The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

Yamata is an undead made from the corpse of one of the top Hydras with nine necks.

As you can see from this, her subject is Hydra, and the upper body of the beautiful woman connected to her neck is just an ornament.

She speaks different words in each upper body, has different senses and decent thinking skills, can sing songs and dance as if twisting her body, but her body is at the base of her neck There is a Hydra.

Hydra was originally a living monster. There is a brain in all of the multiple heads, but it is a sub-brain that assists the movement of the head and neck, and the main brain responsible for overall thinking and body control is only one at the base of the neck It is.

It is still undead.

However, Yamata has been selected as a secretary of Vandaloo because he has the skill of [parallel thinking] and can do different tasks for each neck. For him, who splits and performs deskwork due to [withdrawal from the body] and [spiriting], it would have been more efficient than using nine secretaries.

However, Yamata's intelligence is not so high, contrary to the appearance of each upper body. Because it's Hydra.

Hydra, which is lower in rank than Wyvern in the dragon breed, does not increase its intelligence as much as it grows. It has not been examined in detail, but was thought to be as good as a wolf.

However, as a result of Yamada's [Surgery], leveling performed in his spare time, and daily training (training?), Yamata came to understand the language as much as a young child.

"Please help the resistance"

Yamada was instructed by Vandalu and looked around the campsite and wondered what the resistance would be.

Is it the name of a demon? A flower? A bird? I don't think it's stone or earth to say it helps.

Yamata knew he would help if he found resistance, but he didn't know what resistance was.

This was Vandalou. Because Yamata has a human upper body, she assumed that she had the same level of knowledge as a human.

And Yamata found over a dozen men and women he had never seen. And they called themselves "resistance." "Help me," "Hide me."

So I brought in "to help" and "to hide".

And Lapiesage, who was looking around a bit away from Yamata, found a suspicious person who seemed to be aiming for resistance, killed him with [charging] skill, and then brought the resistances with her. The message to Vandaloo relied on the suspicious spirit.

"Resistence"

"Kaku, Mawo"

"I see, almost, what happened."

Belmond received a rough explanation from Yamata, who squeezed one or two men and women in each upper body and brought them back to the base, and Lapiesage, who returned to the one-handed body of a mysteriously electrocuted man, I understood the situation.

Two people took me ... A dozen men and women from "The Resistance" caught me. Some people have tears or runny nose, and their faces are sticky and their crotch is wet. And whether they couldn't stand the fear, all of them stripped their eyes and fainted.

"I'm sure you were scared."

Saria's timid tone actually sympathizes with Hajj's false resistance.

Yamata and Lapiesage may be really scared of them, but Yamata and Lapiesage do not recognize so.

"Don't kill" or "I don't want to die" would have been interpreted as desperately seeking help.

So, he must have taken this far to help according to Vandaloo's instructions.

"Zoo, I got stunned as soon as I got here. The tension thread has broken. '

"Probably, I supposedly stopped seeing the boner."

The boner who greets Yamata says sorry. The truth was Sam.

A mysterious building was captured by a monster. And the skeleton is greeted.

This cannot blame the stunned Hajj.

"I wish we had met you. Welcome ~ ♪

"Well, maybe you've been relaxed."

At least he might have been able to welcome Hajj and listen to the story without stun.

"So what do you do? These people

Asked by Rita, who turned seriously, the Belmonds replied, thinking briefly that they were in trouble.

"It's like resistance for the time being ... let's disarm and treat injuries, break it into several rooms and let it rest. When you get up, let's have a meal and listen to me."

Before that, Belmondo shook his tail to the left and right, saying that if you were incontinent, you should change your clothes.

If Hajj's were conscious, their behavior might have identified them as false resistance. However, they were all fainted, so they had to hide them, thinking they might be a bit suspicious.

There is no certificate to prove the status of the Resistance.

I don't think it's frustrating for those who have put themselves in the Resistance to save their homeland from invaders, but fighting humans and fighting unidentified monsters may require different attitudes. .

