The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time
Episode 139: People Who Need Rest
Tarkas, a magician belonging to the Duke of Malmo, was observing the ground from the sky through the eyes of a bird-shaped familiar created by magic.
(It's a good wind ... I don't mind if the summer heat is like this)
He excelled at and loved the magic of sharing his senses with familiars.
In many cases, nature and danger are connected equally, and in Lambda where transportation means and media for recording images are limited, few people can enjoy spectacular views like "Earth" and "Origin".
A great magician can fly freely, but a hundred magicians can hardly fly like a bird. It's just floating in the air.
Tarcas himself is one of the hundred magicians. However, if you use magic that shares your five senses with familiars, you can fly in the sky and look down on the ground like a bird.
The greenery of the trees and the water surface of the marsh that reflects the sunlight brilliantly are all beautiful.
(It's a scene that I don't think it was originally a scary Scylla autonomous region)
The monsters with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of an octopus look like unreliable land, but they are actually difficult places other than scylla to use, so they cannot be left.
(No, this is work, concentrate)
Tarkas, a sorcerer of the Duke of Malmo, has been tasked with scouting the former Scylla Autonomous Region from above, where the Resistance seems to have lived.
The shapes and colors of familiars resemble birds, which are not uncommon in this area, and the skies explore the resistance and, if possible, the traces and information of the disappeared Scylla.
(I don't know the details, but I'm told to be careful. It's a mystery what I need to pay attention to.)
This is a not-so-unusual reconnaissance mission. This is because reconnaissance from the sky is effective in searching for settlements of bandits and demons.
However, colleagues who have recently been on duty in the Scylla Autonomous Region have disappeared. Talcas was taught only as a recreation, but his boss's face was white as paper.
And just before taking on this mission today, he was told to be careful. If you feel unusual, stop the mission immediately. You can destroy the familiar.
Tarcas couldn't imagine the danger of receiving such attention and instructions.
A magician who scouts through familiars is essentially free of danger. He shares his five senses with the familiar, but not the damage. Although pain is felt, sharing of the five senses with the familiar will be interrupted if the concentration is disturbed to a certain degree, so even if it is worse, fainting will be enough.
While concentrated, the body of the body becomes vulnerable, but the Tarmacs who manipulate the familiars inside the occupying fort are protected by countless soldiers.
(If the familiar is destroyed in a terrible way, it may be necessary to rest for a few days, but ...)
(…… )
(Huh?)
Feeling the sound of a voice, Tarkas swirled the familiar in place. I found a square rock seen between the trees on the slope of the mountain. Obviously not a natural thing.
Probably a clue to the resistance, Tarkas brought the familiar closer to the rock.
Then I noticed the strangeness of the rock.
(What is this, a monolith?)
A rectangular plate-shaped black monolith built between trees. At the center is a giant eye motif, and around it are fine symbols.
(…… )
(It's not a resistance code. It's an inscription left by Scylla?) Since the upper body is a racial woman, it's an unclean race born of a demon.
Wait, this hasn't passed since it was made. Still new! )
There is not much dust on the monolith, and there are traces of excavation on the surrounding ground.
In other words, the monolith was built after Scylla disappeared. If so, is it an object made by the Resistance?
(………… )
In search of it, Tarkas brings familiarity closer to the monolith. But suddenly I noticed something more strange.
The mountains have been too quiet since approaching this monolith. There is no sound of birds and small animals. Even the sound of the leaves swaying in the wind feels far away.
(Is it because you care?-No, something is wrong!-No way this is ...?!)
Sudden Tarkas flew his familiar and tried to get away from the monolith.
(... come on)
At that time, I noticed a strange sound.
(What is it ?? What is the sound ... What is the voice !?)
Tarkas looks surprised and looks around, but there's no goblin there.
(come here)
But the voice is getting closer and closer. It is as if whispering in my ear.
When I looked back to the monolith, I thought the motif of the eyes matched the line of sight. Yes, Tarkas was seen in the monolith!
(To here ... come!)
