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“Everything is proceeding according to schedule…” murmured a Demon.
“Yes. Some unexpected things did occur, but everything still lies within our grasp,” said another.
“I see. That is excellent. How are the stockpiled Blood Potion supplies?” asked Luciliano.
Another Demon laughed. “No matter how much the Pure-breed Vampires drink, there is no end to the magnificent black blood.”
“Shouldn’t you be more worried about the beasts? They’re starving!” a fourth Demon cackled.
“I see. I agree with you. Doug-kun, could I ask you to feed the experimental animals?” said Luciliano.
“… I don’t mind that, but can’t you have a conversation in a more normal way?” Doug muttered, looking at Luciliano and the ten or so Demons that he was talking to.
The exchange between Luciliano and the Demons sounded as if they were plotting a conspiracy, but it was nothing significant at all. The Demons were merely reporting that the experiments were under control and going as planned though a little late, and that there were enough Blood Potion ingredients stockpiled no matter how much the Pure-blood Vampires consumed. As for Luciliano, he had merely asked Doug to feed the experimental animals, as it was time for their meal and they were hungry.
Luciliano seemed taken aback. “You want me to match my speech to theirs?!” he exclaimed.
“No, you’re fine as you are! If you did that, I’d have no idea what the Demons are saying!” Doug shouted.
This time, it was the Demons who twisted their faces in discontent.
They were Demons tamed by Vandalieu in the Trial of Zakkart – the most intelligent ones who could best comprehend human speech.
They had roughly humanoid bodies, but they were grotesque, as there were large variations in the number of heads and limbs they possessed, as well as the shapes of their bodies differing from those of humans.
Though they had been brought out from the Trial of Zakkart, Vandalieu had simply kept them in a Dungeon that he had made. This was because the Majin king Godwin and others from the Majin nation had told him how difficult it was to handle Demons.
If Demons’ bodies were destroyed, they would revive a few days to a few hundred years later with their souls, memories and personalities intact. Thus, they would do anything to seek pleasure, prioritizing it even above their own lives. For them, the state of being tamed was an enjoyable game of being a servant to humans.
They had told Vandalieu as much, so he had been unable to trust them and let them loose in the city. He had decided to choose Demons that seemed like they would be useful when he had time later.
But upon hearing this, the Demons had felt endangered.
“It is regrettable that you think us to be suspicious… even though we are doing our utmost to gain our lord’s trust by displaying our loyalty,” one of the Demons lamented.
“Indeed. You say such hurtful things, even though we are wearing cheerful smiles in order to please you humans,” said another.
“Don’t say such things to him, my brethren. Though he has experienced reincarnation like us, he has only experienced it twice. We are more experienced in this regard, so we should keep our tears inside and smile gently on the surface!” said a third Demon with a cackle.
The Demons, whom Doug was criticizing, were divided into those who criticized him back and those who advocated for overlooking his behavior and responding with cheerful smiles.
“You guys are definitely doing this on purpose, aren’t you. Especially you,” said Doug, pointing at the one who had laughed.
The Demon that Doug pointed at gave a low laugh. “It seems that you are more intelligent than you appear, Doug,” it said.
“Vandalieu, Luciliano-ossan*, can I smack this guy?” Doug asked.
TLN: An informal way to say “ojisan” which is used to refer to older men or uncles.
Naturally, there was a Demon King Familiar stationed here in the underground workshop, too. It looked even more grotesque than the Demons; there was a large treasure orb in its chest, and it possessed arms that were made only of bones, blood vessels and suction cups.
It manipulated its arms by using the suction force of the suction cups to move the bones, and it picked objects up with the suction cups on its fingertips.
“I don’t mind as long as it’s outside the workshop,” the Demon King Familiar said. “Also, this me is not Vandalieu; it’s an alchemy-type Demon King Familiar.”
“I am in agreement with Master. Also, if you consider the total number of years you have lived, I should be considered younger than you,” Luciliano pointed out.
“Also, it’s true that they are doing their best to gain our trust,” the Demon King Familiar added.
“… Are you serious?” Doug muttered.
“I’m serious. The structure of their minds is different from humans to begin with, so they are quite arrogant, though,” the Demon King Familiar explained.
“Indeed, my lord,” one of the Demons said in agreement.
