Chapter 140: Zero
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Frank glanced at the recently raised Undead, the woman who had just come to kill him was now part of his allies, something that many people would never be able to believe, nor even trust.
However, thanks to Frank's Death Attribute Charm and his Dark Death Devil Magic, he can dominate any Undead he creates, making them his loyal subordinates without any shrewd of a doubt.
"Her race is…" said Frank, as he took away the hood from the woman's head, revealing the rest of her face.
Her skin was pale white as she had just died, however, her emerald eyes were still shining as if she were alive, her forehead, however, had a burn mark, and even stitches over it, as if they had experimented even with her brain in the past.
Her hair was pure black, and instead of the animal ears Frank expected from her, she had long human-like ears, of course, because they were so long, they were clearly not human.
"An Elf… It's rare to see an Elf in here, especially because they live in a completely different country than this one…" said Gwendolyn.
"Is that so? You don't remember anything of your past?" asked Frank to the woman in black.
"…Aside from being experimented, no, my lord…" said the woman.
"What's your name?" asked Frank.
"I… My former Boss called me Zero because I was the experiment number zero that managed to survive," said the woman.
"Zero is… an interesting name, I guess we can go with it…" said Frank, deciding to name his new Undead as Zero.
Frank Inspected her status, now that she was an Undead and something similar to a tamed monster, he was able to see that even despite having lost her Mana Cores, she had quite a good quantity of Mana and Magic and that her race was named 'Elf Zombie Assassin'.
All the Knife techniques she knew about were made into Skills, but she lost all of her Magic Skills similarly to Nezhit, becoming a physical fighter only, however, Frank believed that if she were to Rank up, she might acquire a Death Core and get to use some magic of sorts.
Frank noticed the large wounds in her chest and stomach, where he had grabbed her Mana Cores from, and decided to close those wounds with Gift of Life, and then cleaning the blood with a poison similar to alcohol that he had designed through Poison Synthesis, cleaning off the blood in no time.
Zero glanced at her master rather expressionlessly, she was already very devoid of emotions while being alive, and now as an Undead, such behavior seemed to have become greater.
"Thanks, my lord, I now can serve you better…" said Zero rather mechanically.
"Phew, now that we are done, I want to sleep… Been a while since I actually killed someone, since the war against the Kingdom of Humans some years ago…" said Gwendolyn, as Frank remembered the various times where she had mentioned this.
"I see, it must be rather normal for you to take another's life, right? For me… it was quite a terrible thing, I am sure that I suffered a lot, but as if trying to cope with my mind, the system gave me the ability to feel no guilt… However, I feel like by having this, I am slowly losing any bit of humanity left within me…" said Frank, his crimson eyes seemed completely devoid of light.
"Boy…" muttered Gwendolyn, standing up and petting Frank's shoulder.
"I know how it feels, at first, I was really very scared… I really, I really did not want to kill people… But the world and the actions of others really change your perspective of life. When I finally had my daughter, I could not falter anymore, I had to fight, and I had to win, to see her another day… Every time I think about killing someone and the guilt fills my heart, I remember my daughter and that I am doing this for her, so I can protect her… Always have your goals and reasons in mind when you do such things, I guess sit might be one of the keys to remain with some sanity… And also remember that you're not alone Frank," said Gwendolyn, glancing at Frank with a sweet smile.
"Ah…" muttered Frank, as Gwendolyn embraced him in a hug, his head facing her shoulder.
"I guess this is the least I could do," she said.
"…"
Frank fell into silence for a bit, there were emotions within his chest, which he could not grasp, perhaps because he lacked a heart.
However, the warmness of Gwendolyn's body filled his cold body, giving him comfort.
"Thanks, Gwendolyn, I am also fighting for Kamei… For Cathyl and her children, for you, and your daughter as well," said Frank.
"Frank…" said Gwendolyn, her eyes glowing a bit teary as she hears such words from him…
"A-Anyways, we should go back, everyone must be pretty worried," said Frank.
"Yes, my lord," said Nezhit.
"Rawr!" roared Ruby happily, waving her tail cutely as she flew and sat down in Frank's shoulder while having a smaller size.
"Roar!" roared Zhulong, doing the same as Ruby, as both Dragons sat down at each side of Frank, he clearly would be never alone, even if he wanted…
"I hope you guys get along with Zero, she might have been our enemy a few minutes ago, but I am sure that her emotions might develop as you shower her with affection," said Frank with a calm smile, as Zero seemed confused, tilting her head.
