I'm Really Not the Demon God's Lackey Chapter 428: Witch's Smile

Melissa's temples throbbed with pain as she struggled to open her eyes, and the blurry scene gradually came into focus.

She felt the restraints on her body and the pain receptors immediately kicked in. She realized that she was bound tightly to a thick branch by a green vine.

And this branch was a part of a massive inverted tree. Melissa opened her eyes wide and saw green all around. This tree stretched and twisted everywhere, like a giant towering over the underground world.

"Where am I?" Melissa frowned and looked around in confusion, spotting Greg beside her who was similarly bound.

Melissa narrowed her eyes and saw a human-sized, emerald-green fruit nearby. At the top was a small opening. A girl with emerald hair was sleeping within it.

This is...

She frowned as she recalled that she and Greg had underestimated Valace. Perhaps Valace had been right. His ritual had bound even an evil god, and after burning the cursed undead body that the evil god had possessed, Valace had completely unleashed his own power.

He wasn't a knight at all but a taboo black magician.

Even teaming up with Greg wasn't enough to defeat Valace. Although Valace had just obtained a new body, it was easy for him to hold them off, and soon other Secret Rite Tower security personnel arrived.

The two were soon captured after making a big commotion.

Damn it... Melissa stamped her foot with all her might. She had been so close to victory. I'm really too weak. Perhaps I could have won if I was just a little stronger.

Melissa felt an overwhelming sense of self-reproach at having been captured by Valace.

Meanwhile, she could hear the voice that infuriated her.

Beneath this massive inverted tree, several very aged people, along with Valace in his new body, were gathered.

Melissa no longer struggled against her restraints and quietly listened to their conversation.

"Valace..." the only old man seated on a tree branch called out Valace's name. "I never imagined that you would one day be able to break the evil god's curse and come before m

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