Chapter 199 (2/2)

「Nnn…… stop it…… I won’t use my magic anymore…… so stop throwing rocks at me……」

It looks like Alice still has some lingering emotions regarding her magic .

Well she won’t have to worry if she stays with me .

「Uuu…… get away from Alma…… don’t c.u.m inside…… she is my…… lover……」

It looks like Kroll’s nightmare is about Alma getting roughed up .

She complained about her to the other girls, but as expected he’s the most concerned with Alma .

I think she did something to him, so I’m a little worried .

「Uu…… tell me it’s not true…… that I can’t eat any meals starting today……」

I’ll let Irijina eat as much as she wants later .

Everyone was able to wake up unharmed, but Kroll’s considerably exhausted .

It was as if he went without meals for several days and his eyes look vacant too .

「He did get touched by that thing, so maybe it’s a result of that . 」

「It’s like your life energy is being sucked out of you! The couple who died earlier probably met the same fate!」

I see, in other words that guy is the cause of everything .

Maybe because Kroll was exposed for only a short period of time, but it doesn’t look like his life is in danger .

He tells me that he’s fine even if his voice is a little weak .

「Put this guy by the end of the wall, the light under the floor hasn’t disappeared yet . He has not been defeated yet . 」

I want to know what this guy is .

If I don’t find out, it might prove to be a difficult fight .

「Do you know anything about this guy? I was thinking it was a ghoul of some sort but I’ve never heard of one that is as powerful as this one . 」

Irijina shakes her head while Alice goes into thinking .

「Anything about it is fine . It’s better than nothing . 」

After I said that, Alice starts saying something in a soft voice .

「It’s not a ghoul…… ghouls can’t use magic as powerful as that, plus their bodies are close to that of a human . 」

True, that guy’s body is light and floaty .

It feels like something I see all the time .

「That thing is probably a Lich…… I think . It’s the form of a powerful magic caster who died and was possessed by an evil spirit . It wasn’t someone else’s problem, which is why I remember it . That thing’s really strong and not your average opponent…… I think . 」

A Lich, huh…… sounds troublesome .

At that moment, the light in the floor gets stronger again .

So he’s making another appearance .

Its dispersed body slowly gathers together and takes shape into that evil form once again .

「It’s here! Try your best not to breathe in any of that miasma, tense up your abs!」

Alice steps backwards to where Kroll is sitting on the floor while Irijina and I step forward .

「OOOOooooooooh」

The miasma billows forward in accompany with his groan .

I unsheathe my Dual Crater .

「Hmph!」

I make a horizontal slash and the smoky substance disappears, turning into little beads of light .

I should have used this from the beginning .

「Right thereee!」

Irijina doesn’t miss her chance and charges, similar to what I did…… and pierces right through the center of the Lich’s body .

「OOOOooooh」

「No good?!」

The Lich didn’t seem to care about her attack at all, stretching its hands towards Irijina while the spear is still embedded in its body .

She reactively jumps backward but that thing’s hand touched her shoulder .

「Uggh…… haaah, haah!」

With just the slightest touch, even the robust Irijina starts to breathe hard .

So it can steal life energy by touching any part of your body .

「Stand down Irijina, I’ll face this thing . 」

I’ll fight this guy alone .

I still have to pay him back for that stupid dream he showed me of my beloved Lucy .

I don’t know if he’s a former magic user or whatever but I’ll send this spirit back to the realm of the dead .

With the light Dual Crater in hand, I fix my gaze on the Lich’s eerie face .

That thing also seems to have recognized me as the greatest threat and doesn’t give Irijina or the others a second glance .

The distance between that floating thing and me, who’s firmly planted on the ground, is roughly 3 m .

「Here I go!」

I run forward at the same time I shout and aim for its shoulder with my slash, but it easily floats up towards the ceiling and evades my sword .

Without delay, I jump up and try to stab it with my sword .

I only needed a little more to reach that thing, but I managed to graze part of its cloak, causing some sizzling sounds and white smoke to appear .

Irijina’s spear may have pa.s.sed right through the Lich’s body, but I’m sure my Dual Crater will be effective .

Just when I was about to position myself to challenge the Lich again, a heavy blow hits me in the face and I flip backwards .

It must have thrown something at me, although I don’t see anything in particular coming in my direction .

「Be careful! It’s wind magic!」

I receive another impact against my body as Alice shouts at me and I fall over feeling winded .

So he’s throwing ma.s.ses of wind at me .

Now that I look, the Lich’s hands are glowing strangely .

「It’s annoying how I can’t see it though . 」

I try to smile but I can’t think of a way to deal with this .

Taking one or two of those wind attacks won’t be fatal but getting hit too many times and I won’t be able to fight anymore .

Seeing how I’m not standing firm, the Lick’s hands start glowing again . It can’t be helped, I’ll just have to use intuition and sense where to cut .

「Aegir-sama…… leave it to me . 」

Before I leaped forward, Alice shouts and a curtain of fire spreads out between me and the Lich .

At first, it seems as if she was blocking my path, but I quickly connected the dots and understood her intentions .

