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Every time the air shook, the civil officials who were not accustomed to battle… and even the city guards and knights who were, trembled, their faces pale. Many of the maids and servants were on the brink of fainting in fear.
“W-who is that?! Has an evil god been resurrected?!” King Corbitt screamed hysterically.
The one he was referring to as ‘that’ was Rikudou Hijiri, who was in the sky above the castle, with an appearance that was clearly inhuman at a glance.
His three-meter-tall body was jet-black like ebony, and he had produced human-like noses all over his body, from which he was firing air cannons – which had later been replaced by semi-spherical masses of flesh that deflected his enemies’ attacks.
Even from afar, light-attribute magic could be used to create an enlarged image to view, and there was no hiding his bizarre and grotesque appearance.
“I-I do not know. But there is no mistake that the ones fighting them are Vandalieu Zakkart and the Five-colored Blades!” one of the knights said.
“That much I know, you fool!” King Corbitt shouted. “… My apologies. I lost my mind for a moment,” he said, coming back to his senses and regaining his composure.
Losing his mind and screaming would serve no purpose other than to cause his soldiers to lose hope and morale, and increase the fear in his civil officials and servants.
“That girl behind Vandalieu is likely one of his companions or familiars. And it is good that the Five-colored Blades have come. Things are fine for the time being,” King Corbitt said.
It was understandable that the Five-colored Blades had showed up, albeit somewhat late, but there were still various questions that were still unanswered – Why had Vandalieu and his companions showed up immediately? And come to think of it, where had the large horde of mice that had run rampant in the castle gone? But there was no time to worry about such things, as there was a battle taking place above their heads.
“But what is that? What is it after?” King Corbitt murmured.
The problem was the black giant, Rikudou Hijiri. To King Corbitt and his servants, he was the greatest threat, and his intentions were of utmost importance.
“Your Majesty, that is an evil god who was so dangerous that he was sealed away without any record of even his name being made. An evil god who was destined to be destroyed one day,” said Prime Minister Tercatanis – or rather, Isla, who was disguised as him – steering the conversation into a convenient direction.
“What?! You were aware of this, Prime Minister?!”
“Yes, Your Majesty. The fragments of the Demon King that I had gathered from the churches had an encrypted message written on them. It said that an evil god who is after the Demon King fragments was sealed away tens of thousands of years ago. His name is…”
Just as Isla was about to say ‘Rikudou Hijiri,’ she realized that this was a strange name for a god.
Perhaps it would have been fine to say ‘Rikudou Hijiri.’ After all, evil gods all had strange names.
But Isla found herself choosing not to do that. “His name is ‘Dark Avalon,’ Your Highness,” she said.
She had used the name that Rikudou had used for himself as a god in Origin, combined with a simple adjective describing the most prominent feature of his appearance in this world.
“Dark Avalon… A strange name, but he does seem to be a fearsome god. Even from this distance, I feel his terrifying presence,” said King Corbitt.
The mages of the royal court and the knights agreed.
“Yes, even though we are just standing here, I can feel a dreadful Mana… As if death itself has taken a humanoid form,” one of them said.
They couldn’t be blamed for feeling this way. After all, Rikudou… Dark Avalon, was a powerful being to them.
However, it seemed that they had mistaken the fear and dread they felt for Vandalieu as fear for Dark Avalon as well.
“We, too, must act at once!” said one of the Six Phalanxes of Orbaume.
The Six Phalanxes of Orbaume were the Orbaume Kingdom’s prided elite force. They were the most powerful soldiers in Orbaume, equivalent to the Fifteen Evil-breaking Swords of the Amid Empire. Naturally, they were each as capable as an A-class adventurer, and they had a strong will to protect their nation.
Although Vandalieu was famous for various things as the ‘Genius Tamer,’ he was still the son of an honorary noble who did not serve the crown directly, and although the Five-colored Blades were honorary nobles as well, they were adventurers by profession. Leaving the battle entirely up to them… above the royal castle, no less, would dishonor the name of the Six Phalanxes of Orbaume.
It was only natural that they would want to join the battle as well.
“Indeed. All members of the Six Phalanxes of Orbaume–” King Corbitt began, believing that the situation would undoubtedly be resolved more quickly if they were to join the battle.
“Wait!” Marshal Dolmad shouted, interrupting his orders. “I understand how they feel, but we must first secure your safety, Your Highness!”
The battle was so fierce that each exchange of blows taking place in the sky caused the air to tremble as the shockwaves reached ground level. The castle’s grounds were far from safe; it was a danger zone and there was no telling when a stray projectile would come flying this way. The only reason they were even able to have this conversation was because Vandalieu and Gufadgarn were taking care to ensure that no damage was inflicted at ground level.
