The hero's gender is yet to be determined after rebirth.

A purple-black magical wave leaped from her skeletal staff, howling with the screams of vengeful ghosts, and swirled towards Meilan.

*Pfft*—Dark magic hits Meilan.

Seeing that she didn't even try to dodge, the Corpse Protector couldn't help but think to himself, "Young people like this don't know what's good for them: Hahaha! Little girl, you're too arrogant... uh?"

But she didn't know that Meilan currently had no one to rely on.

After the Dark Bewitching Spell struck, Meilan felt as if she had been hit by a cold wind; her back twitched, and then nothing more.

The Corpse Protector was astonished for a long time, then murmured, "Ineffective against deteriorating dark magic?"

Could it be the legendary existence of a demon king's body? Those people are said to be possessed by a demon king and transform into one after reaching adulthood!

After his initial surprise, the Corpse Protector revealed an expression of wild joy: "Meilan? Your name is Meilan, isn't it? Hahahaha! A good haul today! The prince is dead, yet we still managed to find such good material as you!"

Meilan ignored her and focused all her efforts on clearing out the corpses.

"Come out! Silver Corpse Man!" The Corpse Guardian was about to rummage through his treasures and began summoning his precious creature.

Thump, thump, thump, along with heavy footsteps, a muffled roar came from the depths of the cave.

The corpses were unconscious, but upon hearing the roar, they actually began to slowly part to make way for them.

A burly, three-meter-tall corpse covered in a silvery substance appeared in Meilan's field of vision.

"Pfft!" Meilan wasn't stupid; she immediately summoned her helpers.

"Puyo—" A pink slime appeared. Although it split into several smaller slimes, causing it to lose focus slightly, its strength did not drop too much.

With a "whoosh," the Slime King leaped forward, sending the Silver Corpse Man crashing back into the depths of the cave.

Oh—a group of corpses were instinctively shocked.

Their own leader was smashed back by a single monster from the opposing side...

"Huh? You actually have a Slime King summoned by you?!" the Corpse Guardian exclaimed in shock. "How is that possible?!"

The Slime King is an A-rank magical pet, so he should be even more powerful than this little girl, right? Why would he submit to her? The Corpse Guardian couldn't understand.

She had a bad feeling and immediately began preparing a backup plan. She secretly sent out a message using a corpse rat.

Immediately afterwards, she began preparing other backup plans.

"There are still about thirty more zombies to go! You just wait, it'll be your turn after the area is cleared." Meilan was really honest, and even offered a reminder.

At this moment, the magical alarms deployed by the Corpse Protector near the cave were activated again.

She knew that many people were heading towards the cave.

Looking inside the cave, at least two-thirds of the corpses had been cleared away.

The little girl was still playing whack-a-mole—no, I mean, she was playing with corpses. Although she was in a sorry state, countless corpses had already fallen, piling up on the ground in a layer.

This is bad, I'd better run. Just to be safe, Corpse Protector thought, even though he hadn't used his full power, this girl was a bit strange, it was best to avoid her.

The group that arrived was indeed Lorenwei's guards. If it were just her alone or Kurara and her team, she could have carefully cleared away the magical alarms along the way. But with a group of more than ten people, she didn't have time to deal with them, and besides, tracking and providing support meant she couldn't afford to worry about so many things.

Almost all of them were gone. As Meilan fought, she glanced back and saw the Corpse Guardian in the protective barrier hunched over, his face turned to the other side, as if he was about to escape.

"Don't run!" Meilan shouted, turning around and throwing punches, waving her almost cracked gauntlets.

Ora Ora Ora —

Meilan shattered the protective barrier with a dozen or so punches.

"You bastard! You think you can run away?" Meilan grabbed the Corpse Guardian by the back of the neck and pulled hard.

*Gurgle*—Too much force was used, and the other person's head fell off...

"Huh?" Meilan was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized, "Oh no! A puppet!"

Finally, a dozen or so zombies rushed towards her, and Meilan turned around and smashed them with a few punches.

"Don't run!" Meilan rushed out of the cave.

"Don't worry, she can't escape," Lorenwei's voice came through.

"How...how did you find us?!" the Corpse Protector exclaimed in surprise.

As soon as Meilan arrived at the cave entrance, she saw an old woman's head fly up and then roll to the ground.

Blood dripped all over the floor.

Lorenwei posed with her sword in hand, while behind her, the headless corpse of the Corpse Guardian slowly collapsed.

"Lorenwei, you're here! That's great, at least we didn't let her get away!" Meilan happily greeted her.

Lorenwei and her guards also entered the cave.

"Wait, Meilan! It's not over yet!" Lorenwei straightened up, holding her sword and squinting as she slowly surveyed the surrounding rocks.

"What's wrong?" Meilan didn't understand for a moment.

The next second, a sword flash.

Lorenwei flashed and appeared a few steps away, her sword already slicing across a rock at the cave entrance.

