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With the Mountain Giant corpse being thrown into the middle of the battlefield by the Thunder Dragon and Giant Zombies, Kanako’s side and Gordon Bobby’s side both fell back, putting some distance in between the two parties.
But they didn’t waste any time glaring at each other with the enormous corpse in the way; the battle resumed again immediately.
“I’ll crush you! ‘Titan Foot!’” shouted Doug, activating ‘Hecatoncheir.’
Even in his previous life in Origin, he had been a powerful soldier in combat with his telekinetic powers. But after coming to Lambda, discovering the Status System and learning to use martial skills – and invent them – he had developed into an even more powerful warrior.
And one of the things he had developed was martial skills that could only be used on ‘Hecatoncheir,’ based on ‘Unarmed Fighting Technique.’ In his previous life, his telekinesis had been powerful enough to mow down military tanks, but it was now a deadly weapon whose power exceeded that of a Titan.
“‘Divine Iron Wall!’” shouted the Titan shield-bearer of the Flame Blades… or rather, the heroic spirit who had taken over his body.
With a shout of exertion, he shouldered the blow of Doug’s telekinesis using his Orichalcum-plated shield.
Meanwhile, the other heroic spirits dashed past him towards Doug and his companions.
“‘Flash of Lightning!’” shouted the heroic spirit controlling the swordsman who was the leader of the Flame Blades.
But his attack was blocked by a transparent barrier.
“‘Impossible! A defensive barrier that cannot be broken by even me, the feared ‘Lightning Blade?!’”
Melissa smirked at the shock on the face of the heroic spirit known as the ‘Lightning Blade.’ Her ‘Aegis’ ability was the ability to create a powerful barrier; in her previous life, she had thought of it as almost indestructible.
It hadn’t ever been put to the test against tactical nuclear weapons, but it had withstood direct hits from tank fire and missiles without a problem. Even the abilities of other individuals, such as Doug’s ‘Hecatoncheir,’ had been unable to break it.
The only exception had been Amemiya Hiroto’s ‘Ignore Defense’… but Pluto’s rampaging death-attribute Mana had made her lose all faith in her ability.
And in Lambda, there were materials that barriers could not withstand. The defensive power of ‘Aegis’ was no longer unrivalled.
Artifacts made of Orichalcum were one type of weapon that could break through ‘Aegis.’ However…
“That sword is only plated in Orichalcum, isn’t it? It’s like you’re underestimating me. Quite unpleasant,” said Melissa.
Her ‘Aegis’ was able to repel fake or pseudo-Artifacts that only had a thin coating of Orichalcum.
The heroic spirit made a noise of frustration. “When you use that ‘Transformation’ with your staff, your barrier’s strength increases, is that it?!”
“That’s right, but let’s not talk about that!” Melissa shouted angrily from the other side of her barrier.
Her transformation improved her Attribute Values, her use of magic… as well as the defensive power of the ‘Aegis’ and the speed with which she could deploy it.
The transformation was extremely beneficial, but she couldn’t accept that fact just yet.
But before she could do anything else –
“Leave that woman’s barrier to me!” shouted the heroic spirit controlling the Flame Blades’ female archer, firing an arrow with a black arrowhead.
The arrow pierced through Melissa’s barrier with ease.
But thanks to Doug’s ‘Hecatoncheir’ sweeping the arrow away, it didn’t reach her.
“Get back, Melissa! She’s using Demon King equipment!” Doug warned her.
The female archer let out a laugh. “Precisely! The Commander brought the Demon King equipment that was given to one of the Churches, you see!”
The quiver she carried was a piece of Demon King equipment, which had been made using the Demon King’s bone marrow. Its function was simple; it coated the tips of arrows placed inside it with blood made of the Demon King’s bone marrow – effectively turning them into Demon King arrows.
In other words, it generated arrowheads made of a fragment of the Demon King.
“Now!” the archer shouted.
With the ‘Aegis’ having been shattered like glass by the arrow, the swordsman moved in to attack once more.
Kanako, who had been supporting the Thunder Dragon Zombie and Kimberley who was lurking within it, noticed Doug and Melissa’s predicament.
“‘Mercury Wall Swarm!’” she shouted, casting a spell towards them.
The swordsman snorted contemptuously. “What are you playing at?”
The mercury walls conjured by Kanako were numerous in number, but each of them was small and thin. They certainly did not look like they would provide the defense needed to stop a heroic spirit who had once been praised as the ‘Lightning Blade.’
With a smirk on his face, the swordsman moved to cut down Doug and Melissa along with the mercury wall in front of them.
But the reflection of Kanako’s face, with her tongue poking out, appeared on the wall’s silver-colored surface, and the ‘Lightning Blade’ made eye contact with her.
At that moment, his entire mind was consumed by blasphemous images!
His mind in chaos, ‘Lightning Blade’ screamed.
The paintings on the roofs of Talosheim’s buildings, the monoliths in the former Scylla territory – Kanako burnt her own memories of seeing these objects that were imbued with Vandalieu’s ‘Mental Encroachment’ Skill’s effects into the heroic spirit’s mind with ‘Venus.’
In the next moment, Doug’s ‘Hecatoncheir’ struck him directly, sending him flying backwards.
“Thanks to Van, my ‘Venus’ has easily turned into a psychological weapon! And using mercury walls as mirrors was quite a good improvisation, if I do say so myself!” Kanako said happily.
But she found herself blinking in confusion as the swordsman unsteadily got back to his feet.
“Oh dear. You did less damage than I expected,” she said.
“That was the most I can do in my current state while keeping that shield-bearer back as well!” said Doug, his forehead covered in sweat.
His ‘Hecatoncheir’ was capable of striking multiple targets as long as they were within his perception. His codename wasn’t named after a legendary hundred-handed giant for no reason.
But he could not apply his full power to every target that way. If the power of ‘Hecatoncheir’ could be thought of as having 100 units, Doug would have to split those 100 units of power among his targets.
He was currently spending 70 units on suppressing the shield-bearer. He had used 30 units when punching the swordsman.
“No matter how rotten they are, they’re still heroic spirits, after all. I’m sure they have more Vitality than you’d think from their appearance,” said Melissa.
Indeed, perhaps due to that vast Vitality, the swordsman didn’t seem like he had been greatly injured. His face was completely pale, but that was likely due to the damage to his mind rather than to his body.
“That evil wench, doing something so horrific while wearing such fucked up clothing!” the ‘Lightning Blade’ cursed with hatred in his voice, turning the shock of having his mind attacked into anger and killing intent.
“It is your fault for letting your guard down, you fool! Think of that woman as a Demon Eye user or a Medusa!” the female archer shouted, reprimanding him.
“I know!”
It seemed that the power relationship between the heroic spirits was different to that between the original owners of their bodies.
“So, Medusas exist in this world as well. Maybe Lamias become Medusas when their Ranks increase?” Kanako murmured.
“Are you just going to ignore the fact that you were called an ‘evil wench?’” asked the clone of Vandalieu that was currently descended on her.
“Well, he’s one of Hajime’s subordinates. It’s only natural for them to have the worst possible impression of me,” said Kanako. “Ah, would I be cuter if I looked more hurt?”
“No, if I had to choose, the ‘fucked up clothing’ part makes me angrier,” Vandalieu’s clone replied.