“We swear our eternal loyalty to you,” said another.
“So please, spare our souls…” begged a third.
The reason the Demons had not only been tamed by Vandalieu but also were trying to gain his trust was because Vandalieu radiated a presence similar to the Demon King, their creator. And like the Demon King Guduranis, he possessed the ability to truly destroy them.
Demons were made of corrupted Mana; they did not fear the deaths of their own bodies. However, they could not be reincarnated if their souls were destroyed.
That was why they feared Vandalieu, who could devour souls. They were wholeheartedly trying to gain his trust so that they would not be destroyed, doing their best to interact with humans in the process.
… They did not take races other than the Majin seriously, which is why they could not help being disrespectful towards members of other races, like Doug.
“Look, they’re so desperate,” said the Demon King Familiar.
“You’re right,” said Doug.
The Demons had clearly discarded their pride; he could not think of them as being pathetic. In fact, he, Kanako and Melissa were working for Vandalieu for the same reason as the Demons, so this was only natural.
He couldn’t help but feel a sense of companionship towards them.
I’ll treat them a bit nicer from now on, he thought.
One of the Demons laughed. “What is the matter? Why is there such a strange look in your eye?” it asked him.
“… Vandalieu, I hate these guys after all,” said Doug.
“They haven’t seen humans for a long time, so they’re not good at interpreting facial expressions,” said the Demon King Familiar in the Demons’ defense.
“More importantly, what about feeding the animals?” asked Luciliano.
“I don’t need reminding,” said Doug, pointing behind him with his chin.
Luciliano looked in that direction to see several containers floating in mid-air, animal feed already prepared inside them.
It was not the Telekinesis spell, but Doug’s ability, Hecatoncheir.
Hecatoncheir was a powerful Telekinesis ability, and it also included Omnidirectional Perception and Force Vision. With all of these abilities combined, it was possible to unleash powerful attacks on the entire area around Doug. It would be like a giant with a countless number of eyes and arms going on a rampage; this was why the ability was codenamed after a mythical giant with a hundred hands.
Those around Doug had acknowledged it as a brute-force ability that allowed him to crush enemies and flip armored vehicles from a distance. However, the reality was that Doug was capable of using Hecatoncheir with great precision.
If he went all-out, he was certainly able to produce the kinetic energy to crush a tank, but he had undergone training to gain fine control, to the point that he was able to knit or do calligraphy with it.
He wouldn’t be able to survive with only a rough control over his power, and the Bravers had started out as a disaster rescue team, not an organization that fought terrorism.
As a member of that organization, he had been required to perform more delicate tasks than one might expect, such as removing rubble to rescue survivors who had been buried alive.
This wasn’t something that he had kept a secret, but… the reincarnated individuals who didn’t know Doug well were unaware of his surprisingly fine control over his ability.
Also, it had been of no use when he died in Origin.
“Ah, you are quite skilled after all,” Luciliano remarked.
“You are a strange creature, being able to see behind you despite not having eyes in the back of your head like me,” said one of the Demons.
“Those are compliments, right?” Doug said suspiciously. “Well, I did similar tasks in my previous life, too. It’s far easier in this world now that I have Skills, too.”
Since Doug had acquired the Parallel Thought Processing Skill, his use of Hecatoncheir had become far more refined compared to when he was in Origin. He was likely capable of knitting multiple items at once, doing multiple pieces of calligraphy and cooking multiple dishes simultaneously… though these were not exactly his hobbies.
“By the way, how long are we keeping these guys? These are mostly already fourth generation, aren’t they?” asked Doug, looking at the experimental animals that he had started feeding.
They were not animals that were used in experiments. They were the animals born as a result of the breeding experiments conducted between Undead implanted with Life Gold and Spirit Silver.
There were mice, rabbits, chickens, small pigs, frogs and insects. There were already several hundred of them. There was a particularly large number of mice and insects, but if they kept breeding at this rate, they could not all be taken care of.
“We made them reproduce over and over to make sure that there weren’t any individual differences, after all,” said the Demon King Familiar. “Some of them die naturally during the process of development, but their rate of reproduction is higher.”
