Chapter 238 (1/2)

Death Mage 238 – The reincarnated individuals gather before the De

With the Mountain Giant corpse being thrown into the on and Giant Zombies, Kanako's side and Gordon Bobby's side both fell back, putting some distance in between the two parties

But they didn't waste any ti at each other with the enorain immediately

“I'll crush you! 'titan Foot!'” shouted Doug, activating 'Hecatoncheir'

Even in his previous life in Origin, he had been a powerful soldier in co to La to use martial skills – and invent them – he had developed into an even more powerful warrior

And one of the things he had developed was martial skills that could only be used on 'Hecatoncheir,' based on 'Unar Technique' In his previous life, his telekinesis had been powerful enough to mon military tanks, but it was now a deadly weapon whose power exceeded that of a titan

“'Divine Iron Wall!'” shouted the titan shi+eld-bearer of the Flame Blades… or rather, the heroic spirit who had taken over his body

With a shout of exertion, he shouldered the blow of Doug's telekinesis using his Orichalcum-plated shi+eld

Meanwhile, the other heroic spirits dashed past hi and his companions

“'Flash of Lightning!'” shouted the heroic spirit controlling the swordsman as the leader of the Flame Blades

But his attack was blocked by a transparent barrier

“'Impossible! A defensive barrier that cannot be broken by evenBlade?!'”

Melissa smirked at the shock on the face of the heroic spirit known as the 'Lightning Blade' Her 'Aegis' ability was the ability to create a powerful barrier; in her previous life, she had thought of it as almost indestructible

It hadn't ever been put to the test against tactical nuclear weapons, but it had withstood direct hits from tank fire and missiles without a proble's 'Hecatoncheir,' had been unable to break it

The only exception had been A death-attribute Mana had made her lose all faith in her ability

And in Lambda, there were materials that barriers could not withstand The defensive power of 'Aegis' was no longer unrivalled

Artifacts made of Orichalcuis' However…

“That sword is only plated in Orichalcu me Quite unpleasant,” said Melissa

Her 'Aegis was able to repel fake or pseudo-Artifacts that only had a thin coating of Orichalcum

The heroic spirit made a noise of frustration “When you use that 'Transforth increases, is that it?!”

“That's right, but let's not talk about that!” Melissa shouted angrily from the other side of her barrier

Her transforic… as well as the defensive power of the 'Aegis' and the speed hich she could deploy it

The transformation was extremely beneficial, but she couldn't accept that fact just yet

But before she could do anything else –

“Leave that wo the Fla an arroith a black arrowhead

The arrow pierced through Melissa's barrier with ease

But thanks to Doug's 'Hecatoncheir' sweeping the arroay, it didn't reach her

“Get back, Melissa! She's using De warned her

The feht the Deiven to one of the Churches, you see!”

The quiver she carried was a piece of De's bone marrow Its function was simple; it coated the tips of arrows placed inside it with bloodthe arrows

In other words, it generated arrowheads

“Now!” the archer shouted

With the 'Aegis' having been shattered like glass by the arrow, the swordsman moved in to attack once more

Kanako, who had been supporting the Thunder Dragon Zo and Melissa's predicament

“'Mercury Wall Swar a spell towards them

The swords at?”

The mercury walls conjured by Kanako were numerous in number, but each of them was small and thin They certainly did not look like they would provide the defense needed to stop a heroic spirit who had once been praised as the 'Lightning Blade'

With a s and Melissa along with the mercury wall in front of them

But the reflection of Kanako's face, with her tongue poking out, appeared on the wall's silver-colored surface, and the 'Lightning Blade' made eye contact with her

At that es!

HisBlade' screamed

The paintings on the roofs of Talosheis, the monoliths in the for these objects that were imbued with Vandalieu's 'Mental Encroachment' Skill's effects into the heroic spirit's mind with 'Venus'

In the nexthi backwards

“Thanks to Van, ical weapon! And using ood improvisation, if I do say so myself!” Kanako said happily

But she found herself blinking in confusion as the swordsot back to his feet

“Oh dear You did less dae than I expected,” she said

“That was thethat shi+eld-bearer back as well!” said Doug, his forehead covered in sweat

His 'Hecatoncheir' was capable of strikingas they ithin his perception His codenaiant for no reason

But he could not apply his full power to every target that way If the power of 'Hecatoncheir' could be thought of as having 100 units, Doug would have to split those 100 units of power aets

He was currently spending 70 units on suppressing the shi+eld-bearer He had used 30 units when punching the swordsman

“No matter how rotten they are, they're still heroic spirits, after all I'm sure they have more Vitality than you'd think from their appearance,” said Melissa

Indeed, perhaps due to that vast Vitality, the swordsreatly injured His face was coe to his mind rather than to his body

“That evil wench, doing so!” the 'Lightning Blade' cursed with hatred in his voice, turning the shock of having hisintent

“It is your fault for letting your guard down, you fool! Think of that woman as a Demon Eye user or a Medusa!” the fe him

“I know!”

It seemed that the power relationshi+p between the heroic spirits was different to that between the original owners of their bodies

“So, Medusas exist in this world as well Maybe Lamias become Medusas when their Ranks increase?” Kanako murmured

“Are you just going to ignore the fact that you were called an 'evil wench?'” asked the clone of Vandalieu that was currently descended on her

“Well, he's one of Hajime's subordinates It's only natural for them to have the worst possible impression of me,” said Kanako “Ah, would I be cuter if I looked more hurt?”

