The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 60 (2/2)
“I don’t think there will be any ahts,” Eleanora told hi the mercenaries and adventurers”
“In ti shi+eld-nation has a troubleso their best not to hire free adventurers,” Kachia added “So, if they’re going to be sneaking in, it’s going to be with the mercenaries”
Eleanora offered her knowledge about the Va shi+eld-nation, added to it
“In that case, roup?” Vandalieu wondered
Vandalieu noticed one group wearing different ar different shi+elds from the other troops All of them were equipped with heavy ar in line with the rest
There were about thirty of them And of course, as they couldn’t expose their skin to the sunlight, Vandalieu couldn’t see their faces
“Well, if we’ve already confir them, I should leave before the end of today,” said Zadiris “East or west, which way should I go?”
“To the east then,” said Vandalieu “If they come, it will be in the afternoon”
“Very well, leave it to me”
After sending Zadiris off, Vandalieu and the others began eons and made their preparations
Vandalieu had predicted things would coo, so there was no reason to be hasty He had prepared nu fro, there was an expedition ar the city, but none of them felt any sense of despair
Even if the expedition army’s numbers were double what they were now, their attitude likely wouldn’t change
“Just to make absolutely sure, even if you kill expedition ar them on the spot,” Vandalieu told Talosheim’s inhabitants
“I know, King Make sure you give us lots of mayonnaise instead!”
“Yeah, fried dinosaur with miso is better than human meat anyway!”
“I want a board for that shogi thing!”
“Yes, yes, I’ll i sets to celebrate our victory, so everyone should do their best andover to the next world to give you your rewards”
“You’re telling Undead not to die? We got it, Eclipse King!”
The athter than usual Shelters for noncombatants like Pauvina had been prepared, so there wouldn’t be scenes like from disaster films on Earth where civilians would run for their lives… not that there was anywhere to run to even after escaping Talosheim
It didn’t need to be said that Talosheiion of continent surrounded by the Boundary Mountain Range
“We’ll be constantly fighting with our backs to the wall, so it’s only natural to take care of yourselves and prepare well before you fight, isn’t it?” said Vandalieu
Even if they were to cross the Boundary Mountain Range again, the Ghouls and Undead titans would be hunted as dom
That hy they had to repel this expedition army And they were mostly unable to take prisoners
Even if they were a gathering of theonce they lost around a third of their forces For this expedition army in particular, there were many unfavorable conditions for a war here
The fact that there were no safe areas nearby was true for the expedition arainst mindless monsters like Goblins and Needle Wolves or small packs of other monsters that attacked where defenses eak But if their numbers were reduced and they scattered as they ran, the hter most of them
Even if they maintained their formation as they retreated, it would take theh the Boundary Mountain Range
If Vandalieu were to ask theht be hundreds or perhaps even a thousand ould decide that it would be i prisoners of war
“But taking thean
“Would be i times of war, prisoners of war are either released after the enemy pays a ranso shi+eld-nation has no intention of negotiating with us, and it would be difficult to use them even as slaves”
In a normal war, the treatment of prisoners of as exactly as Sa shi+eld-nation didn’t see Taloshei but monsters
Negotiations would never take place, even if Vandalieushi+eld-nation would never acknowledge a nation of Ghouls and Undead with a Dha
Nuaza nodded “We e a few dozen slaves, but a hundred or two hundred would be impossible to control”
As he said, turning prisoners of war into slaves would be difficult Collar-shaped Magic Items that forced obedience from slaves existed in this world, but since there were none in Talosheim, they would have to monitor them and force them to work like in prisons on Earth
They were not hoodlums and ruffians, but elite soldiers who had experienced harsh training and battles
Even if their ain their desire for revenge and faith in Alda as time passed
“We don’t have the nuin with,” said Vandalieu “We only have two thousand people; there’s no e could watch over hundreds of slaves”
Excluding the Cemetery Bees and Immortal Ents, the current population of Talosheim consisted of around a thousand Undead titans, seven hundred Ghouls including the children, and two hundred a Around nineteen-hundred in total
If theof the prisoners was left to Golems, Vandalieu could only foresee a future where the prisoners would take them by surprise, and the same would happen if he hastily made some Zombies to do the job They were elite soldiers capable of defeating a Rank 3 monster on their own Even if they were unarainst a Rank 2 ht even be able to bring a Rank 3Techniques of this world, even a boulder could be easily smashed
These were people ould be able to somehow defeat bears with their bare hands
And even if they ed to turn the prisoners into slaves, there was the problem of what they would do with them afterwards
Even if they were to be forced to work until they died, Talosheim had tireless Undead and Golems, so slaves would be inferior as a labor force
It would be easier to make a miracle happen than try to persuade them to become Vandalieu’s allies If Talosheiht be persuaded with some perseverance even if they were born in an enemy of that nation
But for the soldiers of the expedition army, Vandalieu and the inhabitants of Talosheim were not people They were monsters They would be enemies who had taken theht to be defeated according to Alda, the God of their national religion
And le person in Taloshei them could possibly be done
“But could it not be possible if you use your Death-Attribute Charm skill, Holy Son?” asked Nuaza
“Meeting the requirements of that skill to take effect would be equivalent to torturing them to death,” Vandalieu pointed out
Kachia and the other for humans could be affected by Death-Attribute Charm
However, for that to happen, they had to be in a mental state of complete despair in life, where they desired salvation in death
So to convert the prisoners to Vandalieu’s side while they were still alive using Death-Attribute Charhastly ways and have their hearts broken into tiny pieces until they were in a state where they were unable to do anything other than whisper, “Kill me,” and, “I want to die”
“If I’ to do that, wouldn’t it be more humane to simply kill them and turn them into Undead in order to convert them to our side?” Vandalieu pointed out
“Indeed,” Sa information, it would be faster for you to kill them to make them speak, Bocchan”
“But Holy Son, why are you only noorrying about how to handle eneo that ould slaughter them all?”
“That’s true, but now that it co that they will definitely have so to say about it,” said Vandalieu
“They?”
“Yes, the others who are going to be reincarnated here”
Vandalieu would slaughter the entire expedition arth
Those reincarnating here froin would likely see this as an evil act Vandalieu fell into a gloomy mood as he realized this
“Well, they’ll understand if I explain the situation to theer for the possibility that they don’t understand, too” This was the conclusion Vandalieu came to in the end
There were too er
Name: Isla
Rank: 10
Age: Approximately 30,000 years old
title: Ternecia’s Hound
Race: noble-born Vampire Countess
Level: 79
Job: Slaughtering Executioner
Job level: 88
Job history: Apprentice Warrior, Apprentice Mage, Magic Warrior, Warrior Executioner, Shapeshi+fter
Passive skills:
Dark Vision
Status Effect Resistance: Level 9
Superhuth: Level 9
Rapid Regeneration: Level 3
Mental Corruption: Level 3
Slaughter Healing: Level 7
Intuition: Level 5
Enhanced Attribute Values: Loyalty: Ternecia: Level 5
Active skills:
Bloodsucking: Level 3
Water-Magic: Level 5
Fire-Attribute Magic: Level 5
No-Attribute Magic: Level 1
Mana Control: Level 5
Swordsmanshi+p: Level 10
Armor Technique: Level 9
Surpass Limits: Level 7
High-speed Flight: Level 5
Pursuit: Level 8
Torture: Level 5
Unique skills:
Shapeshi+ft: Level 7