Chapter 117 (2/2)

A faed fro from its chrysalis

“You’re from the extermination force…!” said Kurt

Kurt didn’t remember the man’s name, but he had been a scout of Mardock’s unit Kurt had seen him a few times, but he had always maintained a stiff expressionlessness, perhaps because he was earnest or perhaps because he was siloomy individual

“I am Kimberley, forston~” Thea twisted srin that exposed his teeth

As Kiround like a piece of rotten wood, but Kurt found himself unable to move

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Kurt was the third son of the Legston faenerations, but he hith of a hero He wasn’t particularly strong coht

Iif I had some more space and my weapon and shi+eld were nearby, but… Well, I was coston thought

But even as he gave up hope, his mouth asked another question on its own “… To think that Mardock was possessed by a Ghost What about the other members of the extermination force?”

“No, Mardock is the only one who has been taken over by a Ghost’s Possession skill I’ure

“That makes no difference to me,” said Kurt

It seemed that over a dozen enemies had entered the fort The h to begin with, and it was unlikely that they had felt any sense of caution towards Mardock and histhe heads of two important members of the resistance

Thinking about future iaze towards the s to tell me that you’re after my head,” he said in self-deprecation

The soal is you But with your head still attached, if possible”

A pale sure, and the blackness that looked like the darkness of the night rapidly began to disappear What was left was a white Dhampir child

Kurt himself had never seen this child before, but he reiven ‘just in case’

“You are Vandalieu?!”

Vandalieu blinked in surprise at the fact that his own name had come from Kurt’s mouth “Why do you know my name?” he asked

“… It is a name told toall of those things… slaughtering the entire expedition of six thousandover half of the the Undead and deadly poison, did you think that ould not be cautious of you?”

And for Kurt, Vandalieu was the killer of his older brother and the reason that he had been demoted

He had wondered what kind of monster Vandalieu would be, but Vandalieu’s appearance was truly that of a child He had a well-featured face that could pass for a girl’s, a doll-like expressionlessness and wax-like skin that didn’t look like it belonged to a living person at all

But he was a monster to be feared

Kurt had heard fro shi+eld-nation’s ion of the continent beyond the Boundary Mountain Range Top secret orders had been issued to the coarrisons near the Boundary Mountain Range, to be followed in the event that Vandalieu was discovered Those orders were to report the Dha battle and keeping casualties to a minimum

But Kurt hadn’t been seriously vigilant about this, as he hadn’t expected that the Dhampir would appear in the fore

He would never have dreamed that Vandalieu would come to the former Sauron Duchy in order to obtain rice

“I see Well, I suppose any place under the E like this,” said Vandalieu, satisfied with this explanation “So, this is the business that I’ve even gone as far as to use my ‘ink’ to sneak in here for I want to recruit you”

“Recruithis own ears It seemed impossible in a variety of ways; he found it difficult to believe that he was even that valuable an individual But then he voiced the greatest of the questions that he had “Can’t you do that after killingall this effort?”

Considering the expedition army’s transformation into Undead and Kimberley’s transformation into a Ghost, there was no doubt that the boy in front of Kurt’s eyes could ta out of his way to recruit a living soldier of an enemy nation? Wasn’t this some kind of trap? Kurt couldn’t trust Vandalieu at all until these questions were answered

But it wasn’t Vandalieu who answered Kurt’s question

“It’s because I recoure, who had remained silent after the first words it spoke when it first entered

A thin s’s ink that had been used as ca a deathly-pale face that Kurt knew very well Kurt’s jaw alround

“Ani-ue, Chezare-ani-ue?!”

“I received your letter before the expedition army departed, but it’s been three, no, four years since we last talked directly? Or should I say that it’s the first tied considerably since we last ed his shoulders as if finally giving up on so “Ah, it’s useless I can’t remember what kind of face Ithat aside, have you gotten married yet?”

“… That is the face, Ani-ue After you became an adult, you did have a politer tone, however,” said Kurt “The e proposal I reported in my letter was canceled after the expedition army was defeated and I was demoted”

“I see That’s convenient for us,” said Chezare “So, you ondering e made all this effort to recruit you, weren’t you?”

“I would like you to apologize, Ani-ue, even if only as a formality”

From Kurt’s point of view, the words and behavior of the Undead before his eyes were exactly like those of his older brother, to the point that they were exchanging these words so naturally

Kurt was a believer of Alda; it was only natural for his But he couldn’t deny that this was certainly his older brother

“The reason is because there is a possibility that your personality and ed when you become an Undead,” Chezare continued “It’s only natural, since it’s soed quite a lot myself, haven’t I?”