“Indeed… I suppose we should stop the experiment around the sixth generation. Honestly speaking, I have grown tired of it, as there are no differences between them and ordinary small animals,” said Luciliano. “I thought that there would be at least one specimen with some unimaginable mutation by the fourth generation.”
“Ossan… Don’t go hoping for something that would become a biohazard,” said Doug.
Despite Luciliano’s very problematic hopes, the end of the experiment was in sight. It was possible that continuing only up until the sixth generation would not be enough, but the reality was that the animals that Doug was feeding looked like perfectly ordinary animals.
Well, I’m not that knowledgeable about animals, and it’s my first time looking at animals from up close since I was reincarnated in this world. I saw a few horses, cats, dogs and mice, but I only saw monsters after that… Come to think of it, why are these guys so calm? Doug wondered.
Obviously, ordinary animals feared and avoided monsters. In addition to the direct threat that monsters represented, they could sense the corrupted Mana radiating from monsters, and felt an instinctive urge to avoid it out of a fear of being corrupted by it.
That was why Devil’s Nests had almost no ordinary animals other than certain birds and insects that had evolved to not fear corrupted Mana.
This underground workshop was filled with just as much, if not more, corrupted Mana as a Devil’s Nest. After all, there were ten high-Rank Demons lurking about, as well as several Demon King Familiars.
Ordinary animals would be driven insane by fear.
Despite that, the mice and rabbits were calmly nibbling on their food; the small birds let out cheerful chirps and the insects seemed normal as well.
Why is that? Is it because they’re descended from Undead? Or is it because they’ve been in this environment since they were born, so they’re used to it? Doug wondered as he fed them, but as he wasn’t an expert, these were the only explanations that he could come up with.
He did feel almost satisfied by these explanations, but driven by curiosity, he called out to Luciliano who was moving bottles of Blood Potion behind him.
“Hey, why do you think these guys aren’t scared of Demons and Demon King Familiars?” he asked, expecting Luciliano to immediately begin explaining with a triumphant look on his face.
But Luciliano’s reaction was different to what Doug expected.
“Now that you mention it…” he muttered in shock. “I can understand them not fearing the Demon King Familiars, as they are made from Master’s own body, and they are accustomed to him. But why do the animals not fear the Demons?”
It seemed that Luciliano hadn’t noticed the fact that the animals weren’t scared of the Demons until now, though he was not surprised that they weren’t scared of the Demon King Familiars.
“What? Are animals supposed to fear us?” one of the Demons asked.
“These are the first animals I’ve seen other than monsters, so I never noticed,” said another.
The Demons themselves were just as surprised.
Luciliano approached the animals’ cages, his eyes sparkling with even more curiosity than Doug. “We must investigate this – oops,” he said as a bottle of Blood Potion slipped from his hand, dropping onto the floor.
The bottles were built to be sturdy, but perhaps it had landed on a weak point; there was a shattering sound as the fluid with the black-red color of coagulated blood spilled out.
“Oh dear. Eleanora and Bellmond will give me a good scolding if they found out about this,” Luciliano muttered.
One of the Demons cackled. “Should we tell the Undead Vampire woman named Isla, then?”
“Don’t do that; she’ll skin me alive,” said Luciliano. “Well, it cannot be helped – let’s gather it into a container with a cloth and reuse it.”
“… I can cast Sterilization, so I don’t mind reusing it, but don’t let anyone drink it,” said the Demon King Familiar.
“Hey, you’re going to injure yourself on the broken pieces of the bottle,” Doug warned. “Let me gather it up with my Hecatoncheir –”
The attention of Luciliano, the Demons and Doug was focused on the broken bottle and spilled Blood Potion. At that moment, the animals all simultaneously flooded out of their cages, which had been open in order to feed them.
Doug had been using Hecatoncheir to feed them, so mice, rabbits, small birds, frogs, lizards and rhinoceros beetles all escaped from their cages.
Of course, Doug tried to use Hecatoncheir to catch them. But even with his skillful control over his ability, it was difficult to catch multiple small animals without injuring them; it was too late.
But the animals, of which there were multiple species, did not separate and flee in different directions. They all flooded towards Luciliano’s feet… the Blood Potion that he had spilt.
“W-what is this?!” Luciliano shouted, instinctively jumping out of their way.
The animals ignored him and began drinking the black-red liquid with their tongues and beaks.
