Elf Tensei Kara no Cheat Kenkoku-ki

Episode Twenty: Postwar Processing

The battle was over and we started cleaning up later.

We should return all the villagers to the village and never come back.

By now, you'll be ready to celebrate.

In an elf village with too much food, we couldn't afford it, but we had extraordinary income. It's food and booze in their formation. The quality and quantity of it is incredible.

Apparently, sightseeing has arrived to make it easy for the Lai aristocrats to earn their medals. I thought there were six of only five hundred noblemen with family crests.

We have to take care of the body.

I sighed and saw the pavement from the village to the Empire.

There are a terrible number of bodies and piles of casualties there.

"People's bodies rot, and they become carriers of germs."

Yes, referring to corpses would be terrible harm if not handled properly.

Wild dogs and wild birds show up, scatter and scatter, rot and emit strange odors, breeding germs, it already creates a variety of evils.

How serious is it that they say it is effective to throw corpses into the walls and deteriorate the sanitary environment in order to attack the Battle of Cage Castle?

"I'll do it alone this time."

But you won't be finished doing it all night while Cyril is still there.

I am determined to use [Circumflex Regression] to process the body.

Just in case, use [Extended Perception] to thoroughly check that there are no elves around, and enemy ambushes, before starting magic.

"Liberation, my soul. The trajectory I left behind on the other side of time, here and now."

The magic "Odo" in the body is activated. My soul shakes.

"What I want is a knight who remained noble in the world of vanity, whose name is…"

Former name. I read you nostalgic names.

"Deet! [circle regression]!

Light wraps around your whole body.

Then my body belonged to a knight wrapped in platinum armor.

"Level, 24, you're ranking up your gear. That's right, more than sixty people, they just ate it."

The influence of the last soul eating increased the magic, and so does the power of the invoked Deet.

"This is going to be over soon."

I approach the body with a breath of relief.

"[Item Box]"

Activated by Dirt's inherent magic [item box]. Store the body of the body and the equipment separately.

Repeat it from one end to the other, erasing the bodies one after the other.

[Item Box] can hold anything but organisms, up to 4000kg.

"He's still alive."

I drop a sword on the head of a soldier who crosses by poison.

Then, his neck flies, and in an instant, he turns into a corpse and can be housed in an item box.

At the same time [soul-eating] is activated and the blue light is sucked into my body.

This is to recreate me in the game age, by eating the special abilities that have been manifested, the souls of the opponents that have killed, it strengthens their own souls and increases their magic.

In my view, I just said that the ratio of dead soldiers to soldiers beating around with poison is 1: 1.

Well, that would be it. It's hard to die unless you hit a steep spot with just one arrow stabbed. The truth is, there must have been more soldiers there who killed him, but he couldn't stand the pain and seems to be slitting his own throat with his last strength.

I know it's bad, but I can't be powerless if I don't inflict so much pain.

I will free the soldiers from suffering by killing them.

Even ordinary soldiers without ransom may be able to enslave them and sell them out, but it's a long and dangerous journey to a country that will buy them away.

Make it an addition to your magic because it doesn't fit the bill.

"Is it time for a box full"

Exactly, with the 4000kg limit [item box], with gear included, the dose will be full for about 40 people.

There are more than five hundred soldiers. You can't possibly do that.

"Throw it away once."

I go into the woods, sighing.

There, large holes with a depth of 20 m and a diameter of about 20 m were covered with lids.

This is what I used to call me when I was a dwarf. The walls are reinforced with bricks, not just holes. Drop one body after another out of the item box there.

It makes an unpleasant noise because the body falls from too high, but ignores it.

"So, gear's better in the vault"

Equipment is precious because metal is used in it. The mine is not around and if you try to get it, you have to buy it or take it away. I don't really have the hands on armor made of Imperial steelmaking technology, so I need to take care of it.

Yeah, thinking about it, I'm gonna line up the armor in my workshop. I thought about this and turned it into a big workshop.

