Civilization Game

The capital of Hades, Gehenna.

Tanatos was working in the Oval Office. He was a mature man who appeared to be no different from humans, dressed in classic suits and intelligent, untethered glasses made of fine titanium wire. However, if you take off your suit, you are an undead with holes everywhere. When I looked closely, I saw bone fragments protruding from my face and neck in an orderly fashion.

He melts the red wax onto the carefully written letter and presses the seal steadily. You hear a polite knock behind the door while several letters are being processed in the same way.

“Come in, my friend. ”

His mouth was soft and graceful with a good voice.

A man in his mid-30s comes in with a wide shoulders and a little livelihood as the door opens. He bows his head deeply.

“A humble servant meets a great being. ”

“Have a seat.”

Tanatos recommends that we take our seats with a loving smile.

“It's been four months? You seem very busy. ”

“There's been a lot of controversy in the corpse acquisition business lately, so there's a lot to worry about. Weren't you busy fighting the war, Your Majesty? ”

“Haha, this guy, too. I'm not in command here. No matter what happens to the rainforest, I will sit here. Jill's the one who's busy. ”

They exchanged greetings in a warm atmosphere.

This man who talks to Tanatos is O'Connell Wayne. He is Tanatos' human spokesman. He was also the only living soul to enter the kingdom of Gehenna.

Originally O'Connell was a commonly fallen nobleman on the continent. Tanatos brought him to the bottom under the control of the other nobles, playing the clown in the circus. Tanatos considers O'Connell a reliable human being. He first noticed that he was attracted to his pure obsession with money and hated the human world for giving himself hell.

O'Connell wanted the ‘self-immolation’ to transcend the inherent boundaries of money and power, and Tanatos wanted to take his place in the human world. They held hands that matched their interests.

The two have overcome the inherent limitations of man and undead. O'Connell hoped that rotting continental societies would be destroyed by the undead. But when everything is done, he inherits a small island and spends his life as an island shareholder. That was O'Connell's only hope, and Tanatos gave his permission. Before they became dominant, they became real partners with a common goal.

“No matter how busy you are, postponing an interview for a month... You know how much I've been waiting for this moment with you in Gehenna. ”

Tanatos says it's a joke.

“I'm sorry, Your Majesty. ”

“Yes, you have something to report directly to yourself? ”

“Yes, this is a must-know information before giving the settlement. ”

O'Connell unpacked the pouch.

It was a man's neck.

“This……? ”

“The heads of those who betrayed you. ”

“Betrayed?”

“Yes, they were trying to blindfold you in the Abyss. ”

“ ……. ”

Tanatos' impression crumpled. Somehow you said Abyss collapsed so easily, it was a ploy by Rod Polentia?

“... I'm surprised. They gave us hard earned money for the rest of their lives. ”

His voice blends with the weary color.

“Your Majesty. You said you could subdue any mortal with money...... In fact, there is more important to man than that. ”

“What is it? ”

O'Connell puts his hand on his chest.

“It's your life. ”

It was an answer with many implications. Tanatos nods, momentarily lost in thought.

“From now on, we will train our informants from the beginning, not with outsiders. You've done a great job. I would have been drawn to Lord Polentia if it weren't for you. ”

“I did what I had to do. Your Majesty."

Tanatos gets up and walks to the wine cellar.

“Would you like a drink? Clooney, right?”

“Hail, Emperor Haona. ”

O'Connell smiles at you for some reason.

“I've also prepared a small gift for this meeting. Will you watch over me?”

He slips out a new wine. Tanatos' pupils shake sharply.

“Th-that……! ”

“Rednice is 50 years old. This was a gift from the Prelate for an exclusive contract with the Merchant Guild. ”

“Haha! It's been 50 years! ”

Tanattos clears his throat as his eyes gleam with excitement.

“... but the first toast is to honor you with a big score, so I'll take it to Clooney. Are you okay with that?”

“Thinking of a humble servant, I will never cease to sing. I will repay you faithfully.”

Tsk.

The two who smashed the glass drank wine without a word.

“By the way, O'Connell.”

Tanatos smiles and opens his mouth, enjoying the wine.

“Who the hell are you? ”

“ ……! ”

O'Connell suddenly snaps his neck and chokes like a sardine. The Wudang Tang! The table collapses and he's in agony rolling around the floor.

“I don't think you're O'Connell. Right?"

“Cough... Cough! ”

As he relaxes and looks at the pain, Tanatos continues slowly.

“Every wine on the fourth shelf has been poisoned. Nothing to do with the undead who are already dead, but they're deadly to humans. ”

“Khh... khh... huff! ”

“I was embarrassed because I had the same face, body type, voice, all of them. But you can't fool your instincts. There's a subtle difference between real and real. Especially……. ”

He shakes the Clooney wine.

“This is a wine from the territory of Balice. O'Connell doesn't drink wine from his old hometown because of vengeance. If you simply investigated the wine's preference, you would lack the sensitivity of the information. ”

“Cough! Cough...! ”

He bites at the foam from his mouth and suffers, finally winding down. Then the body turned into a person who was moaning like a pudding.

