Chapter 467 Protocol
“Whew. It’s a good thing I used an Identical Golem…” The small voice of a girl rang out.
Ana was smiling as she drew closer to a petrified Maro.
Even though she was supposed to have been destroyed by the devastating storm that Lydia shot at her, Ana looked very much alive.
And that was because the attack never reached her.
‘Only an idiot would put themselves in harm’s way—especially when against an unpredictable opponent!’ Ana smiled to herself.
The one who had been engaging in battle with the Demon Lord a while ago was not her, but a lookalike Golem.
Ana had been controlling the Golem from a distanced, and her Automatons were also instructed to obey the Golem.
It made for a convincing show—which was what the girl was after.
By doing so, Ana got enough information from her target, and once the ti was ripe, she acted swiftly.
‘Everything worked out well, I guess…’
Ana drew close to the Demon Lord of Blanc, staring at the being inquisitively.
Even though she knew to maintain caution, the young girl couldn’t help herself.
‘It should be safe enough now… but I can’t be too careful.’
Her three Automatons were on standby, ready to react if things ever got awry.
It was a sha that her experintal ‘Ultimate Automaton’ was thrashed, but it simply showed how powerful a Demon Lord was.
Her experint had been a valuable learning experience for her.
“I should get the samples I require and then finish things up…” With that, Ana took so tools from one of the Automatons who delivered the items.
Transparent test tubes were grasped by the girl, and she began to collect samples of hair, blood, flesh, etc. from the suspended being.
“Interesting…” Ana murmured, using Magic to observe the vials she had.
Even though the Demon Lord could take on the form of anyone, she never expected that the change would be so deep.
Even down to the cells, the samples she acquired from Lydia’s current state were exactly the sa as Maro’s.
‘She really did beco him!’
Well, Ana figured that would have been the case. Why else would the Demon Lord have responded to the protocol from earlier?
“I would also love to have samples when she’s in her base form…”
Comparing and contrasting samples were necessary for progress.
Unfortunately, Ana doubted the Demon Lord would let her gain access to her body so freely.
The only reason she had co this far was because she transford into Maro.
‘But, I really need those samples!’
Exasperated, the little girl sighed, trying to find the most optimal solution to her predicant. No matter how hard she tried, there was only one way out.
‘I’ll have to get those samples… by force!’
Lydia of Blanc was a troubleso foe—and Ana had seen so of her capabilities. But, she would be a fool to imagine that everything she saw was all her opponent was capable of.
“Still, as long as I prepare adequately, I should be able to get what I need…”
Another problem that popped up was the fact that her earlier trick wouldn’t work again.
The Demon Lord would also be wary of turning into Maro, since doing so would compromise her.
In all likelihood, it was more logical that Ana would be the next target of Lydia. She would kill and transform into her to access the device.
‘If I had enough ti, I would have also made a duplicate of myself… sigh, this sucks.’
In the end, she simply had to get what she required by taking matters into her own hands.
Was it dangerous? Yes!
However, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Ana realized she was at a big risk, but, she couldn’t back out now.
‘As long as I can prepare properly… victory should be mine!’
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“U-uh…?!” Lydia stirred to life as she finally regained consciousness.
She was still in her Maro form, but sothing felt a bit different.
Her body didn’t feel the sa as before, but that wasn’t the most important thing.
“You…!”
The girl who was standing before her, dressed in a lab coat and donning glasses, was smiling as Lydia glared.
She seed to be looking elsewhere, but her three Automatons made it clear that surprise attacks weren’t going to work.
The more Lydia thought about it, the more confused she beca—concerning her situation, and the girl called Anabelle Frederick.
‘How is she still alive?!’ Lydia thought to herself.
She definitely burned the girl to a crisp and destroyed her completely.
Even her Trump Card, the Automaton she employed, was destroyed.
‘I think I got dizzy for a mont after she said so strange words, but I’m alright now… what really happened?’
Lydia was not in a stable ntal state, but she hadn’t forgotten her mission. Her eyes montarily darted behind and she saw the structure she was ant to destroy.
Using Maro’s body would have been optimal, but it didn’t seem safe any longer—considering the girl was able to interfere with it sohow.
“What did you do, human?” Lydia asked, staring at the young girl, who was slowly approaching her.
“You’re up already? Good. I think now is the perfect ti to tell you.”
‘Up already? How long was I out for?!’ Lydia’s boggled mind struggled to process the information.
Swiftly, she returned to her original state—her blank white form.
Apparently, adopting Maro’s identity was risky.
“The ‘Maro’ you consud wasn’t the real one. It was an identical clone I made. It’s the sa as the ‘’ you defeated not too long ago.”
“What?!” Lydia couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
She had been fooled this whole ti!
“I implanted mories as data into the Maro specin, but the version of you fight was a Golem—so it was being remotely controlled.”
Lydia was still palpitating in shock. A Demon Lord like her was being toyed with by a re kid?!
“The Clone you absorbed has protocols embedded in it. That’s how I was able to control you when you transford to Maro.”
It sounded absurd, but Lydia couldn’t deny that she had lost grip of her senses for a mont, after Ana said so strange words.
‘Just how many more protocols exist?’ The Demon Lord wasn’t certain.
One thing was for sure, though.
‘I underestimated her. If I’m to complete my mission successfully… I’ll have to go all-out!’
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