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The Demon Empire of Vidal. This new name for the nation suggested by Vandalieu and his companions was accepted by nearly everyone.
“We expected you to be even more opposed to renaming the nation than you were to the construction of the enormous statue, but to think that you would accept the renaming within the day!” Chezare said delightedly. “Now then, we must do the necessary paperwork and make preparations for the ceremony before His Majesty changes his mind!”
“That was quicker than expected. I was sure you would be protesting for a while,” said Kurt.
It seemed that Chezare and Kurt accepted it not because of the name, but because Vandalieu had suggested it himself. The actual new name of the nation didn’t seem to be too important to them.
Of course, many of the citizens were properly happy about the new name of the nation. The fact that it had been derived from Vandalieu’s name and Vida’s name was a positive factor.
And those who grumbled as they reluctantly accepted the name did so for reasons other than the name itself.
“Why is there no tournament?! I can’t agree with this!” shouted Godwin in a tantrum.
“Father, don’t say such selfish things! And you’re even drunk?!” said Iris, but her words seemed to be rather ineffective because of the alcohol that Godwin had consumed.
“Then let’s all do some sparring instead. Please be satisfied with that,” said Vandalieu.
“Really?! Alright! I’ve been interested in how strong you’ve become, in your skill that brought down a god of war!” Godwin said.
“Hey, that sounds fun!” said Borkus, joining in.
Vigaro let out a happy roar. “Everyone who’s free, gather round! We’re sparring with Vandalieu!”
A sparring battle royale with Borkus and Vigaro joining in as well. Everyone was unarmed, but it was an intense fight; shockwaves flew through the air every time their fists collided, and spectators were left confused as their eyes tried to keep up with the figures that looked like blurs because they moved so quickly.
The paperwork for the renaming of the nation continued quietly during the battle royale, and the city of Talosheim formally became Talosheim, the capital of the Demon Empire of Vidal.
The victor of the battle royale was Braga.
“Everyone is too aggressive. If all the strong people defeat each other, they can’t win in a battle royale. And King, you’re too passive,” he commented.
“The Demon King’s fragments and ‘Soul Destruction Fighting Technique’ aren’t suited for sparring, after all,” said Vandalieu.
However, the ceremony to commemorate the renaming of the nation would be held on a later day. This was because the parade to celebrate Vandalieu’s victory in Morksi had taken place just the previous day, and everyone had expected Vandalieu to resist the nation’s renaming for months or years, so no preparations had been done.
Thus, it was decided that the ceremony would be held in conjunction with the ceremony to commemorate the completion of the enormous statue.
Incidentally, the cola-manufacturing Golem factory was still in the planning stage. Golems would function as long as they had Vandalieu’s Mana, but they could not simply be made like machines. After Vandalieu created them, he needed to command them to perform the required tasks and have them train to become proficient at those tasks.
It was a unique problem to Vandalieu’s Golems, as he created them by having spirits inhabit humanoid-shaped masses of inorganic matter instead of corpses.
However, using magic and the help of his spirits, he established a method of creating a cola with sufficiently strong carbonation.
“Thanks to Kanako’s ‘Venus,’ I understand how carbon dioxide works now, but… it takes quite a lot of effort to extract just carbon dioxide,” said Vandalieu.
“Manipulating the liquid with ‘Fluid Manipulation’ might be easier,” said Orbia.
Zadiris would gather carbon dioxide from the air with wind-attribute magic, and Orbia would manipulate the liquid.
They couldn’t produce large quantities like a proper cola factory, but this was enough for them to drink.
There was also Seris and Vestra’s surgeries, but it seemed that they still felt apprehension towards surgery, so it was decided that the surgeries would not be conducted during their current stay in Talosheim. Vandalieu just made note of the extent of their burns and prepared the skin and Blood Potion that would be used.
In the meantime, Seris and Vestra received guidance – not from Bellmond, who had already undergone surgery before, but the former Pure-breed Vampires who were now Abyssal Pure-breed Vampires.
Erpel and the others were enthusiastic to convince them that becoming an Abyssal Vampire was nothing to be scared of, and something that they would never regret, but…
The other business that needed taking care of was the creation of Artifacts bearing spirit clones of the gods, but there wasn’t enough time for that, so Vandalieu decided to return to the city of Morksi and make preparations to head to Alcrem, the capital of the Alcrem Duchy.
《The Levels of the ‘Strengthened Attribute Values: Ruling’ and ‘Strengthened Attribute Values: Worshipped’ Skills have increased!》
《You have acquired the ‘Strengthened Attribute Values: Demon Empire of Vidal!’ Skill!》
Having returned to the city of Morksi with Gufadgarn’s teleportation, Vandalieu and his companions visited the merchant Edmond to consult with him about buying horses.
“Horses? Not a carriage?” said Edmond, with a slightly puzzled look on his face.
Perhaps he couldn’t be blamed. Vandalieu had apparently spent the two days after receiving decorations from the earl holed up in his house to recover from his fatigue, and then he had suddenly come to Edmond to buy horses, which were not a commodity that Edmond was specialized in.
“Yes, I would like at least one horse, but three if possible. Of course, I’m not asking you to hand over the horses that are used by your merchant caravan,” said Vandalieu.
Edmond was a traveling merchant with no fixed location, but he was the head of a merchant company, leading a caravan of ten or so carriages that traveled from city to city. In addition to the horses that pulled the carriages, there were also the horses ridden by the caravan’s guards and spare horses as well, so he had several dozen horses in total.
However, these were not a commodity that Edmond and his company traded; they were a means of transport that was necessary to conduct their business.
“That is helpful, but it’ll be a matter of luck that determines whether I can prepare horses for you in a matter of days. If you can wait until next month when I move to another city, I should be able to acquire quite a few horses, but… it’s possible that I’ll only be able to get donkeys in the timeframe that you need them,” said Edmond. “Is there a problem with simply hiring a carriage and a coachman?”
At the Tamers’ Guild, there were coachmen that did not have fixed employers. Their carriages were pulled by ordinary horses rather than monsters, but they were powerful and had exceptional stamina, and the coachmen themselves were very skilled. As a member of the Guild, Vandalieu had the required connections, so he would certainly be able to hire a coachman as long as he was willing to pay.
And yet, Vandalieu and his companions were not choosing this option.
“Yes. Vandalieu and his familiar Fang are shy around strangers. And we already have a carriage and coachman in mind,” said Darcia with a gentle smile.
Edmond responded with a smile of his own that looked like it had been glued onto his face. “You are saying that your son is shy around strangers, and you have a carriage and coachman in mind but no horses?”
