The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

"You did it, Dumpel!"

Tennethia's height increased, hitting a fist on a more sturdy table and destroying it.

"Well, well, well!"

"Be calm, it looks cooler than when I had a seizure."

"That's right. Even if you bark here, it won't reach Tarosheim."

Tennesia tongues out the words of Vircaine and Goubamon, who seemed easygoing, but dropped the fist raised without hitting it again.

"So what's the story today? Are you going to the defeat reflection meeting?"

It has been about a month since the undead expeditionary force rushed to Balcheburg. [Evil god of eternal life] The vampires of the original species who serve Hilyshkaka were surrounding the same table.

"Of course I do ... but I'm going to talk about how to kill that Dumpel."

"Baboons must share information."

Yes, they lost. The strategy of maneuvering the Amid Empire from behind to deploy troops to the Milg Shield and killing an overwhelming number of Vandaloos ended in a spectacular blunder.

That said, the fact that Venecaine and Goubamon have room for attitudes while Tennessee is raging is easy to understand because it was the plan that set this up and that it was the country that caused the most damage.

Whether they are the elite of the Milg Shield, the guards of Balcheburg, the wealth of the villagers in the settlements and the future, it is a trivial matter for them.

But it's not a good mood to have no one to go deep into the empire.

Other than Earl Maubit, who returned undead, there were several colleagues that Tenesia was holding down, but it seems that this incident was seized by the Imperial side. Not everyone, but it was pretty much taken care of.

Apparently, Earl Maubit was searching for other collaborators for protection, and that information was leaked.

It seems that some of the people who were not only in Tennessia but also in the factions of Vircain and Goubamon were erased by the hands of the emperor and Schneider of [Shunrai], but she still lost the most.

And the noble vampires under his dispatch to the expeditionary forces. Ten persons from Vircain and Goubamon, and Tenesia dispatched Ira and ten of his men to command the unit.

It is painful to lose all of this.

Ira is a noble vampire with the rank of an Earl, and a loyal member who has been supporting her faction for tens of thousands of years, as evidenced by her two names, Hounds of Tenesia.

In fact, she was not the best dwarf in her aides, like a guard dog-but rather an important part of the faction. He was a vampire under the control of Tenesia in combat abilities, and was a strong man with three fingers.

You may think that your subordinates are less skilled, despite having reigned in darkness for more than 100,000 years, but that is not the case.

The lower seeks the opportunity to overtake the upper while obeying the upper.

The upper one tramples so that the lower one cannot overtake him.

The potential for a talented new generation to grow in such a group of values is badly miraculous. In addition, generational change does not occur because all the vampires have no life span.

It is not unusual for liters or barons, but the violence of kicks from vikings makes the number of people who survive for hundreds of years extremely small.

Of course, they often lose their lives due to the unreasonable task of ordering with the tanteria's tantrums and whim.

A subordinate like Ira who survived more than the count in that environment is valuable. …… Vampires of the noble kind can rank up to more races called marquis and dukes, but if they get too strong, they will be a target of exclusion.

There is no doubt that the Rabbits of the Tenesian faction have been greatly reduced.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was aiming for the corpse of the hero's return, but it was burnt until the ashes were thoroughly destroyed on site. Moranan

Gubamon laments with just the word, but no one thought he was seriously interested in a hero like Riley.

Gilly gazes at Goubamon as she creaks her teeth.

"And the worst thing is that the information is kept secret. Dumpel ... I know that Vandaloo can use the undead like we do."

Birkine caught his mouth there. Despite the great cost and loss of this operation, he has obtained very little information.

The fact that Vandalu can use the undead can be disgusting if he sees the expeditionary forces returning undead.

However, it remains unclear how the undead is made.

"Vida archetypes are working together. They have developed new techniques in the last hundred thousand years."

"Hmm, isn't there too many undead? I heard that thousands came out of the tunnel. It's a lot of work for us to make that many undead."

"Rabbit 1 is the lowest undead in the ranks. The undead expedition may have some, but not all, rank 3 and 4 undead. It's going to take a year for an animal to take one hour. ''

"Oh, the sentinel who came back alive reported that. It's a terrible story. So it would be impossible to incite humans anymore."

"The worst thing is that Ira wasn't in the undead."

The expeditionary forces that returned undead do not include the commander, Ira, or the noble vampires he would have dispatched.

"Most likely, our information is missing."

It is probably undead and it is at hand to get information. That's for sure, as long as Vandalu can make a rank 3 or higher undead. This was a headache for everyone, not just for Tenesia.

Although it was not as good as Ira, it was necessary to dispatch a proper subordinate, so the locations of some bases, meeting places, and other subordinates were exposed.

Fortunately, they were dispatched only to those who were originally active in areas where Vandaloo was not able to move freely, such as the Empire and its dependencies.