“First, you need to be evacuated, Your Majesty, and the Six Phalanxes of Orbaume must protect you while you evacuate. They can assist with the battle after that,” advised Isla, still disguised as Prime Minister Tercatanis.
The safety of King Corbitt and his servants was not of absolute importance to her, but they were a hindrance to Vandalieu as long as they stayed here.
The Six Phalanxes of Orbaume still looked like they wished to join the battle, despite the counsel of the marshal and the prime minister, but they came to their senses when they looked at the non-combatants – the civil officials and servants.
“Very well. But… what should we do about that thing?!” one of the Six Phalanxes of Orbaume said, pointing at the window of Prime Minister Tercatanis’s office.
A Demon King Familiar resembling an enormous brain was sticking its head out of the window, firing beams of light at Dark Avalon. Kanako was performing the task of replacing its eyeball with a new one after each fired beam, as the recoil destroyed the eyeball in the firing process.
“No matter how I look at it, it can only be described as a monstrosity, but…”
“But it’s been attacking Dark Avalon this whole time. Prime Minister, could that thing be an acquaintance of yours?”
In Prime Minister Tercatanis’s form, Isla stared into the distance for a moment, exasperated by the Demon King Familiar and Kanako’s unplanned participation.
But escaping reality wouldn’t achieve anything, so she immediately came up with an explanation. “That’s… another of Vandalieu Zakkart’s familiars, I would assume.”
She couldn’t tell them that it was a split entity of Vandalieu that he had created using fragments of the Demon King. In the Orbaume Kingdom, Vandalieu was considered to be human.
“A familiar?! That abhorrent, brain-like monster?!” King Corbitt exclaimed.
“We do not have any information on it, but… no, it may have been registered this morning,” Isla said.
Vandalieu’s registering of numerous familiars that had never been seen before, including plant-type monsters, Undead, and even bug-type monsters, had caught the eye of the authorities in charge of public order in the Orbaume Kingdom.
This was only natural; even though the familiars had been approved by the Tamers’ Guild, they had a sense of duty in the fact that it was them who would have to deal with the familiars if they ran out of control. Thus, they had been gathering information regarding Vandalieu’s familiars.
However, they had no information on Vandalieu’s Demon King Familiars. Still, with the words of the prime minister, who was more trustworthy to them than the Tamers’ Guild, and given Vandalieu’s past behavior and the strangeness of his other familiars, they seemed to have decided that it wouldn’t be unexpected for him to have a familiar like this.
“If I recall, the one next to the monstrosity who is replacing the monster’s eyeballs for it to fire beams of light is the Dark Elf bard, the so-called ‘idol’ who has gained popularity in the Alcrem Duchy,” King Corbitt said.
“Yes. She aided me in evacuating the castle,” said Isla.
“Hmm, I do not know why she was in the castle to begin with, but… I shall have you report things with the appropriate details later, Prime Minister,” King Corbitt said. “Everyone, let us withdraw to a safer place!”
At his command, they began evacuating towards the upper-class nobles’ district once more. The Six Phalanxes of Orbaume and the knights who had been chosen as potential heroes followed after them.
Rubicante and the other gods who had granted these knights divine protections wished for them to join the battle and support Heinz and his companions, but they were knights, and the orders of their lord were absolute. And so, they obediently withdrew from the battlefield.
However, before they could leave the castle grounds, Rikudou – now named ‘Dark Avalon’ – made a new move.
Rewinding time a little – The three-way battle between Vandalieu’s group, the Five-colored Blades, and Rikudou was continuing at a dizzying pace.
Vandalieu was prioritizing attacking Rikudou, but he was also actively attempting to kill Heinz, Edgar, or Delizah whenever he had the chance. However, because he was preventing Rikudou’s attacks from causing damage at ground level, he couldn’t fight as freely as he would have liked.
Heinz and his party needed to be wary of both Rikudou and Vandalieu. Thus, Heinz couldn’t use his trump card – ‘Heroic God Descent’ – as he was still unable to use it for long periods of time.
Rikudou was faced with powerful enemies in Vandalieu and the Five-colored Blades, and he was fighting with his brain thinking at a frantic pace.
“That holy sword is quite troublesome,” said Vandalieu.
“That sword that withstood your ‘World Piercing Destructive Hollow Cannon,’ huh,” said Fidirg.
“To be more accurate, it isn’t just the holy sword,” Vandalieu said.
