The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

Episode 161: Encounter with the Goddess

Camping up ten levels above the level that fought the Cyclops, Privel woke up from a strange dream.

(I might not be able to say Ira about getting a crystal or fangs from a huge van)

Isn't he a normal adult if you dream? He who grew like a mountain in the shape of a child suddenly came to play. It was such a dream.

(Well, once you have a strange dream, isn't it strange?)

With that in mind, Privel tried to get up.

"It's probably because of a weird dream ... somehow my head gets sloppy-a monster !?"

Privel stretched out and opened the eyelids, and was scared to see a little dragon lying on the surrounding ground.

"Shaa !?"

"Gow !?"

What's more, the dragon, which had closed its eyelids, awoke and began to bark astonishingly. Immediately after that, the sight of Privel was distorted, and she panicked.

"Is it surrounded !? Where are you all ?!"

Privel has begun training in martial arts as well as in magic, but his skills are not enough to deal with unknown enemies in all directions.

As he casts spells, he tries to keep distance from the dragons.

"Calm down"

At that moment, Islay's chop, which appeared from behind, was swung down into the brain of Privel.

"Huh !?"

A pribel that can't bear the shock of a chop that has been lightly adjusted. Pauvina then rushes in, apparently hiding in the shadow of a distance, and squeezes her.

"What are you doing !? There's a dragon !?"

"So calm down and look closely. Where does the dragon grow from?"

Privel, struggling to escape Pauvina's arm, realized that something had gone wrong for the first time.

The dragons bark only, and no matter how late they do not try to attack the Privel or the closely attached Pauvina.

'Look closely. Look!

When Ira grabs one of the dragon's heads, she lifts it so that she can easily see the confused Privel.

"Where are you ...?"

Smaller than a Wyvern, with privels likely to be held aside, the head with fangs and horns follows the neck. Looking further ahead, the scale disappeared for some reason, leading to a very familiar tentacle.

"I am a dragon growing from me!"

"Rather, the tip of Privel's tentacle is the head of the dragon."

As Pauvina said, the tip of the lower arm of the pribel turned into a dragon's head.

"Ho, it's true ... wow, it's weird."

A pribel that confirms by touching the head at the tip of the tentacle lifted by Petapeta and Ira.

It is not just similar in shape. The surface is covered with scales that combine hardness and smoothness, and the horns and tusks are apparently made of bone rather than projections of the flesh.

The eyes were genuine, and Pribell looked at her face with a twitching smile through her dragon's eyes and was convinced.

When I woke up, I felt that my vision was distorted because of the sudden increase of 16 eyes.

"It looks calm. Have you checked the status?

"Ah, check now. [Status] ... Rank up and the race name has become Scyla Origin Hydruid !?"

Legend has it that some ancient scylla had a dragon or wolf head at the end of their tentacles.

Nobody actually saw it, and it was only a legend in the ancient texts of the Wizard Guild.

"Well, I never thought I would change to that legendary scylla ... but only in my dreams!"

"Oh, I thought it was a dream."

"Yeah, a little bit of a dream this morning ... Why are you so calm down? I'm so surprised!"

"When I was on the lookout, I thought it was because your sleeping bodies began to change. The Gizanians also said that. '

"That's right, did Gizania and Muse grow !? Where are they?"

"Because it was dangerous, I and Ira carried away while I was asleep. I left the Privel because he would drag his tentacles."

"If all three of you panicked and moved around at the same time, it was hard to calm down, so you woke up one by one."

"Oh ... it might be dangerous."

Privelle and Gizania are bigger and stronger, and Muse has a sickle arm with a sharp blade. It would be a catastrophe if it panicked and moved around without control.

Mainly three of them. Ira is much stronger than them in flesh fights, and Pauvina will be intact if she is a bit far away with Orichalcum shields.

"You can come out already!"

Pauvina exclaimed, and Gizania and Muse, each waiting in the shadows of their own, appeared.

"Oh, I guess the change in pribell seems to be the biggest.

The muse was sparkling. Her sickle arm and green exoskeleton had turned into an emerald-like substance.