“You made the base design, after all… I can agree with him, though,” Melissa muttered.
The voices of familiar spirits could normally only be heard by the owners of the bodies that they had descended upon, but Vandalieu’s clones were all a part of the same person. Thus, it was possible for those with ‘Familiar Spirit Demonfall’ active to hear the clones that were currently descended upon others.
“… Melissa, do you want me to add frills, laces, hairbands with animal ears and fluffy fur to your outfit?” Vandalieu’s clone asked her.
“No! If you do that, I’m going to tell Darcia-san!” Melissa said.
The ability to hear Vandalieu’s clones that were descended upon others was not being put to particularly effective use.
“Hey, more importantly, are those reinforcements?!” Doug asked with a panicked expression.
The telekinesis he had been using on the shield-bearer having been repelled. The female archer had destroyed Kanako’s mercury mirrors. Gordon Bobby, the mage and the scout woman had defeated the Thunder Dragon Zombies.
“This is no good. I can’t do anything if they close the distance,” said Kimberley, returning to Kanako and the others since the Dragon Zombies that were his cover had been exterminated. “Their corpses are still there, so could you maybe please turn them into Undead again?”
“I could, but it would be difficult. You say that the corpses are left, but they’re in pieces,” replied the Vandalieu that had descended on Kanako and the others, looking at the Dragon and Mountain Giants that Gordon Bobby and his allies had turned back into ordinary corpses. “It’d be obvious that they were Zombies even from a distance, you see.”
“… I see. We’re still in a situation where we need to protect your reputation. But even with Kimberley here, fighting any further is going to be tough for us,” said Doug.
Indeed, it was difficult for them to face heroic spirits on their own.
They were reincarnated individuals just like Hajime, and they had trained considerably even after being reincarnated in this world.
But their situation and goals were different.
Kanako, Doug and Melissa had deserted Murakami’s group and chosen to try and become taken in by Vandalieu. During that process, they had become adventurers, a convenient occupation for them, and gained a considerable amount of experience. But they had not spent their time on Leveling like Hajime had.
And even after Vandalieu accepted their defection to Talosheim, they had not concentrated all of their efforts on increasing their strength in combat. They had been busy with various tasks such as creating fireworks and, in Kanako’s case, idol activities.
Even so, they had received Vandalieu’s guidance and divine protection, been given equipment including transformation equipment, and even been turned into members of new races – Chaos Elves and Dark Humans. The three of them were now as powerful as A-class adventurers.
Thus, they could have defeated Gordon Bobby and his allies with ease, prior to their ‘Heroic Spirit Transformation.’
But with the ‘Heroic Spirit Transformation’ in the equation, it was impossible. Among the beings that served gods, heroic spirits were those that were in charge of combat. Many of them were mortal believers with exceptional prowess in combat who had ascended after death, rather than having been directly created by gods. That was why they were called heroic spirits, to distinguish them from other familiar spirits.
Thus, many mages and scholars considered heroic spirits to have power equivalent to somewhere between Rank 12 and 14. Their strength in combat was equivalent to that of lower-ranking evil gods or even greater.
Ordinarily, heroic spirits had all kinds of limitations that made it almost impossible for them to wield their strength in the physical world. These limitations did not apply to Gordon Bobby and his allies, as they had rendered their believers disabled and then taken over their bodies.
Based on their words, it seemed that there was a time limit on how long they could exert their power, but it seemed difficult to Doug that he and his companions would be able to hold out until that limit expired.
“If possible, I kind of want the real Vandalieu to come and help out rather than just his clones!” said Doug.
“Unfortunately, it seems that I will need some more time,” said Vandalieu’s clone. “‘Let’s put our trust in them.’”
“‘Them?’” Doug repeated.
Meanwhile, the ‘Lightning Blade’ and the female archer had fallen back to rejoin Gordon Bobby and the other heroic spirits and rebuild their formation. They raised their weapons, recited incantations and aimed their arrows at Kanako and her companions.
But something that nobody had paid any attention to suddenly moved and began to stand up.
It was the Mountain Giant corpse that had been thrown here by the Dragon and Giant Zombies.
As the Giant roared and tried to get onto its feet, the ‘Lightning Blade’ clicked his tongue in frustration.
“Just another hastily-made Undead! I’ll turn it back into a corpse!” he muttered.
“Hey, wait!” shouted Gordon Bobby, trying to stop him.
“Don’t you give me orders! ‘Flying Lightning Blade!’” shouted the ‘Lightning Blade,’ paying no heed to Gordon Bobby’s warning.
He was certain that the shockwave unleashed by his martial skill would split the Giant in two before it could finish standing up, causing it to collapse onto the ground once more.
Indeed, the Giant groaned as the shockwave inflicted a deep wound upon its torso. The ‘Lightning Blade’ gave a satisfied smile… and then a spray of blood rose from his own body.
“W-why am I wounded?! When did I get attacked?! Who attacked me?!” he shouted, blood spurting from his mouth.
“You damned fool! It’s those bastards!”
Indeed, the thing that tried to get onto its feet was not the corpse of a Giant. It was Legion, who had consumed and absorbed the corpse of a Giant and turned themselves into it.
Though its back was unharmed, the muscle fibers of the front of its body were exposed, and there were several human-shaped heads made of flesh attached to them.
“‘Those bastards’ is quite rude. As you can see, we are a Mountain Giant that’s just done a little bit of mutating,” one of the heads said.
“If we take our ordinary form, people can notice our uniqueness even from a distance, so we tried disguising ourselves as a Giant today,” said a second head.
“We did use the Mountain Giant’s actual skeleton, actually,” said a third.
A fourth gave a loud laugh. “Keeping up appearances is hard work!”
Although Legion’s personalities had split apart from one another to set traps around the city, most of the heroic spirits were already inside Gufadgarn’s Dungeon, so there was no longer a need for them to still be there. Thus, they had grouped up with Isis and arrived as reinforcements.
“G-Giant, my ass! No Giant would mutate into a form as hideous as that!” Gordon Bobby shouted.
Kanako and her companions found themselves nodding in agreement. But Legion seemed to disagree.
“Thanks to Kanako teaching us how to dance, we can move skeletons other than our own.”
“Jack is right. We’ll dance for you to our hearts’ content!”
“Don’t hold back. Repel our dance with your shields, slice it with your swords and stab it with your spears. I’ll return it every single time. Just like your shockwave just now.”
“Let’s dance!”
Legion used a full-powered ‘Charge’ towards Bobby Gordon and his allies. The heroic spirits ran about trying to escape, unable to retaliate in fear of Ereshkigal’s Counter, and Legion ran them down.
“Th-they’re so fast! How are they so fast with such an enormous body?!” one of the heroic spirits shouted, his eyes opening wide in shock.
Even Doug was astonished. “I-is this the effect of Kanako’s dance lessons?! M-maybe I should take them too.”
The Giant, which stood over ten meters tall, crushed the ground beneath its feet with every step and sent large masses of dirt flying with its kicks. Its movements were powerful, and yet nimble and lively at the same time.
This was the power of dance – or perhaps not.
“Even without the dancing, it’s because they’re using the Giant’s skeleton. Up until now, Legion only had flesh, so even though they had a lot of muscular power, they couldn’t make full use of it because there wasn’t any bone supporting the muscles,” said Melissa.