Bloodstains appeared on the rocks.

"Ah—" one of the guards exclaimed.

Immediately afterwards, the figure of a voluptuous woman staggered out from the rocks, the gray-black color of the rocks quickly fading from her body to reveal her slightly dark human skin.

The woman who appeared was about thirty years old and had a pretty face, but at this moment she was covering her neck with both hands, trying to stop the bright red blood from gushing out from her neck, but to no avail.

Although the specially made bodysuit showed off her youthful and graceful figure, it was now covered in bright red blood.

"Huh? I couldn't sense any magical fluctuations from her?!" Meilan exclaimed in surprise.

“It’s not your problem. She’s one of the few mages who practices both dark magic and illusion magic. Corpse control is just a cover, a deception! Even her aged body is an illusion. No wonder she’s the most mysterious protector.” Lorenwei’s eyes were piercing.

"Lorenwei...you...you actually saw through me..." The Corpse Protector's young voice was hoarse and unpleasant due to the severe injury to his throat.

There were still many skills he hadn't been able to use, especially his powerful illusion techniques, which he hadn't even had a chance to display before she ambushed him!

What a fast sword! The Corpse Protector recalled that moment just now, and he couldn't even see the slightest movement of her sword!

“What’s so difficult about it? These two huge lumps are pretending to be rocks, I saw right through them!” Lorenwei looked down on her.

You were a beautiful woman, but alas, you became a thief. If you weren't a zombie, I might have considered trying to save you, this fallen woman…

"Is it...is it that obvious?" The Corpse Protector's voice trailed off weakly.

Lorenwei nodded vigorously: "It's very obvious, 36F is too conspicuous."

“It’s because you’re jealous…” The Corpse Protector stared at Lorenwei’s chest with dead fish eyes.

"You're asking for death!" Lorenwei spat out through gritted teeth, beginning to imbue the sword in her hand with a scorching red light.

The Corpse Protector staggered and began to lose his footing, but in a final burst of energy, he mustered his last strength to utter his final, provocative words: "Cough cough, Lorenwei, you... you can see through my disguise, but you absolutely cannot see that your teammate is..."

In an instant, Lorenwei unleashed countless sword lights, slicing the Corpse Guardian into hundreds of pieces.

Just now, Meilan's heart almost jumped out of her chest, and her face turned bright red.

What did the Corpse Protector want to say in the end?

Demons?

Demon King?

Either one of them could mean I'll never be able to be in Lorenwei's team again.

"Puyo, puyo—" The Slime King slowly jumped out of the cave.

The little slime that had led the way earlier also came over and gathered together.

"You killed the Silver Corpse?" Meilan quickly pretended to go and collect the Slime King.

She learned from her thoughts that the Slime King had told her the Silver Corpse was corrupted.

Slimes and similar magical creatures cannot be expressed too clearly; if something is broken, it might explode or it might lose control and collapse.

"Scatter, I'm going to destroy the evidence," Lorenwei instructed the group.

Meilan, who had been trying to regain her composure, said, "The Silver Corpse is broken. She's completely dead, isn't she?"

"Safety first!" Lorenwei gestured for everyone to make way. "Evil people often have ways to survive; we can't allow her any possibility of resurrection!"

Upon hearing this, Kurara and Sylph wisely retreated quickly.

The guards were still unaware, but they did as they were told and moved back a considerable distance.

"Hellfire! Hellfire! Hellfire! Hellfire! Hellfire!" Lorenwei began acting as an arsonist at the cave entrance.

Many of the guards stared so intently their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Hellfire is an intermediate-level spell, right?

"Why are they being kept popping out like candy? And so easily?" One of the female guards who had come with the princess asked in a low voice.

“She’s used to it; she casts spells like this all the time,” Kurara explained with a shrug.

This isn't a matter of getting used to it or not, is it? Everyone is ashamed.

"..." After Meilan put away Puyo and stepped aside, she watched Lorenwei bursting in magical fire from afar.

Lorenwei hadn't looked at her at all, which made her even more suspicious: Lorenwei was always so composed, so why did she suddenly take action and erase the Corpse Protector's words?

Given her temperament, if the other person were to reveal some secret, she would be itching to listen, and might even try to extract information from them.

Could it be... that she was deliberately trying to stop her?

Compared to the dazzling sword light just now, Lorenwei's figure was now coated with a layer of dazzling firelight.

Meilan watched Lorenwei's retreating figure and fell silent, a rare occurrence for her.

She's on the side of light; she really would do anything for me...

Chapter 204 Meilan sings hymns of praise; Weiwei collects her spoils.

Although Meilan was reminded from time to time not to reveal her demon identity while she was with her grandparents, she was not so worried about being seen through.

Because you cherish something, you can't bear to part with it. The more you want it, the more reluctant you are to let it go.

As the guards watched Lorenwei continuously cast mid-level fire magic, they gradually began to discuss among themselves.