A terrifying, fearsome, piercing voice echoed directly into the spirit of Tarkas.
"I hate it!"
"What happened? Hey, Tarkas, calm down!"
Perhaps because of the lack of concentration, Tarkas' consciousness had returned to his original body. A suddenly screaming Tarkas, a dukes soldier near by suddenly rushes in.
(come here)
But the voice of the monolith was still echoing in Tarkas' ears.
"I won't go! I won't go!"
Tarkas wets his entire body with cold sweat, peels his eyes and shouts. The soldiers distress their faces when they see the situation.
"Kuss, Tarkas too! Call some priest!"
"Give me away! Stop! I don't go! I don't want to go!"
"Bite the cloth! I'll bite your tongue!"
“Fuga !?
The soldiers took hold of Tarkas as they became accustomed, and took him to a room where his colleagues were "resting".
"Is this Tarkas the fifth man? ... I'm as relentless as ever
"If you take a few months off from January, you will recover, but it is a terrible measure."
The angels, Aran Machida and Izumi Shimada, looked at the footage of magicians trying to find clues to the Resistance Sauron Liberation Front, including Tarcas, in the sanctuary of Lodcorte.
The two tried to find out what Vandalu was doing through the human eyes of Lambda, but were unable to see how the Lord of Records was going mad.
"... That monolith and stone circle are [Slim-eye] measures, right?
"Other than that. I can't find it unless it's all from above. '
Some time ago, the reincarnated people attempted to gather information on Talosheim and Vandaloo using the power of the heavenly way of one of the members of Bravers, who died at the origin.
However, with the intention of gathering information only, Miyazaki Konoe of [Death Size] colluded with Rhodocorte and activated the cheat ability to kill Vandaloo via the video projected on [Cross Eye].
It failed, and Konoe Miyashi was destroyed by breaking his soul. However, because the heavenly path is safe, it should have been possible to try to collect information again with [Chisato] if you want to do it.
But Vandaloo was taking horrible measures.
"Is it an object that goes mad just by looking from above? If we weren't sublimated to angels, we would be too bad. "
Vandaloo installed objects and paints that would be invited to the mage at first glance, but the Arans who did not know it interpreted it.
That's because all the magicians who find the object, including Tarcas, are going mad without being guided to the mage. The reason for this was that Tarcas was a member of the Duke of Malmo, which has many Arda militants.
The Tarkas were, by definition, extremist Arda militants and had a strong sense of discrimination against Vida's new race.
As a result, the effect of the [Mental Erosion] skill set on the objects and paint showed a severe rejection reaction, and the mental disorder became too much to refuse to be guided by the mage.
He said, "If you become xx, you'd better die." Of course, it is not the effect that Vandaloo originally aimed at, so if you recuperate from January to several months, trauma may remain, but it will only recover.
"It would be terrible if you saw Tendou and light yellow. No matter how much cheat ability you have, you don't have mental strength. '
"Yes. Well, Tendo also refused to use [Senrikomi] after seeing the method of Rhodocorte, and it will not be.]
It was a Rhodocorte that could be controlled to some extent if the reincarnates were within the sanctuary, but it was not possible to force the cheat ability to fire.
It's safe, but how can we keep the reincarnations at a heightened level of alertness between Vandaloo and his colleagues so that they don't kill each other?
"I thought that once again I had you see Vandalu in the heavens and I could use my hand to talk by writing ~"
"As soon as I tried to do it, I was interrupted by Rodcorte. And if you take that kind of measure, you'll never be able to do it. "
"Yes ... do you talk to everyone once? There is still time before the one month deadline.
Vandaloo was worried about his relationship with the opposite sex.
From the time he lived on Earth, he longed for building a warm home. From that time on, there was obsession with luxury, but I thought that spending time in a peaceful home with a loved one was a luxury that could not be bought with money.
It died on the Earth, died on the Origin, and is still the same as Lambda.
(But how about the number of people being light and more than ten? Is there a problem?)
