The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

Randolph is a very elf-like adventurer. Weapons are sharp senses, excellent [bowing] shooting, [swordsmanship] that takes advantage of quickness and delicate skills, and [spirit magic].

An elven adventurer that many people imagine.

"Boooooooooo!"

"Gaaaaaaaa!"

Many would wonder if the elf adventurer and the Minotaur, who wields an ax or club with more force than a bull, are not well suited.

Arrows are blocked by strong muscles and have no effect unless hit under the eyes, mouth, or armpits, and it is very impossible for a slender sword to receive weapons that are swarmed by force.

And due to the ferociousness and toughness that does not scare with a little pain, even if you send out [spirit magic], you will eventually close the gap.

"... Senuki spiral arrow"

However, Randolph squeezed a short-bowed string that was easy to use even in the woods, and the arrow pierced through the center of Minotaur's leading chest.

“―――― !?”

The arrow that rotates at high speed does not weaken the momentum, it just pierces the right chest and left arm of the minotaur behind, penetrates the chest and heart of the minotaur commander who was commanding behind, and made round holes in the trees behind. I finally stopped after emptying.

"Sorry, I made a mistake, because it was my first bow to use."

Minotaur's survivor, whose two-thirds or more friends and commanders were killed in a single attack, is stunned and stops moving. Randolph drew his slender sword and quickly managed to survive.

The slender sword cut the weapons that Minotaur hurriedly set up, and the limbs protected by their thick and tough muscles, as easily as cutting the rice ears.

Then, the corpse of Minotaur is stored in an item box using magic items that can store items in a subspace where time has stopped.

"I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to hurt. I will fight more carefully from now on."

He then apologized to the trees he had hurt and proceeded.

I know the general location of the minotaur herd, but I didn't have any accurate information.

Randolph, therefore, had the wind spirits carry the sound and proceeded to the center of the group, checking the approximate location of Minotaur.

Because most Kings are in the middle of the flock. This is because monsters under the influence of the [Reinforcement of Kin] skill protect the king, tend to flock around, and maintain the king's control.

[Reinforcement] The monster under the influence of the skill is a faithful King, but after all it is a monster. The ability to act in a coordinated manner like the army does not mean the army itself.

Because demons are only a group. The army can separate its bases and deploy forces, but not for swarms.

And King himself doesn't have the know-how to create and maintain an organization.

"The exception would be the Noble Oak Empire, which seems to be inside the border mountains.

In that sense, for me the rank 4 goblin king flock and the rank 8 minotaur king flock remain the same ... "

Randolph defeats Minotaur who appears to stop him, and proceeds in a dungeon-like cave, collecting corpses in an item box.

"I have more Minotaurs than I thought. I've already defeated more than a hundred, but it's still coming out ... does your King have any gods or evil gods?

The number of women you have taken is three to forty in one village. One squad of the Knights is a dozen at most. After that, there are a few uncounted adventurers ... at most not a hundred? "

"Goaaaaaaaaaa!"

Asked by Randolph, Minotaur Mage casts a spell and fills the corridor with flames without showing any answer. However, as soon as the operation was triggered, a violent wind blew, and the resulting fire burned the surgeon, Minotaur Mage himself, not Randolph.

"Goghaaaaaaaaaaa!"

"Okay, I understand, then it's not that it's just normal fertility, and the goblin and Kobold females don't seem to be able to withstand these things, and were they a settlement of a new tribe of Vida? Is the evil god evil involved as well? ... It has become troublesome. "

Randolph proceeded, leaving the dead minotaur mage dead. Going steadily in the direction where Minotaur appears to stop yourself.

Randolph, who defeated the Minotaur General who guarded the last door, went out into a large dome-shaped space.

The floor and ceiling are painted with magicians, and the Minotaur Mage, who seems to be a priest, prays intently in each corner of the space.

In the center, the Minotaur, who is bigger than other similar species and emits a strange atmosphere from the whole body, snarls in front of the altar.

