Chapter 155 (2/2)

“In fact, several noble bloodlines of the Sauron Duchy were ended in the previous war And once the noble fa army’s side are crushed in punishment, it would be simple to set up ten or twenty new noble fah But that’s probably what they thought ere after,” Miles spat

Princess Levia blinked in surprise “But even if that was the case, would they ignore us and then pretend that ere dead? After all, there is room for ten or twenty new noble families to form, isn’t there?” she said

“I’dom has already decided how the new court ranks and land will be distributed I was on the kingdos, and it’s apparently quite fierce The power struggle between Duke Sauron’s orphans, the second son Rudel and the fifth son Veedal,” said Miles

“In other words, the brothers each gathered supporters by offering thee for their support,” said Sam, who had once been a nobleman’s servant

For the noble fadom’s other duchies, the land of the Sauron Duchy was distant, and there would be no direct benefit for theood for the second or third sons of their families to rule the lands as nobles of the Sauron Duchy It would lead to the prosperity of their own families

That hy the distribution of court ranks and land had already been decided, with none left to be given to the resistance members

With that being the case, it would have been fine to just give them the former Scylla territory, but… there was the possibility that Duke Sauron would receive a flood of criticis these heroes such remote lands

Thus, it had been more convenient to say that they were dead

Now that the initial explanation was co in frustration… an adopted daughter of a noble fa Princess Knight in Iris’s place, spoke up

“That’s not all They’re just displeased with it; they’re scared to admit that we’ve achieved more than them!” she shouted

“It can’t be helped that the guys frohts to succeed our fa hisus when they fled to other duchies…”

“They thought that ould resent the when they returned to the Sauron Duchy How could they distrust us e didn’t say anything like that in our letters!” spat the youngest son of a family of earls

These tere members who had tried to coordinate their activities with the kingdoion

They had used atheir faht and Sauron Liberation Front were still going strong and that although a part of the former Scylla Territory had beco this to keep the army

But they were feeling frustrated because, as a result of their coiven the Orbau army was in chaos and that there were still no reinforcements from the Amid Empire or its vassal states

They likely felt a strong sense of betrayal at this fact alone

These explanations were very easy for Vandalieu to understand

“I see,” he said

He knew very well that people, including himself, were creatures that could become very cruel based on their emotions

The nobles that were the fanificant involvement with the operation to retake the Sauron Duchy And they had ignored the existence of the resistance members It was likely that they did not want the children and adopted children they had abandoned to gain achieveained the power to succeed their families, they would become political enemies

If that wasn’t the case, the least they would have done was tell the nobles in the resistance, “We’ll tell everyone that the Princess Knight is dead but you et out of the resistance and estion upon receiving it was another matter

“Udoht? But considering what’s happened, maybe the duke’s second son is no different” said Orbia, who had fallen victi force against the occupying army

“The kingdoreeh”

“It’s true that there aren’t any decent ones…”

Now that Vandalieu thought about it, he got the feeling that other than those ere dom’s nobles were horrible people The Hartner fahts from which Raymond and Rick had come…

It was a large difference frodew

Vandalieu could feel his opinion of the Orbau further and further

“Though I get the feeling that I don’t need to make excuses for them… I will say that there is a possibility that they really think that the resistance has been destroyed,” said Eleanora “The fact thatSwords died and the fact that the members of the duke’s army and the mercenaries that were sent in afterwards haven’t made it back alive have been blamed on a powerful e, after all”

“Now that you ht be natural for them to think it more likely that only a small portion of the resistance are alive,” said Vandalieu

It was iiven their usual fighting capabilities

“I’ot carried away…” Borkushis head as if collapsing

Having gained even more power under the effects of Vandalieu’s Dark Deone on a raainst Duke Marme’s army His roars and the thunderous sounds produced by his slashi+ng attacks had echoed all the way outside the former Scylla territory And it seemed that he had left several survivors, so Borkus’s appearance had been known to the occupying ardom’s army as well

With knowledge that an abnor around the for as their base, it wouldn’t be strange for them to think that the resistance had been wiped out

“But there should have been warning signs outside that had clearly been made by people,” said Bellmond

