The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time
Quiet talk 38: Faith is work
There is no distinction between day and night for Gehennaby, who was born after the queen Bee of Cemetery Bee was simulated and reborn. I work daily with three shifts a day. Because their hobbies are working and their goals in life are to work better.
"Kichikichi ... Kukiki ..."
At first glance, it looks like a female warrior in armor with a bee motif. However, it is not the bangs that extend from the forehead, but two antennas. The exoskeleton looks like armor. And from the shoulder there are a total of four arms, from the back transparent wings, and bee abdomen like a tail.
And its eyes are not compound eyes but animal compound eyes. It is a kind of monster, although it is difficult to distinguish it with new Vida races that have insect characteristics, such as Empusa and Arachne.
Naturally, it is a species that exists only in Tarosheim around the world, and its main dwelling is a nest built to be attached to the Royal Castle of Tarosheim. It looks like a weird structure with a huge pile of mud dumplings, more than 100 meters high. From other races, it is called Gehennaby Castle.
However, the interior is surprisingly close to a human home.
When it was just a giant bee, Cemetery Bee remained a beehive. However, even if there are differences in the number of arms, antennas, and the presence or absence of wings, if you become closer to a humanoid than Gehennaby, you will feel inconvenience in the same life as when you were a bee.
For this reason, they have rebuilt their nests through various trials and errors, and have all the miscellaneous goods necessary for daily life.
But Gehennaby is not worried about that. I was really pleased that it had become more human-like.
(Work progresses!)
(Working faster with five fingers than using jaws only!)
(It feels good to use tools! Very easy!)
Because Gehennabees love work. Being different from previous bees has greatly increased the productivity of their work.
Building materials made by mixing saliva and wood chips, knitting using honey silk, and hunting. For Queen Born's eggs, everything that Quinn orders is work.
So resting is also a job. So when they rest, they rest with all their might. No matter if your older family is sweating and working, don't be shy. Because I'm at work saying "rest".
"Gee, Kichikichi ... Chichichi (but I'd like to work with sweat if possible!)"
However, it is ideal for Gehennabees to work while sweating. But the only thing that can get to work for more than eight hours a day is a rank-up individual or a servant of Quinn nestling in the shadows of Vandaloo.
The Gehennaby hasn't been upgraded yet and hasn't been with Quinn. The only way to get the long hours you dream of is to work hard, earn experience, hone your skills, and improve your rank.
`` Kichikichi (flower shape is a gennady worker) ''
"Kukikiki (Gehenabbie Knight is hard to throw away)"
"Gyugi, Kikikiki (Mage is that, that's good)"
So, when the Gehennabys gather during the break, they will be excited about the ranks that have been raised and the topics related to work. The "work" of a break involves communication between colleagues, so they talk enthusiastically.
They recognize that all individuals except for Quinn, the queen bee, are equally workers. Soldiers do the job of fighting, mages do the brain work, and workers do the nesting and honey picking.
Of course, the loss of an individual commanding and supervising another individual is so great that it is necessary to sacrifice other individuals to reduce their damage. But it is a work problem.
All individuals can return with Quinn as long as he is there.
And the day of fun physical labor begins on this day.
"Gee (time)"
Gehennabys have different qualities and preferred jobs for each individual. To determine this, individuals that have evolved from cocoons and have not yet been upgraded are assigned different jobs on a daily basis.
The work assigned to her on this day was architecture. However, building is not an extension of the nest where they live.
The main material used is stone, not a mixture of wood, sand and saliva. And just because it's built doesn't mean someone lives, nor does it help protect you from enemies like a city wall.
It is such a mysterious building.
Honestly, the Gehennabys, including her, do not know why this building needs to be built. However, I know that this is the job ordered by Queen Bee, as well as what many people in this Tarosheim want. They don't understand, but it's a worthwhile job.
With that in mind, she goes to the construction site with her friends and assembles the stone.
"Oh, it's lunchtime Gehennaby! We ask you to assemble this stone! Location--"
According to the instructions of a mason of the giant undead, four people will cooperate to lift and fly a piece of stone about two meters square. And it joins with the huge statue of Vandaloo that has been assembled halfway.
The glue is not a mortar, but a mixture of their saliva and sand.
