The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

Former C-class adventurer and life magician who was studying the undead, Luciliano of "Degenerate".

He is now known as a direct disciple of the king of Tarosheim, Vanderlu, who has two names of kings.

This story has been reorganized based on his reports, research books, dissertations, and diaries.

A magician is, of course, a job, but it refers to a creature that reads literature, works on research and experiments, practice and training, and records the results of its research. Luciliano, who was almost excommunicated from the trained magician guild, was no exception.

Some adventurers and mercenaries have learned simple magic to create drinking water and fire, and beginner attack magic to counter monsters that are difficult to physically attack, and have mastered skill levels from 1 to 2 Some are, but they are not basically called magicians.

It's all about magic. In the magician guild, it is sometimes called as a magician, etc., and is sometimes derided.

What is important to me as a magician is writing instruments. This has been a struggle for some time. Because paper is basically expensive. However, it is not as good as precious metals. It means that it is not cheap enough to be consumed as much as you want on a daily basis.

There are also relatively inexpensive papers, besides those used by royal aristocrats to recognize letters and letters, and the high-grade papers used for documents that need to be kept for a long time.

I also use these papers with patience for the feel and ease of writing. Inexpensive papers are still third-class products. It is not comfortable to use and has poor shelf life. Furthermore, it is not cheap enough to be able to consume in large quantities.

In addition, the bark and leaves are often dried to replace paper. A copy of the request form posted on the adventurer's guild's request board is almost that. In the past, there was a guild branch that used real paper, but devastated adventurers often broke the request form posted on the board, and it took a lot of money to rewrite it, so it is now He started using substitutes.

And I don't use substitutes as much as notes, because rabbits are not suitable for recording research processes and results due to preservation issues.

For me as an adventurer, paper was a painful problem.

Talosheim, where the teacher reigns, is a place like heaven.

That wasn't the case before I came, but now straw paper is mass-produced. Mass production, isn't it wonderful? The quality is inferior to high-quality paper, but you can get enough paper that can be used as paper.

In particular, my research is recognized as a national project by the teacher, so it can be obtained at a cost.

Last year, a golem factory that made high-quality paper started operation, and a printing press golem was completed. The literacy rate of the people is also rising. In the future, Talosheim's paper production and demand will be as good as other large cities.

However, I am not a paper researcher. A magician doing undead research.

So let's start with the golem that the teacher created.

The golems created by my teacher, Vandaloo, are all undead.

Normal golems are used by alchemists to give life to humanoid materials using life attribute magic. However, the golems created by the teacher move the mineral by holding the spirit on it.

It is close to the undead Curse Weapons and Living Armor, alleged to have begun by demons haunting weapons and armor.

For this reason, the golems created by the teacher have the weakness of being vulnerable to light-based magic for undead.

In any case, my interest is not exhausted.

"Is the golem so interesting?"

However, the teacher himself did not seem to be very interested. For the teacher, it can be done with the same feeling as moving the limbs, and it is not enough to study.

"Of course. If possible, I would like to interview the spirits that are running the golem. Would you cooperate?"

Recently, the teacher's golem has also evolved on its own, and if it is damaged or the volume decreases, the individual who has acquired the [absorption] skill that automatically absorbs and supplements the same material as the material that composes the body Is out.

Thanks to this, even if the fiber golem of the paper mill shreds itself and makes paper, it can be restored just by pouring the material into the golem.

It's convenient, but I'm not curious about what the dwelling spirit is thinking about or what the state is.

I asked for an interview to confirm this, but the teacher said, "I think it is better not to expect results."

And unfortunately, as the teacher said, there was little success.

It seems that the spirits in the golem are heavily influenced by the body's inorganic matter, and in a short period of time lose or alter their personality in their lives. Certainly, it would be natural if a paper maker or a printing machine could be formed without human consciousness.

As a result, I was able to interview with the teacher's interpreter, but note that there was no meaningful answer.

Recently, my teacher got a job called [Zombie Maker]. Zombie creator ... what a wonderful thing.

For zombies, I make it with life attribute magic, but this job is probably a job that can be made by making zombies with death attribute magic.

In fact, the performance of a zombie made by a teacher is incomparable to the zombies I made in the usual way. It doesn't change much when we just made it, but there is a huge difference in its potential.

It's a rabbit, a teacher who has done such a wonderful job is sitting with his feet in the corner of the room.

"Did you grow up with any inconvenient skills?"

It has been said that people who have not found a job in the past records may have acquired unwanted skills. Even though you can choose a job, you can't choose whether to gain skills.

Dangerous jobs have changed in name, so avoiding them would not be a catastrophic event. However, almost all the jobs that the teacher gives are dangerous jobs, so it is unavoidable.

