The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

The battle on the border of the Duke of Hartner's territory and the Duke of Phazon's territory was more worthy of being described as an inhuman battle than a myth.

''Huhahahaha!　Good, really good!　You're willing to put a human on your back in order to gain the position of the Great Leader of the Demon King's Army?

Zovebergia, the evil god of avarice, bestows upon Rvezfold his own unreserved praise.

'For that reason, you are my killer!

However, the murderous intent contained in the unrolled tentacles does not waver.

''Because I recognized you, I want to see your face the moment your ambitions that I reached out to, even if it meant throwing away my pride, were crushed!　I want to hear your cries of despair and regret!　So don't die!

The tentacles are thrust out like a spear, wielded like a whip, and dropped like a mallet. Tentacles vary in shape, some with blade-like tips, some with numerous sharp spines all over, and some with sucker or fanged mouths on their sides.

''I don't understand!''

[Penetrating fire]　It's tricky to say and do things that are weird but strong!

With Paauvina on his back, Levezfor was engaged in a struggle to fight back, parrying Zovverogia's attacks in front of him.

Paauvina's cudgel crushed and flicked the tentacles, which were filled with a sharpness and power that Rvezfoll could not handle. The other tentacles are played and received by Rvezfor's tail and claws. Whenever there is an opening in Zovvelogia, it spits out a breath and attacks from a distance.

It is truly a human-dragon unity. It's a good thing that you have a habit of reading the changes in weight and force transmitted from your legs and moving without being commanded by Paauvina with words.

''You guys in the Demon King's Army have always been like that!　Too many of them are in the habit of speaking the language but can't speak it!　Even when it was suggested to me to turn, I wasn't fazed that you'd kill me the moment I shook my head!''

Levezfor shouts, remembering a complaint that should have been forgotten in ancient times. Still, he seems to have left the fact that he was turned in after all on the shelf.

''Objection!''

"I'm not with you, please!

The "Evil God of the Dark Forest" Zozogante and the "Five Evil Dragon God" Fidirg did not relax their attacks and countered to Rvezfol's shout before Zovebergia.

''I don't always understand what they are saying either!

Zozogante shoots rays of light from the fruit-like eyeballs on the branches, and also strikes the seeds like bullets, trying to bind Zobuberogia with the budding alter-ego vines.

''I don't want them all together in the Demon King's Army!

Fidilg was hitting the light bullets wildly with all four necks except the neck, which was the equivalent of his little finger as he spoke. Although he was mostly dodged by Zobubelogia, his target was the Duke of Phazon's army, which had become the source of Zobubelogia's power.

Every time the light bullets landed on the ground, many of the soldiers, knights, and adventurers of the Phazon Duke's Domain Army would burst and disappear. There were a few fierce men among them who were trying to dodge the blast of the light bullets and attack Fidilg, but those fierce men were defeated by Lapiesage and Juliana faster than they could reach him.

''Te, retreat!　Retreat-!

However, most of those defeated by Fidirg were generals who had been driven mad by Zovverogia and started fighting each other, so as a result, the Duke of Phazon's army succeeded in keeping about a quarter of them alive.

However, while they were in the firing line, they were mercilessly bombarded by Fidilg's light bullets, so they withdrew for their lives.

As a result, a potential source of energy for Zovverogia moves away, but he's too preoccupied with the fight to even look at it. It's probably the latter because he's already gained enough power or he only cares about satisfying his needs ...... without having to think about it.

'Don't let what they say and do fool you in the first place!　So unless you have important information, let it slide!　Think of me as a squeaky monster that says that!

As Randolph teaches him this, he uses Vandaloo's bone dagger and spirit magic to scratch through the tentacles of Zovverogia's tentacles and attack the pale, stem-like torso.

'Randolph, you don't seem to have taken much damage from attacking not only the tentacles but the torso as well. It looks like it has other weaknesses.

However, as Meorilis pointed out, Zobuberogia didn't seem to be suffering even when he was wounded so deeply that his tentacles as well as his torso spewed fluid from his body.

The eruption of bodily fluids stopped immediately, and instead of screams and yells, there was a winning voice.

''Hahahaha!　Traitors, demons, undead, humans, and elves of all species fighting together!　It's like an army of heroes!　It's beautiful!　The moment when that bond is broken should be even more beautiful!'

Just when you think Zobuberogia has emitted a humor laced with euphoria, it secretes and wears or ejects a monstrous mucus from its tentacles.

It's an insanity-inducing poison that has driven about half of Duke Fazon's army crazy.

''Van!''

"Cursed or poisoned, you can count on me.

However, Paauvina and the others have a messenger king who is the alter ego of Vandaloo, who even [disinfects] the curse poison of the 'Evil God of Curse Poison' Dobo Pezepaloo, and even lifts the seal applied by the brave and 'Dharma God' Arda.