“Well, they were taking lessons with pseudo-skeletons they received from Van, so the lessons may have actually had some effect after all,” said Kanako.
Indeed, Legion’s speed and power came not from their dancing, but from the fact that they had gained a skeleton, providing pillars of support to concentrate the force exerted by their muscles.
Legion roared as it sent a kick towards the Titan shield-bearer.
Unable to avoid it in time, the shield-bearer immediately attempted to defend himself with his shield. He grunted as the blow landed, and because he had undergone ‘Heroic Spirit Transformation,’ he was able to stand his ground despite his foe having far greater mass and muscle strength.
But in the next moment, he screamed as the impact of blocking the kick with his shield was Countered, sending him flying towards the forest.
But Legion wasn’t unharmed, either.
“… We’ve already gone and broken bones.”
“Yes, several in the legs. The bones of Rank 8 monsters are too fragile.”
The Mountain Giant’s bones, unable to withstand the impact, had begun to break. Legion had borrowed these bones to begin with, so they didn’t feel any pain, but this also meant that their ‘Rapid Regeneration’ Skill didn’t apply to them.
The heroic spirits noticed this as well and started moving accordingly.
“They can’t move once their bones are broken, so hold out until then!”
“Hurry up and conjure some familiars! I’ll kill the others in the meantime!”
But Doug and the others moved to back Legion up.
“As if we’ll let you! Let’s kill the mage first!” shouted Doug.
And in the midst of the fighting, the ‘Lightning Blade,’ who had become unable to move due to his heavy wound, was stomped on and crushed by Legion. With his body destroyed, his soul became a sphere of light, and he attempted to return to his Divine Realm.
But before he could rise up to the sky, something prevented the ascension of his soul.
“Before you leave, the master of our house would like to greet you, so please wait a moment… Just kidding!”
“Father, let it out!”
And with that, the soul was dragged inside something and disappeared.
TLN: Not sure on the last two dialogue lines, since context is limited. Will alter the translation if the context becomes clear later.
Going back in time a little, Vandalieu was continuing his battle against Hajime Fitun some distance away from Kanako and the others.
Hajime Fitun, who had unleashed his power as the incarnation of a god with ‘God Transformation,’ laughed triumphantly. “I can tell! Neither this, this nor this are inflicting great damage upon you!”
His swords were completely overwhelming Vandalieu.
Each time he swung the curved Orichalcum swords he wielded in both hands, Vandalieu’s wounds grew in number. They were slashing through the liquid metal armor beneath Vandalieu’s clothes and the Demon King’s exoskeleton, and even severing the Demon King’s bones.
The claws Vandalieu tried to use to stop the blades were severed and sent flying along with the fingers they were attached to. The blades cut into his legs and slashed away the flesh of his arms. Blood was flowing from his shoulders.
And with each blow, Hajime Fitun could feel the exact pain that he was inflicting upon Vandalieu due to the ‘Curse of Consequence of Action.’ But rather than faltering from that pain, he was using it as a gauge to measure how much damage he was inflicting on Vandalieu.
According to that gauge, none of the wounds Hajime Fitun had inflicted thus far had caused great damage.
“But… how about this! ‘Purple Lightning Full Moon!’ ‘Consecutive Blade Slash!’ ‘Guillotine Slash!’” Hajime Fitun shouted.
“‘Steel Form,’ ‘Whip Tongue,’ ‘Swift Whip Strike,’ ‘Death Bullet,’” Vandalieu murmured.
Hajime Fitun activated his martial skills, greatly increasing the intensity of his offense. Each of his attacks were aimed at the human body’s vital spots. In response, Vandalieu attempted to resist by increasing his defense with ‘Armor Technique,’ using ‘Unarmed Fighting Technique’ with his extended tongue and the Demon King’s tentacles, and casting death-attribute magic from his fingertips.
But Vandalieu’s tongue and tentacles were sliced to pieces and his ‘Death Bullet’ projectiles were repelled, and his enemy’s blades were thrust towards his body.
“Your tongue and tentacles are things that you can grow as you please, so the pain that comes to me is small!” said Hajime Fitun. “But…!”
One scimitar’s point dug deep into Vandalieu’s side, tearing his internal organs to shreds. The other’s blade cut partway into his neck. A third attack, slipping between Vandalieu’s arms, pierced his thin chest.
But the pain that Hajime Fitun felt returning to him was not particularly great. Vandalieu was simply covered in his own blood, and a large amount had also sprayed onto Hajime Fitun and become a venomous substance. Even his ‘Status Effect Resistance’ did not completely neutralize it; he could feel a stinging, burning sensation on his skin.
But that was all.
“Even these aren’t a big deal to you! I get it. You didn’t die even when the reincarnated individual called ‘Death Scythe’ used his power on you, did you?! Even if your vertebral column is half-severed, even if someone puts a hole in your heart, even if your organs are torn to shreds, these are insignificant wounds that you can recover from right away, aren’t they?! But –” Hajime Fitun stopped mid-sentence and gave a shout of surprise.
With blood still spraying from his severed tongue, Vandalieu had placed one hand on either side of the scimitar that had pierced his chest, sandwiching the blade between his palms. And then he attempted to break it.
Hajime Fitun’s scimitars were made of Orichalcum, but Vandalieu’s bones, skin and exoskeleton were fragments of the Demon King. In this position, it would be possible to break them.
Naturally, Hajime Fitun tried to slash at Vandalieu with the other scimitar. But his body would not move.
“This is… You’ve coagulated your blood?!” Hajime Fitun muttered.
Vandalieu’s blood, the blood of the Demon King, had stained Hajime Fitun’s armor and clothes a deep red color. It had coagulated in an instant, preventing him from moving.
During that time, Vandalieu succeeded in breaking the scimitar. The blade snapped with a dull noise, making it hard to believe that it was made of Orichalcum.
“How dare you do this to my beloved weapon! … Just kidding! Demon King equipment, activate!” Hajime Fitun shouted.
To Vandalieu’s astonishment, a black blade appeared in the broken blade’s place.
“‘Lightning Form!’ ‘Dark Night Full Moon!’” Hajime Fitun roared.
His magic unleashed lightning from his entire body, freeing him from the constraints of the coagulated blood of the Demon King. He then unleashed a martial skill with his Orichalcum scimitar… the piece of Demon King equipment that had been sealed and covered with an Orichalcum blade.
His slashing attack struck Vandalieu’s defenseless-looking head. It cut through the Demon King’s hair, the skull that was made of the Demon King’s bone, and the Demon King’s eyeball that had appeared on his forehead.
Hajime Fitun let out a loud, triumphant laugh. “I DID IT!”
Through the effect of the ‘Curse of Consequence of Action,’ he felt an extreme pain in his own head that he could not withstand.
It was a pain unlike anything he had ever felt before, a pain that felt like it would warp his very soul. Feeling this pain, he was certain that he had inflicted a fatal blow upon Vandalieu.
But he put some distance between himself and the staggering Vandalieu, wary of having a large quantity of blood spraying over him again.
Thanks to that, the warning was just in time.
“Fly to your right!” shouted a familiar voice, one belonging to a man that Hajime Fitun detested.
Reflexively, Hajime Fitun obeyed the command – a choice made with his ‘Intuition’ Skill.
Three beams of light passed through the space that he had been occupying moments before. Vandalieu had fired them from his Gyubarzo staff and the Demon King’s eyeballs that he had produced on his palms.
