The change was quick to happen. The devil doll controlled by the Death King suddenly slumped down as if its strings had been cut. As a lich sensitive to mana, the Death King immediately noticed this alteration and shook his stick in wonder. But it was too late. The devil doll only made creaking noises in response.

He commented, [Hm, it’s not moving, even though this doll is like a clone of mine.]

Of course it didn’t move. The devil doll should have turned metallic. Seeing as how it was making creaking noises, it was most likely struggling in its own way. Unfortunately, the Death King no longer had control of the devil doll.

With the doll unable to move, it let go of Mother. Daisy’s magic was quicker than the Death King, and I was even faster.

[Oh my! Hero, you are quite fast!]

The Death King put the devil doll away and used magic to secure Mother, but Daisy’s magic countered his, and I safely took Mother in my arms. But when I received...