The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 38 (1/2)

The seventh floor of Garan’s Valley

The reason the titan population had grown to over five thousand and prospered enough to build a city-nation was in this place

「The rock salt! Mine the rock salt!」(titan)

『There aren’t any monsters to hinder us, are there?!』(titan)

「Searching for the enemy, all clear~!」(titan)

Indeed, high-quality rock salt could be harvested from the cliffs on this floor

Salt was an important product, a necessity Talosheieon as its salt supply

In this land trapped inside anu with outside nations until the tunnel leading to the Orbau the sea would have required the titans to journey through multiple Devil’s Nests

Thus, the seventh floor of Garan’s Valley had been the only place that salt could be obtained

If the titans had never discovered this Dungeon, Talosheim wouldn’t have existed and the titan population would have remained in the hundreds

Of course, this was still a part of the Dungeon soon this seventh floor were Rank 4, not 3, it was erous than the sixth floor

Monkeys that possessed rocky carapaces, Rock Monkeys

Kobold Mages able to cast spells and Kobold Generals capable of using martial skills

And Stone Goleer than the titans

All of these were monsters that would require at least middle-class adventurers to take them on

The way the titans had erous place was to have the laborers become at least as proficient in battle as middle-class adventurers

『I won’t let you interfere with our !』(titan)

The arainst ht to behold, and later when adventurers fro, they were told that the miners didn’t need escorts

That hadn’t changed even after the titans had become Undead

『UOOOOH! MISO! THE SOURCE OF MISOOOOOO!』(titan)

『I want fish sauce!』(titan)

『If any et in our e’ll fry them in miso and eat them!』(titan)

No, perhaps they were even more ferocious than they had been in the past

The idea that Undead do not eat is a misconception

It is true that lowly Skeletons and Ghosts do not feel hunger or possess a sense of taste However, Zoer and have a sense of taste

Of course, as the biological processes of Undead have stopped, they do not need to eat They have no proble to function even if they do not eat for years at a time

However, they cannot escape the restrictions of having once been living creatures entirely They still retain some of their primitive needs

Out of the three main needs, the need for sleep is the one that disappears entirely Undead do not tire, so they do not need sleep If they try to sleep they can reach a state si asleep, but this is in carried out in order to recover froue rather than physical, and is done more for self-satisfaction

TLN: As I mentioned in chapter 17, the three main needs are the need to eat, the need to sleep and the need to reproduce

Interestingly, the need to reproduce remains As the body has already died, there is no desire to leave offspring behind, but the deed is still physically possible It is carried out by so and by those that died with a strong liking for engaging in intercourse

And the need that reer This desire that remains in the souls of the Undead drives Zo and drink their blood to absorb the Mana contained within and gain experience

Skeletons and Spirit-type Undead can also increase their Rank to becoain the【Spirit Forain a replace or even absorb their Vitality in a more direct way

The Undead titans of Talosheim were no exception; they ate aswas the flesh and blood of ht into the city, but frorass, tree branches and rock fragments

But after Vandalieu and the Ghouls had arrived, they had been eating tasty foods such as spit-roasted s covered in walnut-and-basil sauce

And the things that had recentlythem were the「fish sauce」,「walnut miso」and「acorn miso」that Vandalieu had created

These were the seasonings that the chas that hadn’t existed in Lambda before They had caused a culture shock on the titans’ tongues and one by one, they had charmed those who tasted it

『Miso miso miso MIIIIIIISOOOOOOO!』(titan)

『FISH SAAAAAAUUUUUCE!』(titan)

『My head hurts! I’ive me misoooooo!』(titan)

… Perhaps it was just an addiction

「Van, could it be that those seasonings you made have addictive properties?」(Basdia)

「No… At least, they shouldn’t Right?」(Vandalieu)

Vandalieu answered Basdia’s question with his eyes fixed on the titans erethe salt in a bloodshot-eyed frenzy, but it was clear even with his expressionless face that he had no confidence in that answer

「I think I made it with the same recipe as on Earth, and I never heard of the ferin having any addictive properties No, maybe I just didn’t know about it? Or maybe the walnuts and acorns I used contained co these strange effects…」(Vandalieu)

『Even Father was delighted with its taste Isn’t it possible that it is just very delicious?』(Saria)

Sam had recently increased the level of his【Spirit Forested a possibility based on Sam’s reaction when he had first tried the miso

『It’s unfair for only Father to be eating it, isn’t it?』(Rita)

The dissatisfied Rita and Saria were indeed suits of Living Armor with no mouths They were still unable to eat or taste food

「I wonder if that’s true Well, the one called Baridge as saying that his head hurts apparently has hallucinations regularly so, it ht be」(Vandalieu)

「Van, I can’t really feel at ease about that Is Baridge alright?」(Basdia)