Hajime Fitun thought that it was Vandalieu’s last attempt to drag him down with him using the last of his strength, but Vandalieu fired a series of ‘Death Bullet’ projectiles at Hajime next.
“It wasn’t a fatal blow?!” he shouted.
Even as he struck the projectiles down with his Demon King equipment, he stared in disbelief at Vandalieu, who had a deep wound in the center of his face.
“… Did you forget that I’m not using my brain right now?” Vandalieu said.
To him, the brain wasn’t a vital spot. It was nothing more than a mass of gray-colored tissue. It being destroyed posed no problem for him at all.
He had simply sharply amplified the pain as Hajime Fitun struck him, making him falsely believe that he had inflicted a fatal wound and let down his guard.
Even after his sneak attack failed, Vandalieu had continued firing ‘Death Bullet’ projectiles, but his casting suddenly stopped.
“So, this is one of those abilities,” Vandalieu murmured. “‘Detect Life,’ ‘Screw Projectile.’”
It wasn’t that his spells were being obstructed; they were simply being released late, as if their cast time had been lengthened. Realizing this, Vandalieu produced throwing-knife-sized horns of the Demon King from his hands rather than ‘Death Bullet’ projectiles from his fingertips, and threw them in the direction of the life signals that he detected.
In a spot where there had been nothing but tall grass, the air distorted and two males still young enough to be called boys appeared.
One of them clicked his tongue. “He’s noticed us!”
“Avoid them, don’t try to block! We have to avoid them!” said the other.
The two of them rolled across the grass to avoid the projectiles thrown at them.
“You bastards, Murakami and Hazamada! I’ll kill…” Hajime Fitun suppressed the killing intent that he felt instinctively the moment he saw the two boys, his former companions who had once betrayed him. “What have you come here for? Do you intend to get in my way?” he asked, his eyes still fixed on Vandalieu.
“Get in your way? We’re not going to do anything like that. We just thought we’d help you kill Vandalieu,” one of the boys replied.
The ‘Chronos’ Junpei Murakami, the one who had slowed down the casting of Vandalieu’s spells, and the ‘Odin’ Akira Hazamada, who had seen several seconds into the future and warned Hajime Fitun of Vandalieu’s attack.
The two of them had broken out into a cold sweat from the bloodthirst emanating from Vandalieu and Hajime Fitun.
Both of them had their Attribute Values increased by the familiar spirits created with Rodcorte’s Mana, contained within rings that they were wearing in order to prevent Vandalieu from destroying them before they could descend. But even so, they could not defeat Vandalieu or Hajime Fitun.
We did train ourselves to be as strong as B-class adventurers, but… it’s nowhere near enough. It makes me shudder to wonder what would happen if we didn’t have our cheat-like abilities. I’m begging you, don’t go and say that you’ll continue your one-on-one fight after you kill us, Murakami prayed silently.
“Hey, you god over there that’s taken over Hajime. You know what our objective is, right? Rodcorte has loosened his conditions; he’ll give us our reward no matter who kills Vandalieu. Unlike Hajime, you should have no grudge towards us. You can make use of our powers to kill Vandalieu. How does that sound?” Murakami said to Hajime Fitun.
“Oh? So, you are different from the loose ones over there?” said Hajime Fitun in a hateful tone, referring to Kanako and the others.
“… If you swear to me that you won’t target me or those connected to me, and flee to another continent or something, I’ll let you go, you know?” Vandalieu sighed, exasperation showing on his expressionless face. “My brain is injured, there’s an open wound in my heart, and my head has been half-cut off. I think accepting my offer would be a wiser decision than trying to kill me,” he continued, running a finger over his face that had regenerated without leaving so much as a scar behind.
If Murakami and his companions were to put distance between themselves and Vandalieu and never involve themselves with him again, like Mao Smith had done, he would leave them be. This was the final obligation that he had towards his former homeroom teacher and fellow reincarnated individuals.
Of course, even as he spoke, Vandalieu didn’t think that Murakami and his companions would actually leave. He was buying time to look for signals of life with magic and talk to the nearby dead spirits.
Assuming that the presence mixed into the air is ‘Sylphid,’ where did ‘Super Sense’ go? She’s either concealing herself extremely well… or she’s acting separately from these guys? Vandalieu thought to himself. Well, if I have time after I kill these guys, I’ll ask them before I devour their souls.
Akira, who was looking into the future, gave a small nod. Murakami saw that and responded.
“A battle that will divide the gods is about to begin, and you think we’ll be safe just by fleeing the continent? In the end, we’d be rounded up to battle against the Demon King and fight in even more unfavorable circumstances than the ones we have now,” he said. “With that being the case, it might have been better to lick your feet and beg for our lives like those traitors over there did, but… that’s impossible. We would never get along with you, on a fundamental level.”
Even if Vandalieu were to forgive everything that had happened in their previous lives and their lives before that, Murakami would never accept the way he did things. That’s what Murakami had decided after learning about the things that Vandalieu had done.
Even if it were possible for him to defect to Talosheim now, it was impossible to imagine that he could become a virtuous citizen right away. He would never be able to stop himself from kicking others down for his own benefit.
Even what Vandalieu and his companions were doing now to protect the city of Morksi, Murakami felt was stupid.
If he’d fought without caring about the city’s safety, we wouldn’t have even had the chance to interfere, he thought.
That was why Murakami could see that his own destruction was inevitable, even if he did submit to Vandalieu. He’d either end up betraying Vandalieu, or Vandalieu would dispose of him before that even happened. In the best-case scenario, Murakami would leave Talosheim on his own.
“That’s why the others can’t do what those loose traitors did,” said Murakami. “So that’s how it is, god. You can make use of the enemy of your enemy. Don’t you think we should use each other’s power until this Demon King is dead?”
Indeed, Hajime Fitun thought.
It wasn’t because he had just been saved from a dangerous predicament, but these two would certainly be useful.
And his objective was not to face Vandalieu in a duel of pride like one between knights. His objective was to enjoy a battle to the death with no rules. Murakami and his companions joining in didn’t change anything.
… That is, if he could suppress his hatred and urge to kill them.
Continued battle while enduring the extreme pain from the ‘Curse of Consequence of Action’ was slowly but surely taking its toll on Fitun’s mind, which was suppressing Hajime’s consciousness.
“Very well. We will join forces until we kill this guy,” Hajime Fitun said.
And so, it was decided that he would join forces with this other group before fighting the Demon King once more.
The one happiest about this was the Demon King Vandalieu himself.
“That’s good,” he said. “I was originally angry with your plan of directly using and destroying your own believers, a method that I would expect remnants of the Demon King’s army to use… but calling Kanako and the others ‘loose’ and saying that they licked my feet has made me feel an amount of bloodthirst that is surprising even to myself.”
“What are you going to do about it then? Blow us away along with this whole grass field and forest?” Murakami asked.
“‘Space Wall,’” Vandalieu murmured in response to that question.
He cast a ‘Dead Spirit Magic’ spell, using dead spirits that had transformed into space-attribute Ghosts after having been trapped by Gufadgarn for decades after their deaths in the Trial of Zakkart. This spell built a spherical wall of space centered around Vandalieu, spatially isolating that sphere from everything else.
“Akira?!” Murakami shouted.
