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Though it was difficult to tell because of his shape, Dolstero, the Sea Urchin Beast-King, was defeated by Vandalieu.
“Are Sea Urchin Beast-Kings in season now? To begin with, is it male or female?” said Vandalieu, sounding worried.
The current season was summer. Sea urchin gonads were edible, but on Earth and in Origin, the male gonads were considered to be more high-class ingredients than the female gonads. The same was true in this world as well.
The flavor and the volume that could be harvested also varied depending on the time of year. Vandalieu couldn’t help but be worried about this.
“The previous Sea Urchin Beast-King was male, but I believe Dolstero is female. And unlike ordinary beasts, Beast-Kings do not lay eggs every year, so it is not certain, but… a Beast-King should have plenty of Mana all year round, at all times. I am sure your tongue will be pleased, great Vandalieu,” said Gufadgarn as she recovered Dolstero’s enormous body and the Golem’s wreckage, down to the tiniest shard.
The Orichalcum Golem and the Elder Dragon that were shot down on their initial approach had been too far away for Gufadgarn to recover, so she was eager not to cause any more failures.
“That’s a relief,” said Vandalieu. “Well, I’ve finished experimenting with the Staff of Five Sins and ‘Dark Peak Death Flash,’ so let’s go and back everyone up, shall we? I don’t get any Experience Points for defeating them myself, after all.”
The Staff of Five Sins was a new piece of transformation equipment that he had created for himself. As its name suggested, it was an Artifact that contained the spirit clone of Fidirg, the Dragon God of Five Sins.
There was little change when it transformed, but by producing pipes that fused with Vandalieu’s arm, it allowed him to use the staff without losing the effects of the ‘Augmented Attack Power while Unarmed’ Skill. The ‘Strengthened Magical Power while equipped with a Staff’ Skill, which Vandalieu happened to have recently acquired, was also active.
The ‘Dark Peak Death Flash’ that the Staff of Five Sins produced could be considered an advanced ‘Dark King Magic’ spell; it converged multiple ‘Death Cannon’ beams to release it as a single spell.
After creating this spell, Vandalieu had realized that his imagination was quite limited; all of his advanced spells were simply converging energy and releasing it. However, this spell had taken down a Beast-King with tremendous Vitality and an Orichalcum Golem with a single attack, so it was a satisfactory result.
Vandalieu was particularly surprised that it had defeated the Golem, which only contained a transient life.
This battle could be considered a great success.
“Then perhaps you should complete a Job change first?” said Gufadgarn.
Vandalieu was surprised by this suggestion. Ordinarily, even if one reached their Job’s maximum level during battle, taking a break to change Jobs before continuing would be utter madness.
But as Vandalieu looked around the battlefield, he could see that the situation was overwhelmingly in his allies’ favor. The remaining enemies were three demigod-Golem pairs, but… the Golem of the pair that Eleanora’s group was facing was cracked all over; it looked like it would fall to pieces at any moment.
The Elder Dragon that Rita and Saria were facing was still going strong, but his Golem had turned into a punching bag for Knochen and Sam.
The last pair was under cannon fire from Cuatro and couldn’t get any closer.
“I see. I’ll change Jobs very quickly then, so please make a Gate to the Job-changing room,” said Vandalieu.
“As you command,” said Gufadgarn.
A ‘Teleportation Gate’ leading to the Job-changing room inside Cuatro appeared beneath Vandalieu’s feet, and he fell into it.
“What?! Wait, Van-sama?!” said Tarea, shocked that Vandalieu, who was supposed to protect her, was leaving her.
But Vandalieu’s shadow, which was still lingering near her feet, stood up.
“I’m still here, so don’t worry,” it said.
“Oh my! Shadow Van-sama!” said Tarea, calmed down by the presence of the Demon-King’s-shadow Vandalieu.
“Now then, let’s see what we have here,” said Vandalieu.
He had fallen into the Job-changing room, but he could still hear Tarea’s voice through the Teleportation Gate as he quickly reached out to touch the crystal ball.