Over the sky, several sets of Gehennaby other than them are flying by lifting stones. Gehenabies who can fly with their wings and have all the [Skill] skills are also useful as altitude workers.
She also carries the stone and joins it as indicated.
"Gee ...?"
As you do so, you can easily see the hugeness of this building. Now that we are half the height, isn't the completed size the second largest after the castle of Tarosheim and the nest of Gehennaby?
The materials used for that, and the labor expended, will be considerable. She can only imagine her, who is only the end.
But is this giant deity worth it?
At least, there is no function. Except for a golem, it should be just a huge stone statue when completed.
But that doesn't seem to question anyone else who should be more imaginative than Gehennaby.
"Stone passes!"
"Retreat"
"Fugofgo!"
Proud races such as giants, Lacey, and Orcas carry stones, and those with masonry and statue skills decorate them.
"It gradually resembled a king! It looks exactly like a place with empty eyes!"
"The face hasn't been assembled yet ..."
"What does he see?"
Black goblins, Empusa, and Arachne run up the surface of the statue for fine details.
"Construction is safety first!" Strict helmet wear! Call the rescue team as soon as you get injured! Even undead!
"Winter doesn't mean we don't neglect hydration! If you don't want to be undead, don't hydrate!"
And there are those who work to maintain order on the ground and those who maintain the health of workers.
"Thank you, thank you"
And somebody who works a little and goes home. She seems to have been working for a short time to represent something called Shinkoshin.
From this it is no doubt that many individuals of the tribes that make up the country are waiting for the statue to be completed.
But there are others who do not want it. Those who stand silently on the side of the road that leads to the construction site. ...... Vanderu, who is equal to his father for Gehennaby, and his alter ego lords.
"I'm against huge statue construction! You can be small!
"Think more about how to use taxes!
"Please stop, please"
Standing silently and silently with a board on which such a message is written. If it doesn't look weird from Gehennaby's, it's quiet to forget about it.
They are ... or rather, their main body, Vandaloo, is the only one in Talosheim who protests against the construction of a giant statue.
However, they do not disturb any protest. It does not stand in front of workers carrying stone or other supplies to the construction site, nor does it make noise and distract concentration.
And-.
"I'm sorry ~, can you help me a little bit?"
"Yes"
And if you are asked for help, I will help you with the construction without being reluctant. Of course, the job is sincere and there are no two hearts. Work hard, sometimes even give advice, and when you're done, return to where you left off.
It is a mysterious action from the viewpoint of Gehennaby.
But many Gehennabies, while thinking that they are a mystery, do not question, thinking that "they have made advanced judgments beyond their own thinking."
Because they are a unit with a role. You do your part, but you don't care because the rest is the role of other units.
"Gee ..."
But she worried for some reason. There seemed to be some important clues to know what it means to build this giant statue.
So she decided to talk to the demon kings. About eight hours after this work is over.
Eight hours later, she replaced the night-time Gehennabies and talked to the angels at the side of the road, asking her questions.
"Is my attitude strange? Well, I think it's strange. "
The questioned spellmaster shook his tentacles while shining lightly on the board and shining lightly.
"Gyugyukikiki (Father, opposition. Why not order to stop?)"
"That's why I disagree because it's insignificant and tiny."
"What?"
Gehennabee was surprised at the response of the demon king and exclaimed. Because many Gehennabies thought that the Demon King's actions were a matter of deep thought and high judgment.
"I was surprised. Later, she seemed to betray her expectations. I'm sorry"
"I'm ashamed to be against building my big statue. I was used to life-size and palm-sized statues, but the stone statues that seemed to be visible from the top of the mountains were a bit of resistance. "
"Because my desire to reveal myself is going to be strong. But that's it. "
While she was appalled, the description of the angels continued.
Almost all businesses in Talosheim are public works. From building a house to publishing newspapers, operating public baths and explorer guilds, and producing and selling gear. There are vandaloos at all the vertices. The exceptions are restaurants, food stalls, and some clothing stores ... Vandaloo's business is the wholesaler of most ingredients and fabrics.
However, the tax is small. Originally, Tarosheim has an income tax system, rather than the head tax system that many other countries have.
In addition, most of the buildings are built by Vandaloo using the [Golem Creation] skill. Unlike ordinary homes, defenses such as the castle walls are all made by Vandaloo.
