It’s close. It was already close, but now it’s even closer.
Unbeknownst to me, my face was snugly caught in Roseha’s two hands.
“I’m totally smitten. How did you do it? Huh? You won’t tell me?”
“….”
“I’m not usually this easy. You’re my first. If you knew how much I struggled because of this, you’d understand, right? You really saved my life.”
With Roseha pressing her whole body against me, she started to push slowly.
Without any resistance, I found myself stuck against the wall.
“Do you like it this forcefully? Or the opposite?”
Despite clearly looking up at me, it was I who felt intimidated.
I can’t stress enough how lucky I was to be undead.
If I fall for this temptation now, I won’t be able to see the light of day again.
I carefully pushed her away before getting entangled in her charm.
“Calm down for a moment.”
“Calm down? Why should I calm down when you’ve got me all worked up?”
“I didn’t come here for that.”
“You said you needed my help. Isn’t marriage the most certain way? Even if not, rolling around in bed would solve everything.”
Flirting was classic Roseha.
I felt if I let her keep talking, I’d lose the upper hand, so without hearing any more, I interrupted.
“What I’m looking for is a temporary alliance.”
“…Temporary? Not a solid alliance?”
“We haven’t known each other long enough. It’s too hasty of a decision. What would the other bosses think if they heard our alliance announcement at the upcoming 72 Dungeon meeting?”
I had no idea what kind of power dynamics were established between the 72 Dungeons.
But just try declaring an absolute alliance with the sixth-ranked newborn Seven Lairs.
If I did that out of nowhere, not only would the power dynamics collapse, but I’d also surely get side-eyed for muddying the waters around me.
Especially if the bosses of the Seven Lairs came to check me out, I’d be completely outmatched.
I was feeling uneasy, yet I still needed help.
Thus, I decided on the exceptional measure of a ‘temporary’ alliance.
“I’m fine with it. I really don’t care about how others see me.”
“No. That puts me in a tricky position.”
“Well then, if it burdens you, we’ll do it that way for now.”
Seeing her state it so firmly, it seemed she really liked me.
Her affection level was obviously showing a deep pink, which I had caught onto long ago.
But I’m sorry, I’m an undead who’s impotent.
Afterward, I explained to Roseha the situation in the dungeon.
The story about Balmunk. Wilhelm’s holy sword awakening.
As Roseha silently listened, she smirked mischievously.
“Even better, it’s a single entity dungeon for you. That means it’s bound to be full of openings. Since it’s new, I guess I’ll have to help you for a while?”
“I’d appreciate it.”
“Hmm, I wouldn’t find it hard… But, there’s a condition.”
Roseha pointed to the bed with her chin and started to feel me all over.
“Let’s roll around together tightly.”
“….”
“Hehe. Just kidding. Well, sort of serious too. You’re a really hard guy, huh? I like this type.”
“So what’s your answer?”
“Temporary alliance? Sure. Of course, I’ll help you. I owe you one for saving my life. Hmm, for my life’s worth, this feels a bit too cheap. You don’t want anything else?”
“I’ve got one thing. The Necronomicon.”
I tried to gauge the situation with the Necronomicon, but given the mood, I didn’t need to hold back.
“The Necronomicon? That’s for necromancy, right? But you’re not a lich. Why do you want that?”
“My subordinate is a witch. Just having that would be a significant boost in power.”
“A woman?”
Only after I saw Roseha’s expression turn chilling did I realize my slip of the tongue.
…What should I say to extinguish this fire?
“You. Don’t roll around with your subordinate too closely. If you do, that witch will die by my hand. Got it?”
“I had no intention of doing that.”
I somehow managed to hide my fluttering heart and said it nonchalantly.
“Somehow, I managed to hide my flustered thoughts and said casually.”
Roseha smiled as if she liked what she heard and began humming a tune.
Then, with a flirtatious expression, she continued to explore my body sensually.
“The Necronomicon, huh? Well, I’ve mastered it all, so I don’t need it. Sure, I don’t want to give it to that subordinate, but because of you, I’ll gift it.”
“I owe you one.”
“Is there anything else?”
I thought this would be enough, but Roseha asked as if it were obvious.
She’s really a generous succubus. From my perspective, it’s amazing, but right now, nothing else came to mind.
“This alone doesn’t help my dignity. I, like you, have a clear agenda. Come on, speak up. Okay?”
“Nothing comes to mind yet.”
“Hmm, I see. If you really can’t think of anything, how about my first time? I might look this way, but I’m a virgin.”
I knew, but hearing it from her mouth was quite embarrassing.
Honestly, it was a headache. Clearly refusing here would hurt her pride.