The ‘World Piercing Destructive Hollow Cannon’ would likely have killed Heinz unless he used ‘Heroic God Descent,’ even with the holy sword that he had inherited from Bellwood, if he had been its only target.
The fact that this hadn’t happened was because, if one considered just the outcome, Rikudou had ended up helping Heinz. His ‘Magic Absorption Shield,’ combined with ‘Double Power,’ had blocked the remainder of Vandalieu’s attack that Heinz had been unable to block.
If Heinz were to die immediately, Rikudou would find himself in trouble as well, so he was forcing his help on Heinz whether he wanted it or not. But even so, perhaps this was a rare moment of cooperation between Demon King and champion.
“Then the holy sword isn’t all that big a deal, is it?” Fidirg asked.
“It is. It can cut through fragments of the Demon King with ease, and it easily deflects ‘Death Bullets’ and ‘Hollow Bullets.’ It seems to struggle to some extent with ‘Death Cannon’ and ‘Hollow Cannon,’ but it’s still the sword that defeated Guduranis,” said Vandalieu.
The holy sword that Heinz had inherited from Bellwood was in another dimension compared to holy swords that had been mass-produced, like Nemesis Bell. Heinz’s own skill was part of it, but it had far superior anti-Demon-King-fragment and anti-magic properties compared to ordinary Orichalcum swords.
Even as Vandalieu and Fidirg were having this conversation, Heinz was deflecting Vandalieu’s ‘Death Bullets’ and Demon King fragment projectiles, and cutting the threads that he had sent flying with the wind to prevent them from wrapping themselves around Jennifer and Diana. And at the same time, he was helping Edgar and Delizah attack Rikudou.
Given that he was able to do all this without even summoning Bellwood onto himself, he could only be described as troublesome.
“Great Vandalieu, how about executing the plan with the fake Martina?” Gufadgarn suggested.
Vandalieu and his companions had created a plan involving the use of the corpse of Martina, a former member of the Five-colored Blades, to inflict psychological damage to Heinz and his party – though Vandalieu didn’t think this would amount to any more than a little harassment.
But if he showed them Jane Doe, the aggregate of Ghosts who shared Martina’s face, it was possible that they might lose their composure.
“No, it’s a plan that will only work once. I won’t use it here,” said Vandalieu.
Of course, he hadn’t been driven into a corner yet. In fact, as things were, Heinz… and Rikudou, were the ones who were in a corner, having learned first-hand that they couldn’t block Vandalieu’s ‘World Piercing Destructive Hollow Cannon’ without working together.
That was even more true given that Heinz and his companions, despite being attacked by Vandalieu, were prioritizing attacking Rikudou rather than retaliating against Vandalieu.
“The ‘Five-colored Blades’ came, just as I expected, but I cannot welcome any more guests. And Vandalieu, it seems that you’re having quite the easy time?!” shouted Rikudou, bringing out one of his trump cards.
‘World Piercing Destructive Hollow Cannon’… Blocking it completely on my own is impossible. If I block it with all my strength, I can get away with just minor damage, but… knowing him, he might fire a second ‘World Piercing Destructive Hollow Cannon’ while I’m still blocking the first. He’ll probably gloat that just because it’s his most deadly attack doesn’t mean he can’t fire it consecutively. If I don’t interrupt Vandalieu’s focus and create an opportunity, my soul will be devoured along with those of the Five-colored Blades! he thought, trying to keep his discomposure from becoming visible.
“W-what are you planning to do?!” Heinz demanded.
“This,” Rikudou smirked.
He manipulated the Dungeon that he had created. The city of Orbaume was enveloped in a vast quantity of Mana and a sinister presence that was even vaster.
Space warped as enormous gates appeared here and there, and a variety of monsters roared and screeched as they poured out from within. The royal castle was at the center of Orbaume, and from the sky above it, hundreds of monsters could be seen – perhaps even a thousand.
“I’ve created new entrances to my Dungeon all over the city! You knew that I could manipulate the entrance of my Dungeon, so you should have seen this coming!” Rikudou said.
“H-how could you do this?!” Heinz gasped.
“Damn it!” Edgar cursed. “At this rate, the city of Orbaume… even Selen…!”
Rikudou laughed triumphantly as he watched Heinz and his companions lose their composure. “There’s no time to be flustered! Now then, what are you going to do, Vandalieu?!”
From beneath them came the echoes of the dying screams of countless monsters.
“I-impossible! That’s too fast!” Rikudou uttered, looking completely astonished.
“The monsters are falling one after another?! At this rate…!” murmured Heinz, hope returning to his expression.