I go back and forth silently to the morgue, the workshop, the battlefield. I had a lot of difficulty getting rid of the wild dogs along the way, but it was about ten round-trips and it got pretty clean. There's blood all over it, but this will wash away the rain.

"Nevertheless, I've had enough"

In the end, about two hundred people stabbed him in the stomach and did [soul-eating].

I'm lucky I don't get to eat as many people as I do. I still don't have enough magic. Build up a little more magic and I can call you a little more powerful.

"I don't know, I'm too excited, too"

Relax on your own.

Today, I'm glad I let everyone in the elves win.

The surest way is for me to ambush and destroy my enemies. If there were about five hundred of them, they could do it.

What I didn't dare do was look to the future.

Sometimes you'll be attacked without me. The power to protect the village ourselves. Without it, there's no point.

So they let me use it because it was just the right level of raid for affordable practice.

"I got rid of the garbage, and then I guess we'll have to negotiate"

I unravel the [circle regression], return to Cyril's figure, and rush to the nobles who sniped him at the beginning of the battle.

Unlike the general soldiers I disposed of, these guys have information, and it's going to be gold, so I have to collect it properly.

I hope I didn't kill myself.

"Hih, hih, hih,"

"Oh, oh, oh, oh"

When I got there, the most important first man to give me a name was beaten to the ground, kicked by a horse, with his arms bent in a weird direction but once alive.

The deputy seems to be safe.

What is unfortunate is that two of the remaining four are dead. I guess I couldn't stand the pain and killed myself.

I'll pull out the arrow that's stabbing the commander. Then blood erupted.

Arrows don't lose much blood just from being stabbed, but when you pull them out, you get a lot of blood.

Block the wound with [healing] because you are not dead and have no children.

"I'd like to get rid of the poison too, but forgive me for being dangerous over there"

Detoxification by strengthening the immune system deprives considerable health. I have a fever when I catch a cold and I feel tired all over my body, but that's what happens when the virus fights the immune in my body.

Intentionally accelerating it by magic naturally doubles the suffering of the side effects as well. It may be bearable at normal times, but if you do that to the weak aristocrats, it can be stopped.

From the chest, remove antidote and pain pills and stick them into the commander's mouth.

I also use the poison on the arrows for torture, so I was making some antidotes.

When I thought I'd rounded my eyes for a moment, I looked just a little easier.

Drink this and the poison will go away in half a day.

"You should sleep"

At least shake your brain and lose consciousness.

The other three survivors did the same, giving them medication and then defusing their consciousness. By the time this happens, the poison will be out.

"Well, you failed. Don't solve Deet's [circle regression]."

I took a heavy sigh when I saw the bodies of two noblemen rolling in suicide.

Let's seriously take off our armor and dump the body.

I throw all the bodies into the hole that need disposal in the woods, and I pour in whatever oil the Imperial Army was bringing to keep them warm.

When you make sure the body was immersed in oil, sprinkle sparks with firestone to ignite it.

In addition, call on the wind mana to send air to strengthen the momentum of the fire.

Of course, don't forget to control the wind around you so the smoke doesn't come to you.

Humans stink when cooked, and their bodies stick and uncomfortable when exposed to smoke mixed with oil. However, this is the first time that I have handled it properly and become harmless.

In the past, epidemic diseases caused by abandoned corpses and mass outbreaks of pests were feared as a proximity to the dead.

"Don't feel bad. If you win, we'll be the ones who'll be like this."

That's war. The only way to defend dignity is to fight and win.

This time I just happened to be strong over here.

Until I burn the body. I watched the swinging flames. If you wish, don't ever see this flame again. Yes, in prayer.

Having finished processing the bodies, I take charge of removing the armor of the three nobles who were still alive.

In addition to the body that I have trained using magic from day to day, the strengthening of magic made it possible.

In order to receive the ransom, I have to treat it carefully, so I have to carry it this way without even being able to throw it away there.

"Mayor Cyril! Are you really glad you're alone in cleaning up"

"We can help, too."

When I came to the entrance to the village, the village's most powerful loreu and childhood tame Rick rushed over here.