In addition, the army, which should have been a gold maggot for the nation, costs a small amount of money. They hunt monsters for training and use their materials to supply weapons and food.
So Vandaloo's claim of taxes is just an excuse.
The real reason is just shame.
"I think that you should throw it away when you become a government,"
"But humanity is not so easily thrown away. But I can't deny the will of many people because of my personal shame. '
"But I want to show my will. So, I am doing such a halfway thing. Well, at the point when you do not use [Golem creation] skill, it may be obstructing. "
While saying so, the angels turn their eyes to the site where construction works continue even at night.
There were as many people working there as it was during the day. Nobody thinks it's been done. They gather and do their own will.
On their faces, she seemed to be able to relax if she used her skills to create a golem, but she had no idea whatsoever.
"Kikikigi ... (Oh, yes, it made sense.)"
She looked up at the starry sky and the huge statue of Vandalou being built and was convinced.
It wasn't required by Vandaloo and has no functional significance. There was a meaning in such a huge statue. An important meaning that only despises Vandaloo's will.
Vandaloo's thinking is not as deep as he thinks, and his judgment is not so advanced. But I'm always watching. Just like the midday moon, I just keep watching without even noticing.
But that's not enough people. I want an idol, who wants to know, stare at, and pray for Vandalu from anywhere.
"I am so glad that Gehennaby, who thinks like you, came out. If possible, cooperate in protests ...
"Gigigigi! (Yes, religion is not a duty ... it's the same right as work!)"
She stretched her back and wings, reaching for the moon, with a fresh feeling of liberation, just as if she had just molted.
At that time, her body glowed, and her rank rose.
Gehenna Priest. It is said that the construction has been progressed with the addition of an individual whose role is to work as a religion that first appeared in Gehennabee.
"If I talked about being the same as my daughter, I would rank up and be at the forefront of construction."
"I can't understand"
By the way, Tiamat, Diana, Zantak, etc. had suitable-sized rocks on the Demon Continent, and carved stone statues like a DIY carpenter.
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-Demon commentary-Gehenabi-By Luciliano
At first glance, it looks like a woman wearing armor with a bee motif. It is about one hundred and seventy as tall as a human woman, with four arms and a bee-shaped tail (?) Extending from the waist and bee wings on the back.
Although he has high intelligence and understands human language, he cannot speak and communicate with his friends.
... By the way, the teacher can communicate more smoothly with them in those ways.
Though it looks like a human, his thoughts and values are similar to those of Cemetery Levy. They take their job to the top, even taking breaks and meals as work. In addition, they seem to be aware that they are a single living entity as a whole, with little awareness as an individual.
It is laid from the queen bee queen's egg and, through its larval stage, becomes an adult of rank 6.
The upper-ranking species is rank 7, and there are soldiers that are slightly larger than normal individuals, mages in charge of brain labor who do not change the appearance, but workers who are in charge of various production activities such as nest building.
In addition, there are knights who are the guards of Queen, the queen bee, riders on other monsters and co-workers Gehennaby, worker chiefs who are foreman, etc. It is.
In addition, the fighting ability has increased remarkably since it became more humanoid and acquired martial arts skills and became able to use martial arts.
More importantly, Gehennaby is a young species since its birth. Gehenabies will continue to change and evolve while responding to various things.
It is part of the recent emergence of Gehennaby, a Gehenna Priest whose main job is religion and festivals.
Name: Gikiririgigiri (cannot speak in human vocal cords)
Rank: 7
-Race: Gehenna Priest
Level: 0
Passive skills
Night vision
Strength: 5Lv
High-speed playback: 2Lv
Poison secretion: Needle: 5Lv
Special saliva secretion: 5Lv
Ability Strengthening: Job: 5Lv
Physical Strengthening: Exoskeleton: 4Lv
Fatigue resistance: 3Lv
Ability Strengthening: Creator: 3Lv
Ability Strengthening: Faith: 1 Lv
Active skills
High speed flight: 2Lv
Breakthrough: 5Lv
Cooperation: 5Lv
Martial arts: 3Lv
Spear technique: 3Lv
Armor: 3Lv
Mason: 2Lv
Housework: 1 Lv
Unique skills
Protect the Virgin