“‘Transcend Limits’… ‘World Piercing Destructive Hollow Cannon,’ rapid fire,” Vandalieu muttered.
The second ‘World Piercing Destructive Hollow Cannon’ he had fired today was aimed at Heinz.
With Dungeon entrances suddenly appearing in gardens, roads, and plazas, the people living in the capital of the Orbaume Kingdom were in a state of panic.
Fearsome monsters appearing from within, and thousands of lives being lost as people froze in fear and shock, unable to escape – such a scenario was certainly possible.
A monster resembling an enormous monkey poked its head out from the Dungeon entrance. The moment it did–
“Light Flash Sweep!” Hendricksen roared, severing its head with the tip of its spear.
Its severed head bared its fangs and screeched as it fell, but its headless body tried to continue its rampage, flailing its four long arms about, as well as its tail, which had a mouth with sharp teeth on the end. But Hendricksen and his companions swiftly neutralized the headless body as well.
Monsters trying to emerge from the other Dungeon entrances were also being killed thoroughly by the other potential heroes who were waiting for them.
“This place is dangerous, run!” Hendricksen, who was also known as the ‘Scion of the Holy Spear,’ shouted in warning to a nearby woman.
“O-okay!” the woman said, her cheeks turning slightly pink as she tried to run… but she quickly stopped as she realized that there was another monster-filled gate in that direction as well.
“Damn it. Where’s a safe place?!” cursed Hendricksen, realizing that as well and looking around indecisively.
He and his companions hadn’t foreseen this situation. They had been about to enter the nobles’ district from the commercial district on their way to the castle when they heard thundering noises that shook the air coming from the castle’s direction.
The people had been frightened, not knowing what was going on, and in order to prevent panic from taking over, Hendricksen and his companions had revealed their identities to them and helped them calm down. While they were doing that, an ominous sound had come out of empty space.
Borzofoy, an exceptionally skilled space-attribute mage, had shouted in warning: “Something, a countless number of things, is trying to appear!”
The moment the numerous gates materialized, Miriam had begun giving orders. “Monsters will appear from the other side of those gates! Those who can fight, prepare yourselves! Those who can’t, please get away!”
The potential heroes had swiftly spread out and engaged the monsters near the gates. And Hendricksen had defeated the monsters from one of those gates.
But that was all. They didn’t know what the gates were, why they had appeared, or how many had appeared in which locations. All they knew was that the monsters coming from inside them were powerful.
I don’t know the race of that monkey monster, but its Rank was 7… no, at least 8. If I didn’t catch it by surprise, I wouldn’t have been able to defeat it so easily. From the looks of it, it seems that some of the monsters are weak Rank 4 or 5 monsters, but ordinary buildings won’t work as shelters at all! Hendricksen thought.
To Rank 7 monsters, buildings that weren’t fortresses or castles were nothing more than flimsy structures waiting to be turned into rubble.
With the situation being like this, we have no choice but to protect the people and lead them to safety ourselves, Hendricksen thought.
But a moment later, he heard orders from Miriam once more.
“The best place to go from here… Please head for the Hero Preparatory School! There’s a shelter at the Hero Preparatory School!”
“The Hero Preparatory School?!” Hendricksen repeated in disbelief.
“Yes, the Dungeon that’s managed by the Hero Preparatory School. It’s safer in there than in Orbaume right now!” Miriam said.
“E-evacuating into a Dungeon?! That’s ridiculous… Wait, I guess that really is safer, though?” one of the potential heroes said.
“It has only one entrance, and the walls and ceiling won’t collapse after they take shelter inside,” said another. “And the deepest floor of the Hero Preparatory School’s Dungeon doesn’t have any powerful monsters.”
The civilians would be evacuated into the Dungeon. To Hendricksen and his companions, it was an unthinkable idea, but when they thought about it a little more, it seemed like a very good one – especially in this extraordinarily dangerous situation, where countless gates had materialized all over the city and formidable monsters that only B-class or A-class adventurers could defeat were emerging from them one after another.
“Alright, we’ll stop the monsters near the gate! City guards, please evacuate the people to the Hero Preparatory School!” Hendricksen shouted.
The city guards had frozen in fear, overwhelmed by the presence of the monsters. They came back to their senses as Hendricksen gave them orders, but they looked confused and weren’t able to move immediately. Although Hendricksen was known as the ‘Adventuring Knight’ and the ‘Scion of the Holy Spear,’ they were unable to immediately decide whether they should be obeying orders from an adventurer, given that they had been tasked with guarding the entrance of the nobles’ district.