Vandalieu, who was standing next to Darcia, remained expressionless as ever after having explained his request to Edmond in a calm, matter-of-fact tone. Edmond couldn’t imagine that he was shy around strangers at all.
“Yes, we’re just lacking horses. We could have Fang and the rats pull the carriage, but since they’ll be attached to the carriage, they won’t be able to guard the carriage properly during the journey,” said Darcia, continuing to give excuses.
You liar! Edmond screamed in his mind. The fact that your son is shy around strangers is definitely a lie!
But he did not voice his suspicions. “I see. You intend to have your tamed monsters act as your guards for the journey. That would guarantee mobility and keep you safe even if you’re attacked by bandits on horseback,” he said.
Edmond was a merchant, not a journalist, in pursuit of profits, not the truth.
Prying into the secrets of Vandalieu and his companions would certainly lead to profit. But Edmond was aware that he was not trusted. Forcibly trying to pry into such secrets now would simply result in the end of his interactions with Vandalieu.
Secrets were not supposed to be known until a relationship of trust was formed for the secrets to be shared. Edmond told himself this and restrained himself from asking more questions.
… Although the fact that Vandalieu was shy around strangers was actually true.
“I don’t mind using donkeys. As long as they’ve been trained to pull a wagon, I’m sure the coachman we hired will have no problems in having them work,” said Vandalieu.
Naturally, the coachman that Vandalieu and Darcia had in mind was the Dimension Lord Carriage Sam, the Undead whose spirit inhabited a carriage.
Vandalieu wanted to use Sam as his transport method to go to Alcrem, as he was convenient in various ways. However, there was a big problem with that. Sam’s main body was the carriage itself, and the man sitting in the coachman’s seat and the three horses that pulled the carriage were all a part of him.
The man in the coachman’s seat had the exact same appearance as Sam did himself when he was alive, except for his skin being paler and his eyes being crimson in color. He would likely be able to pass for an ordinary coachman as long as he wore a hat low over his face.
However, it would be more difficult for the horses. The pale horses had blood-crimson eyes, didn’t breathe and gave off no warmth when touched. It would be a big problem if the guards at the gates of this city or the guards at Alcrem noticed that the horses were cold and didn’t breathe.
Thus, living horses were needed to pretend to be pulling the carriage.
Any workhorses or even donkeys would do. As the carriage was Sam’s main body, he was able to turn his carriage’s wheels on his own, even without anything pulling it. The living animals would be needed simply to put up an ordinary appearance.
“Hmm, I don’t know how large your carriage is, but… wouldn’t it be too heavy to be pulled by donkeys? They are more suited for pulling wagons such as the ones you use to move stock for your business,” Edmond pointed out.
Indeed, donkeys could not even be used to put up an ordinary appearance. It wasn’t difficult to imagine that people would find it strange to see Sam’s three-horse carriage being pulled by donkeys.
“I shall sell you the spare horses from my caravan. They are just the spares, so rest assured that this will have no impact on my business,” Edmond said.
“Oh my, we can’t have you do that. We would feel terrible if some emergency situation happened because you sold us your spare horses,” said Darcia.
“Do not worry, even if something happens. We devote ourselves fully to our customers no matter what, and pride ourselves in doing business without any deceit,” said Edmond.
“Well, I think it’s only been a month since you came to me with ‘that business proposal,’ you know?” Darcia said pointedly.
Edmond gave a nervous laugh. “I have ‘turned over a new leaf’ since that incident.”
“That’s good. But we politely decline. It would be terrible if something were to happen, after all,” said Darcia, firmly refusing Edmond’s sudden offer of his caravan’s horses.
By offering his own horses, Edmond was aiming to have Vandalieu owe him a favor. The ‘even if something happens’ scenario he spoke of wasn’t referring to something happening to the horses. He meant a scenario where he and his caravan experienced inconvenience due to having given out their spare horses.
He most certainly had an ulterior motive in this; he knew that if Vandalieu later learned of any inconvenience caused to the caravan, his personality would not allow him to simply let it go.
“Darcia-sama is firmly refusing because she has seen through these motives,” explained Chipuras, whose voice couldn’t be heard by ordinary people.
“I see,” Vandalieu said with a nod.
Merchants sure come up with a lot of ideas, he thought.
“I don’t mind sick, injured or old horses, so could you please search around? I’ll pay healthy horses’ prices for them,” Vandalieu said, joining in on the negotiations.
“If you are willing to go that far, then of course,” said Edmond, withdrawing his offer of his own horses. “But if you really need horses that desperately, you could always take them from bandits, or perhaps you could challenge yourself to tame a horse monster?”
“Edmond-san, we aren’t seeing too many bandits around here these days. And there aren’t any horse monsters in these parts, either,” said Rodriguez, Edmond’s former-B-class-adventurer personal bodyguard, who had remained silent up until this point.
Indeed, the safety of the area around the city of Morksi had increased dramatically in recent times… thanks to the activities of Braga and his squad of Black Goblin ninjas, under Vandalieu’s instruction. Bandits had not appeared for quite a while.
And even if Vandalieu wanted to tame a horse monster, there weren’t many horse monsters living in this area. The only ones around were Shine Horses, cowardly creatures that possessed light-attribute Mana with which they blinded threatening predators in order to escape.
“Now that you mention it, that is true,” said Edmond. “But a Tamer as capable as Vandalieu-san would surely be able to tame one, would he not?”
“No, I think it would be difficult. Tamers are not liked by all monsters, after all. They simply tame monsters that they are compatible with and do their best to get along with them. I’m no exception,” said Vandalieu.
He had encountered Shiny Horses in Devil’s Nests while hunting for meat for his skewers, but… they had been hopelessly poorly compatible with him.
There were no signs indicating that he would be able to tame one.
“I see… Outstanding Tamers are not those who tame many different types of monsters, but those who get along well with the monsters that they are compatible with. That is good to know,” said Edmond. “Well then, I shall reach out to my acquaintances right away. Please give me a little time.”
And so, Edmond went around to talk to his acquaintances who ran stores in the city. Vandalieu had offered extraordinary terms for a deal, so he was able to procure one horse right away.
“The horse I can get for you right away is an old horse. The owner was apparently looking to part ways with it once he was finished with his current business,” said Edmond.
He led Vandalieu to a barn where an old horse was tied up. It quietly looked at Vandalieu and the others with suspicious eyes. Vandalieu, Maroru and the others gave a satisfied nod.
“The fact that he is glaring back without looking away shows that it is quite brave,” said Vandalieu. “As expected of a horse that has plenty of work experience.”
The rat sisters squeaked happily in agreement.
“Vandalieu, I think he’s just scared. Its breathing is a little heavy,” said Darcia.
