The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 86 (1/2)

Dealing with Ione better than expected, so Vandalieu decided to clear the Dungeon in the Immortal Ent Forest and inspect his skills earlier than he had planned

“I’ to follow you this time!” Darcia exclaimed “I was so lonely, but Vandalieu… I think it’s too early for you to become independent of me”

“I ot back, weren’t you, Mom?”

Darcia, as a weak spirit, spent ment that she inhabited It just so happened that she had been sleeping when Vandalieu returned

However, he did think that it ht have been for the best for Darcia to not be present at the time

“So, I was thinking, what if you turned me into a Fire Ghost like Levia-san?” asked Darcia “I was burned to death as well; I’m sure I’m suited for it”

“Wait, I’ve acquired a way to create Homunculi, so wait just a little more,” Vandalieu told her

“But if I become a Ghost, I can help you and always be with you, Vandalieu,” she said

“I’er,” said Vandalieu “Also, soht happen to you if evil Gods are around”

I have to hurry with this, he thought

“Aren’t there any evil Gods, any wicked Gods?”

“… Boy, why are you holding a hatchet in one hand?” asked Zadiris “Also, I do not think that there would be any evil Gods in a Dungeon that has only just appeared”

“No, I thought there was a sliver of hope that there would be,” said Vandalieu He stopped his naeon that had appeared in the Immortal Ent forest

TLN: In a japanese folklore tradition, e and yell phrases like “Aren’t there any naughty kids?” to scare children into behaving

The eon were Pauvina and the other youths, the woaro, ten Cee-carrier

“But I am someone orks with my mind, Master,” Luciliano protested

“You don’t actually have to carry the baggage,” said Vandalieu “Watch our spells froive it to us”

Although Luciliano was a unique C-class adventurer, his ability in battle was quite unih he had apparently been partially excoe who had studied under a e or ways of thinking that Vandalieu and the others didn’t have, as they were ht

“And you’re supposed to be ic and if you think that there’s somewhere else I could apply it, let me know,” said Vandalieu

“I shall do that, Master,” said Luciliano

Thinking that this was iive up

“But if the inside is too narrow or the ain,” said Vandalieu

“I know,” said Kachia “But it’s alright, I’ve becoer than I was last time!”

“You won’t cry?” Vandalieu asked her

“I won’t cry! I definitely won’t cry!”

They entered the Dungeon while teasing Kachia to find that there was a forest inside It was different to the Devil’s Nest forest, the forests full of broad-leaved trees near Talosheion Savannah; it was a coniferous forest with pine and cedar trees

“While you were ae ventured into the first floor to ensure that a e did not occur, and this was how it appeared, my lord,” said Bone Man “The monsters… were like that”

Bone Man was pointing at an enorhtly-coloredof this place being a coniferous forest… a Rank 3 Poison Mushroom

They looked like giantappearance, they were viciousspores on their corpses in order to reproduce

There were three of the there

“They’re standing up,” said Vandalieu

“… At this distance, they’re within range of bows and arrows, but why are thosethere?” Basdia asked

“Perhaps it’s because there are so ested

“No, they would run if that were the case,” said Zadiris “Well, I suppose we should try and attack them”

Basdia, Zadiris and Kachia cast their spells to try attacking them All of them were spells intended to test the waters, so none of them had much power

The Poison Mushrooms remained motionless and took the attacks frorant s mushrooms drifted into the air

“They’re not ,” Vandalieu remarked

“Hmm, how eerie,” said Zadiris

“This is how the monsters have been,” said Bone Man “Incidentally, I also defeated four of them with my bow and arrows, jyuuh”

“I threw aro “They were different h”

“So you defeated the that I’ those Poison Mushrooms,” said Vandalieu

“Very well, leave it tothe staff that Vandalieu had taken froes’ Guild’s Guild Master, used the Blade of Light spell to defeat the Poison Mushrooms in the blink of an eye

Vandalieu looked at the defeated person-shapedhis head in confusion

“Those Poison Mushrooms have no souls,” he said “I wonder why”

“Indeed, I can’t see them,” said Darcia

“Isn’t that because they’re plants?” Bilde asked

“Even plants have souls, Bilde,” Vandalieu told her

He didn’t know about other worlds, but plants in Lambda had souls To be

It was true that he didn’t know if anisms and viruses had souls; he couldn’t see them without an electron ine that Poison Mushrooms wouldn’t have them

