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Eiro took a deep breath and looked at the snow in front of his feet . It was the third night in a row that he spent out here, trying to strenghten the energy that the Death Magic stone gave off in order to lure someone here .

Most of the time, the ones that came here were just weak Undead Hunters, which were soon added to Eiro’s collection of bodies underneath the ice . But it’s been getting a little bit boring, since he really couldn’t do anything . He didn’t want to become one of Eliza Koperia’s targets, after all, so he had to be fully aware of anything going on around him at all times . He couldn’t mess around with someone that possessed a Master grade skill, after all .

However, since it was around 4 in the morning now, Eiro had to start heading back home and prepare to leave for the classes he would be teaching later today . He stretched a bit and cracked his knuckles, slowly spreading out his wings .

One more time, Eiro checked his surroundings . There was nothing of interest around him . A pile of snow to his left, a crow on a branch to his right, a hooded figure just a few meters behind his back . And last, the pine tree right in front of him .

Truly, nothing of interest .

“Ah . . . F . u . c . k that . . . ” Eiro groaned loudly, as he without a moment’s hesitation snapped his finger . Through Sarius’ help, he created a rather dense, incredibly bright sphere of flames behind the pine tree before diving into the shadow that it created . The next moment, Eiro already found himself underneath the hooded figure .

He dove out and tried to attack it, but at that point, the figure already jumped out of the way . Eiro grinned broadly, although his mind was in disarray . He couldn’t see what was beyond the black void created by that hood . Something like this never happened before . It made Eiro just the more horrified, but excited just the same .

“Now tell me, what are you?” Eiro asked with a grin on his face, and the hooded figure simply stood there . And with an unnatural motion of its body, it swung its right arm to the side . Space itself seemed to shift, as if someone cut a picture in two and was slowly pulling the two parts away from each other .

With everything that he had in his arsenal, Eiro proceeded to protect himself . He hardened his skin many times over along the area that the cut would hit, and he tried to protect himself by imbuing his will into the chaos that surrounded him . And on top of that, Eiro even tried to slow down time with the bit that he had left on the ring he carried with him .

However, none of it worked . Space was still split apart, and Eiro felt warm blood flowing down his chest underneath his armor . The armor itself was completely undamaged . That cut only touched Eiro’s flesh .

If he tried to fight this being, then the outcome was more than just clear . Eiro would die, that was clear . This was a similar sensation he felt when he met that crow Eiro at the mountain where the Orcs used to live .

” . . Crow . . ?” Eiro muttered, and turned his head to the side . There was no way, right? Did that crow come and bring a buddy with it to finally kill Eiro? Fear started to bubble up inside of Eiro’s chest . Eiro’s heart started beating faster and faster as he finally found the crow he saw just a bit ago again .

And just now he got a good look at it . . . It was a regular crow, just that its eyes were hollowed out . Its body was half-rotten, and it clearly had some bite-marks in its body from when a wolf killed it . This crow was undead . How did Eiro not see all those things before?

In that very moment, Eiro’s fear turned into excitement, “Ah . . . Haha . . . So it’s you, huh? Nice to meet you, Koperia!” The Demon screamed out in ecstasy, before he felt a cold touch on his shoulder .

“Oh, you know who I am? I guess I’m kind of famous that way, huh?” A seductive voice whispered into Eiro’s ear, as he just now noticed the woman standing behind him . However, the hooded figure was still there not too far away from him . Meaning that he wasn’t fighting Koperia . . ?

“You did well not to die against that doll’s attack . It’s one of my favorites, you know?” The woman asked as she casually stepped around Eiro’s body . At the same time, the hooded figure’s body became clad in black flames and disappeared into nothingness soon after .

“I was just . . . fighting one of your undead . . ?” The Demon muttered . It’s been a while since he’s felt this way .

Eiro already knew two people with Master-grade skills . Jura and Armodeus . However, their skills were laid out for creation . And this woman’s skill was laid out for utter destruction . The Demon could feel Koperia’s freezing touch . Her skin was as cold as a corpse, but for some reason it felt like it was much colder than that .

Koperia slowly leaned in toward Eiro, “I guess you’ll be a nice toy . . . It’s been a while since I’ve had a Demon like you with me . ” She pushed her face toward Eiro’s, as if she was about to touch her lips against his . However, she stopped just a moment before making contact, and quietly began to speak .

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For just a few seconds, it was like everything stopped, and was dragged out to be infinitely long . So much so that Eiro wondered whether or not he activated the time-stopping ring again .

“Jura, you say? It’s been a while since I’ve heard that name . . . Do you have anything to back up that claim of yours?” Koperia asked, and Eiro slowly raised his right hand, “Just take a look . . . ”

The woman turned her head to the side as she took a step back, and soon saw the wooden hand on the Demon’s hand, “While that is not Jura’s handiwork . . . It sure does seem quite similar . ”

Koperia turned around and stepped away, so that Eiro could get a good look at her . Her skin was nearly as white as the snow she stood on . But despite the weather, she was clad in rather revealing clothes, as if the cold didn’t bother her in the slightest . Her long, pitch-black hair seemed like it was going to pull Eiro in if he looked at it just for a moment longer, and both her eyes and lips seemed touched by fresh blood .

She had a certain sort of liveliness in her movements when she walked, but while she stood still, it seemed like Eiro ws looking at someone that had barely just passed .

“He . . . He taught me . . . I’m not even close to as skilled as he was, but I won’t stop working until I am . . . ” The Demon explained to Koperia . She locked eyes with Eiro, and the Demon’s heart continued beating ever faster, “From your choice of words . . . It seems he has passed on?”

Eiro slowly looked down at the ground and nodded his head, “More than a year ago, yes . I gave him the burial he wanted, don’t worry . ”

Koperia stayed silent for a moment . For a split-second, it seemed like she wore a bitter expression, but that quickly faded away a moment after, “Ahh . . . Too bad, he would have made for a gre-”

“If you dare finish that sentence, I’ll kill you . ” Eiro growled, although all of his instincts told him that he was going to die before he could even draw his weapon .

Koperia turned her head away, “I apologize, that might have been a bit insensitive . Now, tell me, why are you playing around with magic that is not your own?”

“To lure you here . ” Eiro said bluntly . Koperia curiously looked at Eiro, “To lure me here? Are you saying you are the necromancer I heard rumors of?”

“No, that necromancer is made up . There is a powerful ‘Lich’ like being near this town, but that’s not the type of necromancer you’re looking for, is it?” Eiro pointed out . Koperia turned her head toward Eiro and frowned suspiciously, “Are you trying to tell me that you made that necromancer up, just for the chance to meet me? Quite a hardcore fan, aren’t you?”

The demon looked back at Koperia, and didn’t even have the energy to talk back to her, “I need your help with something . I-”

“You have a soul that doesn’t fit your race, don’t you?” Koperia asked, “Yeah, I can tell that it’s rather poorly matched, but you’ve done quite well with it despite that fact . ”

“You can tell just by looking at me . . ?”

“Of course, who do you think I am? If I couldn’t even do that, it would be tough to call me ‘Queen of Undeath’, wouldn’t it? But is that all? Can I kill you and take your body now?”

Eiro grinned lightly, “If you wanted to do that at this point, I would already be dead, right? Come to my house, I’m sure Armodeus would love to see you again as well . ”

“Huh? Armodeus is there as well? How unexpected . . . that man never used to leave his workshop back in the day . ” Koperia said in a wondrous voice, “Very well, I will listen to your requests in more detail later, once I confirmed if you are speaking the truth . Now, follow me . ”

” . . . Shouldn’t I lead the way to my home?” Eiro asked with a wry smile .