Chapter 96.2 (2/2)

Augmented Muscular Strength: Level 7

Augmented Endurance: Level 7

Robust Health: Level 6

Fatigue/Hunger Resistance: Level 6

Disease and Poison Resistance: Level 4

Self-Enhancement: Subordination: Level 3

Active skills:

Swordsmans.h.i.+p: Level 1

Mining: Level 7

Farming: Level 1

Surpa.s.s Limits: Level 2

Unarmed Fighting Technique: Level 2

Bedroom skill: Level 2

Luciliano

An adventurer around thirty years of age who originally worked in the Mirg s.h.i.+eld-nation, but moved to the Orbaume Kingdom to in order to continue his research into the Undead. He was caught up in a n.o.ble family's conspiracy during the conflict over the succession of the Hartner family and turned into a slave.

He was a C-cla.s.s adventurer, but that qualification was revoked when he became a slave.

He was born as the second son in a family of artists, and although he was not gifted with a talent for art, he was blessed with a talent for magic. He intended to make a living using this talent, but he became entranced by research into Undead during his time at the Mages' Guild.

After that, he devoted himself to Undead research without breaking the law, but the Mages' Guild had ethical problems with this so they threw him out and essentially excommunicated him. However, he is st.u.r.dier than he looks, capable of working as an adventurer to earn enough money for living expenses and funding his research.

Incidentally, other than the false charges placed on him when he became a slave, he has never broken the law. He has always skillfully walked around gray areas.

While he is an adventurer, rather than accepting extermination requests and clearing Dungeons, he often received special requests from people like n.o.blemen to use his life-attribute magic that he is adept with, so he has learned the proper etiquette for dealing with n.o.blemen. At the same time, he has become aware of what a refined lifestyle is like; his tastes have grown so specific that he requested a full-course dinner for his final meal.

When he encountered Vandalieu earlier, he felt fear and a danger for his life, but after finding out that Vandalieu could use undiscovered magic and tame Undead, he decided to become Vandalieu's apprentice. Ever since, he has been spending fulfilling days as an a.s.sistant in creating Undead while researching whether he can replicate the effects of death-attribute magic with his own life-attribute magic.

However, he acts self-important despite referring to Vandalieu as “Master.” Vandalieu doesn't criticize him for this, so this behavior appears to be increasing over time.

Bellmond

A n.o.ble-born Vampire who was 'Ternecia's Foolish Dog,' one of the Five Dogs that were Ternecia's loyal retainers.

She originally appeared to be a handsome butler with a monocle, but she turned out to be a female forest-monkey-type Beast-person with Lamia blood mixed in her heritage, her body covered in scars and burns.

She was saved by Ternecia's subordinates on the verge of death, and in trying to repay the debt, despite failing several times, she endured the side-effects and became a n.o.ble-born Vampire.

However, what awaited her was becoming a watchdog of Ternecia's final hideout and living out tedious days for thousands of years while enduring Ternecia's outbursts of anger whenever Ternecia visited the hideout and remembered her. During this time, Bellmond realized that she was only a watchdog in t.i.tle; she was nothing more than something to be consumed in emergencies.

With her mind in pain, she taught herself the Thread-reeling skill that is almost never used in modern society to manipulate metal strings as weapons and acquired the Thread-user Job; she is full of talent. However, her magical qualities remained poor even after becoming a n.o.ble-born Vampire, perhaps due to having been born as a Beast-person.

She constantly maintains polite speech and behavior, but she is actually quite the yandere. However, rather than being the type to attack others, she only puts pressure on herself.

That hasn't changed after she turned to Vandalieu's side, but she wants to hold expectations from now on.

She is an expert of the Thread-reeling skill, even using her tongue in addition to her fingers and toes to manipulate strings, but she was the weakest of the Five Dogs in battle.

Also, due to her scars and burns, her feminine body parts are missing, so she is lowest in the bust ranking as well.

However, Vandalieu is intending to perform surgery to transplant all kinds of materials from Ternecia's body, which has been turned into a Live-Dead, to Bellmond.

Vandalieu has also told her that he intends to find a monkey-type monster to transplant its tail to replace hers that was chopped off, but Bellmond wore a stiff expression.

Ternecia

A Pure-breed Vampire, the one known as the most powerful in battle among the three that wors.h.i.+p Hihiryushukaka, the Evil G.o.d of Joyful Life.