On the other hand, it is difficult for vampires of the [Evil God of Eternal Life] group to obtain more information. All the lookouts that have been left have been hunted off, and the rituals of undead and reviving dead noble vampires cannot resurrect the Islays.

It's already undead at the hands of Vandaloo.

Even if the Islays are destroyed in any time, the ritual does not include vampires that have already been undead. Even so, Vircain had stepped on something that he would have done.

"Fortunately, it's unknown whether you're connected to the Vidas or to other evil or evil gods, but they seem to be in the southern continent for a while."

"I guess. Otherwise you won't break the tunnel from yourself."

"In the meantime, we have to come up with a plan.

There is a lot of information and strength to collect.

The next few decades will be busy. Tenesia and Goubamon who think so, and noble vampires to refrain from.

Among them, only Birkine had a different opinion.

(Return 6,000 troops to create thousands of undead ... this might be resilient against the oracle of Hihryshkaka and might be taken in as a handpiece.

Fortunately, his parents were killed by Goubamon's subordinates and hands, and even the expeditionary forces had their mastermind in Tennessee. It may be possible depending on the conditions.

(It seems to be fun in the coming decades)

Two months have passed since the undead expeditionary forces attacked Balcheburg and were defeated.

"It's a terrific thing."

Count Thomas Palpapek muttered, looking down at a document in the office.

The expedition, in which General Maubit served as general commander, ended in a catastrophic failure far beyond his imagination and caused far greater damage than expected.

I feel like swearing myself last year as "idiot".

First, an expedition consisting of 6,000 of the 9,000 most elite members of the Milg shield country did not come alive. This hurts quite a bit. It will take years to grow the same number of soldiers of the same skill level, and the number of knights is virtually a hereditary aristocracy, so the number cannot be increased easily.

Since the good head has died in the war, he will instead appoint a good adventurer as a knight. I can't say that.

In addition to the equipment worn by the expeditionary soldiers, the cost of the expedition, the cost of building a fort at the entrance and exit of the tunnel ... the human damage is great, but the economic damage is not small.

Secondly, it was a severe pain that the pioneering business of the Viscount Balches failed.

The undead who came out of the tunnel did not aim directly at the town of Balcheburg, but rather slowly headed towards the settlement village. …… The marching speed was normal, but the speed of the undead, which should not have to rest or sleep and should proceed regardless of day and night, was slow.

As a result, all settlements were successfully evacuated. After all the undead had been defeated in Balcheburg and all the fires had been done to prevent the plague, they would return to the settlement.

At this point, the villagers and Viscount Barthes would have been prepared for the fields to be crushed by the undead, the houses to be destroyed, and possibly some undead to remain.

But who thinks there are about a thousand undead left?

Thanks to this, they again raked up soldiers and adventurers and organized and sent out a suppression squad. Fortunately, the subjugation of the undead ended without any problems.

As some poison zombies poisoned from their mouths were included in the zombies, the magician investigated, just in case, for poison in the soil of the fields, the wells and the waterways.

The worst result was that the soil in the fields was all poisoned for some reason, and the reservoirs and waterways were polluted and unusable.

The purification of poison is so difficult that even the renowned guru of the magician guild throws a spoon, which can take decades to hundreds of years if left naturally.

That was the situation in all settlements. In this case, the development business cannot be continued.

Although the pioneering business itself is a business of the Barçes Viscount, there are considerable subsidies from the state and many nobles should have been able to obtain the interests generated by the business. Not a big concession, but the Palpapek family is one of them.

The impact of its disappearance extends to the whole country, not just to the Baruches.

Ultimately, Gordan and Riley were at the head of the undead that attacked Balcheburg.

Those who praise themselves as heroes move around in a ruthless appearance and attack to kill themselves. Say something other than a nightmare.

It still pierces as a thorn in the Milg Shield, and the wound oozes blood and stops.

"Two hundred years ago, I managed to make it a win, but this time I have to admit it was a lose.

Army, adventurers, the temple of Arda, mud on all faces, because of those who sang at the habit of the dead. ''

In order to contain information, it is almost impossible because soldiers and adventurers from other towns have been gathering to protect Balcheburg.

Fire fighting is done by mixing false information, etc., but it will continue to rise to people's talk for a while.

Thanks to this, the air in Milg Shield is now darkening.

To make matters worse, many in the royal capital and army of the shield have raised fires to retaliate over this matter.

If the subject is the Amid Empire, the sovereign nation, it is no wonder that he has come one step closer to Thomas's longing for the independence of the Milg Shield.

But they are turning their heads against Tarosheim across the border mountains.

"It's not a joke. Dumpel ... Vandaloo did it. Everything was just dancing on the palm of that half-vampire."

Thomas was convinced that all the damage the Milg Shield had inflicted was on Vandaloo.

