The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 110 (1/2)

Vandalieu suddenly realized that he was in a place that he didn’t recognize

“This is… ah, a dream”

Having experienced soe to De

But he felt more unpleasant than he had in the previous dream A sense of discomfort, as if he had accidentally trespassed into so it

“But it’s a drea to come?”

He began looking to see if there was anything around in his field of vision, which sos withouthis neck And then, suddenly, a voice called out to him

“Hel… lo…”

Vandalieu lowered his field of vision to see the owner of the voice, as below hile Scylla there

No, looking rotesque that resembled a Scylla

Green hair and two arms, the upper body of a woman, a lower body that resembled that of an octopus All of these were just like a Scylla’s at a glance

But when Vandalieu focused his eyes, he could see that all of these features were made of tentacles of different thicknesses, entwined around each other in bundles to form the shape of a Scylla

It was like an elaborate straw doll, made out of fibers of flesh It didn’t look particularly impressive as it was around half of Vandalieu’s size, but it was a little ghastly to look at up-close

The first thing that Vandalieu did was apologize to this o creature

“I’e where I’ above ”

Other than the children like Jadal and Varbie, Vandalieu was always surrounded by people ere taller than hi around to see whether anyone was around

“Not at all, do not concern yourself over such things… for it is I who suivetone that was unirotesque appearance

As for hoas speaking despite not having a mouth, the tentacles that formed the mouth-like area quivered in rhythm with the words spoken by its voice It seeether there in order to produce sound

For a drea was quite detailed

“My apologies, but could I ask who you are? And what important matter have I been summoned for?” Vandalieu asked

Judging frouess that it had some relation to the Scylla, but he still didn’t knohat it was so he maintained a polite tone The Scylla-like creature’s tentacles quivered as it answered

“I am known as Merrebeveil I felt an aberrant… abnor to ask who you ht be, I summoned you here”

Merrebeveil was a na before

“Is that not the name of the heroic Goddess worshi+pped by the Scylla race in their territory?”

Heroic Gods were heroes who had beco on later alterations to the religion or changes in history, but it was said thatthem resembled the appearance that they had when they were mortals

But then, wasn’t it likely that they would at least not look like masses of tentacles bound into the shape of a Scylla?

“That is aof the Sauron Kingdom that preceded the Sauron Duchy,” Merrebeveil said “I was originally the Evil God of Sli’s army I once made a voith the Goddess Vida and became a parent to the Scylla”

The truth was that she had been an evil God of the De’s army who ruled over tentacles

After being defeated a hundred thousand years ago in the battle between Vida and Alda, Merrebeveil and the Scylla of that tie The Scylla separated into individual families and went their separate ways, but a sizeable nu into these lands that were filled with mountains and marshes

Merrebeveil had originally been an evil God in a higher position than Fidirg, the Dragon God of Five Sins, so she had received less dae And since she had believers in the Scylla race, her power recoveredher divine blessing upon the her Familiar Spirit

But the nurew over tian to form nations, Merrebeveil’s very existence became a heavy burden upon the Scylla

As the Scylla worshi+pped an evil God, not only the believers of Alda, but the believers of other Gods whose knowledge and history had been forgotten and even believers of Vida treated the Scylla as targets to be feared and persecuted

“The people cannot distinguish between the evil Gods who are re’s army and the evil Gods who are on Vida’s side,” said Merrebeveil “Alda never intended to tell us apart to begin with, and Vida and the other pro”

“But I do think that at least Vida’s followers could understand,” said Vandalieu

“There were soe differences between believers of Vida Not all of theht in the battle that occurred one hundred thousand years ago; this was true then and it is still true now”

“… I suppose that is true”

Not all of Vida’s followers knew the truth about the world’s history Vandalieu knew this, but now that he was hearing Merrebeveil retell the tragedy of the Scylla race, he understood just how troublesome this fact was

“I did consider pretending to be defeated and going into slumber teested a clever idea,” Merrebeveil continued

As Merrebeveil was considering sacrificing herself so that the Scylla could escape persecution, the chief had suggested that they pretend that Merrebeveil was not an evil God

As a result, Merrebeveil, the Evil God of Slime and Tentacles, falsely became Merrebeveil, the heroic Goddess of the Scylla, and came to be worshi+pped this way

That was apparently why her previous appearance of being a largetentacles had transformed into her current Scylla-like appearance

Incidentally, falsely altering a religion ht sound easy to do froerous act for a God like Merrebeveil

Ss in the ears, but changing from an evil God to a heroic God would need the sa plastic surgery to the entire body while also receiving surgery to the internal organs at the same time

It was no different froery to become a creature made entirely of tentacles

Even if it succeeded, their divinity would change so their personality and biology would also change And even this result would be considered a good one; it was also possible that they would fall apart and be extinguished with their frag an entirely new God, as if they had been reincarnated It was even possible that they would separate into two Gods and become weaker

The Scylla chief of the past had suggested this without knowing how dangerous it would be, but Merrebeveil, after long deliberation, decided that there was a chance to succeed and accepted this suggestion

And just as she had hoped, she successfully disguised herself as a heroic Goddess with only her appearance changing a little and going fro more female

She seeuise herself as the heroic Goddess of the Scylla, her own children

“I see So that allowed you to decrease the persecution that the Scylla suffered from outsiders,” said Vandalieu

“Yes So, who may you be?” Merrebeveil asked

“Even if you ask e to Periveil-san that I would be co?”

