Chapter 178 (1/2)

After engulfing the bone fragment that contained Darcia’s spirit, the root of life foran quietly pulsing away

“It will likely take about the same amount of time as it takes for a human baby to be born, but your arn

“So, tenan emotional nod

Approximately ten years had passed since Darcia was killed Her spirit would only have maintained itself for about a hundred years, so Vandalieu had been working hard towards the goal of resurrecting her before then He had placed his hopes in Vida’s resurrection device in Talosheis had been quite difficult

But now, Darcia would be resurrected in a little over ten more months In fact, she had already been resurrected in the sense that she was now a living organisain

Of course, Vandalieu felt the sense of not being able to wait that long There were s that he wanted to do with his ain But he knew that he needed to wait if it was going to take just ten more months

He had the ability to cast spells like Inaniets But there was no denying the possibility that using these spells could cause problems with Darcia’s new body

“I can’t afford to risk delaying our reunion for a long ti it up tenof time, ill happen to Mom’s lifespan?” Vandalieu asked, this question suddenly occurring to hie for her lifespan to become unlimited like ours,” said Eleanora “The root of life is coht? With a Dark Elf soul, h-Rank monsters, Orichalcum bones and even the blood of a Goddess… There’s no way that she will live for only a millennium or two”

“There are already other races with unlimited lifespans, like Vampires and us Majin, so I believe that it is not out of the question,” said Iris, agreeing with her

It seemed that the two of them were already certain that Darcia would be resurrected not as a Dark Elf, but as a new race altogether

“And Vandalieu, you can extend her lifespan for as long as you want, right? Just like you did to Zadiris and Tarea,” said Vigaro

Youth Transfor from the body At first, Vandalieu had hidden the existence of this spell, but it was non throughout the region inside the Boundary Mountain Range… because if one wanted to live a long life, transfor into a me their age reversed

Those who already had long lifespans were not that concerned with extending their lives Even if they died, their souls would likely return to Vandalieu, and they could simply become Undead if they still had an attachment to this world

And as for the risk of this infore… It wouldn’t change the A an enemy nation, so Vandalieu had decided that it wouldn’t make any difference

“That is true, but Youth Transforth of her lifespan,” said Vandalieu “It would be very problematic if her lifespan was extremely short”

“I believe it best you do not use it too much,” murmured Zadiris

“Yes, it would be problematic if she were to beco away

The two of them had experienced Youth Transformation before It was supposed to be a medical procedure, but…

“Well, even if it is short, a few decades would be enough, right? If you think it’s too short, you can use that time to research and find ways to extend her lifespan,” said Zandia “I’ing soin with”

Vandalieu nodded in agreee, but in this world, i the dead

“Incidentally, ill become of the Trial of Zakkart?” Zadiris asked

Noreons would continue to exist forever once they appeared

But this was a labyrinth that was personally arn, the evil God of labyrinths, and it was through his power that it Teleported around the world There was no guarantee that it would follow the saeons

As for the answer to Zadiris’s question, it see the Trial of Zakkart It was a noreon; it would continue to function even after he left it, but some of the trials… for exae trial, would no longer exist

In addition, soarn’s eer appear

Froeon that existed in the Dark Elf nation

“But if I coeon once arn “I shall , Vandalieu Please give me the command once you have made the necessary preparations”

It seeiven at any time

“Then I suppose it would be best to have it connected to the workshop beneath the castle,” said Vandalieu “By the ill you do froarn? Would you like to build a church or statue for your worshi+p?”

“Such honor is more than I deserve, my lord But I shall not do this”

There was no church for Gufadgarn, the evil God of labyrinths The Dungeons that he had created served as his churches

The creation of labyrinths was Gufadgarn’s authority as a God, and they were a syer and fear felt by people that were threatened by Dungeons, the joy felt by those who earned their keep inside them and the sense of fulfillrew stronger – these eth

Several evil Gods with the same authority as him, such as the evil God of demon castles, had been sealed away Thus, eons was directed to Gufadgarn This was especially true ever since he had created the Trial of Zakkart and began Teleporting it around the world

The truth was that Gufadgarn, like the evil God of release Ravovifard, was one of the Gods who had successfully becoe of the Gods