Akira clicked his tongue. “I couldn’t see it! But he’s only put up a flimsy wall – Shit! Use ‘Chronos’ and delay him! Hajime, do whatever you can to put up a magical barrier!” Akira screamed, seeing several seconds into the future.
“‘Bloodlust.’ I’m just going to devour you and end your lives,” said Vandalieu.
The blood that he had spilled up to this point, and the tongue and fingers that had been severed by Hajime Fitun, turned into a red mist of carnivorous microbes and attacked the reincarnated individuals.
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Hobbes
This battle in front of the city could be summed up as “Dance like Everybody’s Watching”
Winter
Idk why they thought that making Van, who’s pretty much a eldritch deity now, angry was the smart choice here :’)
Korath
Yeah, I would get it, if they leveled up, but right now its basically trying to solve level 90 stage with a level 60 char. Or even lower. I even get that they dont want to back down, but he seems to think its better to fight now than later.
Still, id never bet on this low chance, but would level up and wait for more reincarnates to arrive and help. I hate chars like Asagi, but at least he got a smart plan researching of a way to destroy the Demon King fragments before attacking. Can respect that.
Randy Rando
Everyone currently fighting Van is relying on Rodcarte to capture his soul before he can reinhabit his corpse and start round 2, and to do so he needs to partially descend onto Lambda. But as we know from when he fought Mr. Ketchup, Van is capable of fighting with (and presumably as) his soul. Remember when Ricklent and Zuruwarn were able to attack Rodcarte when he tried to stop them from bringing Van Legion? When Rodcarte tries to capture Van’s soul, (if any of the Aldumbasses ever somehow manage do drive Van’s soul out of his body, already a highly unlikely event) he will be subjected to the fiercest and most lethal attacks that all the gods of Vida’s faction can muster and likely a soul devouring attack or two from Van himself, either immediately or after he has repossessed his body. Basically, none of Van’s enemies have any hope of putting him down for good.
Vitor
One has to question Murakami’s sanity when he sees a god not being able to kill Vandalieu, who is holding back, and still believes the correct choice is to enter the fray
Zenden1st
Airbourne attack Very Effective
JKingSniper
Really hope he finally eat an transmigrator
maybe gain power of their cheat
Adddmeeee
Did Sam learn how to capture souls?
TheDerangedOne
Figures that Van was still holding back… hell he might still be holding back here.
Giorgos Giorgos
I’ll honestly be suprised if Fitun manages to hold back and doesn’t backstab Murakami and his group. He’s constantly feeling the pain of all the attacks around the battlefield that he has caused, the pain from his fight with Van and the urge to kill Murakami to the point that he has a hard time contolling it.
jmoreno126
Ok… So….
Legion needs bones to show its full power…
*Looks at Knochen*
…Oh my Van
Eddy
to the ultimate life form without bones and the largest and strongest pile of forces in the world, this is going to get kaiju
A_wandering_otter
Van could just produce demon king bones for legion no need to bother knochen
Paps
Thanks for the chapter, they though he was cornered, but they just made thing simpler for him, eliminate all targets near by!!!!!!!!
InfernoHomura
Sooo could we, normal humans, get stronger of we take Kanako’s dance lessons
WholesomeAF
Ahhh…. Finally, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel…. Thanks for the chapter.
VEreality
You know. It’s easy to forget that the only reason why Lamba is not in deep trouble at the moment is the fact that Van is a nice guy. Also, let it be known that this entire time Van fought while having the biggest set back ever. His own age limits how much power he can have.
Here is a question. If Van would use his death magic to make himself older( like to the point where he has a 20 years old looking body since dhampires age slower) would his power be equal to that of Guduranis already?
Eddy
First, that required a lot, but a lot of mana and materials, the current Van’s body is a super soldier body, although if he gathered enough fragments he could create it more easily, currently they are almost the same, but I still don’t think he will reach the level of guru (lacks mana), so his stats other than mana will be multiplied by 4 or 5
Blue Berry
Well, good riddance. We’ve been waiting for these to happen. It’s great that they aren’t like Kanako’s group, now we just gonna wait for Mage Masher’s to take the same spotlight as Murakami. We wanna see some bloodshed lol.
Nox
Thanks for the chapter.
I thought the battle between Hajime Fitun and Van-sama and Murakami and his group would be more like a battle royale but instead Murakami teamed up with Fitun.
How can those still trust Murakami? I mean I get it that they were together when they betrayed the Bravers but they still stick to him like he’ll take care of them. Super Sense was pretty clever when she left his group as she must have realized that he ain’t trustworthy.
iamleejn
Space Ghosts…
…coast to coast!
Jonathan Hurd
Its nice to see I’m not the only one thinking it, lol.
Irazori
Yes!! One of Van’s most powerful spells makes another debut, this time to foolish gods and their lapdogs.
Since “Bloodlust” kinda falls under torture, if he got Isla to teach him the “torture” skill, would the bonus effects be to increase pain or increase the drain effect that’s also applied thanks to his “soul break” skill?
I kinda forgot if the torture skill was explained or not in a previous chapter.
Lord Rin
Everybody shall learn to dance! Kanako is probably mentally doing the Gendo Pose going “Soon.” at the thought of more people learning dance so she can have more idols.
Also Kanako has learned the Tsukiyomi genjutsu of the Mangekyo Sharingan it seems.
I’ll be honest it feels weird to see Van curse even if he was only repeating someone else’s words.
I do wonder about those two unidentified lines of dialogue. The first one sounds all formal so I was thinking maybe it’s Bellmond and I got no idea for the second line.
I don’t remember, was Fitun already off possessing Hajime when Van fought the 15 Evil Breaking Swords? Because if not then he would have known that seemingly fatal attacks like getting decapitated don’t kill Van and thus should have known that these attacks weren’t effective.
Well at least Van will get at least two Demon King Fragments out of this fight.
Man so Murakami’s group are only equal to B-rank adventurers? Seriously how the hell did they think they could kill Van? They know he’s been killing enemies as strong as gods like Rank 13 Pure Breed Vampires and even actual Evil Gods who at the bare minimum -BARE minimum- are equal to A-rank adventurers. Even if they ambushed Van with a surprise attack while he’s weakened from fighting another enemy, they still wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything. The gap between adventurer ranks is immense once you get to the higher levels and they must have been told countless times about it and also how vitality is a separate defense stat so it’s very hard to one-shot enemies unlike back in Origin. These idiots are practically begging for death since they’re only B-rank versus a guy who very obviously is S-rank.
Well I will give it to Murakami that at least he knows he’s a piece of sh*t that wouldn’t change and hasn’t tried to justify himself with a bunch of BS. Still gonna die though.
“What are you going to do about it then? Blow us away along with this whole grass field and forest?” Murakami asked. I mean, Van could.
Hey Van has Space Ghosts! But are they from Coast to Coast? Anyways looks like Van enclosed the surroundings so he can contain his Bloodlust spell and eat all his enemies alive.
Jonathan Hurd
I gotta admit I am now really curious where Kannako will try and put Doug in her dance troop. Maybe we’ll be seeing the first Magical Boy, lol.
I will say I feel there is a difference between cutting off the neck and actually crushing the brain. I mean Ternecia managed to basically regen her entire body from just a head. Add in that if Van hadn’t stolen her bodies remains she could of just reattached it. Losing the brain is usually more fatal. Birknye I believe went berserk after his brain was injured and Gubamon needed to go full defense mode after Van blew up his eyes.
