The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 80 (1/2)

Kanata, who knew that Vandalieu was headed for the area beneath the castle through his Target Radar, clicked his tongue in frustration

In an underground area with limited space, he couldn’t use his abilities to their full potential

If he were to release his ered by a cave-in Even if he used Gungnir to pass through the dirt, he wouldn’t be able to do anything about the lack of oxygen

And the gun that he was so proficient with… in Laine that it would be difficult to fire underground, where there would be nir to h such obstacles, but his eyes wouldn’t be able to see through them

That hy he had used infrared scopes and detection spells to identify his targets’ locations in Origin, but… infrared scopes didn’t exist in Lambda and if he recited an incantation for a detection spell, there was a chance that Vandalieu would sense it and Kanata would be the one being located

Thinking that there was no other choice, Kanata had given up on sniping Vandalieu froe assassination

He had decided to continue with the plan of attacking Vandalieu here rather than waiting for another opportunity with better conditions for the assassination or creating a better plan to create such conditions He knew that Vandalieu’s mobility was superior to his so there was a chance that Vandalieu would siet this job over and done with so he could begin his fourth life

And in order to purify the spirits haunting hio to Vandalieu), he had poured holy water, which he had obtained from one of the female adventurers he had raped, over himself

The nir to pass through the walls and floor to get underground, he had realized that Vandalieu had noticed him

It wasn’t a skill that told hienerate individual, he was an experienced coh countless battles to the death; it was his instincts that told him that he had been noticed

“Wait! Listen to what I have to say! I’ive me!”

Having revealed hiround

He’s bigger than the inforot so many monsters with his that look like fla people?

Kanata perfory But Vandalieu, who see held in conte an interest in such bizarre creatures

“… What are you playing at?” Vandalieu asked

Kanata could feel his heart applauding the fact that Vandalieu had chosen to engage in conversation rather than attacking He’s naïve after all, Kanata thought

“D-don’t you rein? I’h school as you,” said Kanata

Of course, Vandalieu, who had already heard Kaidou Kanata’s naood idea of who he was There wouldn’t be anyone in Lambda with the surname “Kaidou,” after all

Even if that weren’t the case, everything about Kanata’s words and actions were too strange, so Vandalieu hadn’t been able to i but soin

“I’m one of the people who accidentally defeated you at the research laboratory back then,” Kanata continued

“… Ah, co that you were there,” said Vandalieu

He was hearing this for the first ti at Naruse Naru his former classmates; those whose naered in his memories

Kanata was a little bewildered at Vandalieu’s reaction, which had been weaker than he had expected, but he began speaking more smoothly now “We didn’t know that you were one of us back then I’ive ivekilled by you But won’t you at least spare the others?”

“Sure,” said Vandalieu

“I’ – eh?”

“I in”

Kanata raised his head without thinking and saw Vandalieu’s emotionless eyes

“The one at fault is Rodcorte, and as long as they apologize like you’re doing now, then I’ as they don’t interfere with et involved with thes that I need to do, so I don’t have time for that”

Even now, he had to go and save the titans that were being made to work in the slave-run mines He didn’t care about the others ould reincarnate fro as they didn’t harhts

In fact, being invited to be their co his allies would be ht about it, their senses of values wouldn’t e each Zombie and Skeleton as an individual and respect them as such, however

It was probably i the dead as Undead was generally considered to be “desecration of the dead” In ion, there were only tragic endings unless the undying were buried immediately

Situations were frequently seen in the ames of Earth where characters would say, “That’s not the real him anymore,” as they fired a bullet into the Zombie’s head Such situations would likely become reality if the others were to try to join Vandalieu

Wouldn’t they only accept the use of Undead as weapons at best?

Such people would be too dangerous to allow near Talosheim

“I-is that… right?” said Kanata “Alright I’ll make sure to tell everyone else, too Anyone who interferes with you is – barrier”

Kanata quickly pulled the trigger of the crossbow that he had been keeping hidden inside the floor with Gungnir Noto find an opening and shoot him to death anyway

The bolt fired froh the barrier that Vandalieu had put up instinctively, grazed his ear and bounced loudly off the wall behind him

The bolt hadn’t ed it

“I see,” he said “Your cheat-like ability is penetration… Not only through physical objects, but it can even penetrate my barrier”

Kanata had been certain that his surprise attack would go well, but now his face stiffened at how easily Vandalieu had avoided it But Vandalieu’s Danger Sense: Death had been reacting long before Kanata had even bowed before him

That hy Vandalieu had been staring intently at Kanata Kanata had only thought that there was an opening because he had been unable to read Vandalieu’s expressionless face

And Vandalieu had actually heard from the spirits that Kanata’s cheat-like ability was a penetration ability, so he’d already had a good idea of as co

At the very least, he had known that Kanata wasn’t an eneainst just because there were obstacles and barriers between them