「Alright, here I go!」

I start running towards the flaming curtain .

Again, the Lich releases a ball of wind…… but I can see it .

The wind gets enveloped by the flames and turns into a clump of fire .

「This fight is mine now that I can see the attacks!」

The magic is flying at high speeds, however it isn’t as fast as an arrow .

I swing my Dual Crater as I run and erase its wind spell .

After cancelling out the second, third, fourth…… and fifth spell, the curtain of fire finally died down .

Before I knew it, the Lich was within my sword’s reach .

Nice teamwork Alice, I’ll have to remember to give her lots of affection later .

「Now it’s over . 」

I do it the way I know has the most certainty and swing my sword down, slas.h.i.+ng it from the head all the way down its body .

The distance between us is close enough that I can reliably bisect my opponent, but I couldn’t .

Right before I could bring my sword down, there was a flash of light…… and I was. .h.i.t with the impact of a lighting bolt, which felt somewhat similar to an experience I had in the past .

I try to endure the pain and forcibly slice down, though it made nothing but a shallow wound .

Furthermore, my arm is numb and the sword I brought down by force slipped out of my grip and flew away somewhere .

So lightning magic right after wind magic…… if you consider that miasma and the ability to control zombies, who knows how many spells it knows how to use .

「……it can use that many types of magic…… what an amazing magic user . 」

It’s fine to be impressed, but I’m in a little bit of a dangerous situation here .

I can’t move my body the way I want either because of the lightning .

Being unarmed and not being able to move in front of the enemy…… this is the worst situation .

「Ooooooooh」

Not letting the opportunity presented to itself escape, the Lich spreads its arms and wraps them around me as if trying to swallow my entire body .

I don’t remember getting a corpse to like me…… but it probably has a different objective .

The sensation around my body is exactly how it appears, an indescribable wispy feeling, totally distinct from the body of a regular skeleton .

However the feeling that stood out more than anything was the powerful feeling of the energy inside my body being sapped the moment I got embraced .

「Guh……」

So this is what it feels like when your life energy is being drained…… I see, quite agonizing .

「Hardlett-dono! I have to go help!!」

「You can’t! You won’t be able to do anything even if you went…… I will-……」

Alice extends her hand but nothing happens .

Now that I look, her hair is already completely white .

Her magic must be used up now .

「But I still have to go! Hardlett-dono will die like those people!!」

「Why…… why won’t my magic come out!!?」

I can hear the other girls shouting .

I can’t let them worry about me anymore than that .

「I won’t…… die yet!」

I also wrap my arms around the Lich’s back .

And then…… .

「Ugaaaaaaaah!!」

I tighten my grip and squeeze with all my might .

「B-bear hug!?」「Constricting……a ghost……?」

The Lich seemed to make a face as if it was surprised for a brief moment but its energy-draining power only increases in strength with every breath I take .

I see, an average man would have lost his strength immediately .

However, don’t underestimate someone who gets his blood sucked by Brynhildr every week .

Comparing what this pathetic corpse is doing to me to the feeling of her blood sucking, where it feels like she would continue until sucking until I’m dead, this pain is rather sweet .

「What’s wrong!? Is that all you got!?」

I squeeze even harder .

This thing doesn’t have a regular body so its bones don’t break .

However, the shape of its intangible body starts to change so I know that my actions had some effect .

The battle of endurance continued for a while, but the first one who gave in was the Lich .

Suddenly, the force that was draining my energy weakened and it began contorting its body to try and escape .

But it wasn’t able to . Despite the Lich’s body being able to pa.s.s through the walls and floor and even let normal weapons pa.s.s through, it can’t phase through a lifeform .

…… in other words, it’s the same as Casie .

I was wondering if that was the case when I felt that airy sensation as it touched me, and now that I know, it won’t be able to move if I squeeze it tightly .

「OOOOOOOH!」

Not being able to use magic while I’m sticking to it, the Lich takes out an old dagger and stabs my side .

However, it seems close-combat isn’t its strong point and the powerless strike is ineffective in the face of my muscles .

「Hahahahaha! How weak! How do you like this!?」

I squeeze one level harder and the Lich finally lets out a creepy cry, its form noticeably getting thinner and longer .

It’s the same as when Irijina steps on Casie, if these apparitions become a strange shape, they won’t be able to move as they want .

Alright, now’s my chance .

I fall backwards while still holding onto the Lich’s body .

Technically, I’m not falling all the way back, I’m just bending my upper body backwards .

Forming an arch with my body, I slam the Lich’s head into the ground with him still in my grasp . 1

「Nnooooooooh!!」

「H-he threw a ghost……」

「As expected of Hardlett-dono!!」

The Lich writhes, its head cracking and its entire body completely changing shape after cras.h.i.+ng into the floor .

Not letting this opening go to waste, I spring back up and retrieve the Dual Crater which flew out of my hand earlier .

「Ooooh…… Oooooh…… Aaaah」

It sounds like it’s trying to reason with me, I know you already have intelligence .

But you’re an existence that can’t stay here anymore, so I want this all to end here if possible .

And more than anything-

「You insulted Lucy . 」

I swing down my Dual Crater at the head of the Lich who’s laying on the floor .