The monsters didn’t wait for the city guards to make a decision. With a deafening roar, a monster resembling a lion with blue-black fur and a pair of membranous wings on its back appeared from the nearest gate. It was a monster that Hendricksen had never seen before, but it was clearly more powerful than the monkey monster that he had defeated earlier.
But an equally fearsome roar came from Arthur, the swordsman of the Heart Warrior Brigade who had recently come to be known as the ‘Terrifying Swordsman,’ as he charged towards the monster.
Intimidated and frightened by his ‘Scream’ Skill, the blue lion stepped back and howled as Arthur’s two-handed sword fell upon it.
“‘Thundering Sword Strike!’” Arthur bellowed as his sword, with the power of his awakened superior Skill, split the blue lion’s skull in two. “Leave this place to us! Go, quickly!” he said to the city guards, his face stained by the monster’s blue-black blood.
“Y-yes, sir!” one of them responded, half-screaming in terror.
“A-alright! Everyone, the Hero Preparatory School! Run towards the Hero Preparatory School!” shouted another.
The city guards began running immediately. With her face as pale as ash, the woman that Hendricksen had saved earlier ran after them as well.
“It seems like they felt a sense of duty and wished to stay here and fight alongside us, but I am glad that they trusted us enough to leave this place in our hands,” Arthur said.
“… Are you talking about those city guards? I think they moved because they were overwhelmed by your presence,” said Hendricksen.
“You’re right. But, well, that’s the kind of person he is,” said Miriam with a nod as she nimbly nocked an arrow into her bowstring and fired, piercing a monster that had poked its face out from the gate.
She had already transformed, and although she was a girl in her mid-teenage years, she looked dignified and dependable as a commander. People were calling her ‘Brigade Commander’ these days. She had split the potential heroes and their companions among all the gates within visible distance, then ordered those left over to warn everyone to evacuate, rescue those who were in trouble, and guard the people as they evacuated.
She was worthy of being praised as a great hero or a saint who protected the people… despite her rather dark background.
“So, what should I do after this? Orbaume is so big that we can’t cover all of it, you know?” Miriam said.
“Don’t worry. Natania and Simon have gone off on their own, and I’ve got everyone here as well. Still, you are doing very well as a commander,” remarked the split entity of Vandalieu, who had descended upon Miriam’s body with her ‘Familiar Spirit Demonfall’ Skill.
“The only new Jobs that appeared for me were ‘Holy Bow Princess’ and ‘Commander!’ I’m begging you, please stop Zadiris’s curse!” Miriam pleaded.
In truth, she hadn’t taken command all on her own. But because nobody around her could hear the voice of Vandalieu’s split entity… Miriam’s reputation improved even further.
- Name: Hendricksen Hazen
- Race: Human
- Age: 23 years old
- Title: Adventuring Knight, Scion of the Holy Spear
- Job: Holy Spear Master
- Level: 64
- Job history: Apprentice Knight, Esquire, Spearman, Magic Spear User, Magic Spearman, Magic Warrior, Holy Warrior, Holy Spear User, Holy Spearman, Spear Master, Great Spear Master
- Passive skills:
- Strengthened All Attribute Values: Very Large
- Disease and Poison Resistance: Level 5
- Strengthened Attack Power when equipped with an Spear: Large
- Strengthened Defensive Power when equipped with Metal Armor: Large
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Monarch: Level 1
- Fatigue Resistance: Level 3
- Mental Resistance: Level 3
- Intuition: Level 1
- Active skills:
- Swordsmanship: Level 3
- Holy Spear Technique: Level 4
- Archery: Level 5
- Shield Technique: Level 6
- Armor Technique: Level 9
- Horseback Riding: Level 4
- Coordination: Level 10
- Etiquette: Level 1
- Transcend Limits: Level 1
- Magic Fighting Technique: Level 4
- Silent Steps: Level 2
- Dismantling: Level 3
- No-Attribute Magic: Level 1
- Mana Control: Level 3
- Light-Attribute Magic: Level 4
- Familiar Spirit Descent: Level 5
- Transcend Limits: Holy Spear: Level 1
- Unique Skills:
- Elk’s Divine Protection
- Name: Arthur
- Race: Human
- Age: 24 years old
- Title: Gentleman of the Thundering Sword (NEW!), Terrifying Swordsman (NEW!)
