Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4
The Goblin collapsed as its skull was caved in with a dull noise
「H to come out?」
The High Priest of Alda, the God of Law and Fate, hurled abuse at the Goblins as he beat them to death with his favorite mace
「High Priest Gordan, is it not likely that the Dhampir either escaped with his Vampire father or was buried alive when that cave collapsed?」
So said one of the holy knights under his command, but Gordan was not satisfied
Bowreat h Priest by his thirties using his faith, physical strength and his ht attributes
Now he had a burning obsession with exter Vaiven birth to
『Alda, the God of Law and Fate is the only one with authority in the world of Lambda and he has determined that the mere existence of these creatures is evil It is our duty as his followers to destroy them!』
Like the other zealous followers of Alda, Gordan earnestly believed this with no doubts He felt no sha killed the Dark Elf or in his current task of hunting down her Dha that his actions were those of justice
For that reason, he had been conducting a very thorough search of this small forest to find the Dhampir, but the search had run into problems
Unable to contact the hunters who had sold out the Dark Elf to lead theh the forest, he had hired other hunters and joined forces with the feudal lord’s knights, but they had only encountered wild animals like wolves, bears and boars and the occasional weak monsters like Goblins that came out to attack them
Five days after they had began their search, they discovered a cave that so in that had collapsed, but they hadn't been able to find the Dhampir’s corpse
Gordan had thought to dig out the whole cave, but had no choice but to give up on that idea because of the risk of it collapsing on top of them If they had a construction specialist or a Dwarf miner at hand, it would be a different story, but there was no deht now, so they were unable to hire such a person
The reason they continued searching the forest for two more months despite this was that the hunter that had sold out the Dark Elf and two of his friends had si out to hunt the Dhampir
Three hunters ere all fa On top of that, their corpses still hadn’t been found
Gordan’s intuition told him that this was not the result of so had taken revenge on them
『The Dhampir in question is apparently still a baby, but it’s not out of the question There was a reported incident in the past where a three-year-old Dhahtered a party of D-rank adventurers』
Giving up here would row in the future He had to hunt the Dhampir down and turn him into ash
「High Priest Gordan, it is impossible for us to make our search of the forest any more detailed than we have already done」
「Baronet Bestero has withdrawn his knights already as well」
However, not everyone shared Gordan’s zeal or saw the i threat that he did The feudal lord, Baronet Bestero, had dispatched five knights and half of his soldiers to help with the search, but now he grimly refused to offer any help at all
He could not allow the soldiers and knights that were needed to uphold public order to spend too long searching the forest
In fact, he criticized the continuation of the search, asking,「Is there no other work that the High Priest could be doing for the people?」
「 I know that the inhabitants of Evbejia have expressed their discontent」
This forest was an important source of resources for the people of Evbejia and the High Priest had told the for the Dhaerous」It was only natural that the people of Evbejia were unhappy about being unable to enter the forest for thole months
「No, it is not only the people The adventurers are not happy either Well, they are F-rank and E-rank adventurers of no importance」
「They are taking their co their work taken away from them」
The monsters such as Goblins that the adventurers received pay Gordan’s search of the forest Of course, this resulted in a sharp drop in the income of those adventurers
In addition, Evbejia was a central point of coes and towns so there wereescorts, but as the adventurers accepted those requests, there were less adventurers operating inside Evbejia itself Naturally, the Adventurers’ Guild was not pleased by this
Baronet Bestero didn’t approve of the nuh Priest Gordan and histhe population of Goblins in check for now, but they were not permanent residents of this town After they left, he had no way of knowing if enough adventurers would return to control the population of Goblins, who reproduced very quickly
「What are you saying we should do?! Surely you’re not going to suggest we spare the Goblins that come and attack us!」
「Like I said, perhaps it is tiive up? My words are not those of the feudal lord, but there are plenty of other places that could benefit from our presence」
「Muh」
In reality, while they were spending their ti in the shadows Otherharm to the people
Was it acceptable to continue spending ti for this Dhampir with no leads to follow?