The old horse instinctively understood how threatening the rat monster sisters were, and it had simply become immobilized by fear… Incidentally, Fang was now so large that he had been unable to enter the barn, so he was waiting outside.
The old horse might have entered a state of panic if Fang had entered as well.
Vandalieu gently reached out towards the old horse.
“Ah, that’s dangerous! He’s gonna bite your hand!” the man who owned the horse shouted in warning.
But the old horse, frozen in fear, was entirely incapable of biting Vandalieu’s hand.
It breathed heavily through its nose and simply stared at the white hand approaching its jaw with bloodshot eyes.
“It seems that this horse is more compatible with me than Shine Horses,” said Vandalieu. “He’s behaving so well.”
As he petted the old horse, its breathing and gaze calmed down and became more normal. It was as if it had realized its death was certain and it had given up on life, like the behavior of an animal with its throat was in the jaws of a carnivorous predator.
“Huh? Was he always such a friendly horse?” the owner wondered. “Well, if someone’s going to buy him, it’s a good thing that it’s someone he can get along with. By the way, are you really sure you’re willing to pay the market price of a young horse for him? As you can see, he’s haggard, his fur’s coming off in places and he looks unsightly. He’s going to have less power and stamina than a young horse, too.”
“Yes, it’s fine. I’m sure he’ll get along with all of us just fine,” said Vandalieu. “Does he have a name?”
“No, I wasn’t really told his name. I bought him a few years ago from someone else, you see.”
Vandalieu looked at the old horse, whose fur was thin and patchy in places. He looked up at its mane, and gave a nod.
“Let’s name you Mähne,” he said, naming the horse for a word for ‘mane’ in a language of Origin.
TLN: Mähne is the German word for ‘mane.’
Having awoken from his spell of unconsciousness, Rodcorte brooded in anguish as he resumed Edgar’s treatment.
Now that Murakami’s group has been destroyed, there are no more reincarnated individuals who are following my instructions to kill Vandalieu… What in the world am I to do?
When it came to reincarnation, Rodcorte possessed a vast power that extended across multiple worlds. He was capable of having individuals reincarnated in other worlds, giving them an adult’s body upon reincarnation and even granting them special abilities… also known as cheat-like abilities.
However, he was unable to interfere with living humans. It was also impossible for him to override their wills and force them to obey his commands.
He was able to send commands to living recipients in the form of Divine Messages, but… giving them commands was all he could do. Even if he sent commands telling them to kill Vandalieu, there was no force that compelled them to obey, so they could simply ignore him if they wanted to.
Murakami’s group had listened to Rodcorte’s request because he had prepared a reincarnation into a fourth life for them as a reward, but… such a reward was meaningless to individuals who saw no value in a fourth life.
Thus, he was unable to kill Vandalieu using the remaining reincarnated individuals who had already refused his request.
Asagi Minami is already wary about Vandalieu, but he does not seem to have any intention of killing him. I let him be because I thought that he would at least help weaken Vandalieu, but… No, he and his companions are currently weaker than Murakami was. There is no point in making them fight.
Asagi and his companions were researching the Demon King’s fragments, but they were yet to produce any results. Well, they had produced non-research-related results, such as sealing away some rampaging fragments of the Demon King, but even so, they were currently less capable than Murakami.
There were only three in the group, the same number as Murakami’s group. Even if they were to battle Vandalieu, they would simply be killed.
With that being the case, I have no choice but to wait for more reincarnated individuals to die in Origin and become reincarnated in Lambda, but…
Unfortunately, there were no signs of this happening anytime soon, either.
Rodcorte did not have the power to snuff out the reincarnated individuals’ lives like candles, nor could he create a truck accident to kill them. He had no choice but to wait for them to die, whether it be by accident, disease or murder.
Now that the battle between the Bravers and the Eighth Guidance was over, Origin was currently in a state of peace, at least on the surface. The ‘Avalon’ Rikudou Hijiri seemed to be continuing his research into the death attribute and plotting conspiracies, but Rodcorte could see that the consequences of those actions would not come for some time.
He had taken various steps to make sure that the reincarnated individuals would not die very easily, but he hadn’t imagined that it would come back to bite him.
“Even if I sent a Divine Message instructing them to kill each other, nobody would listen. Telling them to commit suicide would have the same result, or… ‘Metamorph’ might have obeyed if she still had a mind of her own, but… Hmph, she’s showing slight signs of recovery? No, that isn’t good news right now,” Rodcorte muttered to himself.
It would be more helpful if she were to die of starvation, he thought as he quickly checked the current states of the other reincarnated individuals.
As he was only checking them very quickly, he did not notice that reincarnated individuals such as ‘Metamorph’ and ‘Druid’ had received Vandalieu’s divine protection, and thus did not investigate how that had come to be.
And since Rodcorte was not interested in anything other than the reincarnated individuals, it didn’t occur to him to look into Amemiya Hiroshi and Mei.
If he had investigated them – he would have been enormously troubled as to how to deal with them.
The fact that he could not directly interfere with living people was just as true in Origin as it was in Lambda.
Rikudou Hijiri is continuing his unsightly research, but he will surely be unable to harness the death attribute. That is fine, but it will still be some time before he makes a move, Rodcorte thought. To think that I would be anxiously waiting for the reincarnated individuals to kill each other…
Rodcorte would be able to send them a message in the form of a Divine Message, but none would die after receiving the message saying, “Please die right now.” If he were to pretend that his voice was that of an omnipotent god, he might be able to coerce some of them, but he was too ignorant regarding human psychology to do something that clever.
It could even have the opposite effect of making the reincarnated individuals suspicious, which would cause a troublesome situation when they really died.
With that said, it was unbearable for Rodcorte to simply twiddle his thumbs and watch things unfold. Thus, he thought of two plans – both of which were possible for him to carry out right now.
The first was to create new reincarnated individuals. He did not have the time to prepare new cheat-like abilities for them, but he would select dead individuals who could potentially form a force to kill Vandalieu, from all the worlds whose reincarnation he controlled – including Lambda, Earth and Origin – and send them to Lambda.
However, I do not have the time to send them to another world to gain experience first, like I did with Amemiya Hiroto and the others. They must be individuals who are already considerably strong after just one lifetime. Considering that, Lambda is very troublesome. Blasted, primitive world whose inhabitants have no good qualities but the ability to fight.
Reincarnated individuals from worlds like Earth that had no Statuses, Skills and magic would not be able to defeat Vandalieu or even his subordinates.
