The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 83 (1/2)

In the residential area for the slaves inside the walls of the slave-run e of slaves, thethe titan slaves had gathered together

Nor the residential area and the titans would never be allowed to gather together unless instructed, so that they couldn’t plot rebellions But all of the soldiers that were posted as guards right noere behaving like dolls

“Levia-sama… isn’t that Levia-sama?”

“Yes, she looks a little different from how I remember, but there is no mistake How could I mistake Levia-sama for anyone else?”

“So, it was true that you would bring Levia-sama here…”

Seeing the titans’ eyes open wide in blank a from them, Levia’s flames flickered in her happiness, but at the same time, her hand was placed over her chest in sadness

“Everyone… Thank you for staying alive until this day I failed to protect you and made you suffer,” she said

For titans, who had lifespans of three hundred years, two hundred years was a long ti that tio, and one Those who had been children back then were now adults

Until the age of fifteen, titans age at about the sae slowly, their bodies reaching their peaks at around the age of two hundred Fro physically old For this reason, few titans actually have an aged appearance

“It’s fine; everything is Duke Hartner’s fault, the one who betrayed us Levia-sahts even after you died, didn’t you? That is h for us”

“And you’re helping us like this now That’s randfather, not er brother, would blame you, Levia-sama”

The titans were all extremely thin and had bad complexions Many of thes and faces

Their treatment at the mine had been somewhat mild compared to how other criminal slaves were treated, but they were still treated cruelly; the soldiers had done whatever they wanted, thinking, “It’s fine as long as they don’t die,” and, “It doesn’t matter if one or two of them die”

In fact, all of the elderly had died early, and quite a few of the women and children had also died because they were unable to endure this treatment

Their spirits hadn’t been sealed awaylike a champion’s barrier; o

“I don’t kno you did it, but the soldiers watching over us are like dolls right now, and you’ve brought Levia-sa you said was true I couldn’t believe the words of a et like you at first, but… then, does thatto rescue us from this mine, Van…?”

“It’s Vandalieu, Gopher-san,” said Vandalieu “I don’t h”

He had blended in a the slaves and used the Mental Encroachetative states, one by one

“But please don’t call et,’” he added “I’m overly conscious about that”

Races like titans and Beast-people had a sense of values where they believed that size was equivalent to strength and being s weak Even if this weren’t the case, Vandalieu, as se, probably looked unreliable to the titans whose wohts of 25m

Death-Attribute Char people was difficult

I’ht

Gopher gave hietic even when he’s dead,” she laughed “I won’t be calling you ‘kid’ Levia-sae for me to call you that?”

“You don’t have to worry about that,” said Vandalieu “Anyway, at this point, I’ everyone from this mine”

“But that’s not as simple as it sounds, is it?” asked Gopher “We have slave collars on our necks”

Slave collars, collars of servitude – they have various different naic Items that ensure that slaves do not disobey the wills of their masters

If slaves try to cause harm to theirby suffocating the an electrical shock

There are nu the that is needed In addition, nor spells cannot undo them; special spells are required, but they are kept secret

“You won’t be able to reovernor of this mine,” said Gopher “Even you couldn’t simply –”

“I can remove them,” said Vandalieu

Before he could even hear the titans surprised cries, he released black death-attribute mana that surrounded Gopher’s collar, which unfastened with a click

“N-no way…”

Gopher and the other titans were dumbfounded as the heavy collar hit the floor loudly, but Vandalieu had previously used his Mana to brute-force his way through a seal left by a cha like this was simple for him

“H-how many times can you do that in one day?” Gopher asked “There are over five hundred of us in total”

“It costs about a thousand Mana for each person, so I can handle three hundred thousand peoples’ worth and still have some left over,” said Vandalieu

“You can really do it?!”

“Sorry, but time is also a problem, so it would help if you kept that number below ten thousand”

“Alright, I understand, you can really free all of us within the day, right! With this, we can fight!” shouted another titan

“Everyone, His Majesty is a little shy,” said Levia “And the soldiers standing guard are all allies, but if your voices are too loud…”

“I know, Levia-sa to rise to action?!”

“For weapons, just pick up the pickaxes and shovels we norrab a rock! I’hter than they’ve ever felt before!”

“Those bastards, I’ll teach them a lesson!”

The titans were excited about being freed fro a chance to retaliate Although Vandalieu looked expressionless, he was actually flustered, unable to find a good time to chime in

But he ht, in the ht,” he said

“I see, tonight… wait, hang on a second That’s too early”

Although it was too early to be called ‘the ht,’ the sun had already set coh ti

If they went on a rae with no plan, the soldiers would cause severe casualties anificantly inferior to them when it came to combat And it wasn’t as if all of the slaves would join the uprising immediately

“There are slaves who have already given up on everything, unlike us,” said Gopher “We need time to convince them Even if they don’t need to join us, we need to ask the to use the same method on them as you did on those soldiers to turn them into dolls, are you?”

The moment Gopher raised this question, suspicion appeared on the faces of the other titans It couldn’t be helped; it would be stranger if they didn’t feel fear for Vandalieu, who had shown hietative states in less than an hour

This was a very healthy reaction, so Vandalieu didn’t pay any attention to it

“No, I won’t be doing anything like that,” he told the out this plan in the ht There won’t be any problems”

“Like I said, there’s not enough time if we do that,” said Gopher

“Not at all; there’s plenty of time,” Vandalieu reassured her “We will have occupied thistomorrow It won’twill be done by the people I’ve called here”

“W-what did you say?!”

The titans were dumbfounded They did believe that Vandalieu had come to rescue them But they had been under the assumption that he would require their cooperation as well

However, Vandalieu didn’t need their cooperation at all He had declared that no ht of him, he had decided on a tith

So then, why had the titans gathered here beforehand?