《Jobs that can be selected: Fallen Warrior, Insect Ninja, Chaos Guider, Hollow King Mage, Eclipse Cursecaster, Demon Ruler, Creator, Pale Rider, Tartarus, Wild Spirit, Dark Battery Cannoneer, Magic Staff Creator, Soul Fighter, God Destroyer, Qliphoth, Dark Beast User, Spirit Therapist, Artisan: Transformation Equipment, Hollow Shadow Caster, Balor, Apollyon, Demigorgon, Soul Devourer, God Devourer, Nergal, Ravana, Shaitan, Chi You, God Spirit Mage, Ouroboros, Rudra, Blood Ruler, Demon Electricity User, Yin Guider, Divine Guider, Juggernaut, Underworld God Mage (NEW!)》
The new Job available this time was ‘Underworld God Mage.’
Its name was impressive, but… it was likely a Job related to using advanced ‘Dark King Magic’ spells. It was possible that Vandalieu developing new death-attribute spells had something to do with its appearance.
In any case, Vandalieu needed to decide on his next Job. Vandalieu used the ‘Super High-speed Thought Processing’ Skill to quickly consider his initial plan while taking the new ‘Underworld God Mage’ Job into account.
If he were to take a Guider Job, how about ‘Divine Guider?’
Fidirg had been restored to his small shrine in the great marshlands to perform the task of maintaining the barrier that protected the region inside the Boundary Mountain Range. He was considered one of the weaker gods, and yet he had defeated an Orichalcum Golem and a demigod with ease. But it was not solely because he had summoned a split entity of Vandalieu upon his vessel.
Fidirg had been under the effects of Vandalieu’s ‘Group Commander’ Skill, which had awakened from his ‘Commanding’ Skill, and his ‘Super Strengthen Subordinates’ Skill. And most importantly, he had been guided by Vandalieu.
Thus, if Vandalieu became a ‘Divine Guider,’ Fidirg’s strength in battle would become even greater.
Vandalieu considered this, but he put aside his interest in the newly available Job and ‘Divine Guider’ to choose the Job he had planned to take.
“Select ‘Pale Rider.’”
Vandalieu was currently engaging in battles against the demigods as a diversion. These battles yielded a considerable volume of Experience Points, and based on the progress of the tunnel construction in Gartland, he would engage in one more such battle. In other words, it was possible that he would be able to change Jobs one more time before reviving Botin and fighting in earnest against the force defending her.
Taking into account non-diversion battles and training, he might even be able to change Jobs twice.
Thus, he had decided to choose one of the Jobs that shared a name with mysterious gods of Earth. They were full of mystery, so he had decided to try choosing one of these Jobs and seeing whether they came with drawbacks like the complete lack of Attribute Value growth that ‘Destruction Guider’ had.
However, ‘Pale Rider’ was not a god, but a figure mentioned in the bible – a horseman that brought pestilence, a harbinger of the apocalypse. And considering that Vandalieu’s current Attribute Values exceeded those of an S-class adventurer, a drawback like a lack of Attribute Value growth wasn’t much of a concern.
《You have changed Jobs to ‘Pale Rider!’》
《The Levels of the ‘Magic Resistance,’ ‘Constant Mana Recovery,’ ‘Deadly Venom Secretion: Claws, Fangs, Tongue,’ ‘Mana Enlargement,’ ‘Increased Mana Recovery Rate,’ ‘Augmented Vitality,’ ‘Murder Healing,’ ‘Self-Strengthening: Murder,’ ‘Embodiment,’ ‘Super High-speed Thought Processing,’ ‘Group Thought Processing,’ and ‘Group Control’ Skills have increased!》
《‘Dark King Magic’ has awakened to ‘Underworld God Magic,’ and ‘Abyss’ has awakened to ‘Root Source!’》
- Name: Vandalieu Zakkart
- Race: Dhampir (Mother: Goddess)
- Age: 12 years old
- Title: Ghoul Emperor, Eclipse Emperor, Guardian of the Cultivation Villages, Holy Son of Vida, Scaled Emperor, Tentacle Emperor, Champion, Demon King, Oni Emperor, Trial Conqueror, Transgressor, Black Blood Emperor, Elder Dragon Emperor, Food Cart King, Genius Tamer, True Ruler of the Entertainment District, Patron Saint of Transformation Equipment
- Job: Pale Rider
- Level: 0
- Job history: Death-Attribute Mage, Golem Transmuter, Undead Tamer, Soul Breaker, Venom Fist User, Insect User, Tree Caster, Demon Guider, Archenemy, Zombie Maker, Golem Creator, Corpse Demon Commander, Demon King User, Dark Guider, Labyrinth Creator, Creation Guider, Dark Healer, Disease Demon, Magic Cannoneer, Spirit Warrior, Bestower, Dream Guider, Demon King, Demiurge, Whip Tongue Calamity, Divine Enemy, Dead Spirit Mage, String User, Great Demon King, Vengeful Berserker, Destruction Guider, Dark King Mage
- Attributes:
- Vitality: 580,660 (Increased by 2,888!)
