VIP Chapter 211: The Invincible Little Devil, Empress Lucifer!
The girl standing in the shadows had peculiar pink hair and a pair of purple eyes that seemed to hold secrets, like a cat’s slitted pupils.
She wore a large, unfashionable straw hat, knee-high athletic socks, and sneakers. Her outfit consisted of a small white tank top and a slightly thick, dark blue denim jacket, giving her a tomboyish appearance.
She looked only about five centimeters taller than Anqi, who had served them their meal earlier. Her first impression was that of a child who hadn’t grown up yet.
—Perhaps it was precisely because of this that the incredibly confident and commanding words she had just spoken, packed with so much information, didn’t seem to come from her.
…
The three of them fell into silence under the dungeon’s lights.
Their shadows were stretched long by the illumination.
“Because we need to obtain energy from the Adventurers’ battles to allow the Dungeon to expand downwards.”
As if rewinding time, the girl, thinking the other two hadn’t heard her, raised her voice and repeated herself loudly.
An earth-shattering declaration!
A statement that seemed to reveal the world’s foundation in one go!
But…
“Hmm… And who are you?”
“You look like a lost child from somewhere?”
“……!”
The girl, her face flushed with anger, clenched her fists and then took off the hat from her head.
On her head were horns, characteristic of “demons,” but they weren’t the “goat horns” of the little demons in the dungeon. They were more like the small, cute, red pointy horns of a “cute” type of demon.
She puffed out her chest with pride and patted her flat chest.
“That’s right, be shocked! I am the Empress of the Tenth Demon City—Princess Lucifer!”
“?”
Shuna tilted her head, appraising her.
“Hmm… But, we’re already outside the dungeon… right?”
After speaking, Shuna frowned and looked at Will.
She seemed to expect Will, who “possessed some strange knowledge of dungeons,” to provide a reasonable explanation.
Will also looked around, contemplating. He should indeed be outside the Dungeon…
He was encountering the BOSS of this dungeon, whom he couldn’t meet inside the Dungeon, outside the Dungeon—what kind of topsy-turvy situation was this?
Wait, actually, encountering an “Empress outside the Dungeon” wasn’t something that happened for the “first time.”
For example…
The Empress in the original work who secretly sneaked out to drink with the protagonist—
Just as he thought this, the child before him clearly grew annoyed by their disbelieving expressions:
“Your—what are those expressions? I think I look quite terrifying, dare you not believe me? Then… how about I let you experience the demon’s mind-reading ability—”
But…
As soon as she finished speaking, from the darkness, an aged, bony hand slowly reached out and grasped her tender arm.
“Ah—is this, is this, is this a ghost!?”
But emerging from the shadows was a kind old woman holding an orange. She stuffed the orange into Lucifer’s hand, like a grandmother giving fruit to her granddaughter, and made her close her hand.
“Oh, isn’t this little Lu? Come, come, you said you liked delicious oranges today, I picked a few more. Thank you for helping out today.”
“Oh, you’re too kind. I don’t have much to do inside anyway, so I decided to find some work.”
“Will you come again tomorrow, little Lu? Grandpa said it’s been a long time since anyone listened to him talk about royal politics so attentively.”
“Okay!”
…
Watching the “little devil” of one moment transform into a good girl in front of an old grandmother the next, Will and Shuna didn’t dare to make a sound.
“Hmm… The Empress of the Tenth Demon City, Lucifer… Princess?”
Shuna said this with a hint of amusement.
“Uh…”
The smile on her face froze, and she slowly turned her head, revealing an awkward expression.
“You—! And you—!”
Then, that smile transformed into a truly “demonic” and terrifying appearance, and black mist began to emanate from Lucifer’s body.
This was probably a sign of a “demon” about to unleash their ultimate attack.
“Um, I… I believe you. After all, I read before… I heard that some Empresses appear outside the Dungeon.”
Will quickly explained, but it seemed too late.
“Fine! Let me let you experience the power of Lucifer, the Dungeon Empress of the Tenth Demon City—”
Lucifer raised her hand and snapped her fingers in the air.
There was no sound, only the faint friction of two fingers.
*Ch-ck.*
But before Will’s eyes, the scene changed as if instantly. In the blink of an eye, it had transformed into a room with a large pink and black bed and various oddly shaped toys—like a puppy with a broken ear and a kitten with one empty eye socket.
How…
How did she do that?
Will stood frozen in place.
It was just…
For some reason, his legs felt a little sore and swollen.
Lucifer, meanwhile, sat on the large bed. The bed was soft and squishy, and she seemed to bounce on it.
Then she propped up her legs, adopting a posture she considered queen-like—
“Welcome to the Thirtieth Floor of the Tenth Demon City. As the only remaining Demon Empress in this World, I, Lucifer, sincerely welcome your arrival—Wow, I’ve wanted to say this to Adventurers for a long time! I finally said it!”
“Wow! That’s amazing!”
Shuna clapped her hands enthusiastically from the side.
“Wait, Shuna, how did we suddenly arrive inside the Dungeon?”
“She probably used the hypnotic illusion magic that demons excel at, deleting our memories of complying with her request, walking step by step into the Dungeon, and then following her up the stairs. This makes it seem like we teleported instantly. Speaking of which, it’s the first time I’ve seen the Dungeon Empress needing to slowly climb stairs to higher floors through the back entrance.”
“…That’s because the convenient teleportation elevator is temporarily suspended today to save energy! Otherwise, I could show you the Empress’s instant… ”
Lucifer pouted in protest, then realized something was wrong.
“Wait, why do you have memories?!”
“Because… I cast a series of anti-illusion blessings on myself? And it’s a blessing from Reviers, Goddess of the God-Attuned level. Normal illusions shouldn’t be able to break through, right?”
Shuna rubbed her chin in thought, finally reaching this conclusion.
“I see, demons actually have such power. To be honest, this is the first time I’ve heard of it.”
Will once again lamented that his resistance was the lowest among everyone, always the first to be affected by any debuff.
Hmm…
However, if demons had such power, why had he never noticed it on Treya?
Was it because Treya always used physical sword style? After all, just receiving praise from the demon in the pot shouldn’t mean getting its full power, right?
“Hmm… So, you also saw through my trick of using flour paste and using illusion magic to disguise its taste as sheep brains for you?”
“…Huh?”
Will heard about what sounded like a huge restaurant scam?
So the free sheep brain feast he thought he had today was actually just flour paste, was that it?
Shuna, on the other hand, put her hands on her hips, completely unfazed—
“Yes! But it doesn’t matter, as long as the thing tastes the same, it doesn’t seem to make much difference! Moreover, it’s interesting to see a demon’s illusion magic used this way for the first time!”
“Then… doesn’t that mean my bread…”
“That—that one is real! I, I, I… I learned from the uncle in town who makes the best bread… I learned from him. Then I taught others. Human bread is indeed a complex food.”
Lucifer, seemingly unwilling to have her hard work misunderstood, quickly explained.