Leaving that aside, the question at hand hat Gufadgarn would do from this point on, now that he had refused to have a statue of him built

“However, I shall ask permission to serve you at your side, just like everyone here,” said Gufadgarn, standing close to Vandalieu

“… What shall we do, Bocchan? If I aht now,” said Saarn would want this now that he was Vandalieu’s servant, but there were arn released a physical pressure into his surroundings The only reason Sam and the others were not unperturbed by this was because they were considerably powerful thearn had erased his own presence as much as possible

But even so, he would cause ordinary people nearby to be paralyzed or lose consciousness

“Han, intending to refuse Gufadgarn’s request

“Rest assured I have used the Dungeon’sfunction to prepare a vessel for myself with the appearance of a human I will reside in this vessel once I have taken care of the Trial of Zakkart,” said Gufadgarn

“I see That would work,” said Vandalieu

It seearn had made meticulous plans of what he would do once he found the next Zakkart

“Even this forarn “I was ordered by the first Zakkart to take a form that can be directly looked upon; this is the form closest to a human’s that I could take with the power that I possessed at the tiinal forarn conte, unable to ie of La a spider or scorpion but not quite like either, lass that were heptahedrons and hendecahedrons in shape”

“H-hepta? Hendeca? Nee-san, what kind of shapes are those again?” Rita asked her sister

“I don’t know Do you know, Bocchan?” Saria asked Vandalieu

“… I don’t know either, and wouldn’t that shape be impossible to recreate with this world’s laws of physics?” said Vandalieu

Gufadgarn now had the for a human-shaped Golem, but before he rotesque one that caused dae to the minds of humans that looked at him

“About my vessel, it is currently in a form that complied with the previous Zakkart’s wishes However, I can still arn

“I think it will be fine as it is,” said Vandalieu “I won’t say anything other than wanting muscles, and I think it would be best for you to have a form that is easy to reside in”

“Very well”

Vandalieu would coret this decision later, but that was still some time away

“Ah, one arn asked “It seeeon”

Gufadgarn possessed power equivalent to one of the great Gods, but back when the frag were first sealed, he had not possessed much And after the ith Vida’s forces, he had created Vida’s Resting Grounds and several other Dungeons, then fallen into a deep sleep froo

Thus, in the past, he had been entrusted with only a single sealed fragive it to me,” said Vandalieu

“Very well”

It happened without warning, just as everyone was relaxing, having finished cleaning up after their ic Item that indicated the next location that the Trial of Zakkart would teleport to and saw that it had stopped reacting “Hmm? Has the Trial Seeker run out of Mana?”

The needle, which was supposed to point continuously towards one spot, was noandering aimlessly like the hands of a broken clock as Heinz turned the Trial Seeker in his hands

Edgar, who had been whistling, stopped and looked at Heinz “Well, it’s fine, right? We already knohere the Trial of Zakkart is going to appear,” he said

Indeed, the party already knehere the Trial of Zakkart would next appear, so there was littlethe Trial Seeker active

Even so, since it didn’t require thatthe location where the Trial of Zakkart would appear had becoic crystal inside the Trial Seeker was completely filled with Mana, unable to contain any more Even so, the needle’s response did not return

“What does this ,” said Heinz, noticing that soirl Selen, sounding worried

“It is not an item that would be broken so easily, but… Heinz, please show it to me,” said the Elf Diana as a priestess of Mill, the Goddess of sluh in the use of the Alcheic Iteic Iteenerally far less easily broken than ordinary items It depended on the ite that would be fine even if worn during battle, as long as an attack did not land directly on it

That hy even Diana see the Trial Seeker just like every other tiic Iteic crystal, and there is nothing wrong with the ic circle drawn on it Perhaps there is a probleic circle?” she said, but in the next e, why… Could it be…?”

“Diana, what’s wrong? Your face is pale as a sheet; did so happen to the Trial Seeker?” asked Delizah, the Dwarf shi+eld-bearer

Diana looked up, a shocked expression on her face “It is… working as normal!”