Kanata clicked his tongue again “Dance, sash of fla from his shock, he conjured flames to obstruct the view of Vandalieu and his allies

“bastard!” Zran shouted

“Zran, Eleanora, just like I said earlier, leave things to me… because I want to knohat kind of power I can expect froin like me,” said Vandalieu “Also, I have to test my new skill”

Vandalieu instantly extinguished the raging flaue and claws to secrete a highly volatile poison that wouldn’t work on Undead like Zran or those with the Status Effect Resistance skill like Eleanora, and then chased after Kanata

“Floor, ground” Kanata used Gungnir to hide inside the floor, realizing that Vandalieu was faster than he had expected

But Vandalieu instantly turned the floor around Kanata as well as the ground beneath into Golems “Move out of the way,” he ordered them “Death Bullet” He fired Death Bullets at Kanata’s location, which he had determined with Detect Life

“GUAH?! H-he’s fast!” Though Kanata was astonished as the ground surface that he was using as a shi+eld razed hied avoid a direct hit

Considering that the Death Bullets contained enough Mana to cause instant death even with a graze, Vandalieu felt a little surprised to see Kanata stillaround quickly

And it seemed that his poison was ineffective

“Judging by the speed of your movements and the power of your spells, your Attribute Values seeher; you don’t look like soinable aive you so?”

“Great Burning Destruction, Mana!” Without answering Vandalieu’s question, Kanata cast a large-scale fire-attribute spell It was a spell that produced high tee area of effect

You’d normally be able to block it with that barrier and his heat-leeching spell, but I even used Gungnir after casting this spell! You can’t block this scorching heat, so stay quiet and turn into ash along with the pieces of trash behind you!

Certain of his victory, Kanata held his breath Once the flanir and used wind-attributeas Vandalieu was dead, his Job was co to commit suicide in order to live the fourth life that he would be rewarded with But he wasn’t thoughtless enough to die without confir that he had accomplished his mission

“To think that you would even get caught up in your own spell You’resome bold moves”

Vandalieu was standing there with a calm expression Still surrounded in flames

“Jesus!” Kanata shouted “What kind of sorcery is this?!”

“It’s just that these ladies protected me,” said Vandalieu

“These ladies?!” Kanata didn’t understand, but as the fla Vandalieu died down, he could see the silhouettes of several women

Their faces looked familiar to him

“Those bitches! da!” Kanata cursed

The wo Hannah, were those that Kanata had killed after reincarnating in Lambda

“You never in or this world!” Kanata shouted

“I just becao,” said Vandalieu “I suppose I’ll name this, ‘Embrace of the Flame Spirits’”

Behind Vandalieu, Zran and Eleanora had also been protected by the Fire Ghosts

They had expressions of agreement on their faces

“Someone like him isn’t even a worthy enemy for Vandalieu-sama,” said Eleanora

“You’re right about that,” Zran agreed “I feel foolish for panicking about him”

As they said, as happening between Vandalieu and Kanata could no longer be called a fight to the death Vandalieu was one-sidedly driving Kanata into a corner

“Can you do it like this?” Vandalieu asked

“Leave it to us!” Obeying the will in the Mana that Vandalieu transferred to them, the Fire Ghosts… the dead spirits of fla spears, soiant skulls,to scorch Kanata with their dark red flames

This was the effect of the Dead Spirit Magic skill that Vandalieu acquired a short while ago One ic would be similar to the skills that allowed him to manipulate dead bodies and turn them into Zombies and Skeletons However, it was effectively a skill siic

Just as Spiritual Mages would transfer their Mana and their will to spirits, allowing theic of one of the attributes, Vandalieu transferred his Mana and his will to the dead spirits and had them cast spells on his behalf

The Fire Ghosts, which had been charmed by his Death-Attribute Charm, attacked their enemy, Kanata, with no mercy

Kanata tried to avoid theed their shapes to become spears, snakes and skulls made of flames No matter how much he avoided them, they chased him persistently

“F-flames, Wind – GAH?!” Kanata’s incantation was interrupted by his own screah them?!”

Unable to withstand the persistent chase of the Fire Ghosts, Kanata had tried to pass through theainst his expectations, the dark red flaun to burn hih

“Ground!”

Kanata tried to escape beneath the ground’s surface, but his legs didn’t sink at all

“W-what the hell?! Why isn’t ?!”

“It is,” Vandalieu told hinir, is it? – That penetration ability just can’t pass through ‘spirit form’”

Kanata’s Gungnir was an ability that allowed hinated weapons as a target, not only would his eneh hiers and fall to the ground

Vandalieu had ured this out froht barehanded when he had designated ‘weapons’ as the ability’s target, and there were nunir as well

That hy Vandalieu used the one thing Kanata couldn’t slip through Spirit form

Spirit for creatures, including huh it, this would be an act equivalent to his physical body discarding his spirit and soul It would be no different fro that Kanata's instincts prevented hi

That hy Kanata couldn’t avoid the attacks of the Fire Ghosts, whose spirit for And Vandalieu had used Spirit Form Transformation on a part of his physical body, extended it behind the walls, floors and ceiling and used Materialization

“Ah, I have soh, too,” said Vandalieu “For example… ■■■■■!”

