The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 44 (1/2)

A little while earlier

Vandalieu suddenly woke up

「… The spirits area lot of noise」(Vandalieu)

Has soe influx of eon where Borkus’s party is crushi+ng everything in their path

Now that I think about it, Borkus returned froeon today so he should be in his usual spot

So then, as it? He couldn’t get an idea of what it was even when he asked the spirits directly

Well, it would probably be best to stay awake I don’t feel the presence of death, so it doesn’t see in on Talosheim, at least

Let’s relax and wait for now It could be that Pauvina has just woken up and will be co here any moment now

「Mom is… asleep, huh」(Vandalieu)

The small box on the bedside table that contained the enshrined fragment of Darcia’s bone was silent As he started to wonder what to do while waiting, Vandalieu felt a presence

「…【Detect Life】」(Vandalieu)

Casting a detection spell with quite a wide area of effect, he discovered that numerous life-forht? The fact that there are reactions to this spell means that they aren’t Undead, so just who are they?

Excluding people who visit the bathhouse, there should be nobody co to the royal castle other than eon today, and Basdia visited Bilde and the otherwith them

I invited Tarea to live in the royal castle as well, but she needs to live in the sa as her workshop as she’s busy ork She seemed very disappointed, so she’ll likely come to live here once she’s less busy

Leaving that aside, who are these people?

「I’ll use【Detect Life】oneto the audience chamber?」(Vandalieu)

Which ot up

He waited, wondering soreet the」, or,「About time」

And then he felt a fairly strong presence of death in front of the door This meant that someone on the other side of the door had murderous intentions towards Vandalieu

Who is it? He wondered as he took the fragment of Darcia’s bone from the small box on the table and placed it into his breast pocket to keep it safe

Judging froent situation, but just in case

But living people who hold murderous intentions towardsfroin Other people who could have a motive to kill me would be people related to Evbejia or its bandits, or hu-shi+eld-nation, but that’s unlikely as well

It would be difficult for thee, and even if they wanted to hire an assassin, nobody would accept the job

The most likely ansas h to do so near Talosheim

H shi+eld-nation?

It was possible that there was a squad of highly-skilled assassins As Vandalieu considered this possibility, the door opened slightly and a woman slipped inside the room

A wo her face

A wolance had entered the roo clothes that looked easy to move in, but she didn’t have any kind of armor or weapon on her

She was a beautiful woman with red hair and white skin, only a year or two into her twenties

And then, without pulling a knife fro an incantation, the beautiful woman raised her face

「?!」(Eleanora)

And then she opened her eyes She see surprised to encounter the owner of the room that she had just sneaked into, but wasn’t she a little too surprised?

But the beautiful woman recovered from her surprise quickly She stared at Vandalieu intently

What powerful eyes

Even as this thought ran through his mind, Vandalieu didn’t take his eyes off the beautiful woely enough, he could feel the presence of death coht that this was some kind of contest where the first person to break eye contact was the loser

With gazes that seemed like they could pierce holes in a surface, they stared at each other And then the woman’s eyes and mouth suddenly relaxed

「You are Vandalieu, aren’t you?」(Eleanora)

「Yes, I am Vandalieu」(Vandalieu)

She asked his name, so Vandalieu answered honestly As he answered, he became more and more unsure of who this woman was

But the presence of death… the reaction fro weaker and weaker…?

「Hey, what do you think about me?」(Eleanora)

For some reason, she asked a question like this

「Huh… I think that you’re a beautiful person」(Vandalieu)

I’ll give a noncommittal response for now She’s actually beautiful, too

「I see, that makes me happy Will you be my friend?」(Eleanora)

In addition to being happy, she’s asking me to be her friend If I were on a street corner, I’d think that she was trying to pick me up

「… If you’re fine withyour friend, it would be my pleasure…?」(Vandalieu)

It’s exceptionally questionable as to whether being friends with a beautiful woood idea, but I’ll ansith a yes for now If I refuse and she gets angry, I’d be scared

「Well then, would you praise the evil God Hihiryushukaka that orshi+p? Say that he is a wonderful God」(Eleanora)

… For so me to praise the evil God that she seems to worshi+p Since everyone in this world knows about the existence of the Gods, maybe it’s some kind of etiquette in human society to show respect for the God that the other person believes in before introducing yourself?

Well, I don’t really care Since it isn’t Rodcorte or Alda, I don’tsome insincere praise to this Hihiryushukaka God

「The evil God Hihiryushukaka is a wonderful God」(Vandalieu)

But just who or what is this beautiful woman?