“My lord, is that Blood Potion popular among animals, too? These animals ran towards it as if their lives depended on it,” one of the Demons remarked.
“Who knows… I’ve never let animals drink it before. It’s sweet, so I don’t think they’d hate it, though,” said the Demon King Familiar.
The animals were devouring the Blood Potion greedily. They shouldn’t have been intelligent enough to know what effects the Blood Potion would have, so the Demons and Vandalieu (the Demon King Familiar) observed them with great interest.
Doug decided to see what happens, and Luciliano had taken out a notepad.
As they watched, the sound of flesh and bone being ground came from the small animals as they transformed.
Mice, lizards, frogs and rhinoceros beetles small enough to fit on the palm of a hand were now Giant Rats, Giant Lizards, Big Frogs and Giant Insects, each the size of a medium-sized dog.
The rabbits had grown considerably larger as well; they had become Horned Rabbits, with a single sharp horn protruding from their foreheads.
The small birds remained their original size, but they were now Scissor Finches with sharp beaks and talons.
“W-what is this?!” Doug shouted.
“Wonderful! To think that animals could transform into such a wide diversity of monsters right before my eyes!” Luciliano exclaimed.
Once the newly-transformed monsters finished draining all of the Blood Potion from the floor, they flooded towards the Demon King Familiar… and embraced him.
“Hmm?” the Demon King Familiar murmured in surprise.
Horned Rabbits and Giant Rats rubbed their bodies against it; Giant Lizards and Big Frogs were licking its eyes. Scissor Finches were chirping as they rested on its bone arms, and Giant Insects were clambering all over its body.
Though some of these behaviors were strange, they were likely expressing affection.
“Hmm, adorable, aren’t they?” one of the Demons remarked.
“No, no, they might be swarming our lord to demand that he spills more blood. Of course, they would not be able to inflict a single wound upon him,” said another.
Indeed, these Rank 1 monsters posed as much or even less of a threat than medium-sized animals out in the wild. They could even be described as the weakest monsters in all of Talosheim. It would be impossible for them to inflict even a single wound on the Demon King Familiar that was made of the fragments of the Demon King, even if they attacked the eyeballs directly.
But the important thing was that up until a minute ago, they had been nothing more than ordinary animals.
“Could it be that the ones left in the cages would turn into monsters if they drank Blood Potion as well?” Doug whispered in horror, looking at the small animals in the cages behind him through his Omnidirectional Perception.
He could see them all gazing at their transformed brethren from the wall of cages as they chirped and whined.
They were crying out in jealousy.
“While it’s fine because they’ve transformed into Rank 1 monsters, this is a real biohazard! Hey, Ossan, Vandalieu, make sure you don’t spill any more Blood Potion around here!” Doug shouted.
“It is as you say, Doug-kun. First, we must prudently investigate whether the other animals will transform into monsters, how much Blood Potion is required for them to transform, and whether their Ranks differ given different Blood Potion dosages,” said Luciliano, and then he turned to the Demon King Familiar. “As such, Master, we will need increased Blood Potion production.”
“It can’t be helped. I’ll bring my main body back,” the Demon King Familiar said.
“Things have gotten interesting, haven’t they?” one of the Demons laughed.
“Are there only mad scientists here except me?!” Doug shouted, clutching his head.
“Still, Doug-kun and I have consumed your blood, the original main ingredient of Blood Potion. Why is it that we have not transformed?” Luciliano wondered. “Is it because you did not activate the fragment of the Demon King at the time, or is there some other reason… or could it be, the onset of the effects has been delayed?!”
Doug returned to his ordinary posture like a machine. “I’ve already prepared myself for the worst, so don’t go saying things that’ll scare me!” he shouted angrily.
Meanwhile, in the ‘city’ of the Demon Continent, a sermon was happening on a temporary stage that had been hurriedly built on land that had become vacant for the city’s future extension.
In the world of Lambda, much like during Earth’s past eras, such sermons were a form of leisure for the common people. They included myths, legends, the teachings of the gods, anecdotes relating to those teachings, and moral lessons.
For those reasons, people listened to the sermons of clergymen, donated money, learned morals and became closer to the gods. This was no different in the ‘city’ of the Demon Continent, which in a way was the closest to the age of the gods, as the people could simply walk a short distance and meet their guardian deities directly.
