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The bases of the Pure-breed Vampire Birkyne were in the center of Devil’s Nests far from where humans lived, and they were… not old.
As Eleanora had betrayed Birkyne to join Vandalieu, Birkyne had prepared some places several years ago as he had needed bases whose locations were not known to her.
It would have been difficult to build bases from scratch, so he had used bases that he had used before acquiring Eleanora and repurposed ruined buildings in the cities of countries that had been destroyed in the past.
This tower was one such base.
The ones who lived here were several Noble-born Vampires entrusted with managing the place and the several dozen Subordinate Vampires who served them. There were also around a hundred humans.
But most of the humans were children, and they were kept in cells like livestock. Their blood moistened the throats of the Vampires, and they also served as stock for sacrifices for magical rituals of some sort and the rituals used to request the evil god of joyful life for his divine protection.
There were facilities such as the orphanages, but it would be problematic to have to go directly to an orphanage every time a sacrifice was needed. This tower was one of the intermediate facilities that solved this problem.
“… I heard that one of the guys in the cell next to us had his blood taken,” one cynical boy whispered to the others in his cell.
“Is he dead?” another child asked.
“No, apparently they only took a little.”
“But they’ll drain him of his blood until he’s dead soon enough… and us, too,” said a girl.
“Tch, of course they will. We’re being kept here to become food for the Vampires. One day, we’ll have our blood sucked from us until we’re dead or be turned into Undead,” the cynical boy muttered.
The children knew the truth about their situation.
It didn’t need to be explained that Vampires drank blood. But they drank less frequently and took less each time than humans would think. And Vampires were capable of taking nourishment from eating normally rather than drinking blood.
Not drinking for years would harm their health and negatively affect their regenerative abilities, but there was no effect on their bodies even if they didn’t drink blood for several months at a time.
But more powerful Vampires… such as those whose ‘Bloodsucking’ Skill had awakened into ‘Bloodwork’ had stronger impulses to drink blood.
Most importantly, drinking blood was one of Birkyne’s hobbies. The children did not know this, but there were some who were sacrificed simply to be tortured by him as a method of stress relief… though he had recently restrained himself from killing victims lately so that he would not have too many spirits around him.
“Th-that’s not necessarily true, is it?” piped up another boy. “They told us that if we serve them and show them our value, they’ll let us become Vampires as well…”
“They did say that, but were they telling the truth? Even if we work for them, we might still end up being turned into Undead, right?” said the girl.
Another purpose of this place was to let the more obedient of the children live as Subordinate Vampires, and use the rest as materials to create Undead.
“But don’t you dare think about trying to break out. Depending on what kind of monsters you run into, you might die a worse death than being toyed with by the Vampires,” the cynical boy warned.
“… I know,” the other boy muttered.
The children being kept at this tower had not been brainwashed by Birkyne. This tower was isolated from human society, and one step outside would expose the children to the dangerous monsters prowling around. Brainwashing them wasn’t necessary.
“Either way, we don’t know anything until we become adults. If that’s the case, we don’t know whether we’ll be dead months from now or even tomorrow. Let’s just enjoy ourselves until the time comes,” said the cynical boy.
“Enjoy ourselves? We have nothing to enjoy except the food. They make us work in the afternoons,” the girl said discontentedly.
The children were kept in cells and forced to live like livestock, but they ate better than when they had been in the orphanages. They weren’t given anything extravagant, but they had dishes with meat, fish and vegetables, and they occasionally had fruit for dessert. During the day, they worked in the fields or tended to the fruit trees to produce that food.
It was likely that the Vampires wanted to improve the quality of their blood by making them eat balanced diets and get exercise.
“Eating until we’re full is enough, right?” the cynical boy said.
“That’s… Hey, it’s kind of noisy,” said the girl, suddenly noticing that there was a lot of noise around their cell.
“Has someone been taken from one of the other cells again?” the other boy wondered.
“No, this is… the Vampires?” said the first boy, trying to listen carefully. “Yeah, the Vampires are screaming!”
Indeed, there were loud, echoing screams that could not possibly have been made by the children being kept inside the tower.
There was the dying scream of a beast, and one voice was shrieking in terror.
“It’s hopeless! It’s over, it’s over!” screamed another voice.
Realizing that these voices belonged to Vampires, the children looked at each other. They could not understand why the Vampires were screaming.
“I-is someone going around killing the Vampires?!” one of the boys whispered.
“Then we’re going to be saved?!” the girl said excitedly.
Had someone come to the tower to exterminate the Vampires? Realizing that this was possible, the children’s despair-filled eyes ignited with hope.
“You!” a Vampire shouted, appearing suddenly in front of the cell as if to extinguish that hope.
The children flinched and fell backwards.
They recognized this Subordinate Vampire. They didn’t know his name, but he was one of the Vampires that looked after and supervised the children. He did his best to curry the favor of the Noble-born Vampire that commanded him, but would lash out horribly at the children.
But they didn’t know his name.
“I-is there something you need, Vampire-sama?!” one of the children said in a high-pitched voice.
The Subordinate Vampire’s face stiffened. “MY NAME IS ANDREW!” he screamed.
He had shouted his own name.
The children now knew his name, but they were totally bewildered as to why he had chosen this moment to introduce himself, and were frozen with fear.
“Did you hear me?! I’ll say it once more, so listen closely. My name is Andrew!” the Vampire shouted once more, without waiting for a response from the children. “You got that?! Hmph!”
With that, he broke the cell’s lock with his claws.
“Hurry up and get out! From now on, you… no, everyone, is free! You hear me? Do not forget that I, Andrew, saved everyone!” he said with a stiff, twitching, awkward smile as he freed the children.
The children’s fear and bewilderment only deepened, but they were even more scared to disobey Andrew, so they left the cell to see that the same thing was happening at the other cells.
“Children, I, Barnio, will save you!”
“I, Citrin-oneesan, will set you free! Citrin-oneesan! Set you free!”
“Out of the way! The one to save these children will be me, Raikert! I will kill you if you try to stop me!”
“Don’t get in my way! I, Felpo, will save you!”
Until minutes ago, the Vampires had been the children’s fearsome captors, but now they were all frantically trying to be the ones to free the children from their cells and appeal their kindness to them.
The children were dumbfounded by this sight, but they understood that something big had happened.
The destruction of Hihiryushukaka, the evil god of joyful life, was known to all of Birkyne’s subordinates in an instant. This included those who were scattered and working all over the continent and those who had originally been subordinates of Ternecia and Gubamon.
Ordinarily, such a thing would be impossible even for Vampires. Hihiryushukaka had been destroyed by Vandalieu in a Dungeon created by Gufadgarn, and all of Birkyne’s confidants had been defeated as well. There was no way for that information to leak to the outside.
But although Hihiryushukaka was an evil god, he was still a god that had been worshiped by the Vampires.
Vandalieu had once destroyed the spirit clone of Yupeon, the god of ice. He had also devoured a subordinate god of Alda, the god of law and fate, and destroyed the Dungeon that he had created. Both events had affected the minds of Alda’s clergymen greatly, immediately telling them that their god had been harmed. The priest of Alda in Morksi had even screamed out loud and lost consciousness.
The same thing had occurred in the Vampires who worshiped Hihiryushukaka.
Though their devotion was of a different quality from that of humans who worshiped gods, they had worshiped Hihiryushukaka, the evil god of joyful life, and the Pure-breed Vampires who served him.
The core of their devotion was fear. Though they worshiped the power of evil gods, they had prayed and worshiped so that such power would not be directed at them. Still, there were almost none who could interpret the Divine Messages of evil gods, the structures of whose minds were simply too different from those of humans. However, it was easy to hear his dying scream.
As a result, the majority of the Noble-born Vampires who had served Hihiryushukaka for many years understood his destruction and lost their minds. They felt a sense of liberation at being freed from a fearsome being. But at the same time, they felt a sense of loss as the bonds that held the Vampires together vanished, and a sense of fear at having lost the powerful evil god that protected them.
And the Vampires who had worshiped Hihiryushukaka now knew that there existed a being capable of destroying him.
“It’s Vandalieu! There’s no doubt that Vandalieu destroyed the evil god of joyful life!” one Noble-born Vampire shouted in panic.