This hat Gopher and the others ondering now

But Levia answered this question “We want everyone to stay where they are tonight,” she said “And after that, you must decide whether you wish to become citizens of the new Talosheim or not”

The slave-run mine, which had been as sturdy as a fort, quietly surrendered and was occupied by the ti sun rose

The soldiers’ dinner had been poisoned The soldiers had consu the odorless, tasteless poison and entered comatose states in their beds

There had been a very small number of soldiers with resistance skills who realized that soues ere still on their feet, but those colleagues… the ones that Vandalieu had turned into dolls, took them by surprise and restrained them

Viscount Besser, who had been sleeping, as well as his knights and servants, were all captured alive

And the soldiers who had been positioned on the outer walls as lookouts couldn’t do anything even after realizing that soe about the rest of the soldiers

“Th-there is an ar!”

“Those are titans… Hyih! Undead titans!”

With a terrifying roar, Borkus and the others charged in fro for their size

The lookouts blew their horns and rang their bells to indicate a state of eency, but none responded No, some did respond, but this was not the response that they had desired

“We’re going to slaughter you all anyway, so entertain us as you die! Steel Cutter!”

“ARMOR BREAKEEEER!”

“Iron Pierce!”

Borkus and the other Undead titans unleashed ainst the outer wall The wall and gate were cut, broken and pierced through as if they were made of tofu

They found aside the pieces of rubble

And so, the next , Borkus and the others, who had reduced the outer wall and soldiers who had been watching them into ruins…

“… There’s so his exposed cheekbone as he looked down at Viscount Besser’s soldiers and a hundred or so civilians, ere bound and unconscious

“If you enjoyed yourself to your heart’s content, this mine would have turned into a wasteland, wouldn’t it?” Vandalieu pointed out

“I wouldn’t be that wild,” Borkus protested “I’d at least leave some rubble behind”

“I was planning to kill all of the soldiers right fro, but it would have been probles behind,” Vandalieu told him

“Hahaha! You’re right about that!”

Vandalieu gave a nod as Borkus laughed Hearing their conversation, half of the former slaves looked fearful

“Your face has changed, but you’re still acting like a kid as always, Oyaji,” said Gopher, showing no signs of fear She gave a wry smile as she looked at Borkus, who had become half-bone

Borkus looked at her and stopped laughing “I’,” he said

“Are you talking about your pro shi+eld-nation and chase them back?” asked Gopher “nobody took that seriously”

“But you knoe left you guys for two hundred years even after we died”

“It’s fine I’ve heard from Levia-sama and His Majesty over here that you protected Zandia-saacy beneath the castle”

“That’s what I was trying to do, but…”

The reality was that a wrist was all that remained of Zandia, and it hadn’t been Borkus who protected the Goddess’s legacy, but the cursed ice that had sealed it away

“It’s nothing to beat yourself up over,” said Gopher, giving her father a clap on his cold back “Don’t be showing me that disheartened face, it’s not like you I can’t introduce you to your grandchildren like this, can I?”

“G-grandchildren?” Borkus repeated “Did you say grandchildren?! I have grandchildren?!”

“Yeah, three of them,” said Gopher “I can only introduce you to two of them, and I can’t tell you who the father is, but…”

The fes by the soldiers Contraceptives were expensive in this world; they weren’t things that slaves could use

That was how things were

“I see…” Borkus looked at Vandalieu “Kid?”

Vandalieu shook his head Almost none of the spirits of those who had died in the mine were still around In the world of Lambda, Undead could appear In a mine where slaves orked to death one after another, a priest was present, and not only for treating the soldiers and regular workers The priest would also purify the spirits of the dead

There were none a the spirits who called themselves Gopher’s child

“I see… No, it’s fine,” said Borkus “I’m sure they went to where the Goddess is, rather than to that good-for-nothing God I did pray a lot, after all…”

TLN: “Good for nothing” is ロクデナシ/rokudenashi+ Could be intentionally similar to Rodcorte’s name

“You’re right…” said Vandalieu

All around him, he could hear the voices of the Undead titans and the slaves crying out in joy over their reunion, as well as voices of grief as they er here

I can’t kill Heinz, and I can’t revive or make Undead out of those who have already returned to the circle of transht Vandalieu

Of course, Vandalieu wanted to change the for about the latter as well As these thoughts ran through his nal

“Everyone,” she said, addressing the titans “We will return to Talosheiside His Majesty Please decide whether you will coo on a separate path”

Gopher and the other refugees from Talosheim were relatives of Borkus, Zran and everyone else, so of course, the Undead titans wanted to take the to a nation where Vandalieu ruled as king As such, their desires had to be confirmed as well

“Talosheim is currently a nation of Undead and Ghouls ruled by His Majesty Vandalieu, as well as the monsters that he has tas will be different from how they were in the past I, too, am considerably different from hohen I was alive There are also many enemies The Hartner Duchy would never let us be if they were to find out about us, and the A shi+eld-nation, still desires our annihilation There are also Pure-breed Va His Majesty And there will only be more enemies in the future”

“Of course, ill fight the ene shi+eld-nation’s expedition army of six thousand If you have any requests, I will listen to the Everything has its limits If you can accept this, then please come to my nation”

The current Talosheim had many enemies and its laere borrowed It was a nation full of problems It wasn’t a place that Vandalieu could proudly declare to be an ideal land or paradise

Things would probably be fine for a while But one day, Taloshei in Laic or Heinz’s party ould be far stronger than they were now One day, Gods like Alda, the God of law and fate, or Yupeon, the God of ice, ht descend upon this world and lead an arhty, superhuman individuals and march on Talosheim

That was the kind of nation that they were being told to co them first was only natural