And fighting occupation forces against guerrillas is not the only resistance activity. Perhaps they are a resistance specialized in information warfare with poor fighting power.

You can always abandon that it may not be resistance, but if you do it and find out that it was actually resistance, it would be too late.

And the location of the base has been known.

"Which way, I'm not going to throw it out as long as I brought it back here"

"It is. Thalia, Rita, leave the man to me. '

"Yes"

"It's kind of a reminder of how Vandaloo had a hard time changing diapers."

"Darucia, should I forget that?"

"Oopon"

"Gishii"

With a rattling noise, the gate of the open base turns into a solid bone wall. Before that, Eisen and Immortalent stood and stopped.

Hajj was rescued as he wished and was hidden in an impregnable fort.

Vandalu learned that Yamata and Rapièsage had helped Hajj and had taken him home while falling into the river following a tackle of a Privel and drying his clothes with Princess Levia's flame because he was soaked in his whole body. .

The scar on the sucker slightly irritates.

After hearing from Olbia's spirit, Privelle interpreted that it was possible to take the undead because Vandalu was in a special job.

To be misunderstood, Princess Levia, who subsequently appeared, explained to Privel.

And while Privelle and Olbia were talking, Vandaloo heard a story from the spirit of a scout man who had been electrocuted by Lapiesage.

A scout man is staying in a fort at the border of the Syura autonomous region, belonging to the Amid Empire's Resistance Subjugation Unit, who was pursuing the intentionally escaping Resistance (Hudges) and trying to find a hideout. .

"Ji, there should have been another person behind me, and now I should have reported to the party returning to the fort that I was done. The size of the subjugation squad is fifty ... 60? Fifty? Oh? Oh, yeah!

It seems that the spirit of a scout who sells fellow information with a fascinating expression and eyes, but his memory seems to be beginning to fascinate. There was something I still wanted to hear, so I gave my magical power to keep the spirit body and made a strange cheer.

([Mage] Did the quality of your magic change since you got into the job? The reaction is more extreme than before .... Well, it would be good if the effect was not reduced.)

Continuing interrogation, with a slight shout of spirit, revealed the command and command of the subjugation squad, and the size of the garrison at the fort.

As a result, he is convinced that the rebels will not be able to break through Knochen's defense. On the contrary, if you have Rita, Salia, and the bones, with Belmond at the forefront, you should be able to repel without difficulty.

A garrisoned fort can also be turned into a pile of rubble in a matter of minutes if Vandaloo properly fires [Death Magic] and [Nest].

"But if we return to Tarosheim and then a large defeat squad is sent in, the Resistance people and Pribels will be tough."

"That's right."

If a group of stray monsters is annihilated, it will end, but if it is a human country partner, it will not go so.

It is unlikely that a large number of troops will be dispatched, but an elite research team will be dispatched. The team may include A-class or higher adventurers and substantial presence.

At that time the Vandaloos wouldn't be here, but it's painful to see the Resistance fighting to free Sauron territory suffered.

Would be too irresponsible.

"But it's difficult for us to stay here and keep fighting."

"That's right. If you play poorly, it may be annoying to the resistance people."

The option to keep fighting because you are irresponsible is also hard to catch. Most of them are undead. Vidas are tolerant of the undead, saying that if they are self-aware, they should encourage them to come to Buddha rather than subjugate without asking questions.

It's not a kind of unconditional familiarity. In fact, the undead that appears in Yamano is as dangerous to humans as other monsters.

Such a dangerous undead is fighting with the Resistance. Wouldn't the Amid Empire know that the resistance would sell souls to evil gods?

And if Vandalu is too conspicuous, it will make a fuss about overthrowing "The Return of the Demon King" and crossing the borders of the country for the world, Schneider of "Shunrai" and Heinz of "Blue Flame Sword" etc. Adventurers may come together.

