The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 24 (1/2)

The day after finding out about the existence of a large pack of Ghouls led by a Dhah Luciliano’s report, Marshal Thomas Palpapek was in the office of the villa that he was staying in, battling against a mountain of documents

Nor a ion’s ruler and Adventurers’ Guild However, in this case, the size of the exterhts and soldiers of the nation’s ar as well as adventurers The local ruler, Viscount Berno Balchesse, had handed over coed him for assistance

Of course, that didn’t mean that there was no work for Viscount Balchesse to do But as everything was under Marshal Palpapek’s jurisdiction, it was his signature that was needed as the final approval for each document, and if there were any mistakes, it would be his responsibility

This arrange

In order to increase the nuinally planned, order docuhts and soldiers of the nation’s army

As the nuet for equipment also needed to increase

On top of that, more provisions would be required to feed those soldiers and knights

More spies needed to be dispatched to keep watch on the Devil’s Nest

The negotiations with the Adventurers’ Guild were handled by the finance o through the noble to the height of the mountain of documents

The silver lining was that the Ado few losses, so there were plenty of funds to ith

Well, even requesting the use of that budget required the n yet another document

「This looks terrible Seeing you having to spend your already short lifespan on such tedious work, I cannot suppress my sympathy for you, Thomas」

Noticing the cold night air and a voice co, Marshal Palpapek finished his signature that he was in thedown his pen

「If you feel that on’t you help me? My immortal friend」

As he looked up, there was a single bat in front of him

「I believe that I have helped you plenty, my friend Or could it be, Tho famous in human society and come to desire eternity?」

Floords spoken in a composed tone came from the mouth of the bat Ordinary people would have been surprised at the bat that was calling the ave an unimpressed response

「No, I have no intention of beco one of you, and I am sure that you people wouldn’t want that, either Do not speak such insincere words, Vampire」

This bat was a familiar sent by a Vampire

Marshal Thomas Palpapek was the second son born to the Palpapek fa had been entrusted the role of being the nation with the do history of the Palpapek fa’sman

TLN: The Mirg nation has always been referred to as the shi+eld-nation of Mirg/Mirg shi+eld-nation in this novel I’ve omitted the “shi+eld” part up until now because it didn’t make any sense, but now that it’s finally been explained after 20-so it to my translation

But no matter how exceptional he was, he was still only the second son Even so, if the fareat failure, then perhaps he could have becoh the eldest son was a little inferior to Thomas, he was still a fine man

It was clear in everyone’s eyes that Thomas was superior in both the literary and military arts Thomas and the eldest son both understood this as well

However, no matter how clear the difference between them was, because it was a「ths of denying succession to the elder son to make Thomas an earl

No matter which of the brothers rose to the position of e The vassals that had supported the Palpapek fae, either

Including sdom continued to occur once every few years, but the shi+eld-nation of Mirg was a shi+eld, after all The ones standing in the position of Mirg’s e of defensive battles; the ones in colorious battles of invasion had always been the other enerals of the Amid Empire

And so, no matter how superior Thomas was to his elder brother, a future where he would succeed the family of earls was impossible

At this rate, Thomas would be adopted as a son-in-law by a noble fahters, or become a vassal who served his older brother

At that time, a Vampire appeared before him「Do you not want to succeed your family of earls? Can you bear the fact that your elder brother who is inferior to you will stand above you merely because he was born a little earlier?」Thomas collaborated with the Vampire hispered these words to him, succeeded his family of earls in place of his elder brother who perished in an unforeseen accident and rose to the position of marshal

「Kukuku, indeed A collaborator in a nobleh as yours is precious, after all」

The Vampire implied that without his position as marshal, Thomas would be worthless Unable to endure any more idle talk, Thomas spoke

「You knohat needs to be done, don’t you?」(Thomas)

「I certainly do It is to do with the Dhampir born between the traitor Valen and a Dark Elf wo you with the information, but it seems that you have let him slip away, haven’t you?」(Vampire)

Thoeable about the details of Vaely divided into two main factions: Those who followed the evil Gods, and those who followed the Goddess Vida

And this Vaed to the faction that followed the evil Gods However, they were not planning hu of the sort

After the De evil Gods who had lost their ruler broke up, acting on their own as they pleased

There were those who searched for the fallen De’s sealed flesh in order to resurrect him

There were those who plotted revenge against the hu’s ruin

There were the lazy who sied in inactivity and delicious food

There were those who had decided that there was nothing of worth in this world and departed for others

There were even those who struggled with the other evil Gods for power

And then there were those who had abandoned their original goals and si they could to satisfy their own desires The evil God that the Varoup