Vandalieu pursed his lips and released a Screa to withstand the Fire Ghosts’ attacks with his Fire-Attribute Resistance and Wind-Attribute Resistance and so to make a counterattack, took a direct hit and let out a scream as he covered his ears

“M-MY EEEEEARS!”

His Mental Corruption mostly blocked Vandalieu’s Mental Encroachment, but Scream was a skill rather than a spell Thus, it was impossible for Kanata to block the direct attack on his sense of hearing, the harsh noise that sounded like fragainst each other

This was another of Gungnir’s weaknesses If Kanata were to designate sound as a target, he wouldn’t be able to recite any incantations hinir if he intended to cast spells

“Also, your final weakness is –” As Kanata suffered with blood pouring out of his ears, Vandalieu approached him defenselessly

“Guh, Mana!”

Kanata drew his knife with his burnt, blistered hand and threw it at Vandalieu as his only way to recover from this hopeless situation

Vandalieu effortlessly deflected it with his claws

“No nate your eneet for your ability If you did, you wouldn’t be able to harm them, after all,” said Vandalieu “That’s why I can just use my physical body to protect myself Of course, my claws –”

“Claws!” Kanata shouted, throwing another knife

This tiue

“Even if you designate et, I can simply use parts other than my claws to defend,” said Vandalieu “Well, I wouldn’t die fro with his tongue extended out of hisaround As his skill had leveled up, he was now able to extend it even further

“…?!” This time, Kanata was lost for words

“Well, in summary… you showed off your cheat-like ability too much, when you’re supposed to use it to kill the enemy the first time he sees it,” Vandalieu concluded “Also, why aren’t you using ht have been able to put up a better fight”

If Kanata hadn’t killed anyone or used Gungnir before atte to kill Vandalieu, he probably wouldn’t have suffered such an utter defeat

If he had used ht have been a chance for him to kill Vandalieu At the very least, he wouldn’t have had his knife deflected by Vandalieu’s tongue

Truly exasperated, Vandalieu transferred his Mana to Levia and all of the Fire Ghosts, including Kanata’s victims

“I don’t ue to finish him off, but… can you do it?” he asked them

“Yes, everyone, aid , she closed in on Kanata

“Gih?!”

Levia’s appearance changed in an instant; she turned into restraints that bound Kanata down in a crucified position Starting fro their way up his body

An unsightly scream came from Kanata’s mouth

“Burning Funeral… You seem to possess Fire-Attribute Resistance, but it appears that it is working against you now,” said Vandalieu “It’s extre, isn’t it? But you won’t be able to die so quickly”

This isn’t what I was told! Kanata screamed in his uy stronger than in?! Why can he dodge my knives so easily? He doesn’t even feel any unrest or fear?! He’s a guy who spent twenty years in Origin as a guinea pig! Weakened, my ass! Isn’t he way more troublesome than when he was an Undead?! I have a body that can’t be affected by disease or poison, but I’ainst him!

Kanata had assu his own coiven him, but this had turned out to be a mistake

The inforiven Kanata was only inforathered it And that inforh the eyes of others He had essentially watched a documentary with no coathered firsthand

Vandalieu had continued growing after this, and he had undergonein Lambda than Kanata ever had

Meanwhile, Kanata hadn’t put in any effort after reincarnating in Lambda He had no Job and his Attribute Values were just a little above those of the average individual who has leveled one common Job from level 0 to 100

Kanata’s Mana had already run out; he had no means of escape He had no choice but to simply wait until he became a burnt corpse But even so, Kanata didn’t think back and regret his actions For him, this wasn’t the end

“daet so full of yourself, you necrophile bastard! You thought you’d be able to turn ht?! Hihi, too bad for you!”

“… What are you talking about?” asked Vandalieu

“Those of us who are being reincarnated here, even if we die, we can return to the God before you can turn us into Undead! No matter how many times you kill us, there’ll be no end! We’ll just have the God reincarnate us over and over, and we’ll definitely kill you!” Kanata screamed

Kanata had no intention of dying quietly and giving up on his reward He intended to request Rodcorte for another chance to get revenge on Vandalieu, as looking down on hi a dropout of a reincarnated individual, and next time, he would certainly receive his reward, the fourth life that he had been promised

“I won’t let uard down next time!” he shouted “I won’t face you alone, either! I’ll cooperate with the others and we’ll torture you before we kill you! The God promised a fourth life full of luxury to anyone who kills you, so everyone will be ai for you! Even Amemiya, even Naruse!”

Vandalieu’s tongue, which had still been extended outside, loosened and returned to the inside of his mouth