Lambda was a world where any person with average athletic ability would be able to defeat a Rank 3 monster if they worked hard… the equivalent to defeating a grizzly bear with a primitive weapon like a sword or a spear. Even a genius warrior of a world like Earth would be on the same level or even worse than a mediocre adventurer in Lambda.
Considering that Murakami had stood no chance against Vandalieu even after being strengthened by Rodcorte’s divine protection and spending over a year to prepare, it would be impossible for someone reincarnated from Earth even if they were trained for a long period of time.
There were several other worlds whose reincarnation Rodcorte controlled where magic existed, like Origin, as well as worlds with Statuses and Skills. Sending strong individuals from such worlds could yield some hope of victory.
“But there are no worlds in which individuals strong enough to stand up against Vandalieu and his allies die on a regular basis,” Rodcorte lamented.
The most powerful individuals in such worlds would not simply die conveniently. This would require Rodcorte to wait until it happened, but it would at least serve to distract him from his own sense of powerlessness.
“But distracting myself will not solve the current situation. I suppose my other plan is the most realistic thing to do after all… Giving my divine protection to the heroes being trained by the gods of Alda’s forces.”
In Lambda, the divine protections of gods had the effect of lowering the hurdle for overcoming periods of time where growth was difficult – otherwise known as ‘walls of growth’ – thus shortening such periods of time. Rodcorte’s divine protection was no exception to that.
“The heroes being nurtured by the gods of Alda’s forces will become even stronger with my divine protection. That will make them owe me a favor, and in the near future, I will be able to request them to give their divine protections to the reincarnated individuals I send to Lambda. Unlike cheat-like abilities, divine protections are simply power given by gods to mortals. I am capable of giving my divine protection to dozens of individuals… though I require some ingenuity to ensure that what happened when Murakami’s soul was devoured does not happen again.”
Rodcorte didn’t even want to imagine the worst-case scenario where Vandalieu devoured the souls of dozens of heroes, but… this scenario could not be ruled out.
It would be best to grant his divine protections, and prepare familiar spirits or spirit clones that would serve to take on the damage that would come about from such events. However, there was a process that he needed to carry out before that.
“Before I do that, I suppose I must lay the groundwork for granting the heroes my divine protection – by making them aware of my existence.”
Gods possessed the authority to grant divine protections, but they were unable to grant them to people who did not know of their existence. Rodcorte was known to the region in the Boundary Mountain Range… the Demon Empire of Vidal, as an enemy. But he was not known to the people of Lambda’s human societies.
In order to grant the heroes his divine protection, Rodcorte would need the gods of Alda’s forces to inform them of his existence.
“They might bring up the incident with Hajime Inui, but that was the doing of the God of Thunderclouds on Alda’s side. And even if they do bring it up, I can get away with it by telling them that now is not the time to discuss past events, and we must overcome our differences in principles and work together. I am certain that they are feeling threatened by Vandalieu and desiring power,” Rodcorte told himself.
All preparations for traveling from the city of Morksi to Alcrem, the capital of the Alcrem Duchy, were complete – except for one.
There had been no real problems with the registrations at the Commerce, Adventurers’ and Mages’ Guilds. Vandalieu had been wary in the Hartner Duchy as well, but no events like delinquent adventurers picking a fight had occurred here, either.
However, Vandalieu had put his attendance of adventurers’ school on hold, so he was F-class at the Adventurers’ Guild. According to Berard, he could not bend the rule of not allowing underage adventurers to progress to E-class or above without attending adventurers’ school, as he was just the head of a Guild branch of a somewhat large city.
“I know that you are certainly as capable as an E-class adventurer… or to be more precise, at least as capable as a B-class adventurer. I know that, but… we are an organization, and there are rules that cannot be broken,” Berard said with an apologetic expression. “And you’re too much for our adventurers’ school to handle. You should speak to the Guild Master of the Alcrem Duchy Adventurers’ Guild headquarters about it.”
“No, I don’t mind, since I do intend to attend the school. And even if I can’t accept dangerous commissions from the Adventurers’ Guild, I can still go into Devil’s Nests and Dungeons,” said Vandalieu.
He didn’t think that he would have a lot to learn from adventurers’ school.
But if not attending would cause a problem with the system, he thought it would be best to attend the school, earn his credits and graduate as fast as possible.
In the meantime, Vandalieu would be able to do various things at the same time – he would continue spreading the religion of Vida in human society, secretly teleport back to the Demon Empire of Vidal and conduct investigations into the movements of Heinz and his party to see if they had made a return.
And it was possible that he would meet promising individuals at the adventurers’ school.
Thus, he didn’t consider it to be a waste of time.
There were also various other things to do, such as having meetings with the owners of the food carts on Vida Street, organizing for Starving Wolf Security employees to acquire supplies for his business when he wasn’t around, and sorting out security measures for various places including the orphanage… and he wouldn’t forget to secretly position Demon King Familiars in the Starving Wolf Security company building and the orphanage.
And also…
There was the matter of the Dungeon rampage caused by Hajime Fitun. Earl Morksi had requested an investigation into the Dungeon used for the rampage and named Kanako, Melissa, Doug, Simon and Natania to carry the investigation out.
“Investigating whether there is a new Devil’s Nest or Dungeon that has appeared near the city, and if there is, investigating inside?” said Simon.
“The city was attacked by a monster horde of that size, so I suppose it’s normal to think that a Dungeon might have appeared, but…” said Kanako.
“These kinds of requests are normally handled by C-class or even B-class adventurers, right? I wonder why we were specifically named when we’re just D-class,” said Melissa. “Well, I supposed I could guess the answer to that.”
“Yeah, I know the answer too. He couldn’t name Vandalieu because he’s F-class, and Darcia-san isn’t even an adventurer. He only named us because we’re his companions,” said Doug.
“Don’t complain so much,” said Kanako. “Considering the earl’s position, I don’t think we can blame him for requesting an investigation. He’s likely aware that you’re more capable than D-class adventurers, too.”
With that, he finished his registration at the Tamers’ Guild. The next day, he had Mähne, who had become a Rank 2 Lesser Demon Horse overnight, pull Sam’s carriage in the direction of the nearest Devil’s Nest.
Skill explanation:
Strengthened Attribute Values: Demon Empire of Vidal
A Skill that strengthens the Attribute Values of the user while they are inside any territory administered by the Demon Empire of Vidal, while they are with its citizens, while they are performing government or military duties, and while they are doing something for the benefit and safety of the empire.
Monster explanation:
Lesser Demon Horse
Horses that have become monsters. They are Rank 2. Horses that have a smaller size closer to that of a pony and horses that are very old tend to become these monsters.
Physically capable horses such as military horses usually become Rank 3 Demon Horses, and in some occasional cases, other kinds of horse-type monsters.