- Job: Great Sword Master
- Level: 42
- Job history: Apprentice Hunter, Hunter, Expert Hunter, Monster Hunter, Demonoid Hunter, Apprentice Warrior, Warrior, Magic Sword User, Magic Swordsman, Holy Swordsman, Sword Master
- Passive skills:
- Augmented Muscular Strength: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Agility: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Detect Presence: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Intuition: Level 5
- Mental Resistance: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Disease and Poison Resistance: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Accuracy when equipped with a Bow: Medium
- Augmented Attack Power when equipped with a Sword: Large (Awakened from Strengthened Attack Power when equipped with a Sword!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Guidance: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Night Vision
- Active skills:
- Dismantling: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Silent Steps: Level 7
- Trap: Level 6
- Archery: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Dagger Technique: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Leather Crafting: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)
- Unarmed Fighting Technique: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Thundering Sword Technique: Level 2 (Awakened from Swordsmanship!)
- Vocal Mimicry: Birds and Wildlife: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Transcend Limits: Level 1 (Awakened from Surpass Limits!)
- Housework: Level 2
- Armor Technique: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Surpass Limits: Magic Sword: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Familiar Spirit Descent: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Scream: Level 3 (NEW!)
- Dancing: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Unique Skills:
- Talent for Combat
- Bashas’s Divine Protection
- Vandalieu’s Divine Protection
- Vida’s Divine Protection
- Name: Kalinia
- Race: Human
- Age: 20 years old
- Title: Dark Night Priestess (NEW!), Heart Witch (NEW!)
- Job: Magical Queen
- Level: 79
- Job history: Apprentice Priestess, Priestess, Medicinist, Clergywoman, Priestess Warrior, Witch, Priestess, Holy Witch, High Priestess, Dark Night Priestess, Magical Girl
- Passive skills:
- Mental Resistance: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Augmented Defensive Power when equipped with a Shield: Medium (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Night: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Guidance: Level 4 (NEW!)
- Mana Enlargement: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)
- Night Vision
- Allure: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)
- Disease and Poison Resistance: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Active skills:
- Clergywoman: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Medicinist: Level 5
- Housework: Level 4
- No-Attribute Magic: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Night Life Magic: Level 1 (Awakened from Life-Attribute Magic!)
- Water-Attribute Magic: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Mana Control: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- Shield Technique: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Club Technique: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Familiar Spirit Descent: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Surpass Limits: Level 4 (NEW!)
- Coordination: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Dancing: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Singing: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Chant Revocation: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Unique Skills:
- Zelzeria’s Divine Protection
- Vandalieu’s Divine Protection
- Vida’s Divine Protection
- Name: Borzofoy
- Race: Dwarf
- Age: 27 years old
- Title: Mysterious Person (NEW!)
- Job: Great Magical Hunter
- Level: 70
- Job history: Apprentice Mage, Mage, Hunter, Light-Attribute Mage, Time-Attribute Mage, Space-Attribute Mage, Staff Warrior, Space-Time-Attribute Mage, Light Dimension Mage, Magical Hunter, Mysterious Monk, Great Mage
- Passive skills:
- Dark Vision
- Mental Resistance: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Disease and Poison Resistance: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Magical Attack Power while equipped with a Staff: Very Large (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Guidance: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Mana Enlargement: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Self-Strengthening: Smile: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Active skills:
- No-Attribute Magic: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Mana Control: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Time Mystery Magic: Level 1 (Awakened from Time-Attribute Magic!)
- Space Mystery Magic: Level 1 (Awakened from Space-Attribute Magic!)
- Earth-Attribute Magic: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Fire-Attribute Magic: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Light-Attribute Magic: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Arms Smithing: Level 2
- Leather Crafting: Level 2
- Staff Technique: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Surpass Limits: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Familiar Spirit Descent: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Coordination: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Aura of Fear: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)
- Unique Skills:
- Hamul’s Divine Protection
- Vandalieu’s Divine Protection
- Ricklent’s Divine Protection
- Zuruwarn’s Divine Protection
- Name: Miriam
- Race: Human
- Age: 16 years old
- Title: Demon King’s Friend, Brigade Commander (NEW!)
- Job: Commander
- Level: 65
- Job history: Apprentice Thief, Thief, Archer, Magic Bow User, Dark Archer, Magic Archer, Holy Archer, Magic Holy Archer, Bow Princess, Magic Bow Princess
- Passive skills:
- Detect Presence: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Augmented Accuracy when equipped with a Bow: Very Large (LEVEL UP!)
- Augmented Agility when equipped with Non-metal Armor: Large (LEVEL UP!)
- Mental Resistance: 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Night Vision
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Guidance: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Disease and Poison Resistance: Level 2
- Self-Strengthening: Transformation: Level 2 (NEW!)