“Also, Poison Mushrooms we defeated in other places had souls,” Vandalieu pointed out

“Then why in the world don’t they have any?” Darcia wondered

“Aren’t the souls still soaro asked

“No, they’re already dead,” said Vandalieu “But let’s check whether there are Magic Stones”

Magic Stones normally appeared in the parts of the ic Stones were present in a monster’s body, it was certain that the monster was dead

Cutting open the Poison Mushrooic Stones had indeed appeared These Poison Mushrooms were unmistakably dead

“Hmm, I don’t understand,” said Vandalieu “It’s not like I broke their souls, but they were able to exist without them Luciliano, do you have any ideas?” he asked

“Master, I ae, not a Spiritualist, so I could not possibly know,” Luciliano replied

“Jyuuh~ I did not pay it ain, it is strange after all,” said Bone Man “Could it be because this is a Dungeon that you created, my lord?”

“Indeed, it is difficult to say as I have never heard of an artificially-created Dungeon before, but… Well, apart from Undead, only Spiritualists and you can see whether they have souls or not, boy,” said Zadiris

They couldn’t be certain of anything It was unclear as to what principles and eons, so they didn’t know anything at all

“Well, as for why they have no souls, the next time I have the opportunity to meet a God, I’ll ask,” said Vandalieu, but there was no telling whether any Gods would even answer his question

This question was stepping into the reale

Dungeons generatedGuduranis’s circle of transh the systeeons

This applied for Dungeons created by the evil Gods as well

But Vandalieu didn’t have his own circle of transration system, nor did he know of a way to use the other systems

Because of this, the eon created by Vandalieu were like soulless robots with living bodies The exceptions were eon from outside or monsters whose empty bodies had been possessed by exterior souls

The same applied for Heinz’s Skeleton Caverns near the city of Niarki; the rara the moment they were born Other than the e, the eon didn’t have souls

But this information was only known to the Gods, so Vandalieu and his companions couldn’t even make such conjectures They had no choice but to put this matter aside for now and continue on

“Well, isn’t it fine?” said Darcia “You can still earn Experience Points, can’t you?”

Vandalieu shook his head “We can, but since they’re just standing like scarecroon’t get practice for our skills,” he said “It would be better if they just attacked us normally”

There were Poison Apes nearby, apes with venomous saliva, motionless like the Poisonous Mushroo, as if a switch had been flipped, they attacked his party

After being surprised by the Poisonous Apes but defeating theated why they had suddenly begunother monsters

“Stop, turn over, paw, stay, come, stop… Yes, the only ones that work see the Rank 4 Poison Ents freeze like dolls and attack by swinging their branches based on his commands

“How surprising… is it different fro them?” asked Kachia

“Yes, it is,” Vandalieu replied “They don’t obey any other commands For example, please take me around this place three times”

There was the sound of buzzing wings

The Ces, flew up and took hiround

“And now… takethe same co an inch

“As you can see, they don’t respond to my words,” said Vandalieu

“Wouldn’t one normally tell them to spin around three tiave these strange monsters bewildered looks

“It does see,” said Basdia

“Isn’t it because they have no souls? I don’t know h,” said Kachia

“Perhaps they do listen to some of Vandalieu’s coeon?” Darcia suggested

“Indeed, now that I think about it, they seem quite similar to Golems,” said Basdia

“Si relieved that he hadn’t been ignored this ti “Goleh there are various ways to create the they have in common is that they produce Golems with no souls Thus, in order to move, they require direct orders from the Alchemist that is their master or they iven to them beforehand It is said that Gole decisions as hue of the Gods, but now, even those that merely respond to the sound of their masters’ voices and are able to obey a nuh-class products, Master”

“The Goleh,” said Basdia

“… No Alche Golems as capable as Master’s,” said Luciliano, his o a revolution”

After co the Golem surveillance network and Golem factories that used Golems in place of machines, Luciliano had experienced several occasions of shock that nullified his previous knowledge

Luciliano had beco the way that he used the many beautiful, fearsome Ghosts to cast a spell to cave in a five-hundred-meter-tall rocky mountain without any incantation, but not even a few days had passed since cos that overturned concepts that ranted He didn’t even want to count them anymore