I’m also amazed how confident Murakami and his group is being only a B class adventurer, lol. I think they were under the assumption that if they could sneak attack and destroy Van’s brain its their win. Sadly for them Rodidiot has probably the least info about Van out of all of Van’s foes, lol.
Eddy
Robcorte not only has the least information, but what little he has does not understand it, the closest thing he has done to trying to understand Van was to look for someone from his past life who would “come to his senses”, just not to find no one, and ironically, indirectly it’s their fault
YohaoShakur
I think Melissa’s ability evolution should be using more them one shield at the same time, or making one big shield made of small shields so that it can’t be completely destroyed in one hit like with that arrow.
Jonathan Hurd
The current evolution was that she has actually managed to make it invisible. The problem is trying to block Orichalcum and Demon King weapons. The fact that her barrier can actually stand up to weapons with only a coating of Orichalcum is already an amazing development, imo.
I’m not sure there is really any point in putting up more barriers if the arrows can just pierce all of them.
Ltshrek
Welp,i guess it’s time for Van’s phase 2
2077
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Lightnovelfan
Juhu, a great chapter. Now it is getting to the climax of the battle.
So targeting the heart, brain and organs is pretty useless. Every gamer would now think he missed something really important and would retreat (or watch a tutorial online).
Anyone else thinking back on being followed by pyramid head in Silent Hill?
Jonathan Hurd
I was honestly thinking more along the lines of Jason from Friday the 13th. I mean after watching him get shot, set on fire, stabbed, run over, and having a house collapse on him while still getting up. You start to wonder if there is anything that can keep this guy down.
bk3k
I’d say they shouldn’t be surprised that the guy who solo’d the Five Colored Blades with only his soul wouldn’t die from brain destruction, but actually Fitun left Alda’s realm long enough ago that he doesn’t even know about that incident. He also doesn’t know about the battle that occured in the secret dungeon of the city. I’m not sure if knowing these things would have changed his plan or not.
And the people of the city have no idea the scope of what is occurring there. If they only knew… well they might have trouble sleeping to say the least.
Jonathan Hurd
To be fair to Fitun I think destroying someone’s brain and it not slowing them down is pretty demoralizing. I mean if he can be fine after having even his Brain and Heart crushed what the hell should you even aim at? lol. He’s got an insane amount of vitality to start with and an almost limitless amount of Mana. A battle of attrition is never going to go well and there is no place to hit for a definitive blow either.
Dyneamaeus
And let’s not forget that this is on top of Fitun-Hjime shouldering all the pain he’s currently causing people while on an active battlefield he himself created. He’s pushing through an absurd amount of anguish with willpower alone just for a chance to kill Van, and it turns out he might not even be able to even actually hurt him. I seriously doubt he’ll be able to keep his will to fight up for much longer.
Eddy
thanks yoshi and blessings to densuke
Eddy
I like the brutality of the injuries even if they heal, first because it shows how much Vandeliu has changed, not long ago he would not even have survived half of this, second, I like to see how using the fragments of the demon king became like use a weapon to be part of his body and third, although Vadenliu is holding back, it shows that Fitun’s years of experience and preparation was no joke, even if he is giving an excellent fight
I must also say, that although hypocritical (although we talk about fitun, he does not care one bit about alda’s politics), the use of the demon king fragments is smart, they are weapons just as powerful as Vandeliu’s and they are capable to regenerate.
Note to self, don’t mention anything about clothing or food while Vandeliu’s clones descend.
I want to think that blasphemous thoughts are a sitting Vandeliu as he kindly explains his ideas and opinions on life, death and coexistence between all races while offering you some fresh cookies
Jonathan Hurd
Makes you think back to when Van almost died fighting his first Noble Orc by letting the piggy cut through him almost killing him.
Honestly at this point I think Fitun using Demon King equipment is probably the least of the blasphemous things he has done to fight Van, lol. After you decided to destroy your followers brains and steal their bodies. I don’t think there’s really anything left to be off limits. You kind of already crossed that final line.
Dvsb@std
It stopped right when it was getting better… This chapter was honestly amazing. I dont wanna wait for the next one lol
gomezseba37
“What are you going to do about it then? Blow us away along with this whole grass field and forest?” Murakami asked.
I really expected van to hollow cannon them into oblivion
Morgan
When I read that, I felt like it was forshadowing for Van creating “Bombing” magic attacks. Like Hollow Bomb, a spell that put everything in a certain range, even space, into a fine cataclysmic blender and Death Bomb, a spell that forcefully rips out life and turns most things in a certain range into undead
Irazori
That’s too merciful. Because those self-righteous creeps deserve pain rather than instantaneous destruction.
Jonathan Hurd
I’m just sitting here thinking to myself. Why would you give him ideas? lol.
Tejing
So the giant was Legion. Totally didn’t see that coming.
Those two mysterious dialogue lines are probably Sam and the armor sisters. Sam’s been trying to learn to teleport, right? Maybe he succeeded?
I guess Fitun never knew the death attribute can manipulate pain…
These 2 groups are so going to screw each other up. Hajime hates them so much that Fitun can barely contain it. There’s no way they can work together effectively.
Space ghosts huh? I kinda guessed that would happen, but it’s nice to have it confirmed. At this point, the only attributes Van can’t use are earth, life, and time. And I guess non-lightning wind too. I hope it turns out Martina has regained her memories too. I’m looking forward to Martina and Heinz’ reunion *evil laugh*.
I’m a little confused about that wall at the end. Is it keeping them from escaping? or is it surrounding Van and protecting him? or is it holding the microbes inside so he doesn’t accidentally hurt a non-enemy? As I recall he can’t control those microbes after all.
Kazza
To be honest, if Martina regains her memories, she’s probably not going to make it to the fight with Heinz. She’s not only one of the original five who captured Darcia, but she’s the one Van directly heard say that Darcia deserved her death to soothe Heinz’s conscience. I mean, they’re all guilty, but that crosses a bit of a line. And if Van could barely tolerate Gordan and Riley enough, she’s not going to be held in reserve until the fight.
So, my bet’s more on the idea that she and all the other ghosts will be used in the Heinz fight, and seeing her former love will rekindle her memories. Then, we can start the *evil laughs*.
bk3k
Yes none of the ghosts knows anything at this point, but every one of those ghosts is quite terrified that they might be Martina. Which will cause a certain development at a point, but I don’t intend to spoil anything. Speculate as you will.
Tejing
I don’t think it’s out of the question for Van to accept her if she regains her memories. Consider some of the other enemies he’s accepted as subordinates after their death, like Isla, Chezare, Luciliano, that knights order from the Hartner duchy, Mikhail, Bebeckett, and Sleygar. All of them tried to harm, or did harm, Van and/or the people he cares about, but are now accepted as undead (aside from luciliano anyway) subordinates. Given that Martina died and her spirit deteriorated to the point of almost losing her entire ego, and that she’s now quite loyal to Van, I don’t think it’s out of the question for Van to decide she’s been kicked by karma enough already and just let it go, especially given the potential to demoralize Heinz by showing him Martina’s ghost on Van’s side with her personality intact.