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Winter
I can already picture a scene like “Hello, I’m Vandalieu Zakkart, a F-class adventurer. I’d like to hand in this elder dragon corpse.”
Zenden1st
Van seems to have a knack for taming weak down on luck animals.
I just wanna see him walk into a herd of like a million horses and tame the most strongest lead stallion of the whole herd.
But I guess that won’t happen van doesn’t have the type of personality to care about base strength before his guidance
Akachi86
When you think about it 90% of the monsters and people around him suffered minor or major misfortunes and were down on their luck.
JKingSniper
Still dislike Edmond for thinking of coercing Darcia into prostitution so I hope he suffer.
But great to see Rodcorte suffer and unable to do anything and see any future plan he’s making inevitable fail.
Rasho
I don’t understand what you are talking about, he told her to bring Ghouls, not Darcia and the Ghouls, tho yes he should get a kind of punishment
Illuvatar
So Rodcorte got a problem because people in the boundary rznge know him, and now he tried ro fix that by letting others know of his existence
Chiu ChunLing
Not only that, but he’s having the message delivered by Divine Messages sent to heroes, who are then going to participate in the fight against the Demon Lord, making them even more famous and influential.
That said, his being unable to escape from Lambda is only a problem because of Van, and as long as Alda’s faction doesn’t find out about the problem, they’ll go ahead and let Rotcortex’s name die out cause their perspective is that worship is a precious commodity.
LmaoLN
Rodcorte did not have the power to snuff out the reincarnated individuals’ lives like candles, nor could he create a truck accident to kill them
Even Truck kun wont work with Rodiot and he works with like 500 other gods
Kerlark Dgrayman
It just clicked on me that the name of their empire looks like a couple that combined their name into one for their child(Vidal).
InfernoHomura
Wow so its official, Truck-kun is more OP than any other gods in the existence of anime, manga and novels
wai311040
Rodiot is really Rodiot. If he could sent divine message, then he could have just inform Hiroto of Rikudou’s plan. That would already spark the conflict between the reincarnated and accelerate many death.
Doc
I mentioned this to the other person who brought it up but seeding conflict amongst the Bravers may lead to deaths faster, but it doesn’t solve his problem. He needs the reincarnators to work together to go after Van. They won’t do that if members of both sides are constantly concerned of betrayal. That’s what split up Murakami’s group.
Chiu ChunLing
The problem is that El Braver would probably want to settle it without killing any of his ‘companions’, especially his ‘best friend’. Giving the advantage to Rikudou is likely to result in a much higher number of fatalities, both considering his methods and the fact that it’s been his plots that have been the ultimate cause of most of the deaths so far.
But precisely because Rikudou is not aware that Rotcortex’s authority is strictly limited to reincarnation and doesn’t include things like “hey, betraying and murdering those who trust you is wrong“, he’s probably not receptive to receiving any Divine Messages from him. Even if he were aware that Rotcortex is only concerned with reincarnation, he’s currently pursuing the Death Attribute to become a Death Mage Who Doesn’t Even Get a Third Life.
Naberisu
If Rodcorte was capable of lying there are numerous ways he could have dealt with them
Malkav0
Yay, new chapter !
So, even Truck-kun hates Rodcorte and won’t help xD
conscript117
Thank you for the chapter update ! Thank you sponsors!
Lord Rin
I’m a bit surprised that Braga won the battle royale. I’m sure he’s really strong but all the other participants are rank 12-13+ so…
Welp Van has got an new animal to tame. I wonder what sort of creature will the horse end up ranking up and evolving into?
Hmph! As if Truck-kun would follow the requests of such a lowly peon like Rodcorte!
But anyways did Rodcorte hit his head when he got knocked out? Giving his divine protection to some of Alda’s heroes isn’t actually a particularly bad idea. I’m sure he’ll fuck it up anyways but that’s because he’s Rodcorte. He’s the God of Screwing Up.
Oh right I forgot that they need to find the dungeon that all monsters Fitun made to rampage came from. I wonder if there is anything useful in there? I mean it was Fitun’s personal dungeon that was usually in his Divine Realm.
A_wandering_otter
I’m pretty sure he kinda just stood on the side lines while the big dudes clobbered each other
Doom
PRAISE THE ONE TRUE DEATH GOD, OUR LORD SAVIOR, OUR CHAMPION, AS HE MAKES PREPARATIONS AND AS HIS ENEMIES TREMBLE IN HIS WAKE! THE SACRED MESSAGE TODAY IS:
Nothing wrong with being shy around strangers, you know?
Doc
Van: I need a normal horse for appearance sake because Sam’s fake horses look too scary and unnatural
Also Van: Turns his new horse immediately into a low ranked “demon” horse monster.
Kiriaru
Awesome chapter, thank you so much translators and donators
Kazza
Rodcorte and honesty in the same sentence? U trollin’, Densuke?
We’ve got a new pet! Yay! Taking all bets, will Mähne turn into a Sleipnir, or a-
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I don’t actually know any more mythological horses.
My money’s on him transforming into an undiscovered monster called “Pale Horse” or something similar, because Van’s got that Pale Rider job.
Eddy
The word honest can be used in many ways, like that plan is honestly stupid (almost all Robcorte plans) or that plan is honestly desperate (like the two of them now). Besides, if we don’t give Robcorte a moment of, well, reasoning, the next idiocy he does won’t be as funny (which is why Robcorte is a good useless antagonist, we see him enough so that every failure of his is memorable and we don’t let’s get tired, as for example with asagi).
they take him to the beach and he becomes a kelpie? I also remember that Poseidon had a horse son.
Kazza
Yeah, that was mostly just a joke.
Funnily enough, in my honest (Hah!) opinion, of all the flaws I’d accuse Rowdy Roddy of having, dishonesty isn’t on the list. You’ve got cowardice, egomania and sociopathy, but I can’t think of a time he straight up lied. There was the one time he debated offering Van a fake olive branch, and I suppose you can classify the whole Inui situation as lying to Alda by omission, but nothing I’d be confident using in a court of law.
Doc
It’s more Rodcorte sees little utility in lying. He gets more out of just not sharing all the information he could than outright lying.
Regarding his current plan, the chapter title refers to it as “honest” because it’s the simplest and most effective option available to him. Nothing stupid about it. He has no more soldiers to fight for him, so all he can do is buff Alda’s forces that are trying to kill Van. I’m not entirely sure how he plans to work around souls with his divine protection being consumed causing him harm, since I thought that’s how that works, but we’ll see.
