The Hero Reborn as a Demon King Loli

The entire human race knows about the actions the Holy Maiden took after the hero's death... No wonder the Holy Maiden, in all her glory, agreed to make a deal with Xiao Yan Yan.

Moreover, the Holy Maiden does indeed possess something capable of paying the price for resurrecting the hero...

Then, another person asked a question:

"Hmph, since it's a transaction, what did you get in return?"

It was Rudite who asked the question. Although he was very unhappy with Xiao Yan Yan, he was also the one who understood best what it meant that the Holy Maiden had made a deal with her.

If they could take this opportunity to bring the church's saints into their order, then it could be said that the entire church would be under the control of the order.

That achievement alone would be enough to propel her to a core high-level position!

Rudit prayed silently, hoping she wasn't that clever. "Otherwise, his future will be difficult."

"What did I get? Hahaha, as expected of that fatso, he hit the nail on the head right away... What I got, of course, was what I wanted most..."

What do you want most? After hearing Xiao Yanyan's words, the group of men in black robes immediately had a similar guess in their minds.

Power and status? Money and beautiful women? To the members of their cult, these are less than trash... All they want is blood, chaos, a return to the abyss, and the long-cherished wish of all members—to liberate the abyss.

While the men in black robes were speculating, Xiao Yanyan pulled out a stone slab that looked like it was coated with red and blue dye and said something they couldn't understand: "A Swich game console with cutting-edge technology that never runs out of power and a stock of 3,000 games—this is exactly what I want!"

???

All the Abyss Cult leaders looked puzzled, except for Rudite, who appeared relaxed.

……

Of course, this art style clearly doesn't belong to this world's game console; it's just something Xiao Yanyan wanted as a side effect... As for Xiao Yanyan's real purpose?

Actually, all she wanted was for the hero to be resurrected.

However, rather than simply resurrecting the hero, she also hoped that the hero who came back to life could immediately start a war against the demons.

After all, her time was running out... She couldn't wait for the new hero to be summoned and grow; she just wanted to reach the Abyss before her time was up.

As a saintess of the church, the saintess had no reason to refuse Xiao Yan Yan's conditions, especially since she already loathed demons...

Of course, she couldn't tell her "companions" her purpose directly, because they all had their own ulterior motives and many of them were mentally ill... including herself, who was sometimes mentally unstable.

Therefore, in order to prevent anyone from interfering with her actions, she kept her purpose a secret.

Now that they have learned everything they wanted to know, this routine meeting is no longer meaningful for the religious leaders.

After all, everyone is busy and doesn't have time to sit here and argue.

As a result, the figures of those men in black robes disappeared one after another... After all, these figures were just projections from different conference rooms, and as soon as they cut off the connection, the figures would disappear immediately.

Soon, only Xiao Yan Yan, who was in her original form, and Elsa, who had just been "mediating" the meeting, remained in the entire conference room.

"Elsa, do you have any more questions? If not, I must be leaving now..."

Looking at Elsa, who hadn't disappeared yet, Xiao Yanyan asked cautiously.

This cult leader named Elsa, although of the same rank as them, is a genuine Saint-level expert, making her arguably the strongest among these mid-to-high-level leaders.

Even ordinary high-ranking officials might not be as capable as her.

This is why even Rudite, who was a tall authority in the church and spoke arrogantly to his companions, was afraid of her.

"I have no problem~ But I have an esteemed person here who is very interested in the resurrection spell that you, Sister Xiao Yan Yan, have researched... I'm just letting you know so you can be mentally prepared."

In response to Xiao Yan Yan's question, Elsa gently shook her head, a meaningful expression on her face, and said to her.

"Sir? A high-ranking official? I never expected a high-ranking official to be interested in such useless magic... Where is that official?"

When Xiao Yan Yan heard Elsa mention that a high-ranking official was interested in her spells, she became intrigued and immediately asked Elsa about it.

"That person... is right behind you now." After Elsa finished speaking, she immediately disappeared.

"?" This is clearly a basement under her room, and she dug it herself. Theoretically, no one should know that this basement exists.