Basdia asks her to be the father of her second child, and Talea doesn't say Bilde. Maids Saria and Rita, Princess Levia, Princess Zandia, Gina, Olbia, and Privel. As a result, ten people have been confirmed.
Eleonora and Belmondo are good at me and butler, but that's what it is, and Zadiris and Katya are not, but clearly, like that. Islay seemed to compete with Eleonora.
Legion is a friend, but feels like the same pattern as Eleonora and Belmondo.
Pauvina and Jadars are still children and their opinions may change in the future.
I have nostalgia for crampons, lapiesage, and yamata, but I still feel different from that kind of favor.
And Gizania and Muse joined. When the opposite sex receives "Dear Necklace" and lowers it from his neck, he is said to have received a proposal.
It was shocking for Vandaloo that the people of Zanarpadna misunderstood that she was a woman, not a child, but a shrine maiden, but it was only after Pribel that she was engaged due to misunderstanding. It is the second time.
It is a big problem in today's "Earth" to have such a large number of opposite sexes around. Because he is not the Edo lord, he will of course be blamed.
The same applies to Origin.
In the case of Lambda, it depends on the society and its position in the society. Human society ... Ethnic races, dwarves, and elves are basically monogamous. However, it is not unusual for a wealthy merchant or a successful adventurer to surround several mistresses or concubines.
It is almost mandatory for royal noblemen. Having multiple wives is a sign of financial power and a sign that the family is stable.
"The Milg Shield is hard in that direction, but my brother ... The top Arsard brother was three. Originally four or five people, just like my father, are appropriate, but now Count Legston The house is in poor economic condition.
In the case of the head of Earl Regston of the Milg Shield, the appropriate number of wives used to be four to five.
"Why do you need to increase it?"
Kuranda replied with a grin when he asked.
"I was supposed to support Alsard and his older brother as separate houses, because Cesare and I were" dead. ""
The killing of Cesare and the withdrawal of Kurt as if dead were all due to Vandaloo.
Kurt predicted that the current Earl of Legston, Alsard, would lose his unmarried younger brothers in a short period of time and be forced to have more children.
"... it did a bad thing. Should we use energy as a souvenir when we roll over?"
"Make sure that your Majesty makes the effect so terrible that you should stop it. Alsard is not a sexual man, but his eldest son is already born, and having too many children will be a problem.
So in the case of His Majesty ... Isn't it even better, even more than ten people? "
Kurt, whose complexion turned pale, shrugged his shoulders at Vandaloo, saying, "It's not too much trouble."
"Depending on the size of the country, it would be safe for a king to enclose that much. Hear that the former Amid Emperor had dozens of people in the rear shrine. I think.
The late Duke of Sauron must have had more than a dozen hands, including the maid. Thanks to the large number of orphans, I was struggled at that time ... "
Apparently the father of Raymond Paris, Duke of Sauron, was a gender.
"I think our country is different from the empire and Sauron territory,"
The population is predominantly in the Amid empire, and in Sauron. Perhaps the economic power will also rise toward the Amid Empire? I think so, but Kurt's opinion seems different.
"It's definitely different, but ... you can't compare it to an empire or an election in the first place, too much.
Maybe no one cares even if it increases several times now? "
Kurt shook his cold sweaty face and said so.
In his view, Talosheim is a revived emerging nation, and from an aristocrat's point of view, the first king, Vandaloo, is in a position to have many descendants. A little effort is not enough to bring the country together, such as a marriage to a branch or another influential person.
However, the life span of Vandalu is at least three thousand years, so you don't have to worry about his successor while Kurt is alive unless he is killed.
In the first place, there are few people in Tarosheim who have normal aristocracy values.
Furthermore, the people are members of Vida, and do they understand polygamy? They don't think deeply or even have the concept of marriage.
And the country's economy is good. I don't know thousands of years from now ... Kurt believes it won't be in recession for at least the next few hundred years.
(Similarly to Zanarpadna and this ghoul country, he proposes to create an evacuation shelter in Tarosheim or a low-grade dungeon for agriculture or fisheries ... the Majesty, usually exploiting the wilderness of the territory. Or increase the land that would otherwise be available only by invading other nations in just a few hours.)