Jonathan Hurd
A problem I see with Van accepting Martina versus all the other people is that Heinz and his team succeeded in hurting his Mom. Notably on the list of people Van couldn’t bring himself to ever forgive are Riley the Green Spear of the Five Colored Blades and High Priest Gordan who burned his Mom. The others attempted to hurt people and did do so some damage, but none of it was lasting or as painful to Van as his Moms death.
Now for Martina if she regains her mind I do think Van might keep her around to taunt Heinz with, but I don’t think she will ever be forgiven like Mikhail and some of the others.
Kazza
But the loyalty is artificial. Gordan and Riley were just as loyal, yet Van couldn’t stomach them and broke their souls, even though he admitted he still had a use for them. And although you bring up Sleygar and Bebeckett, both Rickert and Ervine were destroyed as well. Loyalty isn’t worth much because if anyone figures out how to disable the charm, it’ll be gone.
There’s also extenuating circumstances. Some were, as cliche as it is to say it, just following orders. Isla, Chezare, and Luciliano being prime examples (I assume you’re probably thinking of someone else, because I don’t remember Luciliano ever dying). But Martina did it under her own volition (you can maybe say she did it under Heinz’s orders, but that falls through when it was her justifying the act to Heinz) and basically spit on her grave.
Out of the question? No, you’re right in that it’s not impossible, just like it isn’t impossible for Van and Heinz to reconcile, but highly improbable is putting it mildly. Unless she actually apologizes and offers to stab Heinz directly in the back or something (with Van’s charm throwing even that into question) I don’t think Van will forgive her just because she’s been through some trouble completely unrelated to her crime.
For example, if someone raped/murdered my mom, and then got run over by a car the next day, I’m not going to consider his crime paid for if he’s put into a coma for a while. He still needs to face justice for his crime.
Jonathan Hurd
I would argue that the loyalty Van inspires is in fact genuine and not artificial. You can resist it to start, but we haven’t seen anyone who has been successfully charmed turning hostile towards Van. Add in Van being a Guider. People guided by Van become one of his people and become even more connected to him.
Van killed Gordan and Riley not because he was worried about betrayal, but because the stress of having them around was causing him physical pain.
For Rickert and Irvine the problem with them was actually in their personalities. Rickert was too devout of an Alda worshipper and hurt Iris. The problem with Irvine was how willing he was to sacrifice allies in the name of the mission. It said in a previous chapter that Van could of changed Irvine’s personality slowly with Mental Encroachment but it would take too much time and the mind is delicate.
On the topic of Citizens betrayal the story actually answered what Van’s views on that with the Titan’s in the Hartner Duchy Mines. Basically Van understands that people could switch sides if their family is held hostage or bribed. He flat out told Eleanora back then that if people betray him he will deal with it when the time comes, but he wouldn’t try to force people to stay if they wanted to leave.
Chiu ChunLing
I don’t see any problem with saying that something can still be genuine even though it’s artificial.
The point is that the loyalty is all the result of Van’s action rather than being a choice on their part. It’s true that many undead have chosen to be loyal to Van, and others clearly didn’t struggle against being loyal to him. So there’s variation in how artificial their loyalty is even if there isn’t any large difference in how genuine it is.
But in the case of Gordan and Riley, their loyalty wasn’t quite genuine enough to accept that their continued existence was causing too much stress on Van and they should obediently cease to exist for his sake.
ShadowDC
I need to know how this fight ends. Please tell us how many chapters are left in this fight yoshi
bk3k
I don’t intend to spoil anything. But chapters remaining in this battle? More than 1, less than 10. Haha that tells you almost nothing, except it won’t end next chapter.
ShadowDC
And the next chapter came out so soon after this chapter
lolz
Devimon
Traitorous murakami. From a teacher to a murderer. He should be tortured to death
Seinvolf
Thank u always for ur great work…
^^…
Kazza
And the battle continues!
Silly Melissa, if you tell Darcia Van’s thinking of putting frills and stuff on your outfit, she’s going to be more excited for you, not scold him.
Anyways, if I had to guess about those dialogue lines, I’d assume it’s Saria/Rita and Sam, due to them being one of the few characters who are actually family, as well as the overly formal way of referring to Van as “Master of the House.” I forget if they’ve already been mentioned in the battle, but it’s not unreasonable to assume they could’ve moved there.
So, I know I’ve got no ground to stand on, but does anyone else feel really uncomfortable with Van using profanity? Even just quoting someone else? I mean, I know he’s a partial Eldritch horror that can eat souls, but he’s too sweet for profanity to sound natural. I’d make a joke like #NotmyVan, but honestly it just felt so weird to read that I kind of got taken out of the story. Please Densuke, don’t make Van swear…
Eddy
it is strange to see a character like Van who is courteous even with whom he hates the most
Soulzer1
Yes it’s weird and that’s the point/joke. Probably shouldn’t get used to it happening much methinks? Could also be a teen(?/preteen? Sorry forgot Van’s current age.) thing maybe.
Skarbrand
Van is biologically 10/11, but he has 47 total years of living, so I would expect a mix of childish and teenage behavior from him.
Irazori
Yeah. I mean, I can kinda understand if Van was super pissed to resort to swearing (like at the 5 colored shitstains) , but not for casual recall of someone else words.
Jonathan Hurd
I feel like Darcia is nice enough to take Meli chan’s feelings into account, lol. Still I kind of love the ‘I’M TELLING MOM!’ feel the whole conversation has, heh.
Chiu ChunLing
She will probably whisper, “but it’s cute” once Mellissa is done complaining, though.
no1
Murakami and his group just seem more pitiful in this battle. Also ending the chapter on a cliff hanger like that, come on please let me see the end of this battle. Also thanks for the chapter Yoshi. Seriously, Murakami and his group are really stupid. Hajime fitun is similar to Van’s other enemies who had their bodies taken by gods. And they thought they could turn things around by contributing what meager power they have. Can’t wait to see the next chapter
Triduo
The climax is near !
Noctyrannus : I’d agree if you weren’t talking about a fight. ( OuO)b
Paradoxe : Jokes aside, they thought that they would be enough to fight Van but they lacked far too much informations for that one…
Noctyrannus : Dead meat ? ^^
Paradoxe : Definitely dead meat.
bk3k
Honestly I have no idea what that’s supposed to be a reference to. Some series I have never read no doubt.
Montel
I am glad muarkamimhas enough. Self awareness to know he is a s**tface backstabbing asshole and does not try to justify it with some bs.
Superboy8338
Way to go Van!!! Also, what Kanako did would be an effective tactic for anyone that has no shame. THANK YOU, YOSHI!!!!!!!!
PrinceHaten
Good chapter I’m looking forward to the epic conclusion to this battle.
Marco Hueber
Hajime Fitun: “Nooooooo, you can’t just live with your brain destroyed!”
Vandalieu: “Haha, soul go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”
gomezseba37
If they kill van and he becomes an undead it would actually be a power-up for him. he has never used magic to reinforce his physical habilities because he has so much that it would immediatly destroy his body
Jonathan Hurd
I think they’re still working under the assumption that if they can actually destroy/kill Van’s physical body then Rodidiot can come down and seal his soul before he reanimates his dead body. Now considering how stupid and bad Rodidiot is I doubt he can pull it off, but that is probably why they’re all so concerned with killing him and not about the power up an undead Van will have.