On the altar was a metal jar with a rusty red-black discoloration and a woman lay. It seems to be alive, but the limbs are cut off midway so that they cannot escape. If it's a female knight who is the sister of the Duke of Al Krem, it's quick to tell ... something is different.

Hair color does not match what I heard. Moreover, it looks like there are ears and tails of the beast.

"... It's a little annoying. Anyway, is this ceremony a seed of her own for incarnation of evil or evil gods?"

When Randolph guesses the purpose of the ceremony and asks, the shape of the minotaur's tail groaning in front of the altar changes from a cow's thing like a part of a bug with a pointed needle like a needle I do. At the same time, the evil atmosphere fills the space.

"Is there a lot of minions that were too many? Increased by the devil's fragments. Judging from the shape and effect, it's something like [the Demon King's fallopian tubes]? But the male Minotaur King has a very odd piece. "

"Moooooooooo!"

Fearing of Randolph, who couldn't be more afraid of seeing his variant, Minotaur King raised his stomach, grabbed a halberd beside him and ran for him.

"[Zero sky flash]"

Randolph, on the other hand, shook his sword and tried to defeat the Minotaur King in a high-ranking slashing technique. However, Minotaur King was canceled by the swing of the tail that changed to [Devil King's Fallopian Tube].

"Mooooooooo!"

Then, she lays down a lumpy and translucent egg from the fallopian tube. It hatched as it hit the ground and grew rapidly and gave birth.

"" "Bumoooooo!" "

And, except for the absence of the Demon King's fallopian tube, he created a herd of minotaurs that looked just like himself.

"Isn't it necessary to have a woman to increase? No, considering that I didn't make it until I stepped in, would it be like a ready-made alter ego that could be made by itself? I guess. "

Ignoring Randolph's consideration, copies of the Minotaur King rush to him. As expected, he did not wear halberds or armor, but his fists and kicks were supposed to be more than enough weapons for the elf's slender body.

"[Hundred Sky Sky]"

But Randolph wielded his sword again and faster. The countless slashes that were released killed the copies without giving them the screams of desperation.

Minotaur King, who saw the copies that were produced annihilate in a flash, reaffirmed that Randolph was a superior opponent. Raise the halberd and scream.

"Gumoooooo!

But nothing happens. The Minotaur King looks appalled and looks back at the altar.

"Invitation to the god of spear

A spear pierced by Randolph's wind-based [spirit magic] pierced the torso.

"Mooooooooo !?"

However, the Minotaur King does not fall, and the wound begins to close when he screams, filled with severe pain and anger.

Did you gain [High Speed Play] skills that Minotaurs do not originally have by incorporating [Devil King Fragment], or was the scream a healing magic spell?

But, naturally, Randolph wields his sword to stab before the wound is healed, but the slashes blown by [Martial Arts] become like a whip as before and are prevented by [Demon King's Fallopian Tube]. Would.

Grinning and the Minotaur King laugh. It's as if it's easy to beat Randolph if you're not upset as before.

Upon seeing it, Randolph exhaled.

"Sure, unfortunately, this sword is made of Mithril and is not an Orichalcum that can be faced with [Devil King's Fragment] from the front.

Activating a magic that distorts the atmosphere and leaves massive afterimages of the wind, Randolph quickly closes the gap toward the Minotaur King.

"What?"

The speed was so fast that the Minotaur King swung in the intercept and the [Human's fallopian tube] and the halberd pierced, and both were ghost images.

"[Thunder light triple strike]"

Randolph, who fell into his pocket, fired a thunder-like speed and intense triple strike towards the Minotaur King's dovetail, heart, and neck.

"But it's just a matter of destroying the key points without discussing [the devil's fragment]."

Minotaur King collapses with an incredible look. This time, the wound was not regenerated.

"The rank is about 10 in light of the Demon King's shards. Given the number of groups, if there weren't ten A-class adventurers, we might have been able to stop the ritual."