“He possesses the power to break souls! He has used this to destroy the evil god!” shrieked another.
To be more accurate there were others capable of facing Hihiryushukaka. The Five-colored Blades and the Storm of Tyranny, the S-class adventurer parties of this continent. If they were to fight with all of their strength, their power would likely reach even the gods.
But even if they had been able to seal Hihiryushukaka away, they would not have been capable of destroying him. That was only possible for those who possessed the ability to break and extinguish souls – the Demon King Guduranis… and Vandalieu.
Thus, the Vampires knew that Vandalieu had destroyed their evil god. And they were certain that they would be next.
Another Vampire screamed in terror. “We can’t be in Birkyne’s base! He’ll hear the voices of the dead and come to kill us!”
Many of the Noble-born Vampires were aware that their hands were stained with countless evil deeds, and that they had been rewarded for them. On top of that, many of the Noble-born Vampires were among the higher-ranking members of the organization, so they couldn’t use the excuse of having no choice because they had only done as they had been ordered.
Thus, many of the Noble-born Vampires capable of flying had done so to escape. As they were Rank 6 at minimum, it was possible for them to escape from the centers of Devils’ Nests on their own.
But the same was not true for the Subordinate Vampires. Those who had been able to hear the evil god’s dying scream had told the others about the situation in shock. They were aware of the situation, but they were unable to fly. On top of that, the weaker Subordinate Vampires were only Rank 3.
This base of Birkyne’s was in the center of a Devil’s Nest that was large and inhabited by powerful monsters so that adventurers could not easily reach it. In order for the Subordinate Vampires to escape from this base, they would have to run as fast as they could while constantly fighting monsters for several days straight.
Having decided that this task was impossible, the Subordinate Vampires had chosen a different option.
“So, that is why they released the captive children themselves… and the sight before our eyes is the result,” murmured Eleanora.
Having used Gufadgarn’s teleportation to visit this base, Vandalieu and his companions had expected that they would need to fight Birkyne’s subordinates.
But what they found instead was several dozen Subordinate Vampires begging for their lives.
“Yes! I, Andrew, have had a change of heart! I am ready to offer my life to you in order to atone for my past!”
“I am known as Barnio. It has been several decades since I became a Subordinate Vampire, and I have been doing nothing but miscellaneous chores such as the cleaning and the laundry for this place. This is the truth! Please, spare me!”
“I, Citrin, am the one who made the food that the children are eating right now. So please, find it in your heart!”
Eleanora sighed. She was actually impressed by how spectacularly they had changed sides.
“Well, I don’t think I can say anything, since I was also an assassin who changed sides… So, what shall we do?” she asked.
“I don’t think that their words are sincere. But… it seems that some of them have already been guided by Danna-sama,” said Bellmond.
In essence, the guidance of a guider manifested in one’s thoughts. Thus, it would normally be impossible to determine whether one had been guided from their outward appearance. But Bellmond was able to tell that several of the Subordinate Vampires had been guided by Vandalieu. Some of them had a fanatical gleam in their eyes.
“If you insist on not leaving me alive, then please kill me right now! I, Raikert, shall swear loyalty to you as a spirit!” one of the Vampires shouted.
This was one such example.
“You’re right. Those eyes are the eyes of people who swear a fanatical loyalty to Vandalieu-sama and would not even hesitate to become Undead,” said Isla.
“Bellmond, Isla, I think you’re right, but…” Vandalieu muttered. “Everyone, you freed the captive children in order to beg for your lives, right? Your goal seems to have changed,” he remarked to the subordinate Vampires.
He had no recollection of creating fanatical worshipers but unfortunately, speaking to them seemed to only make them more fanatical. All of the Subordinate Vampires were a part of the organization who had worshiped Hihiryushukaka, the evil god of joyful life, and they had been at the bottom of that society. It was difficult to say that their minds were in a sound state.
There was no contact with human society here, so they had spent the majority of their Vampire lives obeying Birkyne and the Noble-born Vampires.
In summary, they had already been trained, in a way.
“Seeing myself reflected in your eyes is enough to make my hands tremble… Such overwhelming power…!” one of the Subordinate Vampires whispered.
Another was gasping for air. “So fearsome…!”
The Subordinate Vampires felt fear towards Vandalieu just from him speaking to them, and the fanatical gleam appeared in the eyes of more and more of them.
Vandalieu looked away in disbelief.
“Are all of these people related to you or something?” Isla muttered to Eleanora.
“Hey! Are you trying to say that you’re any different?!” Eleanora retorted.
“… At heart, us three are likely the same as them,” said Bellmond.
Just then, Seris and Vestra returned.
“We’ve heard the children’s stories,” Seris said.
Director Holly had been reunited with the children that had been sent here from her orphanage, apologized for not being able to save them and was now engaged in conversation with them.
“They’re confused because they were freed by the same Vampires that held them captive and watched over them. Many of the children do not hold anything against the Vampires as long as their own lives are spared and they are free,” said Seris.
“But there were also many children that said they wouldn’t go near the Vampires, as they are scary and creepy. Also, as the children have told us, it seems that the Vampires have not killed anyone here for a while,” said Vestra.
Birkyne had been wary of information reaching Vandalieu through spirits, so he had done his utmost to avoid killing the captive children. He had even found and abducted a human with the ‘Spiritualist’ Job that allowed them to see spirits, forcing him to work with him.
“Of course, it seems that the spiritualist lied to the Vampires. Birkyne and his subordinates had been taught that they could purify any spirits haunting them if they poured holy water on themselves, but in reality, there were so many spirits around them that they could not purify all of them with just that,” Vestra added.
“It’s because of that I was able to know that something had happened before I entered the orphanage, so I need to thank that spiritualist,” said Vandalieu. “So, you people are slightly unpopular amongst the children, but… I’ve decided to take you with me,” he told the Subordinate Vampires.
About a third of the Subordinate Vampires sighed in relief at this decision, while the other two thirds gave small cries of joy… Incidentally, the latter was the fanatical ones.
“I will have all of you convert to Vida’s faction and live under supervision for a while. As for the supervision… I guess I’ll ask the Black Night Knights’ Order to watch over you,” Vandalieu said.
“Please leave it to us, Vandalieu-sama. My subordinates will be able to train these fools well,” said Isla.
The Black Night Knights’ Order was the order of knights consisting of Vampire Zombies, with Isla as its leader. They upheld the rules of Talosheim, interacted with the people in a friendly manner and strived to improve their image through volunteer activities such as keeping the city clean. Thus, Vandalieu felt comfortable leaving the Subordinate Vampires’ supervision to them.
“There will be some more from the other facilities we are about to visit… probably dozens more,” said Vandalieu.
“… I just want to be sure, but will all of the Vampires be like that? Seris and I only just realized that we are Vampires today, so we don’t really feel it, but will Seris and I become like that one day?” Vestra asked.
“No… or you shouldn’t, but that doesn’t sound very convincing coming from us,” said Eleanora.
Vestra looked concerned; this answer was indeed very unconvincing coming from someone wearing a collar that they had received from Vandalieu.
The original reason for Vandalieu and his companions coming to this tower, Birkyne’s main base, was because there were many children captive here. If the Vampires here guessed that they had been defeated from the fact that Birkyne had not returned, it was possible that they may kill the children in despair or simply leave, leaving the children behind.
Now that Vandalieu knew that this wasn’t the case, he and his companions decided to use the Job-changing room in the base in order to change Jobs before going around to the other facilities. However, this didn’t go very smoothly.
Eleanora only had Jobs containing ‘Princess’ available to her, and reluctantly chose ‘Transforming Sword Princess.’ Likewise, Bellmond chose ‘Transforming Kunoichi’ for similar reasons.
“This is clearly because of the transformation equipment that you made for us, but… it’s too convenient to give up! Van-sama, what are you trying to do to us?!” Eleanora demanded.
“She’s absolutely correct, Danna-sama. Please make your intentions clear, so that we may gather our resolve,” said Bellmond, joining Eleanora in pressing Vandalieu for answers.
“You two still don’t understand, do you? It is only natural for us servants to understand his intentions without him speaking them out loud,” said Isla.