As expected, there seemed to be some inconvenience. The teacher raised his face with a duller movement than usual and opened his mouth heavily.

"I couldn't grow my skills ... but when I was careless, I began to unconsciously turn surrounding corpses into zombies."

"Wow! That's wonderful but scary, Master!"

A magician who unconsciously turns nearby corpses into zombies. If there is one such person on the battlefield ... No, the teacher has always been equal to this.

"In other words, zombies can be made without using each technique. At the same time, the amount of magical power consumed is reduced."

The changes seemed like that, and the teacher nodded.

If zombies can be automatically increased without using any technique, is the effect great?

But where is the problem?

"Why you're so depressed, Master. If you're going to cross the battlefield, you'll probably hurt how to deal with the extra zombies. There will not be. "

Tarosheim has many undead, but no corpse is not undead. Due to good security and good food conditions, accidental deaths are far less than in other cities.

Even if a sick person appears, if he is seriously ill, the teacher will heal him. If he is seriously injured, a potion will be paid.

So I don't think the teacher will be depressed.

"That's right, but the ingredients, tanned skin and fur turn into zombies, so you can't get closer to the kitchen or the treasure's workshop until you can control them."

"... Is it going to enter the corpse?"

Certainly, both food and skin are part of the corpse.

Zombies do not mean that foodstuffs rot at the moment. No, but it would not be a good mood for ingredients to wriggle during cooking.

And it is dangerous if the material goes out while making the armor.

"If this didn't help coordinating Zandia and Gina, which had been taken from Goubamon, it would make sense to get a job ..."

"Well, will it be useful in the future?"

When you suddenly need to regroup with a large number of zombies. I think it is possible for a teacher.

The knowledge gained by the teacher is valuable. The second most valuable to me is knowledge of another world.

"I don't know if it's right in this world either."

The knowledge of other world creatures that was prefaced was more valuable to me than gold and jewelry. It seems to me that for the master, talking to me, a life-attribute magician who has been recognizing the corpse many times, has confirmed the difference between the different world and this world.

Of course, because there is no advanced inspection equipment what the teacher says, it is often impossible to confirm.

"Overall, the structure of the body of the race, elf, dwarf, ghoul, giant, and beastman does not seem to differ much from the Earth and Origin humans."

The ears, eyeballs, nerves, and the presence or absence of venom glands are different, but the number and position of skeletons and internal organs, and the arrangement of muscles are almost the same. Probably the same for dark elves.

Although the structure of the body of different races, such as dragons and scylla, is very different, the race that first existed in this world, and the elves and dwarves that were created later, have almost the same structure as humans in different worlds, It is very interesting.

"There is no chance that a human in the world with or without magic and with many differences is so close by chance. Perhaps information such as a template for making humans crosses the boundaries of the world and gods Is it a universal form that is easy to create as a person or that is more efficient in living? "

"If you think about it, you'll be willing to treat yourself as a traitor, Luciliano.

But it's actually almost the same. The upper body of Scylla is also close to humans. It may just be the result of Rodcorte choosing us dead on the Earth, which is similar in form and ecology to Lambda's Humans. ''

"I see, that's possible. It's a reincarnation that was originally done by God. There is also an example of a world in which the Demon Kings originally existed. There are only living things in the literature.

Have you asked God directly around here? "

I know my teacher, God. And two pillars.

If you ask them directly, you should get this mysterious clue.

"Fidirug will come out as soon as you go to the deepest part of the dungeon, but it seems bad to call too much.

Melebeil does not invite me. You may be shy. ''

"... It just doesn't go as expected."

Although he could not unscrew the mysterious veil, his knowledge of the proper workings of the skeleton, muscles, and organs from his teachers was great as both a magician and a researcher.

The most valuable knowledge I can gain from becoming a master's disciple is the knowledge of the undead. Compared to this, the knowledge of another world is also blurred.

I'm also an adventurer and studying the undead, so I'm going to know the raw undead rather than those in the magician guild's library. However, the quality is completely different from the knowledge obtained by observing the undead under the teacher.

Undead, which occurs naturally in monsters, dungeons, and battlefields, is almost universally the natural enemy of the living. You cannot observe it safely. Rather, it is almost always dangerous observation while fighting.

There is no hope of conversation or exchange.

The only exception is the undead, created by you and your colleagues, which is a magical imitation of a corpse that is similar to the original undead. It has little meaning as an observation target.

On the other hand, in Talosheim, where the teacher reigns, the undead live in social life as a nation.

Although some have slightly abnormal speech and behavior, most maintain their intellect and personality close to life.

For me, it's just a utopia.

"waited!