Of course, that's no reason to take the attacks lying down, so Zozogante and Fidilg blocked most of the mucus by exploding rays and light bullets.

Some of them hit Levezfor, but there was no way that the poison used to drive a human mad would be able to pass through him, a sub-god, that way.

''Ugh!

Tentacles snatched the side of my head, scales and blood splattered, though my head was slightly dazed and my consciousness was blurred.

''Levez!''

"GAAAAAAA!

But the body obeys the Lord's will before it can think in its head at a moment's notice. Paauvina had tamed Levezfor up to that stage ...... and developed a bond with him.

He twisted his neck and bit off a tentacle that shaved his own side of his head, biting off a bite. At the same time, the messenger demon king erases the poison that was slightly effective.

''Your skill as a tamer in the normal sense of the word, Paauvina is better than Vandaloo.

While listening to Meorilis' assessment of the graduate as such, Levezfor grunted.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. If my memory serves me right, he wasn't in the nature to stand on the front lines and fight on his own.

Yeah, he was like that a hundred thousand years ago.

'In the first place, I'm sure you weren't that interested in the battle itself. We weren't weak, though.

The Zovewberogia of Fidilg and Zozogante's memories were also true of Rvezfor. Even before the heroes were summoned, Zovubelogia did not go to the front lines, preferring to make humans, plants and animals mad and corrupt.

They were not close to each other at all, nor did they have nearly any contact with each other, but since Zovubelogia was a major executive, the general trends were in their ears, even though they were the window to the Demon King's army. There would be no reason for him to lie about his own movements and lessen the results of the war, so it would be true.

If it was the original Zobuberogia, he would not have stuck to continuing to fight here, but would have run away and hidden himself before plotting.

Furthermore, although Levezfor and the others didn't realize it, the direction in which Zobubberogia was driving people crazy was also strange. When he drove Duke Fazon's army crazy, it was mostly betrayal to his colleagues and superiors, but when the original Zobuberologia drove people crazy, it was instilling all kinds of immorality and desires to destroy themselves.

Unbridled lust and urges for the opposite sex or same sex with a spouse or lover, young men and women and vice versa, old men and women, and animals. Rape, plundering love, rape of the dead, cannibalism ...... that routinely favors and lusts after the flesh of one's own kind, just about anything.

When you think about it, it may have been fortuitous for the Duke of Phazon's army that Zobuberogia was implanted with a piece of Guduranis' soul. It could be said that an evil god is a strange existence, that the crazier you are, the closer you feel to normal in the eyes of others.

''So what about it!　If my aggression is so great, how can you people win?　If you can do it, show me!'

However, Zovyberogia is right that he is being driven mad and hijacked by a piece of Gudrunis's soul, which doesn't work much in his favor in the fight against Rvezfors and the others.

Although Zovverogia has had several tentacles severed and shattered, his life force is still very much alive. It will soon regenerate its tentacles and be back to normal. Randolph's attack on his torso was not fatal either, as Meorilis pointed out.

Even though the humans who had been the source of his power were wiped out by Fidyrg, his momentum has not yet waned. After all, his rank as an evil god is different from that of Fidirg.

"It's true, it's true.

'There are no words to return. But ......'

"We don't have to win this one alone, idiot.

But there was no sadness floating around in Rvezfor or Fidilg.

'What?　Are you crazy enough to remember the power gap between you and me?　Now, you can let any one of those pillars go unnoticed, okay?''

No, you're not in a position to say that anymore.

What?

Zobuberogia reflexively unleashed her tentacles towards the voice she heard unexpectedly. However, the tentacles were burned to death by a skull-shaped black flame.

''! '

I'm here.

The one who was there was Vandaloo, who had finished eating and removing the pieces of Gudrunis' soul from the two pillar beast kings.

Originally, Levezfor and the others weren't trying to defeat Zovuverogia on their own. They were stalling for time to keep Zobuberogia in place until Vandalou arrived. ...... Paauvina and Juliana were trying to defeat him, though.

'Van, is the time up already?　We can still do our best~?

'It's a shame, I can't believe they didn't even give you an effective hit, let alone beat you: ......!

"Arrive!

Yes, they and La Piesage are frustrated.

'Time is up. And besides, Lefezfor and Fidirg are appealing to me with their eyes.

''What?''

Why, you don't have to say it out loud!　The two pillars were surprised. Levezfor, in particular, looked accusingly at him, saying that if he was used as an excuse to toughen up his training in the future, what would he do? But Paauvina withdrew frankly, "Well, I guess that's just the way it is.