Heinz alone is a chance to fight the enemy, but if you come to other S-class adventurers in addition to other party members, you will be in a pinch.

…… Schneider is actually a Vida believer who can be an ally, but Vandaloo did not yet know that.

That said, throwing out the resistance that Yamata rescued or burying them in the dark is too humanitarian. Then, a realistic option ...

"When the subjugation squad came, I captured some people and tampered with my memory as if I had been brainwashed and undead.

If you release the brainwashed survivors first and then mix dozens of Knochen skeletons into the fort, do you think the occupying army is a wild undead? "

You have the option of taking all of you alive and brainwashing with your [Mental Erosion] skill, but Vandaloo has to go to the Scylla settlement.

This would be appropriate if the subjugation squad reached the campsite in the meantime.

"Well, maybe not. Normally, you don't try to analyze the behavior of skeletons and zombies. '

Princess Levia said so, and Vandaloo wrote on the paper that she had heard the message, and sneaked it to the insect undead.

"Let's start now. What?-Beetle in this season?"

The story of Olbia is summarized, and Privel, who will guide her to the village of Scylla to meet her mother, the patriarch, blinks her eyes when she sees the flying insect undead.

"Isn't it mistaken for another insect?"

From now on, when choosing an insect undead that has a message, it seems better to remember to choose the seasonal feeling.

The village of Scylla was built in huts in a swamp at the foot of the mountain.

On the shore of the swamp, there is a solid hut for scylla with lower tentacles than the appearance, and a boathouse-like structure floating in the swamp, a place for racial and beast races living in the settlement.

It seems as if Scyla is arresting men, but they are actually protected by Scylla.

"There's no magical area around here, so it's safe if you're in the back of a swamp. If you want to go outside, you can row a boat, carry around, or swim on your own."

That's right.

By the way, I guess there are no crocodile in the swamp, but he said, "I'm here, it's delicious." It seems to be the main prey of Scylla huntsmen.

In addition, they catch fish, live large capybara-like rodents and ducks like calves, and make their livelihood.They live on their worship, worshiping the main god Vida and the heroic goddess of Syura, Merebeil. It seems to be.

"I want a duck."

"That big rat looks delicious, Van, too."

"I want you to separate that too."

"But if you grow up in Tarosheim, you'll become a monster."

"Does the quality change?"

Next to Vandaloo and Pauvina, gazing at the warm and fabulous capybara and ducks, Privel was preached by Scylla guards armed with spears and shells.

"I got out of my way! I know I want to practice, but it's dangerous now!"

"At least ask us for escort!"

"I'm sorry, but I heard that maybe the culprit who killed Olbia might understand!"

"It's ... that big girl ... you're a child? Is that related to that?"

The guards' sisters were also aware of Pauvina and Vandaloo brought back by Privel. Princess Levia disappeared to avoid making a fuss, but it seems that the two-meter giant girl could not have been a mere person.

He looks a little hesitant at Pauvina, but Privel corrects.

"Yeah, the smaller one"

"The little one? Well, is it alive?"

"Is it a doll ...?"

Naturally terrible. He is lifted by both hands in Pauvina, but his mouth is listening.

"Well, my name is Vandaloo."

"I'm Pauvina, my sister!"

"I'm your sister."

I was surprised for the time being, but fortunately I did not hate.

A variety of mixed-race children are born in the village of Scylla. Although it is not present in this settlement, it seems that in the past there was a small dwarf in the upper body, a huge giant race in the past, and a beast race with a beast ear in the head.

People living in the village also have half-elfs who could not adapt to human society, so even if they look a little strange, they will not be discriminated against.

Later, Scylla seems to be subtly affected by Vandaloo's [Magical Attraction] effect. Since the lower body is a tentacle, saying "crawl" may fall into the category of [insect messengers]. … Is it possible to equip it?

It's impossible to say that you don't care because Pauvina is so prominent.

Privel introduced Vandaloo to help solve the case with a special medium, and took him to the patriarch.

