Disciple of Immortal

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「I was going to launch another surprise attack with 《Agniraz》 but, even that is failed.」

The blonde-haired girl glared at me while biting anxiously on her thumbnail.

The way she moved and spoke resembled Garan in his controlled state.

It seems this girl was the user of the 《Puppet Coffin》.

Bennet’s expression turned into disbelief the moment he saw the girl.

「That appearance, and that high ranking necromancy… No way, 《Alice of The Corpse Doll》!?」

It seems the girl was another big shot in Locklore who I know nothing about.

Even her alias didn’t ring a bell to me.

「… You don’t know about her too?」

I nodded when Bennet asked that question.

「《Alice of The Corpse Doll》 is a mage who turned into a lich. If it’s the real Alice, then she could single-handedly destroy a country with ease since her rank is quite high among the 《Humanoid Dragon》.」

「A… Lich.」

So she really was a lich huh.

The air around her did resemble Lunaire.

Moreover, to correct Bennet’s remark, I didn’t feel something akin to a threat from that girl.

「But… This person should’ve died around eight hundred years ago. No one had ever seen her since then! And yet, she just suddenly…!」

Despite what he said, Bennet might be mistaken.

I mean, she didn’t have to come out in person since she had such a convenient 《Puppet Coffin》.

Well, she had no reason to live in hiding if she really was so powerful to the point of being able to single-handedly crush a country but… Alice herself didn’t seem to like exposing herself.

When someone became a lich, they wouldn’t have to worry about their lifespan.

It shouldn’t be that difficult to raise her level to extremities like what Lunaire did in Cocytus.

… If that was truly the case, I might be in a real pinch this time.

I mean, according to my estimation, Lunaire’s level was definitely more than five thousand, and the opponent this time was a lich like Lunaire.

Her level might be even higher than mine.

「《Status Check》!」

I tried to confirm her level before she made her move.

I had no intention to abandon Kotone but, if the other party was more powerful than me, I had to reconsider my tactics.

I might even need to call for Philia’s help.

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Alice Azcarol

Race: Lich

Ｌｖ ：666

ＨＰ ：2997/2997

ＭＰ ：2687/3369

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… And here I thought that her level was higher than the Demon King of spiders, Mother, whose level is close to 1000.

Is this the level of… High rank 《Humanoid Dragon》?

Thus, I renewed my evaluation about Lunaire, she wasn’t strong because she was a lich, Lunaire was so powerful because she was Lunaire.

Which reminds me that a Demon King of Mother’s caliber might be a real threat to this world.

「R-Run Kanata! Alice is out of our league. We had to escape from her and reported about her survival to the royal family! This isn’t just 《Red Authority Cane》 ‘s matter anymore! This place, Manarak, is destined to be destroyeed!」

Bennet got flustered, shouted so as he frantically pulled my sleeve.

I shook Bennet’s hand.

「I’ll do something about her, you’ve to get away from this place, Bennet-san. I can somehow deal with her.」

「T-This isn’t the time for such jokes! I know that you’re stronger than me! But, Alice is a legend herself! Even 《Hundred Demons》 and 《Dungeon Master》 are but child to her!」

Said Bennet as he readied his sword.

「As much as I hate this situation, you have to escape! My pride as a knight doesn’t allow me to escape before a civilian. R-Run as fast as you can! I’ll try to buy you some time. Run when in the third count. Since this matter has been escalated to this level, the royal family won’t blame me about 《Red Authority Cane》 anymore.」

「No, I really am fine…」

I’m grateful for his feeling of wanting to help me but, he really was nothing much against a level 600 opponent.

「Do you not have any confidence in me? Huhum, Worry not, I’m quite strong. Despite my looks… I’m master of swordcraft.」

「… I see, the recent otherworlder can see levels. Kanata, is it? Looking at your reaction, it seems I’m not that much of a threat for you.」

Unlike Bennet who kept doubting me, Alice saw through me and spoke with a grim look on her face.

Bennet looked at Alice with a shocked look on his face, and then turned around to see me.

「I’ve no idea why an outlier monster like you appeared out of nowhere, and right before me who lives rather peacefully but… You, are a bug, right.」

「… Bug?」

「Fufu, I hope you’re not getting too full of yourself, thinking that you’re the only special one. You’re not the first case. It’s really rare in this world, a bug that appears due to the lack of regulation of the higher being. They normally possess a catastrophic 《Gift Skill》. That kind of person is called “Bug” in the past.」

「What do you mean…」

「You’re the most detestable existence for higher being, right?」

Alice, who kept using an expressionless face until now turned into that wicked smile.

Her smile revealed jagged teeth, and her long purplish tongue.

That expression wrecked her supposedly adorable face.

I thought it was impossible for her to win this battle due to the absolute difference between our level.

And yet, I felt a chill running down into my spine.

Alice clearly knew about Nyarlhotep.

Despite knowing my overwhelming level, Alice didn’t seem to lose her confidence.

「Fufufu, let me tell you, Kanata. The higher existence only did minimum interference to deal with bugs. No matter which era, the result is the same… None of the bugs triumph over the higher existence. Well, had they allowed to interfere directly, a bug like you is nothing for them.」

I gasped upon hearing that piece of news.

Sure enough, Nyarlhotep did hate my guts.

From the very beginning, they wanted to kill me by sending me straight to 《Cocytus》.

From the very beginning, Nyarlhotep was the one who managed this warped world, he might keep a balance of the number of high level humans.

The difference of individual war potential in this world was pretty screwed, it was only natural for them to interfere.

Since that was the case, me who reached level 4000 with my own effort was definitely in their execution list.

Forget about most favorite or less favorite, I was surely in their execution list.

Alice climbed on the debris, licked Kotone’s cheek.

Kotone didn’t even flinch as if she never noticed that.

「Now I understand why I got both 《Red Authority Cane》 and 《Ares Hand》. From the very beginning, this is the arrangement from higher existence. They want me to kill you. I guess you really pissed them off to the point that they’re willing to hand over 《Red Authority Cane》.」

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