"I think it's quite different for Muse, who said that, but ... I'm about to have a horn."

Gizania had not changed as much as Privel and Muse. However, there are horns reminiscent of cows, one from each of the right and left temporal regions.

And it seemed to her that Privelle was even more aware of the threat. Only in the chest measurement.

He looks down at his chest, but only has the same bulge as yesterday. When I raised my gaze, my gaze coincided with Muse, who had confirmed her chest as I did.

"... I'll complain to Van about this."

"Don't agree."

Pribels were already convinced that the sudden rise of this particular rank was attributed to Vandaloo's dream.

"Even though I'm so happy just to be given guidance to Mr. Vandaloo in my dreams, to complain ... Oh, I wish I had to sleep!

No, Pauvina didn't see her in her dream, so she couldn't necessarily meet her if she slept. Yes, calm down, calm down. '

"I met Van. I got something sharp."

Paula's confession of impact is pierced in Ira's ear trying to calm her. Pauvina doesn't have a rank, so she can't change her appearance, but she seems to have been well guided.

"Kukukuku ... Good, because loyalty does not mean swearing in return. Kufuhi ... Kihihihi!

After a moment of stiffness, Ira lifts her mouth above the crescent and laughs. The Pribels learned a dangerous thing in the situation and fought and shook back.

"You guys, once you get ready, I'll show you the results of your rank improvement in actual battles. In actual battles ”

"Yeah !? I'm still uncomfortable with the view, but it's really disgusting!"

"I'm just a bit heavy on my head ... no, tight clothes?"

"I'll help you if it's as dangerous as yesterday, there's a blood potion and it's just right. Let's go!

The Privels continued to struggle with leveling today, dragging them by the seemingly lame Islay.

By the way, the race was changed to Crystal Empusa for Muse and to Ushioni for Gizania.

Deep inside the same dungeon, there was a shout of Vigalo and a complaint from Zadiris, "Why?!?"

Schneider of Shunrai, an S-class adventurer who met Fermaun Gordo and gave a message from Recruit and led the Storm of Violence, was busy.

To report to local adventurer and magician guilds, and to treat incoming merchants and nobles.

They are ostensibly Arda members of the Amid Empire, and are national great heroes. They have returned safely from the Demon Continent, whose general location is known but whose safe route is still unknown.

Many who have gone on adventures in the past have disappeared, and many who have returned have only observed from islands near the Demon Continent, or landed for a short time to explore the extension. After all, it is a magic continent that is still shrouded in mystery.

Naturally, immense results were expected. Materials and information on plants with unknown potency, newly discovered minerals, and demons that do not exist on Bang Gaia continent. And, above all, an adventure tan with exciting blood.

It was only natural that the crowd would come to Schneider for that.

The Schneiders did not go to the Demon Continent on a separate request, nor did they seek sponsors and receive funding. Therefore, there is no obligation to disclose information to those who come. However, Schneider, who has exercised a number of privileges as an S-class adventurer and protected the new races of Vida behind the scenes, needs to maintain an open reputation.

Even those who are disliked are great nobles and great merchants, but Schneider who bites an iron claw and throws it high above the ground, but does not throw everyone who comes close to himself. You can do a little socializing.

Of course, we can't just talk about what happened on the Demon Continent. Fermaun Gord, a friend of the hero Bellwood and a religious god who replaces Zantek in the Empire, is said to have left Arda and stayed with Zantek. .

Therefore, before returning home, all the members of the party thought about such a story and decided to match the two.

It is said that he landed on the Demon Continent, but encountered a group of demons that he had never seen, and the true giant who led it, fighting, and eventually escaping on a ship.

It's a bit sad story, but it's tedious to stimulate people with poor results, and it's too much trouble if a continent exploration boom occurs.

In fact, the Schneiders brought back some of the monster carcasses and parts they had never seen before, so their persuasiveness would be enough. At the very least, there is no doubt except Emperor Maskhzar and his associates who consider them Vida.

While talking about such false information, he said, "The next time I will conquer the magic continent." With the help of the mermaids sheltered in the past, she secretly returns to Bang Gaia and crosses the Border Mountains to meet Vandaloo.