- Mana: 10,281,549,964 (+10,281,549,964) (Increased by 3,576,191,291 in total!)
- Strength: 61,419 (Increased by 1,788!)
- Agility: 54,292 (Increased by 1,324!)
- Stamina: 66,411 (Increased by 2,981!)
- Intelligence: 78,996 (Increased by 10,225!)
- Passive skills:
- Monstrous Strength: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Super Rapid Regeneration: Level 4
- Underworld God Magic: Level 1 (Awakened from Dark King Magic!)
- Status Effect Immunity
- Magic Resistance: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Dark Vision
- Dark Dream Demon Creation Destruction Path Enticement: Level 10
- Chant Revocation: Level 10
- Guidance: Dark Dream Demon Creation Destruction Path: Level 10
- Constant Mana Recovery: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Super Strengthen Subordinates: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Deadly Venom Secretion (Claws, Fangs, Tongue): Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Agility: Level 9
- Body Expansion (Tongue): Level 10
- Augmented Attack Power while Unarmed: Small
- Strengthened Body Part (Hair, Claws, Tongue, Fangs): Level 10
- Demon Thread Refining: Level 1
- Mana Enlargement: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Increased Mana Recovery Rate: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attack Power while activating a Magic Cannon: Very Large
- Augmented Vitality: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Reigning: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Worshiped: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Demon Empire of Vidal: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Self-Regeneration: Cannibalism: Level 3
- Augmented Attribute Values: Cannibalism: Level 3
- Strengthened Attribute Values when Enveloped in a Soul: Medium
- Murder Healing: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Self-Strengthening: Murder: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Increased Magical Power while equipped with a Staff! (NEW!)
- Active skills:
- Blood Rule: Level 1
- Transcend Limits: Level 8
- Golem Creation: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Hollow King Magic: Level 6
- Precise Mana Control: Level 3
- Cooking: Level 8
- Divine Alchemy: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)
- Soul Destruction Fighting Technique: Level 5
- Greater Multi-cast: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Surgery: Level 8
- Embodiment: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Coordination: Level 10
- Super High-speed Thought Processing: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Group Commander: Level 1 (Awakened from Commanding!)
- Thread-reeling: Level 8
- Throwing: Level 10
- Scream: Level 8
- God Spirit Magic: Level 3
- Demon King Artillery Technique: Level 6
- Armor Technique: Level 10
- Shield Technique: Level 10
- Shadow Group Binding Technique: Level 7
- Transcend Limits: Fragments: Level 2
- Spirit Therapy: Level 2
- Whip Technique: Level 3
- Spirit Form Transformation: Lightning
- Staff Technique: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- High-speed Flight: Level 2
- Musical Instrument Performance: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Unique skills:
- God Devourer: Level 8
- Deformed Multiple Souls
- Mental Encroachment: Level 9
- Labyrinth Creation: Level 5
- Great Demon King
- Root Source (Awakened from Abyss!)
- Divine Enemy
- Soul Devour: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Vida’s Divine Protection
- Earth’s Gods’ Divine Protection
- Group Thought Processing: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Zantark’s Divine Protection
- Group Control: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Soul Form: Level 4
- Demon King’s Demon Eyes
- Origin’s Gods’ Divine Protection
- Ricklent’s Divine Protection
- Zuruwarn’s Divine Protection
- Perfect Record Technique
- Surpass Limits: Soul: Level 2
- Mutation Induction
- Demon King’s Body
- Demigod
- Curses
- Experience gained in previous life not carried over
- Cannot learn existing jobs
- Unable to gain experience independently
“With ‘Mana Enlargement’ reaching Level 10, my Mana is now over 20,000,000,000… two hundred times what I had in my previous life,” Vandalieu murmured to himself.
No matter what Rodcorte did to Amemiya Hiroto and Rikudou Hijiri, it was probably impossible for Vandalieu to fall behind them in terms of Mana. Though it wasn’t something that Vandalieu took pride in, he was certain of it.
