Hundreds Years After I Was Called [Just Corpse], I’ve Become Strongest Undead When I Woke Up

I was standing dumbfoundedly in the white space that spread endlessly.

Whether it was right, left, up, or down, it was WHITE as far as I could see.

It felt like my head was a mess.

「Is this… how it feels after being purified… and entering paradise?」

Just when I thought that I saw a strange gate behind me, I was suddenly thrown into this mysterious space.

「Is this a dream?」

I tried to hit my face.

「I-It doesn't hurt at all… Well, I'm undead after all—not that I could feel pain to begin with.」

At that moment…

I looked up since I felt a presence above me.

Something was floating over there.

A… human?

No, humans didn't have horns growing from their heads and bat-like wings growing from their backs.

Moreover, the whites and blacks of that person’s eyes were inverted.

At a glance, it looked like a young man, but its identity wasn't that simple.

「Hehehe, it seems they sent another toy.」

He descended slowly with a sinister smile on his face.

「It's the first toy in the last fifty years, but I wonder how many years it will take for you to break this time. I have too much spare time thanks to this place. I hope that you have a sturdy body.」

「Uh, who… are you?」

「Oh my, how rude of me. My name is Mephisto. Back in the spirit world, I'm a duke-ranked devil, only below the demon king.」

Duke-ranked… devil?

The wicked race created by the evil god.

…were called devils.

I heard that most of the devils with peerage lived in the spirit world, but…

「It's been more than a thousand years since I was imprisoned in this place. Although I was careless and ended up falling into those angels' trap, the biggest humiliation in my life is the fact that humans put me into this kind of situation.」

「I’m… imprisoned? W-Wait a minute. Does that mean this place isn't… paradise?」

「You think a devil can enter paradise?」

「Ah…」

So… it meant that I was not purified. I had not entered paradise. Those gates only sent me to this place.

T-THEY TRICKED MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Yeah, no doubt about that.

Anyhow, they went as far as stooping so low.

That meant that they had no intention to purify me. All they wanted to do was imprison me in this place.

Did that mean… the female Holy Knight was aware of it and brought me to her country?

She didn't show any sign of tricking me, but… Well, that was the reason why I trusted her.

I never expected that she only pretended to look virtuous all this time just to lure me into this trap.

…How cunning.

I was really shocked to learn that I was dancing on the palm of her hand all this time.

Yup, women were scary after all… really scary…

「…Uh, can I ask a question?」

「What is it?」

「Do you know a way to leave this place?」

「You can't leave this place.」

It was an immediate answer.

「Eh? Seriously? Does that mean… I'm gonna…」

「Yes, this is a space created in the crevice between two dimensions. You cannot escape unless you open the gate from earlier. Anyways, do you think I would stay here if I could just leave?」

Moreover, I couldn't die either.

Did that mean I was going to spend an eternity… in this place?

「Y-You're kidding me, right…?」

I fell on my knees due to overwhelming despair after realizing that fact.

「Hahahaha… This is too much… What a blunder I made here… trapped in this kind of place forever…」

「No, no, no, don't worry about it.」

「—Eh?」

「After all, I'll give you plenty of love.」

The next instant, the devil had moved right in front of me.

And then, his punch landed on my abdomen.

「HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!」

If I wasn’t an undead, I would certainly be writhing in pain.

「Eh? Uninjured…? Whoops?」

The broken arm returned to normal immediately.

「I see now! You are an undead, eh! And one with extremely powerful regeneration abilities too! Fuhahahahaha! Wonderful, this is wonderful! Anyhow, undead last for quite a long time, after all!」

Last for quite a while, he said…

「Fufufu, those who came here have always been broken by me… The longest record is ten years… Truly, they were such fragile creatures…」

The devil lamented with an aggrieved look on his face.

「I actually wanted to treat you really carefully since it's been a really long time since the last visitor came, but unfortunately, I'm really bad with such delicate operations… I've always ended up… overdoing it.」

When I was wondering why the devil suddenly pushed the palm of his hand to me, a light beam suddenly burst out from there.

That light beam hit my lower half, melting it.

Naturally, my pants and trousers vanished too.

Seriously, was I gonna become a naked character again?!

「AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, NOOOO! NO, NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOO! I SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUUUUUUUUUUUUUL…! AAAAAAAAAAH! BUT IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG TIME, AND I CAN'T HOLD BACK MY DESTRUCTIVE IMPULSE…! HAHAHAHA!」

The devil was talking to himself, completely ignoring me.

I thought that this fella was a devil-like man, but… it turned out he was a really dangerous guy…