Chapter 143 (1/2)

Even after Bugitas had usurped the throne, the noble Orc ee order to it

During the few days following Bugitas and his vassals’ successful coup d’état, they had employed violence They had killed those who disobeyed them and committed the previously-forbidden cannibalise, the evil God of degenerate corpulence who had provided s to the empire up until then, as well as the flesh-wives that had been given for the Orcs to marry, in the churches

However, after those few days, large incidents stopped happening A nuathered, and some of the upset citizens and Orcs had been killed This was indeed tragic, but on the whole, the dah to shake the empire

That was because Bugitas had sent generals like Budirud and Bufudin out to lead arions, so there were less rulers in the eitas had restrained his subordinates to some extent

He couldn’t inflict great dae to the ee too hard, there was no telling what she would do in desperation

The evil Gods who had once been a part of the De’s army were not involved in the maintenance and control of Lambda

The Gods of Lambda needed to hold back a certain amount of power to maintain the world, but the evil Gods could wield their power as they wished

They could even descend upon the world and go on a rauished

That was true for both the Gods who had joined Vida’s side like Mububujenge, and for the Gods on Vida’s side who had been forced out of their positions as Gods

Such an act was equivalent to self-destruction, and not so that a sane God would do But for the evil Gods, insanity was sanity

As Mububujenge and the other Gods ion of the continent from Alda, they were unlikely to lose themselves to desperation so easily, but caution was still needed

If Mububujenge was alone, Ravovifard would be able to defeat her, but if the other Gods were to sympathize with her and join her in her desperate act, Ravovifard would be at a disadvantage

Thus, it was necessary tocould be done even if they were to perform such desperate actions

Ravovifard’s objective was to take the other Gods of the southern region of the continent into a religious syste at the top

He would bring the Gods over to his side, one by one Ravovifard’s power of release had weak effects on other evil Gods, but there were many classic methods to employ, even without his special ability Intiainst Gods

But even this goal was nothing but a checkpoint He would take in Gods that obeyed him, seal away Gods that disobeyed, increase his power, defeat Alda, the God of law and fate as slowly but surely exhausting his power, and hold this world in his own hands

This was Ravovifard’s aitas orshi+pped him

An ar towards this ambition

As the scout on the watchtower reported this news, the noble Orcs looked and cheered at the sight of the army

“Those are the flags of General Budirud, General Bufudin and General Bugyap! They’ve returned!” one of the noble Orcs cried “Hurry and open the gate!”

But another noble Orc stopped him “Wait!”

“Why?! If we show disrespect to the generals bywhat kind of punishment we’ll receive!”

“You fool! Leaving aside General Budirud, as his army was sent to attack the Ghoul nation, why are General Bufudin and General Bugyap’s armies here as hen they were supposed to have been dispatched to the High Kobold and High Goblin nations?!”

Having this pointed out, the first noble Orc looked enerals

Budirud’s ar the Ghoul nation, but there was no way that Bufudin and Bugyap’s armies would return froitas, the emperor, were to call them back

No, if one thought about it, it was strange for Budirud’s are aers being sent to deliver the news of success unless they had slaughtered every single Ghoul

And the three generals were supposed to have been in separate places; why had they joined together to return to the empire?

And then the noble Orc realized

“R-rebellion! It’s a rebellion! The generals have betrayed us! Report this to His Majesty Bugitas and Chief General Buzazeos!”

“It sees! Hold up the flags of Prince Budarion and Taloshei that there were no signs of the gates opening and realizing that the rebellion had been seen through

The generals’ flags that had been held up high were thrown to the ground, and the flags of Prince Budarion and the empire were raised in their place

And the air around Budirud was filled with tragic cries

“I can’t run, I can’t run, I can’t run, I can’t run”

“I want to run, I want to run, I want to run, I want to run, I want to run”

“Impossible, impossible, impossible! We’re done for!”

“This is the end! There’s nothing but despair for me! Mommyyyyy!”