'Also, Miss Randolph and Miss Meorilis, come over here. We're going to be short-handed in the Milg Shield Country, so I want you to head to reinforcements.

Encore. Fair enough.

"Randolph, when we get through this war you should take a long leave of absence.

As they were talking, Vandalou put them into the 【Body World】 with 【Structured Demon Realm Art】, and after replacing them with the Use Demon King for a moment, he came back again.

He must have sent the two of them back to the battlefield in that moment.

While they were having such a conversation, Zobuberogia was repeatedly attacking Vandaloo with her tentacles.

However, it is being burned off one after another with black flames and electric shocks.

''Whoa!　I hate you!　What is this hatred?　What is this irritation?　What is this grudge, what is this rage!''

Every time he loses one tentacle, he suffers damage that is not fatal, but not quite a graze. Furthermore, I feel more pain than the damage I'm actually taking.

Still, that doesn't stop him from attacking. That's how much of a negative feeling Zobuberogia remembered Vandaloo. Even Rubezfor, who had tried to praise and kill him so much, was no longer on his mind.

''Why!　I will not be driven by this hatred and anger!　That's not how I am!　And what does that mean?'

Zobuberogia looks puzzled, though he continues with his caustic attack. From his appearance, Vandalou felt something different from the Demon King's Army executives he had encountered before who had been implanted with Guduranis' soul shards, so he tried to speak to them.

''It's because the Guduranis soul fragment is a parasite. Under its influence, you probably feel strong anger and hatred towards me.''

Of course, it prevents Zovverogia from attacking, counter-burning and slashing away at it. This question wasn't something I expected Zobubelogia to respond to either.

''Wha, what?!''

But surprisingly, Vandalou's words reached Zobuberogia.

'This anger and hatred is not mine, but Gudrunis-sama's...... and a piece of my soul, so Gudrunis-sama has lost!　Then there's a way to deal with the ...... piece of Gudrunis' soul!　We'll have to be sealed up!'

And how he called out Gudrunis and asked for a way to deal with the soul piece.

'Answer me quickly!　I can't hold out for long!

Moreover, stop attacking against Vandaloo even though his whole body was trembling in small increments.

Until now, there have been gods who have begged me to 'kill' them, but there is no god in the Vida faction who has been able to stop the attack completely, not even the Vida faction gods.

'I can remove it. Please stay put.

So I decided to try to help them for now. It doesn't matter if they betrayed me. I've already given instructions through the horse-shaped messenger demon king that Juliana is straddling to keep her distance.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this.　Help me and I'll do anything!　Gudrunis was overwhelmingly powerful and therefore obeyed, but he couldn't stand to be defeated and eaten up by a defeated man whose flesh and soul were split in a thousand pieces!'

If they were defeated by the brave army, Rvezfor thought, as he kept his distance, that Zobberogia was the same as Gudulanis, so he couldn't say anything big. However, he guessed that Fidilg and Zozogante, who was a pillar of one of the evil gods, would mean that they were not worthy of loyalty to a being as good as him.

Vandaloo stretched out his spirit body and tried to touch Zovverogia's soul.

''Ah, thank you. I didn't expect you to help me when I was a member of the Demon King's army. You are really grateful to me, you are my benefactor...... no, I am a great benefactor. That's why I'm going to return the ...... revenge!　Fuck you!

With a swift movement, Zobuberogia moved her tentacles in unison, as if it was a lie that she had been suppressing her impulses until then, and entangled Vandaloo in them. Then he opened the round mouth that was in the area where the tentacles were growing and ate it as it was.

''Hahahahahaha!　I ate it, I ate it!'

It is true that Gudrunis was defeated, and he couldn't stand the idea of having a piece of his soul embedded in and dominating him. He sincerely asked for help and thanked Vandaloo for responding.

So, I betrayed him. He would return the favor and ruin everything, including himself, by making a mess of everything. That's the way Zobuberogia, with the name of 'greed destruction', should be.

For that reason, anger, hatred, and the urge to attack can be endured with pleasure, no matter how painful and difficult it is.

''Hahahahahahaha!　'Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!'

Even if Gudrunis took over after this, he would remember no regrets. With that much pleasure, Zovubelogia roared a high, winning voice. It would be even more wonderful for Zovubberogia if this made Levezfor and the others regret it. ......

'So I told you. There's no point, you'll just get betrayed,''

'Yeah, I thought it would be ninety-nine percent true, too. But well, it made sense. Heehee.

'Hahaha!　is ......?

But instead of regretting it, Levezfor was talking to Vandaloo, who appeared with the horse-shaped user demon king ...... that Juliana had straddled and changed into the main body.

''Um, so what do you mean by that?　Later, can you get me a new horse?