「We have no choice We will leave Evbejia the day after tomorrow」
The red evening sun shone on Gordan’s bitter face
He had a strong feeling that the Dhahts to come
That Dhah Priest Gordan left sunbathing to his heart’s content
「Sunlight Love you」
He proclaiht He had recently becoh it was not completely coherent yet
Living for that long underground had been harsh on him
He had thought that it would be for one month at most, but Gordan and his men had persisted for tholein the dark, surrounded by earth and rocks
He had used his Death-Attribute Magic to prolong the lives of the two hunters, but they only lasted about half a month After that, he had Bone Monkey and the other Undead to crush the wheat grains and dried meat that Darcia had left behind and soak it ater to er off with When he could no longer stand that, he desperately looked for insects in the dirt to eat
His search led to the discovery of a streaht the cave would flood and he would drown, but it ended up being a fortunate event His water supply had fallen low and the discovery of this underground water had allowed him to clean his diapers
Up until then, he hada hole, drop in used diapers and then bury the run out of the ones that Darcia had made before, he had been forced to use diapers made from the clothes taken fro out
He could use Death-Attribute Magic to sterilize hi soiled himself As a person, that was not acceptable
He had been living on earthworms and sap from tree roots for the past few days Thanks to a new skill he had learned,【Danger Sense: Death】, he could find the ones that weren’t fatally poisonous, but as he consumed them, for some reason, his Status Effect Resistance skill’s level increased There was likely soh not enough to kill him
『I don’t ever want to have to live a life where I can consider catching a ain』
He firmly told himself that
Vandalieu, being a Dhampir, could see in the dark just as well as he could in the ht After all, he was half-Dark Elf
He had been worried that he was going to die of vitamin deficiency-related diseases
『High Priest Gordan, adventurers of the Five-colored Blades Party, please be well』
Vandalieu earnestly prayed for the well-being of High Priest Gordan and his men, who had left Evbejia and Baronet Bestero today, and the『Five-colored Blades』that had left two o
『Please don’t die until I kill you』
He earnestly prayed for them to not be killed by someone else or die by accident or illness
『The limit for a human to be in the dark is around ninety hours? If you’re trapped in darkness for that long, apparently it causes soly well』
His sunbathing had caled over the past two months, he had the Undead set traps to catch rabbits and other small animals
When he checked his status, a skill with an oraded all the way up until level 10; was this because he had sworn to take revenge? Well, it also seemed to serve as a mental stability skill, so he didn’t think much of it
As for his Death-Attribute Charin There were several occasions when the elderly researchers in Origin that had treated hi died of strokes, becaed their personalities and apologized to him in tears
He hadn’t thought badly of them for it; if it weren’t for his conversations with the spirits in Origin, hisbefore his body died
However, when Orbie and his companions had approached hiust for them
Vandalieu did not want to let them pass on peacefully, so he had forced the the cave, and they were still there now
『For now, I guess I have to stay quiet and hidden until I grow a bit bigger』
Over the past two s He was now also able to walk, though with poor balance due to the relatively large size of his head
But he still needed to sleep for long hours and wasn’t able to run He was capable of only an unsteady waddle, so even if he spent a whole day walking he wouldn’t cover much distance
If he wanted to leave this place, he still needed row up or make preparations
Because of that, he had to postpone his revenge on Baronet Bestero, his knights and the people of Evbejia
He had already thought of hoas going to do it and had the confidence that he could pull it off, so he was feeling i that he had to endure
『It’s already winter, huh Now that I think about it, I still haven’t asked Mom about this world’s history But before that can I catch some prey whose blood I can drink?』
Though he had finally come outside, it seemed that he would die of starvation in the cold of winter Vandalieu let out a sigh at the harshness of this world
In Laories
First, there was the Vampire born between Vida and the Undead hero Zakkard, who had long since perished and had his naotten, the【True Ancestor】
The ones who had directly received the blessing from the True Ancestor or those ere his direct descendants were known as【Pure-Breeds】
Those descended from the Pure-Breeds with Vaenerations were known as the【noble-born】
And finally, those given the blood by the Pure-Breeds and noble-born and taken as servants did not inherit the Vaaze; they inherited only their physical abilities such as their superhuenerative capabilities They were known as the【Subordinates】
Generally, the closer a Vaer their poere But Vampires had considerable individual differences, so some Subordinates ere even more powerful than noble-born Vampires also existed