Renrobt
The plan seems to be to create a proxy, a familiar spirit of sorts that will take on the damage. It might rebound to him if the substitute take too much damage or something like that, after all he is very good at making plans that blow up in his face, but on the surface it seems to be a decent plan.
CyberDre
Didn’t he lie to Kaidou Kanata about Van’s power when he was about to reincarnate in order to motivate him more ? That’s why he failure was even more satisfying
Eddy
no, it was a mix of misinformation and misinterpretation from Kanata that he left too soon and I don’t listen to Robcorte’s warning that although Lambda is a primitive world with weak gods, it is a world where people can become overly strong and the gods can interfere more often than others.
Eddy
I do not know what was the most hilarious, Godwin drunk, the fight between some of the strongest of the empire in the middle of the street because yes, the winner of the fight (sample) of the century or the horse that based on fear crossed the threshold from madness and came back.
Imonlyherecus
Thanks for the chapter!
Looking forward to seeing Sam interact with his new partner. Maybe Mahne will be the straw that’ll let Sam go through space and time.
nadirku
I thought that Sam already had the ability to cross space and time, didn’t he use that to arrive near the end of the fight against Fitun?
Dr. Steel
He’s been able to ride through a parallel plane, not really crossing space, but and argument can be made. However, he certainly hasn’t time travelled, which is what I think of when saying “cross space and time”.
Doc
For the record, space and time are considered part of the same thing as far as physics is concerned. And if you were travel through space, you’re also moving through time. Not in a “you’re in the past or future now” kinda way but that time has passed while you traveled.
kazamakj
The Horse is going to become a steed of the apocalypse isn’t it? Any creature/person who joins Van becomes incredible in the future for sure.
Buphido
Really excited to see how our horse monsters will turn out! There will be three apparently, so maybe one demon horse, one unicorn and one pegasus..? Or all the same evolution? So many possibilities!
Doc
Where did you get 3 from? Van only bought 1 horse. Sam has 3 fake horses as part of his “body” but they’re not sentient monsters. Like the coachman in the seat they’re basically just projections from the carriage itself.
Lord Rin
Van said he wanted 3 if possible.
Doc
Right…but he got one. I don’t think 3 is a must have number, he just wanted up to 3 if available.
Lightnovelfan
Oh yes, school arc coming coming up. I can see it going two ways.
1 He lowballs so hard he stays E-rank forever
2 He goes so over the top he instantly becomes A-Rank
BTW, if you were in Vans´ shoes, which route would you take to become stronger, what I man is, which jobs would you pick?
If it is only his personal strength I would gess the dark king mage and hollow king mage would be best, followed by god slayer and the mythologival sounding ones.
If we are talking about the overall strength of his subordinates, obviously the remaining guider jobs, since everytime he picked one of those, the power of his friends skyrocketed
Soulzer1
Or 3. He tries to do 1. but is too OP so 2. happens.
Doc
I think they’ve stated in an earlier chapter that everybody who graduates the adventurer school gets an E-rank by default. It’s not like the students shoot for different ranks. Also, the adventurer school is for underage people so none of them would be that strong in the first place. Van is a very special circumstance and as the guild master stated, he’s basically considered a B rank in power anyway (in actuality he’s like an S, but he’s obviously hiding that)
Dr. Steel
If I were Van, I would absolutely focus on the guider jobs, because they all are powerful for both him and his subordinates, not to mention someone having ONE guider job is considered to have the qualification of a legendary hero, so what about 7+? I would alternate between the guider jobs and the myth ones, because those are CERTAIN to have crazy unique skills and bonuses and stats, not to mention further him on the path to “god-like power+”
Baldingere
Thank you for the chapter!
Why did demon stay in the title? They could have called it the Heterogeneous Empire of Vidal, given the mix of races it is.
Doc
I guess they’re leaning into the idea that Van is the new Demon King. Really doesn’t improve impressions from human society with that name, but oh well, if they’re happy with it, so be it.
ExplodingPenguinDood
Sasuga Truck-kun, truly one who transcends worlds.
Once again Van’s naming sense is immaculate; Fang & Mähne just chef’s kiss 😘
Tejing
A horse? Shouldn’t Sam be livid about this?
Rodcorte… I can only see this ending badly. Just like everything else you do.
Looking forward to what coming. 🙂
Doc
Why would Sam be livid? He’s still controlling the carriage. The real horse is just for appearances.
Regarding Rodcorte’s plan. I mean of course it will end badly. Everybody sent to kill Van will be killed and their soul devoured. But it’s not like it’s a bad plan for Rodcorte. It’s literally the only option available to him right now. He’s got no soldiers of his own on the field so all he can do is buff Alda’s.
Dr. Steel
Regarding the horse, Sam actually might be excited, and train it as his monster companion and comrade-in-arms; riding into battle together, racing through the sky and even space-time.
InfernoHomura
Imagine Sam and three other characters form the horsemen of the apocalypse 😂
VEreality
Thank you Yoshi-sama!
Anime protagonist dumb luck is not a good counter? Truck-kun is not able to help? Cheat abilities cannot tip the scales of the battle?
Lesser creatures behold! Our lord and saviour has grown beyond the power of god and anime!
Also, once again Rodiot has learned. Good for him….too bad we measure intelligence in meters not centimeters around here. He now only realised how hopeless the situation really is.
Eddy
a logical idea, it will not eliminate more than 100,000 years of incompetence.
It is also interesting to see how within the microverse that is the state system, Lambda is the best in combat, possibly some have their military power and high weapons level, but what use is a nuclear weapon against someone who can send it back to you? or that he can release 3 biological weapons each with its unique symptoms and that hybridize to create new ones.
Thk
furthermore what use is a nuke when they don’t even have to send it back at you and can just kinda tank it
VEreality
I think it would make sens that Lambda would be the best in combat. It’s not like every world had Guduranis to cause hell on earth in it. Earth and Origin are an example. As for advanced weapons… Van has an infinity of ways to deal with them. Tanking aside.
Renrobt
Plus when it comes to advanced weapons, it was said that physics works subtly differently between the worlds, so the more complex a weapon the less likely it will work. So the best a reincarnator can do is try to recreate it, which would take time, time during which:
A. Van grows stronger
B. Van gains new allies
C. Van somehow finds out about your plans
D. Van makes clinical paranoia level of preparations
E. Van somehow interferes with your plans
F. All of the above and a lot more.
Rodcorte is right to be anxious about the time things take.
Absolute Zer0
We all know Van’s paranoia is on level where it would make our old friend Madeye Moody proud.
InfernoHomura
Haha, Van could maybe also have Seiya level of cautiousness
Renrobt
We are talking about Van, who protects his town with 8 layers of walls that can turn into golems, manned by self reloading cursed weapons and artillery, and any attempt to fly over them would be met with mind destroying imagery so powerful that it even eats away at literal gods’ minds.