“My main objective is to have you use superior equipment and become powerful,” said Vandalieu, realizing that Isla was trying to create a flag for trouble and trying to calm the other two down by repeating his true intentions. “Well, I can’t deny that I am enjoying myself at times,” he added.
Of course, Jobs such as ‘Magical Girl’ were useful Jobs with high Attribute Value growth rates according to Kanako and Darcia, so ‘Transforming Sword Princess’ and ‘Transforming Kunoichi’ were likely useful Jobs as well. Eleanora and Bellmond would likely grow even stronger.
“My ‘Dream Guider’ Job reached Level 100 too, from the Experience Points I gained from Hihiryushukaka’s defeat… And there probably aren’t any more facilities that we need to get to as soon as possible,” said Vandalieu.
Places with Vampires that could hear Hihiryushukaka’s dying scream would likely already be aware of the situation, just like this place. Places without such Vampires would not even have realized that Birkyne and his confidants had been defeated.
Either way, there was no enormous need to hastily rush to the other facilities.
“And it would be troublesome in the… very unlikely chance that I were to be asked about my Job-change if I did it in Morksi.”
And so, Vandalieu entered the Job-changing room in this base and put his hand on the crystal ball inside.
《Jobs that can be selected: Whip Tongue Calamity, Vengeful Berserker, Dead Spirit Mage, Dark King Mage, Divine Enemy, Fallen Warrior, Insect Nin, Destruction Guider, Dungeon Master, Demon King, Chaos Guider, Hollow King Mage, Eclipse Cursecaster, String User, Demon Ruler, Creator, Demiurge, Pale Rider, Tartarus, Wild Spirit, Dark Battery Cannoneer, Magic Staff Creator, Soul Fighter, God Destroyer, Qliphoth, Dark Beast User, Spirit Therapist, Artisan: Transformation Equipment》
“… So, there are no new Jobs this time. Well then, I will go with my original plan and select ‘Demon King.’”
Vandalieu had avoided the ‘Demon King’ Job up until now, but when he destroyed Hihiryushukaka and absorbed the Demon King’s shadow, which was a fragment of the Demon King’s soul, he had felt a different sensation from when he absorbed the Demon King’s physical fragments.
In the end, nothing had actually happened, but it was possible that Vandalieu would absorb more fragments of the Demon King’s soul in the future. He thought that it would be best to take the ‘Demon King’ Job, which could possibly prevent any potential problems that could arise.
This was just a thought, and there was no proof that this was the case, and he was naturally aware of the possibility that it could just make things worse. However…
It has been some time since the fragments began referring to me as the ‘main body,’ so it’s about time.
With this train of thought, he believed that the risk was low. However, he had decided to use the Job-changing room in this tower, as it would be bad if his voice were to be heard by people in the city while he was choosing this Job there.
《You have changed Jobs to the ‘Demon King’ Job!》
《You have acquired the ‘Life Perversion,’ ‘Demon Element Encroachment,’ ‘Imitation Reincarnation’ and ‘Servant Creation’ Skills!》
《The ‘Life Perversion’ Skill has merged with the ‘Mutation Induction’ Skill! The ‘Demon Element Encroachment’ Skill has merged with the ‘Guidance: Dark Dream Demon Creation Path’ Skill! The ‘Imitation Reincarnation’ and ‘Servant Creation’ Skills have merged with the ‘Dark King Magic’ Skill!》
《The Levels of the ‘Rapid Regeneration,’ ‘Super Strengthen Subordinates,’ ‘Deadly Venom Secretion (Claws, Fangs, Tongue),’ ‘Body Expansion (Tongue),’ ‘Strengthened Attribute Values: Reigning,’ ‘Surpass Limits: Fragments,’ ‘Mental Encroachment,’ ‘Labyrinth Creation’ and ‘Demon King’ Skills have increased!》
《‘Automatic Mana Recovery’ has awakened into ‘Constant Mana Recovery!’ ‘Enhanced Vitality’ has awakened into ‘Augmented Vitality!’》
《You have reached Level 100!》
Vandalieu heard ominous bubbling sounds coming from within his body and felt like he could also hear the sound of his bones and muscles twisting, but he was more concerned about the announcer’s voice in his head.
He had acquired some dangerous-sounding Skills, but was relieved that they had combined with his existing Skills, just like when he had devoured Hihiryushukaka’s soul. But at the end, the announcer had said that he had reached Level 100.
“Status… I really am Level 100. Why? Is it because I’ve already gathered fragments of the Demon King?” Vandalieu wondered.
Just as he had gained Experience Points for ‘Bestower’ by causing mutations in people and creatures, perhaps the ‘Demon King’ Job could gain Experience Points by gathering fragments of the Demon King.
“In any case… Since I’ve reached Level 100, I need to change Jobs one more time. Next Job is… I wonder which I should take?”
‘False Shadow User’ had appeared as a new option; this was likely related to the Demon King’s shadow. Taking this into account as well, Vandalieu chose a Job that was even more mysterious than the ‘Demon King’ Job.
“I select ‘Demiurge.’”
《You have acquired the ‘Demigod’ Skill!》
- Name: Vandalieu Zakkart
- Race: Dhampir (Mother: Goddess)
- Age: 11 years old
- Title: Ghoul Emperor, Eclipse Emperor, Guardian of the Cultivation Villages, Holy Son of Vida, Scaled Emperor, Tentacle Emperor, Champion, Demon King, Oni Emperor, Trial Conqueror, Transgressor, Black Blood Emperor, Elder Dragon Emperor, Food Cart King (NEW!), Genius Tamer (NEW!)
- Job: Demiurge
- Level: 0
- Job history: Death-Attribute Mage, Golem Transmuter, Undead Tamer, Soul Breaker, Venom Fist User, Insect User, Tree Caster, Demon Guider, Archenemy, Zombie Maker, Golem Creator, Corpse Demon Commander, Demon King User, Dark Guider, Labyrinth Creator, Creation Guider, Dark Healer, Disease Demon, Magic Cannoneer, Spirit Warrior, Bestower, Dream Guider, Demon King
- Attributes:
- Vitality: 235,503 (Increased by 110,525!)
- Mana: 5,779,760,020 (+4,623,808,016) (Increased by 1,371,958,437 in total!)
- Strength: 29,158 (Increased by 13,650!)
- Agility: 24,761 (Increased by 13,695!)
- Stamina: 31,520 (Increased by 14,537!)
- Intelligence: 41,375 (Increased by 17,848!)
- Passive skills:
- Monstrous Strength: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)
- Rapid Regeneration: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Dark King Magic: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!) (Merged with Forceful Vitality Enchantment, Soul Binding, Dominate Created Undead, Imitation Reincarnation and Servant Creation!)
- Status Effect Immunity
- Magic Resistance: Level 9
- Dark Vision
- Dark Dream Demon Creation Path Enticement: Level 8
- Chant Revocation: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Guidance: Dark Dream Demon Creation Path: Level 8 (Merged with Demon Element Encroachment!)
- Constant Mana Recovery: Level 1 (Awakened from Automatic Mana Recovery!)
- Super Strengthen Subordinates: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!) (Awakened from Strengthen Subordinates!)
- Deadly Venom Secretion (Claws, Fangs, Tongue): Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)
- Enhanced Agility: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Body Expansion (Tongue): Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attack Power while Unarmed: Very Large (LEVEL UP!)
- Enhanced Body Part (Hair, Claws, Tongue, Fangs): Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Thread Refining: Level 7
- Mana Enlargement: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Increased Mana Recovery Rate: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attack Power while activating a Magic Cannon: Large (LEVEL UP!)
- Augmented Vitality: Level 1 (Awakened from Enhanced Vitality!)
- Enhanced Attribute Values: Reigning: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Active skills:
- Bloodwork: Level 10
- Transcend Limits: Level 6
- Golem Creation: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Hollow King Magic: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Precise Mana Control: Level 1
- Cooking: Level 8
- Alchemy: Level 10
- Soul Destruction Fighting Technique: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Greater Multi-cast: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)
- Surgery: Level 8
- Embodiment: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Coordination: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Super High-speed Thought Processing: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Commanding: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Thread-reeling: Level 6
- Throwing: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Scream: Level 7
- Dead Spirit Magic: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Demon King Artillery Technique: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Shield Technique: Level 7
- Armor Technique: Level 7
- Shadow Group Binding Technique: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!) (Transformed from Group Binding Technique!)