The strangely slow-moving undead, strangely less human damage except for the expeditionary forces, and the effects of poison that is strangely heavy even if occupied by undead, including poison zombies.

It's too unnatural for everything to happen.

"Do you want to hunt down our country and have a reckless revenge fight? And do you expect to wait again in this case? Other than the expeditionary forces, there are few deaths, because you are asking many people to take revenge for a long time. .

I heard she was a kid, but she's a terrible guy.

He subtly misunderstood the intention of Vandaloo.

Of course, unaware, Thomas looks back at the documents on the office desk.

"And this is also his calculation?"

There was a lot to say on the paper: King Milg Shield had asked Thomas to rejoin the Military in this difficult event.

Earl Legston found his job as his second son, Cesare, was a deputy commander of the Expeditionary Army, but there was no such figure in the undead, and the Amid Empire quickly announced General Maubbit as the chief officer by name. All I had to do was quit, retire, and hand over my family to my eldest son.

The problem is that the next Military Chair came to Thomas.

"Vandaloo, you seem to think I can get rid of the Maubit, but that's not it. I'll stop stupid revenge.

And someday I'll tell you about your nesting in the southern continent. ''

Some time after Thomas Palpapek rejoined the Military Lord, it was about to change from early summer to full summer. His office was light in grade and three were in the upper room, with excellent eyebrows crossing hands and listening to reports from his aides.

Although the face is young and thin, the eyes have a strong brilliance, giving it an extraordinary charisma.

And his ears were not as elven, but they were long and pointed.

"Is the report over?"

A man with a military-like appearance responds to the confirmation by a beautiful voice that transcends gender.

"Yes. His Majesty Maskuzar von Bellwood Amid"

Yes, this half-elf young man was the current Amid Emperor Maskhzar.

You would be surprised if Vandalu knows. He's a half-elf who is generally discriminated against and persecuted in fantasy works he's seen and heard on Earth, but this isn't the case in much of this lambda world.

Because in this world races, elves and dwarves fought against the Demon Army along with heroes, the Temple of Arda designates these tribes as "humans." There is also a document stating that some of the heroes were in genuine friendship with elves and dwarves.

And if subject to discrimination and persecution, the Amid Empire will have enough new Vida races.

Of course, nonetheless, there were nobles who opposed long-lived half-elfs to the throne, and this is not to say that there are no racists.

But Maskhzal, with his ability, silenced the opposition and took the throne.

The report he heard about this expedition.

"It seems that we've achieved our initial goal of exposing traitors who lead to vampires nesting in the empire, and ending them ... it's a bit unexpected."

After hearing that, Maskhzar stated so.

By the time the expedition was lifted, Maskhzar had already received information that General Rangil Maubitt had access to vampires.

He gathered evidence while directing the vampires' attention to the general's expedition, and ordered his entourage to dispose of the traitors who were hiding in the Empire.

As a result of the informal appointment, the investigation, and the encroachment, a number of noble family members who were closely related to the Earl of Maubitt also emerged. I got

As a result, the vampires in the empire were significantly reduced.

That is a great pleasure. I can't say that many nobles were involved in the vampire, so I can't boast publicly, but it's a good result to the point that I'm sorry.

But ...

"Is it because the expeditionary forces were destroyed, the majority were undead and attacked the town, and the tunnels in the Upper Boundary Mountains where the shield country reclamation business was abandoned suddenly collapsed?"

"Of course. Initially, the expedition was a success, Maubit was beheaded, and the Empire would have to give the Milg Shield to the pioneer as an apology and end it."

The Maskhzars expected that the expedition itself would be successful. At the very least, the dampeel, which led hundreds of ghouls across the Border Mountains, was beaten, and the elites of the Milg shield were reduced moderately, reducing the power of the independence Countess Palpapek and devoting themselves to pioneering businesses. The shield was then strong, but the fangs were going to be rounded.

I want a foothold in the southern continent, but a foothold that can't be used if one tunnel collapses is rather dangerous.

Rather, it would be more profitable to work to prevent the independence of the dependent nations and to allow the empire to annex the shield nation in the future.

I thought so.

"But, by no means, it turns out that the strength alone is nearly ten times as much .... On the contrary, what is overwhelming.

"I don't know. There are no survivors, and all of the prepared [necromancers] failed in [necromancy]."

"I see. The only thing I know is that I can take the undead and ... just make the corpse undead and control it."

Interestingly, Maskhzar glances at the little information about Vandalu in the papers.

"It's interesting. I want to get it if possible-"

"Isn't the temple of Arda not allowed?"

"I wonder if I could do it with an eyepatch. Just fine, the vampire hunter fell to the ground. In the first place, that shaven is too loud."

Until now, the emperor is a rabbit, and the Maskhzar is not religious to the god of law, Arda. I don't really believe that I'm a descendant of the hero Bellwood.