"Did you decide that you haven't waited? What are two words for a man?"

"Nu, no two words! Take it!

"So don't hesitate."

That's not because he won "Ken-O" Volks in betting shogi. This is also observation.

In Tarosheim, gambling is only allowed at public places.

On earth, where the masters spent their first life, betting was a dark place where the righteous should not be approached by those who had one foot in the back society.

Maybe it's quite prejudiced. I heard that the country of Japan where the teacher was, seems to be safer than this world.

For that reason, the teacher was reluctant to bet, bet shogi, and bet reversi, but Eleonora, who knows human society, said, "Wouldn't it be better to put and manage a public bet or casino?" He seems to have changed his mind.

Also, it seems that the teacher does not hate gambling. … I don't like gambling itself, but like creating a rich atmosphere.

For this reason, public betting grounds and casinos were set up with stake limits and rates.

"What's another game?"

Volks groaned with a tip and invited him to make a mountain, but he didn't come.

"Stop. No matter how small the change, you'll waste no more than this and go to Gofa. '

I was impressed and remembered his actions as a researcher at Volks, who gave the name of the only daughter reunited.

The guild's common sense regarding the undead states that their heads are as empty as beasts or filled with hatred of the living. Or are they crazy and losing their insaneness, even though they have knowledge of their lives?

In the case of an undead that retains the memory of a lifetime like a ghost and is capable of talking, it is still "remaining", and disappears over time and becomes a natural enemy of the same living as the other undead.

It is so preached.

But Talosheim's undead is different.

Maintains intellect, memory and personality close to life. You've probably never imagined any of the greats of the magician guild. An undead listening to board games, betting, and using self-control to listen to family advice!

Even before I was a disciple, I wouldn't believe it.

Of course, everyone knows that the undead aren't inherently smarter than other demons.

There are many records of knight undead who use weapons as they did in their lives, and undead adventurer parties who have maintained their advanced coordination. Undead, such as the spellcaster Rich and the Skull Mage, can be smarter than lesser thugs.

At least, they should have a higher intelligence than goblins or oaks that just swing a wooden bar.

However, it has been interpreted by the public as a "remnant" of his lifetime.

However, observing the undead of Talosheim, including the Volks, immediately shows that they have a high level of thinking.

I affirm that this perception and experience, as a researcher and a magician, is harder to gain than knowledge of another world.

"By the way, what do you want to hear from the shaven about that?

At Volks's question, I was drawn back to me, who was in pale emotion and joy. I was wondering what he was pointing at, regardless of the undead.

"A bunny girl?"

A female employee with a sensational and strange appearance, carrying drinks and snacks, cleaning and preparing shogi boards, billiards and darts. The teachers call them "bunny girls."

The shoulders and back are bare, and the shape of the valley and waist (if any) is exposed. This also wears net tights woven by the teacher, so the skin is not exposed, but is it obscene by sticking to the legs and buttocks?

What's weird is a hairband with a rabbit ear-like decoration and a rabbit tail-like decoration on the hips.

"I don't know the details, but it seems that female employees were dressed up in the casino of the earth where the teacher was."

"Are you serious? The earth is only race? Rabbit beast race goes crazy, but it's not good

"I don't know why the teacher is a rabbit, but ... on the earth, rabbits seem to be a symbol of good luck, so maybe that's related? I think it'll be to raise male customers later."

"Hey, that's right. Well, I don't hate it because it's so sexy ... what do you do when a non-rabbit beast race works?

A woman of another beast race with her own cheeks and tails would look bad if she dressed as a bunny girl. I was bitterly laughing at Volks.

"Well, not just a Fox Girl, a Wolf Girl, or a Panther Girl."

He didn't have much interest and just answered appropriately, but he seemed to be convinced. He expressed a convincing expression on the remaining face.

"got it. Sure, you don't have to be bunny-limited just like the Earth. '

I don't think the Earth is bunny-only.

By the way, shortly after this, I found a teacher sitting at the table with the plate labeled "VIP seat" and asked him again about the bunny girl, but he received the expected answer.

"I don't know why or why, but it's like a bunny girl in a casino."

Apparently, my teacher has a strong tendency to do worldly luxury .... Luxury-like, and he has gone around the world for a long time.

When I heard that I tried to take a bath of bullion and failed, I was skeptical.

Even now, Zadiris, Basdia, and Eleonora, dressed as bunny girls, are surrounded by them, and mountains are made of gold chips on the table.

"By the way, did you win the bet?"

"... I was defeated."

In addition, the teacher is not good at playing on board and gambling. She falls down on the table.

"Don't ask nasty questions, you'll see that this pile of chips is a toy made of chalcopyrite."