And so, in order to return to the battlefield, Vandalieu returned to Cuatro’s deck through the still-open ‘Teleportation Gate.’
“Welcome back, real Van-sama!” said Tarea. “What Job did you choose?”
“Thanks, Tarea. I chose ‘Pale Rider,’” Vandalieu replied.
Though he said that, Tarea did not know of the religions and legends of other worlds, and Gufadgarn had only fragmentary knowledge, so neither of them knew what ‘Pale Rider’ meant.
“It’s a legendary horseman that spreads pestilence,” Vandalieu added.
“I see. Would you like to test the Job’s effects immediately?” asked Gufadgarn.
“I don’t think that’s wise. If its effects cause me to spread disease indiscriminately, it would cause a lot of damage.”
If Vandalieu spread disease like the legends told, Eleanora and Bellmond would be fine as they had ‘Status Effect Resistance,’ but Zadiris, Basdia, Mähne, and Hof would be at risk, so Vandalieu did not intend to test his new Job.
“Then will you save your remaining trump cards for another occasion?” asked Gufadgarn.
“Yes, as planned,” said Vandalieu.
He still had backup forces, such as the space-attribute Ghosts whose Ranks had increased. But since his companions were in a dominant position on all fronts but one, there was no need to use them.
“Hmph… So, I don’t get to make an appearance,” said Vigaro in a disappointed tone as he came out of the cabin where he had been on standby onto the deck.
He had been staying hidden on the ship as backup, in case the others had some trouble in their battle against the demigods or the enemy came in greater numbers than expected.
“Unfortunately not. Fidirg is doing well, after all,” said Vandalieu.
“True. That Golem is barely holding its ground, and Fidirg is giving it a one-sided battle,” Vigaro agreed.
“Vandalieu. It seems that there is no need for you to feel any concern about Fidirg,” said Gufadgarn.
The one Vandalieu had been mainly concerned about, the one that he had expected to need Vigaro’s support the most, was not his daughter Basdia, but Fidirg.
When Vigaro first encountered Fidirg, he had perceived Fidirg as a being that was overwhelmingly more powerful than himself, but… time is a cruel mistress.
“Since there’s no need to worry about Fidirg, using any more trump cards will tip the situation too heavily in our favor, and that would make it look suspicious if we left without fighting against the force defending Peria,” said Vandalieu.
Their objective was to create a diversion, not do something about Peria. Thus, it would not be good for a full-scale battle to break out with the forces defending Peria.
If a full-scale battle broke out, it was possible that Vandalieu and his allies would suffer significant losses, as he had only brought enough for a diversion-creating battle. And if they ended up defeating the force defending Peria, it would look suspicious if Vandalieu didn’t do something about Peria afterwards. And although it was unclear whether it was possible or not, if Vandalieu were to revive Peria and take her away while she still slumbered, the gods of Alda’s forces would focus their numbers on defending the unharmed Botin.
If the demigods gathered there were to use some ability to detect the tunnel that was being dug underground, the entire diversion would be rendered meaningless.
“And it seems like Tarea would like me to stop,” said Vandalieu.
Tarea was clinging onto Vandalieu and the shadow Vandalieu, who had come down from the ship’s bow back onto the deck – though it appeared as if she were embracing him, due to their difference in size.
“Really, please stop. I believe in you, Van-sama, but this is too much stimulation for me,” said Tarea.
Perhaps having been influenced by Sam, Mähne and Hof had become able to fly through the sky, and with Saria and Rita on their backs, they were toying with the Elder Dragon.
Tarea’s Rank was higher than Mähne and Hof, but she had a production-related Job. Thus, her Attribute Values were not particularly high, and it seemed that she felt uneasy even with her defense increased by her transformation equipment.
“I’ll stop, so don’t worry,” Vandalieu told her. “But before that, could you please support the Radatel Zombie with the ballista-type Demon King Familiar?”
Knochen, Sam, Saria, and Rita were overwhelming the Elder Dragon and his Orichalcum Golem, but the Colossus of Lightning Radatel, now a Zombie, was at a disadvantage against a Colossus and his Orichalcum Golem.
Being beaten by the Golem and hit by the Colossus’s spells, although the Zombie Radatel had not sustained any great damage, it was wounded. It was counterattacking by releasing lightning attacks with fierce roars and swinging its arms around to spin its whole body in a body-slam attack. But Tarea couldn’t see any chance of it turning the situation around.
