The Tale of Hero Alice’s Social Death

moment.
Don't worry; she should be fine,” Flaman said as he massaged his temples.
He didn't think that the undead he brought back would be a tool used by past Demon Kings.
He also didn't expect this tool to have such a troublesome taming requirement.
Fortunately, Alice and the undead named Little Death had realized they would demolish the mansion if they were to fight here, so they quickly brought their fight to a distant location after their initial exchange.

Meanwhile, as soon as Flaman finished speaking, a frightening thunder came from the distance.
Through the study-turned-balcony, everyone could see that dark clouds had covered the sky outside, and numerous lightning bolts bombarded the distant forest.

A taboo capable of bringing about such a powerful effect was obviously at the level of taboos.
Despite what he just said, Flaman couldn't help but start to worry upon seeing this taboo.
Of course, he didn't think even for a second that Alice or Little Death would be in any life-threatening danger.
After all, one was a Demon King while the other was an undead who could survive even if her body was blown apart.
Rather than those two, what Flaman worried about was his country's forest.

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The rain of lightning bolts had covered nearly the entirety of the distant forest.
Flaman worried that the lightning would cause a huge forest fire or, worse yet, turn the entire forest into charcoal.

The power of taboos was incredibly exaggerated.
Some of the strongest wide-area taboos could turn even an entire city into ruins.
So, Flaman didn't think that it would be strange even if the distant forest would disappear under the might of a wide-area taboo.

“Hopefully, the losses can be minimized…” Flaman muttered, his voice devoid of confidence.

…

Meanwhile, over at the forest, Alice's fight with Little Death started to get a little out of hand.
Alice originally thought Little Death was only at the Four Heavenly Kings' standard.
However, after actually fighting Little Death, she found that the undead girl's combat power far exceeded that, and she had no choice but to resort to stronger attacks.

Fortunately, Flaman's worst fears didn't come to fruition.

The lightning storm Flaman and the others saw just now was the product of “Baptism of Lightning,” a taboo Alice had learned in the March Academy.
The taboo would gather clouds from a large area and create a lightning field when cast.
However, despite how over the top the rain of lightning bolts looked, the lightning bolts weren't descending onto the forest randomly.
Instead, they bombarded the same location under Alice's manipulation.

“You are very strong.
You indeed have a Demon King's strength if you can use taboos so easily,” Little Death, who was at the center of the lightning bombardment, said casually.
Even though the numerous lightning bolts were striking at her one after another, most of them were stopped by the strange lights flashing around her.
Although a few still managed to strike her, she didn't sustain any severe injuries due to the characteristics of the undead.
She could even speak even after being struck by multiple lightning bolts.

“But…if it's only this much, it still isn't enough to prove that you're the Demon King!”

After Little Death finished saying so, the lights around her suddenly exploded, causing the remaining lightning bolts to veer away from her.
Then, she swung her right hand in Alice's direction, sending a dark torrent smashing toward Alice.

It's taboo-level mana, but the way she uses it is extremely crude.

When Alice saw this attack, she quickly understood that even though Little Death had the mana necessary to cast taboos, it didn't seem like the undead girl could control this mana to a precise level.
The other party could only use the most rudimentary method of unleashing this mana.