[Labyrinth Architecture] Vandaloo, who can create new dungeons with skills, uses the dungeon usage method that is performed inside the boundary mountains. It means that dungeons have the same meaning as territories.
Moreover, in the case of Vandaloo, the monsters created in the dungeon can be roughly controlled. We usually don't do much to raise the skill level, but monsters in dungeons for shelter and industrial use will always stick up.
It is necessary to be worthwhile to get multiple wives, but Kurt can answer it properly because he can be as good as he needs at any time.
He said, “Is that right?” After several blinks.
After all, he doesn't seem to realize that he can create a territory from nothing.
"Hey, hey"
Kurt, who doesn't care to explain it endlessly, ignores Volks' finger pucking his shoulder and decides to shift the topic.
"What's important is what your Majesty wants to do. That's your feelings. What about that?"
"Sure, I think so, but ..."
"Is it my feeling ... I'm very happy to be liked by everyone"
To express the feelings of Vandaloo, there is nothing more than happy.
I'm sure I'm glad I'm liked by more than one sex. Moreover, unlike the “Earth,” they are in a position where there is no problem even if they associate with multiple opposite sexes at the same time.
Then what are the disadvantages of enjoying it?
Vandaloo, whose goal in life was the pursuit of self-happiness, was very vulgar.
"Then, no problem."
"Bald, Kurt didn't try to turn around. What happened?
"I think that's because there's Zozogante there."
Vandalu, who is simultaneously providing treatment with [Mental Erosion] skills while also consulting to divert Kurt's consciousness from Zozogante, responded to Volks and Zozogante who are puzzled behind Kurt.
This is the deepest part of "Zozogante Forest". It was a treasure trove only accessible to those who defeated the dungeon boss.
Volks, who had been killing Zosogante Forest for killing time, reached out here with all the demons standing and slaying down. In front of him, Zozogante, the God of Dark Forest's god, who guards the Ghouls in the southern continent, inside the Boundary Mountains, has descended.
And Zozogante told Volks. "I'm bad, would you please call your boss?"
Volks, who had been asked to do so, brought Vandaloo and vice-general Kurt.
And at first glance it looks like a big tree with a twisted trunk, but when you look closely, the fruits that grow on the branches are all eyeballs, and in the form of a zozogante with many slits on the trunk and branches, Kurt's The mind has been shocked.
It was treated by Vandaloo.
When Fidirg descended at the deepest part of the scale's nest, not only Vandaloo himself, but also Basdias were a little upset, and it was okay except for Darusia, a helpless spirit. Although fading, the encounter with God has a great effect on human spirit.
The head of "Zozogante Forest" also seems to never bow when raising an audience with Zozogante.
"I don't have to prove that I'm normal until I wear anything."
"Is Volks alright?"
"Well, I was a little scared, but that's about it."
In the case of Volks, he is already undead and possesses [mental pollution] skills, and his rank is 11 and he is stepping into the mythological sphere from the legend, so it seems that he has not been greatly affected.
"Um ... is it good soon?
Zozogante, whose tree creaks, talks in a shy tone.
"Ah, yes. Kurt, don't look back."
"Hey, majesty, don't treat me as a child ... I'm okay because I sit down with my eyes closed and my ears closed."
"Is it okay?"
In return, Kurt refuses to answer, as he obstructs his eyes and ears in a triangular sitting position. For the time being, it would be better to have him sleep, and Vandalou secreted volatile sleeping pills to keep Kurt asleep.
After confirming Kurt's sleep, Zozogante begins to speak.
"Oh, first of all, thank you for saving Ghoul. They were not only important followers of me, but also my children, so I wanted to avoid being run over by both Lavovidad's hands, so I was saved. '
"No, don't worry because it's" Ghoul King "for the time being.
"Oh, yes. Then some daughters are by your side―
"The convenience is good."
"I'm glad you are liked by more than one sex?
"The will of the person is a problem."