She contained the Demon King's horns, a fragment of the Demon King Guduranis, inside her body as a trump card.

However, she met a horrible end after being forced to dance in Vandalieu's rough plan. She was cornered by Heinz, ambushed at the place she escaped to and her body from her neck downwards was taken, as well as her Demon King's Horns and Petrifying Demon Eye. Despite wanting to not be killed by Vandalieu and being finished by Heinz, in the end, Vandalieu used Spirit Communication to get information out of her and then broke her soul.

She is the one who met the most unfortunate fate in the fourth volume.

All of the Undead that she created were to satisfy her twisted desires that had become something like an addiction; they didn't have the strength in battle or practicality of use that Vandalieu desired, but some of them were adjusted and added to the ranks of Talosheim.

Yamata is one of them.

The rest of them felt too much pain in merely existing and had too many structural problems with their bodies, or simply desired to be in other forms, so they are now waiting to undergo pseudo-reincarnation after Vandalieu took their spirits out of their bodies.

Froto

Lucas's hired spy who disguised himself as a priest of Alda who did missionary work in the cultivation villages. His role was to gather information in each village, and if Vandalieu hadn't appeared, things would have progressed well. But around the time his plans finished, the Goblin King's pack would have attacked, turning him into Goblin food along with all of the cultivation villages.

In a way, his life was extended a little thanks to Vandalieu.

He had the potential to be quite successful as a researcher, but unluckily for him, he was hated by his superior and given a useless position, which is why he stubbornly chased success in life.

But he met the fate of being infested by a parasite, experienced the sensation of insects crawling around him inside Vandalieu's body and then he became food for insects that he could not see.

The fact that Vandalieu never realized who Froto truly was wasn't because Froto was exceptional as a spy, but rather because Vandalieu was naïve.

Karcan La.s.sen

An ordinary knight from a family of knights who serve the Hartner family. But he had great ambitions and joined Lord Lucas's faction in order to make them a reality.

He was put in charge of a plan to destroy the cultivation project started by Lord Belton, but he experienced failure after failure due to Vandalieu's actions. Despite being ordered to halt the plan, he became impatient and made a reckless move, causing him and his subordinates to be completely defeated.

Incidentally, if Vandalieu hadn't come to the Hartner Duchy, the cultivation villages would have been destroyed by the Goblin King's pack without Karcan needing to do anything. However, if that happened, there is no telling what would have happened to the slave-run mine and the city of Niarki.

His soul wasn't broken after he died, but he was turned into a printing press Golem.

Belton Hartner

He was born as the second son of the Duke Hartner, but because he is the son of the duke's wife, he was first in line to succeed the family.

His features are not sharp, but they are gentle, the kind of features that the people like. However, he is a conspirator who would use any cruel methods needed to achieve his goals.

He is not as extreme as to believe that those who aren't n.o.blemen are not humans, but he believes that it is correct for the commoners to devote themselves to serving the n.o.blemen, and that it is the duty of royalty and n.o.bles to use the commoners in the most efficient way possible.

Incidentally, he does not consider those such as refugees to be his people. However, he does not mind adding them to his citizens if they work hard to make a living.

Due to the information exposed by Kinarp in the scandal, the Guild Master of the Mages' Guild that was supporting him, it became clear that many of his close aides were traitors to humanity.

After that, he murdered various people responsible and utilized Heinz to try and restore his image, but he ended up withdrawing from the conflict to succeed the family.

But as he is still involved with the management of the duchy as the branch family, he believes that there is a chance by entrusting things to his child, even if things are now impossible for him.

Lucas Hartner

He was born as the eldest son of Duke Hartner, but as he is the son of the duke's concubine, he was second in line to succeed the family.

He is a military man with sharp facial features, but at the end of volume 4, his troubles were only growing as he had to repair the castle, cover up what happened to the Red Wolves Knights' Order and build a new fort, causing his hair to turn gray.

He took incredible risks at the end of volume 4, so he feels a great sense of danger. Although he is now building a fort because of that sense of danger, all of his hair would turn white if he learned that this is meaningless against Vandalieu (who can easily ignore the fort by using Dungeon teleportation).

If he meets Vandalieu, he might have claws stuck in his ears and his teeth made to rattle*.