“… Rod Polentia did this? Hmm, you've surpassed the lowest level of makeup magic. I can't trust anyone anymore. ”

Tanatos is enjoying the wine, looking out the window, and a new notification window pops up.

- Rod Polentia has requested a 1: 1 conversation with Tanatos.

“Hahaha! This is so cool. ”

Tanatos pressed the Accept button. A moment later, a frozen face appeared on the screen.

“You amuse me in many ways today? Rod, I've received your lovely gift. ”

“…… what happened to him? ”

“Dead.”

Tanatos moves his spear to show you the fallen corpse and turns it back.

“I was wondering if this Abyss didn't try to assassinate you. You're being so careful.You 've done something big. How did you do better than that? ”

“ ……. ”

Lord was silent instead of an answer.

“Yes, I'm sure you're not a fool to be picking on your own bottom. My guess is it's a God-specific strain of Abyss. Without the right Abyss to reach the Cultural Age, there's no information on Specialty Diseases, so you could be bluffing. The result, of course, is a failure. ”

His guess was correct. The assassin is a shape-shifter. It was a specialized strain of Abyss' last cultural era, recently researched. The Pokémon has the ability to transform itself into a dead target.

“And I cut down on the information that I bought the informants to build trust. This information will come in handy. Do I have to give you information like I used to? Hahaha!”

Lord sighs lightly.

“… Tanatos, I want to make a deal with you. ”

“You just tried to assassinate him, and now you want to make a deal? You look a little thick yourself. ”

Tanatos' Vignan Rhodes has done nothing. I just asked him whether he would do it with his eyes or not. Tanatos laughs out loud.

“May I ask why? ”

“To put it bluntly, we've seen the last of the measures, and there's no way to touch you. If we can't get rid of it, we might as well try a diversion. ”

Tanatos has never left Gehenna since the beginning of the Temple. He did not participate in the war, nor did he go out because of commercial and business matters. When I had to talk face-to-face, I used a communication correction tool. The only human contact is O'Connell, a regular visiting representative.

But it is even more impossible for an assassin to infiltrate Gehenna. Gehenna is the undead's paradise. The undead will soon feel the presence of the living, even if they can hide.

In other words, there are no gaps.

Tanatos is like a turtle hiding in a shell. The only way to get him out is to use force to push him away. It was also an overwhelming way to deal with Hades with an infinite quantity.

“You are truly invincible in Gehenna. ”

Lord told me.

“Thank you for criticizing me. I think it's the stupidest death for a monarch to go into battle and die. There are plenty of people who would die fighting in exchange for money. The monarch is enough to push them away. ”

“Is that so? But I'm sorry. ”

“… Hmm? ”

Suddenly, the face of Lord who was consistently stiff changed.

“You've been in a safe place for too long. ”

Woohoo! A vortex of magic begins to open in the middle of Tanatos' burial chamber.

‘… Warp? What about the alarm?

Tanatos has set up ‘Magic Detection Stone’ throughout the territory in preparation for the Great Kelvin War. But the detection alarm was not triggered.

Tanatos' gaze, looking for the cause of this, leads to the body that was poisoned and killed. A blue glow was emanating from the corpse.

“Magic armor from Opectus, 'The Ring of Vanity’. In fact, it's not a great piece of armor, but it's the effect of blocking the flow of magic from the outside within a narrow room. I made him swallow it. ”

“…… what, what? ”

Tanatos, who has been aware of the situation lately, tries to leave the office, but is blocked by some sort of transparent membrane of closure. He was a class A in politics, but not combat proficient.

“Even if he fails the assassination, he has set up an automated end to vanity over time. Unfortunately, your men won't be able to sense the magic of the Wargate. ”

“Khh! Is there anyone out there?!" Is there no one here? ”

Tanatos battles his way through the breach. He tries to summon his men, but Lord's face is wide open.

I always knew there were no guards inside the palace.

This is not a matter of caution. From Tanatos' point of view, there was no room guard.

It is impossible for a living person in Gehenna to break in. And the undead don't betray us like humans do. That's why there are troops guarding the city outside and the territory, but they haven't deployed a guard to guard him close by.

There is no threat, so there is no escort.

“From the moment my underling transformed entered your office, the coordinates have crossed this way to meet the conditions for warp gate activation. Isn't it fun? Because you've been in an environment that has never existed for too long……. ”

At last, the Warp Gate is completely open. Glug glug. A chain flew in and wrapped around Tanatos' neck.

“When someone with malicious intent comes in, they simply get beaten and drunk. ”

“Khh!”

Without a bird to survive, his body is pulled to the gate.

Shhhhhhh!

After being dragged into the warp gate and through an abstract space, Tanatos' body tumbles to the ground.

“…… ugh. ”

Tanatos groans and looks up. It was a place that lay low on the ground. The human soldiers with weapons are all around you.

Phew!

There's a lot of pain in the back of his head, and his face falls to the ground.

“Now, say that again. Thanatos, king of the dead. ”

“ ……! ”

Lord looks down at him with a nightmare-like smile.

“Are you still enjoying yourself? ”

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fKZM/Tanatos is a class A politics. He's a Hades player focused on the inner circle.

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