The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 84 (1/2)

The knight Karcan, who had e before the city suffered any dae, was in a peculiar predicament

“Why was there a eon at a time like this?” he wondered

Some of the company that he led were heavily wounded, but fortunately, none of theion, Viscount Niarki, had also thanked him

However, one to the Blue-flamed Sword Heinz, the one as rudom’s second S-class adventurer The monsters had chanted, “Kill Heinz,” as if it were an incantation and all aimed for him, after all

With that being the case, Heinzthe ht a disaster to the city, but he had already gained a good reputation and was adored by many

Rather than being bla the “cha away” The people were also praising the fact that Heinz had been targeted by the n that the evil Gods ere surviving servants of the De were after him – in other words, Heinz was a hero as feared even by the Gods

As it was Heinz and the other members of the Five-colored Blades who had defeated most of the monsters, it was only natural that they received praise

With that being the case, one ht wonder why the adventurers and Karcan’s men had participated in the defense, but… that would only be in hindsight There had been no proof that the monsters would actually only aim for Heinz Even if there was, there was no way that they would have been able to say, “Well then, it has nothing to do with us,” and look unconcerned

And so, Karcan’s company had exhausted themselves in a fierce battle Heinz and his party were now clearing the oeon that had been discovered in the forest near the city

And Karcan had been told that the next expedition for his company wasn’t necessary

“In fact, it’s true that it’s not the tis like an expedition Thecoic, but they’re not in a state where they are able to move around so easily”

The source of this eon, but it still wasn’t completely certain Until Heinz and his party returned, Karcan and his ned to be part of the city’s defenses, couldn’t move

Even after Heinz and his party returned, it would take tieon Karcan didn’t have any obligation to cooperate in this, but if he flatly ignored the expectations of Viscount Niarki as relying on him, his social position would be jeopardized

But with that said, that didn’t hly even if he did meet the viscount’s expectations After all, the cultivation project to the south that he was supposed to be in charge of had been left alone

“The earliest we’ll be able to hed He had lost count of how many times he had done so

The city of Niarki still hadn’t received news that the duke’s castle built by Nineroad had sunk or the scandal that had shaken the Orbaues’ Guild as well as several noblemen had been revealed to have connections with Vampires

Luciliano, the Degenerate He was a human C-class adventurer, and when he first encountered Vandalieu, he had been working in the Mirg shi+eld-nation

He had created a Live-Dead out of the woman who had becoe of the noble Orc Bugogan in order to gather information

And after the battle between the Ghouls and Orcs finished, he had encountered Vandalieu through the Live-Dead, but…

So that’s what this person’s face looked like I guess I really do get a different impression now that I can see his physical body, Vandalieu thought

Back then, when he was still three years old, he hadn’t knohat Luciliano’s face looked like Even if he did, Luciliano now had hollow cheeks and a freely-growing beard If Gopher and the others hadn’t told hi the slaves, he wouldn’t have noticed Luciliano at all

“So, why are you here?” Vandalieu asked one more time, as Luciliano hadn’t answered him the first time… but there was still no response

Rather than deliberately staying silent, it seemed that he had fainted

Eleanora quietly raised her foot

“Eleanora, he looks like he will break if you step on him, so let’s not do that,” said Vandalieu

“Yes, Vandalieu-sama”

Still being held in Eleanora’s arms, Vandalieu secreted some restorative medicine from his claws and used Telekinesis to apply it to Luciliano’s face The -loaded toy… but he was still bound, so he lost his balance and fell to the ground once more

“Kahah?! Hah! W-wait, please don’t kill me! Even if you do kill me, please let me die in comfort! Also, let me have one final meal!”