Randolph, meanwhile, tried to crawl from the dead Minotaur King's body and sealed the [Maou's fallopian tube] with a magic item that was always kept in case, and another old sealed [Maou] Also collect the fragments.

He shoots with a short bow four Minotaur Mages, who are unaware that King has died and continue to pray to maintain the ritual.

"However, I don't know if the ceremony was successful because I seemed to have been abandoned by the god of the essence. I don't know if it was an angel or a spirit, but it would be better to drop that much.

Then I could have enjoyed it a bit ... maybe. "

So Randolph complained to the god who was serving the unknown Minotaurs. At that time, Minotaur King had activated [Admiral Advent] or its higher skill. But God did not respond to it.

"But why were they so limited? Because they are evil gods, there should be no reason not to respond to these evil prayers. It's not effort. ''

Randolph tilts his head, but at that time the minotaurs were serving the evil god ... "Evil horned god," Langleboza sighed with deep relief.

"Successfully the ceremony failed, or that squash head was stupid. This is because we ignore my oracle. "

Langleboza is an evil god resembling a bull, whose edge is looking at the minotaurs among the demons.

So he was also blessing the King of this herd ... but killed the host of the Demon King's shards on his way to the Border Mountains and absorbed [The Demon King's Fallopian Tube]. In addition, he began to use the second piece obtained in the sealed state to create a body for the descent of Langleboza.

No matter how many times Langle Bosa makes the oracle, "Stop" or "Make it quiet", he will not listen.

Not a joke. No evil god or evil god, unless you have a desire for ruin, to descend on the present ground.

More than ever before, the power of the "Holy God" Alda is moving actively, and there are also Vandalus on the ground who fear that Alda is a "new demon king".

Yes, there are monsters that eat not only humans but also the souls of the gods.

Randolph, who just defeated us, has a high fighting ability and can fight God, a superhuman among superhumans worthy of the name of an S-class adventurer.

But Vandaloo is a different kind of Randolph and too dangerous.

Already, evil gods of liberation and evil spirits have been eaten, and Arda's confidant God of Record is in his stomach.

I am sorry to join them.

That is why Langleboza did not respond when Minotaur King activated [Advent]. Don't let him beat Randolph.

"I won't be hurt at all if this adventurer defeats him. After that, he stays asleep in my sanctuary for tens of thousands of years until the situation on the ground changes. It may be a sleep equivalent to death without waking up ... but it's better than being bitter and writhing and being killed. "

Langlboza, regardless of Randolph, turned his consciousness off the ground.

Randolph, who does not know there was such a situation, continued thinking for a while, but eventually abandoned thinking that "God has God's circumstances".

"Does the end of those who believe in God and depend on say that neither humans nor demons are the same? More than that, the rest of the work, but this girl ..."

When Randolph saw his daughter lying on the altar, she continued to look into the void with her vacant eyes. The arm is cut off at the elbow and the leg is cut above the knee. The cut surface was treated to the point where blood stopped.

Randolph was surprised to see her face even though she found her limbs severed but couldn't join them back.

"Is Julian Alkrem another person?"

If you're alive, make it easier and end up in battle without being caught by Minotaur. Randolph had heard, briefly but briefly, about the characteristics of a woman knight who had been asked by her elder brother, Duke of Al Krem.

That is the color of the hair and eyes and the features. And above all, races are different.

Juliana Alcrem is about the age of being between a beautiful girl and a beautiful girl with golden hair and blue eyes, who looks both dignified and noble.

However, lying on the altar has hair that looks yellow rather than gold, and has a bold look with thick brow that seems to be strong. Although it has a strong wild taste, it can not be said that it is not dignified, it will be a beautiful class.

But it has triangular cat ears on its head and a leopard tail on its hips.

Apparently a beast. Randolph can't tell whether it's a wildcat or a leopard.

"I'm sorry ... I'm doing a suspicious ritual, so she thought she would be near the King to sacrifice or do something."