When Juliana, who was straddling him as if clinging to his small back because the horse-shaped user demon king had changed into Vandalou, asked that, Vandalou pointed at Zobuberogia.

''Hey, why there, ni-ni?　What the hell is that?

With the tips of his fingers, Zobuberogia began to suffer, trembling unnaturally. And when he thought he opened his mouth that had swallowed Vandaloo just now, he let out a thick blood-colored mist from it.

[Devouring blood].

''It's the messenger demon king inside that guy's body, attacking him from within.

I didn't know about Zobuberogia, but Vandaloo was able to switch between the main body and the alter ego. So there was no point in restraining the main body alone and swallowing it whole. I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world.

''Gyaha!　Higgers!　Geez. ......

Zovverogia tried to reach out its tentacles towards Vandaloo as it was being eaten by countless microorganisms from inside its body, scraping away its flesh and soul.

Is it trying to at least give him a last shot at the end, or is it trying to beg for its life again?

'And that's it.'

But Vandaloo wasn't interested in being either of them. The next moment he said that, Zobuberogia's body expanded furiously from within.

''Pop--''

And then, Zobuberogia exploded from within while roaring an explosive sound that cancelled out the final words.

''I've acquired the [Demon King's Taste] and the [Lust Destruction God]!

''The [Demon King's Loyalty] has been merged into the [True Demon King] and the [Greedy Annihilation God] has been merged into the [Sub-God]!

Leonardo in Zhangye is a man who only lived by the sword. He spends all his money on his sword and his skills, his food is his only source of energy, and his women are his only source of sexual gratification. He refuses orders and decorations, and continues to slay in search of objects worth cutting.

And before he knew it, he had become one of the trump card of the Amid Empire, the 'Evil Crushing Fifteen Swords'.

But still, Leonardo was the same. Even though the empire had become a sacred country, he had no loyalty or faith, and sought a target worth cutting.

''The last of them is you. Be grateful that a swordsman as good as I am expected to be!

'Who thanks you!　It's just annoying to be expected to be a manslayer!

Schneider handles Leonardo's sword with his bare hands, which has red and black veins floating on his face like a pattern. He concentrates his magic power on a part of his body, increasing its hardness.

With this, Schneider has also crossed over masters with weapons made by Orihalcon.

''Tch!　You've switched to a creepy sword!

But there are multiple cuts on his arm. The blood has almost stopped bleeding, though.

''It's rude to call me freaky. It's a swing of the [Demon King's Armor] that's all the rage right now in the Holy Land.

Leonardo's first sword was broken right after he started the battle with Schneider, and he was now using a second sword.

It was a black-bladed, double-edged straight sword with a black blade, and it was a [Demon King's Armor] made using the seal of the [Demon King's Piece] with a sharp cutting edge.

''I heard it's called the [Demon King's Kiss]. The Pope who sent this to me said that a swordfish is the long, pointed jaw of a fish or something like that!　Whatever!

You're the one who says that, you're the one who doesn't even seem to be using magic and your wounds are healing fast, freaky.

Yeah, I kind of quit my race!

Schneider's wounds received from Leonardo's [Demon King's Armor] slash were quickly closing up. He had already become an underworld race.

'It's still a race, though, so it's not exactly the same!　And I'm not willing to be put together with your sword or your body!

'Well, if it's worth cutting, then great!　But it's about time I stopped worrying about my health forever!　"Demon King's heart, make me feel better!

As Leonardo shouted that, his [Demon King's Heart] began to beat with such force that it could be transmitted to the surrounding atmosphere.

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Name: Leonardo.

Race: Race

Age: 42

Two names: [Zankyou] and [Goddess' avenging enemy].

Job: Dark Night Swordsman

Level: 80

Job history: apprentice warrior, warrior, swordsman, mage, bandit, assassin, dark fighter, slaughterhouse swordsman, wizard, mage fighter, fighting swordsman, execution swordsman, swordsmith, great swordsman.

Passive Skills

Full Capacity Increase: 2Lv

Increased attack power when equipped with a sword: maximum

Agility enhancement when equipped with non-metal armor: Medium

Enhanced ability value: Directive: 5Lv

Self-enhancement: Killing: 10Lv

Killing Power Recovery: 10Lv

Indication: 7Lv

Mental Pollution: 4Lv

Intuition: 2Lv

Demon King Erosion: 1Lv

Active skills

Disastrous Sword Art: 10Lv

Short sword killing technique: 10Lv

Armor: 10Lv

Transcending the Limit: 10Lv

Stealthy Feet: 10Lv

Hooked Dawn: 3Lv

Trap: 4Lv

Magick: 8Lv

Northern Lights: 10Lv

Magic剣限制界越: 10Lv

Carry: 3Lv

Commander: 1Lv