Out of respect, I had to subtly decline to maintain our rapport.
Even though I wasn’t great at social skills, my race had the answer.
“I am Undead.”
No matter how you try to get physical with me, you can’t do it.
Roseha covered her mouth and chuckled.
At a glance, she looked like a refined lady. Just at a glance.
“There are always ways. How about it? If you want, you can entrust your body to me? We can explore each other on the bed until sunrise.”
“…The sun won’t rise here.”
“Yep. Forever. I’ll be here with you for eternity.”
This sister’s flirting is off the charts.
I felt like I would lose my mind soon.
I stopped Roseha’s wandering hands and said decisively.
“When can support be ready?”
“Well~ If I prepare today, maybe in two days? I’ll only send the good ones, not the lowly ones.”
This was the answer I had been waiting for.
The elite troops of the Seven Lairs could surely stand against a hero’s raid.
Roseha put her finger to her lips, pondering.
“By any chance, did you see it on your way here? Carleon, he’s the second strongest in this castle after me. Just to make sure, he’s not my bodyguard. You might not know, but he’s something else. Speaking of, will you be my bodyguard?”
“I’ll pass.”
“Hehe. So cool. If my man is easy, it won’t be fun. Anyway, I’ll support you with the entire 9th legion, including General Carleon. What do you think? Is it enough?”
Carleon was that Dullahan.
If he came to the dungeon, he would definitely nag for a duel endlessly.
Putting aside such a troublesome situation, his skills were undoubtedly solid. After all, he’s the mid-boss of the dungeon.
Above all, with Wilhelm, who awakened the holy sword, possibly coming, this wasn’t the time to get picky.
“Can you just ask him for one thing?”
“What is it?”
“Tell him not to bother me.”
“Ah, I get what you mean. Okay. I’ll definitely mention it. Oh, by the way, I don’t even know your name, do I?”
“…Barugore.”
“Barugore. What a cool name.”
I feel like she’s going to say everything I do is cool.
That intense pink level was proof of that.
“This is all I wanted.”
If I stayed any longer, it wouldn’t be strange to get eaten.
But then Roseha suddenly grabbed my wrist tightly, and disappointment was evident on her face.
“Are you leaving already? Why? Stay a bit longer.”
“If I get the chance later, we can meet again.”
“Ugh… fine. I’ll tell my subordinate to grab that book and see you off.”
With that, Roseha removed her wandering hand. Being with her really felt like my unused affection was being sucked dry.
Just as I pretended to be nonchalant and grabbed the door handle to leave.
“Darling.”
At the sound of her calling, he merely turned his head.
Roseha waved her hand with a fox-like smile.
“Is it okay if I come to see you later?”
“…I’ll let you know.”
“Okay. Be careful, darling.”
Please don’t come.
Being with you is harder than being with Calandas in a different way.
*
“Ah, what a pity. I really wanted to knock him down.”
In the bedroom left alone after Barugore had gone.
Roseha licked her lips and blankly stared at the door he had exited.
“Should I have just jumped him?”
Now that the seal is broken, couldn’t she just forcefully jump him?
But she was aware that he was a unique dungeon, so it was just a thought.
Now that he’s actually gone, she regretted not even trying.
Honestly, her initial feelings towards him were merely a small curiosity.
With the new Seven Lairs, she was slightly intrigued, thinking it would be easy to strengthen her faction by seducing him.
But as they talked, she found herself falling for him more and more, and after freeing him from his seal, she was completely captivated.
“He’s my husband, but he’s really sexy.”
In her mind, he had already become her husband.
He solved a problem that no one else had been able to for 50 years, and he did it without a single gesture.
The way he dismissed it as if it were nothing would remain etched in her memory forever.
“….”
Roseha caressed her chest as she mulled over the earlier memory.
The cold gemstone that was supposed to be there had vanished, replaced by the pounding of her heart.
How could she not be enchanted after seeing that right in front of her?
Furthermore, his indifference to all advances only fueled her possessiveness.
Today was disappointing, but it was far too hasty a move.
There’s no need to rush; time was on her side.
After all, both the Succubus Queen and the Death Knight were beings that lived forever.
“Ah, I can’t hold back anymore.”
With a flushed face, Roseha twisted her body and steadied her rough breath.
After calming herself, she gathered her magic in both hands and moved them like she was shaping the air.
She meticulously recalled his figure in her mind, and with her fingertips, she carefully poured love into each detail she’d memorized.
From the beginning, she had been touching him with the intention of creating this.
About an hour later, there stood a doll modeled after Death Knight Barugore…
Roseha looked around at her creation and smiled joyfully. It perfectly resembled him.