The sacrifice to embrace the incarnation of God is the role of a noble born princess in a story ... It may not be the case for Minotaurs.

Perhaps it has really finished in the battle, or it has died because it could not stand the breeding activities of the Minotaurs even if they were captured alive.

Randolph, who has no interest in the reputation or honor of an adventurer, is willing to return as it is.

"Is it really pathetic? Let's talk to this girl for now."

Randolph took the cloth out of the item box and put it on his daughter's body. Then, she activates a magic item for disguise and applies [Detoxification] magic to her awake girl.

Then, the light gradually returned to her emptied daughter's eyes and her face became clear.

" ... What? I'm ... oh ... oh oh oh !?"

"Are you aware, have you returned to the pain? Wait, I'll fix it now."

As soon as she woke up and began to scream, Randolph tried to cure her limb wound to a painless level to hear from her.

"Wait, wait! Wait, wait! If you cure it as it is, it will not stick! My arms, my arms ... hey !? feet !? feet ......!?

But the girl tried to refuse it. Even if the limb is cut, it can be connected by applying a higher grade potion or a slightly advanced healing magic with the cut surfaces properly aligned, it will take months or years, but it will move as before May be possible.

Probably because you know it.

"Wasteful, the cuts on the wounds are now easy but occluded. I don't know where the limbs have gone, probably in the Minotaur's stomach.

Give up. "

"That's like ... oh, oh, oh!

Randolph sighed, saying that even after healing the wound, it would take a while for him to hear.

Judging from the screams and shouts she gave, she was an adventurer and recently joined a party. Apparently nothing had happened for a while, but unfortunately he got into the territory of the Minotaur King and was driven by several minotaurs.

However, one of the companions who realized they could not escape in this way threw a knife on her leg. She fell unbearably and fellows ... Those who thought they were fellows ran away saying "bad", leaving her behind.

She was still trying to resist, but her minotaur's arm held by an ax swung off, losing consciousness there.

"So when I noticed, there were some women besides me caught in the Minotaur's nest, and one of them was still able to talk and I was a duke, so I would always come to help. Minotaur was taking a strange medicine …… At that time, I had both legs, but …… like …… lie …… like …… ”

"Hey, I'm Ralf. I came here on request to defeat the Minotaur King and help a woman."

"eh……?"

"I'm Ralph. What's your name?"

Randolph repeatedly called himself a simple pseudonym that he had decided for such a time, and visited a beastman girl.

"Oh, I'm Natania"

"Yes, Natania. I came to the woman to help her at the request of the Duke. Do you know where she is?"

Natanya replied, saying so.

"If you follow the smell, maybe"

When Randolph heard the answer, she embraced Natana in a cloak, and proceeded in the direction she pointed to the Minotaur's nest, where only traces of blood remained.

Shortly afterwards, Minotaur reached the room where the women were confined. Inside, there are a number of human bones rolling, and it was more like an execution room than a confinement room.

Probably a dead or unusable woman was killing herself in this room.

And Juliana Alcrem was still alive.

"Such ..."

He is breathing and beating. The limbs have been amputated, as in Natania, but that may be the case. It is not enough to lock in iron shackles in order to safely confine someone of some skill. You must cut your limbs, crush your eyes, and tear your vocal cords.

Given that, all you need to do with limbs is that the Minotaurs' treatment was still sweet.

But Juliana was completely broken. Even when Natania and Randolph appear, they only look at the void with their vacant eyes and drop saliva from the end of the half-open mouth, and do not show any reaction.

Randolph did a [detoxification] life attribute magic that he also applied to Natania, just in case, but Juliana did not regain her sanity.

"Until I was taken away, I was nervous, but I was conscious. If I gave up ... I still can't use [Advent], but God will help me! "

"I can't really tell what happened since then."

Probably, [Mao King's fallopian tube] laid a large amount of eggs in the body of a woman who was left other than Nathana used by the Minotaur King for the ritual.