“I was e that Vida-sa you directly like this, I can tell that you are indeed not normal”

“Nor that I should hide from a God, so I will tell you”

When did I become so important that a God would personally coments and my Mana pool that will reach one billion soon? Vandalieu wondered as he told Merrebeveil who he hat he had done up until now and why he had come to the Scylla territory

“Oh my… to think that these were the circumstances,” Merrebeveil murmured

For a hundred thousand years, Vida had been sending Divine Messages about Vandalieu to the Gods ere her allies as well as her own followers, but Merrebeveil had never received any detailed information

Merrebeveil, who had transformed from an evil God to a heroic Goddess, was partially different fro that Vida had known

Though this was a very rough exa anyone

“I understand the situation I, Merrebeveil, shall becoth” Merrebeveil lowered her head so low that it looked as if she was crushi+ng the lower half of her body

“Please raise your head,” said Vandalieu “I am happy to receive your support, but I a called ‘onmi’ by a God”

TLN: This is the polite pronoun for “you” that Merrebeveil has been using to refer to Vandalieu

Fidirg, who had been sealed in the Scaled King’s Nest, had met Vandalieu under unfortunate circumstances, but there should have been no reason for Merrebeveil to humble herself before Vandalieu

Being treated like this despite that felt uncomfortable But despite Vandalieu’s words, Merrebeveil showed no signs of accepting them

Unlike Rodcorte, many of Vida’s allies who had once been a part of the De

Despite being a Goddess, Merrebeveil had taken a s that this was the case, his irew even more favorable

“More is that I would certainly like you to accept,” said Merrebeveil “Because I had these, I was forced to restrict my power more than usual, but I am sure that you can make full use of them”

Her body divided s two black lumps that had been buried in the bundles of tentacles

“Are those frag?” Vandalieu asked

“Yes,” said Merrebeveil “These fragments are different to me in nature, so I was unable to seal both of theht up in the confusion during the battle of ten thousand years ago, and soments with you”

The Dements could often be used as powerful weapons, but for Merrebeveil, they were nothing but burdens

If they were misused and went out of control, it was possible that they could cause the events leading to the De’s resurrection That hy she had been devoted in keeping them sealed

“As a srant you the divine protection and title that I can…” Merrebeveil let out a small noise of frustration “It seems that a divine protection will be impossible”

“Ah, Fidirg said it was iain when you make a full recovery,” said Vandalieu

“Then a title, at least… you shall beco”

“… There is a similar title that is read the sa, you know?”

TLN: Tentacle King is 触王/shoku-ou I am fairly certain that the other title that Vandalieu is referring to is 色王, which is also read “shoku-ou” It roughly translates to “erotic/lewd king”

『You have acquired the ‘Tentacle King’ title! 』

『The level of the Abyss skill has increased!』

Vandalieu was surprised that he could hear the announcer in his head even inside a dreahtly anxious What will I tell everyone in Taloshei tentacles?

But why had the Abyss skill’s level increased?

“Butyou a title is… Shall I have some of my children serve you?” asked Merrebeveil

“No, you do not have to go so far,” said Vandalieu

“But with this, what I have given you does not match the burden that I have made you bear”

For Merrebeveil, the Deerous che Vandalieu accept theical for her to provide a befitting reward That hat she seemed to think

“Then please give Orbia, Privel, Periveil-san and everyone else the divine protection that was supposed to be for me,” said Vandalieu “Also, please tell all of the Scylla that they should become my allies”

“I have already bestowed my divine protection upon Periveil, but as you will,” said Merrebeveil

“Thank you verythese words, his consciousness blacked out

Merrebeveil’s body collapsed like that of an octopus or squid that had used up all of its strength

“… Heof hirateful for it… I do not wish to ain”

The truth was, Merrebeveil had lied to Vandalieu

She had told Vandalieu that she had ‘summoned’ him, but the reality was different The moment she tried to interfere with Vandalieu’s consciousness, he had ‘appeared’ in her own Divine Realm

In fact, Merrebeveil hadn’t deliberately taken a form that was sinal body had simply been smaller than Vandalieu’s mind

She had shuddered before the enor that had suddenly appeared and was late in calling out to him

“Leaving aside how grotesque and enor into my Divine Realm was the power of the Abyss skill I intended to look into him, but I was looked into instead”

Merrebeveil knew of several beings with powers similar to the Abyss skill that had existed in the world that she had originally been in before she becas had been the first to be obliterated by the De Guduranis

These were those who possessed the only power in that world that the De could not obtain

Though Vandalieu possessed a power that even the De’ into him, it should have been impossible for him to step into her Divine Realm

This had only happened because Merrebeveil had tried to touch Vandalieu’s mind, only to have him follow her instead

“Now that I think about it, it in with One who is seated in the depths would need to look up in order to see those in the shallows O gracious Vida You bless us with constant good fortune I pray for prosperity for me and my children”

He would be able to crush even the evil scheh expectations of Vandalieu, she gave thanks for how fortunate she had been to be able to form bonds of friendshi+p with him

Having woken up to find hi in her sleep, Vandalieu succeeded in using Spirit Form Transformation on his entire body to escape from beneath her

He quickly produced threads froed into thements that he had received from Merrebeveil

Judging froer in testing them inside the room

“… De’s suckers, activate”