A cold wind, hinting at the approaching winter, blew, bringing Elizabeth back to her senses.
Turning her head to look at the grassland that had become a blood-red Ice Heigen, at the scene of scattered corpses and fragments like a hellscape, and at her own gown stained red with blood, Elizabeth found that her heart was surprisingly unmoved; she even wanted to laugh.
"Mon... Monster!! Eek..." The First Prince, whose feet Elizabeth had frozen with Ice Aura at the very beginning, had witnessed the hellish scene unfold.
A seemingly delicate princess and a maid, speaking in a joking tone, had made a bet. The content of the bet was to see who could kill more, and the prize was the disposition rights of the First Prince. And so... a feast of slaughter began, signaled by the freezing magic cast by that princess.
At first, the princess's wide-range freezing magic had already claimed the lives of nearly half the people. Those who should have been grateful to have survived such terrifying freezing magic only realized in the end that it was, instead, a misfortune. The people who were instantly killed by the freezing magic at the very beginning were the happiest; at least... they died without any pain.
The survivors then had to face two "demons." One demon wore a pure white gown, wielding two greatswords made of ice. Wherever she went, no one remained intact.
Dismembered limbs... fragments... heads... Even if one was lucky enough to only be grazed by the two ice greatswords, causing blood to flow, the blood would automatically be drawn from their body, gathering around the demon, becoming the demon's power.
The other demon, dressed in a black maid outfit, held a cross staff that should have symbolized sanctity and compassion. Yet, what she did was wield the staff, striking down every living thing she saw. Those who died by her hand were not killed in one blow, but rather suffered repeated... repeated immense pain until death. It was clear that this demon had no idea how to spell the words "compassion."
This feast of slaughter lasted no more than five minutes, and the two demons had already determined a victor.
"Oh my! As expected of Elizabeth, she used Lord Cocytus's Ice Aura to clear the field from the start! There's no way I could have won against that!" Lupusregina said with considerable regret after crushing the last person.
"Then the First Prince's disposition rights are mine, right?" Elizabeth turned her head and said to the First Prince, who had been frozen in place and unable to move since the beginning.
"A bet is a bet!" Lupusregina said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Then..." Elizabeth flicked away the ice sword in her hand and, with empty hands, walked step by step towards the First Prince. As she looked at the First Prince's terrified face, an indescribable sense of pleasure surged within Elizabeth's heart.
On her way to the First Prince, there was an ice pillar nearby. Perhaps this unlucky fellow was too close to her when she cast her Level Five Ice Aura earlier, and was directly frozen into an ice pillar? What a lucky guy, to die so painlessly. Then...
Elizabeth reached out to the ice pillar. Just as she was about to exert force and shatter it, Elizabeth noticed her reflection on the ice pillar, illuminated by the moonlight. Elizabeth clearly saw herself covered in blood, with a rampant smile on her lips...
"..." Elizabeth stopped her actions. The excitement and pleasure instantly vanished, but there was no guilt in her heart either.
"What's wrong, Elizabeth?" Lupusregina, seeing Elizabeth staring at the ice pillar without moving, curiously came closer.
"I've changed my mind, Sister Lupusregina. This prince is yours to deal with. I still need to rush to the front lines of the Katz Plains." Elizabeth turned her head and said to Lupusregina.
"Huh? Are you sure? Thank you, Elizabeth." Wolf Sister looked quite happy. Let her be happy!
This was supposed to be Wolf Sister's scene anyway. She had only come here to join the fun to gain experience points. Clearing out so many people at once should be enough for her to cast a few Skyfall spells... though she felt she probably wouldn't even need to.
"F-Front lines!? You've killed so many people! You... aren't you satisfied yet!?" The First Prince looked at Elizabeth, who was about to turn and leave, with a horrified expression.
"Heh heh! Prince, would you be satisfied after stepping on a few ants?" Elizabeth turned back and said this, then took out a teleportation scroll and activated it. What kind of "service" the First Prince would receive from Wolf Sister next was no longer within Elizabeth's purview.
Though she said that, Elizabeth's heart was still quite conflicted. She had been able to silently eliminate so many people, not only without any guilt, but instead with more excitement and pleasure.
Although Elizabeth understood that after transmigrating, she had already left the realm of humans, and it was normal to lose the emotions she had as a human before.
But thinking about how she had saved the Four Strategists Squad... thinking about how she had been soft-hearted towards Arshe's mother, and then thinking about the pleasure she had just immersed herself in while taking people's lives—this contradictory attitude was truly like that word she often heard people say when she was still alive!
Hypocrisy... Yes, that's the word. To be "merciful" to humans who still have use, and to treat those insignificant people as experience points. This isn't just hypocrisy, but also very selfish, isn't it?
Uh... Looking at it this way, she also understood that her karma value was probably negative, right? And at least around negative four hundred? Then...
Elizabeth did not teleport directly to the Katz Plains, but instead randomly found an uninhabited wilderness.
"So what!" Elizabeth shouted after teleporting to the location and confirming that there were no human presences around.
"So what if it's negative!! I'm the Great Demon's daughter! How could my karma value be positive! A Great Demon should act like a Great Demon!" Elizabeth yelled into the five-person wilderness, having finished venting.
What a relief! She quickly changed her clothes. Being sticky all over was such a hassle. The blood stuck to her clothes couldn't even be drawn clean by the Blood Pool. What kind of ridiculous setting is this!
Elizabeth vented her dissatisfaction, then took out the Adventurers' clothes she had prepared from her spatial bag. She had already confirmed that there was no one for several kilometers around, and she had also activated Despair Aura to drive away nearby creatures. No one should be peeping, right?
Secretly changing clothes in the wilderness still felt so embarrassing. Nigredo was monitoring the Black Scripture... she shouldn't be peeping, right?
Ugh... Stop overthinking it. She still had to deal with the Black Scripture and then rush to the Katz Plains to snatch the Warrior Captain's ring! No time to waste! Elizabeth told herself this, then took off her gown.
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"Ma... Mare! Cover your eyes!!" Ainz saw his daughter shyly taking off her gown in the wilderness through the Qianli mirror, and quickly ordered Mare, who was watching with him.
"Ah! Oh! Yes, Lord Ainz!" Mare obediently covered his eyes with both hands.
Ainz, meanwhile, watched his daughter change in the Qianli mirror without blinking, while wondering what Elizabeth planned to do next.
What he had heard from Albedo before was that Elizabeth planned to seek revenge on Theocracy's secret unit. However, Elizabeth possessed wisdom not inferior to Demiurge's, so she shouldn't make such a reckless decision. Elizabeth probably had other plans.
Ugh... This daughter of his was truly terrifying.
"Um... Lord Ainz? Can I open my eyes now?" Mare asked, still covering his eyes.
"Hmm... Ah! Wait a moment!" Ainz realized he was staring intently at his daughter changing and awkwardly averted his gaze.
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