“And so, Vandalieu conquered the Trial of Zakkart and brought me back to life. He accomplished what could only have been thought of as impossible,” said Darcia, the one who was giving the sermon.
She was recounting the adventures of her son Vandalieu, so there was a larger crowd than usual gathered in front of the enormous stage.
She was amplifying her voice with a wind-attribute spell. As she watched her listeners being drawn to her words and overcome with emotion, she reminded herself what was next on the program.
Having to talk, sing and dance in front of a big crowd is a different kind of nervousness from having to talk to someone really important! But this is all for everyone to enjoy themselves as they learn about Vandalieu. Mom’s doing her best, Vandalieu! she told herself.
“Our next performance is a medley of songs, with the theme being our adventures!” she announced.
The listeners stirred with excitement.
“We’ve been waiting for this!” one of them cheered.
In the next moment, bright lights of all colors illuminated the stage.
“We’re including a song we finished today! We’re sure you’ll love it!” announced Kanako, the person in charge of songwriting and choreography.
“Every member has done their best to practice. I would most appreciate if everyone cheers for us,” said Zadiris.
The listeners… the audience, cheered excitedly in response to Zadiris’s request and began reciting enchantments and preparing Magic Items.
“… Light.”
“Firefly Glow.”
“Hey, cast it on my stick, too. I can’t use light-attribute magic.”
“That’s why you buy a Magic Item, stingy guy. It can’t be helped. Just this once.”
“Heh, I owe you one.”
The audience members were holding sticks that were shorter than wands, and with a small white light shining from their ends, the audience looked like a night sky full of stars.
Zandia raised her hands into the air. “Here we go, everyone!” she shouted.
She was holding a metal staff with a complicated shape… a transformation staff.
Zadiris, Kanako and Darcia raised their own transformation staves in sync with Zandia.
“Transform!” they cried in unison.
The stage lights grew brighter, and four cloaks materialized out of nowhere. The audiences’ cheers were greeted by the four members, wearing their combat gear made from the transformation staves’ liquid metal parts changing shape to form metal fibers… their costumes.
This sight brought the audiences’ excitement to a climax. Their eyes sparkled as they bore their fangs and let out roars that would cause monsters to flee.
Some of them accidentally let out fiery Breaths; the ‘Divine Spear of Ice’ Mikhail, who was working as security, had to warn them: “Please refrain from releasing Breaths inside the venue.”
To speak in defense of the audience members’ honor, they were not merely excited by Zadiris and Kanako’s leotards with mini-skirts attached, Zandia’s dress with bold slits, or Darcia’s plentiful chest.
Half of the audience were women, and many of them were wearing clothing that was just as revealing as Darcia’s.
The audience was wildly excited by the format of the sermon… this idol concert.
The idols danced in time to the music, using their transformation staves and lights in an original performance. The audience contributed with their cheers, creating a sense of unity.
The songs and dances were new, and the audience was experiencing something they had never experienced before, and they were drawn into a new perspective on the world.
Phew. At this rate, our weeklong consecutive sermons… our fifth concert, is a success as well, thought Kanako, the mastermind behind Lambda’s only entertainment scene.
Her costume had many ribbons and laces, emphasizing her cuteness, and she was giving the audience a radiant smile.
She had poured a considerable amount of work and effort into this concert.
A few groans came from the concert venue itself – Knochen.
Inspired by the deeds of Vandalieu, the ‘Sword King’ Borkus and others, the inhabitants of the ‘city’ had decided to expand it, and construction work had already started. Thus, Knochen had become a concert venue, utilizing the newly-vacated land.
Knochen was tougher now as had acquired several hundred of the Demon King’s bones that Vandalieu had absorbed, and it had also undergone training on the Demon Continent. As a result, it had gone from a Rank 11 Bone Palace to a Rank 12 Death Bone Palace, and then a Rank 13 Bone Pandemonium.
Its size was indeed worthy of Pandemonium. It was large enough to fit the entirety of Tokyo Dome and the surrounding area inside it.
This space was being used as a stage, with seats provided for the audience, and Knochen was even skillfully producing a band performance… though the instruments were flutes and xylophones made of bone.