And if somehow someone still gets over all these obstacles, sneaking in, practically all the buildings are also coated in golems who’s main goal is surveillance and quick response.
All this before anyone under Van need to get involved. And this is a town where a good chunk of the inhabitants go to rank B dungeons on a daily basis, and even the weakest common people were given combat training, boosting their skills to that of common solders outside. And even the “farmland” is filled with monsters, not plants, every one of which will defend their area.
And this is just the minimum defense Talosheim has. There are entire castles worth of Bones and Bees usually hanging around providing a near inexhaustible high level army. And if we keep adding in the more “elite” monsters or even the allied nations, it just becomes more and more impenetrable.
All this assuming Van would for whatever reason not intervene. So yeah. I do not think there is any character more paranoid/cautious, that still functions, as Van.
Skarbrand
It was also mentioned that a lot of the technology from Origin and Earth would not work on Lambda due to the different laws of physics. So even if you made a nuke it might work.
NjShade
and maybe building a nuke might not work, since it different dimensions and law physics interfere may cause different effects, and maybe there a no nuclear materials on lambda, of course there can build different weapon with same effect
Chiu ChunLing
Building a nuke would work, but it would have to take into account the changes in basic chemistry (and possibly more fundamental laws) that result from elements being contaminated with mana and changing their properties.
So nukes are possible, but they cannot use the same basic designs that would work on a planet with different types and levels of mana contamination. Lambda is on the very high end for both.
bk3k
Keep in mind Zakart was wanting to build nuclear weapons to use against the Demon King Guduranis – which is what lead to the final split with Bellwood. Not sure how far along he got before being destroyed. Now Zakart has become Demon Lord Van and people are discussing the possibility of nuking him LOL.
I’m just saying… fate isn’t without a sense or irony. And I could see it possibly in the future, one of the reincarnators (with memories of lving in 2 technological civilizations) attempting just that. Though I don’t recall if nuclear weapons have been mentioned with respect to Origin, but I assume they do have them.
NjShade
No rather Rodiot make another mistake, that is by tell lambda heroes about his existence, isn’t he officially announced that he tied the lambda and the think he try keep it secret from alda
Renrobt
Huh didn’t think about that consequence, but you are right. While we already know that due to Van, Rodcorte is tied to the world, that is the only advantage he has when it comes to negotiating with Alda, the threat that he can just leave.
His relationship with Alda is already shaky and if he is (which he already is) tied to the world, Alda’s judgement would also work on him. Essentially he will loose all the cards he has since Alda would have the power to take over the the authority of reincarnation, like he took Vida’s authority over the life aspect. I don’t think he would do so cause he is already overworked by trying to manage the 2 aspects, but still he would have that option as well.
Chiu ChunLing
I mean, he’s not telling that many of them, and obviously he expects most of them to die. But yeah, this strategy might not work in his favor.
CyberDre
nor could he create a truck accident to kill them. He had no choice but to wait for them to die, whether it be by accident, disease or murder.
This is gold 👏👏😂😂
no1
Yay, a new chapter and only 4 days after the previously released chapter. Thank you Yoshi. So the new empire name is being made official and van can spar with his companions, but most hold back to avoid damaging their souls or bodies. Rodcorte is so bizarre. He supposedly powerful, but powerless to oppose Van. Wait, it also said he just woke up from being knocked unconscious. How long was he out? Rodcorte only course of action now is to grant his divine protection to Alda’s heroes. Lastly van gets a horse and mutates it. Good chapter, thanks yoshi and hope to see the next chapter soon.
Eddy
That’s the thing when half of your techniques are permanent kill, when it comes to not killing it’s easier for you to fight without your arms.
nadirku
For how long Rodcorte was knocked out, a few chapters back, there was a scene that mentioned that he lost consciousness when Murakami, and the others died. So I think that means he has been unconscious for several days
Doc
I mean we don’t know when in time Rodcorte’s domain is in relation to events happening to Van on Lambda. For all we know the scene we read could have been the very next day after Murakami’s group was killed.
AnnaYvette
Van is just too specialized in fights to the death that sparring is hard when no killing is allowed lmao
nadirku
There is some good fodder for jokes, and memes, that not even a great god of reincarnation can control Truck-kun:
Doc
Truck-kun is stronger than any god
supersaiyandoyle
Even if there is no God or Buddha, there is Truck-kun.
WizziBot
Truck-kun is an axis power of the anime-verse
Lord Rin
Truck-kun will not follow the orders of such an inferior being as Rodcorte.
bk3k
I had an idea for a story a while back – A particular youth had died in a way that can’t be mentioned in polite company, and met a being that could only be God. He was quite excited when God spoke:
He was only getting more pumped up listen to God speak.
But his hope was quickly crushed as soon as God realized it from his expression.
Eh?
EH?!
God had the youth reincarnated as something other than human. Thus began The Adventures of Truck-kun. Seeking out those who are worthy… and running them over. A job he enthusiastically took up.
It was a terribly grotesque scene. All the girls and other onlookers around where shreeking in horror. The girl that had been pushed out of the way had the most pained expression and tears that don’t seem to end while looking down at what remained. Yet Truck-kun was feeling oddly refreshed.
I’d love it if someone (with actual writing skill) would adopt the idea.
Eddy
Does it bother you if I copy it with everything and your name and expand it a little more to some forums in Spanish? it is something that at least I want a one shot.
bk3k
It wouldn’t bother me at all no matter what you do with it. It is just a rough draft idea I’d never actually do anything with myself. If someone else does something with it, I’d be pleased instead. Hopefully someone can get some enjoyment from the idea or whatever you make of it.
Yoki
Wasn’t there already a manga about it? If I’m not mistaken, it was literally called Truck-kun
thescorpiona
can i get a link?
bk3k
Not that I’ve read, but I’d love to if you have a link.
Darquesse
Found it “Isekai Transporter”
https://manganelo.com/manga/isekai_transporter
Kazza
So anime/LN David Carradine becoming the serial-killer-Archangel Truck-Kun? This idea is so terrible (morality-wise, not quality) that it’s genius. I’m now sadder than I was when I started reading that comment, knowing this didn’t exist.
Dang it, reality. Must you be so endlessly cruel?
CaTastrophy427
Don’t mind me, I’mma just yoink that real quick. Probably gonna be a oneshot, but I think I can do something with this, as a break from my main novels. I’ve recently been feeling like my ideas have been a bit stale, so I wanted to try branching out somehow to refresh my mind, and this sounds like just the thing.
bk3k
Send me a link when you’re done!
