The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 79 (1/2)

“GAAAAH…” groaned the final monster, a Rank 7 Poison Zombie Giant that was a combination of multiple Poison Zombies

Heinz, the ic sword enveloped in blue flahed as he confirmed that there were no more enemies

The ed female Zombie, had been conspicuously more powerful than the other monsters

“It seeht?” Heinz asked

“Yeah, no probleh”

“I’m not hurt, either… but I’m tired, too”

Heinz’s party was severely exhausted Most of the monsters that had appeared were Rank 4 or 5, and the only Rank 7 monster was the Poison Zoo There had been just over a thousand of thee

They hadn’t been enemies that the Five-colored Blades, an A-class adventurer party, would have had trouble with In fact, they were small fry that would simply be scattered aside in a one-sided fashi+on Even if there were over a thousand of them

That was the power of an A-class adventurer party

However, the monsters that had closed in on the city of Niarki were not ordinary monsters

Seventy percent of the swarm of monsters had been Undead, while the other thirty percent consisted of plant-type and insectoid monsters And the monsters that possessed the body parts required for speech had been repeatedly groaning, “Kill Heinz,” as if these words were some kind of incantation

A group ofwould le creature, but this was a completely abnormal situation

With that said, this could actually be considered fortunate Thethe city of Niarki The guards, knights and adventurers had hastily formed a defensive force and risen to nored the city and charged at Heinz, who had been standing at the forefront of the defense

Despite wounded, i within their reach, they had continued ai for Heinz

But all of the monsters had been ested, and noendlessly

Defeated insectoid rown on the remains of defeated Undead to spawn plant-type monsters such as Poison Mushrooms and Venom Molds, and the remains of plant-type monsters had spawned insects which turned into monsters

Thanks to this endless monster chain, Heinz and his coainst over ten thousand monsters

“Still… they seem to have hated you quite a lot What have you done?” asked Jennifer, the unarhter

“Us adventurers have defeated a countless number of monsters, so there could be any number of reasons as to e could be hated,” said Diana, an Elf priestess of Mill, the Goddess of Slumber “But that was completely out of the ordinary, wasn’t it?”

The two of them had joined Heinz’s party after they dom

Before responding to either of them, Heinz turned to look in the direction of the city of Niarki

Because thefor the Five-colored Blades, for Heinz, the city’s outer walls were unhar the defense force ere severely wounded, only a few truly unlucky individuals had perished

“If I had to uess, I’d say it was that Dhampir boy,” said Heinz

“The one who suddenly ran out of the Adventurers’ Guild? Do you re that would make him hate you?” Jennifer asked

“No, there isn’t any connection between that boy and this e, is there?” said Diana

Heinz paused for a hts correctly before opening his ain “I don’t think there is, either But… His name was Vandalieu”

Jennifer and Diana blinked, not knohat Heinz meant Heinz wasn’t sure of his own theory, either

But the na shi+eld-nation was Darcia That was an event that had occurred about seven years ago

TLN: Reminder that Vandalieu’s na

And what had been written on the registration form left on the counter in the Adventurers’ Guild, which had now been disposed of after it was rejected, was the nae of seven

“It’s possible that he was –”

“You’re overthinking it, Heinz”

“Edgar?”

“No matter how you look at it, that Dhaar “With hohite his skin was, there’s no way, right? You’re just being too conscious of your sin, which is what’syou believe that”

“That… ht be true”

The visible special characteristics of a Dhampir are eyes with different colors, one of which is blood-red, as well as fangs and retractable claws Other than these, their characteristics are those that they inherit from their parents If one parent of a Dhampir is a Dark Elf, it should be impossible for that Dhampir to have white, candle-wax-like skin

And there was no way that a baby that was not even a year old at the time could have survived on its own in the wilderness And how could it have crossed the Boundary Mountain Range to escape to the Orbaudom?