As for the lighting, it was being provided by the Demon King Familiars provided by Vandalieu. They were lighting-type Demon King Familiars, specialized for providing stage lighting, consisting of large eyeballs with bone arms protruding from them. They were singing the idols’ names in flat-toned voices.
They controlled their arms, which were made of the Demon King’s Bones, by gripping or sticking to Knochen’s bones with the Demon King’s claws and suction cups. They produced light with the Demon King’s Luminescent Organs, and adjusted the lighting with the Demon King’s lens.
However, Vandalieu was not watching the performance through these Demon King Familiars.
Because there was a great distance between the Demon Continent and Bahn Gaia, it was out of range of Vandalieu’s Group Control Skill. Also, there was no pseudo-main-body-type Demon King Familiar stationed here like there was in Talosheim. This was because if Vandalieu created too many pseudo-main-bodies, it could cause chaos inside his own mind.
And thus, the Demon King Familiars in the Demon Continent were not under Vandalieu’s control. As for the question of what would happen to parts of Vandalieu’s body that were out of range of Skills such as Long-distance Control and Group Control… Ordinarily, they would not be able to move. Perhaps they could twitch in response to a stimulus, but they would not be able to produce any meaningful movement.
However, that was not the case for the Demon King Familiars. They were a part of Vandalieu, but they had been made so that they would be able to sustain their own existence independently to some extent, and they were equipped with enough sensory organs such as the Demon King’s eyeballs and antennae, as well as nerves and sub-brains, to be able to conduct some form of thought.
Thus, the Demon King Familiars could move despite not being under Vandalieu’s control. Their ability to think was decreased to that of an average animal, and they were unable to use most Skills, but they obediently followed the instructions of those that Vandalieu recognized as allies. Thus, they conducted physical work and construction in the ‘city,’ and they also served as guards to watch out for monsters approaching the outer wall.
And Kanako was using them as lighting staff.
I have to give them instructions in a lot of detail, but that’s the only flaw they have. I just need to tell them what my plan for the performance is using Venus, and they follow the instructions perfectly, Kanako thought.
She had pretended that her cheat-like ability, Venus, was a power that let her charm its targets. However, it was a power that allowed her to imprint her own emotions and memories upon others. She was using this ability without reserve.
Ordinarily, Demon King Familiars would be unaffected by things influencing their mind due to the Deformed Soul Skill. However, even though the Skill prevented the Demon King Familiars’ own memories from being altered, it was still possible to share memories and images.
As I thought, this concert… this idol unit has potential! Legion and Gufadgarn are helping us with transport, so I’d like to make them official members, but… that would need one of Legion’s members to make a lot of effort, Kanako thought.
Even with these thoughts running through her mind, Kanako and the other idols continued their performance with no mistakes… or rather, with some small mistakes from the idols other than Kanako, but none that were large enough to affect the show.
Borkus and the others, who were watching from the audience, were also enjoying themselves.
“Sermons from other worlds are pretty fun! It’s just like a festival! Zandia, don’t trip over your own feet, now!” Borkus shouted towards the stage, waving a glowing stick in rhythm with the music.
“To be more precise, this is an idol concert, not a sermon. It’s not common for there to be singing and dancing in Earth and Origin’s sermons… though I won’t say there’s none,” said Pluto in a calm tone, also waving a glowing stick.
“Is that right? But it was written somewhere, ‘One-week-long-sermon,’” said Borkus.
“People wouldn’t know what it is if we wrote ‘concert,’ so Kanako apparently thought of calling it a ‘sermon’ so that everyone would come to listen,” Pluto explained.
“If I recall, the musical composition and choreography is a slightly altered version of the ones used in Origin and Earth. We’ve never heard them, so we wouldn’t know, though,” said Saria.
“She said that nobody would notice if she copied them exactly, so she’d make things easier for herself where she could,” said Rita.
“Jyuuh, I see. How clever,” said Bone Man with a nod, waving one of his own ribs instead of a glowing stick.
Naturally, even Kanako, who had been an idol in her previous life, did not have first-rate skills in songwriting and choreography in addition to everything else. She could do these things, but it would have been impossible to produce a medley with top-notch composition and choreography in only a few months.
Thus, she had made use of songs she had sung and heard in the past. It seemed that she had done this without hesitation, as the copyright license holders from Earth and Origin wouldn’t come all the way to another world to make claims.
