The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 37 (1/2)

「Gigyaaah!」

「Gihyih?!」

Vandalieu avoided a Goblin Soldier’s sword and gouged out the flesh of the side of its body with his claws While the additional Goblin behind it was panicking, he dashed up its body, grabbed a hold of its head and twisted it, breaking the bones of its neck

And then he continued to attack the Goblin Archers that were further behind An arrow grazed his cheek lightly, but he wouldn’t die froed in

「…!」

The Goblin Archers panicked and drew their short swords to replace their bows, but Vandalieu hit them with the unarmed martial skill,【Fist Strike】He felt the pleasant sensation of breaking their ribs and crushi+ng their lungs through the furs they earing in place of armor

Another Goblin Archer fired an arrow at hier Sense: Death】, he used【Kicking Strike】against the ground to leap out of the way

「Gyih?!」

And then he used【Kicking Strike】once again, charging towards the Goblin before it could ready a second arrow It struggled humorously to draw its short sword, but Vandalieu broke the Goblin’s leg with a kick and then crushed its neck with his foot as it collapsed

「… Fuh」(Vandalieu)

Making sure his ene whether there were any more enemies around, Vandalieu exhaled

And as he regained his breath, he really appreciated one fact

「Skills are as」(Vandalieu)

He didn’t feel it so ained a new skill like【Unar】, he realized just how a skills were

Vandalieu had never received co in either of his two previous lives on Earth and in Origin The closest thing would perhaps be the judo that he did in his physical education classes Even in real battles, he had never fought without the assistance of ic

But this was the result of three

His enemies were Goblin Soldiers and Goblin Archers Both were Rank 2; they were not particularly strong enemies

But though they didn’t possess skills, they were stronger than the average hu weapons

Vandalieu hadonly a scratch on his cheek Yesterday, he had barelyhis own arm as a shi+eld in the process

This was the effect that skills had

Obtaining the skill didn’t ained some mysterious power The sa】skills He wasn’t unconsciously, half-heartedly creating things and having them turn out well-made

Take the【Unar】skill as an example When he threw a punch, he understood how to make his fist strike hard and fast and

When he threw out a kick, he understood how to break the ene

How to avoid the enemy’s attacks, how to evade, how he should posture himself for a counterattack

He understood thely

In the case of【Carpentry】, he understood what he needed to do to , where he should put pillars to bear loads and how 】, he instinctively, intuitively knehat he needed to do to make a more delicious meal

As to be expected of a system created by Gods Gods who did their work properly were truly wonderful

What was especially wonderful about it was that abilities could be quantified in nuin, one would have to look at a person’s past achievements and whatnot to determine how useful the person would be, but in Lambda, it could be done with one look at a person’s Status… or at least the relevant skills for the field in question

… Well, there was also the risk that the value of people would be determined solely based on the current skills they possessed

『Good work, Bocchan』(Saria)

『Splendidly done, my lord』(Bone Man)

Saria and Bone Man brought Vandalieu some water

「I give you eighty points, Van」(Basdia)

And Basdia gave hi

「Umm, what are the reasons I lost points for?」(Vandalieu)

「The scratch on your cheek is ten points, and relying on your martial skills too often is another ten points You wouldn’t need to worry about running out of Mana, Van, but if you use martial skills too many times consecutively, your brain will becoic too many times in quick succession」(Basdia)

「I see」(Vandalieu)

He had experienced ine that he would be easily killed without being able to put up any resistance if they occurred during battle

It wasn’t athat couldn’t be avoided because people were creatures that required their brains to think

Vandalieu’s Mana exceeded 100,000,000, but his Intelligence was just over a hundred Even with the【Surpass Liht be a bad idea

「Now then, fro these skills with ic」(Vandalieu)

The reason Vandalieu had chosen【Unar】out of the numerous available combat-related skills was because it suited him and he could make convenient use of his claws

His body was sth he had, it would not change this fact

Most of the weapons he had pillaged up until noere too large for him The only weapons he could realistically use were a short sword, a short bow, a short spear and his own claws

A short sould be exceptionally easy to carry and would ell as a hidden weapon, and in eency situations, could even be thrown as a projectile But it would have poor attacking power and one would need th to wield it Vandalieu’s lowest Attribute Value was Agility

Using a short boould clearly be a bad idea With a short bow’s projectile range and killing power, it could simply be replaced by the use of【Mana Bullets】

A short spear was h it was short, the【Spear Technique】skill would govern its use and if Vandalieu learned the skill now, he could replace it with a longer weapon once his body grew larger

It wasn’t a weapon that could be concealed, but Vandalieu wasn’t really planning on beco, so he couldn’t reject the idea based on that reason alone

But in the end, Vandalieu chose to use his claws

The claere his own personal weapons that grew on all four of his limbs, and he could withdraw and extend them freely like a cat They had short reach and they couldn’t be thrown as projectile weapons, but he would always have access to the as his limbs weren’t severed

The other reason was because it was possible that he had inherited a talent for claw-based unarmed combat from his father

Darcia was happy about it and the decision ell-received by Basdia and the other Ghouls

