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Erueru was an undead being.
More precisely, she was a vampire among the undead.
Very few people knew about this.
However, as Erueru's companions in the same party, Lakyus and the others naturally knew her true origins.
To prevent anyone with ulterior motives from discovering her identity, Erueru had wrapped herself tightly in a black robe and even worn a mask.
Yet Noah's interest in Erueru clearly told everyone present something.
This man who had come to sell weapons had seen through Erueru's identity.
Realizing this, Lakyus, Erueru, Gagaran, Tina, and Tia silently raised their guard.
Erueru in particular seemed to have a flash of red light pass through the eyeholes of her mask, causing everyone present to sense a faint trace of bloodlust in that instant.
What were the undead?
Conceptually speaking, individuals born from the dead and possessing undying life were called undead.
There were many types of undead.
Zombies and skeletons, for example, were the most common kinds.
Likewise, vampires were also a type of undead.
And because the undead were generally beings born from death, they were usually creatures that hated life.
For the undead, taking life was already something akin to an instinct.
However, there were exceptions to everything.
Among some intelligent undead, there were also those who could suppress their hatred of life and form relationships with the living.
Take Shalltear, a True Vampire. She had never displayed such instinctive hatred toward Noah.
That was certainly partly because Noah was the supreme ruler of Nazarick Underground Great Tomb, but it also showed that Shalltear could control her hatred of life very well.
Otherwise, Shalltear would not have