At first, the patriarch seemed somewhat skeptical at the introduction of his daughter, but that changed when Vandaloo showed the spirit of Olbia with [visualization].

"Oh, Olbia, you ... you're ... wow!"

"Wow! What are you doing to the Chief? ?

"rattan"

Impressed by the patriarch trying to embrace Olbia's spirit. Vandalu who escaped immediately because I felt like that somehow.

The chief who broke the hut wall and dive to the swamp. A pribel who says, "Kah, mother!" The guard scyula who jump in and say, "What ?!"

"Do the Scylla people like hugging?"

"It may be an inspiring shop."

"Speaking of which, I like to hug. If you're a family or a friend, hugg you to say hello. "

Immediately after this conversation, the guard scylla, who was impressed by the reunion with Olbia, slipped through to embrace her and chased the patriarch along with Vandaloo.

"Van, don't be careless!"

It was a vandalous attack with many killings that did not kill and did not die.

Today, I experienced the lower body painting (touch arm) of the second beauty.

"Kohon showed an embarrassing appearance."

""Excuse me""

"No, don't worry"

A Scylla chief coughs out, two guards scyla apologize, and Vandalu, who accepts the apology and whose cheeks and forehead are full of sucker marks.

When the apology was over, the guards Syura went on guard to ensure that no one could enter the patriarch's house.

"If it gets wet anymore, Van will have a cold."

"I have a limit for drying."

"In the first place, the story does not progress."

In the circumstance, the existence of Olbia's spirit was first stipulated by a gag order.

"Even so, it's true that the [psychic medium] will reunite with the spirit of Olbia. When I first heard from this child, I was skeptical."

Periber, the patriarch and mother of Privel. She is a woman in her mid-twenties who would have grown up a plevel, tripled her breasts, enlarged her tentacles, and made it more shiny as a whole.

Syura seems to completely stop aging in appearance to some extent, so it seems like a sister at first glance, but after all there are twelve children, the atmosphere seems to calm down.

It seems that calmness isn't perfect given the behavior I mentioned earlier.

"The day after I heard the hurricane dragon roar, I heard that Privel brought a half-girl of giant and beast race and a white child, so I thought it would be."

"What does that mean?"

"No, everyone was silent, but there was an oracle from Melebale."

Perivale is the patriarch of the settlement and a priest who is blessed by Merebeil, the hero of Scylla.

She had previously received an oracle from Merebeil, saying, "Have a white semi-vampire."

"That's me"

"That's right. I'm the first to see Dumpel, but it's wonderfully white."

For that reason, Peribert seems to have welcomed the Vandaloos.

She seems to be aware of where the band came from. He appeared on the next day after the hurricane dragon roar was heard, and he may have come from beyond the border mountains.

In any case, the hero god is so godly that he will not be the only one.

"So Olbia, why were you alone there?-Don't you remember anything?"

"I can't say what you were there. And I don't really remember how they were killed. '

"Can't you say? Oh, meeting with someone?"

Perivale seemed to know Olbia soon. Maybe it's not unusual for scylla.

"But I can't remember it. Well, I'm sorry that there is no clue, but maybe it was better."

"... It was pretty bad, Atashi.

Patriarch, who else was killed with me? And the corpse of Atashi, did not put the ring?

"No, there were no other bodies where I found your body, and I didn't even wear a ring."

"so……"

The lover's corpse has not been found, but I am not relieved that it has not yet been confirmed. After being taken away somewhere, he might have been killed.

"That looks like your good people don't seem to know this village. Do you know what the boy is?"

"At least, there was no human spirit except her around the swamp where she found Olbia."

If you're nearby, you'll be attracted to Vandaloo's Mage Attraction skill, so that's for sure.

So maybe Olbia's lover is likely to be alive, but Vandaloo thinks it's possible that the spirit has already returned to the circle of reincarnation, so I can't say anything open-minded.

"That's okay, it's okay for now. That lover is about to meet in an unpopular pond.

