Ever since the ancient Holaien people mysteriously disappeared, the Gloom City Ruins had remained peaceful for several hundred years.
It was only a few days ago, under orders from the upper echelons of the Constanterna Empire, that the ruins were opened and a large wave of adventurers poured in.
Even so, the deeper regions had still not been visited by anyone, including the sixth floor closest to the Gloom Underground Fortress.
The monsters here were naturally extremely powerful, but with no disturbances they had all fallen into a deep slumber, making the entire sixth floor unusually quiet.
However, in a corner at the edge, faint voices could be heard.
Under the echoing effect of the spacious rock walls, they sounded like drifting ghosts whispering softly.
If anyone overheard, they might even think ghosts were at work.
In reality, though, the owner of the voices was a cute loli who was currently explaining something to two other lolis.
“This matter starts from the server launch.”
As I described what happened when the server opened, I also shot an inexplicable look at Alice yawning beside me, looking like she wanted a nap.
Yes, the reason things had turned out this way, with my Demon King identity completely exposed, was entirely because of this girl.
After suddenly appearing, she had not only directly revealed my secret but also removed my disguise.
That left me with no way to find an excuse or cover it up.
So, facing the gazes from Evin and Cecilia, I had no choice but to explain the reason.
“Aren’t you curious why I exposed your identity?”
Alice didn’t move, but a line of text appeared directly in front of my eyes.
I wasn’t too surprised.
After all, for this girl who treated the database like her own backyard, modifying logic was naturally easy.
“For a girl who often goes through menopause like you, it’s pretty normal.”
I rolled my eyes and shot back along that message.
“Don’t be mad. I saw you running around alone looking pretty tired, so I specifically wanted to find you a few player helpers.”
Alice didn’t get angry.
“After all, I think you won’t be able to handle this event by yourself.”
Event?
What was this girl trying to stir up again?
I frowned but didn’t pay it too much mind.
“You know for sure that the two of them will accept?”
“Relax. According to my data module calculations, there won’t be any problems.”
Alice looked very confident.
And indeed, that was the case.
After I finished explaining everything, I had thought Evin and Cecilia would still hesitate.
But after only a moment, they gave their reactions.
“Wow, that sounds so cool, like the final boss! So An An, do you have a lot of subordinates?!”
“Can we eat all the desserts in the entire faction whenever we want?”
It was unexpected, but… it also seemed perfectly reasonable?
The result was obvious.
After both of them showed great interest in the Dark Faction, Alice reached out and stamped a gray sword-hilt mark on the backs of their hands, signifying that Evin and Cecilia had both switched to the Dark Faction.
However, they weren’t fixed in this state and could disguise themselves as Bright Faction members again at any time.
Not only that, the mark also granted the ability to change appearance and name to avoid complete exposure if discovered in the Bright Faction.
Moreover, they could upgrade the mark by killing Bright Faction players to gain more abilities and attribute bonuses.
But those would have to be discovered slowly by the two of them.
Just looking at how excited they got upon hearing that killing players could upgrade their abilities, I couldn’t help feeling a little sympathy for the Bright Faction players who might get targeted by these two little girls in the future.
After all, one was an assassin who killed without a trace, and the other was a mechanical alchemist with strange abilities.
Combined with their terrifying gaming talent, a lot of players were probably going to suffer.
While Evin and Cecilia were curiously checking out their new abilities, Alice winked at me.
“How about it? Doesn’t it feel a lot easier with two helpers?”
“Would you feel easier if your team gained two elementary schoolers?”
I rolled my eyes.
Even though I said that, I was actually quite looking forward to Evin and Cecilia stirring up some trouble in the Bright Faction.
Unexpectedly, Alice gave me another piece of good news.
“Of course there are other rewards too. I just prepaid them in advance. If you succeed in this event, I’ll give you the blueprint for that special building as a reward. It’s one of the special building functions after the Heart of Herentis reaches level three.”
She mentioned the word “event” again, which made me curious.
“What exactly is this event? Is it the same as the one in the forest ruins?”
“Of course not. Simple fighting and killing is too boring. This time you’ll need to use your brain.”
Alice smiled slightly.
“Has your Demon King Authority Descent cooled down?”
I nodded.
I had originally been thinking of using the Descent during the hype around the opening of the Gloom City Ruins to make a big move.
I hadn’t expected Alice to arrange everything for me first.
Following her instructions, after summoning the strongest demonized ghoul leader under my command, I used Descent to replace its original will.
The ghoul leader let out a shrill cry.
Its gray body seemed to be injected with a powerful force.
Its already massive frame swelled even further.
Once it reached a certain critical point, it burst apart like a balloon.
However, there was no scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere.
Instead, it formed a sharp shockwave that rapidly spread outward.
At the same time, it left a pitch-black vortex in its place.
From the center of the vortex, a small hand suddenly reached out, followed by an arm, then a cute face with deathly pale skin that somehow possessed a strange beauty.
Finally came the body wrapped in a gray robe and the enormous scythe behind it.
Evil Spirit Corpse Princess · Naidolu [Dominator]
Along with this petite figure appeared a regional announcement.
Regional Announcement: Attention all players. Dominator-level Boss [Evil Spirit Corpse Princess · Naidolu] has appeared in the Gakana Region – Naldun Town – Gloom City Ruins.
Regional Announcement: The second floor of the Gloom City Ruins has triggered the event [Ruins Siege Battle]. All players are requested to assist Naldun Town in defeating “Evil Spirit Corpse Princess · Naidolu” or destroying the “Source of Evil Spirits.” After the event ends, players may exchange contribution points earned during the event for rewards at the [Karo Legion] in Naldun Town.