It could indeed! Here's a quick excerpt from the latest chapter, Mutual Protection:
“Understand, human?”
Undyne’s stern, frigid voice cut through their thoughts, and they nodded numbly, trembling as they absorbed the enormity of the revelation.
The king of the Underground wanted them dead, and there was nowhere they could go where people wouldn’t be trying to fulfill his command.
“This is your only chance at redemption,” Undyne continued, her golden eye burning a hole in the child’s reeling mind. “Give up your soul… or I’ll tear it from your body.”