I was not happy because she was told by a god who worshiped me.
"I'll leave Vigaro to interact to deepen my kinship."
"I see ... then I'd like to be a few hundred years away."
Zozogante, who has been refused, seems disappointing, but he seems to be willing to look for opportunities in hundreds of years.
"So, is it okay to say that we're providing a blessing? I haven't sealed [Shards of the Demon King] and I can't think of any other thanks I can do now.
With fellow ghouls and that plant-based monster
"Is it a crampon?-Please."
God's blessing can increase the stats, modify the effects and acquisition of skills, and further raise the limits of growth. It's like being gifted.
Therefore, blessing should be received unless there is even a god whose nature is not so good.
Zozogante is apparently of the same rank as Fiddirg ... a god of the lower class, but it should be effective.
"I'm grateful, but if you wanted to keep the ghoul there, why didn't you do anything before? ? "
"Sure. Sending dungeon bosses and middle bosses to the buddy of Budirude would have reduced the ghoul's damage a little if they didn't win?
In response to Vandalu's question, Volks also talks. Zozogante was not sealed like Fidirug, so he may not have been able to come down and fight, but he could use the monster generated in the dungeon to reinforce the ghouls Isn't it?
"I wanted to do that ... but I was full of maintaining the barriers."
However, Vida gods in the southern continent also suffered.
It involved the intervention of Voda and the gods of law, Alda, who injured and driven Vida and other Vida gods, including Zozogante, in the war 100,000 years ago, and the intervention of Rodcorte, the God of Reincarnation who was negative to the existence of a new tribe of Vida. It is a barrier to prevent.
Immediately after the wounded Vida lifted the continent with the last force and created the Boundary Mountains and fell asleep, active gods at the time, including Zozogante, set up barriers in the Boundary Mountains.
Because of this barrier, Arda cannot send angels directly into the Boundary Mountains or "vocalize" humans in the Boundary Mountains to solicit members. The only way to do this is to have the believer physically enter the border mountains from the outside.
The effect of this barrier extends to the border mountains, including Tarosheim.
Rodcorte is also unable to see records of people in cities protected by Vida gods such as Zanarpadna. That god did not directly interfere with the world, but it prevented it because it might only be enough to pass on the information that he knew to Alda.
However, this effect does not extend to Talosheim or the swamps, which were supposed to be protected by the "Sun Giant" Talos and the "Five Dragons" Fidirug, who fell inactive shortly after the war 100,000 years ago.
There were only giants and lizardmen, respectively, and there was no problem now because of Vandalu's [guidance: mage] skill.
The barriers that interfere with Rodcorte are powerful but special, and use enormous power to maintain. That's why Zozogante and other weak gods devote most of their power to maintaining the barrier.
And God, who has more power than Zozogante, is also entrusted with sealing [the devil's fragment] as much as he has power.
And many gods have not yet healed the wounds of the battle 100,000 years ago.
"So I can only give blessing and thus talk about virtual images in a limited place.
The vampires of the primordial genre are all involved in maintaining barriers, protecting Vida, and healing wounds. Zanarpadna and Mubbudgenge could still afford it, but that's where Ravoviferd's guy gained ... how much power did he get? I used to have as much power as me. '
Zanarpadna, the evil god of crust and compound eyes, did not appear in front of Vandaloo, apparently because he was obstructed by Lavovifard.
Lavovifard was originally a god of the same rank as Zozogante and Fidirug, but for some reason he seems to have gained enough power to control Mbubjenge and Zanarpadna.
"I see. You don't just have to defeat Bugitas and get Prince Budarion to be emperor, but you still have to deal with Lavovifard?
... Can I do that? It seems to be quite strong as a god. ''
"Maybe you can do it"
"Okay, if you're a shaven. And the next job change is near?
"No, I don't think it's that simple."
Vandaloo, who rephrases Zozogante and Volks, who say so. However, Zozogante and Volks did not change their attitude.
[Mental Erosion], [Labyrinth Architecture], [Golem Creation] skill level has been raised!