“I guess I’ it And to think that I would suspect that Dhae It seeht It’s not like he’s the second coave a wry s whispered at the Church of Alda recently

“That’s right,” said Edgar But despite his words, heVandalieu further once he returned to the city

If I recall, the inforanization called the ‘Fangs of Dark Nights’ I suppose I’ll try asking them

Edgar’s actions would later bring an astonishi+ng incident to light, revealing the fact that the organization had continued to operate after its leader and high-ranking members had become Undead

“More iet back to the city and have soeon that these monsters came from,” said Jennifer “They caeons, so a new Dungeon ht be Zakkart’s Trials”

Zakkart’s Trials A Dungeon that first appeared a hundred years ago It appears soain about alabyrinth It is iorize its class and nobody has ever entered and lived to tell the tale other than Heinz’s party, the Five-colored Blades, who ed to escape at the cost of one of their members It is said that a treasure left behind by Zakkart rests in its deepest cha to another story, the Undead for him, and the hero who defeats him will become a successor to the champion Bellwood

“If that’s true… We’ll clear it for sure this tiht First, we need to go back to the inn where Selen is waiting,” said Heinz, thinking of the Dha their return

“No, the report to the Guild comes first… Yeah, yeah, I’ll do it Don’t co the receptionist nee-san’s attention all to ar said with a wry smile

“Haah… I see… That’s terrible… Unforgivable Worthy of death,” said Vandalieu

“Vandalieu-sama, what is this all of a sudden?” Eleanora asked

“It’s the members of the adventurer party, the ‘Western Calm,’ the receptionist Aria-san, Hannah-san and Hannah-san’s father”

Vandalieu was currently digging a tunnel froes’ Guild to beneath Duke Hartner’s castle by turning the ground into Golee

He had left the Black Goblins and their lovers in the mansion, while the Guild Master and his subordinates ere now in vegetative states prepared a ‘parting gift’

Incidentally, the Guild Master’s mansion had contained valuable items such as first-class staffs, but Vandalieu was still unarmed If he, who possessed a ned for hu spells, or the staff could explode, rot away or turn into dust

In order to use a staff that assisted with ic, Vandalieu would need to concentrate as if he riting kanji in miniscule letters, so he didn’t use thened to be used by beings more powerful than humans?

Leaving that aside, Vandalieu had begun talking to hi this tunnel

But the eyes of Zran, as Undead, could see that Vandalieu had been surrounded by spirits in tragic states

“They’re part of the countless spirits that gathered around him e came here,” Zran murmured to himself “The ones near hih”

Just like when he had arrived at the city of Niarki, all of the spirits in the capital city had flooded towards Vandalieu when he arrived here There were so

However, the spirits that were currently speaking to Vandalieu looked a little different

“Eleanora, Zran, if a black-haired, black-eyed man in his thirties by the nas to ive you further commands,” said Vandalieu

“Kaidou Kanata?” Eleanora repeated “… Could it be?!”

“One of the scum who killed you in your previous life, Holy Son?! That bastard This is a great opportunity Let’s kill hi he has to say!” said Zran

Vandalieu had already heard infor Kaidou Kanata from the spirits of his victims

According to theh it was unclear as to how he knehere Vandalieu was, he was drawing closer

According to the other inforiven by the spirits, for some reason, swords, spears and spells hadn’t worked on Kanata, while his attacks had passed straight through their arhting Technique and Short Sword Technique, as well as high-level fire-attribute ic

The penetration ability ot from Rodcorte He must have improved his affinity for the fire-attribute and wind-attribute in Origin Unar Technique and Short Sword Technique… is froin, I suppose? Jeez, so this is how it is for people who don’t have curses

Considering that Vandalieu had relearned everything froht that it was rather unfair that Kanata possessed all these abilities But for now, he prioritized pacifying Eleanora and Zran, whose expressions had become bloodthirsty Their abilities in coht, but cheat-like abilities were dangerous enough to overcoth

That hy they were called cheats, after all

“Like I said, leave things toto kill hiivable acts of violence, so I’ to kill him, but I want to do it myself”

“I can tell he’s quite the scoundrel just fro at those spirits, but… is it really that bad?” Zran asked

“Quite,” Vandalieu replied “To the point that I question his sanity”

But Vandalieu feltabout Kanata To su, “What the hell is he doing?”