"Sorry! If that person's sword arm is--

"Olbia, are you good? If you talk too much, we will identify you."

"Oops, crazy!

The worry disappears from Olbia's expression. In the same way, the expressions of Perivert and Privel became bright. Olbia, who seems to have been miserably killed, was reassured that she was her life.

It's a shame that there is no new clue to the murder, but it's a humanity that no one knows sorrow and wants to see a distorted face in hatred.

"Can you talk about the murder case?"

"Oh, it's a bit long."

According to Perivale, there have been cases in the village of Scylla that have been killed in the last six months in each settlement where they were attacked where Scylla was alone. Going out for hunting and gathering, pursuing the best and escaping from friends, it seems that the scylla who had been missing in the meantime are being changed into a changed form the next day and exposed.

Since the way they are exposed is almost the same, each tribe is supposed to be the same offender.

The victims are already Olbia and five people. She was killed one by one in all tribes.

"For the time being, the criminal's eye is on. I'm not convinced of the peace plan with the Empire, I guess he's an Arda militant."

"A peace plan?"

"Actually, it's a non-aggression treaty. Instead of paying a little higher than what we paid when we were in the Duke of Sauron, we said we would guarantee our autonomy. I'm coming.

Of course, your faith in Vida and Merebeil is also the same. ''

Surprisingly, the Amid Empire does not seem to be trying to suppress Syura by force and suffer from repression. According to Perivale, the same is true throughout the former Duke of Sauron, although she did not see it directly.

There was a guarantee that the crop would not be changed to wheat, but rice, and that the tax would be the same as when Duke Sauron was paying, and that taxes would be reduced in areas that were too high.

Although religion in Vida encourages conversion, he does not seem to have been imprisoned or tortured in camps.

"I guess he was slaughtering," No man is the one who doesn't swear to the empire. "

`` Only those who have destroyed all the believers trying to protect the temple of Vida or forcibly labored to whip the rebels and build the temple of Arda ''

"... I understand that you hate the empire more than you do."

In the words of Pauvina and Princess Levia, not only Perivert, but also a little pribell.

By the way, Perivale has already agreed with Princess Levia. "I'm surprised, I was able to take the undead.

Actually it is different, but there is an oracle, and it seems that if you have a special [psychic medium] boy in front of you with an undead who can talk like a princess of Levia, you will be convinced that it is such a thing.

In addition, [Magical Attraction] is effective for Scyla, though it is more modest than undead and spirits. It gives me a good impression and I believe it without much doubt.

"Well, that's right."

And Vandalou was so convinced of Perivale's story. I thought the empire might have been in oppression or slaughter, but I thought there were times when it was more likely to maintain occupation under moderate conditions and try to territory.

If you can't mass-relocate the empire or its dependents to Sauron, you can only moderately maintain your territory.

And in this world where it is clear that God is real, doing so intangible things can be stopped from above the clouds. It would have been different if the dwellers of the Duke of Sauron were only the new race of Vida, such as Talosheim, but many inhabited Vida, but there were also races, dwarves, and elves. A small number would not mean that no one worshiped Arda.

"But the demands on you are modest.

"I think there are a lot of things ... but, well, it's not worth it if you attack."

"Our autonomous region has many mountains and few flatlands, many ponds and swamps, it is difficult for people to attack alone, and it is inconvenient to live."

This scylla autonomous region bordering the border mountains is mostly made up of mountains and wetlands.

And Syura is good at fighting in swamps and underwater waters as you see. Furthermore, unlike appearance, it can move freely on land. On the contrary, there are eight legs on the slope, which is slightly more stable than a two-legged person.

And basically strong.

Since she has a natural [strength] skill, simply swinging her long tentacles is a threat that is not enough for a normal soldier.

The body is also in a state of being mounted on a bare body, so if you have a spear, you only need to keep it with infantry and you need five people.

