Chapter 23 : Crimson Lotus of Revenge
"Go die!!!!!!"
Therefore, Elucia hated the man before her to death.
If he hadn't launched a rebellion, if he hadn't spread rumors everywhere, everyone in the Snow Kingdom... could have evacuated safely from here!
To gain power, General Kuru had sold his soul to demons. He deceived many soldiers and subordinates who wanted to save the country, launching an attack on the royal palace.
Father,
Mother,
The maids... everyone had died in that battle.
And although she had survived,
She also...
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"Kuru, die!!!"
Elucia's long sword erupted with dark radiance that devoured everything. That pitch-black shadow carried incomparable momentum as it slashed toward Kuru.
"Ahhhhh!"
Kuru's entire body was trembling. Every inch of his skin was burning in black flames, his hysterical screams echoing throughout the entire dungeon.
But Elucia showed no mercy whatsoever.
She only gradually thrust the long sword in her hand into Kuru's chest.
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Seeing Elucia's figure, Lonis also instantly remembered many things.
She hadn't forgotten that she had designed her "companion's" name as Lonis to commemorate that wedding that never took place.
So Lonis was the princess she was supposed to marry when she was a hero.
And now, the black shadow was calling Elucia "Lonis."
And in the former Snow Kingdom, the Snow Kingdom's princess was also called Lonis.
Could it be that...
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Lonis's heart skipped a beat, and then she remembered something she had almost forgotten.
When she was a hero going to subjugate demons, she had indeed encountered a human traitor named Kuru.
He was invulnerable to swords and spears, almost invincible with the demons' support, impossible to kill no matter how much you tried.
So the method she had chosen back then was... to push him into lava.
Under the scorching heat of flames, this human traitor's body would continuously dissolve and then continuously regenerate, repeatedly enduring the lava's roasting until his flesh and blood were completely burned away.
Even if he didn't die, letting him suffer torment in the lava worse than death would be punishment enough, right?
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And now, Elucia was doing exactly that... She used all her strength, trying to push Kuru into the lava.
However, Kuru wasn't exactly a pushover either.
This pitch-black figure roared, shouting with all his might:
"Lonis, you can't kill me. I've already gained the Trickster Demon Lord's power and will soon become the master of the Flame Abyss!"
"Hmph, do you think I'd give you the chance to succeed?"
Elucia had already pressed Kuru's figure to the cliff's edge with her black sword. Just one more step forward and she could push him into the molten rock.
But...
At this moment, tremendous force emerged from Kuru's body—even Elucia couldn't resist it. The black-haired girl's figure was directly knocked back.
And Kuru, who had been passively taking hits before, his muscles were actually expanding, and that twisted face was laughing exaggeratedly.
"Haha, the Trickster Demon Lord truly didn't deceive me. The power he promised me has indeed manifested."
As if receiving an energy infusion, Kuru's body continuously enlarged... In just an instant, he became a beast a full three meters tall!
His thick hind legs were strong and powerful. Kuru's current strength and movement were completely incomparable to his previous level.
He was as agile and deadly as a werewolf, instantly pouncing before Elucia and biting down forcefully.
"!"
In an instant, Elucia could only raise her sword to block, but...
Her old injuries from the previous day were exposed.
To quickly save Lonis, Elucia's body development wasn't complete. Whether defeating the abyssal tentacles or the tail hammer beast, all had caused severe injuries to this black-haired girl.
Therefore, the black sword failed to block the claws, and Elucia's figure was sent flying like a kite with a broken string.
Rumble!
Elucia was knocked into the wall, bright red blood slowly flowing from the corner of the girl's mouth.
"Elucia!"
"!"
Although the black-haired girl wanted to stand up, Kuru was faster... He directly rushed forward, using those thick claws to firmly press down on Elucia's throat.
"Lonis, you can't kill me—not in the past, not now!"
"......"
"I will kill you, I will become the most outstanding demon general under the Trickster Demon Lord! I will gain incomparable power, I will gain eternal life! And you can only die here like those fools of the Snow Kingdom!!!!"
Kuru forcefully gripped Elucia's neck, viciously trying to tear her head in half.
But even so,
Elucia's gaze remained very calm, as if she had accepted her fate and wasn't struggling...
(No, it's not that she's not struggling!)
At this life-or-death moment, pitch-black light again surged around Elucia—the previous black-haired girl disappeared, replaced by a petite loli wearing a gothic dress.
Therefore, Kuru, who had been gripping Elucia's neck, grabbed empty air. The little loli just performed a slide tackle and reached beneath Kuru.
The massive three-meter-tall beast could bite targets at medium to long range, but couldn't effectively attack what was beneath it.
Instead, using her petite form, Elucia could not only nimbly maneuver around but also take this opportunity to...
"Go die!"
Elucia smiled coldly, thrusting the black sword upward, and the target of attack was actually... Kuru's **!
The black sword penetrated like a thousand years of death without any obstruction, and the pierced Kuru naturally let out a wail:
"Ahhhhh, ahhhhhhhh!!!!!"
Kuru covered his butt, trying to stop the bleeding. But how could such a terrible attack be stopped?
After all, no matter how cold a demon man might be, that place is always warm.
Splash splash— Blood continuously flowed from beneath Kuru's buttocks. Watching that blood gushing, even Lonis involuntarily clenched her chrysanthemum.
But Elucia's attack wasn't over yet.
She performed a forward roll, dodging the blood spray range, then aimed at Kuru's crotch for another sword strike!
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Seeing this kind of attack, Lonis was so scared she sat down on the ground.
And Kuru was in so much pain he roared while lying on his back, seeming to have lost his reason: "Ahhhhh!!!"
The massive claws attacked chaotically, but Elucia nimbly dodged, not getting hit by Kuru even once.
And at this moment...
"Lonis, get away quickly!"
"Huh, wah ahhh!"
Lonis froze, seeing that beast-form Kuru, unable to catch Elucia, came attacking her instead... Perhaps thinking she was easy to bully, Kuru seemed to want to make her a hostage.
(Can't resist!)
Facing the giant beast pouncing toward her, Lonis felt like she was facing a heavy truck. She clearly knew that with her current strength, she didn't even have the qualification to last 1 second before Kuru.
However...
"Sensory Deprivation—Vision!"
Elucia extended her hand in time, and Kuru's eyes became pitch black as if blinded.
But even so, he still charged toward Lonis with inertia, even locking onto her escape direction!
"Go die!!!!"
Kuru roared, trying to tear Lonis's body in half... but Lonis just dropped down flat and dodged Kuru's pounce.
And that massive beast plunged directly into the lava.
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