Chapter 204 (1/2)

Volume 10: Alcrem Duchy

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Vandalieu looked happily at the hi reconstructed and broken down repeatedly, and the sight of everyone taking part in the process

He had the feeling that they had increased in nu it, but he wasabout that

”Van, this sticky black stuff won't come off,” said Pauvina

Vandalieu noticed that she and sothem… Dannsama, what could this be?” asked Bell; it's so perplexed

Vandalieu looked at the fragh the eyeballs and compound eyes around his between the fragh-quality meat For some reason, Vandalieu felt a sense of repulsion the moment he saw it

Every human and conscious person had a part of them inside that they didn't want to believe existed, but Vandalieu felt a different kind of presence from it However, he could not remember what it was

”Okay, ti that he couldn't remember so he would have Kanako dance some more in the dos caused grooves to be carved into the gray flesh- moderate stimulation for Vandalieu

”Han to ments in front of hi

But before long, Vandalieu remembered what that black substance was It was the three curses that Rodcorte had placed on him

Rodcorte had placed three curses on Vandalieu - 'Experience gained in previous life not carried over,' 'Cannot learn existing Jobs' and 'Unable to gain Experience Points independently'

These were still in effect, but… they caused almost no hindrance to Vandalieu now

In fact, it was possible that these curses hy his Mana pool had increased to this point

”So, what shall we do, boy? It will be quite the task, but should we try re all of it?” asked Zadiris

Vandalieu wasn't sure whether to put a pause on the rebuilding to try and re

It had already been over ten years since Vandalieu was reincarnated in Laained in previous life not carried over' curse was al Jobs,' there were nificant inconvenience for Vandalieu

The only curse that was still actively hindering Vandalieu was 'Unable to gain Experience Points independently,' but this also caused hi as he was a little careful, as he had his Dead Spirit Magic and his De Familiars

Was it worth it for Vandalieu to delay the reconstruction of his soul to remove these curses?

And even if he did choose to delay his soul's reconstruction to re one of his hands that had been coments nearby and opened it up to find its cross-section filled with black specks

”… It seems impossible to re disheartened

In order to rement of Vandalieu's soul would need to be opened up and checked before being used But the fragaro's arhly equivalent to an entire skyscraper's worth There were inning, but even so, there weren't enough

”And there's definitely got to be soments even smaller than they are now, even for you You're in a bit of trouble even now, aren't you?” said Borkus

As he said, there was no guarantee that Vandalieu would be coments of his soul, which was already in pieces, broken down even smaller

On top of that, it would be probles for too long After all, he had entered the city of Morksi in order to draw Murakami and Birkyne out

”So, should we just take off the stuff on the surface of the frag,” said Schneider, who had joined the task without Vandalieu noticing

Even if it was impossible to remove all of the black substance, it could be assumed that the curses' effect would decrease if some of it was removed

It was small consolation, but it would be unpleasant to siht, let's just take the stuff off the surface of the fraget it off, ith the person next to you!” said Schneider

Everyone obeyed his instructions… and beganwith rather dull ish because they were dreaht the black ether to Vandalieu

Knowing that it would be terrible if it were to stick to anyone else, Vandalieu decided to use Soul Devour to break it He didn't devour it; he si it down

Vandalieu easily broke a part of his curses to pieces

Ian devoting all of his effort into the work on the soul of the 'Ash Blade' Edgar, one of the members of the Five-colored Blades

”… I wonder howthere is to this task?” he wondered

Ordinarily, Rodcorte would not repair… heal, da to it

Rodcorte being in possession of a soul meant, under ordinary circued to was already dead In other words, its life had already ended

With that being the case, Rodcorte could siration systeed it was The daely repaired in the process

If such a soul was born as a huely than a baby with a healthy soul, but that would be the extent of the effects The dae would heal completely over the next few years, and the soul would enter a new, ordinary life

If the soul was born as so other than a human, even these small effects would not be seen

The reason that Rodcorte was repairing Edgar's soul despite all of this was because he had been requested to do so by Alda, the God of law and fate If Edgar were to be lost, the Five-colored Blades would beco that he could

”Indeed, the Five-colored Blades were able to corner Vandalieu a great deal I ainst him out of all of those who have faced him,” Rodcorte murmured to himself