Elsa said someone was behind her? What's going on here?

Just as she was wondering and about to turn her head, she found that she could no longer move her body.

What greeted her was an aura of abyss so intense that it almost made her give up thinking, as if giving her a warning.

Soon, the aura disappeared, and Xiao Yan Yan gasped for breath the instant it vanished.

She looked up at the source of the aura and saw three figures, two tall and one short.

I wonder who that aura came from...

"Excuse me... is there any sir who is interested in my spellcasting?"

Finally catching her breath, Xiao Yanyan looked at the bizarre combination and asked in a weak voice.

"I never imagined someone could use runes to create a resurrection spell... Tell me, can this spell summon the souls of the dead?"

Xiao Yanyan saw one of the tall figures speaking in a sunny male voice.

"Greetings, sir... In theory, as long as the soul is not completely destroyed, it should be possible to summon it... After all, I have experimented many times, and the only person whose soul I failed to summon was someone whose soul I crushed... I have even summoned back souls that were 'offered' to the abyss."

Xiao Yanyan subconsciously assumed that the "sunny boy" who spoke was an adult in a higher-up, so she spoke to him in a confident tone.

"That's great! Help me summon his soul back..."

Seeing Xiao Yan Yan's confidence, the "sunny boy" who had spoken took off his hood and pointed to himself.

Listening to the "sunny boy's" words, Xiao Yanyan then realized that the short figure next to the "sunny boy" was moving in unison with him, and that the short voice was also speaking, but it was drowned out because it was not as loud as the "sunny boy's" voice.

"So this short figure was the leader? As for her and me summoning souls... this man must be an empty shell without a soul, right?"

After noticing something was wrong, Xiao Yanyan immediately analyzed the current situation.

Just as she was about to reply with "no problem," she got a clear look at the "sunny boy's" face.

Her pupils dilated instantly.

As a human, she was all too familiar with that face!

Isn't that the brave warrior Li Wen?!

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Chloe, far away in the Demon King's castle, inexplicably shivered again...

But more than the reason for this embarrassment, she wanted to know... what Stella had just said to her.

What does it mean to "make Grandma cry"?

It can't be that Lulum was called "Grandma" by a little girl who looks a lot like her "mother" and cried because of it, right?

Chloe smiled wryly as she thought about it, then put down her work and went to check on Lulum's condition.

Chapter 108 This is a very complicated situation; you can't handle it.

To be honest, Chloe initially didn't quite believe that Lulum had cried.

After all, Chloe had lived with Lulum for so long, and in Chloe's memory, Lulum had never shown a "sad" expression in front of her many times.

Chloe couldn't imagine Lulum, who always had a smile on her face even when she was angry, crying.

But since Stella told her this in such a panicked state, she had no choice but to believe her...

Stella can't possibly be lying, can she? She wouldn't have learned to play tricks on people so quickly, would she?

And with Stella's face... she might actually make Lulum cry.

Of course, the "crying out" refers to Lulum being so angry that she cried, which is the only thing Chloe can think of.

As for why Lulum cried for other reasons... Knowing Lulum and Stella as she did, Chloe really couldn't think of any other reason why Lulum could cry.

It can't be Lulum calling Stella "Mom" and crying her eyes out, can it?

Chloe would rather believe that the Demon King would kneel down and call her "Dad" than believe that Lulum would do such a thing... Wait, something seems wrong.

Oh, so Rurum is the Demon King now, so let's use the old Demon King as an analogy... but that doesn't quite fit... so let's use a hero... um—she herself seems to be a dead hero...

Forget it! Anyway, that's the gist of it; she just doesn't believe it!

Anyway, Lulum is in the room next door. She can just go and find out what's going on with Lulum. Why think so much?

Besides, even if Lulum was really "crying her eyes out" for some reason she couldn't have imagined, wouldn't that be even better?

In that case, wouldn't it be only natural for her, as Lulu's caring little sister, to comfort her?

Lulum showed her a vulnerable side, and she vented her emotions in her arms... wouldn't that turn the tables and give her an offensive move?

But even though she thought that way... she couldn't bear to see Lulum sad.