- Active skills:
- Farming: Level 1
- Housework: Level 1
- Dagger Technique: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Bow Princess Technique: Level 1 (Awakened from Archery!)
- Lockpicking: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Trap: Level 5
- Surpass Limits: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Armor Technique: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Surpass Limits: Magic Bow: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Assassin Technique: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Familiar Spirit Demonfall: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Coordination: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Commanding: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Dancing: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Singing: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Cooking: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Unique Skills:
- Vandalieu’s Divine Protection
- Bashas’s Divine Protection
- Zelzeria’s Divine Protection
- Hamul’s Divine Protection
- Vida’s Divine Protection
NOVEL DISCUSSION
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Gohanangered
Van just keeps creating princesses. XD I can just see their pout faces, when they see these jobs. lol
Korath
Miriam kind of reminds me of King from One Punch Man, though she is pretty capable. 🙂 I still wonder if King will get some Remote bot to control. With his gaming skills hed probably finally make S rank for real. ;P
dohkou
Miriam is totally gonna end up as a Heroic god when she dies lolol, I mean if Bashas managed to, theres no way she cant XD
Humble Bumblebee
Since Kanako suggested that Zadiris might graduate from being a princess if she marries Vandalieu… does being a Magical Queen imply that Kalinia has a secret romantic life?
Xias1
No, as you can see in character summary part 1 of volume 10 Zadiris’s daughter Basdia is also a “Queen” but she had obtained that before being engaged to Vandalieu.
The point is that you must be regarded / viewed / perceived as an “adult woman” with the qualities of a ruler to possibly obtain the option to have “queen” appear in your title or job.
Someone who is viewed as a “girl” with qualities of a ruler will instead have the word “princess” appear in her job or title.
Since Zadiris’s appearance is that of a girl despite her actual age she has received the perception of being a “princess” while her actual daughter Basdia has the appearance of an adult woman and hence obtained the titles / jobs worded as “queen”.
So the suggestion that you might gain the word “queen” instead of “princess” in your jobs or titles is based on the possibility that people might change their perception of “girl” to “adult woman” if the woman is married.
But in Kalinia’s case she simply has the appearance of an adult woman to begin with and as such is perceived as an “adult woman” which is why her jobs are worded as “queen”.
Chiu ChunLing
F for Zadiris-chan.
RanmaChaos
Thanks for chapter 348!
And thank you Kitsune for the generous donation!
Ltshrek
I like how in every major fight van is getting nerf or hold back yet still crushing them completely
Lord Rin
Isla shoulda given Rikudou a different name. Something like ‘Bob’ or ‘Bumbling Oaf’. Meanwhile as expected, Dark Avalon is on the back foot even while Van is dividing his attention between killing him and Heinz. Even what’s most likely one of his trump cards was immediately dealt with. I don’t even know why he even tried it. He had to have known that the capital was filled with Alda’s heroes that could take care of any rampaging monsters. Rodcorte could have easily told him and even if he didn’t, it’s not like they showed up after he hid himself in the dungeon. Rikudou has no excuse not to have already known since they were all already visibly staying in the capital long before Rikudou was reincarnated. Not to mention that it was obvious Van would have also brought along allies with him.
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Anyways who knew that Self-Strengthening: Smile was an actual skill? Meanwhile Miriam was unable to escape Zadiris’ curse. Kalinia on the other hand did. Once Zadiris sees that Magical Queen job she’ll cry bitter, bitter tears.
bookworm12
They wouldn’t have accepted a name that didn’t sound appropriate, unfortunately.
Hobbes
Borzofoy’s last passive skill is just a true gem lmao
Doc
Reading Hendrickson’s stat dump is funny to me. As it’s essentially just a normal progression of what a well trained person on Lambda’s stat profile should say. He’s like the default fantasy package. All his jobs make obvious sense for his apparent skillset.
Then you compare his to Van’s eldridge horror stats/skills. Or really just anybody that Van has guided.
SupremeFanKai
Everything is going well for Vandalieu and co, but I feel like the other shoe is gonna drop soon. Rikidou is clearly on the back foot and doesn’t really seem to have a trump card to play yet I still worry about some demon king shenanigans. It is nice though that the heroes of the gods are finally doing something good and the Heart Warriors are accepted as good guys.
Lipesp
Actually rikudou may not have a trump card to play but rodcord has: the demon king’s mana that he considered but decided NOT give to rikudou, honestly rodcord WOULD be stupid’s enough to give more soul fragments to rikudou even in front of Alda’s champion if it was his best chance to destroy vandalieu, and I doubt that the demon king’s soul dust on Edgar will be left untouched either
Chiu ChunLing
I mean, it’s not like he can actually get into MORE trouble at this point.