『Bocchan is beco more and more like a Ghoul, isn’t he?』(Saria)

『He 』(Rita)

『Jyujyujyuh, if he were to apply【Deadly Poison】to his claws, he would become even more Ghoul-like』(Bone Man)

Vandalieu had a feeling that this ht actually beco him as a monster to be exterminated

It would be proble shi+eld-nation’s Guilds

「Leaving that aside, the basic training is over Now let’s raise our levels while we clear the Dungeon It seems that we’ve hunted down almost all of the monsters on this floor, anyway」(Basdia)

And so they continued on for a little while, passed through soround and descended to the second floor

Vandalieu was in the middle of the formation, with Bone man and Basdia in front Bone Wolf, Bone Bear and Bone Monkey were positioned at the sides Saria and Rita were positioned at the back, having switched fro a lookout from above

Garan’s Valley was a Dungeon that mimicked the structure of a natural valley, from the first floor all the way to the bottom floor

Because of this, there were passages that were split into s, but even so, it was no exaggeration to say that the Dungeon’s layout was simple and linear, and there were almost no traps This was one of the reasons this place was suitable for the inexperienced to learn

「Oh, it’s the King!」(Black Goblin)

「Yo, King!」(Black Goblin)

Because it was suitable for the inexperienced, the Black Goblin children were undergoing training in real battles here with the Undead titans acting as their teachers

「How are you feeling, King?」(Braga)

Half a year had passed since Braga had been born, and he was now a fully-grown adult Vandalieu looked up at him as he replied

「I learned the skill and Basdia gave hty points」(Vandalieu)

As Vandalieu said this proudly, the corners of Braga’s mouth rose in a smile as he answered

「That’s a well, King!」(Braga)

Vandalieu’s head was patted roughly… He was being praised, but for some reason, he found it hard to believe that this was praise

「I suppose this is the feeling of watching your childhood friends become adults while you’re the only one to stay as a child What an e」(Vandalieu)

「Don’t talk nonsense, King I’a)

Vandalieu was startled as he suddenly becaa said; there was a difference in how children of different races developed

And though Braga was taller than Vandalieu, as a Black Goblin, his height only reached up to an adult human’s chest One day in the future, Vandalieu would be able to look down at Braga once ht?

「Oh yeah, how is your training, Braga?」(Vandalieu)

「I learned tons of skills Short Swordsmanshi+p, Short Spear Technique, Silent Steps, Detect Presence… I’a)

「Uwah, a I’ll be overtaken in no time」(Vandalieu)

As Braga held his chest out in pride, Vandalieu used【Flight】to pat his head back

「You’re a Black Goblin after all, Braga Like norrowth period is condensed together, so now is your tirow」(Vandalieu)

For monsters like Black Goblins that reached adulthood in less than a year after birth, their growth occurred during a short, condensed tier thethat period

「You have to do your best and increase your Rank If you don’t, it’ll be difficult to earn your keep by hunting the monsters around here in the future」(Vandalieu)

The Black Goblins were Rank 2 The majority of the monsters that appeared around Talosheih they would have friends and weapons to help the th would be difficult

「S-so strict But it’s true, so I’ll do a)

Braga was training hard because he understood this As they were now, theyas assistants for the Undead titans or Ghouls Or perhaps they could try their hand at agriculture, though they ht find it difficult But they were er

「See you, King Once we clear this place, we’ll go on an adventure!」(Braga)

「Yeah, an adventure」(Vandalieu)

Exchanging a fir

Incidentally, it seea and the other Black Goblins didn’t hesitate at all to kill the Goblins appearing in the Dungeon

「Those are enemies」

That one sentence summarized it all

Since the second and third floors of the Dungeon were being used by the Black Goblins for their co, Vandalieu’s party didn’t encounter many enemies here They didn’t mind, however, as only Rank 2theain many Experience Points

And on the fourth floor, it was not the Black Goblins but the Anubises receiving co here

「GAAAAH!」

「GAAAAH!」

A young Anubis wielding a spear was facing off against a baboon-like Rank 3 monster

They bared their fangs at each other ht was inevitable, the baboon used all four liround

「Uohn!」(Anubis)

The young Anubis so the spear in his hand to attack the baboon

「GYAAAAH!」

With a high-pitched screaround on his back The Anubis leapt down after it, crushi+ng its neck with his foot

It was a nificent victory

「Uohn! What did you think of ?」(Anubis)

「You’ve beco, haven’t you? You’d probably be able to hunt any Rank 3 monster now, Zemedo」(Vandalieu)

TLN: I misread the Anubis child's naies Made the fix in previous chapters as well

The young Anubis was Zea His appearance was now considerably different fro his childhood

His head rese head of a German shepherd, and from the neck down, his body was that of a lean-muscled man with attractive, dark-colored skin He was tall as well; nobody would look at hier than Vandalieu

「No, I’ve still got a long way to go And being Rank 3 in this placewith others to hunt, I want to becoer」(Zemedo)

Multiple weak individuals could co prey

However, it was only natural to think that it would be better if strong individuals coer prey It seeher objective

「More i I want to ask you about It’s about Mea」(Zemedo)