The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 8 (1/2)

After the mysterious incident in which Evbejia’s outer walls turned into Golee scale construction to rebuild it with heavy hearts The Adventurers' Guild set E-class adventurers to carry out huovernes and adventurers to be dispatched in order to investigate the incident Meanwhile, the mastermind behind all of this was in the e

He was sitting on the hide of a beast spread out inside the carriage in place of a cushi+on, listening to the cries of insects as he murmured to himself about hoould be autumn soon

「Now that I think about it, this is the first time I’ve been on a journey」

Technically, he had gone on a school trip while on Earth, but the ferry had blown up partway through and he had drowned, so it didn’t count In any case, he remembered that it wasn’t exactly enjoyable

Speaking of journeys -

「A different athts, delicious food, talking with family or friends… No, that’s not a journey, it’s a trip」

『How is a trip different from a journey?』

「If your goal is to have fun, it’s a trip If not, it’s a journey」

Dictionaries back on Earth probably defined it differently

『So that’s how it is Vandalieu is eable than his mother』

Darcia gave a s only this conversation, one ht think that it was the start of a happy family trip

However, the rueso body And the child that was sitting in the carriage had shi+ning red and bluish-purple eyes; he was a one-year-old Dhahost

The carriage that they were riding on waswithout a driver or horses to pull it It was a Rank 2 Undead h up in the sky and keeping watch was the Rank 3 Phantolow And protecting the carriages on all sides were the Rank 3 Skeleton Warrior, and the Bear, Monkey and Wolf Bone Beasts

This group that was proceeding forward in the ht looked like a monster parade, a small-scale pandemonium If there were any adventurers nearby, the only two responses they would have to them would be to either attack or run away

「I think I’ll go to sleep now… Before the sky gets brighter, I need to hide somewhere」

Knowing this, Vandalieu and his party only traveled on the highway at night They were heading to the Orbaudom, which had been in conflict with the Amid Empire for centuries

The original plan had been to head to the village where Darcia had been born and raised, the place she had been living when she was still alive, but Darcia herself stopped them

『I think it’s better not to go to my birthplace Since I went and died, there is no way to prove that Vandalieu is my child, and I’m not sure that everyone would believe my words as I am now』

Vandalieu’s skin was as white as a dead man’s His ears were pointed, but because of his skin color, one would not think that one of his parents was a Dark Elf

According to Darcia, the relationshi+p between Elves and Dark Elves of Laood one There were some Elf clans that had friendly relations with Dark Elves, but they were a arded them as “the filthy Elves birthed by Vida”

And there was no need to even question what the Dark Elves thought about the people that hated them If Darica herself had been alive, they would have believed her, but unfortunately, she had died She did exist as a spirit, but the only ones ould be able to see her other than Vandalieu would be those who possessed rare jobs such as Spiritualist

『Also, I don’t know if they’ll forgive your father or not Your father was the subordinate of a Vampire that believed in evil Gods』

The Dark Elf race had been birthed by the Goddess Vida andVida and the Spirits while also inter with the other races created by Vida Therefore it made perfect sense that they were also friendly with Vampires and Dhampirs, but only those that believed in Gods other than Alda or the evil spirits

There are also races of monsters such as Lamias and Scyllas that share a parent with the Dark Elf race, but if they were made obedient by tamers, it wasn’t a proble’s subordinates are still enemies Those orshi+pped theiven birth to by Vida, were considered traitors

「It’s a tough world we live in, mother」

『Yes, that’s why I think it would be better if we headed towards the Orbaudom』

The Orbaudom and the Amid Empire made up the two halves of the Bahn Gaia continent

The continent of Bahn Gaia was sometimes called “Warhammer of Zantark” because of the fact that it was shaped like the letter T The warhaht to be the place where the fallen hero Zakkart had faced his end for the second tih mountains and countless Devil’s Nests It was unexplored territory where even adventurers had never set foot

The “head” part of the warhammer was divided into two: In the as the Ado one another for centuries to take over the other and unite the continent The Orbaudom had formed froainst the Ao

But since it was a union of countries now, it needed to be ed properly For this purpose, they had made an electoral system called selectivenations beca these The ter was ten years, and reappointment was possible only once However, since the reappoint was common, the effective term period was usually twenty years

Politics in the Orbau on the personality and policies of the new king, but whatever the case, Alda’s teachings, the state religion of the Amid Empire that was the enemy nation, should be weak

『It see those who can be selected as kings, so a Dhampir such as Vandalieu should have no problem』