They even told me to help when they ordered me to go back to the village, but I didn't want to see Deet. I said no.

Only, I can't lead to confidence unless I think I won by the power of the elves alone, and I don't want the villagers to see me no longer an elf.

"I'm done. All you have to do is put these great men in a sinner's room and put them to sleep."

"Seriously?

"That's just a lie, isn't it? There's no way that all those bodies will be disposed of in less than two hours."

Loreau and Rick look at me with suspicion.

I don't know how that feels. Then tell him to look at it now and clean it up, but I feel sorry for letting him go because the celebration is about to start.

"'Cause it's me, huh?

So I'll explain it very briefly.

Then they laughed bitterly.

"Sure, if you're Mayor Cyril, you're going to do it"

"You're strange to think in common sense about what Mayor Cyril does. So, village chief, get back to the village. We can't start the festival."

"Nothing, you don't have to be without me."

"No. You won't be able to get started without the lead. These guys, we'll carry them."

That said, Loreu and Rick disappear behind the village, taking charge of the nobles.

I'll get dressed once I get home, take a bath of water, and then head to the square.

"Mayor!"

"Finally, the lead is here"

"Over here, over here, the food's ready already!

I'll be in the square, and everyone in the village will rush over.

Some elves are floating in victory, while others are frightened of killing people.

For one thing, I can only rejoice that no one has had to die.

Better than me, one younger girl blushed and brought me dishes that I subdivided into plates. The ones on board are seasoned with dried meat or bread but vinegar taken from the soldiers, a little bitter.

"Thank you. I'll take it."

"Go ahead. Mayor Cyril, you know, I say Conna."

Konna can't say she's beautiful, but she's a cute girl with a shortcut.

The child introduces herself with a bright red face.

Probably, I'm hot. Because he's a hero who saved the village and he's a young village chief.

"I know. Because it's a village."

I smile at Conna, whose face turns bright red in the light.

Then, smoke came out of his head and Conna froze.

"With that said, what about Lucier? I've been looking for you for a while now, and I can't find you."

"Uh, well, Lucier's ready to dance."

But I can't even be attached to that, so when I spoke from here on out, he answered me, whilst walking away.

Apparently, today, they dance kamikaze.

Kagura is what witches do in celebratory seats.

Lucier's house is a family heirloom that has inherited its dance from generation to generation.

That said, it has never been shown off since it was ruled by the Empire. The last time I saw it was when Lucier danced with her mother when she was nine.

I had the impression that it wasn't beautiful then and that it was adorable.

I get anxious if Lucier remembers to dance properly.

"Special stage."

In the centre of the village, simple but staged.

Villagers who are good at instruments sit with traditional instruments of whistling elves.

Three women came from the stage sleeve there.

Two of the three women have large cloths, covering and hiding one.

The two women are ancient stocks in the village, partitioning various lumps. Lucier would be the one hidden in the cloth.

"From this, do the dance of sunlight. Master Shrano tonight is served by Lucier"

Two women, who had cloths at the same time as the woman who had cloths declared, let go of those hands.

The figure of Lucier hidden by the cloth becomes dewy.

I lost my word. By too much Lucier beauty.

Lucier wore liturgical clothes. This is what her mother used to wear. Even if the elves lost their pride, only these clothes kept hiding.

A strange costume with multiple layers of thin, shiny and transparent cloth. That creates a fascinating silhouette.

And today Lucier was wearing thin makeup. That highlights her pity.

Will polishing up the finest ingredients from the beginning be this far?

The same goes for the other elves, who watch Lucier stop whispering and eat in.

"Now I will be Master Shrano. Okay, dance."

In Lucier's words, the music became and sounded, and the dance began.

This dance is not just a dance.

It is a recreation of the legend of Shrano, the ancestor of this village, which has been told from distant, distant times.

That was a time when demon kings still existed and produced demons.

Defeat the Demon King to save the world. The story of a sealed journey with the Great Mage so that the Demon King would never be resurrected again.