Bufudin, Bugyap, as well as Gargya who had usurped the throne of the High Kobold nation and Gido who had been ruling the High Goblin nation, ailing with expressions of despair on their faces, their teeth chattering

“You people… Nothing will change by being frightened and crying,” Budirud told them

“If nothing’s going to change, let us do as ant! This is already the end for us!” said Bufudin

“That’s right! Look at the other soldiers, too!” said Bugyap

The Orcs, noble Orcs and the lookouts of the eates hadn’t noticed, but at the back, there were the High Kobolds and High Goblins that had been Gargya and Gido’s subordinates They were so frightened that their fear would be clear even to those not familiar with other races

There were deep wrinkles in their faces and they were crying loudly They looked as if they were about to go and die less deaths

… Though there were hter, too

“See! We’re not the only ones crying!” Gargya said, fully open to how pathetic he was

“Bufuh,” Budirud sighed, not looking particularly shaken “You and I are co, how can we cry with them? Morale will drop, order will be lost and the ar as an arht in front of our eyes,” he said rationally

“Our deaths, you say… we’re already dead We’re dead, and so are you,” said Bugyap with dull, lifeless eyes

Indeed, the ar upon the noble Orc empire was made of Undead that Vandalieu had created from the corpses A Zombie army

Only the Magic Stones had been taken froitas’s subordinates that had been killed in the various places, with no further dis carried out on their bodies, so that this Undead army could be created

However, at first, Vandalieu hadn’t intended to use almost all of the defeated eneures like Budirud, creating several hundred Undead and spreading them across sparsely in front of allied forces would have been plenty to use as a meat shi+eld That hat had been intended at first

Recently-created Zombies have considerably lower Ranks than the abilities that they possessed while alive By becoitas’s False Guidance: Beast Path and, in Gargya and Gido’s case, Ravovifard’s divine protection… Of course, using Familiar Spirit Descent was impossible, too

And their currentthem, so they received only minimal effects from Guidance: Demon Path

Thus, they had become far weaker than they hile alive There would be no point inthe time it took to move

But things had changed when Vandalieu acquired the Corpse De Technique Skill

Up until now, Vandalieu’s Plant Binding Technique and Insect Binding Technique had allowed him to equip plants and insects inside his body and transport thee nu periods of time

This was because of a li creatures took the nutrients they needed from Vandalieu while they were equipped

Even if they were fine for short periods of tih nutrients for large nu creatures, and he would die of starvation if he kept them equipped for more than half a day

That hy Vandalieu always equipped insectoid and plant er, such as Pete, Cemetery Bees, Eisen and the Slime Kühl

Isn’t there a Dee aht from time to time

And then he had become able to equip Undead

Of course, Undead didn’t need nutrients They could eat, but it wasn’t a necessary act to maintain their own existence Thus, Vandalieu wouldn’t starve to death even if he equipped asperiods of time

Thus, he had relied on the effects of the Zombie Maker Job and his vast amount of Mana to create Zombies from all of the intact enemy corpses, equipped them and then released them in a place some distance away from the noble Orc empire

Of course, as Vandalieu hadn’t been present when the eneather a lot of their spirits, so Bugyap’s and Gido’s armies had much less Zombies

And the reason the Zombies other than Budirud were in sorrow and despair was because of the words that Vandalieu had spoken to them as he released them

“You are acting as a decoy and meat shi+eld Please draw the noble Orc empire’s eyes to yourselves, act as a wall for everyone froht the enemies But don’t cause harm to the empire’s citizens or defensive installments such as the walls And those who have not performed to my satisfaction and those who have disobeyed my orders will have their souls broken later,” he had told them

Since they were Undead, they hadn’t really cared about the first part of these orders They had already died, and their sense of pain was much different from the pain they had felt while they were alive They wouldn’t go out of their way to choose to experience a second death, but with Vandalieu ordering them, they didn’t feel particularly reluctant about it

After all, they had only just become Undead, so they hadn’t spent effort to increase their Levels or Skills Even if they died, they would just return to being spirits They had nothing to lose

But if their souls were destroyed, they would be annihilated in the truest sense of the word With that said, having their souls broken wasn’t the only thing they feared

“We’ll be neglected by hiht of as nuisances and stepped on and broken like pieces of trash!+” cried Bufudin

“Ah, I want to end this, I just want to end it… how nice would it be if death was the end!” said Gargya

Vandalieu had been their enemy while they were alive, but now, they perceived him to be charismatic

Gargya in particular hadn’t had anyone he considered precious to him other than himself while he was alive, so Vandalieu was now the only one that was ya was to himself

