The Villainess and I, her Zombie

The blue undead didn't waste any more time and rushed straight to the basement from where Druian's life signature was pulsating right by the life signature of an exotic monster.

*BOOOOOM*

He actually was going straight to him – not using the proper hallways and doors – Zombie burst down through the walls and ceiling as his body was glowing with white and violet light interchangeably.

The vacant-faced slaves tried to stand in his way but, well...

*WHAM*

*SMASH*

They did not end up well since the blue undead didn't have any intentions of playing around – it's worth mentioning that he didn't actually kill anyone, only forcefully took away their ability to move around by thoroughly breaking or dislocating their bones in strategic places with well-aimed hits as they all fell down without making a sound no matter what damage they received.

|Oh...? and who might we have here...?|

Zombie furrowed his brows once e noticed one particularly strong life signature beelining it to him with only a little bit more caution for the property damage that he had.

It was not Durian, but they were close enough to him in terms of power – surprisingly enough.

"You! Filthy monster, this is as far as you will go – my master can not be interrupted!"

The person who showed up, blocking the blue undead's final door – or wall – was a tall dark-haired maid with a serious expression.

|Ha...?! That's the girl that tried to protect Durian from the Cranberry's blow in the first playthrough and got torn in half...!|

|Oh-ho...!|

The sealed being gasped in shock when the mystery of to whom his life signature belongs had been revealed – and the blue undead let out the appropriate sounding curious sound.

|Her name?|

|I don't know, never heard it before.|

Zombie asked, hesitant to start a fight outright because of the possible consequences, but surprisingly enough the sealed being did not have an answer for his question, sounding as if she was shaking her head in hesitation.

"What's your name, miss...?"

The blue undead straightened his back and looked into the maid's eyes.

"I have no name to reveal to some filthy monster that tries to mess with my master!"

Unfortunately, the answer he got wasn't the one he wanted – instead, the maid's body began glowing with powerful white light and she lowered herself into a battle stance that Zombie recognized instantly.

Although the close combat skill was supposed to be a rare thing, it sure did somehow make its way unto the arsenal of a maid of all places.

"Now, now – there is no need to be inc such a rush, is it now, miss? Why don't we just... Talk about it."

The blue undead waved his hand dismissively before carefully asking the question – as his eyes began glowing with intense blue light.

/Skill failed

/Target is immune

|Immune...? That's the first time I was informed about targets immunities by the system...|

Two system messages popped up one after the other and the blue undead furrowed his brows at them.

"How dare you try to some seduction skill on a player character – you filthy beast! The system will not allow fur such disrespect! Your false life ends here!"

The attempt of using the lust-based Mindbreak skill surprisingly resulted only in enraging the maid to the point where no further negotiations seemed possible, as she clenched her fists and declared while glaring down at the blue undead with disgust.

|Not good, Durian's, you see the weird fluctuation of Durian's life signature? He is doing something with the monster and I don't like where it is going...!|

*BOOOM*

Zombie furrowed his brows as the maid launched herself at him without giving him enough time to prepare...

...or that would be the case if he wasn't already anticipating her attack since the moment that her life signature had shown up...

As his body was already glowing violet, at the last possible second before the contact it also flashed with white light and the blue undead body dodged the hands of the maid- she was intending to destroy his head with a devastating punch but what ended up happening instead was Zombie intercepting her fist, grabbing and twisting her wrist and using the force behind her charge to smash her into the adjacent wall.

*RUMBLE*

It was hard to tell whether the mansion shook because of Zombie's attack or because of whatever Durian was doing with the monster – but either way, bits and pieces of rubble rained down of the two opponents.

"What is your name?!"

Zombie growled pressing the maid against the wall digging her own hand into her back.

"F-fuck you...! A member of the system church will not bow down to some filthy undead, your kind is a...!"

*SMASH*

Since he did not get his answer, the blue undead used his other hand to gab the stubborn maid's head and slammed it into the wall.

Her head turned out to be tougher than the rocks and the woman ended up lodged into a wall in an almost comical way.

"Tsk...! I hate fuckers like that? Can I kill her, will it mess up the game or not?"

Zombie scoffed stepping away from her and shaking his head.

|Don't you remember if she was important or not? Did the message with the penalty show up back in the first playthrough or not?|

He asked internally making sure with the life signature detection skill that the maid is alive and merely unconscious.

|...I... I honestly don't remember... I was far too focused on Durian at that time...|

The sealed being answered astounding apologetic after a bit of a delay as if she was doing her best to recall a distant memory.

*RUMBLE*

"!!!!"

But then another tremor shook the mansion, interrupting their conversation.

The blue undead hurriedly looked back to check whether it was the result of Kopia's bout with the armored Persimmon, but judging by the man's life signature – he was not responsible and he didn't seem nearly shaken enough for receiving an attack that could cause the entire mansion to quake like that.

Yes... the answer was in front of him – through the door that the maid currently lodged into a wall was trying to protect.

"..."

Zombie was by it within less than a second – his leg glowing white and raised for a strike.

He kicked at the door to break them and distract Durian from whatever he was doing but...

*WHA-*

*BOOOOOOOM*

The moment that his foot started caving in the wood, an unknown unbelievable force that originated in the room he was about to burst in, exploded sending one-third of the mansion flying straight up as if the force of gravity had lost its power over the place.

|...of for fuck's sake...!|

The blue undead using the emergency dodge and acrobatic skills to dodge all the rubble in the air cursed internally as he managed to catch a glimpse of the source of the explosion.

Durian Greed, standing right bare-chested by a massive murky red orb at least ten times larger than himself, was emitting a threatening red and black glow.

There was no burning mark on his forehead, but instead, there was one, much bigger, charred black like a horrible wound in the middle of his chest...!