“Wouldn’t it be assuns were built? And Bell about a theoretical assudom’s actions,” said Kimberley

It was likely that between Duke Sauron and the rest of the Orbaudom, there were both those who had announced that the resistance members were dead because they were an obstacle to them, and those who believed that they had been wiped out by monsters

“Leaving that aside, what shall we do from here on?” Vandalieu asked

It was still quite an unsatisfactory outcoion had been retaken by the Orbaudom, and an orphan of the late Duke Sauron had taken the position of duke For the majority of the people of the Sauron Duchy, this was a joyful turn of events

The resistance couldn’t do anything er here

Of course, it was possible to announce that the Liberating Princess Knight and the Sauron Liberation Front were still alive, denying the new duke’s announce people the truth

But it seemed that Iris had no intention to do this

“Your Majesty… it see Princess Knight to take er e who have supportedas a resistance, but a mere rebellion”

“Ojou-sama! We do not care about that!” Cubas exclaimed

“Calm yourself, Cubas… We are happy that you feel that way, but the people are not likely to support us,” said George

As Iris and George said, even if they told the truth to the people, the vast majority of them would not support them

The Liberating Princess Knight was someone who kept her true identity hidden and acted as a symbol of the resistance, so even if they insisted that she was still alive, the people had no way of knohether it was the real one or a fake

And, of course, the new Duke Sauron and his ad to be the Princess Knight

“Cubas, have you not already been forbidden to speak about us?” Iris asked

The expression on Cubas’s face made it clear that he had apparently been forbidden frodom’s army It was probably correct to assu as well

Borkus, who had been sitting in a daze, suddenly stood up “das have come to this, I’ll just beat that new Duke Sauron to death!” he shouted

As if his voice had sparked a fire, a portion of the resistance members, Rita, Saria, the representative of the Ghouls who lived in the Devil’s Nests of the Sauron region, Bone Man, Knochen and the crudely-

“That’s right! We can’t just sit here quietly and accept this!”

“We’ll go as well!”

“Let’s go, everyone!”

“UOOOOH! We’ll offer their heads to King!”

“We shall cleanse this humiliation with the blood, entrails and spinal fluid of Rudel Sauron!”

“UOOOOHN!”

Vandalieu used his Screa time “SORRY, BUT IGNORE THAT!” he shouted

If he hadn’t stopped everyone, the Sauron Duchy would likely have turned into a ghastly, hellish landscape

“Why, kid?!” Borkus demanded

“If we did that, it wouldit with military force, wouldn’t it? And our relationshi+p with the Orbaudom would definitely becoainst the Amid Empire, we can’t afford to be on hostile terdom as well”

If one took the fighting forces present here and added the fighting forces in the nations within the Boundary Mountain Range, including Talosheireat nations at once

But that would cause Vandalieu’s arreat casualties Vandalieu didn’t want the Sauron region that badly

Iris and her companions had opposed the Aion out of their love for their hoion for themselves

And even Vandalieu would hesitate to face the reanization in the Orbaudom, the S-class adventurer Randolf ‘the True,’ and the Five-colored Blades led by Heinz all at once

The reincarnated individuals were certain to get involved as well

“That’s how it is,” said Vandalieu “In the end, we succeeded in achieving the objective of preparing an environment that allows us to focus on the Trial of Zakkart, and I understand your frustration, but let’s turn that around on the next opportunity we get Two out of twelve were no good, but there are still ten left, so let’s recover with those”

There were twelve duchies in the Orbaudom The Hartner Duchy and the Sauron Duchy were the two that Vandalieu had decided to give up on

He would just need to choose a good ally out of the other ten, increase Talosheies with that duchy andtreated him poorly

That hat Vandalieu thought, but Cubas seehastly pale, he pressed his forehead against the ground once more

“P-please, please have mercy on us common people!” he shouted

“… Even though I said the regions are no good, it doesn’tto them,” Vandalieu said

Cubas was indeed acquainted with Vandalieu, but it seee masses of Undead”

And the crudely-ained achieveh eneone, they looked at Vandalieu with the gazes of abandoned puppies (though they simply looked like the eyes of corpses to everyone other than Vandalieu)

“… What’s going to happen to us?”