He is a realist and rationalist.

That is why we carry out policies that are most beneficial to the Empire.

Arda's doctrine, which emphasizes law and order, is an effective tool for governing. The Bellwood name is also helpful in maintaining authority.

Discrimination against Vida's race, such as D'Ampeel, has been maintained, as it is a very convenient sacrifice to divert dissatisfaction. It's a big deal to flip, because the new race of Vida in the empire is a minority.

"But isn't it difficult to capture?"

"It's obvious. Who said he would capture him, he said he wanted him under his control."

"Are you subordinate?"

Because of this realism and rationalism, a long circle of servants serving the emperor who proclaimed that he had flew away was astonished at the emperor's words that he wanted to add Dampir to his subordinates.

"It's too dangerous! If you see it, the empire will collapse!"

"Exaggerate what to do. How far you go depends on how much you can use this damper, but you only need to have the Pope of Arda's Great Temple approve" God's forgiveness "."

"Never!"

"I just want to be the Pope, and my dear people will be able to tell if he really has the oracle."

Mashukusar, who speaks terribly scary, involuntarily sweats cold on his back.

"But the easiest thing to do is to serve as a shadow."

With the words he continued, he breathed a breath of relief.

"However, your Majesty, at this stage, all you know is that the dumpy can create an undead and obey it. Isn't that the only way to use it?"

Earth fiction works occasionally feature powers and companies that use the dead as zombies to create immortal soldiers and attempt military use. But Maskhzar does not do it if it is possible.

Because the Amid empire is a living human land.

It is easy to imagine that religions, psychological problems, and above all, soldiers and the public would not accept.

A soldier who is told, "If you die, fight undead and keep fighting," falls into doubt that the commander may be making tactics based on his death.

The people are not convinced that their husbands and sons will continue to fight after death.

I don't know if undead soldiers will swear loyalty in the first place. If Vandaloo whispers a word, everyone could even flip the flag.

"What, I'm not going to make the undead a soldier anymore. I just thought it would be fun if the remains that rolled into the old battlefield turned into skeletons and all went towards the Orbaum election."

"I see. Undead occurs regardless of us, and when it goes to the election, it's okay."

"But it's hard to get in touch as a reality, is it possible? Even if it did, Dampil could be resentful of His Majesty."

Regarding the case where the mother is killed, it can be softened if Maskhzal knows that the rabbits actually have different values from Arda.

However, Maubitt was a general of the Amid Empire, albeit connected to the vampire, and the expedition was approved under the name of Maskhzar.

"And then ... just to say that this one was just that much. I can't do anything to those who can't abandon my grudge.

But for at least a decade, they will be inside the border mountains. When you come out, don't miss it and make contact. ''

"I understand. I will monitor closely."

"Others ... Count Maubit destroyed. Let the elder son in confinement commit suicide, leaving a will to regret having been linked to the vampire."

"I'm afraid. Later, is there any move to ask [Shunrai] Schneider to investigate the southern continent?"

"Oh, my cousin?"

He sighs and remembers his cousin's face colliding with something. It's a bit of a distraction, but if you keep it alive, the rebels will rely on your cousins to gather, so it's a subtly useful person who is easy to see.

But sending that man to the southern continent is too dangerous.

"Schneider will refuse ... probably, but if you do, stop it. But don't turn it to the enemy. It's not time yet."

"Well, what about the Milg shield country?"

"Hmm ... do you need some candy?"

After a bit of thinking, Maskhzar said so. According to the report, there is a movement in the shield country to plan a revenge fight for a failed expedition.

If you do such a thing, national power will be exhausted rather than moderate. You need sweet candy to diminish your revenge.

"So, how can you allow Viscount Bartches to create a fort to monitor the Border Mountains, even in the sense of watching the Majesty's obsession with Dampier?

Of course, the construction costs come from the empire. ''

"I see, it's a strange idea."

The turbulent mind of the folk grass will value the fort more than its actual defenses and regain its calm. It might appeal to you if you did not neglect this case, and you might be able to turn the hearts of the people here.

Above all, it only has construction costs and maintenance and labor costs are the shield's own stomach.

For the future. It will help the deterrence of shielded nations without passing military power.

"Then let's do that."

Thus, the Viscount Balches was barely picked up by the construction of a fort led by the Amid Empire.

…… In the future, you will have an apparently useless fort in your territory, and you will suffer, but it will be the Viscount's child who bothers you.

Original vampire, Count Thomas Palpapek, Amid Empire. Apart from being aware of the existence of Vandaloo, the three had two things in common.

The first is that, as did the gods of law, Ardas, they took care to avoid the two names being given a vague or common name.

The other was that they assumed that they would accumulate power in the southern continent beyond the Border Mountains for more than a decade, at least for a short period.