By the way, chalcopyrite is sometimes used for flint because it produces sparks when shot with a metal called fake gold. A mineral of that value. In other words, it is just a production.

By the way, the plate with the VIP seat was also created by the teacher himself, and he just put it on his own.

"Vandaloo-sama, where should I educate the irreverent disciple just as I thought before?"

"Luciliano is a disciple as well as an opinion, so it's irreverent and just right."

Eleonora makes a terrible offer, but fortunately, the teacher who is lying on the table does not seem to adopt it.

"Come on. I don't want to be like their former fake resistance."

The false resistance Hadges, when I saw them, turned into berserkers, licking weapons with bizarre eyes. The job seems to be a [mad warrior], so the attack power is already like a D-class adventurer.

"I don't think that's what I would do. If I stay that way, I won't be able to live long."

Basdia, a bunny girl with a stunning chest, strong latissimus and beautiful legs, seemed to be considered a problem.

The teacher seemed to have been meditating for a while, he suddenly looked up.

"I'll give you a reliable partner to help you live longer."

"Partner?"

Is it possible to make a two-man cell? But what is the payment?

"I will give Hajj a non-instructor, buddy living armor."

"I see, you can pass on high-performance armor and you are two birds with one stone. Even if you capture it, you will escape on your own if you do not defeat it."

"It's a wonderful master."

Despite living armor, is it possible for Hajj to continue to take the undead away from the teacher for a long time?

What happens to undead who have been away from the teacher for a long time?

I was interested in the results of the experiment and, like Basdia, agreed with the teacher's plan.

Sorcerer's Guild has abilities that are uncommon or poor in the undead. That is the imagination, artistic sensitivity and imagination.

This is a somewhat credible myth, based on testimony from adventurers who have been fighting the undead for many years, and sometimes on relics left by undead magicians.

Reading through the research records left by the undead magician alive to continue his research, one can easily see that his imagination and imagination wear out over time.

The work that is said to be created by the undead artist is merely an extension of the work he created before his life, or just graffiti.

Interesting to me who thought it was common sense, there is an undead in Talosheim that does such creative things.

That is Giant Undead Datara and Nuaza. Needless to say, Datara wielding a hammer in a blacksmith's yard, but Nuaza is also the chief of the temple at Vida Temple, as well as carving stone statues of teachers and deities of gods.

Both are different fields, but undead doing creative work.

I asked them about the above myth and found a surprising answer.

"I'm not wrong"

"I think I'm right too"

Though they thought they would be denied, they surprisingly affirmed the myth.

"Why does that feel like that? In my eyes, they both seem to be doing the same job as a living person."

"That's just because you're looking at it by the side. I just need to listen to the advice of the Talaean ladies and the newcomers and take some action. ''

According to Datara, a blacksmith who continues to make weapons using a variety of new materials brought in by his teachers, he himself uses only the skills he has cultivated so far and he does not use his head much.

"I can't say for sure because I'm not a student unlike you, but if you have a lot of imagination, can you come up with new ideas? I'm not good at it. If you're having trouble using the old way, I'm going to give you a consultation. "

Datara confesses that she is surprisingly and flexibly listening to other people's opinions in the face of a ruddy stubborn grandfather himself.

Nuaza nodded greatly.

"When I carve stone statues, I do not use my head much. I'm just digging as I see it. "

"Surely none of the master's stone statues have been beautified, they look so similar that even if you mix them you will not notice."

Sometimes it's really mixed. In particular, once you have obtained the Demon King's Ink Bag, you will disguise yourself by painting your whole body with stone-colored ink, so it is difficult to tell if you are not close.

…… Is it okay to use the legendary Demon King Fragment for such a mischief, or what would the Demon King think if he knew that a part of himself was used for such a thing? Let's put it on

"But how do you carve statues of gods that you can't see directly?"

Nuaza has also carved the statue of Merebeil, the hero of Scylla, in Fidirug and Sludge and the Evil God of Tentacles. I'm not a master, and I wouldn't be able to see the statues of the gods directly with my eyes.

Carving the sculpture of an entity that has never been seen before. It's definitely a creative act.

"No, if your child was like this, it will show a rough shape with [Golem training] skill"

"……Really"

'I just need to carve it out'

It seems that a teacher who can meet God provided a sample.

"Well, before I died, I was a hard-earned grandfather. At that time, the young people might have lost their imagination.

But now I feel like I'm younger. "

"It's because there are many female profession groups of Talea and Ghoul at work.

Oh, Luciliano, I started carving stone statues after undead, so I think it would not be very helpful. '

Apparently, listening to the opinions of these two people does not seem to affirm or deny the myth.

Let's steadily collect testimonies.