「Who knows? Apparently while he was alive, his hands would start shaking if he ran out of alcohol, so I think there is nothing that can be done about it」(Vandalieu)

『Even if you consume alcohol, do not allow it to consume you』(Saria)

「Yeah, I’ll make sure not to drink too much alcohol」(Vandalieu)

As Vandalieu said this, they passed by the Undead titans ere spiritedly ht on the seventh floor

What Vandalieu could really call a Dungeon clearing began frohth floor

There was nobody training on this floor, nor were there any Undead titansrocks and salt, so they could encounter monsters with normal frequency

And in Garan’s Valley, where the floors had fundamentally simple layouts, it was impossible to hide fro-typeillusion ic

『Bocchan! I thought these were those rock-like monkeys, but they are just Stone Golems!』(Saria)

「They’re so hard; can’t you do so about them with【Golem Transmutation?】」(Basdia)

「No, I can only manipulate Golems I created myself, so let’s have Bone Monkey and the others mow them down」(Vandalieu)

『Oooooh!』(Bone Monkey)

From this floor onwards, multiple Rank 3 monsters could appear simultaneously There was a difference between Goleroups of Kobold Knights or Kobold Archers that had excellent coordination, but the battle was definitely more difficult than any encounter on the seventh floor

『Uooh!』(Bone Monkey)

If an average adventurer were to face the Stone Golems that Bone Monkey had beaten down, they would find it to be a considerably difficult battle D-class adventurers ht think that it would be fine if they just used their weapons, but using weapons consumes Mana

Many frontline-fighting adventurers do not possess an abundant amount of Mana

In that regard, Vandalieu and his party possessed th to clear Garan’s Valley All of them were Rank 4 and above except for Vandalieu And if he really needed to, Vandalieu would sih

In fact, it could be said that there was no way that they would have difficulty in this Dungeon

「Fuh… The feeling of gaining Experience Points for the first time in about two years is quite pleasant」(Vandalieu)

Well, if he had to risk his life every tiain Experience Points, no nuh, so this was perfect

『Jyuh, my lord, how is your level?』(Bone Man)

「Hmm… I still haven’t even reached level 10」(Vandalieu)

However, the aain was only this much

Vandalieu currently possessed the【Death-Attribute Mage】Job, but it see up this Job was difficult He still hadn’t reached level 10 yet

「How about you, Basdia?」(Vandalieu)

「I underwent a Job-change from【Apprentice Warrior】to【Warrior】, and now I’m level 14」(Basdia)

「Hmm, let’s ask Borkus and the others e return to Talosheim」(Vandalieu)

Borkus would likely knohether different Jobs required different amounts of Experience Points to level up He was an A-class adventurer who had been praised as the【Sword King】

He had lost his Job after beco an Undead, but there was no doubt that he hadfrom an Apprentice Job

Since that was soo, it was possible that he had lost histhat, however

「My Attribute Values are increasing, though only little by little, so let’s proceed without being too impatient」(Vandalieu)

『How much have they increased by?』(Saria)

「Each of my Attribute Values have increased by one to ten points My mana has increased by about two percent」(Vandalieu)

『I see There is still a long way to go, isn’t there?』(Saria)

「… If we’re talking about your Mana, it’s increased by two million? It never fails to amaze me」(Basdia)

Vandalieu continued fighting theback so that he didn’t deal the killing blow The【Unable to gain Experience Points independently】curse was truly inconvenient

Incidentally, this curse still allowed hiain around a tenth of the Experience Points earned by his allies and servants, and he had gained a general understanding of the conditions for this

It seemed that the fundaained experience within his field of vision Borrowing Bone Bird’s vision to watch Bone Man defeating ain Vandalieu Experience Points

It seemed the condition wasn’t met if Vandalieu didn’t witness it with his own eyes Apparently there were no binoculars or telescopes in La those to see further perhaps not count? What if he earing vision-correcting glasses?

There were apparently Magic Itehtedness, so Vandalieu had decided to test them out if he ever obtained such an item

Depending on the results of such a test, Vandalieu’s eyes ht become an important lifeline for him, so this needed to be verified as soon as possible

… He didn’t kno to create binoculars or a telescope, so he couldn’t test those, however

「Ah, but if I lass, nification is low, then perhaps…」(Vandalieu)

「Van! It’s dangerous to contes in the middle of battle!」(Basdia)

「It’s alright; I’m finished now」(Vandalieu)

「Ugageh?!」(Monster)

Even finishi+ng off the occasional ene】skill, Vandalieu finally reached the tenth floor This was the deepest floor in Garan’s Valley

「GUOOOOOH!」

A Rock Gorilla even larger than a titan let out a roar, baring its fangs Itits thick chest with its fists as an intimidation tactic

It was Rank 4, but it was one of the more powerful Rank 4 monsters It had no special abilities, but it was as hard and strong as it appeared, and was actually ested It was capable of casting multiple earth-element spells

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