With that thought in mind, Chloe immediately put down what she was doing and went to the room to check on Lulum's condition with a complicated expression.

As soon as Chloe entered the room, she saw Lulum sitting up.

Lulum smiled at Chloe after she entered the room.

Chloe looked at Lulum's usual smile, and although there was a hint of disappointment, she was relieved.

Lulum seems to be in a stable mood. Although the tear stains on her face prove that Stella was not lying and Lulum really did cry, Lulum doesn't seem to have any negative emotions like sadness or anger, so there's probably no big problem.

However, when Lulum saw Stella following behind Chloe, she frowned and put on a serious expression. Looking at Stella with her face that was almost identical to her mother's, and how she was secretly watching her from behind Chloe like a "little wife," Lulum couldn't even manage a smile.

When Chloe saw Lulum's suddenly serious face, she was also taken aback. After all, she hadn't seen Lulum look so serious many times, so she was inevitably a little surprised... Why did Lulum suddenly look so serious?

However, Chloe realized what was happening when she noticed Lulum's gaze fixed on Stella, who was peeking out from behind her.

So she was watching Stella... then she roughly understood the situation.

As the person who knows "Demon King Stella" best, Lulu must have noticed that something was wrong with Stella, which is why she looked so serious.

Having roughly understood what was going on, Chloe was about to explain Stella's identity to Lulum when Lulum spoke first, saying to Chloe:

"Chloe, this child must be something like a clone of you, right?"

Chloe was taken aback for a moment when asked about Lulum's question.

A clone? How did Lulum come to this conclusion?

However, Chloe quickly understood the meaning behind Lulum's question.

Because Stella's aura was almost identical to Chloe's, it would be impossible to tell them apart unless one was very familiar with Chloe.

It could even be said that perhaps only she herself and Lulum could discern that subtle difference in their auras.

Since Stella is a derivative of the mistletoe that parasitizes Chloe, her aura can be said to combine the aura of both mistletoe and Chloe.

Furthermore, since mistletoe is parasitic on Chloe, its scent has long been mixed with Chloe's.

That's why Stella's aura is so similar to Chloe's.

It's just that there are slight differences in the proportion of mixed aromas.

Once Chloe understood what was going on, she immediately explained Stella's identity to Lulum...

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The explanation didn't take long, because after Chloe told Lulum that Stella was a derivative of mistletoe, she roughly understood why Stella looked so much like her mother.

Their race is a plant-based succubus subspecies. In addition to their identity as "succubi," they also have a "true form" before they became succubi.

For example, Chloe's true form is a small, ubiquitous blade of grass... while her mother's true form is mistletoe.

Mistletoe is actually the true form of the previous Demon King, not his most powerful "divine weapon." This is something that none of the demons, including the Four Heavenly Kings, know.

Only Lulum knew about this.

Mistletoe is a rare and special plant. Although the host it chooses is forcibly parasitized, its survival mode is a mutualistic symbiosis with the host.

Although the host parasitized by it will experience an abnormally slow level increase due to its indiscriminate absorption of energy, in return, the host's bottleneck will disappear, and they will definitely become a powerful being at the King level or above in the future.

Sounds impressive, right? But the problem is, they are plants, and the parasites they choose are usually also plants.

The plants she parasitizes can become very strong, but very few of them develop sentience.

Therefore, the characteristics of this special plant are little known.

Furthermore, even if some creatures are attracted to the properties of this plant and want to be parasitized by it, it depends on the plant's mood... And the creatures that are parasitized are most likely to be truly "parasitic" rather than so-called "symbiotic". Legend has it that only one wood-type mage successfully controlled mistletoe and became a god of magic... Yes, he even controlled it, rather than being parasitized.

Therefore, this plant holds no appeal for ordinary Saint-level powerhouses.

Furthermore, they are extremely rare. There is even a legend that a god-level expert in the plant realm wanted to find mistletoe to study, but after searching for hundreds of years, he gave up.

Even Stella, the demon queen who was transformed from mistletoe into a succubus, searched for thousands of years but could not find any of her kind.