She isn’t showing any signs of wanting to cause further har to try and kill ion

Is there a possibility that she’s a spy or sodom side of the continent?

When Talosheim was destroyed, the First Princess and around five hundred citizens escaped to the Hartner duchy of the Orbaudom They would naturally wish to restore their homeland one day

And the Orbaudom that welcomed them would surely wish for Talosheim’s restoration as well They would have set up a politicalwith the First Princess toTalosheim into one of its vassal nations would surely be profitable for them

There’s no longer a route through which the Mirg shi+eld-nation can send their troops They couldas they have walls and soldiers to keep the e nueons nearby

Could this woate Talosheim’s current state? But when she arrived here, the walls, the city and even the castle had been restored and there were Undead and 』present

So then has she coroup who has taken over Talosheim?

She’ll negotiate if possible, and if not, she’ll have the guys outside the room dispose of me

I still don't get why she h

They got me I didn’t expect a spies or humans to sneak in, so the security is full of holes

Without an ability like Vandalieu’s【Gole the e with hundreds of people orto the Orbauined that humans would come in from the outside

The monsters couldn’t climb the walls, and they wouldn’t even approach since they could sense the presence of the Undead titans

That hy there had been no guards on the high, sturdy walls and it would have been easy for soe Vandalieu hadn’t even thought about the security situation

He cursed hirateful that he could talk to this person u shi+eld-nation or the religious fanatics orshi+pped Alda

For now, I should ask for the woman’s name

「You have tamed the Undead, haven’t you? How did you do it? When did you receive the Goddess’s divine protection?」(Eleanora)

Before he could ask, he was asked a question And the question asked was soht about

How did I ta special; is it really soo out of your way to ask?

I haven’t thrown special balls to capture weakened Undead, nor have I defeated theain and want to become my friends

I made Bone Man and the others myself, and the Ghouls and the Undead titans of Talosheim are under the effect of the【Death-Attribute Charotiate with Borkus I don’t really feel the sense that I’ve tamed them

I didn’t think it would be that strange considering that there are Tamer Jobs in this world Could it be the sheer nuht seem like I’ve tamed over a thousand Undead, so

Unaware that it was co the Undead was impossible, this was how Vandalieu interpreted her question

And the Goddess’s divine protection… Ah, is she talking about the prophecy that Nuaza received?

「That’s right, but even if you ask me how I did it… Well, in any case, I’m able to ta about the prophecy?」(Vandalieu)

I asked a question in response, and even though she seeh Gods exist, prophecies are probably rare

I ended up asking her a question in response, but I’m relieved that she isn’t bothered by it

… Oh? I can feel hera little

「I see… Well then, I wonder if you know about the【Sword King】Borkus? Can you tell ht now?」(Eleanora)

I was lost in thought andabout Borkus this time I don’t knohy she’s interested in Borkus, but… th is present here?

「Borkus should be in the audience chamber」(Vandalieu)

「Should be…? Has he turned into an Undead?」(Eleanora)

「Yes」(Vandalieu)

TLN: Saue as last chapter, same TLN In japanese, ある/aru is used for inani so/someone is/be so the question, referring to Borkus’s remains as an inanimate object, but is surprised when Vandalieu replies with the latter, i that Borkus is a person

Neither Borkus’s location nor the fact that he had turned into an undead was so that needed to be hidden, so Vandalieu answered both questions When he did, the wo

The ain, but I can still feel a response froer Sense: Death】on the other side of the door I should call Borkus and the others here just in case I have to awaken my Undead insects, ask them to come to the room below and…

「Also… How did you repair the castle and the city? It should have been considerably daed; did you make the Undead repair them?」(Eleanora)

And then the woht have been surprised after seeing the restored Talosheim that had previously been a ruin

「No, I made Golems to repair them」(Vandalieu)

Repairing things byGolems is definitely extraordinary Even now, it costs thousands of Mana to le Golem; sometimes even more than ten thousand Even if it’s theoretically possible, it’s definitely impossible for ordinary alchemists to do in practice

The【Golem Transmuter】Job was undiscovered, so only someone with over 100,000,000 Mana could possibly use such a method

As Vandalieu had no proper knowledge regarding Golems, that was how he interpreted the woman’s surprised reaction when he mentioned Golems

And then the door behind the woman opened and several people stepped inside, led by an irritated-looking man

Hed For now, I’ll turn the floor into a Golem

Thetheir faces and don’t have weapons drawn, though they are arlares in this direction Co the beautiful woman, all of them have crimson pupils

「Oi, howto take?」(Sercrent)

The erous, that I should be disposed of since there’s no further use foran attempt to conceal his murderous intent and malice Despite that, he seems fully concerned about the woman, not me

Is the battle finally beginning? Vandalieu thought, but the wo eye contact with Vandalieu

「This child ht be beneficial to us It would be useful to ask him how he tamed the Undead and how he used Golems to repaired the ruins」(Eleanora)

I’e my value, but it’d be really helpful if you could try and stop theinto the eyes of the person you’re referring to is quite questionable, isn’t it?