Kanata’s acts were so cruel that they couldn’t be considered the acts of a human, but more importantly, they were too reckless He would sis becas that ould be quicker

If he kept doing such things, even with a cheat-like ability, it would be i

Vandalieu was far more curious about this than the fact that Kanata had a farbeen the first to die in Origin, or how Kanata knehere he was

Rodcorte probably had so to do with those, after all

“For now, it seems certain that he has co Detect Life periodically from now on,” said Vandalieu

The “work” that Kanata had apparentlyVandalieu

Vandalieu didn’t really care, but why had he coood that he was aia and the others ere standing by in the Guild Master’s h

“If I recall, those people were acting like allies of justice, weren’t they?” said Eleanora

“That’s how allies of justice are,” said Vandalieu “They’d be considered heroes from the point of view of the followers of Bellwood or Alda, but from our point of view, they’re not”

“Indeed, you’re right,” Eleanora agreed

As they were conversing, Vandalieu and his companions arrived in the deepest part of Nineland

There was a dark stone corridor before thens of hu a response

“Is it a trap?” asked Zran

“No, with this shape, it’s probably a barrier,” said Vandalieu “It’s said that the champion left a barrier behind, too”

Continuing from the tunnel into the corridor, Vandalieu fired some weak Death Bullets into ahead into it

A wall of light appeared in a spot that previously had nothing there, eht and noises as it repelled the Death Bullets

“This is the barrier left behind by the champion Nineroad…!” Eleanora murmured

“It repelled the Holy Son’s Death Bullets!” Zran exclaimed

“Well then, I’ to remove it now,” said Vandalieu

“Eh?” Eleanora and Zran said in unison

That quickly?

Right before the eyes of a surprised Eleanora and Zran, Vandalieu used his death-attribute Mana to steadily remove the champion’s barrier

He wasn’t doing anything difficult He was sie load that the barrier couldn’t withstand, all at once, to break through it by force

Nineroad’s barrier resisted for a few dozen seconds, but in the end, it fell apart with a sound si

“Phew, it was harder than Ice Age’s ice,” said Vandalieu “I used 300,000,000 Mana, too Ah, give me one of the obentos, please,” he requested

“S-sure,” Zran said with an astonished expression as he took out a flask froé bodyguard of the Mages’ Guild’s Guild Master

He had apparently benefited plenty fro with the Pure-breed Vampires, so his blood was particularly delicious

“Phew, having a drink after doing so,” said Vandalieu

“Vandalieu-saan

“Sounded like soed man would say?” Vandalieu asked

“No, it was like a child trying to do his best to push himself past his limit, so it was rather adorable”

“I see…”

With his shoulders dropping a little at Eleanora’s words, Vandalieu started walking forward again without waiting for his Mana to recover He knew that Kanata was heading this way, but thanks to the Auto more than 10,000 Mana every second, so it wasn’t a problem

Past the barrier, the corridor ended in an uniround ce bones and shells It was a sight that made it difficult to call this a holy place

The air lingering here was full of an unpleasant h there shouldn’t have been any signs of life here, there were quiet noises that sounded like groans co from somewhere

“Hmm, the princess isn’t here,” said Vandalieu

“Oooi! Levia-sama!” Zran called out “It’s me, Zran! You can come out now!”

But Vandalieu couldn’t see any vengeful ghosts or evil spirits Nor could he see the First Princess Levia

“There ht still be another barrier It is not unco needs to be sealed inside,” said Eleanora

As they heeded her words and looked around, they found so that did indeed resemble a barrier

A silver coffin bound by whips This was likely the barrier’s core

“… I wonder whose idea it was to do this,” said Vandalieu

“Ah, Nineroad was apparently a user of the Whip Technique,” said Zran “Doesn’t that explain it?”

“By the hat do you think is inside the coffin?” asked Eleanora “If it is a Pure-breed Vaht becoht be a Vampire who turned to the evil Gods, after all”

“It would indeed be problematic if I were to undo the seal and soreed as he tentatively tried beginning to reer Sense: Death “Is it e the seal,” he said

And then he began re the barrier in the same way he removed the outside barrier earlier