- Surpass Limits: Fragments: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Spirit Therapy: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Unique skills:
- God Devourer: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Deformed Soul
- Mental Encroachment: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Labyrinth Creation: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Demon King: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Abyss: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Divine Enemy
- Soul Devour: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Vida’s Divine Protection
- Earth’s Gods’ Divine Protection
- Group Thought Processing: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Zantark’s Divine Protection
- Group Control: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Soul Form: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Demon King’s Demon Eyes
- Origin’s Gods’ Divine Protection
- Ricklent’s Divine Protection
- Zuruwarn’s Divine Protection
- Perfect Record Technique
- Surpass Limits: Soul: Level 1
- Mutation Induction (Merged with Life Erosion and Life Perversion!)
- Demon King’s Body (NEW!)
- Demigod (NEW!)
- Curses
- Experience gained in previous life not carried over
- Cannot learn existing jobs
- Unable to gain experience independently
Looking at his Status, Vandalieu felt dizzy.
My Mana is finally over 10,000,000,000 and my Vitality has increased as well… and my Strength and Stamina almost doubled. But I don’t have muscular pain like I did during my growth period.
Vandalieu walked around the Job-changing room a little, but there was no pain of creaking muscles and joints.
Perhaps it was because the Demon King’s fragments had merged into the Demon King’s body, or because of the clearly abnormal ‘Demigod’ Skill that he had acquired after selecting the ‘Demiurge’ Job.
“Well, it’s entirely possible that crippling pain throughout my whole body will prevent me from getting out of bed tomorrow,” Vandalieu mused to himself.
As he left the room, there was something of a fuss going on outside.
“Van-sama! We suddenly acquired the ‘Familiar Spirit Demonfall’ Skill, which is different from ‘Familiar Spirit Descent!’ What happened?!” asked Eleanora.
“Eleanora, you should be asking, ‘What did you do?’ not ‘What happened?’” said Bellmond.
Before he replied, Vandalieu focused his mind towards Talosheim through his pseudo-main-body-type Demon King Familiars.
… The same thing had occurred there, too. It seemed that everyone who had acquired Vandalieu’s divine protection had acquired the ‘Familiar Spirit Demonfall’ Skill.
The overexcited Luciliano was quite frightening. He was approaching the nearest pseudo-main-body-type Demon King Familiar, shouting, “You have finally become a god?! If that is the case, please let me examine you, Master!”
“… I guess it was careless of me to take ‘Demiurge’ after ‘Demon King’ after all. I should have discussed things with everyone before deciding,” Vandalieu sighed, regretting his hasty choice.
Incidentally, Isla had apparently set about testing the ‘Familiar Spirit Demonfall’ Skill right away.
In his office, Earl Isaac Morksi signed and stamped a document with the sense of accomplishment that came with finishing a large project.
He had succeeded in creating a friendly connection with that Dhampir boy who was very extraordinary in various ways. This was a great accomplishment for him, equivalent to signing an important peace treaty with another nation.
An individual who possessed a tremendous power that could decide the fate of nations… This was what Isaac thought Vandalieu was. He wasn’t entirely sure why he thought this, but he felt very strongly about it.
Just then, Isaac’s retainer entered with a report from his spies.
“Danna-sama, there has been a report,” he said.
“Let me hear it,” said Isaac.
“It seems that the boy headed for the orphanage in the slums today. His mother is making preparations for the food cart, and the Beast-kin girl who attended the tea party and a man named Simon who lives in the slums are helping her.”
“Hmm? What about the boy himself and his beasts?”
“The beasts are guarding his house, and the boy still seems to be at the orphanage. Apparently, he is helping with preparations for a festival tomorrow.”
Isaac was puzzled by his retainer’s report.
The Commerce Guild did not have any problems with the food cart’s owner not being present during business; the requirement for turning a temporary registration into a full membership was the business owner being able to run a sustainable business. Even if the registered owner was not there, it was fine as long as the business kept operating.
But Isaac felt a sense of discomfort towards the fact that the boy, with whom he had discussed things just earlier today, was acting in a way that he had never done before.
“Is there a festival for Vida tomorrow? I don’t recall there being one,” said Isaac.
“My apologies, my lord. I do remember the ones that are held at the Communal Church, but I am not aware of any…” said the retainer, unable to answer his question.
This was just a sign of how little interest they had taken in the orphanage in the slums.
Isaac did donate some things to the orphanage as a part of his slum welfare policy, but this was all in most times. If not for Vandalieu, there was no reason to take notice of it.
“Shall we try asking the inhabitants of the nearby areas?” the retainer suggested.
“… If we did that, he would take notice,” said Isaac. “It’s a good opportunity. Tell the spies that from now on, they are to stop monitoring and investigating Vandalieu Zakkart and instead start to monitor and investigate whether there is anyone attempting to approach him, especially anyone who intends to cause him harm.”
“Are you content to stop investigating his identity and intentions?”
“Yes,” Isaac said with a nod.
He had managed to create a connection with Vandalieu during the afternoon’s tea party. If he had his spies investigate any further and they were later discovered, the connection would go to waste.
And I do not believe that my family’s spies will be able to discern his identity and motives, even if they were to investigate further, Isaac thought, but he did not voice this out loud.
“More importantly, his existence should now be known not only to the main cities of the Alcrem Duchy, but to the other Duchies as well. It would be troublesome if the fundamentalists were to make a move. Caution is needed,” said Isaac.
Vandalieu’s identity was unknown, but he had no ill intentions and followed the law. It was likely that he would bring about development in this city and the Alcrem Duchy. Isaac believed that the fanatics who sought to take the lives of Dhampirs were far more deserving of caution. Being fervently religious was all well and good, but it would be troublesome if they were to cause some incident.
That was how Isaac thought after today’s tea party.
“I do not believe that he requires the protection of my house, but… it would be a mess if the fundamentalists were to try and set his house on fire or something. We must take preemptive action,” Isaac said.
“As you wish,” the retainer said with a bow, and then he left to relay Isaac’s orders to the spies.
Alone in his office once more, Isaac put his seal on the final document on his desk and then stretched his body.
“Now then… I suppose I should get an early night’s sleep tonight,” he murmured to himself.
To many people including Isaac, today was yet another uneventful day in the city of Morksi.
Job explanation (Written by Luciliano): Dream Guider
A Job that does not represent a guider with dreams, but one who appears in dreams to guide his followers… Guidance manifests as thoughts, but can dreams be considered thoughts?
In that sense, it is the most unusual among all of the currently-known guider-type Jobs.
It does not seem to provide much growth to physical Attribute Values such as Strength, Stamina and Agility, but it did provide much growth to Intelligence and Mana.
Job explanation (Written by Luciliano): Demon King
Can ‘Demon King’ be considered a Job?
This is a Job that throws everything we know about Jobs as a concept into question. It is likely a Job that can only be acquired by those who can successfully fuse the Demon King’s fragments into themselves rather than being parasitized by them.
It seemed that this Job provided a large growth to all Attribute Values.
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I think it is a little late to have acquired the demigod skill. Because demigod implies half god and ever since Darcia was ressurrected as a chaos elf source, Van’s race had use to be dhampir(vampire/dark elf) but now it is dhampir(vampire/goddess). So essentially, he was already a demigod ever since his mother’s ressurrection
He was born before Darcia adquired that title so you are wrong… At least that is what I think.
Thanks for the chapter and HELL YEAH!!!!! HE’S FINALLY A GOD!!