「… Eleanora, have you gone insane? The mission we received was to kill that Dha else can coe or rare skills he ht have are irrelevant」(Sercrent)

This was the response the ave Vandalieu had finally learned the beautiful wo that he was far more concerned about

Killing the Dhampir takes priority? Does that mean that these are believers of Alda? They’re not spies fro about the evil God a lie?

It see But why is this ht in front of me? He’s either very confident in his own abilities or si me

Either way, it’s unpleasant

「Eleanora, you do it If you don’t, I will report to Birkyne-sama that you refused to kill the Dhampir」(Sercrent)

「! You bastard…」(Eleanora)

And at the end of it all, Eleanora is being threatened to kill me It seems that this Birkyne they mentioned is a really fearsome person

But this Eleanora person hasn’t broken eye contact witha little

While these thoughts ran through histo deal with these people

For now, I’ll capture all of them alive

I could question the thedom, I could use them in the future if I capture them alive

Eleanora’s murderous intent rose a third time Did she intend to kill Vandalieu as she had been ordered to by Birkyne?

「Can you come here?」(Eleanora)

It seemed that she had steeled her resolve She asked Vandalieu to move closer

It can’t be helped I’ll approach her, and at the ti at which she tries to kill me…

Vandalieu approached her while thinking this He entered the range of a possible kick but Eleanora didn’t move Her murderous intent faded rapidly

He approached close enough that he could reach out and touch her, but she still didn’t move He couldn’t feel her murderous intent at all anymore

Even consciously using the【Danger Sense: Death】that was always active, there was no response

It seemed that she had either decided not to kill Vandalieu or becoer an enemy

However, he could feel a remarkable response from the men behind her Unlike the response he could feel froer

And it was pointed at not only Vandalieu, but at Eleanora as well

A conflict within their organization? Well, unlike er to be killed suddenly… Ah, this isn’t good

As Eleanora took Vandalieu’s head in both hands and lifted him up, the men moved

「Do it, you bastards! Dispose of the Dhampir and Eleanora as well! Just like we did to that piece of trash, Valen!」(Sercrent)

The proud-looking man shouted with bloodshot eyes, and his subordinates drew their swords to kill Vandalieu and Eleanora Their movement was faster than he had expected based on the response he felt froer Sense: Death】, and he reacted a moment too late

Using【Telekinesis】, Vandalieu flew backwards together with Eleanora The bed creaked and blood sprayed from her wounded back

However, it seeh to kill her That was to be expected; she and the others were all Vampires, after all

Having finally realized this, Vandalieu looked at theso, but he didn’t care about that

「What did you say just now?」(Vandalieu)

“That piece of trash, Valen” These men had called Vandalieu’s father who had been killed before he was born, Darcia’s husband, a piece of trash

「The effect of the Char Demon Eyes has been cut off! Kill him before he summons the Undead outside!」(Sercrent)

Sercrent drew his oord as he spat orders at the Subordinate Vampires whose movements were slowed as if they were in awe of the Dha words with Vandalieu, no matter what he said

If Eleanora heals herself and becoht, I will not be able to defeat her If the Dhampir summons his Undead, ill be overwhelmed by their numbers

The two of the forces would be the worst possible turn of events

They have to be killed now at all costs!

The Subordinate Vas and rushed in to tear the two of them apart with their swords and claws

「Drop」(Vandalieu)

However, the floor disappeared from beneath their feet The floor that Vandalieu had preeed shape with the【Gole into a makeshi+ft pitfall

「A pitfall?!」(Vampire)

「Impossible!」(Vampire)

The Vampires and the bed fell down helplessly Only the floor below the bedside table remained as it was, but the Vampires who had rushed in towards Vandalieu and Eleanora hadn’t noticed that

「Th-this is…?」(Eleanora)

On top of the bed that defied gravity to float doards gently, Eleanora was astonished Too le instant; herall of this new inforh