I don’t miss this time, slicing it in half and turning it into white smoke . Along with an incredible cry from the Lich, the smoke eventually fades away .

This uproar is all finished now…… .

「Oooou……」

Irijina’s stomach finally growled .

So it must be daybreak now .

「So as we thought, the zombies were all…… being controlled by this guy?」

The Lich was defeated and as we check the outside of the mausoleum, we see the sun rising as well as the a bunch of corpses lying on one side of the cemetery .

They’re all corpses that don’t seem to be able to move anymore .

「To be able to control hundreds of zombies, that’s some incredible magic . 」

But now we can’t resolve this confidentially .

Well, it’s better than if this Lich came out to the surface though .

「So in the end, what was that?」

Kroll, who regained much of his energy, asks with a pale face .

「Who knows…… maybe after we search the underground area of the mausoleum we’ll find out something?」

For one thing, it’s certain that guy was a far and away skilled magic caster when it was still alive .

I wonder how things turned out this way .

「There’s nothing we can do just by talking about it . 」

With the wound in my side caused by the short sword, my list of injuries increased again .

Plus, my legs are feeling weak after getting so much of my life energy drained .

「Even so…… you’re rubbing my a.s.s . 」

「Me too…… ah, you’re putting a finger in……」

Because touching women is the best way for me to recover my stamina after all .

Kroll, go rub Alma’s a.s.s when you get back home too, ‘kay?

「Uu…… more importantly, Celia-san is going to yell at me again when she sees Aegir-sama injured while I’m unharmed . 」

「You’re still lacking in strength . Irijina, retrain him if you have some spare time . 」

「Leave it to me!!」

I worked so hard, and yet only have this mantle to show for it…… .

Only the mantle that the Lich was wearing was tangible and that was the only object that was left after its main body disappeared .

It feels gross knowing that it was worn by the dead .

Maybe I’ll give to Leopolt as a present or something, I’m sure he won’t mind .

–Third Person POV–

Kroll – Super Side Story: Recompense

「You had a rough day today, didn’t you Kroll-sama . 」

「Good work . 」

「Yeah…… a lot of things happened……」

Kroll kisses Lola and Mira as they came to greet him and then collapses tiredly on the bed .

「Did you…… make any contributions?」

「No, I didn’t really do anything . I allowed Aegir-sama to get hurt and then Celia-san slapped me…… and then like five other women got angry at me . 」

「Ahaha……」

「There are times like that too…… shall we comfort you with some service?」

Kroll lies on his back as if saying yes and the mother and daughter take his pants off .

「We’ll use our mouths……」

「So please forget about those unpleasant things . 」

The two of them immediately start licking him from both sides, and the room is filled with a lewd smell and slurping sounds .

Normally, Kroll wouldn’t be able to hold out and would have released his seed in their mouths, then going straight to s.e.x .

「Eh? How strange . 」

「I-I’m sorry!」

「Geez, what are you doing? Let mom take the tip instead . 」

The slurping ensues once again .

「Eeeh…… why is this happening?」

「Why…… he’s always really quick……」

「I’ll rub it fast with my hand, ‘kay?」

This kind of exchange continued for close to an hour, but the three never connected their bodies .

「No way……」「Kroll-sama……」

「It doesn’t even twitch a bit…… why is that…… even though it feels so good! Why does it not get hard?!!」

Kroll’s cry resounds throughout the mansion at night .

Protagonist: Aegir Hardlett . 23 years old . Summer .

Status: Goldonia Kingdom Margrave . Great Feudal Lord of Eastern Area . King of the Mountains . Friend of the Dwarves . Friend of the King of Aless .

Citizens: 161,000 . Major Cities – Rafen: 24,000 . Lintbloom: 4000 .

Private Army: 5300 men

Infantry: 3000, Cavalry: 900, Archers: 900, Bow Cavalry: 500

Cannons: 19

Reserve: 3000

Family: Nonna (the beautiful Nonna), Carla (concubine), Mel (concubine), Kuu (lover), Ruu (lover), Melissa (lover), Mireille (lover), Leah (lover), Miti (betrothed), Maria (betrothed), Catherine (betrothed), Casie (ghost), Rita (head maid), Yoguri (playwright), Pipi (lover), Alice (magical girl), Alma (servant)

Sebastian (butler), Dorothea (lover, in the capital)

Children: Sue, Miu, Ekaterina, Amata, Anastasia (daughters); Antonio, Claude, Gilbard, Reiner, Bartolome (sons); Rose (foster daughter)

Subordinates: Celia (adjutant), Gido (escort unit), Kroll (impotent), Irijina (commander), Luna (commander), Ruby

Myla (security officer), Polte (student director), Gretel (dog)

Leopolt (staff officer), Adolph (domestic affairs official), Tristan (strategist?)

Claire & Laurie (seeking wheat), Schwartz (horse), Lilian (actress)

Mother – Marceline; Daughters – Stephanie, Bridget, Felicie (taken into custody)

a.s.sets: 0 gold

s.e.xual Partners: 209, children who have been born: 46

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