“No, if I had to choose, the 'fucked up clothing' part rier,” Vandalieu's clone replied

“You h,” Melissa muttered

The voices of familiar spirits could normally only be heard by the owners of the bodies that they had descended upon, but Vandalieu's clones were all a part of the same person Thus, it was possible for those with 'Familiar Spirit Demonfall' active to hear the clones that were currently descended upon others

“… Melissa, do you want me to add frills, laces, hairbands with animal ears and fluffy fur to your outfit?” Vandalieu's clone asked her

“No! If you do that, I' to tell Darcisan!” Melissa said

The ability to hear Vandalieu's clones that were descended upon others was not being put to particularly effective use

“Hey,asked with a panicked expression

The telekinesis he had been using on the shi+eld-bearer having been repelled The female archer had destroyed Kanako's e and the scout woon Zombies

“This is no good I can't do anything if they close the distance,” said Kion Zombies that were his cover had been exterminated “Their corpses are still there, so could you ain?”

“I could, but it would be difficult You say that the corpses are left, but they're in pieces,” replied the Vandalieu that had descended on Kanako and the others, looking at the Dragon and Mountain Giants that Gordon Bobby and his allies had turned back into ordinary corpses “It'd be obvious that they were Zombies even from a distance, you see”

“… I see We're still in a situation where we need to protect your reputation But even with Kih for us,” said Doug

Indeed, it was difficult for them to face heroic spirits on their own

They were reincarnated individuals just like Haji reincarnated in this world

But their situation and goals were different

Kanako, Doug and Melissa had deserted Murakaroup and chosen to try and beco that process, they had becoained a considerable amount of experience But they had not spent their ti like Hajime had

And even after Vandalieu accepted their defection to Talosheim, they had not concentrated all of their efforts on increasing their strength in co fireworks and, in Kanako's case, idol activities

Even so, they had received Vandalieu's guidance and divine protection, been given equip transformation equipment, and even been turned into members of new races – Chaos Elves and Dark Humans The three of them were now as powerful as class adventurers

Thus, they could have defeated Gordon Bobby and his allies with ease, prior to their 'Heroic Spirit Transformation'

But with the 'Heroic Spirit Transfors that served Gods, heroic spirits were those that were in charge of combat Many of them were mortal believers with exceptional prowess in co been directly created by Gods That hy they were called heroic spirits, to distinguish them from other familiar spirits

Thus, es and scholars considered heroic spirits to have power equivalent to soth in co evil Gods or even greater

Ordinarily, heroic spirits had all kinds of limitations that th in the physical world These limitations did not apply to Gordon Bobby and his allies, as they had rendered their believers disabled and then taken over their bodies

Based on their words, it see they could exert their power, but it see that he and his companions would be able to hold out until that limit expired

“If possible, I kind of want the real Vandalieu to co

“Unfortunately, it seems that I will need some more time,” said Vandalieu's clone “'Let's put our trust in them'”

“'The repeated

Meanwhile, the 'Lightning Blade' and the female archer had fallen back to rejoin Gordon Bobby and the other heroic spirits and rebuild their formation They raised their weapons, recited incantations and aimed their arrows at Kanako and her companions

But so that nobody had paid any attention to suddenly an to stand up

It was the Mountain Giant corpse that had been thrown here by the Dragon and Giant Zombies

As the Giant roared and tried to get onto its feet, the 'Lightning Blade' clicked his tongue in frustration

“Just another hastily-made Undead! I'll turn it back into a corpse!” he muttered

“Hey, wait!” shouted Gordon Bobby, trying to stop him

“Don't you giveBlade,' paying no heed to Gordon Bobby's warning

He was certain that the shockwave unleashed by his martial skill would split the Giant in two before it could finish standing up, causing it to collapse onto the ground once more

Indeed, the Giant groaned as the shockwave inflicted a deep wound upon its torso The 'Lightning Blade' gave a satisfied smile… and then a spray of blood rose from his own body

“W-why aet attacked?! Who attackedfrom his mouth

“You damned fool! It's those bastards!”

Indeed, the thing that tried to get onto its feet was not the corpse of a Giant It was Legion, who had consumed and absorbed the corpse of a Giant and turned themselves into it

Though its back was unharmed, the muscle fibers of the front of its body were exposed, and there were several human-shaped heads made of flesh attached to them

“'Those bastards' is quite rude As you can see, we are a Mountain Giant that's just done a little bit of ,” one of the heads said

“If we take our ordinary form, people can notice our uniqueness even fro ourselves as a Giant today,” said a second head

“We did use the Mountain Giant's actual skeleton, actually,” said a third

A fourth gave a loud laugh “Keeping up appearances is hard work!”

Although Legion's personalities had split apart from one another to set traps around the city, arn's Dungeon, so there was no longer a need for therouped up with Isis and arrived as reinforcements

“G-Giant, my ass! No Giant would mutate into a form as hideous as that!” Gordon Bobby shouted

Kanako and her coion seeree

“Thanks to Kanako teaching us how to dance, we can move skeletons other than our own”

“Jack is right We'll dance for you to our hearts' content!”

“Don't hold back Repel our dance with your shi+elds, slice it with your swords and stab it with your spears I'll return it every single time Just like your shockwave just now”

“Let's dance!”

Legion used a full-powered 'Charge' towards Bobby Gordon and his allies The heroic spirits ran about trying to escape, unable to retaliate in fear of Ereshkigal's Counter, and Legion ran them down