That was Schneider's schedule.

"... I don't know."

"... Yes, I thought for a moment that the Demon King was back."

"What dreams did they both have?"

Schneider, waking up in the same bed, and Risana, a member of his party and the incarnation of Purizanapipe, a reincarnation of Purizanapipe, were sweating cold all over. The words came out of the mouth after repeated rough breathing for a while in the posture when I woke up.

Dwarf Merdin, sleeping in the same bed, is looking at something unusual.

What Schneider and Rissana saw were just watching something huge and distant wriggling in the distance. It was such a dream.

I know it's not just a nightmare. Because they both recognized each other in their dreams.

"A kind of dream of foresight? I didn't seem strange and evil, but what do you think?"

"The most strange thing in that dream is not feeling evil."

After a brief explanation of the dream, Schneider asked, and after Merdin became half-eyed and did so, sighed and looked serious.

"Isn't seeing Resana also a Vida god or evil god?

Some stories of gods who have merged with evil gods in the battle with the Demon King Army have been told, and are heard from Rissana's mouth. Gods exhausted in the battle with Arda 100,000 years ago may have merged in the same way and have changed their appearance.

Reserna shook his head at Merdin, who guessed so.

"That wasn't a fusion. And I did even sign of the Demon King ... but I didn't feel strange and unpleasant.

"Yes, God knows clearly ... but it wasn't in the form of a human soul ... what is it?

The intuition tells us that he has been fighting threats that would not be experienced by an average adventurer for many years.

"Let's cross the border mountains as soon as possible. Now I noticed that something was in the direction of the border mountains from the bed."

"I wonder if I can go this year.

"I think it may be next year if you include camouflage work."

The next morning, leaving the mermaid nation, the band went to their last visit, Dark Elf.

"Jacks, the letter has been delivered."

"I put golems and undead for monitoring and [transfer] marking outside and inside the city."

On the way, I heard that Legion, who had been [transferred] on the way, had delivered Cesare and Kurt's letters to the Countess of Regston.

"Thank you. I'm going with me, Cesare, and Kurt to get my letter back."

The way you act in response to that letter will determine the future of the Countess of Regston.

I promised Kurt, "I'm going to persuade him to go to bed first."

"I would like to hear a good answer. I don't want to do anything wild for a couple with a newborn child."

While Kurt was serving at the Sauron fort, he received information from his older brother, Alsard, the current Earl of Regston, that his wife was pregnant.

Since then, Kurt has disguised himself as dead and went down to Tarosheim, so there is no information, but if nothing happens, he should have been born safely.

Medical care in this world is underdeveloped, but to a lesser extent noble family members of the Earl family should be able to get the support of a magician during birth. Maybe all right.

The absence of misfortune at least for some time in the Legston family is evidenced by the Legion's Enma, who has the power to know the names of the dead.

"Speaking of which, you must have been born. Have you seen it?"

"... I'm sorry, I forgot."

"If I'm not dead, I don't care."

"Speaking of which, the room you entered when you sneaked into the house might be like a children's room. Maybe you were in that room. "

When asked, the legions did not seem to be interested in the baby. Their job was to deliver the letter, so they probably didn't have to know Kurt's nephew or niece.

"More than that, wasn't it okay to take the head of the Military while delivering the letter? I think we could have done it ... if we could find it

The Legions were interested in the current Military Sir Thomas Palpapek, a member of the Milg Shield.

Now he is connected to a vampire under the dead vampire Gubamon, and has pulled a thread to kill Vandaloo and Darussia for a boring conspiracy.

After that, he dispatched a defeat squad to the jungle territory where the Zadiris lived.

An indirect but enemy to Vandaloo, and an important person for Talosheim, in charge of the enemy's military. Naturally, it is an object to be deleted.

"Now the timing is bad. When it is cleared, Kurt's husband's parents' house will be watched. And His Excellency is dead, you don't have to kill him in a hurry. '

Kimberly replaces Vandaloo for Legion's Ghost question.