"It is an honor to have another fellow Undead in the team, I am Nezhit, it is nice to meet you," said Nezhit.
"Ah… I am Zero, it is nice to meet you, Nezhit," said Zero.
"They're Ruby and Zhulong," said Frank, pointing at the two dragons.
"Grrr…!" groaned Ruby, she seemed a bit wary of Zero… not because she used to be an enemy, but because she might drive the attention from her Master, which she wanted only for herself, already Nezhit and Zhulong were a lot that she had to accept!
"Roar!" roared Zhulong, rather uninterested in Zero.
"Aw come on, don't be like that!" said Frank.
"Haha, your monsters are so charismatic, it is baffling to think that they're just monsters…" laughed Gwendolyn.
"Ruby and Zhulong are indeed very charismatic allies," said Nezhit.
"Charismatic…" muttered Zero.
"You did pretty well, brat!" said Hades, praising Frank's strength.
"I don't need your praises, Hades…" said Frank.
"Eh? Still hating on me?!" asked Hades.
"Well, you killed me…" said Frank.
"But I saved your life too in Earth!" said Hades.
"…I guess we could say that it is a tie," said Frank.
"Yeah, so treat me better already!" said Hades.
"…No," said Frank.
"Agh! You shitty brat!" roared Hades, as Frank smiled due to the old god's tantrums.
Frank and his party walked back to the secret room where Cathyl and the rest were waiting for them, startling them as the doors opened.
"Ah! You're back!" said Hilvera.
"Welcome back! How was the- Eh?!" asked Cathyl, glancing at the new pale elf girl in the party.
"W-Who is she?" asked Asterion.
"An elf?" asked Annabelle.
"Onii-sama… W-Who is she?" asked Kamei, Frank quickly noticed that Kamei seemed a bit… annoyed.
Indeed, Kamei was a bit possessive of her onii-sama, she had shown it before when Frank sometimes talked about the girls he met at school such as Harumi.
However, he thought that she might have gone past that after what happened to their parents and then the introduction of the girls such as Gwendolyn, Cathyl, Annabelle, and Hilvera…
But against Frank's expectations, Kamei seemed to not have gone past this… little thing she had going for her.
"She's… well, Zero. She was the woman that chased and came to kill us, the fight was pretty hard, but we manage dot pull through, I raised her as an Undead and… haha… She is now part of the team! What a twist, right?" said Frank, trying to pull a joke out of this whole situation…
However, everyone seemed rather surprised, as they glanced at Frank with a bit of disbelief…
"Well, that's how Frank powers work, if we can make such a strong ally from a former enemy, we might as well get it," said Gwendolyn.
"I-I guess… Death Magic is really… something else," said Annabelle.
"Y-Yeah, I guess it will be good to have someone else than Nezhit as an Undead!" said Asterion.
"I suppose… N-Nice to meet you, lady Zero…" said Hilvera, glancing at Zero's emerald eyes, and her beautiful yet expressionless face.
"It is nice to meet my Master's allies," she said mechanically.
"She's really something else…" said Cathyl.
"O-Onii-sama, what does she has that I don't?!" asked Kamei.
"Eh? Kamei? What are you talking about? She is a zombie and you're my sister, there are several differences that-" muttered Frank.
"So you're into Undead people!" said Kamei.
"…Kamei please stop thinking like that, it is a bit wrong…" said Frank.
"T-Thinking like what? I am just… f-forget it!" said Kamei, as Amelia and Okita's souls glanced at Frank with apologetic smiles.
"It is very weird for a little sister to think like that, Frank! What did you do to your sister, huh?" asked Gwendolyn.
"E-Eh?! I didn't do anything!" said Frank, the conversation was going somewhere that he really disliked…
"Eeeeeh? It's really not normal…" said Cathyl teasingly.
"Please stop…" said Frank, the light of his eyes disappearing, as the two mothers exploded into laughter.
"Haha, it was a joke, a joke! Calm down, boy!" laughed Gwendolyn.
"Yeah, yeah, come on!" laughed Cathyl.
"I… see…" sighed Frank.
"Okay, sorry… Come here," said Gwendolyn, embracing Frank with a tight hug.
"Yeah, sorry!" said Cathyl, hugging Frank from his back…
Being smothered by two beautiful mature ladies made Frank's heart relax a bit…
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