But for that evil God and the Vampires that served him, Dhampirs, which were half-Vampires, were apparently creatures that needed to be eliminated for various reasons

Dhampirs weren’t decisively problein hunting Vampires, it would be an eyesore In order to preserve the noble pride of the Vampires As an example to other Va to torment and kill Dhas like romance and love

Those were the reasons

The owner of the bat in front of Thomas was a Vampire whose name and face Thoher-ranking Vampire to hunt down this Dhampir that had been born between the Subordinate Vampire Valen and a Dark Elf

These Vampires had finished Valen, but had deliberately allowed the Dark Elf as pregnant with the Dhampir to escape Of course, this was not an act of compassion

The Varuesome deaths at the hands of the humans The evil God that they served would be particularly pleased by such a show

That hy they had given Tho the Dhampir But in the end, only the Dark Elf mother had been killed and the Dhampir’s whereabouts had been unknown They had assue at the time would have starved to death somewhere after its mother had died

But it had survived and noas the Ghoul King in a Devil’s Nest far from Evbejia When contacted by Thomas with this information, the Vaotten recently, and dispatched a familiar

「 At that time, there were many uncertain factors」(Thomas)

As the Vas, Tho face as he remembered those times

When Thomas first heard the information about the Dha party of adventurers called the『Five-colored Blades』that were trying to capture the Dhampir at the time Thomas had intended for them to build up achievements for themselves

He had planned to use this opportunity tothe『Five-colored Blades』accept his requests in the future andit known that they were adventurers that were for the s ell, he would have made them his subordinates

However, by coincidence, High Priest Goldan of the Ae near Evbejia and intervened as a result

In addition to that, the Dark Elf had never given up the Dhah Priest Gordan to lose his te the attempts of Thomas’s subordinate to stop him, he executed her

And then the『Five-colored Blades』that had been crucial to Thomas’s plans had left Evbejia after the Dark Elf’s execution without searching for the Dhampir

Because of that, Thomas had no choice but to leave the search for the Dhale ounce of control over In the end, he was unable to finish the Dha the Dhampir the opportunity to survive

「The most uncertain factor is how the Dhae was able to stay hidden froh Priest’s search and survive until now」(Vampire)

「Precisely He even leads the Ghouls and seee somewhere to acquire the Job of Spiritualist」(Thomas)

「Spiritualist, you say? No rown, it is uncertain if he is even three years of age, is it not?」(Vampire)

「Indeed Apparently he was able to see that the Live-Dead was a fa used by the hired adventurer」(Thomas)

Thohts and the others were under the assumption that Vandalieu had knohat the Live-Dead was because he had attained the Job of Spiritualist

Not even in their wildest dreaine that Vandalieu was a user of death-attribute ic that had never existed in this world until now

「A Spiritualist He has chosen quite a unique Job I do not believe that his father Valen had the talent Then perhaps it is from his mother’s blood? Well, it is fine He will soon be exterht, Marshal-dono?」(Vampire)

「Of course I will eli with the whole pack of Ghouls I aious fanatics of the Church of Alda for this, after all」(Thomas)

For Thomas, it was absolutely necessary to meet the demands of the Varatitude to the him attain his court rank He needed the Vampires’ power for his plans

Tho, had always been a part of the A was considered only equivalent to marquesses in the Amid Empire; the nation was forced to endure difficult defensive battles and the glorious victories in battle were always stolen by the Empire

Mirg was suppressed by the Empire even in peaceful tith as a nation, the Empire would interfere and hinder it

Just when Mirg would th despite that, a pointless expedition would be forced upon it for soain The titan extero had been particularly terrible Many soldiers and heroes of that time were lost, as well as a holy lance that was a national treasure They received no notable spoils of war in return, nor did they gain any new territory

After having been treated so terribly, it was only natural for the royals and noble shi+eld-nation to dearly wish for independency

And Thomas’s plan was to deliver that wish to his homeland with his oo hands And then he would rise to ashi+eld-nation No, Mirg Kingdom

For that purpose, he needed to increase the Mirg shi+eld-nation’s strength while weakening the Amid Empire, little by little

The power of the Vampires, who viewed the Amid Empire as their enemy, was absolutely essential for that

「But that would h Priest, would it not? He is currently a candidate to beco to allow him to add more to his achievements?」(Vampire)

「Other than hi to have the【Green Wind Spear】Riley participate as well」

「Hooh, theshi+eld-nation? I wonder how much use a C-class adventurer who obtained a title because of the Heinz’s work can be」

「He is already a B-class adventurer But if you are so concerned, why not join us as well? We are planning to journey across the plains for three days in the sunlight until we reach the Devil’s Nest, however」