Baru-san
thanks for the chapter!(^_^)/
bookworm12
Thanks for the chapter! Rikudou pulled out a new strategy, only for it to be instantly dealt with by the random heroes/adventurers in the city. Van and Heinz didn’t have to lift a finger. Miriam has had two jobs with ‘princess’ in them and is complaining about Zadiris’ curse, lol. Also, did anyone else notice that Borzofoy has the Aura of Fear skill described to be undead-exclusive and also a Self-strengthening:SMILE skill? His smile is so creepy it actually strengthens him. I hope someone will actually get devoured by Van’s rapid fire Hollow Cannon next chapter, although doing that to Heinz within view of the guards will definitely get him into trouble.
Doc
Heinz was panicking. Van wasn’t because he already knew his companions were spread out in the city and that he’d direct Miriam to coordinate the chosen heroes to fill in the gaps. He always knew Rikudou would target his surroundings first chance he got because he knows Van will put some effort into defending the city.
Lord Rin
Aura of Fear isn’t undead-exclusive. Fang also has it and he’s not undead. I think the two horses that Saria and Rita ride also have it. Anybody can get the skill provided they are scary enough, I’m more surprised that Arthur doesn’t have it too. Especially since he’s just gotten the title of Terrifying Swordsman.
bookworm12
That’s true. I was probably thinking of the Spirit Form and Long-Distance Control skills, back before Van got them and taught them to everyone. I don’t think we’ve seen a human/dwarf/elf with it before though, only monsters, and it certainly isn’t a skill a normal person would have. Speaking of which, it looks like that party hasn’t been mutated into the new races yet.
Irazori
I guess Van using transcend limits was him being pissed at basic b*tch H for still thinking that they’re working together to stop baldie-dou. Of course I’d be pissed too because someone is unilaterally deciding things for you in a situation that they willingly shoehorned into.
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Oh god, the princess curse has now started to manifest in physical type jobs. Though Miriam has it easier since she hasn’t gotten a princess title, and since she’s human because Vida’s races are pretty much susceptible to having princess added to their race title.
Shion Vaynex
I generally skip the stat page as it’s just a info dump. But a important detail is in there.
Namely some one who evolved beyond a magical girl.
A magical queen.
Would Zadiris be happy or sad about this fact?
Irazori
Likely sad, because Kalinia had managed to have the same treatment as Basdia by the job gods.
Humble Bumblebee
She’ll be happy if she can figure out how Kalinia did it. I can only imagine that she’s immediately going to interrogate her down to the smallest actions of daily life to determine how she did it when she finds out. Since Zadiris’s own plan was to try changing it by marrying Vandalieu, the job’s appearance might even imply that Kalinia has a secret boyfriend somewhere.
Warfstache
I’m pretty sure it was Kanako’s curse
Irazori
No, Kanako is just spreading idol culture and other arts. Zadiris is the princess guider.
Doc
Zadiris has the princess guider job. Zadiris was championing Idol culture because she wanted other people to get known for being a princess, Kanako was never involved in the princess joke.
no1
So it looks like Vandalieu has a bit of the advantage since Heinz and Rikudou can’t deal with one of his attacks without working together. It was a nice chapter, but… need more action, preferably on Vandalieu’s fight. Thanks for the chapter Yoshi and looking forward to the next one
Irazori
There’s also because Van still hasn’t even used 15% of his true power, but yeah I would like more focus on Van’s fight since I like to see how much more he’ll screw with baldie-duo’s expectations. Along with inflicting damage on to the fake peace blades.
Simetar
It’s nice that we finally get a sense of just how strong Van-sama is. Before this, we just knew he was insanely OP, but now we know that it takes both one of the strongest people alive (Heinz) and a literal god possessing many Demon King’s fragments to block one (1) attack of his.
…Maybe we should just stick with calling Van-sama insanely OP.
Seinvolf
Thank u always for ur great work…
^^…
Phantom Knight
Thanks for the chapter!!!! Everyone has truly awakened some very unique superior skills.
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Of course, the mages are definitely the most unusual. I never thought someone would infuse the power of a passive skill into the evolution of their [Life-attribute Magic] or that a weird job could evolve two magic skills into unique variants without any “social status” in their names.
Phantom Knight
P.S. I guess this chapter proves that unique jobs can force the magic skills to undergo special evolutions. This development is probably especially true for any evolved magic skills that don’t have “King” or any other form of social status in their names.