Moreover, since all the Syuras have some martial arts skills such as [martial arts] used in hunting crocodile opponents, there are no non-combatants other than young children.

The halt is that there is no weak point that seems to be a weak point. At first glance, the upper body, which is no different from a human, seems to be a weak point, but ... its thin arms are also within the effects of [strong] and [fighting] skills.

In addition, his hands have the same shape as people, so he can use his bow, spear, and sword skillfully.

And horribly, to a certain extent, the lower arm's tentacles seem to move on their own. Therefore, it is possible to strangle and kill nearby enemies with the lower body while aiming at distant enemies with the bow and arrow held by the upper body arm.

"Wow, it's even bigger than Van's tongue!"

"No, I think that's amazing."

"Eh, tongue?"

"It's a rabbit, please continue to explain."

And there are about 5,000 Syura living in this autonomous region in total in five settlements. A simple calculation requires more than 25,000 infantry to take off.

There is a lot of land for agriculture that can be secured by allocating such huge military expenditures, sacrificing land and getting it, because there are many mountains and swamps and ponds, so to live there you can do large-scale reclamation that you can not imagine, or fishery and mountains You must rely on hunting and gathering in the area.

There are scyura rice terraces on farmland, but that is something that cannot be maintained without know-how.

In addition, Makai is said to be located only in the middle of a large swamp except for climbing dangerous border mountains. There is also one dungeon, but the inside is structured so that it is difficult to capture without scura such as swamps, rivers, and large lakes. Therefore, it is difficult to make a living with monsters and dungeon products.

Thus, besides satisfying the officials of the Temple of Arda who want to defeat the new tribe of Vida, who has roots in demons, the empire has little benefit in attacking the autonomous region.

The negotiations are about to end.

Perivale seems to be thinking that radical Aldaists who are not convinced of the settlement may have committed a murder to provoke themselves and voluntarily kick the settlement.

If you have a few D-class adventurers, you can get rid of Scyla alone.

"But in the future, will you be tackling various things, such as catching up more tax requirements?"

"Well, that's right. I think we're trying to break up the solidarity between the villages, and so on. We all know that, but if we rebel from the front and make the empire feel like that, it's finally gone That's why I'm going to drink a face-to-face settlement and find a place to relocate while I'm gaining time.

Maybe the election of Orbaum will retake the Duke of Sauron. ''

The Perivales do not seem to be afraid of the Amid Empire. Recognizing his difference in strength, he is seeking a way to ultimately survive.

However, it seemed to Vandaloo that expectations for the Orbaum election kingdom, to which he originally belonged, were weak.

Isn't the elected kingdom the homeland for the Syura?

"So you're going to look at the case using the seeds, ducks and giant capybaras as a reward.

"Would you please show me Olbia's body? I'm still there."

"Oh, it's okay. We're still a funeral, so it should still be there. Olbia was found five days ago.

But ... do you see? "

Pellibert asked Vandalou, exaggeratingly telling him that it was pretty miserable. Normally it is not in a state that can be shown to children.

"It's okay. To ... because you're used to it. "

"Oh, so I was [the mediator].

Perivert told me to guide one of the guard scyla, leaning a little.

"I'll go."

"Let's go!"

"... Pauvina is answering with Olbia and Princess Levia."

"Well !?"

Investigation of the Scylla serial murder began with an autopsy.

Name: Lapiesage

Rank: 6

-Race: Neo patchwork zombie

Level: 0

Passive skills

Night vision

High-speed playback: 6Lv (UP!)

Toxic secretion: Tail: 6Lv (UP!)

Physical resistance: 5Lv (UP!)

Magic resistance: 4Lv (UP!)

Strength: 6Lv (UP!)

Active skills

Charging: 4Lv (UP!)

High-speed flight: 3Lv (UP!)

Martial arts: 4Lv (UP!)

Whiplash: 2Lv (UP!)

Breakthrough: 5Lv (NEW!)

Cooperation: 1 Lv (NEW!)