thin air.
During their journey back to Xielan, Eve had emerged from her coffin several times.
Initially, she had simply asked Anna and Yulim Wilivia if they had noticed any recent changes.
Both girls had shaken their heads.
This only made Eve more cautious.
The beginner village’s protection wouldn’t have been triggered without a reason.
Therefore, the lack of apparent change only underscored the immense power of the Demon Lord’s ability.
What common knowledge, exactly, had the opponent’s ‘reality alteration’ tampered with?
To unravel this mystery, she had cautiously questioned them about the Demon Lord.
Yet, Anna and Yulim Wilivia’s responses left her stunned.
Anna shook her head. “I know about monsters… but what’s a Demon Lord, Loli? Why would we need to fight them? Have they done anything wrong?”
Eve pointed towards the blood-red moon in the sky. “The Demon Lord is the leader of all those monsters. She’ll lead them to plunge the world into chaos. For instance, that red moon hanging above your heads right now? She’s the one who made it appear.”
“But… the moon… wasn’t it always red…?”
Yulim Wilivia’s single sentence instantly plunged Eve into an icy abyss.
In that moment, Eve understood.
The Demon Lord’s ‘reality alteration’ had erased the very existence and concept of the Demon Lord from people’s common knowledge.
Anna and Yulim Wilivia had already fallen victim; ordinary people stood no chance.
Eve wondered if Alice, their esteemed Saintess, had been affected by this ‘reality alteration.’
Personally, Eve felt it was highly unlikely she hadn’t.
After all, the Demon Lord was a monster, part of the Demon Lord’s army faction.
Even a small undead like herself would have had her reality altered, had it not been for the beginner village’s protection.
This alone indicated that the ‘reality alteration’ indiscriminately affected everyone, friend or foe.
Moreover, many stories frequently featured a lofty Saintess having her reality altered, leading to delightfully classic plot developments.
Perhaps, at this very moment, the Demon Lord was already plotting to infiltrate the Church, conquer the Saintess, transform her into a puppet to be manipulated at will, then use the Saintess to control the Church, and finally, leverage the Church’s influence to seize the entire world as her own! Such a colossal, earth-shattering conspiracy!
Eve resolved to draft a letter immediately upon returning to Xielan, sending it to the Church to warn Alice.
‘Hmm… a small undead from the Demon Lord’s army secretly sending intelligence to the Saintess.’
‘Why does it feel like I’m an undercover agent?’
‘Might as well stop calling myself Luosha and just use the codename Pangolin instead…’
However, the unsettling feeling in Eve’s heart intensified with every step closer to Xielan.
The thought of reaching Xielan tomorrow sent a sudden shiver down Eve’s spine, and she realized something.
‘Wait a minute!’
‘The Demon Lord is on the plains!’
‘And what’s closest to the plains…?’
Eve pulled a map from her bracelet, compared it, and then gasped.
“Damn, isn’t it Xielan?!”
‘No, no, no… Eve, you need to calm down.’
‘The plains are vast and open, with no clear landmarks for direction. Maybe they turned towards the Elf Forest or those western mountains, or perhaps even ran off to the furthest empire next door…’
‘Even if they did come to Xielan, it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve encountered the Demon Lord. What’s there to be afraid of?’
‘I’m a legitimate member of the Demon Lord’s army!’
‘A five-star, model monster citizen!’
‘It’s just that my reality wasn’t altered, and I want to secretly send a letter to the Saintess. Why am I feeling so guilty, hahaha…’
Eve continuously reassured herself.
****
Until the next morning, when the city gates and walls of Xielan finally appeared in their sight.
“Hahaha! Xielan! I, Anna, have returned!”
The blue-haired maiden let out another howl, just as she had before.
Eve’s lips twitched involuntarily beneath her mask.
‘So, Anna, you shout this every time you come back, do you?’
However, unlike before, when she’d bolted towards the city gates like an unleashed husky, this time Anna actively took Yulim Wilivia’s hand.
“Yulim Wilivia, let’s go!”
The hooded girl nodded, offering Anna a sweet smile. “Mhm…”
The two girls walked on, leaning intimately against each other.
They seemed to have completely forgotten about the small undead carrying straw behind them.
Eve: ‘…’
Eve, unexpectedly subjected to such a public display of affection, suddenly had a thought.
‘Perhaps I shouldn’t be here.’
Yet, she wasn’t truly bitter. As a self-proclaimed ‘CP head’ from way back, Eve never envied couples; instead, she wished them eternal happiness.
After all, meeting amidst a sea of humanity and ultimately finding happiness together—such sweet love stories were truly captivating!
Even for those foolish couples who shamelessly flaunted their affection without regard for others, Eve was willing to wish them eternal happiness, hoping they wouldn’t ruin genuine love for countless others.
So, seeing Anna and Yulim Wilivia, these newcomers, walking together and tasting the sweet fruit of love for the first time, Eve, as a ‘CP head,’ felt nothing but the profound satisfaction of watching her own ‘gourd babies’ finally grow up.
‘It turns out even a simpleton like Anna can grow when they fall in love…’
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