So women other than Juliana died unbearably, and her own spirit would have collapsed.

(Rather, I think I kept it well until now)

He had his limbs cut off and turned into a birth machine, and watched other women die one after another and be devoured by the Minotaur. It's amazing to stay sane for about a month after being caught in that situation.

Natania seems incredible, but it seems to Randolph.

"Anyway, do you want to help right away?"

"Oh, I'll ask. I'll keep some great potions or things from the Duke.

Randolph dropped Natana to the ground and pulled his sword.

"Why, why don't you hold my sword ... wait! What does" help "you mean ...?"

"That's right. If you're an adventurer, you know."

Requests to defeat oaks, goblins, and minotaurs may find a woman caught. If she can move on her own, she will bring her back to town ... what if she loses her limbs and has a broken spirit?

There is no help for it, so we will pray for the happiness in the next world and make it easier.

"She is a duke and a knight! I'm not an adventurer!"

"It's a request from the duke. Well, I was willing to overlook if I could survive even if I was a little unsatisfied."

He was taken care of by his ancestors, so he was asked to cancel his debt and pay a fortune.

But if, by any chance, Yuliana claims to be insane and does not want to die ... even though she is dead, and her subordinates who know she has been contaminated by the Minotaur, Randolph signs a contract with the Duke of Al Krem Was going to break.

He is subjectively retired adventurer. That's because I don't mean to change jobs.

However, in this case, it would be merciful to kill them.

"Because there is no reason that a crapman with no limbs can live alone without a family."

On Earth, Randolph's words would be accused of being inhuman. However, in a world where the concept of human rights is underdeveloped, it is a convincing judgment that it is not a good idea.

If the Duchess of Al Krems had intended to help Juliana, that money would have helped ...

"Be assured that I'll send you later so you don't suffer,"

"Oh, do you want to kill me too? I hate it! I didn't want to die yet!

"... I was kind and told me."

Randolph sighed, stunned, looking down at the screaming Natania.

"Look at it, how do you plan on eating and getting into a body where adventurers can't fight? Is it enough to save your guild? Or is your family rich enough to take care of you?"

Every time Randolph asks, Natania's complexion turns blue. However, he doesn't seem to be giving up.

"Well, I'll ask you for your help! I've never heard of Ralph, but I'm strong enough to get rid of all the Minotaurs by yourself, and if you know the Duke, you're class A !?"

Natania looks astounded and shines as if she came up with a good thing. But Randolph's response has been weak.

"Good reasoning, but what happened?"

"If you are an A-class adventurer, you'll make money !? I'll lend you money, just me and that person can live for a while. Even a prostitute will do anything and return!"

"A whore. That way of life, I'll die in a few years and regret that I should have died now."

In Natanya today, if you work for a prostitute, you will be able to eat and take care of it. Former adventurer prostitutes are sturdier and more popular than ordinary prostitutes.

But often a more disastrous life awaits.

Especially in her condition, the center of the customer has a special propensity. If you're not very lucky, you'll either be a comforter until you die every day, or you'll be kept as a slave by a rich man with a special hobby.

An ex-women adventurer who became a body unable to fight and fell into a prostitute lived happily after being besieged by a successful active-age friend. Randolph knows that some of the sorts of dream stories are true stories. But I don't think Natania has any acquaintances who can expect it.

"Well, if you're still alive, maybe ...!"

"I don't give up. Sure, I don't see the future. I don't say that there is no possibility."

"That's it!"

"... but it's bad. I'm not going to hold any more."

With Randolph's skills and resources, most things are possible. It will not be possible to destroy the Duke of Al Krem, save hundreds or thousands of orphans from poverty and provide advanced education, or start a nation from scratch.

It is possible to help Natania and Juliana.

Having a good alchemist make prosthetic arms and legs to move like a person, and giving Juliana a different name to take care of her life is something she can do if she wants to.