“Isn’t that Zombie a little too weak for one that you created, Van-sama?” Tarea asked.
“I made it in a hurry, so it looks stronger than it really is. I wasn’t really counting on it to do much fighting for us,” said Vandalieu.
If Vandalieu had used ‘Surgery’ to improve Radatel’s corpse, the Zombie Radatel’s physical abilities would have been improved, though it would not be as strong as he was when he was still alive. However, Vandalieu hadn’t done that.
Though this was a terrible way to put it, the truth was that Vandalieu had created and brought the Zombie Radatel here not to bolster his fighting forces, but to provoke the Colossi of the forces defending Peria who had been his companions.
He still wanted to avoid it being destroyed, so he had put together a crude armor for it with Demon King fragments, but even so, Vandalieu was fine with most of it being destroyed as long as its head remained intact.
Even if its body was destroyed, he could still reuse the spirits inside it.
… Incidentally, Borkus and the others had treated the people of Gartland to Radatel’s meat, but that had nothing to do with the Zombie Radatel being weak. After all, Borkus had served the meat of Radatel’s heart – an organ that Zombies had no need for.
“In fact, it would be convenient for it to get damaged more. It would create a reason for us to retreat,” said Vandalieu.
In conclusion, the Zombie Radatel was not an ‘ally’ to Vandalieu.
Incidentally, Vandalieu had already devoured and erased Radatel’s soul from existence, so it was the spirit of Repobilis, the Starfish Beast-King, that was inside the Zombie Radatel. It was possible that placing a spirit that didn’t match the body had contributed to the Zombie Radatel being so weak.
“I see. That is fine, but… why me? It is true that I have the ‘Archery’ Skill, but that Demon King Familiar should be able to fire arrows on its own,” said Tarea.
“There’s no deep reason behind it. I just thought that if you manage to hit the enemy, it would help increase your Levels as well,” said Vandalieu.
“Even if you miss, you’ll be hitting the Zombie Radatel, so I don’t think there’s any problem,” said the Demon King Familiar.
“Well, if you say so,” said Tarea.
She felt a little sorry for the Zombie Radatel that was being treated so poorly, but she told herself that it being destroyed meant that the spirit of Repobilis inside might be granted a new body, so she began aiming the ballista with no thoughts of mercy on her mind.
It was an enormous crossbow that would normally take three people to operate, but… although Tarea was far weaker than Ghouls who had taken combat-related Jobs, her physical strength was equivalent to that of dozens of ordinary sailors, so she had no trouble wielding it.
“Here I go! Fire!” said Tarea in an imitation of Vandalieu as she pulled the trigger.
A long, thick arrow made of Demon King fragments was fired forth.
Meanwhile, Fidirg had finished off the Orichalcum Golem he had been fighting. Elated with victory, he moved to help the struggling Zombie Radatel.
“Next is a close-quarters battle –” he began to tell himself, but a moment later, he yelped in surprise. “Something grazed me!”
Tarea’s arrow had grazed Fidirg. The Zombie Radatel let out a dull scream as the arrow pierced the center of its back, and the Colossus in front of Radatel screamed as the arrow buried itself in his shoulder.
“To think that you would aim for me despite striking allies in the process. You truly are no different from Guduranis at your core!” the Colossus muttered.
However, the Colossus was a hundred meters tall; the arrow seemed to have done even less damage than it initially appeared to.
He pinched the arrow between his fingers, pulled it out, and let out a furious bellow.
“I told Fidirg that we’d be fighting from range from start to finish, didn’t I? I’ll use my split entity to remind him to fall back.” said Vandalieu. “Now then, Tarea, fire the next shot.”
“Van-sama?! This large ballista’s aim doesn’t seem to be very reliable!” said Tarea.
Neither Vandalieu nor Tarea, the one who had actually pulled the trigger, were concerned by the Colossus’s words. Vandalieu was simply ignoring them, while Tarea had bigger things to worry about.
“This is your first time doing this, after all. If you fire a second and third shot, I’m sure you’ll get used to it,” said the ballista-type Demon King Familiar.
“The ballista-me is right. Now then, go ahead,” said Vandalieu.
The ballista-type Demon King Familiar quickly loaded the next arrow and drew back the thin muscles that served as springs, and this seemed to help Tarea make up her mind.
“Oh, to hell with it!” she said.