I have a feeling that if he chose jobs that are linked to the skills he has I think that he could have finish levelling that job up and move on to the next job in the long list of potential jobs he can have. Jobs that can be selected that can possibly Insta max level: Whip Tongue Calamity, Dead Spirit Mage, Dark King Mage, Dark Battery Cannoneer, Magic Staff Creator, Soul Fighter, Dungeon Master, String User, Dark Beast Guider, Spirit Therapist, Insect Ninja, Artisian: Transformation Equipment, Hollow King Mage, Destruction Guider, Chaos Guider, Creator
That’s one step closer to owning Aldiot in the face
I was very interested when Van got the possibility of the Demiurge job. For those that don’t know “demiurge” is a greek word [δημιουργός, dimiourgos], which means “the creator”. In ancient greek philosophy it was the title given to a theoretical being which created the universe and had the status of God or subordinate to a supreme God. I think its very fitting for Van as he is, from my point of view, nearing the power of creation and he is an amalgam of all the creation oriented champions, has multiple creation type skills and if I’m not mistaken Guidance… Read more »
I believe the way demon king is written in Japanese can also mean “magic king” or “king of magic” I might be wrong since I don’t know japanese but believe that “maou” can mean both. So they got a skill similar to spirit descend but with demons, hmm shouldn’t it be called “Demon Spirit Raising”? Haha hmm so they will get buffed by being possessed by one of Vandal’s spirit clones? Or will they be possessed by one of the spirits that are at Van’s service? I mean the spirit descend skill have many tiers, spirit descend, heroic spirit descend… Read more »
I absolutely can’t wait to see Alda’s reaction when he finds out Van became a demigod lmao. He’s gonna go absolutely insane XD
He already asked Rodcorte to bring the Reincarnated Individuals from Origin to Lambda, in his Churches, he has already lost his sanity. OuO
He lost his sanity when he started preaching genocide
Nah i would say it was the moment that bellwood most likely began giving him ideas that the world should be ‘restored’
Tbf wanting to restore the world wasn’t anything bad inherently let’s be honest vida going bat shit insane and making a bunch of races that aren’t ethically pleasing to the eye and expect the original inhabitants and them to get along is bs even if the gods themselves were to order it they’d just grudgingly go along till one day they decided to revolt
TBF 90% of the world population wa lost and the creation of the Vida race is in spite of Alda and with the help of the evil gods who sided with her to defeat the demon king and the creation of the Vida race is like acknowledging the contribution of those evil gods, and in the first place 90% of the population wouldn’t have been lost id Alda and bellwood cooperated with Zahhart and the creation heroes.
Supreme king, you very likely didn’t pay much attention to the lore of this world, did you?
Thanks for the chapter.
What a cheat to change into a job and then be lvl 100 right away. Van-sama is now officially going to become a god after all this time. But it is funny as he is already able to fight/kill/eat gods while still being mortal (?). From all the hints we now have about Dark King Magic skill it is an ultra OP skill. Wonder about the full abilities of that skill.
The biggest thing to keep in mind is the ability is a passive skill. From the conversation Vida and Rinklent had a while ago Van hasn’t really been consciously controlling it yet. I think Dark King Magic was probably already able to do all the skills it just absorbed, but it does definitively show that Dark King magic has way more uses than just disinfectant, bug killing, anti aging, and defense shields. I think Vans Dark King Magic has been so tame thus far because the researchers in Origin never really tested it as a weapon. They were more interested… Read more »
The researchers on Origin were also more focused on trying to achieve immortality, which is what helped push their research into Medical Fields even after they turned him into a meat puppet unable to move his own body or utilize his own magic.
As for physical damaging Dark King magic he has, well Death Cannon does literally atomize whatever it hits. He also has his Hollow King Magic Hollow Cannon to delete key things.
I think its more like Van hasn’t really been delicate with his magic when it comes to offense, of course it is easier to literally blast things so hard they drop dead in an other dimension, but using more complex techniques that he would have to come up with on his own takes a lot of time. I’m sure we’re going to see that thought sooner or later.
That’s very ture, but remember that he’s always had trouble controlling him Mana due to the sheer size of his Mana Pool. A piece of a fingernail sized chunk of his Mana at this point would be equal to the entire Mana Pool of multiple First-class Mages. Trying to be delicate with something so “small” yet still large enough to blow holes in yourself, is not easy.
Hello. My name is Vandalieu Zakkart. I’m Eclipse Emperor who rules over majority of Godess of Life and Love Vida’s races. I work as Demi-God and Demon King as part time. As such i’m extremely whimsical and irregular person(existance?) in many ways.
Ah and I am also apparently worshiped as some kind of God of Death on another world, though I kinda wish that they would stop as I do not want to be a god but I cannot exactly abandon them either.
Please do not make me a Giant Statue, keep them life size at most.
My hobbies includes fighting for my people, spreading freedoom, killing gods and cooking. I am also a pretty good with evrything you might need in order to build a society or a city
My likes are: my friends, my mom, Vida, the other God’s in her faction, my followers, and muscles…. lots of muscles…
My Dislikes are: Bastard who killed my Mom, Asagi, Alda, Evil Vampires, and people who interrupt my naps.
For some reason all my Skills and Jobs sound really dangerous, but I’m actually a pretty nice guy….
I have a lot of wife candidates waiting for me to marry them but i can’t fulfill their wishes because i’m not old enough yet. Maybe in a couple more years i will marry them finally.
And also for some reason everywhere i go a new girl that i just met just wanted to marry me too for some reason. I wonder why…
This thread hit me in the gut, and I burst out laughing harder and harder with each additional post. Hahahahahaha. Keep it up guys.
I’m trying to explain that I’m a Dhampir who wishes to live a quiet, happy life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like Alda and Guduranis, that would cause me to lose sanity. That is how I deal with godhood, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn’t lose to anyone.
I have a feeling that the next chapter will be a side chapter.
You are correct.
Most likely, a break from the main story and probably see how Mei and Banda are doing
Oh I hope so
So do I. I imagine all the new drastic changes Van just did will have had some kind of effect on Banda, lol. If not getting the Demon King job then the dream guider at least.
Meh I don’t think so, Banda is in an other universe and exists separately from Van, although it would be nice if Banda got some more development.
Now that Birkyne is finally out of the way and his organization is now dead. Is Murakami ever going to make his move? It has been a few volumes since he and his group came to Lamda. Whatever preparations he has thought of or already made, they better be pretty good if he plans to survive fighting Van.
Murakami is still in transit on the way from a different duchy.
Birknyes people did say they had dropped off the radar. So I think they might have finally gotten close and are now trying to setup the trap for their plan.
I am honestly looking forward to what they came up with. I think it is more than likely to be futile considering how easily Van just killed a descended Evil God, but dream on Murakami and Hajime your hope being overridden with despair will be a great sauce when Van starts dining on your souls.
Asagi actually worries me though as there is a pretty good chance that the magic used to seal the demon king fragments that he is studying could be used to seal Van’s magic.
Yeah it can, but the problem (for Asagi) is that Asagi is trying to figure out how to do it while still allowing Van his freedom and not having to fight him. The problem for the Alda gods is that the current way to do it requires them to actually kill Van first. That being said, Asagi won’t be able to achieve his goal. The problem is too complex and what he wants to avoid was impossible to avoid from the get go. Even noted in the chapter where he talked to Van and left, the war he wants to… Read more »
at this point its kinda hopeless to try and seal him or his magic he’s at a level where if he let loose he might destroy any nation and anyone in it.
Hell, it’s about time!
Eleanora was afraid earlier in the story that Zadiris cursed her and the others when she brought up the fact that her race title had Princess in the name. Looks like her fear came true.
Let’s go Demiurge, let’s dominate the world.
Yes, Ainz-sama!
This is cool. His status page could sure use some simplification though, geez. It would be good if he gets some higher tier skills that swallow his old ones. Honestly I feel like demon king body should have swallowed his original body enhancement and manipulation skills that didn’t have anything to do with the demon king, to reflect it becoming in a true sense his own body. I’m hoping mastering a divine path job will either cause a rejection and removal of his divine blessings or merge them into something like Enhanced Attribute Values: Pantheon. Other than that, a soul… Read more »
Him becoming a physical god will not cause his divine protections to be lost, as those were granted by other gods. It is just that usually a god is not receiving divine protections from another god as a form of pride. As accepting a divine blessing from another god usually means that god lacks confidence in their godliness… which Van does not even consider himself a god even now. Also, technically his status page has gone through simplification in dumping all of the various Demon King parts in the huge list into just one skill. The rest cannot be merged… Read more »
Like a land god?