He was a member of the Amid Empire in his life and was somewhat familiar with the situation in the Milg Shield. Guess that, Palpapek is no longer a threat to Vandaloo.

`` The boss blocks the tunnel that can safely cross the border mountains even to move the army, and there is no army that can move in the first place. ''

In a few months, four years have passed since the failure. The hole where the elite 6,000, including the Knights of Black Cattle, who made up the expeditionary forces were annihilated, has not yet been closed.

With the help of Earl Palpapek, who has returned to service as a military commander, he has retired retired soldiers, trained newcomers, and gathered talented people from all over the country. However, it is actually close to Hariko's tiger. It seems like that.

Originally, the expeditionary forces were not on defense during peacetime. Since it was a collection of troops to respond to unexpected runaway of monsters, emergence of designated disaster species, attacks from the Orbaum election kingdom, there is no problem with normal defense.

So if only a thousand-person army formed by Count Palpapek can move it if you want to. But neither the King of Milg nor the Earl will allow such a thing.

An expedition that crossed the mountains on a dangerous route far less than the last time with less strength than it did last time could not be expected to succeed.

"But public opinion may support you. I'll clear the humiliation four years ago. "

"I don't think so, Levia. You know, you've returned Sauron's territory to the election and you've returned to the border of the Milg shield with the election. You want to be more prepared than an expedition, right?

"And we're out of the Milg shield country long ago, so we're not afraid of our influence as a noble, and we're in a situation where we can't afford to go beyond the mountains.

.... Military, it looks a little pitiful. I'm going to sympathize. "

"What do you look like if you knew you were sympathized with someone who killed you in a plot, Dearsia, Earl?

"In the first place, we don't know what your face looks like, Unnie."

Rita and Salia smile at the words of Darussia who seem to be in pity.

"But, by the way, were you connected to a vampire under Goubamon? Now that Gobomon has been cleared up, what is going on now?

[Hate? Do you know something, Belmondo? ”

Belmond was talked to by Sam and said, "I'm guessing" for a while.

"Because the Earl's rank is the highest of the nobles in the Milg Shield, Vircain, the last archetype vampire dedicated to 'Evil Evil God', will not be missed. It should now be connected to his subordinates "

Although he is a poorly-worn count of Palpapek, there is no difference in being a powerful big noble in the Milg Shield.

Vircain will also be struggling to reorganize the organization after the death of Goubamon, so it is highly likely that the sympathy will be left untouched. However, influential people like the count of Palpapec should have dispatched a new pipe vampire in priority.

So Belmond guessed.

"I don't think it's a threat to her husband, though. There's no information he can pass to Birkine."

The Vandaloos have not yet entered the Milg Shield except recently when Legion sent a letter to the Countess of Legston. So there is no information that Count Palpapek can shed on Birkine.

`` It would be annoying to just leave it alone and rebuild the army of the Milg Shield, and while he's hesitant to reorganize the army, it's easy to find his whereabouts, so if he gets rid of it when it's convenient for her husband Is it good? "

So Belmond continued. Thomas Palpapek is to that extent for Vandaloos, who have unofficially declared war on the Amid empire, the sovereign state, and have defeated two of the vampires.

"Well then, let's go get rid of it when we're done with the Countess of Legston.

I couldn't be alert, as we might be trapping in anticipation that we're going to kill Count Palpapek. According to Eleonora, Vircain is likely to do that. ''

"I see, it may be ambush ... I see. Keep away from them "

It is unknown whether Thomas Palpapek himself is aware, but his fate was as good as the windlight.

After such a consultation, Legion returned to Tarosheim by "transfer" before arriving in Dark Elf.

The Dark Elven State is located in the middle of the border mountains, north of Vida's Sleep. It is a country built around a dungeon called "Labyrinth Graveyard" and is also known as the country of tomb guards.

"Miko, well-received"

"Our Dark Elves will truly bless your throne."

Probably the dark elves of the Dark Elves, the dark elves congregate and bless Vandaloo. Looking at the situation, Vandaloo thought.

(Dark elves in this country have a different mood than their mother than expected.)