Darcia had never been to the Orbaudom herself, so she couldn't be sure But since there were Beast-’s position, it was certain that the Vida’s offspring there were treated very differently compared to the ones in the Amid Empire

And so they were headed towards the Orbauhtest, shortest path there They had heard that a war between the Orbaudom and Amid Empire was close

『Uhehe, this is a secret okay? It’s special, national-secret-level information, okay~?』

The spirit of a spy of the Ahtly insane told them this

Vandalieu actually wondered whether he should believe hinored him only to find that the war had already started when he reached border between Mirg and Orbaume Of course, there would be increased security, and even if he h it to sneak out of this country, he wasn’t sure if he could sneak into the next

Convincing a suspicious soldier that they weren’t spies of the enemy would be no easy task In fact, the soldiers would iroup of Undead There would be no Monster Talance, so instead of「Let's try talking to theet rid of them first」

「If I’m lucky, they’d take me into custody, but I don’t want the Undead that I took the time to raise to be destroyed, and who knohat they’d do if they found Mom」

Vandalieu was just a fourteen- including the carriage froic, he would probably be taken into custody, but that was impossible for the Undead

As for Darcia, she was unlikely to be discovered as there was probably no soldier with the Necro in and buried it, she ht just disappear this time

For that reason, they were not heading north-east to the Mirg country that was closest to the Orbau south-east towards the southern part of the continent, the area covered in high mountains and Devil’s Nests

「Crossing high mountains and Devil’s Nests will be difficult, but it’s still better than co into contact with humans」

This was also often true on Earth too Humans were the most fearsome creatures of all, and this was probably true for his situation right now

Incidentally, the reason why Vandalieu hadn’t trained any Gole for this journey

Theto cover for that, they would be conspicuous, even in the ht Zoish In movies on Earth, he had seen Zombies that could run at the same speed as athletes, but you shouldn't expect fiction-like things in reality Yes, this world was a fantasy world, but it was also reality

Also, in the case of Zombies, he would have to use the corpses of the bandits or Orbie and his companions, and they were hardly faces that he wanted to look at all day This was another very important factor

And so, Vandalieu’s little group was composed of just bones

Vandalieu’s travels, except for the fact that they couldn'tshway, and resuht fell If there were soht, they would go off the highway and continue on, and do the sauard stations or checkpoints in the way

Even though they were ress, their pace was less than half that of a normal traveler, but that couldn’t be helped

「I want to hurry and be able to travel boldly in the hway」

He hadn’t done anything wrong (except for his revenge); it was such an unfair world

He had to worry about the risk of beasts,theh that was quite rare Just froe froed fro

The wild beasts such as wolves and bears instinctively feared monsters except in cases where the monster was plainly weaker than theets were merchants and travelers, not monsters

Of course, by defeating redients and experience points But if they had the skills to take onas adventurers, not as bandits

And as for monsters themselves, there weren’t many monsters that attacked other Undead monsters, especially skeleton types that were made of just bones

The pri another monster was to feed, but skeletons didn’t have any edible parts

There were other reasons such as territorial disputes and self-defense, but Vandalieu and the others never invaded the habitats or entered too far into the territory of other monsters, so the monsters would not do much other than wait and see

「Gigyaaah!」

Well, froment capabilities decided to attack them

Bone Wolf dragged a twitching, ale’s wheels

The Goblin was crushed with a loud crunch

「We haven’t been able to gain levels these days by killing monsters like Goblins, huh」

Vandalieu didn’t pay the Goblin any attention as he left it behind He didn’t bother searching for a Magic Stone, let alone the right ear that adventurers took to prove that they had killed the monster

Darcia had told hiic Stone on a Rank 1 her-rank adventurers didn’t bother searching monsters like Goblins for theic Stones for money, he decided to follow their example

What concerned hi the levels of his Undead

When they were Rank 1, their levels increased even when they killed a singlethe experience between all of the experience didn’t even yield one level

The Rank 2 carriage still increased in levels after running over some Goblins, but the levels of the Rank 3 Undead weren’t increasing at all

「I suppose I have to kill e to be Rank 3 before we cross the e」

『Vandalieu, Rank 3 is nor, you know? It would take several normal Rank 2 people to drive away one Rank 3 monster』

A Rank 3that it could still traroup of normal people At the very least, even nor skills or physically strong town guards wouldn’t stand a chance

「But Mo to be any noret any stronger er instead」

『I suppose that’s true~ though you’re able to make Golems quickly, so you’ll be fine』

Thisperson, even after death

The Amid Empire had been founded by the descendants of Berud, a hero as guided to this world long ago