「Kukuku, I must decline that proposition We do have『confidence』in you, after all More importantly, did you contact me just to report this information?」

「No, there is so I wanted to confirm, just in case It is about the Dhampir The Golem transformation incident in Evbejia Is that not the Dhampir’s work?」

The o, in which a town’s outer walls, the ruler’s house and the building of the Adventurers’ Guild had turned into Golems and walked out of the town

The investigation was still continuing with the help of the Mages’ Guild, but they hadn’t even figured out just how the criht the culprit All they had ed to do was come up with theories that were full of holes

Was this not the crime of the problematic Dhampir? That hat Tho in front of Viscount Balchesse and Luciliano, however, because he had no positive evidence and even thought it was a preposterous theory himself

「Do not be so foolish」(Vampire)

In fact, Tho more than a poor joke to the Vampire

「You huerous as they have feeaknesses than us Vampires, but it seems that you overestimate them The qualities of a Dhampir, especially those to do with the abilities of a Vampire, are heavily influenced by the Vaic, then the child will as well If the parent has the ability to transfor that ability as well」(Vampire)

「Conversely, if the parent is not particularly gifted in ic for a Vampire, then the child will have similar qualities I know that much」(Thomas)

As the Va, a Dhampir’s talent as a Vampire depended on the Vampire parent

The Vampires that followed the evil Gods found it ironic that Dhampir children with the mixed blood of other races were the ones that inherited the Valy, however

「Though Valen was indeed exceptionally resistant to the sun, he was a Subordinate as not particularly strong for his age other than that I heard that he was only able to cast sihter; it is uniinable that he had dormant talents And even if Valen did possess some qualities, a child that was one or two years old at the time would not have been able to make use of them」(Vampire)

「I suppose that is true」(Thomas)

「Is the mother not more suspicious? That Dhampir is apparently a Spiritualist Perhaps he has borrowed the power of his mother’s spirit?」(Vampire)

Those with the Spiritualist Job can coe from them Those with advanced ability with the Job can take it a step further and use ic that those spirits had used while they were alive

The Vampire wondered if the Dhae, could beuse of secret alchemy techniques that his mother had used while she was alive But this time, it was Thomas who refuted his theory

「I investigated the mother; she was a D-class adventurer and while she could use spiritualof alcheine that she knew any secret alchemy techniques」(Thomas)

「Then I am sure that it was just a coincidence that this incident occurred around the same time Is your business with me finished? Well then, I will excuse myself Even ho live for all eternity cannot afford to spend our time idly」

With those words, the bat flapped its wings silently and took off out theTho the , and then let out a whisper

「A coincidence, is it?」

The shi+eld-nation of Mirg was investigating the Evbejia incident notthat concerned only that sion, but as a major event that shook the whole country The reason for that was because if what happened in that toere to happen at the citadel

No matter how sturdy the forts, no matter how tall and thick the walls, all of it would be less No, if the Gole like they had in Evbejia, even an elite army would sustain heavy losses, unable to th

The attacks would cos and floors Hoould troop formation be maintained in such a situation?

To prevent such an event fro, the mystery of how the town’s outer walls had turned into Golems had to be solved

However, even the upper ranks of the Mages’ Guild had been unable to come up with an answer

In the first place, Goles that an alchemist spent effort and Mana to create

In order to create a Golem, materials had to be prepared and divided into separate parts for the ars, and torso, all kinds of catalysts and spirit powders needed to be applied for the different parts while casting spells, and then an artificial core needed to be implanted inside to make it move

After all of that, one would have produced a Golem

That hy it was impossible to make Golems from the outer walls of the town that had already been built, the ruler’s house and Adventurers’ Guild building that had been in use and the earth of the fields that the far every day to produce crops

If there was an alchemist who could do this, then not only the shi+eld-nation of Mirg but the entire Amid Empire would do their best to apprehend him If that was impossible then they would cover up his existence

「Indeed, it is just a coincidence after all」

There was no way for a Dhae at most to be such an exceptional individual Thomas took on the facial expression of Marshal Palpapek once more as he picked up his pen and turned his attention back to the documents

Perhaps if Luciliano had realized that Vandalieu had turned the Ent-ured out that Vandalieu possessed an abnorht have come to a different conclusion

Well, even if he were to figure it out now, it would already be too late

His e】to deal with the【unprecedented】situation of a Dha that had united the Ghouls

Around the ti a private conversation with a Va back towards their hoe

The one hundred or so captive Ghoul women that they had rescued were in poor physical states after having been left in poor living conditions for so long and because their food intake had been deliberately restricted to keep their strength low Some of them had liles They weren’t in any state to walk long distances

The feo the Ghoul transformation ritual weren’t any better off; they were considerably weakened as well