Chiu ChunLing
That was good, but I prefered:
Actually, there is one world where individuals strong enough to stand up against Vandalieu and his allies die on a pretty regular basis. Unfortunately, they tend to die very inconveniently, by having their souls devoured so that they cannot be reincarnated.
ValiantHex
Rodcorte was thinking of acquiring Truck-kun’s services but couldn’t, I guess, even Truck-kun doesn’t want to be associated with Rodcorte.
InfernoHomura
Truck-kun only associates with the best of the best, not best of the worst lmao 😂
Entropy
Thanks for the chapter. Kind of wonder why Van did not simply use the monster horses in his home country. I am curious about what would happen if the light horses were fed Van’s blood. One question that still bugs me, how does an evil ghost sword get drunk? There are so many questions, can a ghost get drunk, and can a sword get drunk. Also why doesn’t rodcorte tell the bravers of the rogues in their group. Cause some infighting and death to boost the numbers of volunteers to fight Van.
flannan
I guess Rodcorte isn’t good enough at understanding people to know telling about the rogues will cause conflict. Or maybe he expects those plans to bring in more people when they work.
VEreality
I think ghost,skeletons and zombies are able to consum any kind of drinks and food with the help of Life Gold. And I know for a fact that people described the way undead get drunk as “getting drunk on water”. They know that after drinking so much they should get drunk and so they start acting like it even if it doesn’t do crap.
Yoshi
If you’re referring to the Iris dialogue, it’s Godwin who is speaking, not George. She has two ‘fathers’
Entropy
Oh right, forgot about that. Thought it was the sword father, though it wouldn’t surprise me if a ghost sword could get drunk in this story. I suppose his astral form could drink.
Tejing
You got the wrong father. Godwin is the king of the Majin Nation. George is the cursed spirit sword.
Doc
Regarding telling the Bravers about the Avalon’s group, remember Rodcorte needs them to want to work together to kill Van. Seeding conflict amongst them might result in casualties faster, but then they’d be less likely to listen to him about going after Van. Murakami’s group had a similar problem, resulting in Kanako’s group and super sense all splitting off from him immediately. If they’re all concerned about each other backstabbing one another, there’s no way they can coordinate together to kill Van.
Entropy
I had another thought as well. It could also be that the bravers don’t really view rodcorte as an all powerful god. The level of devotion has some impact on how well received a message is and even Alda could only get perhaps a word or two to his devoted. I do agree that rodcorte is too foolish to relate to humans. I suppose he might also want the bravers and avalon’s group to gain as much experience as possible.
Doc
I mean Rodcorte is the only god the reincarnators from Earth/Origin are aware actually exists. So I doubt they’d have any trouble receiving Rodcorte’s divine message. Considering Rodcorte keeps talking about sending them divine messages as an option available for him, that implies there’s no issue in him doing so. It just isn’t the best option he can take at present.
Chiu ChunLing
The fact that someone doesn’t know about any other gods doesn’t mean they’re more likely to listen to Rotcortex.
Particularly in the case of those like Murakami who would immediately suppose they were about to be sent to hell once they die for their actions in life.
This category not only includes Rikudou and his subordinates (this being their impetus to attempt to master the Death Attribute to gain immortality), but also those like El Braver.
El Braver pretends a lot of things, but the fact that he never asked Kouya why he got twice as many powers as anyone else or what happened to Amamiya is not an oversight but because he strongly suspected that he wouldn’t like the answers. He’s mostly content with playing ‘Hero’ rather than playing God…except that’s mostly because he’s too conceptually limited to fully appreciate the difference.
If Rikudou or El Braver knew that Rotcortex is solely a god of reincarnation and doesn’t give a shit about things like justice or the lack thereof, they’d probably be much more open to receiving Divine Messages, possibly even to the point of being willing to kill themselves if promised a suitable reward in their next life.
Lord Rin
I assume the horse monsters he already has have already ranked up too much and are too scary or weird looking to not attract attention.
Chiu ChunLing
Or Van simply is taking the opportunity to give an unfortunate animal a new lease on life.
I jest (slightly).
The problem is more explaining how he obtained such monsters without creating additional undue alarm. If it’s common knowledge that the only horse monsters in the area are Shine Horses, it would cause problems to report ‘luckily’ happening across something else, especially if it were powerful enough to be a threat if enough of them for such a lucky encounter to be probable were around.
If he obtains an ordinary animal and it turns into a monster after he takes it into a Devil’s Nest, well that’s just part of the mystery of Van-sama.
Seinvolf
Thank u always for ur great work…
^^…
Superboy8338
Thanks, Yoshi!!
JeKeBe
Demon Empire is going to cause more trouble than not, I’d think, but hey, at least everyone is ecstatic that Van didn’t set out a horde of clones to protest changing the name.
Here’s hoping that Rodiot gives out lots of blessings and ends up getting stomped on again and again and again. Deserves it. BEHHHHH!
Thanks for the chapter!
Soul Blade
Of course Alda’s faction will misinterpret the name like they’ve done with everything else up till now so meh
Renrobt
Heck even if they would name it “Vida’s Empire of Love and Hugs” or something on that level, Alda’s faction would be just shout out that its all propaganda.
At least like this they will just say its honest and move on, not making as much of a fuss about it.
Skarbrand
It’s kind of hard to see “Demon Empire” in a positive light.
Wsteven7o7
Well if you think of sexy demon woman now you see in a positive plus plus light…
Superboy8338
LOL, I LOVE that Ridiot and Aldumb are helpless. Also, I wonder if Van while still alive, ascend to be a Lovecraftian outer god.
Skarbrand
Rodcorte is helpless, but I bet Alda still has some cards in his hand. Van is definitely becoming a Lovecraftian death god.
Renrobt
I have to question the “becoming” part.
His soul is already so distorted that its only in the vague shape of a human. Even evil gods were terrified of him, some of whom at least have the appearance lovecraftian gods. He can make other go insane just by having them look at him or his “art.”
Even his physical form is just a suggestion at this point, since using his skills and the Fragments he can just do whatever he wants. Bending his joints in impossible ways, tentacles, eyes, mouths, etc wherever, whenever he needs them. And he is clinically insane. We might know his circumstances as a reader, but from a common “normal” perspective of the world, he is insane and incomprehensible on many levels.
And he has power to causally consume gods, as simple snacks. Okay to be fair they were weakened evil gods, who were beaten up beforehand, but still.
So no he isn’t becoming one, he is already on that level.
Superboy8338
I love that Ridiot and Aldumb are helpless and I wonder if Van while still alive, ascend to be a lovcraftian outer god.