Vandalieu wouldn’t even recycle his spirit to use as a power source for Golems; he would simply decide that he was unnecessary and dispose of hiht was far more than the fear and despair of a second death

But Budirud didn’t look sorrowful at all “Is that what you’re worried about?” he said with a laugh

“Is that what, you say?! Has your fear driven you mad?!” Bufudin shouted

“What are you saying? I am very reatness during this battle, our souls will not be broken, even though we did all of those terrible things”

“Wha–?! How easy do you think that is?! We no longer have the Guidance or divine protection, and our Attribute Values have decreased! Many of our subordinates have even lost their Skills froe to their spirits! We’re essentially papier-yap pointed out

“And our enemies are the elite soldiers led by Chief General Buzazeos! Even with our joined forces, there is no way that we can defeat them!” said Bufudin

Buzazeos was the general of the noble Orc eitas He was a powerful individual who had thus been given the rank of Chief General, and while Budirud and Bufudin had been dispatched outside the nation, he had re with the elite soldiers he had raised hiht-hand man

He excelled not just as a coth as well, and there was such a difference in physical strength between hienerals like Budirud that they wouldn’t be able to defeat him in one-on-one combat Now that they had become Undead with lower Attribute Values, it was possible that they wouldn’t be able to defeat hiether

And since he was behind sturdy walls, they wouldn’t even be able to cross swords with him unless they approached and climbed over the walls

There was an enormous pile of unfavorable circumstances in front of their eyes

But Budirud spoke to Bufudin and Bugyap once more “It’s exactly as you say, and there is no path of escape for us Even if we beg for our lives, even if we lick the feet of the faainst the ground to beg for forgiveness, it will all be er hi the case, we have no choice but to fight as we have been ordered If you think that, your head will feel lighter and you will feel cheerful Don’t you think so?”

Bufudin and Bugyap exchanged looks

“Now that you ht that we have no choice but to fight”

“There is no other way to ht”

The fear and despair vanished fro away, replaced with the flames of insanity

“That’s right, we si we have,” said Bufudin “Raise your spears and fight! If your spear’s tip is broken, then fight with the handle, and if the handle is broken, then with your fists and fangs If your arrasp your arm with your other hand and wield it, or pull out your own ribs to use theht! Even if this becoht, even if your soul is broken in the end, at least become a piece of trash with some value!”

As if responding to Budirud’s words, the light of insanity glowed in the eyes of the Undead noble Orcs

“Fight! Fight!”

“Crush Buzazeos! If we can’t defeat hiroup, then defeat him as a swarm!”

“Kill! Kill before you are broken!”

Before he knew it, Budirud had become the center of the Undead army, a position different to the one he had possessed while alive

I’ve heard sole madman that believes that they’re insane, Vandalieu suddenly thought to himself as he walked towards the center of the city

The noble Orc empire’s townscape was ie nation

Since the citizens were two-meter-tall Orcs and three-e and built to be sturdy And the building lance, but it was so similar to concrete

Earth, gravel and some kind of powder had been mixed, shaped and dry-hardened with small stones attached to it to create walls

Vandalieu had only seen stone, wood or brick houses in human cities, so he was very ih the truth was that if one didn’t consider the ce ht

But the empire’s townscape was somewhat dusty noith no sense of liveliness

It was likely that the inhabitants didn’t have the tiovern a lively, clean townscape

“How sad,” Vandalieu muttered as he walked boldly down the noble Orc empire’s main road

Of course, there was a large nu back and forth on the main street

“BUGAH! BUBUHIH~!”

“noble-Orc-sama, what happened?”

“Buh… Silence! You citizens are in the way! Go and stay inside somewhere!”

“Business is over! Close your stores!”

Arreat hurry They were pushi+ng the citizens on the hty manner, and the citizens had fear and bewilderment on their faces

In an extreht past them

Vandalieu had killed every enemy that he had encountered so far, so the soldiers of the noble Orc empire weren’t aware of his existence Thus, he wouldn’t be noticed once he was inside the walls

Of course, Vandalieu’s appearance stood out enough to be conspicuous If his odd-colored eyes and fangs were noticed, one could immediately tell that he was a Dhampir, and the fact that he was not a citizen of the empire could be revealed