“Lie beside me.”
“I humbly obey.”
“No, that’s not the way to say it.”
Everything about its appearance was great, but she needed to change the way it spoke.
Carefully, Roseha adjusted the doll’s magic.
“I am Undead. Do not bother me.”
“…That’s it.”
She never expected to create a doll for such a lewd purpose…
But if she didn’t do this, she felt like she might go insane.
“Barugore.”
Roseha lay beside the Barugore doll and stared at it intently.
With a bright smile, she opened her arms wide.
“Hug me.”
“Of course.”
As the doll opened its arms, Roseha dove right in.
Lying so closely, she looked up blankly, feeling an impulse to add one more to the mix between its legs.
But it was just an impulse.
“You can’t. My first will definitely go to the real deal.”
“I’ll pass too.”
She couldn’t give away her purity that she had kept for a thousand years to a mere imitation.
And right now, she was more than satisfied with just this.
“If only you could treat me like this.”
Though a Succubus Queen, Roseha quite loved romantic atmospheres.
Trying the doll out for rehearsal, she thought it would be nice if Barugore treated her romantically too.
If he refuses the real thing, maybe she should at least ask for this. Roseha spent an endless night only thinking of him.
I have to ask for a favor. Roseha spent endless nights only thinking of him.
*
The Holy Sword. Another name for it is the Floating Sword.
The chosen hero of the Holy Sword can wield it and command it as if by magic.
In the newly formed Seven Lairs, it was not a person leading the way, but the Holy Sword.
Like a lost lamb guided to safety, the knights followed the path illuminated by the Holy Sword.
“It really seems to be all-powerful. The Commander’s Holy Sword.”
“What can you say?”
“Shh.”
With Wilhelm’s gesture, the chatter ceased.
This is the newly formed Seven Lairs. Idle chatter can lead to death.
With the floating Holy Sword leading the way, Wilhelm advanced solemnly, keeping his surroundings under watch.
The knight squad also focused on vigilance and position without another word.
Well-trained holy knights, their formation was flawless.
A pause.
Starting with Wilhelm, the movements of the knights came to a stop.
To holy knights who had spent their lives hunting the undead, this ominous energy was painfully familiar.
Wilhelm flicked his fingers downward.
The floating Holy Sword plummeted to the ground at a horrifying speed.
Thud!
-Screeeech!
“That worthless trick!”
Even with the ear-piercing scream, the knights didn’t bat an eye.
The sunlight engulfing the knights’ swords struck the ground simultaneously.
In the pit, the screams mixed with gasps. Hands trying to grab ankles were sliced like paper.
In less than 10 seconds, the chaos unfolded. Before the undead could even show themselves from the ground, they scattered as mere flesh.
-Grooooo….
“Commander, what is that?”
It was then that a staggering figure appeared from a distance.
Stumbling closer, it gradually revealed its form.
Wilhelm’s unusually dilated pupils locked onto it.
“…Balmunk?”
-Grooooo….
Wilhelm would have preferred not to know, but he instantly recognized the identity of the undead.
A comrade with whom he had shared life and death, his truest friend.
The warrior of trust, Balmunk.
-Wil, helm…?
“Yes, it’s me. My friend.”
-Wil, helm….
The undead Balmunk staggered towards Wilhelm.
With a heart full of emotion, Wilhelm opened his arms to greet him again.
Swish!
Suddenly, the Holy Sword pierced through Balmunk’s chest.
The claw-like fingertips of the undead, hidden behind his back, fell helplessly before they could even touch him.
-Grrr, Wilhelm….
Wilhelm approached the fallen Balmunk without changing his expression.
The vacant, milky eyes glared at Wilhelm as if they wanted to kill him, and its hands flailed aimlessly in despair.
Wilhelm endured every moment of it.
Staring straight into the eyes of his old friend, he silently grasped the Holy Sword.
Thwack!
The Holy Sword, piercing through its skull, did not lose its light even in the muck of blood.
Instead, it seemed to share its light, bringing vitality to the corpse.
-Bi… Wil, helm….
“Rest easy there. My eternal friend.”
The rotting body regained life through the sunlight’s divine power.
Eventually, becoming a human corpse, Wilhelm slowly knelt on one knee.
With his left hand on the pommel for support, he used his other hand to close Balmunk’s eyes.
The knights bowed their heads in silent tribute. Honoring Balmunk’s noble spirit.
After praying silently, Wilhelm rose back up.
“Retrieve Balmunk’s body. Preserve it in as intact a state as possible.”
Taking a deep breath, Wilhelm declared.
“When we find the necromancer, do not kill him. Bring him to me. I will kill that bastard with my own hands.”
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