As far as lambda is concerned a Demigod, Sub-God, and Physical God are all the same thing: a god who has a physical body that does not require a Divine Realm to exist in.
Examples being True Colossus, Elder Dragons, Pure-Breed Vampires, Beast Kings. Talos, Deeana, Tiamat, and so on.
Van has basically stepped up from being merely S-Rank may-as-well-be-god to actually god tier.
Van is probably beyond the ranks of a god now despite being mortal
I feel like being a demigod is the best of both worlds. He has taken a step up in power leaving behind mere mortals in power, but he has not been disconnected from the world and forced to act through others like God’s.
This new step could mean that Van might start collecting power through prayer like real God’s, but also be able to train physically as well.
It does come with the downside that when a Spiritual God is defeated they go to sleep and eventually revive. A Physical God just straight up dies.
Furthermore a Spiritual God can zip around the world near instantly, while a Physical God has to actually traverse the terrain to get to where they need to be.
If you do not need to manage much territory then yes being a Demigod is a good thing. Even if it means a powerful S-Rank Adventurer like Schneider can kill you and put you in your permanent grave.
well I’m pretty sure even if his physical body was annihilated Van could very well just make a new one
Well we’ve been told that blessings can only be given to those weaker than you. So a god accepting a blessing from another god would be them saying that they’re just weaker than the other god.
I think part of the problem for God’s getting Blessings from others has to do with how God’s gather strength. A God gets more powerful the more they’re worshipped. If you are under someone else then I feel like people would channel their prayers to the higher God more. It could also be there is no real reason for God’s to bless each other. Blessing people makes those people your signboard to drum up faith. All the deeds they do are associated with you and in return you give them power to accomplish those deeds. Basically heroes are like sponsored… Read more »
Thanks for the chapter. Kind of think getting the skill demigod is a little underwhelming for Vand, he is already a god so seems to be a little low for him. Maybe he needed demigod before getting the skill god. Glad to see he chose a proper name for a job, but that makes me more curious about the other proper named ones. The next ones I would like to see would be Dead Spirit Mage, Dark King Mage, Divine Enemy, Fallen Warrior, Destruction Guider, Chaos Guider, Hollow King Mage, Demon Ruler, Creator, Pale Rider, Tartarus, God Destroyer, or Qliphoth.… Read more »
1) Van was not already a god
2) A demigod is not less than a god in the Death Mage universe, it’s just a god that has a physical body.
3) False Shadow User only showed up after he got the Demon King job, that’s why it wasn’t in the initial list.
4) I don’t think that insta-levelling thing is likely to happen again, it was only possible here because this job allowed him to essentially retroactively gain experience for things he’d already done (acquiring DK frags) and I doubt very many jobs allow that.
A thing to remember with becoming a Demigod is its not as simple as it sounds. There have been a lot of people who reached the level of power required to be elevated into one, but all those people needed someone to lift them up there. That’s even true for Heroic God’s. Now it’s simpler for monsters because rank increases change the body and soul more drastically than job changes do. For all the humanoids without ranks though? They needed help. Part of the reason the majority of Vidas races are monsters is because Vida couldn’t raise the human ones… Read more »
Thanks for the chapter, well he is halfway there, what could Demi-god skill entail, and the semi-rebirth one as well, I feel like the author is hinting at something with this.
He already a demon king and what next….. A supreme demon god?
Demon God Of Death
The demon king Vandalieu Zakkart. The ruler of death and darkness. The embodiment of the abyss.
There is still ‘Demon Emperor’ or ‘Demon God’ heck I would even think posible ‘Demonic Death God’ to be an option. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Doom-sama! Where are you? We need to borrow your name to offer to our god!
Is it just me, or does the author love cliffhangers? How can you give a Job like Demiurge and a Skill like Demigod and not explain either?
Really, this is more like a sheer drop from everest than a cliffhanger.
I’m more in suspense over the Demon Familiar Descent thing, lol. We all basically understand what being a Demigod kind of means. I want to know if summoning demons upon yourself has any interesting physical changes and how much of a stat boost does it give.
Demiurge; A being responsible for the creation of the universe.
I was expecting Familiar Spirit Ascent rather then Demonfall.
You know, to match how Van is ascending to become a god and how all his followers are probably going to wind up becoming his Familiar Spirits and Heroic Spirits.
I think it a opposite familiar spirit ascent on the light side(corrupted and full of BS) and dark side( the true light/justice), the demonfall
I was expecting one of these four
Demon Spirit Decent
Demon Spirit Ascent
Dark Spirit Decent
Dark Spirit Ascent
I think this new skill has to do with the new abilities he got from the Demon King Job namely create servant and demon encroachment. A way I’m kind of reading the skill is that usually Familiar Spirit Descent is a Familiar Spirit descends from on high down to you. Demonfall however seems more like you yourself fall towards being a demon. I might be thinking to far into this and it could just be Demon Falling onto you. Maybe evoking something similar to Lucifer. I could also read it meaning a part of the Demon King fell to you.… Read more »
Ooooooooh. Quick chapter update… Demigod, huh? Guess he can’t make excuses to Nuaza anymore. Get those statues built, man! As for the skill itself, that brings up a question that the series hasn’t answered (at least not to my knowledge). Demigods were usually a part of Greek/Roman myths, where heroes like Hercules and Aeneas were literally part god due to having one as a parent. Is that possible in the Death Mage ‘Verse besides Vida? ‘Cause the evidence seems to say no. Vida is explicitly a life goddess, so creating races seems like a divine power (like Alda’s Authority/Judgement thing)… Read more »
Demigod is another way to translate Sub-god. As far as the world of Lambda is concerned Pure-Breed Vampires, Elder Dragons, Beast Kings, and True Colossus are all under the classification of Demigod/Sub-god. Keep in mind that Pure-Breed Vampires were created by the True Ancestor, the direct son of Zakkart and Vida, sharing his blood. Elder Dragons were born from Marduke, the Great God class Dragon God Emperor. True Colossus were born from the Great Colossus God Zeno. Beast Kings are descended from the Great God of Beasts Ganpaplo. Also to note: all of Vida’s direct children who fathered/mothered the various… Read more »
Dude, I promise I’m not trying to be rude, but you need to cite your sources. You have a favor of simply stating facts and not referencing the events which give these facts. I’m not even trying to say you’re wrong; you could be 100% right, but if you don’t give me a hint on where to look for your claim I can’t take your word at face value. So please, tell me where you got these facts: A) Demi/Sub gods breeding very slowly. Where is this implied? Rereading the chapter explaining the mythology of Lambda, it is not stated… Read more »
A) Were it not for a slow breeding then after the Demon King War and War of the Gods Alda should have had a steadily growing army of Demi/Sub-Gods over the course of the 100,000 years if they bred like normal races. As Demi/Sub-Gods can communicate far easier with the pure spiritual gods like Alda then it should have been easy for Alda to maintain control over humanity with a pseudo age of the gods situation using representatives. Much like the case it is for the Vida faction. The fact this is not the case is evident that they do not breed quickly. That is application of simple logic.
It happens in Volume 12
B) Vida’s children were born at the tail end of the Age of the Gods, when the Spiritual Gods like Alda and Vida roamed the physical world, before the War of the Gods resulted in the pure spiritual gods having to withdraw back into their Divine Realms, with Vida sealed and asleep and Alda having to recover from his own injuries. Since then no Spiritual Gods have created Sub-Gods. Otherwise such an event would have been of major historical importance as it would mean that the Gods could create a representative to help maintain control over the human believers and/or a new race was created.
Furthermore Demi/Sub-Gods do not need human blood at all really. As they are Gods with Physical form instead of being Gods with purely Spiritual form. However it is to be noted that the resulting child is weaker then the parents especially if one of the parents is not a Demi/Sub-God. Which is why the Vida Race Ancestors are Demi/Sub-Gods while their children are not. (though it is to be noted that Tiamat seems to dilute the amount of power going into the children when she batch makes them)
This would also be a big reason why the Demi/Sub-Gods would breed slowly, they need to power up their children so that they do not wind up producing children of their own that are too weak to be classed as Demi/Sub-Gods.