“You’re looking unexpectedly lively,” said Vandalieu “To start off with, judging from your behavior, it seems that you remember who I am”

“Th-there’s no way I could forget someone of a rare race like a Dhampir But wait, it wasn’t ed

“No, I’d be pretty surprised if it was,” said Vandalieu

It seemed that Luciliano re the fact that Vandalieu had threatened him with, “The next time I see you, I will kill you”

“Vandalieu-sa in a place like this Answer hi Luciliano to provide a response “Also, I am not Vandalieu-sama’s mother, but his servant,” she added, as

“Alright, I’ll answer,” said Luciliano “After that incident, I took do as an adventurer But one day, unfortunately –”

According to Luciliano’s story, he had gotten caught up in the dispute between Lord Belton and Lord Lucas

The third son of a certain noblee sides to Lucas’s faction and na his father assassinated and turning him into a Live-Dead puppet

He set his eyes on Luciliano, an adventurer working solo without for companions, to create the Live-Dead

Of course, Luciliano didn’t want to get involved in such a conspiracy, but he was kidnapped and threatened without being given a choice, so he pretended to do as being demanded of him But he secretly used a Live-Dead mouse as his familiar to find help, and the third son’s conspiracy was stopped before it began and those involved were arrested

“But I was arrested as well,” Luciliano explained “That noble family seemed to want to make it as if the incident had never happened I was taken straight into imprisonment and then sent here as a criic Well, even then, e person, so I ed to survive up until now, but… I suppose that ends here Ah, I wanted to at least have some melloine, warm soup, fresh salad, soft bread, a fish dish with fresh fish, a meat dish with thick chunks of meat and a dessert before the end”

“… Isn’t that a full-course meal?” Vandalieu pointed out

Luciliano’s oval-shaped face had grown thin,hiant It was possible that he could get along with Vandalieu unexpectedly well

“So, Vandalieu-sa to kill him?” Eleanora asked

“What should I do?” Vandalieu wondered, looking troubled

Luciliano was a man with quite a peculiar relationshi+p to Vandalieu He wasn’t an ally, so there wasn’t any reason for Vandalieu to assertively help him If he had to decide, he was more of an enemy But Vandalieu couldn’t anshether he was so in this situation

For Pauvina, asn’t present, Luciliano was the man who had manipulated her previous life’s body without per, but he wasn’t directly responsible for her death and Pauvina hadn’t shown any signs of hating hiotten about it?

But if Vandalieu let hih chance that information on what had happened in this mine would leak

However, Vandalieu felt reluctant to kill him

Unlike the criminal slaves who had been evil criminals, Luciliano wasn’t an evil person, nor did Vandalieu harbor any personal grudges towards hi the details of how he became a slave, Vandalieu actually felt a considerable amount of sympathy for him

“I suppose I’ll try asking Pauvina first,” Vandalieu decided

He would reserve judght for hi Luciliano back to Talosheim

After that, Vandalieu woke up the nobleathered them in one place

“It’s alright if their limbs fall off or their heads smash to pieces, but please try not to crush them all over Ah, but it’s totally OK to turn them into paste,” he said

His dangerous-sounding words were directed not at the conscious yet paralyzed individuals behind hi loudly through their noses with clubs, shovels and pickaxes in their hands

“Y-you bastard! What are you planning to do?!” de the countless pleas for mercy

“A public execution,” Vandalieu replied

“Don’t fuck with me!” the voice shouted back Vandalieu found this rather unpleasant

However, these would be the final words of the people ere about to be executed in a gruesome way

It would be i at ht as he turned around

“I am Viscount Besser, the one who has been entrusted with the ement of this mine by His Excellency, the duke! I firmly protest to this unjust treatment!” shouted the viscount, his mouth open so wide that it looked as if his entire face consisted of only a mouth

Vandalieu gave him a perplexed look “Unjust treatment, you say… isn’t this normal?”

The viscount and his soldiers had done things that Vandalieu would hesitate to even say aloud The positions had simply been reversed now, so this was normal, wasn’t it?

In fact, they would die within tensubjected to the same treatment, so weren’t they actually lucky?

“Do not fool yourself! I am a nobleman!” the viscount exclaimed

“… I mean, I know that Is that relevant?” Vandalieu asked

He had explained the situation to the viscount and histhe would allow hier Undead

“You bastard! Even in war, it is common sense to take nobleive them treatment appropriate to their status! Are you not even aware of this?!” shouted the viscount

“No, I wasn’t Sorry” Vandalieu, having learned so new, made a mental note of the viscount’s words If he becaht have opportunities to participate in wars, so it was good that he could learn this piece of coe early on “I’ll do that next time,” he said

“No, do it now!” the viscount de me?!”

