The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 85 (1/2)

Korf, who ed the caravan of merchants who delivered e uneasiness

There had been all kinds of things happening in the Hartner Duchy recently

First, a Dungeon had appeared at the city of Niarki and a reat deal of panic

The eon, named ‘Heinz’s Skeleton Cavern,’ had been dealt with by the A-class adventurer party, the Five-colored Blades After the Dungeon was explored, it was declared to be a C-class dungeon with thirty floors and thatas the monster population inside was periodically kept in check

Apparently, there were many Undead, venomous insectoid monsters and poisonous plant-type monsters; most of the floors were caves, swamps or forests

During the e, all of the monsters had been more powerful than their Ranks, but the th

But it seeeon, the monsters would flood towards him

This was a chance for the city of Niarki, especially the Adventurers’ Guild, as only seons had existed nearby until now The eon were unique, so the Dungeon wouldn’t be very popular, however

The s could be created from the monsters’ venom They didn’t care about the rueon in order to kill the heroes of the Five-colored Blades, particularly targeting its leader Heinz It was nothing more than a topic of idle conversation

After that, the castle in Nineland, the Hartner Duchy’s capital, had sunk Not in the metaphorical, economic sense, but physically The merchants hadn’t seen it for themselves, so they found it difficult to believe, but it was certain that the castle had suffered large dae in the north was apparently involved in the incident, but the smaller details hadn’t been released yet

Either way, the ht that this event had no direct effect on theions They only hoped that taxes wouldn’t increase to fund the castle’s repair

But after leaving the city of Niarki, staying a night in a cultivation village and then heading further south to the slave-run mine, they realized that this wasn’t the case

“Boss… no ”

“I see, so you thought so as well”

After they left the cultivation village, they drew closer to the slave-run mountain that was their destination over the first and second day, giving theainst each other, but… the scenery that they had seen countless times was now different

There was one less mountain than there should have been

“What is the ?”

“If there was an earthquake large enough to collapse a mountain, even the city of Niarki wouldn’t be unhares would have known so, too And if that really were the case, the other mountains would have crumbled as well”

“So, are you saying that the tunnels collapsed, causing the whole mountain to collapse?”

“There’s no doubt that some fearsome monster has appeared; I’m sure it was the same demon that sank the castle!”

“We agreed that that was a false ruht? Calm down!”

“Stay calm! We always say that if you panic, you’ll only cause yourself har his subordinate ency

With that said, that didn’t mean that they could simply turn around and return to the city

“Everyone, keep your weapons in hand,” Korf ordered “Escorts, please be ready to fight at any time”

“We’re going to keep going?!”

“Of course,” said Korf “How can we run aithout knohat happened? We’re merchants!”

It was certainly an eer that they could see yet They couldn’t hear any volcanoes erupting or fearso

If the caravan turned back now, they would be breaching their contract Their carriages contained the food supplies and other necessities, as well as luxury items, for the slave-run mine

If some kind of disaster had occurred at the slave-run ht all die if the caravan fled without even investigating the scene Never ed a fine; in the worst-case scenario, Korf’s head could be sent flying, physically Even if that didn’t happen, cowards ould say, “Soot scared and turned back,” didn’t have the right to forions

That hy Korf’s caravan needed to confirm what had happened at the slave-run mine

In this world,revenues and expenditures They needed to risk their lives to gain the trust of others

On the third day, they saw that the outer wall and gate of the slave-run mine had collapsed and been destroyed However, there wasn’t any sign of viciousthe mine

With that being the case, it was unlikely that the caravan would suddenly be wiped out Believing this, they cautiously drew closer… and the

“S-skeletons! The soldiers… no, the slaves have all turned into Skeletons!”

Monsterswith each hter

There were Skeletons equipped with the armor and weapons of the soldiers, as well as titan Skeletons over twoworn-out pieces of cloth instead of clothes with pickaxes and shovels in their hands… it looked like there were hundreds of them

“Run, run back to the city, we have to tell the people in the city about this!”

There probably weren’t any survivors; even if there were, this was toodecided this, they fled back to the city of Niarki with the news that the mine had vanished and that the soldiers and slaves had turned into Skeletons

And so, news of a third large incident spread, sending shockwaves throughout the Hartner Duchy

One of the ar, noticed that the higher-ranking hts had been replaced by Undead, and through the party’s efforts, a Vampire Zombie was exterminated After that, they headed for Nineland by joint request of the Hartner family and the Church of Alda

Around the sa hi

“Holy Son, congratulations on the fulfilrant us permission to build a new statue of you!” Nuaza exclai on this world now that he had gained the title of ‘Holy Son of Vida’

“Your Majesty, now that you are ruling over new citizens, there has never been a better opportunity to create our own currency!” said Chezare, insistent now that the nation had gained hundreds of new citizens

“Vandalieu, I told you through the coeon When are we going to clear it?” asked Vigaro, excited about the upco new adventure

The three of the to Vandalieu at once in the castle, but he didn’t have the ability to answer theht now

“It’s been quite a while since I felt this s him,” Basdia remarked

“You are absolutely right,” Tarea agreed “By the on’t you people hold back a little? If you don’t, it will feel like I a you”

“If you feel that way, lose some of your et rid of soht, boy?”