She pulled the trigger repeatedly, sending a volley of arrows forth. A third of them missed, another third buried themselves in the Zombie Radatel, and the rest found their mark in the Orichalcum Golem and Colossus.
Of course, it wasn’t just the ballista projectiles; there were the cannonballs fired by the large-cannon-type Demon King Familiars, as well as Fidirg who had retreated even further back than Tarea, releasing projectiles of black light… darkness projectiles. But these were aimed more carefully to ensure that they did not hit the Zombie Radatel.
Unable to withstand these attacks, the Orichalcum Golem broke apart and stopped functioning. The Colossus, having lost his shield, was exposed to this fierce barrage of attacks and couldn’t even turn his back to flee.
But he gave a furious roar; it seemed that his will to fight had not been broken.
“I’ll get at least one attack in!” he shouted.
He grabbed one of the fragments of the Orichalcum Golem before Gufadgarn could recover it, and threw it.
A chunk of Orichalcum that was larger than a small ship flew towards Cuatro at the speed of a bullet. The damage from this projectile would not be insignificant by any means.
But Knochen roared, and a countless number of bones flew in between the chunk of Orichalcum and Cuatro.
“Thank you, Knochen,” said Vandalieu.
Knochen gave a happy groan in response, and the sound of a countless number of hard objects being snapped could be heard as he intercepted the Orichalcum fragment.
Knochen was an amalgamation of a countless number of enormous bones; ten or twenty thousand of the bones that made up his body being broken was not even a scratch to him. Even if they snapped or were broken to pieces, they were still bones.
Seeing his counter-attack that he’d poured his heart into being stopped so easily, the Colossus’s face turned even redder with anger.
But the next sound that came from his mouth was not an angry shout, but a scream.
Having defeated the Orichalcum Golem they had been facing, Sam, Saria, and Rita had appeared. With their current strength, they were capable of reliably defeating a crudely-mended Orichalcum Golem that was between Rank 10 to 12 as long as they didn’t let their guards down.
“Hah!” Sam said triumphantly. “We have come to provide reinforcements!”
“Aim for the back of the knees, Rita!” said Saria.
“But hitting the lungs from behind is tempting as well, Nee-san!” said Rita.
With this, the Colossus was heavily outnumbered. He was the last one standing, and he was certain to be defeated without returning a single blow to his enemies.
But Vigaro, who had been waiting to deflect the Orichalcum projectile and had his moment stolen by Knochen, reached the end of his patience.
“Screw it, I’m going in!”
Holding axes and a shield with his four real arms and one spirit-form arm, Vigaro leapt down from the ship.
And then, Zadiris and the others who had defeated their own demigod-Golem pair showed up.
“It seems that we are the ones who took the longest,” said Zadiris.
“We’re late to the party, but we’re going to catch up now!” said Eleanora.
“In that case, I shall return to Danna-sama’s side,” said Bellmond.
“I’ll leave this one to my father,” said Basdia.
It was only Eleanora and Zadiris who headed in the Colossus’ direction.
Having finished their task of distorting space to set up a defensive measure against ‘World Piercing Destructive Hollow Cannon,’ the force defending Peria began attacking from beneath the sea’s surface, but the Colossus had already been defeated.
An increasingly fierce barrage of high-pressure water breaths, spells, and beasts created by magic came from the water, but Vandalieu used the last remaining fake Cuatro as a shield and detonated it as he retreated.
Job explanation:
Dark King Mage
A superior version of the ‘Death-Attribute Mage’ Job. Its Attribute Value growth favors Mana and Intelligence, but also provides large bonuses to the acquisition and improvement of magic-related Skills.
Naturally, one must awaken ‘Death-Attribute Magic’ or Level it close to awakening in order to acquire this Job.
NOVEL DISCUSSION
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Drackormort
I think it is a confusion of the author or the translator, since the First Horseman rides a White horse and is known as the White rider or Pestilence, while the Pale Horse Rider is the only one who receives a name in revelations and is called Death
White Horse “Pestilence/White Rider”
Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
Revelation 6:1–2
Pale Horse
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a pale horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Revelation 6:7–8
Akuma the holy
Hey do you mean white rider for the pestilence horseman job? The pale hore was for death, as pale meant the color of skin that is starting to decay: while the white horse was for the rider of pestilence. Or was this a mistake of the original writer, who didn’t know what the pale horse symbolized, and just thought it was meant for a sickly pale?