But Randolph knows that there is no end. Every village, every town, every country is in trouble. Anyone who would die without reaching out is rolling at all times.

Reaching out to help others who have no such edge is certainly precious. If there's a guy doing it, he'll be respectful too.

But I am not going to do it. I'm just saying that I can't retire the adventurer just because of the past.

"Such ..."

Without seeing Natania's eyes cloudy, Randolph lifted his sword this time.

"That's it. If you are resentful, please resent your lack of sight. Only form will pray to Zuluwan for happiness in the afterlife."

Randolph is, in fact, religious. In the past, prayers were given to the gods, and angels descended on them. But he also stopped praying to the gods when he decided to retire.

However, in Lambda, where these gods exist, unbelievers are treated as weirds and weirdos by themselves.

Randolph spoke, saying, that he worships Zuluwan, who has no fixed precepts.

"Then I'll ask at least ... the one who took me as a decoy is a party called The Blade of Fire. I want you to report to the adventurer's guild, killing a woman screaming that she doesn't want to die, You can ask that much. ''

But the words stopped Randolph's arm.

Certainly, it might be reasonable to kill Natania. However, it requires visiting the adventurer's guild and explaining that he had intentionally hurt and decoyed, rather than abandoning Natania.

Of course, after explaining to the guild why he knows that.

(I heard from a female adventurer trapped in the Minotaur King flock ... you shouldn't talk about anyone, would the dukes' request be silently revealing my identity?) If you don't ... There's a good chance you won't be investigated even if you report, so you have to do it.

No, at first, when my identity was revealed, it would be evident that he moved on behalf of the Duke of Al Krem. I'm only taking care of the old man or his descendants. Then some people think about it in connection with Juliana's ...)

If the truth were to be passed on to the public, at worst the Duke of Al Krem could have been labeled as having killed his sister who was in the way of the Duke family using "true" Randolph.

Randolph is not afraid of being called by the Duke. It's tempting to die just to imagine a similar request coming from another duke.

Then don't accept Natania's request and just kill them.

(If you think about it, Natania knows that Juliana is a duke, so there is no other way to kill her than to kill her.)

So if you give priority to the request, you have to kill it. Yuliana was captured alive by Minotaur with his men, but as if only Juliana had died and only his men were alive before Randolph helped.

And Natania says she doesn't want to die.

"Can't help it?"

Sighing, Randolph shook his sword. Natania closed her tight eyes. However, since there was no sound of blood splattering, he opened his eyes a bit confused.

Randolph cut the Juliana's long blond hair to a length that would not fit over her shoulder, shredded a chain of pendants carved with the duke's crest, and put it in her pocket. After confirming that there are no other rings, tell Natania, who is blinking her eyes.

"I don't help. I don't help, but the closest town from here is likely to be the duke, so I'll take you to the adventurer's guild in the second closest trading city, Moxy. Become a prostitute, sell the Minotaur kid in his belly to the Tamer Guild, live as a slave. ''

Minotaur eggs laid in Yuliana's body had slowed down due to Randolph's seal of the Demon King's fallopian tube. It's still faster than a regular minotaur, and you don't know how many eggs it contains, but it won't be born before you get to town.

The Tamer Guild wouldn't be able to name any Minotaur, but it's just a newborn child of Rank 5 demons. They will buy more than 10,000 Baum each.

"Look, can you miss it?"

"... I just throw it away. And this is a traveler or adventurer woman caught in a different way from you. If you want to live a little longer, say so."

"I know!"

Randolph said, wrapping Juliana's body out of the box again.

"Then, you'll [transfer] once outside the magical area. Then, send it to the town of Moxie and leave it to a suitable adventurer. I don't know the rest.

After that, at best, pray to meet a different kind of person. ''

"Oh, that's enough ...?!"

Rather than wait for Natania to finish, Randolph launched a magic item that could be transferred to a predetermined location, and the three of them left the Minotaur nest.