TLN*: This line was explained in chapter 93. This is a variation on a threat that's commonly used in the Osaka prefecture that's something like, “I'll stick my hand in through your ears and grab your teeth.”

Pablo Marton

The captain of the Red Wolves Knights' Order.

He rode out with a hundred knights, but this number was an order of magnitude less than the number he required.

He is ordinary for a n.o.bleman of Lambda, and he exchanged a one-on-one conversation with Vandalieu.

After being captured alive and humiliated publicly, he became Luciliano's guinea pig and then turned into a printing press Golem along with his subordinate Karcan.

Heinz

One of Vandalieu's targets for revenge. While working in the Orbaume Kingdom, he has acknowledged that Alda's peaceful faction is right and that Vida's races should be accepted (as long as they are harmless to people).

After going separate ways from the Green Wind Spear Riley, he moved to the Orbaume Kingdom, but he lost the Elf spirit mage Martie when his party challenged the Trial of Zakkart.

His current party consists of two new members in Scout Edgar and the s.h.i.+eld-bearer female Dwarf Delizah, as well as the unarmed fighter Jennifer and Elf priestess Diana.

He feels guilt over handing Darcia to High Priest Gordan, even if it was an adventurer's request to do so. After much internal conflict, he converted to Alda's peaceful faction, and now he is something of a leader of the faction. In doing so, he began protecting the Dhampir girl Selen.

His objective as an adventurer is the complete clearing of the Trial of Zakkart, but things became complicated and he recently ended up going around trying to exterminate the Pure-breed Vampires who wors.h.i.+p an evil G.o.d.

He is not a reincarnated champion or the descendant of someone who came from another world; he is a natural-born genius, purely of Lambda origin. As an adventurer, he has an unstoppable sense of justice and idealistic ways of thinking, but he has the ability and charisma to make such ideals possible, or at least make others think that they are possible.

He didn't know that Darcia's child survived, but he suspects that the Dhampir boy he saw in the city of Niarki (Vandalieu) is that child.

He also suspects that Eleanora was involved in the incidents that occurred in the Hartner Duchy, so he is looking for her and her master, but he has not realized that her master is Vandalieu.

Judging from his normal speech and actions, one could guess that he hates those who can create Undead, but that isn't a hatred specifically directed at Vandalieu; it is a very normal thought as a believer of Alda.

Incidentally, even Alda's peaceful faction treats Undead as targets to be exterminated or purified; they do not believe that they can coexist with Undead. The act of creating Undead is treated as a sin that desecrates life and goes against the laws of life and death.

In terms of ability, he is S-cla.s.s. He has strength in battle rivalling the Mirg s.h.i.+eld-nation's hero of two hundred years ago, the Divine Spear of Ice Mikhail.

In addition to this, he wields a magic sword and his body is fully equipped with legendary-cla.s.s items.

Name: Heinz

Race: Human

Age: 24 years old

t.i.tle: Blue-flamed Sword, New Vampire Hunter, Sword Saint, One who tears through the darkness

Job: Sword Saint

Level: 98

Job history: Apprentice Warrior, Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Swordsman, Magic Warrior, Holy Warrior, Avenger

Attributes:

Vitality: 37,295

Mana: 12,505

Strength: 2,829

Agility: 3,510

Stamina: 2,700

Intelligence: 1,097

Pa.s.sive skills:

Strengthened All Attribute Values: Large

Status Effect Resistance: Level 5

All Attributes Resistance: Level 7

Strengthened Attack Power while equipped with a sword: (Large)

Mana Cost Reduction: Level 7

Detect Presence: Level 3

Revenge: The Trial of Zakkart

Strengthened Attribute Values while equipped with Metal Armor: (Large)

Guidance: Holy Path: Level 1

Active skills:

Radiant G.o.d Swordsmans.h.i.+p: Level 4

Holy Light Armor Technique: Level 1

Transcend Limits: Level 7

Transcend Limits – Magic Sword: Level 7

Coordination: Level 9

Light-Attribute Magic: Level 6

Life-Attribute Magic: Level 6

No-Attribute Magic: Level 1

Mana Control: Level 4

Clergyman: Level 2

Famliar Spirit Descent: Level 9

Etiquette: Level 3

Unique skills:

Undead Killer: Level 10

Alda's Divine Protection: Great Hero's Destiny

Amemiya Hiroto

The leader of the reincarnated individuals in Origin. He has many, more powerful cheat-like abilities compared to the other reincarnated individuals, such as affinity for every attribute (There is no time attribute in Origin and n.o.body has yet been discovered to possess death-attribute Mana other than Vandalieu, so he has an affinity for the seven other attributes) and casting without incantations.

