The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 65 (1/2)
Vandalieu used the Zombified expedition arin a reverse invasion on the Mirg shi+eld-nation, where he planned for them to suffer an honorable defeat
He lit several Deroan loudly to ensure that the soldiers at the fort that had been built at the tunnel’s entrance would notice them
He positioned those who had fortunately turned into high-Rank Undead at the front of the ar the expedition army’s important members The reason he did this was because it would have been problematic if Mauvid, Riley or Gordan were to be so the preliminary skirmishes
And the soldiers in the fort retreated, just as Vandalieu had intended
“Is it fine that we’re not slaughtering them all, Bocchan?” asked Sam
“It’s alright,” Vandalieu replied “They’re not worth killing, and it’s not necessary With that being the case, I mustn’t kill them”
The soldiers at the fort were average in strength, and the coure in the army There were only a few hundred of the the effort to kill them all
And more importantly, it would be ers
… Though when they set the fort on fire, Vandalieu did feel some bloodthirst
He used Heat Leech to extinguish the flaed the unburnt h the tunnel
“Wow, it’s so spacious How h side-by-side?” Rita wondered
“Five… six would likely fit through,” Vandalieu replied
“I wonder how a tunnel like this could be built,” said Saria
“GUGAH?!” Rapiéçage let out a noise of pain
“Rappie, if you fly too high, you’ll hit your head on the ceiling,” Vandalieu warned her
Vandalieu si the Zombies at the front of the army deal with the fort at the tunnel’s exit, and then used a wide-area Detect Life to dispose of the re spies of the Vampires
And then he headed straight… not for the town, but for the cultivated land that had once been the Devil’s Nest forest
Sending the army to the town, Vandalieu and around a thousand Zoes in the cultivated land
The ar, the capital of Viscount Balchesse’s territory, and engaged in a crude, reckless frontal assault
There were three thousand of them, but since they were between Ranks 2 and 4 and unaffected by Vandalieu’s Strengthen Followers and Strengthen Subordinates, Balcheburg’s defense would likely succeed
They wereslowly directly froes were unable to recite incantations, Gordan and Riley weren’t equipped with their Magic Items and Undead with utility value such as Chezare hadn’t been added to this ared to break the city’s wall and get inside, Vandalieu had ordered them not to kill unarmed elderly citizens, women and children
No ’s defenses were, its population was around ten thousand They should have received word in advance and there were Dungeons and Devil’s Nests nearby as well Adventurers and soldiers would have been desperately gathered here
If a group of Undead simply showed up there, arrows and offensive spells would rain down on them from the walls and their numbers would be reduced
Well, the soldiers and adventurers would likely suffer some casualties, but probably not more than a hundred The adventurers and soldiers of this world were tougher than those in Earth or Origin because of their Jobs and skills
At worst, the Undead would make a hole in the wall and run ra wiped out?
It would be problematic if they killed too many people, so that would be perfect
“Corpses are only a temporary burden, after all,” Vandalieu ees evacuated from the cultivated land and suffer from now on”
Refugees posed a difficult probleees from the cultivated land would only add up to two or three thousand people, but even so, they would be a great burden
The refugees from the cultivated lands would have nowhere to return to Asin their hometowns, they couldn’t simply be told to do whatever they wanted now that the cultivation had failed And with the cultivated lands destroyed, jobs for guards and those working in the churches would be gone as well, so the loss would be felt from all sides
On top of that, there was the disastrous event of six thousand elite soldiers being annihilated, with thethe town
With this, the Mirg shi+eld-nation’s dignity would be scarred beyond its economic losses and the loss of its personnel Its relationshi+p with the Amid Empire that had led the expedition would worsen
The Empire would likely want to push the responsibility for the failed expedition on the Mirg shi+eld-nation just like it had done two hundred years ago, but General Mauvid was now leading Vandalieu’s Undead ar his own identity
But the Undead second-in-co shi+eld-nation, was absent It was obvious which of the impression on the people
Even Gordan and Riley would beout even
They would bea mess of their own honor and reputations as well as those of the Church of Alda
There was no TV or internet in Las similar to newspapers, they were only available to the wealthy, so information didn’t spread quickly and accurately However, this would be an incredibly devastating event News of it would spread through the entire western half of the Bahn Gaia continent within the year
With this, neither the Eest an expedition to the Boundary Mountain Range for the next few decades
Incidentally, Vandalieu had given up on causing a great scandal by spreading the news that General Mauvid had been connected to Isla and the other Vampires
As he had slaughtered them all, the Vampires were now Zombies, and even if he added them to the Undead ar shi+eld-nation had doubts, the Empire would simply pass them off as Undead that joined up with the are
In fact, there was the risk that the Vampires would appear to be the remnants of those that worshi+pped Vida and that they were living in Taloshei a false label on Vandalieu
If Vandalieu had connections to soht have been a way, but he had no connections or position in human society
That hy he had abandoned the idea