Darussia had a natural appearance, but not as bright as ghouls, but with high exposure. However, many of the country's dark elves wear black robes and hoods. If you don't look in, you can't see the human phase, and you don't know the silhouette of your body, so you can't tell just by looking at your gender.

Even at the victory feast in the Noble Oak Kingdom, the dark elves were dressed as they did now ... but nobody thought they were in black robes and hoods.

"Um ... everyone, is that robe a folk costume or something?

Unable to withstand strange air, Darussia asked, and the dark elves replied.

"This is our country's uniform. Now we are on public service to welcome the state guest."

"Our ancestors are the clan of the gravekeepers who wished to manage 'Vida's Sleeping Room', so it is documented that they began to dress in mourning during public affairs."

Apparently, the dubious black robe was just a uniform.

"I often wear this uniform even after the fight. Wearing it seems to calm my heart after the fight. Are there any customs like this in Darcia's hometown?"

"It wasn't in my native forest. I didn't have the uniform ... by the way, what kind of clothes do you wear under the robe?

"Yes, no problem. Each person is dressed as they like."

Dark elves take off their robes while saying so. The characteristic appearance of chocolate-colored skin, with long, sharp ears and a well-defined face, is revealed.

And there were many lightly dressed things under the robe. Some wore metal armor and leather armor, but the vast majority were as exposed as Darussia.

"Then we'll take you straight to the sleeping place of our goddess and his hero! Well, I'm Gizan, the current head of the country."

A dark elf young man who was talking to Darussia changed his clerical attitude somewhere before and started beckoning him.

Other dark elves are also willing to forgive, "Please go."

"It's like another person."

"The moment you take off that uniform, you will be private."

Belmond and Sam are confused like the dark elves, but for the band, the current Gizans felt better.

"Bochan looks happy"

"Is it possible to see muscle?

"No, because now I'm more like the same race as my mother."

A dark elf forest that Vandaloo would have had to go if Darussia had been captured by Heinz and not killed by the High Priest Gordan. That was what Vandaloo thought.

"This country was originally in the Labyrinth Graveyard, which is said to have been created by Gufadogan, the Labyrinth's God, before the Trial of Zaccato was created. .

So the ancestors have built up their strength and have forged a country outside of the dungeon as we do now. ''

Gizan gives a commentary like a sightseeing guide while taking the gaze of Vandalu.

"And the Labyrinth Graveyard is also the only way to get to the Vida Sleeping House south of the country."

Vida lost 100,000 years ago in the fight against Arda and fell asleep shortly after creating the east-west border mountain range. The vampires who survived the gods, including Gufadogan, set up a sleeping place as a ritual site to protect her and Zachart's corpse and to establish a barrier to protect the border mountains from Arda and Rodcorte. Was.

Vida's Sleeping Place was created as one of the most important facilities inside this border mountain range, making it a robust and dangerous fortress that no one can invade.

The entrance where you can enter the sleeping place is the gate that connects the space created at the deepest part of the "Labyrinth Graveyard".

"In the record, it remains a failure story. He said that he had created a new doorway because the bed was built so robustly that he could not enter or leave except Gufadgan."

He seems to have inhabited the dark elves to perform rituals and cleaning in the sleeping room.

After that, Gufadogan created a dungeon as required in demons and dragons, and when it was finished, he stopped moving like a stone and fell asleep. About a hundred years ago, I created the Trial of Zaccato and started wandering around the world.

"Is there a weird square in front of 'The Labyrinth Fortress'? There, Gufadogan was sleeping. One hundred years ago, it started suddenly and everyone was surprised."

"Well, what's the guardian deity of this country now?

"That's okay. Before he sleeps here, he says he had left other gods to be the guardian of this country. Gufadogan is not a guardian of this country.

…… I just fell asleep and went to sleep without waiting for anyone to reply. After that, the stone slab said that he had trouble deciding who was the guardian deity. ''

Apparently, Gufadogan has a very personal nature.

"By the way, how difficult is the dungeon?"