“No, that is not… No, you have indeed changed quite a lot,” Kurt agreed He felt that there was so decisively different about his older brother compared to when he had been alive

While he was alive, Chezare would have never infiltrated a fort of the enemy army for any reason

“There are so Undead; that’s true for me and Kimberley But that doesn’t mean it will be true for you That’s why His Majesty has come to recruit you”

“If I refuse, will I be killed and turned into an Undead?” Kurt asked with a bitter smile

“Yes,” Vandalieu replied “It’s already been decided that this fort will fall, so that’s ill happen”

There wasn’t any use in lying, so he answered honestly The act of slaughtering six thousand people froht have been a defensive battle followed by a counterattack from the perspective of Vandalieu and his allies, but from Kurt’s point of view, these actions were likely the act of a fiend

“So, this is how you’ll be treated if you accept my recruitment My nation doesn’t have an aristocratic systeuarantee you a court rank, however” Vandalieu handed Kurt a document

Kurt took it, but before even looking at it, he gave Vandalieu a bewildered look “Didn’t you think that I would be enraged and refuse you? You are my brother’s killer”

“I did,” said Vandalieu “That’s why I prepared plenty of fighting forces before co here”

Princess Levia, Orbia and a large number of other Ghosts appeared around Vandalieu for athat the creepily-s Kimberley wasn’t the only Ghost around, Kurt’s expression stiffened

“But Chezare has told me that you’re a calm, patient person,” Vandalieu continued “If you still hateface-to-face like this, so I would accept if you were to challenge me to a one-on-one duel Would you like that?”

With his expression still frozen, Kurt thought… The strength left his face and shoulders as he gave his answer “I shall decline I am thankful for your consideration”

Even if they were to duel, Kurt did not feel like he could win against the child before his eyes Chezare and Kie him to decline as well, but thehim at all costs”

And Kurt had never particularly hated the ‘Monstrosity’ that had turned the tables on the expedition army

Though he had felt seething e the news, once he cal shi+eld-nation had simply lost a war

It had invaded enemy lands, been completely defeated and then suffered an invasion in return Excluding the Undead, these were events that had repeated theain

It wasn’t as if he felt no grudge at all, but after talking to the Undead older brother before his eyes, even that grudge had groeaker It ht have been different if his older brother had been rotting and letting out groans of suffering, but Chezare was almost exactly the same as he had been while alive other than the deathly-pale color of his skin

Perhaps as an Alda believer, it was proper for hi a believer of Alda, he was a military man, a commander

The king of the enemy nation had personally coe sides before killing hi, and in this situation, he had essentially already been defeated

Considering these facts, Kurt had no tiot in the way of his work

“But ill happen if I sell out my subordinates and betray my homeland?” Kurt asked

“The details regarding that are written in the document,” said Vandalieu

Kurt lowered his gaze to the document in his hands to find that the details were indeed written there

If Kurt accepted Vandalieu’s recruitment, all of his subordinates’ lives would be spared

And there were pro shi+eld-nation went to ith Taloshei taken to persuade the Legston family to join Talosheim’s side

If all of the proood conditions for Kurt

However, there were also some points that concerned him

“Why have you gone out of your way to write, ‘I will definitely kill Thootiable?’” Kurt asked

“He has connections to the Vampires orshi+p an evil God, and he is one of the masterminds behind my mother’s death,” Vandalieu replied

“… Would you care to tell me about this topic in more detail, ‘Your Majesty?’”

It didn’t take long for Kurt to renounce his faith in Alda and swear loyalty to Vandalieu and his nation while still alive

Name: Eisen

Rank: 7

Race: Huge Skogsrå

Level: 1

Passive skills:

Superhuth: Level 7

Rapid Regeneration: Level 6

Status Effect Resistance: Level 6

Magic Resistance: Level 6

Physical Resistance: Level 6

Augmented Vitality: Level 8

Enhanced Physical Ability (Bark, Branches): Level 7

Fruit Production: Level 10

Sap Production: Level 10

Branch Production: Level 10

Allure: Level 5

Active skills:Unar Technique: Level 3

Throwing: Level 3

Armor Technique: Level 1

Spirit Siphon: Level 1

Monster explanation:

【Skogsrå】

A plant-type monster of which none currently exist in Lambda other than Eisen She appeared as a result of her Rank increasing froiven to her because her appearance is siends that Vandalieu heard in Origin There are also siends on Earth

Their base Rank is 6

They are beautiful woreen skin, but the skin on their backs is replaced with bark, and several branches grow from there Also, they possess tails similar to those of cows for some unknown reason

There are no other Skogsrå in Volume 5, so it is difficult to inspect them as a race, but because Eisen was forenerative abilities and a great resistance to status effects When she was an Iht, so she has acquired the Unar Technique skill She has also learned the Throwing skill fro her fruit

She can extend the branches on her back to use them as weapons, and produce fruit froh-quality syrup The wooden clothes that she wears were actually created by her, and can be replaced at any time

Other than her sith, she is also surrounded by a charh-class prostitute due to her Allure passive skill, and she can touch any creatures she seduces to attack them with Spirit Siphon

Also, it is thought that she can becoic or perhaps both

She looks similar to a human in appearance, but she is essentially a plant, so she can survive for a long period of tiht However, she is also capable of eating

Incidentally, it is a ht that her vocabulary will grow in the future

She secretly participated during the battle against Guba this battle, she has developed into a Rank 7 Huge Skogsrå

As the Adventurers’ Guild has never identified Skogsrå, the parts used as proof of extererous they are and the tradeable materials that can be obtained from them are unknown