Also, Vandalieu had taken into account that the Pure-breed Vampires, Earl Palpapek and the top officials of the Amid Empire would now be aware that he was able to utilize Undead
He thought that they would beabout Vandalieu if they kneeverything about him stay a mystery
The fact that the expedition army hadn’t made it back alive, everyone would know that whatever was in Taloshei this much information leak was necessary
And though they knew that he could control Undead, the Pure-breed Va able to control self-made Undead that applied to them also applied to Vandalieu, or to what extent he could control them
And he would keep his other weapons such as his Goleical weapon, the disease he had created, a secret
Even if the Pure-breed Va shi+eld-nation wanted to try again, they would likely take time to make preparations and even if they did come, they had plenty of weaknesses
Vandalieu had his co the cultivated land
“Now then, everyone, let’s plunder everything,” said Vandalieu
Everyone gave a cheer in response
Having the re one thousand Undead on standby, Vandalieu and the others were looting the cultivated land that was now empty after its inhabitants had evacuated
“Ah, I found a spinning wheel!” Rita announced
“Jyuuh, it seems there are no livestock left,” said Bone Man
“Did they take the aniaro asked
“I a that they will be able to recover them later,” Nuaza replied “Horses and cows are valuable workers in fare that they can becory”
“… People in farined,” Vandalieu remarked
“What are you trying to say? You’re the one who’s destroying these fares beyond any hope of recovery,” Borkus pointed out
“Well, that’s true”
The objective of the plundering was to first to acquire livestock… Cows, goats, sheep and chickens rather than donkeys, horses and pigs
Vandalieu had Golems to perforrass to feed, so taking care of them would be troublesome And the environh It was filled with natural enemies for the horses, after all
Pigs were unneeded as monsters provided plenty of meat
The reason Vandalieu wanted cows and goats was because he wanted dairy products Even with the Ferurt would be iredient He wanted to s he could cook with these would increase greatly And he definitely wanted to try the fermented butter he had heard about in the research laboratory in Origin
As for chickens… The deas alone, and since each individual egg was the size of an ostrich egg, there were sometimes situations where they were somewhat inconvenient to use
But it seeranted None of the fares had any livestock left in them
“Feeding livestock costs ,” said Kachia
In this world where Devil’s Nests were scattered throughout the lands and dangerous ricultural land was limited
Though the grain harvested from this limited land was sufficient to feed the people, there wasn’t enough land to breed livestock in large numbers as was done on Earth
Because of this, livestock were generally expensive The farmers of this cultivated land would have taken what livestock they could with them when they evacuated, and set the rest free in the hopes that they would reunite with the animals later
“What a pity,” said Vandalieu “Well, I did et this, so it’s fine”
The next thing he had wanted wasfabric The vast majority of clothes in Talosheim was made of furs and leather
In the two hundred years since Taloshei machines had rotted away
“I couldmachines with Golems, but without threads and cloth, it would be…”
“Did the researchers in Origin not kno to spin threads or build weaving machines?” asked Rita
“They didn’t,” Vandalieu replied
Though they were failures as hus, the researchers were at the forefront of their advanced civilization There had been soic for fabric, but they hadn’t possessed this knowledge
“Well, as long as I have a model to ith, I can imitate it with Golems,” said Vandalieu “If Imill”
It seemed that the day where Talosheim would become a modern city of Lambda with all of the necessities of life was close
“So, what are we going to do with the fields?” Vigaro asked
“Well take them, of course,” said Vandalieu
He and his folloeren’t after only the ers He wanted their harvest and crops as well In fact, this was thethey were after
“This is good wheat Let’s take it by the roots Get up” As Vandalieu gave this order, the wheat field began to rise Countless legs extended fro After turning the wheat field into a Gole in it with him!
With this, he could make all of the bread, okonomiyaki and takoyaki he wanted, as well as ramen in the near future! He could h acorn powder for all of this, so this wheat would be very helpful
He would even be able to make straw and straw paper Well, this would need trial and error as well
“Bocchan, what about this millet?” asked Rita “I think it’s foxtail millet and barnyard millet”
“Millet can be harvested quickly, so let’s take it with us,” said Vandalieu “They’re nutritious, too”
He had the feeling thatit was easier than acorns as well
“Ah, this field has soba,” said Kachia
“They turn it into galettes in the Mirg shi+eld-nation, don’t they? Let’s take it with us”
Soba would be wonderful It could be added to either cold or hot soups It even made aromatic teas… apparently
“What are we doing with the beans?” asked Borkus
“We’re taking it, of course”
The beans being cultivated here rese similar to them With this, Vandalieu would finally be able to make normal miso Soy sauce, too And tofu, soy milk, bean curd, fried tofu… how truly wonderful
Also, boiling the beans that were still green and adding salt to them to eat them as ‘edamame’ was apparently enjoyable as well
TLN: Immature soybeans boiled and served with salt, as described
“The beans over here appear to be of a different species,” said Sam
“These are… adzuki beans! Get up, get up, get up”
With adzuki beans, Vandalieu would be able to ar, but perhaps honey could be used as a substitute?
“It appears that there are to in this small field, my lord,” Bone Man reported