"Yes, the monsters that come out are roughly 3 or 4 ranks and I think you are equivalent to class D. There are twelve levels, the interior is bright forests and mountains, there is only one level of lake. There is a monument on the level that honors Zachart. ''

"... It's not like a grave"

"Yes, undead is unlikely, and Gufadogan was apparently going to have the flowers and fruits available for Zacht in this dungeon.

Now, we have arrived at the entrance. I think that there is no problem if you are capable, but I will guide you for the time being. ''

With the guidance of Gizan, "Labyrinth Graveyard" could be captured in less than a few hours. This is because he minimized fighting with monsters, ignored treasure chests, and took the shortest route.

Gizan put a medal engraved with Vida's mark on the deepest altar, and a gate appeared to cross the space.

"This is where Vida sleeps ..."

Although he continued his habit of being on earth, such as putting his hands together before eating, he felt that he was worshiping Vida. I was nervous.

He is willing to visit the Five Evil Dragons Fidirug, but to see the mother of all the new races of Vida, including himself, as one of the great gods who created this world. I can't think the same way.

"Do you have a manner?"

When asking Gizan that he should not be rude, he replied, "There is nothing special within common sense."

"It's like banning mischief such as graffiti or throwing away trash. In our case, we are required to wear uniforms during cleaning work."

"It's still loose ... well, I was relieved."

Exhale in relief and step into the gate. Then, the scenery and feeling changed completely.

"Oh?

As far as the eye could see, vegetation of various sizes grew, flowers bloomed, and fruits grew. There was a spring where various birds and beasts rested, and there was a warm sunshine in the sky.

"Well, he came."

And there were two thrones in front. One was rested against a skeleton in rotten armor, and the other was a strange-aged woman.

She is a simple girl, an adult woman, and a mature woman. It is certain that she is just a gentle beauty.

But at the same time she was in pain.

The limb would have been attractive, with a number of thick piles being struck, and other swords all over the body, presumably cut with a sword. Blood was still dripping from the wounds, and the dress made of the fur and feathers of flowers and birds was dyed so that the original color could not be seen.

But she reached out to Vandalu, as if she did not feel the pain of the wound, and spoke.

"First, thank you. Thank you for listening to my request '

Upon hearing that, Vandaloo was convinced.

I do not know why he was thanked. But she is Vida, the goddess of life and love.

Name: Privel

Age: 17

Two names: None

Rank: 6

-Race: Scylla Origin Hydroid

Level: 0

Job: Water expert

-Job level: 45

Job history: Miko apprentice, miko, magician, spirit magician

Passive skills

Underwater adaptation

Night vision (change from night vision!)

Strength: 1Lv

Physical enhancement: Lower body: 4Lv (UP!)

Ink secretion: 3Lv (UP)

Magic power automatic recovery: 4Lv (NEW!)

Increased magic recovery speed: 3Lv (NEW!)

Magic power increase: 2Lv (NEW!)

Active skills

Agriculture: 4Lv

Martial arts: 3Lv (UP!)

Butoh: 4Lv (UP!)

Singing: 2Lv

Demolition: 2Lv (UP!)

Non-Attribute Magic: 2Lv (UP!)

Water attribute magic: 5Lv (UP!)

Soil attribute magic: 4Lv (UP!)

Magic control: 4Lv (UP!)

Chant discard: 1 Lv (NEW!)

Spirit magic: 4Lv (NEW!)

Parallel thinking: 1 Lv (NEW!)

Unique skills

Melebeuil's blessing

Hugalion's blessing (NEW!)

A pribel that has been upgraded to Scylla Origin with the protection and guidance of the “Yasui Ryujin” dugalion, one of the pillars of the guardian dragon of the Dragon Country.

The tip of the tentacle has changed to the head of the dragon, and from this, the scyllas with the head of the dragon or wolf at the tip of the legendary tentacle, with the assistance of dragons and beast kings other than Melebebeil, It is presumed that the individual has changed.

Privelle was able to gain blessing despite not religiously religiously, because he had been given directly to him the scales and tusks of the dugalion from his dream.

Despite his studies focusing on sorcery, this rank-up has made it possible to improve not only sorcery but also close combat capabilities. However, they are not used to fighting because they are not used to the newly added organs.