C) Yes they are. Just like how Zantark, Farmaun Gold, Tiamat, Deeana, and the others with them are busy keeping the Dark Continent in check so too will the Alda faction need to keep other areas where Devils Nests/Seas/Skies are spreading under control. It is not like you can expect humans to have developed the means to regularly dive 10-20km below sea level to keep monster populations under control to keep a Devil’s Sea from expanding onto land, or fly 10km+ into the sky to keep aerial monsters under control so they do not start spreading down towards human territories. There are a lot of areas that need to be managed, and an unknown number of dungeons.
That being said, you can still have representatives and messengers show up at meetings. For purely spiritual entities like Heroic Spirits and Familiar Spirits they got a lot of time to spare as activity in a Divine Realm happens at a different temporal speed from what happens in the physical realm.
As for why Alda has not had a Demi/Sub-God child, again it needs to happen on planet side as only spiritual beings can exist in a Divine Realm. There is no point having a child in a Divine Realm as they will not have a body, producing only a normal spiritual body only God. You may as well just promote a Familiar Spirit made with Mana to Subordinate God status.
Not to mention he is a major conservative, he may not have thought it was necessary.
Short answer: Godhood is not inherited in Death Mage. As a corollary, ‘Demigod’ does not mean the child of a god and a mortal. Instead, it means a god who has a physical body. You could consider it synonymous with ‘Incarnated God’.
Also, the elves were created by Peria and Shizarion, and the dwarves were created by Botin and Zantark.
I’m aware the title doesn’t mean the same thing it meant in Greek/Roman myth. That was just what connected the idea of the gods breeding with mortals, for me. But I’ve got to ask, how do you know godhood isn’t inherited? Over generations of the entire race? Absolutely agree, as Vida’s races aren’t any more divine than humanity. But the direct progeny? We don’t know. The best test subject we have, the True Ancestor, is dead/sealed. But from what we know, he was the strongest Vampire that ever existed, and all vampires are in some way descended from him. So,… Read more »
I think, and I may be wrong, the demon element encroachment now let’s him encroach upon and control/guide demons in a similar way to mental encroachment. The reason I think this is because if remember correctly, which I might not, when they went through the dungeons in the majin territory the demons were scared of van but didnt obey him like undead do. With life perversion he may be able to make demons too since I’m fairly sure the demon king originally made the demons and since they werent unique skills in their own right chances are guduranis had them… Read more »
The Demons get tamed based on their level of fear of Van, which the demons of the Trial of Zakkart got tamed because once Van damaged the dungeon the mind control weakened and they retreated several floors in fear of him before finally approaching him as an army waving the white flag and submitting to his rulership once they realized that they were going to be unable to escape him. They then joined in the battle against Gufadgarn’s Embodiment. Afterwards the ~1000 Demons got a dungeon to live in at Talosheim, where the smart ones work as lab assistants for… Read more »
Finally, best boy Vandalieu is now officially a form of god. This is great news for many reasons, mainly because now we can finally build him some massive fucking statues.
LMAO
Van-sama is now an official God!
Thanks for the chapter~!
demigod.
I assume the reason he got that job and that skill is because Darcia became a goddess. So that makes him the child of a goddess and a mortal although since he was already born the effect didn’t FULLY manifest.
HIs status changed but he didn’t have any god like traits and needed to job change to make those changes take proper effect.
But he’s still only a half god for now unless he evolves further and grows his divinity.
I think demigod just means a god with a physical body. Birkyne, Ternecia, and Gubamon have both been described as demigods and full on gods albeit lesser ones.
As Lord Rin said, in Death Mage, ‘Demigod’ is a subcategory of ‘God’, specifically the ones with a physical body. It doesn’t indicate a ‘half’ status or being less than a full god in any way, just a different type of god. All the great gods were demigods back before the DK’s invasion, and that didn’t make them any less powerful, if anything, it probably made them moreso.
I think of it more in tune with skills and monsters, for example I suspect that the demigod skill grows into a god skill later down the road. Time will tell if I am right. Does make me wonder how do you raise that skill.
In short the Demigod skill is going to act as a container for Divinity. Which since we know Van eats gods and claims their Divinity in the process… the skill is going to grow relatively quickly.
Maybe that and being treated as a god. Being prayed to should also work. Makes me wonder why it didn’t start at a boosted level since Vand is already doing that stuff. I wonder if it will go demigod-minor god-god–major god as it increases in power.
Van has been stubbornly denying his godhood every step of the way. So in essence until he is forced to understand that he is a god he will keep subconsciously rejecting prayers.
OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD!!!!!!!! It’s official! VANDALIEU ZAKKART IS THE DEMON KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD
Alda is SOOOO F***ED.
So when is he gonna get his own Divine Realm?
If he can apply divinity to his dungeons he might be able to make a psuedo divine realm now. But a real one will likely require him becoming a full god.
“Mana: 5,799,760,020 (+4,623,808,016) (Increased by 1,371,958,437 in total!)”
I know the aditional mana comes from Mana Enlargement 8
supossing it makes the mana 80% larger… shouldn’t that be +4,639,808,016 instead?
as there are only 2 diferent characters it seems to be the case…
Yes, he finally picked demiurge like I wanted.
Thanks for the chapter.
I can only think of Demiurge from Overlord when looking at Van’s new job
Is it that far from the truth? Is it?
Yes, yes it is.
Same.
Ikr
Thanks for the chapter
“Incidentally, Isla had apparently set about testing the ‘Familiar Spirit Demonfall’ Skill right away.”
Isla: Familiar Spirit Demonfall, activate!
*A column of light hits Isla and a miniVan appears*
Isla: YES! COME, VAN-SAMA! I WANT YOU INSIDE OF ME!
Familiar Spirit Van: Uh… Please be gentle with me
Sounds about right lol
Thank u always for ur great work…
^^…
Thank you so much for the fast Chapter Yoshi and team. Seeing Van finally cave and choose Demon King as a Job made my day. Seeing it instantly max made my week, lol. I love that Van created his own familiar spirit descent lol. I am curious though if it was the Demon King or Demiurge job that made this happen though. I also find all the skills that got wrapped up into Dark King Magic and Mutation Induction interesting. That seems to show for me at least these two skills have the potential to do a lot more than… Read more »
he gained it after the demiurge job so it was that one. As for Murakamis they are 100% F’d now. Before they had a SLIGHT chance of at least causing problems with their cheat skills. But a fully realized Demigod capable of creating their own decent skill should have either psuedo immortality or just a body especially resistant to attack. Meaning only gods or heros able to rival the gods can challange him now. But while their cheat skills are strong they never fought anything beyond human in Origin and in Lamda they are rookies. They aren’t even slightly ready… Read more »
Is Van a physical god or is he the first demon god because of the “demonfall” skill
He’s only a demigod so he’s only just started to walk the path of true divinity. So what kind of god he ultimately becomes is still in question. But Demon God seems likely as since the Demon King could rival the gods and he has those qualities as well his demon king qualities will likely merge with his developing god qualities at some point.
He is a physical god. Demigods (also known as Sub-gods) are Gods with a physical body instead of being pure spiritual entity.
Basically the difference between Talos and Tristan.
Oh new chapter. I just randomly decided to check the site and bam, new chapter. It’s kinda funny seeing all those vampires losing their shit after learning Hihi-chan is dead and Van will eventually come to their bases. I was a bit surprised that some of them were immediately guided though. Well I didn’t expect that the Demon King job would immediately get maxed out as soon as he picked it. Now he picked the Demiurge job and got the Demigod unique skill. Surely now he can’t deny he’s a god right? Right? He’s not gonna be like Schneider who… Read more »
I wonder how the vampires will react now that Van is a demigod? He still has to visit the other places where they hide. A cult is going to be born I tell you
Nuaza must be shivering with excitement.
What makes you think it hasn’t already been born?
>Surely now he can’t deny he’s a god right?
Oh but he can. He has a reverse god-complex. “I’m just a person.”
I bet that as soon as someone he hates says something like “You are not a god!” he will get pissed and his complex will be instantly over XD
Nah, he would be more like “I am glad you understand, now if only my citizens understood that as well.”
