The Tale of Hero Alice’s Social Death

Chapter 267: Necessary Action

It was beyond Alice's expectations for the blonde Demon King to be so frighteningly skilled in combat. The other party took only an instant to figure out her attack's weaknesses, take advantage of it, and subsequently dismantle it. She would have certainly suffered a thorough defeat today if not for the blonde Demon King's poor eyesight.

The blonde Demon King's soul was currently inhabiting the Soul Mark scroll that had been folded into a paper crane. When the paper crane crashed into the wall, it had become crumpled and fell to the ground powerlessly, giving off quite the miserable appearance.

Just like Alice had previously suspected, the Soul Mark Scroll might be more practical than the Radioactive Soul Stone and Soul Gathering Tablet in that it could store a spell in addition to a soul. Still, it was much less sturdy than the other two soul containers. Its toughness was only on par with parchment made from animal skins, so it went without saying that it would wrinkle after crashing into a wall at such great speeds.

It would also seem that the blonde Demon King had grown a little dizzy from the crash as the paper crane didn't immediately take flight once more after falling to the ground. Alice naturally wouldn't let go of this chance, so she hurriedly lifted her hand and cast a Forest Crystal, enveloping the paper crane in a light-green barrier.

Alice sighed. Despite successfully capturing the tricky Demon King, Alice couldn't bring herself to be happy. She realized that her effortless successes with Grant and Andusia had caused her to grow arrogant and underestimate Demon Kings.

However, this blonde Demon King had given Alice a rude awakening today. Even without access to much mana, the blonde Demon King had managed to turn her Burning Star against her. Afterward, the other party had even dismantled her Burning Star with nothing more than an elementary spell, thoroughly taking advantage of their surrounding environment.

The reason Alice could defeat Grant and Andusia so easily before was due to their special circumstances. The former severely underestimated Alice, so he got killed by Alice's panties. The latter had an exploitable weakness because of her body. Moreover, Andusia's plan at the time was to steal her descendant's body, so she had not prepared any preventive measures for attacks targeting her figurine body's weaknesses.

However, the blonde Demon King was different. As soon as her possession spell was interrupted, she promptly realized she was dealing with a tough opponent. Hence, she had used all of her strength to escape. There was also the fact that Alice didn't have any spells specialized in manipulating paper.

Fortunately, the blonde Demon King eventually suffered at the hands of her myopia.

Shortly afterward, the blonde Demon King recovered from her dizziness and saw the green barrier surrounding her. Although the paper crane couldn't make any expressions, Alice could tell that the blonde Demon King was panicking just by looking at the paper crane frantically flying around inside the Forest Crystal.

Without the help of panties or the Hero's Sword, Alice could only cast weakened taboos with her current mana. It was also the same for this Forest Crystal. If she were to use this weakened Forest Crystal against a Demon King in their prime, the Demon King could shatter the Forest Crystal with ease.

However, the blonde Demon King had already used up most of the mana stored in the Soul Mark Scroll. So, even if the Forest Crystal imprisoning her was only a weakened version, she still couldn't break out of it. There was nothing her wealth of combat experience could do to help her in this situation, either.

After watching the paper crane struggling for a moment, Alice gradually directed the Forest Crystal's mana into the paper crane to thoroughly seal whatever mana was left in the Soul Mark Scroll. Once the Forest Crystal formed inside the Soul Mark Scroll, the paper crane stopped moving completely. Meanwhile, learning from her previous mistake, Alice gripped the paper crane tightly, afraid that the other party was only pretending to be incapable of movement.

However, Alice's concerns were unnecessary as the blonde Demon King wasn't putting on an act this time. After Alice's Forest Crystal sealed all of the mana inside the Soul Mark Scroll, the blonde Demon King could no longer use any mana to manipulate the Soul Mark Scroll. Hence, the scroll was no different than a piece of parchment that was incapable of moving.

"So, how should I deal with you?"

Alice narrowed her eyes, a dangerous expression forming on her face as she looked at the paper crane in her hand. Unlike Andusia, whose target had been Marion at the time, the blonde Demon King's goal had been to take over Alice's body from the very onset. Although the other party had mistakenly targeted the Milu Rabbit, it still didn't change the fact that the other party was a threat to her life. This situation dismissed any thoughts Alice had of holding a proper conversation with the blonde Demon King.

After all, who knew whether this sneaky fellow would try to pull something again during their conversation?

"It seems it'd be better to just burn you," Alice said coldly. "Don't say that I never gave you a chance. I might have chosen to spare you had you decided to talk to me properly before. However, I truly do not dare to keep you alive after how much of a danger you've shown yourself to be."

"Who are you?"

Now that the Forest Crystal had sealed her mana, the blonde Demon King was finally willing to talk. Unfortunately, this blonde Demon King felt too cunning to Alice, so Alice couldn't really bring herself to trust the blonde Demon King like she trusted Andusia.