At the very least, they had done far better than the reincarnated individuals utilized by Rodcorte… the 'Gungnir' Kaidou Kanata and the 'Death Scythe' Konoe Miyaji

Having seen records of the series of battles fought by Heinz and his co Vandalieu… at least a one in ten-thousand chance

Vandalieu's powers had been greatly lieon Perhaps not reduced by as much as half, but Rodcorte doubted that he had been able to exert even two-thirds of his original strength

And there was no doubt that if weren't for the intervention of Curatos, the God of records, not only Edgar's, but Delizah and the all-important Heinz's souls would have been devoured as well

On top of that, the Dungeon was largely destroyed during the battle, so it was uncertain as to whether Heinz and his coer

”To insist on occupyinga man who does not even possess any cheat-like abilities… and even de unnecessary' other than repair his soul I was certain that Alda would have requested me to add cheat-like abilities like those of the reincarnated individuals,” Rodcorte muttered

”… I'ood decisions Warning you not to do anything unnecessary is absolutely on the oes for the other decisions he's ar's soul with an expression of pity on his face

Aran had ascended to become a familiar spirit, a spiritual life-fored soul

What Rodcorte was doing was equivalent to transplanting an Edgar whose body surface wasover 90 of its skin into the empty skin of Niltark's destroyed heroic spirit Luke, then perforar's appearance

But perhaps fascinated by the task of restoring a soul, Aran showed no sign of wanting to avert his eyes

Rodcorte had no proble observed, so he

”Other decisions, you say?” he asked Aran

”The fact that he's not expecting anything fro Murakaht? With that being the case, from Alda's point of view, he just doesn't want to lose the strongest cards in his hand, the ones that he's been raising himself”

Now that Aran nir' and 'Death Scythe' had been pitifully defeated, while 'Venus' and two others had betrayed Rodcorte 'Noah' had refused to take part and fled the Bahn Gaia continent, and 'Super Sense' was atte to do the same

The rest had yet to produce any results

It wasn't surprising that Alda had no trust in the reincarnated individuals who had acco that, his choice of leaving one of his strong cards in your hands is incomprehensible,” Aran added ”Couldn't the other Gods have done sorant divine protections and have their familiar spirits descend on their followers; they probably do soht process of Aran, who only had knowledge of Gods other than Rodcorte and didn't know the divine protections and responding to the activation of the Familiar Spirit Descent Skill to have familiar spirits descend upon their folloere feats related to the soul in a way

However, the task that Rodcorte was perfor noas in another dimension

”If Alda and his servants believed they could have done this task on their own, they would not have requested that I do it,” said Rodcorte ”The fact that they have means that they do not believe it possible for thear's almost non-functional soul needed to be restored to a state as close as possible to his original state It wasn't just his personality and memories; he needed to be able to use the Skills he had acquired just as he was able to before

To Alda's knowledge, Rodcorte was the only God who could possibly be capable of accoh it is possible that there is such a God in Vida's faction, Rodcorte thought to hiine this, but the fact that she handled her own circle of reincarnation system e regarding souls It was possible that she or her subordinate Gods would be capable of repairing Edgar's soul

Of course, it was even more impossible for Alda to request this of them than Rodcorte

”What I find more difficult to believe is your actions, the fact that you are speaking to me Are you curious as to as decided in the Gods' council and the battle between Vandalieu and the Five-colored Blades?” Rodcorte asked Aran

”… Of course I a to gain infor infor Vandalieu from the records,” said Rodcorte ”Would 'Inspector' not have been uarantee that I aht not say anything at all,” Aran pointed out

”… Hreed

It would have been a troubleso to questions without lying so as not to be detected by the 'Inspector' ability, while treating Edgar at the sanore any questions and not reply with a single word

But during the council… the discussion with Alda and his followers, nothing had been decided that Rodcorte needed to keep a secret from his familiar spirits Aran and the others had already correctly predicted the contents of the discussion

”Regarding the reincarnated individuals, I will erase their ainst Vandalieu I will then either reincarnate them in adult bodies in Churches controlled by Alda's forces, or take their abilities back and reincarnate them as infants,” said Rodcorte

”I expected the former, but why did you decide the latter?” Aran asked

”Because Alda and his followers believe that each reincarnated individual has things that they are suited for and things that they are not,” Rodcorte replied ”Even if I erase their memories and they are made to be champions, it seems that those who are not suited to battle will reinal personalities”