Darquesse
The first rider is typically seen as “Conquest,” not “pestilence” as “Death/pale rider” is the one that spreads Pestilence and disease.
lawson
A ordem dos cavaleiros pelo que me lembro; “Guerra”/”conquista”, “peste”, “fome”, “morte”
Pelo menos e o que me lembro
Fug Ha Jinsung
Mm. Por enquanto tudo ocorrendo conforme o planejado
Kiriaru
Loving the chapters! Thank you so much for the translations! I wonder what will happen with Vandalieus mana now after he takes another job? Is it now completely maxed mana skill wise? And only attribute values can increase it any more, or perhaps the skill mana enlargement can evolve? Maybe a soul related mana skill?
Lord Rin
I don’t remember if the Mana Enlargement skill has already been awakened or not but this chapter already showed that awakened jobs and skills can still be awakened even further.
bookworm12
Thanks for the new chapter, Yoshi! This chapter, Van and company played around with some demigods while holding back trump cards. Van even left partway through to change jobs. I got a good laugh out of that even though he did a similar thing when fighting Fitun (that time, he sent his spirit off undercover and snagged Fitun’s subordinates’ souls to snack on while he was at it.) And he picked Pale Rider instead of the Hollow King Mage like I was expecting, with some great skill upgrades as a result. I don’t think many people have ever ascended the same skill twice, let alone a new skill like death-attribute magic -> dark king magic -> Underworld God Mage. I was pretty confident that Abyss wouldn’t be able to ascend since it was such a rare skill and I didn’t see how it could improve further. This ‘Root Source’ should be interesting.
Blood_Prince
I believe his job Pale Rider has been mistranslated.
Pale Rider is the Death, The Grim Reaper or Angel of Death
Red Rider is War
Black Rider is Famine
White Rider is Pestilence/Conquest
So instead of Pale Rider I believe the job is supposed to be White Rider, since it is the Horseman that spreads pestilence while Pale Rider is the Horseman that spreads death
Yoshi
It is ペイルライダー in Japanese, let me know if you find another way to translate it.
Blood_Prince
It does read as pale rider, not really anyway you could translate it to white rider atleast not with my limited experience of the language, maybe the author used the wrong horseman
namkun78
I think it ‘s already correct. The Pale Rider is named Death but it will bring Famine and Pestilence. According to wiki
“When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a pale horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.”
Akuma the holy
The pale rider is the only one actually named in the biblical text as well, clearly named death, while the others are left to some interpretation. I think the error might be on the authors part, not the translater, as the original is Japanese the author just might not have known that the pale horse was for death.
Easykiln
I think his passive mana-related skills are close to sublimating into something more powerful, but we might need to wait until “constant mana recovery” reaches level 10 as well.
Blood_Prince
Revelation 6 tells of a book or scroll in God’s right hand that is sealed with seven seals. The Lamb of God/Lion of Judah opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons four beings that ride out on white, red, black, and pale horses.
In John’s revelation the first horseman rides a white horse, carries a bow, and is given a crown as a figure of conquest, perhaps invoking pestilence, Christ, or the Antichrist. The second carries a sword and rides a red horse as the creator of (civil) war, conflict, and strife. The third, a food merchant, rides a black horse symbolising famine and carries the scales. The fourth and final horse is pale, upon it rides Death, accompanied by Hades. “They were given authority over a quarter of the earth, to kill with sword, famine and plague, and by means of the beasts of the earth.”
That’s the full overview of what’s mentioned in the bible of the horseman
Humble Bumblebee
“The sex of sea urchins cannot, with very few exceptions, be ascertained by any external morphological character. A very simple method of distinguishing male and female is to pass an alternating electric current of 10 volts through the animal, and it will at once shed its sperm or eggs.” – Nature
Just saying.
Irazori
Van’s new Fidirg staff is even more OP than gyrozubo (forgot how to spell it) staff by being able to stack the unarmed and equip staff strength skills.
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It’s always hilarious whenever Van gets a new job change, because it means more doom to the aldiots.