“I think I’ll make sure that I will,” said Vandalieu

“There is no way that you could! I a, all of you low-birth creatures will be sentenced to death! My Kingdoe on the line to hunt down those who kill noblemen and end their lives without mercy!” Viscount Besser shouted

The faces of some of the foran lowering the weapons in their hands

That was how much of a difference there was between commoners and noblemen in the world of Lambda Not everyone’s lives were equal; the lives of nobles and royalty were clearly e

“Do you understand now, you vulgar brat?!” Viscount Besser shouted at Vandalieu, the current king of Talosheim

At thisfrom Borkus and Eleanora, but Vandalieu raised a hand to calm them

The i here wasn’t to deal with the fact that he had been insulted by the viscount, but to e his power If he relied too e their minds and decide that they couldn’t follow him after all And if the criminal slaves didn’t take him seriously, that would cause problems later on in the future

“Everyone, please come over here,” said Vandalieu

“Okay~”

Thinking that he should show his power, Vandalieu summoned Levia and the other Ghosts, and transferred Mana to them He looked up at thefrom the surface of the earth, the small mountain that was about five hundred meters tall

“… Corpse Flae”

Small flames appeared, like a countless number of fireflies But in the next moment, they turned into a countless number of skulls made of black flames

The skulls cackled as they flooded towards theat

The resulting sight was fearsome to behold

Over a hundred skull-shaped flames sank their teeth into the rocky mountain The hard boulders became brittle and broke, burned and crumbled This process continued endlessly, and before everyone’s very eyes, the ed from the earth There was a thunderous noise as rocks fell froic

“K-kid, theto disappear,” said Borkus

“Ah, you’re right”

By the time Borkus stopped him, the mountain had been reduced to two thirds of its size It wasn’t that large a in with, but this display of power made not only the previously-spirited viscount and his soldiers, but even the former slaves stare with open mouths

Eleanora and the others were du from Vandalieu’s hair, had frozen stiff

Up until now, none of the spells of the death-attribute had possessed the ability to physically destroy their targets However, by acquiring the Dead Spirit Magic skill and having Levia and the others available to use, Vandalieu could now accoic

Eleanora and everyone else was seeing Vandalieu’s Mana exhibit its true potential for the first time

“Bocchan, would it not be quicker to siested

“Sam, it’s impossible because Heinz is here,” said Vandalieu “Also, if I do that, that wouldthe other duchies and even the Amid Empire, wouldn’t it?’

“Well, I suppose so,” said Borkus “Nothe kid is, he’s just one person If A-class adventurers and elite forces fro out would be impossible”

As he said, there were plenty of people in this world ere capable of doing what Vandalieu had just accomplished

“And in the end, a mountain is just a mountain,” said Vandalieu “It doesn’t move A B-class or A-class adventurer would be able to avoid this attack”

Unlike ic Items and possessed skills Corpse Fla, so it wouldn’t be difficult for a superhuh ordinary people would simply turn into ash

“It’s true that things would probably work out with aro, Eleanora-jouchan and the others, but…” Borkus looked up at the collapsed mountain

Nor debris, but Vandalieu had even destroyed the debris

He had even erased the noise, which made it feel less real, but if he hadn’t done that, then many people probably would have lost consciousness

“By the as it really alright to destroy the mine?” asked Borkus

“It’s not a probleht fro to eradicate the Hartner Duchy’s supply of mineral resources” He turned around to face the former slaves “What I want to say is, I have power, so the nobleree?” he asked them

The for their senses

“I’ve never seen such a great spell… This is the one who’s going to be our king?”

“If our king is this strong, then isn’t it true that we don’t need to fear the noblemen of this nation?”

“That’s right, even if the Hartner Duchy and other duchies, even if the king sends an army, they’ll be eaten up like that mountain and not even leave ashes behind”

“If that person is our king, then on’t even lose to the Amid Empire… on’t be chased out of our homeland anymore”

Strength returned to their eyes, and the weapons that had been lowered earlier were raised once more

In fact, it was the viscount and hisVandalieu’s Dead Spirit Magic, they were now perfectly aware as to whether the Hartner fa about the half-Va

“W-wait If you spare us – no, at least me, I’ll pay you any amount you want,” said the viscount

His plea forfor mercy as well