Lord Rin
The entire idea is hilarious because they think 3 B-ranks can somehow kill Van who is very obviously S-rank -which they should know- and will likely be surrounded by multiple A-rank and S-rank allies.
Jonathan Hurd
I’m with you there. They really don’t understand the first thing about Lambda even after a few years on the planet.
I think Murakami and the other reincarnators are still a bit drunk on the idea that they’re special existences like they were in Origin.
In Origin they were basically Gods thanks to the cheat abilities. In Lambda having a Unique skill is useful and awesome, but doesn’t make you anywhere close to the strongest. They went from heroes to above average soldiers, lol.
Part of their confidence probably comes in the fact that their only goal is Van’s death. Dealing with his allies is a long term problem for Alda and his group. As long as they can kill Van then commit suicide they’re good. Problem is they have no understanding of how to actually kill Van.
Chiu ChunLing
They may not understand the first thing about Lambda, but Murakami does understand the essential thing about himself and Van.
He’ll never tolerate Van being happy by doing good for others. His only source of joy is kicking others down, and Van used to be one of those he kicked down for his amusement. He’d literally rather have his soul destroyed than let Van become happy.
He doesn’t know enough about Lambda to realize that those are literally his only options, but even if he did, his choice wouldn’t change.
Shank Mugen
Things are getting intense! I hope there is a new chapter soon
kazamakj
Van’s vitality is incredible indeed, there is absolutely no chance for them now. Plus the moment he drinks blood all his wounds will heal I am guessing.
ExplodingPenguinDood
His blood doesn’t work that well or even affect him that much iirc
Tejing
He just said “drinks blood”, not “drinks his own blood”. He could have a bottle of Bellmond’s or even Darcia’s on hand.
Soulzer1
Could probaly use the blood of his enemy’s too.
Doc
Van isn’t an abyssal vampire. Blood potions made from the demon King’s blood don’t do anything for Van. I mean all the blood is already inside him. Van has super regenerative powers already and a stupid amount of vitality.
But yes, they have no chance. The only reason he was even appearing to struggle is that he’s still within eyeshot of the city and doesn’t want his secrets exposed so he’s avoided showing his true strength. Now that he’s put up a wall blocking that sightline, he’s free to go all out. I also suspect he held back to draw in Muraksmi’s group.
Morgan
Blood Potions work on any Vampire/Dhampir except the one who provided the blood. Van’s bestower job caused the blood potion to turn the vampires into abyssal vampires, that’s all.
Honestly, Van only need his body to have living cells. His regeneration is so strong that he’s practically Deadpool, so he doesn’t really need to drink blood. Though he probably will after this battle due to the amount of mana consumed.
Frankly, a Sun-Immune Vampire is stupidly overpowered in Lambda and with Van’s other powers, he can’t actually lose this battle, even if it becomes a war of attrition.
Eddy
In that regard, the abyssal vampires are the real cheats, they have all the benefits of vampires, without the weaknesses, with an extra growth benefit for being followers of Van and with access to 100% effective blood potions
Doom-sama
PRAISE VAN-SAMA, OUR LORD SAVIOR, OUR CHAMPION, OUR DEATH GOD, AS HE DECIMATES ALL HIS ENEMIES AND PROVES IMPERVIOUS TO THEIR ATTACKS! THE SACRED MESSAGE TODAY IS:
Dance lessons for everyone!
bk3k
Some may call it a Dance Dance Revolution.
Phantom Knight
LMAO
LmaoLN
Good one
Wsteven7o7
Others might called it Friday Night Funking
Hobbes
Nah it’s just the Emperor’s New Groove. And with Kanako in the fold, they won’t have to worry about getting their groove back.
Ace o laemons
murakami of all the dumb things ….u do realize if u just killed urself u rodcorte would more or less be forced to send u in a normal reincarnation?
Morgan
No? Rodcorte said he’d reincarnate them back in Lambda, if they decided to keep fighting Van. Isn’t that the whole reason Van ate Gungnir’s soul instead of simply killing him?
Lord Rin
Rodcorte didn’t say anything about continuing to reincarnate them in Lambda. Gungnir just assumed he would because he’s delusional and ever since he was in Origin he has been acting as if everything is a game and he’s just roleplaying so he assumed that he’d be reloading and respawing until he succeeded and threatened Van with that which is why Van decided to break his soul. Rodcorte won’t waste his time bringing back people who’ve already failed killing Van.
Jonathan Hurd
Honestly there is no reason Rodidiot couldn’t keep reincarnating the idiots in Lambda. He had already removed the Gungnir from the system to give him his reward. He has probably done the same for everyone who wants the same kind of reward. As long as the person is willing Rodidiot has no reason not to keep throwing them at Van.
Even if Murakami decides he doesn’t want to fight Van anymore and be incarnated into a normal world why should Rodidiot throw away such a useful weapon? Rodidiot has already decided to reincarnate any future Bravers who don’t want to fight Van as emotionless dolls to be used by Alda’s forces. Why not add Murakami as one of those dolls?
Fitun already proved the reincarnators are some of the best vessels for Gods there can be. Take the powers of a reincarnator and add in a God’s powers and fighting experience. You have a fairly powerful weapon to fight Van with. No way Rodidiot would listen to other peoples wishes if ignoring it could help Rodidiot.
Cydean
I think there’s also the posibility of Rodcorte extracting the special abilities and stacking them into individuals if someone’s really stubborn, but you’re right. Most likely he’d just say he’ll reincarnate them, and then use them as puppets for a bit under the guise of “They’ll reincarnate eventually” or something.
Lord Rin
You make a good point but then again Rodcorte is an idiot. I don’t think he’d be smart enough to come up with that plan. So far all he’s done is reincarnate people that have refused to kill Van into families that would probably be enemies to Van and so far 2 out of the 3 that refused have ended up living in Talosheim because of circumstances that Rodcorte has no control over. As such he’ll probably not try that again. Meanwhile I seem to recall that he’s made an agreement with Alda that he’ll send any reincarnators that have refused to fight Van to specific locations so that they can be killed by Alda’s forces and Rodcorte can retrieve their cheat skills.
Tejing
That plan was mentioned as something they wouldn’t do. The plan is to mindwipe the uncooperative ones.
Ace o laemons
first?
Nobody2
Well he’s still dumb for even thinking he has a chance to win. But at least Murakami is self aware enough to realize he couldn’t stop being a bastard.
Irazori
Still doesn’t make him any better than anyone that follows aldiot ideology.
Jonathan Hurd
I don’t know. I like the fact that Murakami recognizes and accepts that he is a bad person. Aldiot’s groupies are drunk on the idea that they are the ultimate good and all their actions are good.
Now Murakami is pretty stupid for choosing to risk eternal death rather than trying to be a better person, but that’s its own issue.
Eddy
Well, what are you going to do, they lost the entrance to an almost eternal terranal paradise with basically everything one needs to live and with new means of entertainment every year for not wanting to make the effort to treat others with respect and go to live a 100-year life on earth
Loki
Bloodlust making an appearance again. And in an enclosed space as well using the space ghosts from Gufadgarn’s Dungeon. Devious, and I LOVE IT!
Skarbrand
Abnormal attacks can be deadly if the opponent is not super overpowered like Heinz.
Matchu
Yep, and with this thier chance of surviving went from 0.0001 to a snowmans chance of surviving hell on a hot day