True 🙂
“I was a bit surprised that some of them were immediately guided though.” I was not… Think about it, how many of them as soon as hihi-chan died, instantly thought: “I’M SO DEEEEEADDD!!!!!!! NOOOOOOO”
Thank you for this update!!
I hope in the near future Van could guide Isaac, then eventually migrate to Talosheim bc of the war with Alda and all.
Also, who else imagined Luciano being cray while screaming at the dk familiar while the others in the background are running around, screaming? Man, that’s good stuff right there 😂
I don’t think it’s necessary to migrate to Talosheim. Van can’t keep bringing every ally he makes back to Talosheim. Sure the place is big but it’s not that big and there would also be problems transporting people to the other nations in the Southern Boundary Range. It’s better to just keep his allies where they are since they can spread the teachings of Vida easier to their neighbors. Also even when war does eventually break out, the Orbaum Kingdom will be mostly safe. Alda already said that most of their heroes are on the Amid Empire side of the… Read more »
You cannot see it but I have the biggest of smiles on my face right now. Nuaza! Build the church! There is a new god around here and his name shall be known!
Also, we all got it that this is big but…how big? How is this going to change everything? How will the people from Origin react now that Van has reached divinity? What is going on in Talosheim and the empire? So many great questions.
Thank you yoshi-sama! You are the best
What i cant wait to read is How Murakami and his group is gonna shit bricks when thay see What they Are up against.
Bruh…they are never gonna see him coming. It wouldn’t be past Van to just ambush them (a totally legit strategy mind you) 🙂
question if vampires were born from the undead corps of zakkart how because of dk soul destruction ability how Birkyne met him he say
I heard an explanation of how the brain works from Zakkart when he was still alive
I heard from Hillwillow, people known as ‘ninjas’
Brainwashed… That is a good word. It was apparently often done in other worlds, wasn’t it? Bellwood mentioned it often, to the anger of Zakkart and the others… though when I think about it now, I think Bellwood was the brainwashed one,
The true ancestor was born that way, but he transformed existing people into pure-breed vampires with his blood after that. All the pure-breeds were originally other races.
The “true ancestor” the original vampire was born between vida and the undead but all pure breed vampires were humans that were transformed into vampires by the ancestor birkine simply was a human when he met zakkart and a few years later the true ancestor was born and turned birkine into a vampire
Not all of them were humans, but they were all some other race first, then turned into vampires.
I hope Isaac doesn’t do anything stupid like call someone from hypocrite’s faction, I actually like him
He’s to frightened of Van to pull something that stupid. Besides what does he gain by inviting a bunch of religious zealots to start a war in his own city. Especially if their target is a poor Dhampir boy. The fight could endanger the entire city. Destroy public order and cause lots of property damage. Scar his and the cities reputation and potentially lead to backlash and counter attacks from proVida groups. Van has shown he has no intention of hurting anyone. In fact selling the Gobugobu and Kobold meat is a God send to deal with the poor district.… Read more »
I think he meant the pacifist faction not the fundamentalist faction
Well Issac already knows that Van and his Mother are Vida Fundamentalists so he would not go to Alda Reconciliation anyways.
Woah, the ‘Demiurge’ job is amazing in a different way than I thought. I expected it to boost his ability to make materials from pure mana, but it gave him the ‘Demigod’ skill… His stats other than mana have roughly doubled, which is pretty dang surprising, but it’s not too clear how much of that came from devouring Hihiryushukaka, how much came from the instantly-levelled ‘Demon King’ job, and how much came from gaining the ‘Demiurge’ job. He can finally give his followers a ‘Familiar Spirit Descent’-like skill, I’ve been waiting for that. So many skill changes… where do I… Read more »
If i remember correctly, The Demiurge was a false creator, basically what happened was that God, more or less the biblical one, came and made the universe, them the Demiurge came made a few things from what god created and named himself the creator, though in a sense he did have power that was considered godly in a way. That would be why it god him the Demigod skill
Makes me wonder what he will get with his other mythological jobs: tartarus (which is both a ancient god and the place were the greek gods imprison their divine enemies so maybe it will increase his ability to devour gods and maybe make Van yet another step closer to godhood ?) the pale rider (death of the horseman of the apocalypse along with pestilence, famine and war so maybe increase his skills related to these 3 things?) qliphoth (From the little I know about it its a corruption from the world tree so it’s probably related to dungeons and devils… Read more »
Well there are different interpretations on the Demiurge. The one I know is that it is a divine being that can create things but has no agency and only does what God tells it to do. Basically it’s a divine tool that God used to make the universe.
Mmmm, I think the Demigod skill is an unknown method of reaching divinity. After all, his current prevents him from taking normal jobs. We should take his job name of [Demiurge] for reference. If done, I think he probably has enhanced creation ability, but he is still only half-god. He is approaching divinity now and may have strengthen the Divine Bloodline in his veins…….He might gain stronger physical abilities as a result, but other than that, we can only see. …….Still, I am not going to lie. I sure as hell didn’t see the effects of the [Demon King] job… Read more »
Given that it came from the Demon King job I assume ‘Demon Element Encroachment’ is related to the corrupting effect of the Demon King’s mana.
Remember one of the reasons they feared Gundaris besides his soul breaking power was his mana slowly infected the world turning it and the creatures into something under his control.
So I’m guessing his will strengthen his ability to infuse mana into the world around him and change it’s nature to suit his needs
Interesting thought. It’s at least a plausible interpretation, which is better than I did. We’ll have to wait to find out I guess.
Isaac remains one of the only competent nobles not already under van. VAN has officially acquired at least partial godhood his believes can summon his familiar spirits into themselves. So here’s a prediction ITS JUST A PREDICTION I HAVEN’T TEAD AHEAD. I Know from the discord the next chapter is a side story so maybe mei has just revived the ability to have banda “descend” into her (even though she’s kinda already treated as banda’s main body) can’t wait to find out
Mei would not get it due to already having Banda as a Spirit Clone DK Familiar constantly patrolling around her able to materialize into the physical world at any time. Not to mention, having Banda descend on her leaves her vulnerable to being killed as she is the squishy flesling. When right now Banda can just materialize himself, open up his chest exoskeleton armor, and pull her in then close the armor. Becoming impervious to anything not Mei’s Dad using Ignore Defense assuming that Banda does not turn on the defense barriers. Mei would have a better time being a… Read more »
I wonder if any of his other jobs will be leveled like his Demon King
I would guess that Qhiloth might be able to fully max on pick up. It is apparently cast off husk or shell of soul and considering how much stuff Van has added to his own soul through Devouring I think he could qualify for level 100 of it.
Considering that it appeared after he had been taken to various worlds it is more likely that it will be the Tree of Death/Tree of Life world type.
That is to say, he would create worlds within himself and he would auto level by utilizing those worlds and transitioning between them often.
Thank you for this chapter Yoshi and so soon. Finally Van choose the demon king job and for some reason he immediately jumped to level 100 after choosing that job. Was not expecting the level jump to happen. I think that Van choosing the Demiurge job afterwards was a bit hasty, but now Van has the demigod skill. At this point with his power, skills and strength he might as well be a little too late for him to acquired that skill. Also now that Van is getting stronger with leaps and bounds, Heinz, Murakami and Asagi, eat your heart… Read more »
They will soon have no hearts left to eat. Or bodies for that matter. Just wait until he gets his hands on them
Error. Error. This Pope Doom has broken down due to a major event occurring. Sacred Message cannot be found at this time due to the sheer amount of greatness that has occurred. Have a nice day!
Goddammit, there’s a software update today of all days?
Gotta reboot the system. Ah well we can just recite our praises for Van sama while we wait.
But… but… now I won’t be able to recite my prayers 🙁 Guess I’ll need to fall back on the previous Sacred Message to fulfill my duty.
Well, we can’t have a sacred message if the god has decided to deliver the message himself.
This is nice, I hope Isaac can become a member of Talosheim
I feel like Isaac has too much in the city of Morksi to pick up and move to Taloshiem. What could be nice though is if he manages to make a trade agreement with Van. Morksi is a trade city, so it could be nice to sell and export some of the boundary mountain stuff (of course with a stamp saying it’s connected to worship of Vida) across the Duchy.