If Rodcorte were to erase someone's memories to the point that their entire personalities would disappear, they would also forget how to speak and walk, returning to an infant-like state If the reincarnated individuals were to be used as fighting forces, Rodcorte would need to preserve their basic knowledge, such as language, when erasing theirthat would leave their personalities intact

If the reincarnated individuals' re or felt distrust in unfaions, they would become a hindrance

”It seems that it would be problematic if reincarnated individuals were to feel distrust towards the people of the Churches and escaped With that being the case, Alda believes that there is a higher chance of succeeding if I sirant theht be for the best,” said Aran, rein

They would have their memories erased and their abilities re reborn None of the the forced into a battle that they did not want to fight, risking their souls being devoured by Vandalieu… There were too , and this was particularly true for the 'Angel' Naru of the reincarnated individuals, has soin? I sense a curious deviation in your thoughts,” said Rodcorte

He had quickly looked over the records of Aran and the other faar's treat about?” he said calmly

However, Aran had ascended to becoh Aran's façade and knew that he was hiding his discoht that perhaps the fa in detail, even at the cost of delaying Edgar's recovery, crossed Rodcorte's ar's treatment for another reason He sensed a part of his oer… a very tiny part, being destroyed

”… Vandalieu has broken a part of the curses that I placed on him? How futile,” he mused

The curses that he had placed on Vandalieu's soul were now unreely due to Vandalieu's own actions

Rodcorte had seen in the records of the Five-colored Blades that Vandalieu was capable of not only breaking others' souls, but absorbing the theured

The only possiblenoere Vandalieu destroying the the same method

But the fact that Vandalieu had attempted to reed to the extent of hi his own soul, he would quickly recover

”It seems that I cannot afford to spend too much time,” Rodcorte muttered to himself

It was likely that the 'Avalon' Rikudou Hijiri wouldthe deaths of eventhe previous incident, but… it was possible that Rodcorte could not afford to wait for this to happen

With that being the case, Edgar, as currently in Rodcorte's possession, was a precious part of the currently-existing anti-Vandalieu force

”But at this rate, it will take tiar to Laments of this heroic spirit… I suppose it cannot be helped,” Rodcorte said in a resigned voice

”Huh? Hey, what the hell is that?!” Aran exclai Guduranis… or rather, soe enough to be categorized and given naar's treaterous just by looking at its color! You just sprinkled it over Edgar, didn't you?!” Aran shouted

”This is so that you do not need to know about,” Rodcorte told hi the fact that these were frag a soul on the verge of collapse by transplanting the soul fragments of a heroic spirit was already unprecedented Surely it would not matter if there were soerous to join together the crucial soul frag's core, which was needed to hold all of the fragether and resurrect the soul as Guduranis, and the De other life for up being devoured by Vandalieu was far greater than the risk of such things occurring, so it was not even worth thinking about

”With this, I can shorten the tiar's treatment You three will need to watch over the systeht,” Aran said, giving up on the i Rodcorte to explain what the poas and walking away

Lost in his own thoughts, Rodcorte did not even glance at Aran's back

Considering their disloyalty, my three familiar spirits are quite useful I was only able to attend Alda's council, and I aar's treat over the system This would not have been possible with faht It is likely best to leave them be for a while At the very least, there should be no problein Vandalieu exists only in Lambda, after all

And so, Rodcorte decided to prioritize Edgar's treath his fa so missed his chance to learn that while Vandalieu did not exist in Origin, Banda did

Awakening in his inn, Vandalieu checked his Status just in case, but the curses were still there after all

However, the nureatly coh of relief upon finding that he was able to move his body

He left the inn with Darcia and the first thing he did was purchase a food cart

”Vandalieu, is this really okay?” Darcia asked

”There's no probleh the inforanization that Eleanora and the others had infiltrated and taken control over, Vandalieu had learned of an old man who had retired from his food cart business last year He purchased the food cart second-hand from the old man for three ti hushhappily

”It can be used with no problems if we clean it a little,” said Vandalieu

The old , it wouldn't look out of place on theabout the numbness in your limbs and your Mana,” said Darcia

She orried because Vandalieu still had so in his limbs, and his Mana had not yet fully recovered

”… Well, roasted skewers aren't that difficult to make And I've recovered about half my Mana,” said Vandalieu