He gathered the reincarnated individuals in Origin together, used his way of thinking to found the Bravers organization and acted to ensure that the reincarnated individuals, who possessed non-magical special abilities that worked on unknown principles, were not ostracized.

However, as a result, he dealt the fatal blow to Amamiya Hiroto in Origin without realizing who he was, and ended up sending more of his companions to the battlefield.

All of this was a result of the fact that he decided to use the power that he had been given to live this second live correctly after having been hikikomori and a NEET on Earth. In fact, he has saved many lives.

However, he overlooked the fact that people could fall to temptation; he failed to realize that Kanata was committing cowardly crimes in secret.

Now, he is chasing after Murakami and the nine other reincarnated individuals who left the Bravers and joined a terrorist group.

In his private life, he has married Naruse Narumi and has a child.

Incidentally, he didn't know of Amamiya Hiroto's existence until Naruse Narumi approached him after having mistaken him for Amamiya. Of course, he is unaware that he has acquired the cheat-like abilities that were supposed to be Amamiya's.

Ricklent

The genie of time and magic. He is a genderless existence without form, and those who wors.h.i.+p him depict him symbolically as a trio of beautiful women, old men, young men or boys, so he often takes this form.

He was involved in important events in Lambda; during his idle talk with Zuruwarn, he developed and implemented a system of Jobs and skills that supposedly existed in games in another world, interfering with the system created by the Demon King Guduranis that governed Dungeon creation and operation.

However, as a G.o.d, rather than being one who guides the people, the aspect of him being an ancestor of great mages and researchers is more prominent. His doctrine also consists of many teachings to encourage people to think like researchers and historians.

Thus, the Churches of this G.o.d often become more like research inst.i.tutes than religious organizations. Also, places such as Mages' Guilds are always decorated with symbols and statues dedicated to Ricklent.

When the Demon King invaded, he summoned Akutsu Haruka, who later became the creation-minded champion Ark. His relations.h.i.+p with her was one where they would give each other inspiration; rather than being a G.o.d and a follower, they were like friends who got along well.

During the battle between Alda and Vida that followed, he had his subordinate G.o.ds remain neutral as systems without personality, but Ricklent himself, who has a personality and was the leader of those G.o.ds, was Vida's ally.

Also, it was actually Ricklent who informed Vida of the return of the soul that was Ark (and Zakkart).

In a way, he may be a G.o.d who holds more animosity for Alda and Bellwood than Vida.

Incidentally, the reason he did not try to discuss things with Alda and the others again was because he knew of the poor way that they had treated Vida. If he were to be attacked by Alda in his current state, he would be forced into another long slumber, so he will not take that risk.

By the time he came to this decision, Ricklent already no longer considered Alda to be among his companions.

He sent a Divine Message in order to accomplish the goals of Vandalieu, who was once Ark, but its contents and the ident.i.ty of the one who received it is unknown.

Zuruwarn

The G.o.d of s.p.a.ce and creation. He is often depicted in grotesque forms, such as a lion with four heads.

His personality as a G.o.d is trickster-like, and his teachings are often whimsical as well. Thus, he is wors.h.i.+pped by inventors, artists and craftsmen. His statues often decorate Workers' Guilds alongside those of Botin, but there are few Churches devoted exclusively to him.

As he is the being who governs s.p.a.ce, he often gazed at other worlds since ancient times. He spoke to Ricklent of games played in other worlds, leading to the implementation of Jobs and skills in Lambda.

He was the one who came up with ideas among the original eleven G.o.ds, but his erratic thoughts caused many quarrels with Alda as well. However, he was never stubborn about his ideas, so situations never became too serious.

As he was the one who proposed and executed the idea of summoning the champions, he was close with all seven of them.

For this reason alone, he was wounded deeply during the war against the Demon King and fell into a slumber, and by the time he managed to recover enough to regain some semblance of consciousness, he found Lambda in an astounding state.

His suggestion had caused the champions' deaths and even their souls were broken. Now that they are in the form of Vandalieu, he sent a Divine Message for their sake, but its contents and the ident.i.ty of the one who received it is unknown.