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With this new Pale Rider job, maybe Van can possibly get better control on the “Bloodlust” spell whenever he decides to use blood-based attacks.
bookworm12
It’s bizarre how Van attached the staff to his arm just so that he could claim it was part of his own body for the attack bonus. The job change was even funnier this time since he did it in the middle of a battle with demigods. And so many great skill level ups!
lalnax
dang, my boy pete wasnt mentioned fighting anywhere
Entropy
Thanks for the chapter, I have been curious about this job since it first appeared. Kind of surprised Van did not get a skill related to riding horses or something along those lines, but I am curious about what he will be able to do with some of his new skills. Abyss was already powerful, makes me curious what root source will do. I am interested in some of these other jobs such as Creator, Tartarus, Ouroboros, Balor, Apollyon, Demigorgon, Rudra, Juggernaut Qliphoth, Nergal, Ravana, Shaitan, and Chi You. I am guessing underworld god mage will just provide the same boosts as pale rider. I am also curious to see chaos guider, Yin Guider, and Divine Guider in action. Kind of surprised Van did not go with soul/god devourer considering how many souls he is consuming in this fight. I wonder if a job related to gluttony will appear such as Beelezubub or something along those lines. I am also curious if any of the jobs will become level 100 as soon as Van selects them since quite a few have been showing for a while.
ObserverBias
That last one has happened at least once on-screen. iirc, it was either around the time or exactly the time he wound up picking Great Demon King.
Entropy
Yeah, kind of surprised it hasn’t happened again.
bookworm12
It’s about time Van picked one of the mysterious, divine-sounding jobs! I thought he would pick something related to his Hollow King magic, since he’s been using that quite a bit against the demigods as well.
Seinvolf
Thank u always for ur great work…
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Lord Rin
Man even though Van’s side is holding back, they are still steamrolling Alda’s forces. Van isn’t even really treating this a fight but rather as an opportunity to level up his jobs and experiment with new jobs to see if they have any drawbacks to them. Also he’s shortening the list of available jobs he has and it looks like he’s also taking the opportunity to power level his side. That’s just how much leeway he has. I don’t even remember how many demigods on Alda’s side have already been killed since the start of this arc.
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Well I wonder what exactly Pale Rider will do. It’s the Horseman of Death so maybe it will improve Van’s death-attribute magic. It did apparently awaken Dark King Magic after all. Also this might be the first time we’ve seen an awakened superior job awaken again into a superior-er job. Underworld God Mage being the superior version of Dark King Mage which in turn was the superior version of Death-Attribute Mage. I wonder if the same thing could later happen with Hollow King Mage if he picks that job and something new like Hollow God Mage shows up afterwards.
Irazori
Well since Van got “Pale Rider”, maybe he’ll also get the other 3 too. At least this how much I know of what each horseman represents:
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Black Rider would probably do something similar/stronger than Pale.
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Red Rider could increase his unarmed fighting strength
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White Rider might be able do something more with the “command” skills
Humble Bumblebee
Since His Majesty mentioned pestilence and plague, it seems he was using the Old Testament interpretation from Ezekiel at least in part: sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence/plague. But in the New Testament, the Pale Rider is, appropriately enough, Death.
namkun78
Wikipedia
“When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a pale horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth”
— Revelation 6:7–8 (New American Standard Bible
bookworm12
Yeah, Van was more worried about ruining their diversion by winning too easily before leaving. He even left with his physical body for a moment to change jobs. Doesn’t seem like the enemy gods noticed though.
Is he actually shortening the list of jobs though? Almost every time he picks a new job there are 1-3 more to consider. He’s definitely running out of relatively normal jobs though. There’s still Hollow King, God Destroyer/devourer, Soul Devourer, several guider jobs, ninja, cursecaster, cannoneer, and a couple of transformation-equipment-related ones that are pretty easy to predict the effects of, but the others are all mysterious ones. Also, you can pretty much tell what Pale Rider affected by looking at the skills that leveled up. Poison, murder, and mage-related skills including his Dark King -> Underworld God Mage and Abyss. I think you’re right about Hollow King Mage turning into Hollow God Mage later on.
I think he’s up to around 12 demigods killed this volume. There were 5 or 6 before this battle who actually died, plus 6 this time, plus a couple dozen or so were wounded to some extent.
no1
Thank you for the chapter Yoshi and before the month ended. An exciting battle. LoL Fidirg almost got shot. And since the chapter title was that, it was a little obvious what job vandal would pick and his abyss and dark king magic awakened to cool sounding new skills, that made my day. Divine guider sounds promising and Vandal sounds like he might pick it next, can’t wait. Overall, a great chapter. Thank you Yoshi and hope to see the next chapter soon
Randy Rando
Thx Yoshi!