“Wow, King’s tongue can grow so long! Look, Mama, it’s like an earthworm!” exclaimed Varbie

“You’re right, it’s longer than you are, Varbie,” said Bilde “King, what’s the inside of your mouth like?”

There were clicking noises

“Huh? This isn’t his tongue, but a centipede-san?”

Rapiéçage groaned

“Your tongue won’t grow,” Bilde told her “… It won’t groill it?”

All of the women had flooded towards Vandalieu

For the men, the only parts of Vandalieu visible between all of the wo in physical contact with Vandalieu for the first tiue

“I did hear about it, but he really is popular with the women,” Levia remarked in a surprised tone

“That’s right; it is Vandalieu-sama, after all,” said Eleanora

Rita giggled “Are you surprised?” She and Eleanora see, for some reason

“Hey, why are you boasting, Eleanora? Rita? Shouldn’t your reaction be a little different here?” asked Saria But she couldn’t stop Basdia and the others fro as them

Incidentally, Borkus was leading Gopher and the other titans around the city, and for soh the sky It seemed that he had been provoked by the fact that Vandalieu had becoh the sky, but would a carriage really becoh practice?

“Isn’t it about time you all calmed down?” asked Vandalieu, surrounded by warrow any longer, so stop pulling it Everyone wasn’t so assertive before And there were times where you wouldn’t see me for days at a time, weren’t there?” he pointed out

nobody would see hieons other than those in his party But nobody had embraced him so passionately when he returned to Talosheim on those occasions

“It is as you say, boy But things have been difficult for the past little while,” said Zadiris “Well, we didn’t reallyTalosheim at once, however,” she added

“Yeah, the walls you built are solid, Van, and nor monsters in the nearby Devil’s Nests, so thekept in check sufficiently,” said Basdia “But –”

“Making preparations to acco back has been difficult,” said Tarea “In particular, teaching the other Ghouls about thethem understand it”

“Yes, it’s been truly difficult,” said Kachia “All of us for the, it si time to make them understand”

The biggest concern that they had about welco Gopher and the other new inhabitants was the way Ghouls conducted their sexual relationshi+ps Ghouls had no culture regarding e, so it was possible that they would cause trouble by calling out to others who already had children and spouses

The Magic Items that Vandalieu had distributed had improved the Ghouls’ fertility, and their everyday lives had becohts were less wild than before; they weren’t siht be available Ghouls had their preferences, too

Also, Vandalieu as well as Nuaza and the other titans had long since explained to the Ghouls how relationshi+ps between men and women worked in the societies of other races Because of this, the Ghouls had acknowledged e as a situation where one worked intimately with their partner in order to bear and raise their children

But there were still occasions where they would call out to each other and say, “I don’t have a partner right now, so do you want to?” If a child was born, they would say things like, “Alright, I’ll help you until they become adults,” so the men weren’t completely irresponsible, but… only if this happened between individuals who both had long lifespans

If their partners had a proper view on e, there could be complications with jealousy and even bloodshed could occur

That hy the Ghoul chief Zadiris and Basdia, her daughter ould one day become Vandalieu’s partner, as well as the Ghouls who had once been hu this matter

Incidentally, the e system wasn’t as proper as that of Earth; people wouldn’t subovernhbors and coworkers that they had gotten married

The only documents involved were the family trees of nobles and royalty

But in the reborn Talosheim, everyone would leave behind documented records

“Thank you, everyone,” said Vandalieu “You’ve saved ister co?”

“The documents have already been prepared,” Chezare reported “Noe si will be complete”

According to Vandalieu’s will, a faister had been introduced to Taloshei food, so it would be ister

Chezare and the others currently eneral, not a civil official Had he forgotten this himself, perhaps?

“Well then, how is the Dungeon?” Vandalieu asked

“We’ve kept an eye on it and the areas around it, but o and clear them now,” said Basdia

“Thank you,” said Vandalieu “That Dungeon was probably soeons”

Considering the tieon that had appeared in Talosheim’s forest of Immortal Ents, the Labyrinth Construction skill was clearly involved