“Gegigih…”

“Achievements…”

Saria and the other Undead were depressed as well Bone Man looked particularly down Having just awakened his superior Skill and gained a Unique Skill, he had been very enthusiastic, but his opportunity to be of use had been delayed

“… Our chance to shi+ne,” Saria sighed

“We’ll be put on hold at a time like this?” said Rita

“Jyuooh…” Bone Man murmured Finally, it was not only his jaw, but his shoulders that fell to the ground as well

“Well, there is still the Trial of Zakkart,” said Princess Levia

“It’s dangerous for the resistance to stay here in the Sauron region, so perhaps it’s better to have the to have trouble living here, why not have theested

“It would be perfect to have the crudely-ion,” said Eleanora “They were in with, and it would be a waste to just abandon the rice paddies”

“Now then, Dannsa of Rita and the others to you,” said Bellmond

“Okay,” said Vandalieu “Here, don’t physically drop your jaw and shoulders; make yourself look proper,” he told Bone Man

TLN: This is a joke alluding to the fact that Bone Man’s jaws and shoulders have dropped both physically anddown/face falling

And so, Vandalieu gave up on the Sauron Duchy

There were ten redom

title explanation:

【De】

A title given by Gods It has the effects of the ‘Second Coives bonuses to the growth and develop the title holder as well as bonuses to the creation of new iven by the Gods of Alda’s faction, Vida’s races are included aain these bonuses

Also, the da Artifacts, including Orichalcum weapons, is increased When a chae taken is even greater

And those with the divine protections of the Gods who gave the title holder this title have bonuses when fighting the title holder

In addition, as an effect that Alda and his followers did not expect, frag that have never interacted with Vandalieu before acknowledge him as their main body

But as the title holder already draws sufficient attention froiven him the title, the effects of ‘Monstrosity’ are lessened; those in the underworld who are drawn to the title of ‘De’ are likely very few in number (Either because it is so difficult to believe, or because he has been recognized as a monster with a person’s appearance)

And because the Skill Syste subordinates more easily is not applied

TLN: This is a confusing explanation and o and reread the ‘Monstrosity’ title’s explanation in chapter 101

Name: Bone Man

Rank: 10

Race: Skeleton Blade Duke

Level: 3

Passive skills:

Dark Vision

Superhuth: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)

Strengthened Attribute Values: Loyalty: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)

Spirit Form: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

Strengthened Attribute Values: Mounted: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)

Active skills:

Hollow Bone Swordsmanshi+p: Level 1 (Awakened from Swordsmanshi+p!)

shi+eld Technique: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

Archery: Level 6

Silent Steps: Level 3

Coordination: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)

Co: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)

Armor Technique: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)

Mount: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)

Long-distance Control: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)

Aura of Fear: Level 2 (NEW!)

Unique skills:

Bone Blades (NEW!)

Xerx’s Divine Protection (NEW!)

Monster explanation:

【Skeleton Blade Duke】

The Rank 9 Skeleton Duke Bone Man fought Ravovifard, the evil God of release, and awakened a superior Swordsmanshi+p Skill He also received the divine protection of Xerx, the God of battle flags Through these processes, his Rank increased and he has become a Skeleton Blade Duke

An ordinary progression would have caused hi, but he has beco of the same Rank

Normally, it is extreic-related superior Skills other than those boosting physical abilities such as Monstrous Strength; almost no monsters have achieved this An exception is the sh Goblins that possess near-huence

Also, there are a few exceptions accounted for by those who possessed superior Skills while alive and then became Undead

Bone Man does not fall into either of these categories; he began as a Rank 1 Living Bones with rat spirits possessing the bones of a human, and now he has reached Rank 10 with an awakened superior Skill He is such a rare case that it would be fitting for his name to be left in history

Skill explanation:

【Bone Blades】

A Skill that allows the simultaneous use of every bone of the user’s body as bladed weapons It does not si attacks; they receive bonuses from combat-related Skills and it is possible to activate martial skills

Also, Bone Man is able to use the Long-distance Control Skill, separating all of his bones andthem individually to attack his enemies

Like Fore the for blades