“What?! … Don’t make jokes like that, it’s ill-oh, Diana,” said Delizah, giving a bitter sht was Diana’s joke

But Diana’s face was so stiff that it was difficult to i a joke! The Trial Seeker is functioning normally as we speak!” she said

Heinz and his coht away

No, perhaps they didn’t want to

The Trial Seeker, which was supposed to point at the place that the Trial of Zakkart would appear next, was functioning nor This could only eon

But unable to refuse to think about the ar opened his mouth “Could it be… the Trial of Zakkart was conquered Bellwood’s successor… Someone other than Heinz was chosen,” he whispered in a daze

With his words, the fact that the Trial of Zakkart would not appear here began to spread

The members of the radical faction that Heinz had convinced to join the peaceful faction held their heads and stared at the sky as they shouted in grief

“Th-that’s impossible! There is nobody who is more fit to become Bellwood’s successor than Heinz-dono!”

“Have the Gods forsaken us?!”

“W-who in the world conquered the Trial of Zakkart? They could be frodom, but if it is so the charge, they could attack the Sauron Duchy once do Heinz, chewing his fingernails in fear

They were trying to keep theined the worst possible future for themselves

Selen called out to Heinz and his co worried “Heinz-oniichan, everyone…”

She was happy that Heinz and his co their lives, but she also knew that they had spent a long ti to conquer the Trial of Zakkart

She knew that this e Martina, who had passed away before Selen was saved by Heinz and his companions

They were shaken, but she didn’t knohat to say to them

The martial artist Jennifer stared at the valley surface where the Trial of Zakkart was supposed to appear, her eyes filled with regret But she was the first to regain her senses; she gave a sigh and closed her eyes

“… It’s alright, Selen,” she said “It’s not like we’re going to die Having your prey taken by so that happens to adventurers froht I am sorry to the people who have supported us, but we have not failed a request or caused deaths,” said Diana, agreeing with Jennifer as she knew that there was nothing to be done about things that had already come to pass

But it wasn’t that there were no proble able to face the Trial of Zakkart

“That’s true… Weabout Martina anymore But there’s the peaceful faction, the Church of Alda and all that What are we going to do about them?” said Delizah with a deeply bitter expression on her face

In addition to avenging Martina, Heinz and his companions had wanted to face the Trial of Zakkart so that Heinz could beco the peaceful faction’s views mainstream so that Alda’s believers would be tolerant towards Vida’s races

Even in the Orbaudom, where Vida had ainst Vida’s races that originated from monsters Heinz and his companions wanted to eliminate that prejudice and create a world where Dhampirs like Selen could live freely

And they had hoped that in the deepest charanted an audience with Alda, the God of law and fate, and Bellwood himself, where they would be able to question them about Vida’s races

If Vida’s races were evil, why had Alda given his divine protection to Heinz, who had joined the peaceful faction? He wanted to confirm the Gods’ intentions

The fact that this was now impossible was no small matter

“But the fact that so to be celebrated There will be nothe Trial of Zakkart It would be problematic if the one who has conquered the trial and become Bellwood’s successor is ato achieve, but… we’ll know soon,” said Heinz

Soeon in the world Even if it had been conquered by someone from outside the Bahn Gaia continent, rumors of it would have spread quickly

Because he had faced the Trial of Zakkart once before, Heinz knew that it was not a Dungeon that a naht could conquer No eon, it would be impossible for anyone weaker than an class adventurer

Since such people would already have nationwide faeon would spread quickly If they were like Randolf ‘the True,’ who hated drawing attention to themselves, they would not have faced the Trial of Zakkart in the first place

“Well, you’re right There’s nothing to be solved byall shaken up,” said Edgar, the last to return to his senses “Oi, you guys! I know it’s rich co a bunch of noise here is just a waste of ti out!” he said to the people ere still in confusion, cal you worry, Selen Let’s go back to the city for now As for what comes after that, let’s think about it there,” said Heinz

“Okay!” said Selen, giving an energetic nod

Just as she took Heinz’s hand and took a step forward, a pillar of light descended froar shouted

“No, it’s not!” Heinz shouted back “There’s nobody there where the pillar of light descended… is that a Dungeon entrance?! Could it be… the Trial of Zakkart?!”

The pillar of light had descended right in the valley where the Trial of Zakkart had been supposed to appear Within the pillar of light was a gate made of white stone that looked as if it were part of a temple