“Leaving that revolution aside, it does seeely is the fact that they have no souls,” said Luciliano

Vandalieu, who didn’t have a good idea of these concepts that ranted, simply accepted this explanation and nodded

He also decided to cut down these Poison Ents with his claws for now “They won’tlike this, so I’ll have them attack us normally,” he said

From then on, the monsters attacked the party noreon Vandalieu didn’t knoorked, but all of the monsters seemed to be this way even as they moved down the floors, so it was likely that all of the eon would be like this

“Later on, we’ll have to check whether the monsters still behave like this when Vandalieu isn’t here,” said Vigaro

“You are right,” Zadiris agreed “If we need the boy to give the”

“… You can gather o out of your way to make it more difficult?” Luciliano wondered

Vigaro and Zadiris were of a warrior race, but Luciliano gave theeon where reater could be hunted – every nation would want this Dungeon if they knew about it

“What are you saying?” asked Zadiris “You are an adventurer, are you not?”

“I am an adventurer, but not all adventurers like adventures,” Luciliano replied

“Hmm, I suppose there would be a lot of people ould continue doing this because they can’t gain Experience Points any other way And even if our skills don’t level up, we gain levels… I ht have been pretty happy with this before I becaree with Luciliano

It seemed that not all adventurers arriors This fact surprised everyone other than these two

“What did you say?! Are adventurers not always full of fighting spirit?!” Zadiris exclaimed in shock

“I thought everyone was as reckless as aro

“Are they not?” asked Levia “Borkus in particular was always saying that combat was the daily bread of warriors in Talosheim”

“Jyuuh, I was so surprised that my jaw… My lord, please pick it up for me,” said Bone Man

“It’s hard to believe What do you think, Van?” Basdia asked

It was not only the Ghouls, who had only encountered adventurers who had cohting; Princess Levia had believed this as well

“The adventurers I know are Mom, Kachia, Borkus and the others… I think that people like Kachia are in the minority,” said Vandalieu as he picked up Bone Man’s jaw

It seee with a small view of the world

Vandalieu’s party descended fro whether there were any monsters or traps

There were soeon, such as the leaves of the trees and patches of wetlands, but they were mostly forests

Other than the top few floors, the monsters were mostly plant-type monsters of Rank 4 and above The next most common monsters were insects, amphibians, reptiles, animals and fish in that order

Many of the monsters had the ability to inflict poison and disease, so anyone trying to clear this Dungeon without preparing properly beforehand could run into unexpected difficulties If they weren’t Undead, that is

There were quite a few traps, too Pitfalls, webs that fell fros up into the air There were even logs with spikes that caered

They weren’t the kinds of traps that would be found in ruins; they were uerilla warfare

“If the difficulty of the Dungeon was formally classified, I suppose it would be considered C-class,” said Luciliano

“C-class, huh The only C-class Dungeon around before this was Borkus’s Sub-Dragon Savannah, so everyone should be happy,” said Vigaro

“It’s been packed every day,” added Basdia “Lately, it’s not been unusual for there to be eon than monsters inside it”

“Actually, nobody goes to clear the D-class Dungeons except for the stonemasons and fishermen nowadays, so they’re pretty e to them these days, either”

There were four other Dungeons near Talosheieon and one C-class Dungeon, so Basdia and Kachia had been finding it troublesome to find a place to train

“The C-class Dungeon is packed full of people?! … Are the people here monsters?” Luciliano wondered

Noreons of C-class and above wouldn’t be packed There were few adventurers who could progress to C-class and beyond

D-class Dungeons, on the other hand, would be contested hunting grounds for the many D-class adventurers

The only tieons were full of people hen the first couple of floors contained desirable items for veteran D-class adventurers, or when certain products or her price than normal

nobody could bla amazed

“Things weren’t like this two hundred years ago, though…” said Levia

“Until Vandalieu brought Levia-san and the others back, it was like the whole nation except for me and the children were adventurers,” said Darcia

“And us Undead do not tire,” said Bone Man “We can train in the Dungeons for days on end, jyuuh”

“On top of that, I train in the Dungeons, and the ingredients for fish sauce, eons Everyone’s working hard,” said Vandalieu