Zadiris’s granddaughter Jadal was cheering as she watched. “Do your best, Grandma!”
“More importantly, Zadiris is… Is she really trying to not gain attention? I’m worried…” murmured Vigaro, Jadal’s grandfather.
“Mother did say that she’s going to do one year at a time, and she doesn’t stand at the front too often, so it’ll be fine if Kanako gets more members… probably,” said Basdia, Jadal’s mother.
“But you were invited to be a member as well, weren’t you, Basdia-san?” Rita asked.
“That’s right. Van made me a transformation staff already, too. Apparently, I’d just need to do some ‘voice training’ and dance practice and I’d be able to stand on the stage,” said Basdia, showing Rita the transformation staff that she had received from Vandalieu.
It seemed that Kanako really was determined to fill her idol unit with magical girls.
“It’s not like I’m not interested. I can see the effects it has on morale, and the dancing can be applied to combat techniques. It would probably be useful to inspire the Ghoul Amazonesses and lead the new Ghouls in Talosheim… like Mother,” said Basdia.
“Zadiris-san is more popular among the Ghouls than she expected, after all,” said Saria.
Zadiris was such a powerful type of Ghoul that her race title was not even known among the Ghoul tribes; to the Ghouls who had moved to Talosheim late, she was an inspiring figure – a true legend.
Now that she was standing on stage, there was no way that she would not gather attention. Even now, the Ghoul Amazonesses of the Demon Continent were cheering for her.
“I don’t think Kanako thought this far, though,” Basdia added.
“But if you were to stand on the stage as well, wouldn’t she draw even more attention?” asked Borkus.
“That’s what I’m a little concerned about. Mother said that the fad will die down after ten years at most, so I’m thinking that it should be alright,” said Basdia.
“Mommy’s going to be a magical girl, too!” Jadal said excitedly.
“Jadal’s saying things like this, too, after all,” said Basdia.
It seemed that Basdia was thinking of accepting Kanako’s proposal. Perhaps the day that mother and daughter appeared on stage was close.
“This world’s idol’s standards are pretty amazing right from the start, aren’t they,” Pluto remarked, imagining how amazing Lambda’s entertainment industry could be one day.
Even at this point, two members, Darcia and Zadiris, had children. Idols with children at the time of their debut… such idols would certainly attract a certain type of attention on Earth and in Origin, but these were the pioneers of idols in Lambda.
“We’ll need to learn how to dance in a way that makes it look like we have a skeleton,” said Shade, borrowing Pluto’s mouth.
“We can’t fail at dancing after Ghost finally agreed to it,” said Isis through Pluto’s mouth as well.
“You’re right,” Pluto nodded in agreement.
Legion could transform to make themselves appear just like a human, but this was merely an alteration of their appearance; they did not actually grow bones.
Thus, if they tried any strenuous activities like dancing, their body would flop about in a very strange performance.
“Perhaps it would be best to implant a spine and bones for our hands and feet while we’re transformed,” said Pluto.
“That is an excellent idea. Once the sermon is over, let us have Knochen share one skeleton’s worth of bones,” said Bone Man.
“Wow, Pluto-san’s debut is coming soon, isn’t it! Nee-san, we should join, too!” said Rita.
“Rita, we’re here as Darcia-sama’s guards and security staff; we can’t become members,” said Saria.
“… Incidentally, it is time for security staff to change shifts,” Mikhail said reservedly, and the conversation came to an end.
However, there was another unsettling conversation happening somewhere else, with nobody stopping it.
A three-meter-tall, burly Kiryujin with horns, claws as well as scales covering its arms, legs and shoulders, was talking to a Maryujin with membranous wings and the tail of a dragon.
“Unforgivable… No, it should not be forgiven,” the Kiryujin whispered.
“Yes. After doing something like that…” the Maryujin whispered back.
“Unforgivable… Heinz and his party. They have not received any punishment.”
“You’re completely right. They captured our Holy Mother and had her burned alive, but they’re still treated as heroes.”
These curses were directed not at the members on the stage, but at Heinz and the Five-colored Blades.
Darcia had mainly spoken of her adventures with Vandalieu; she hadn’t deliberately gone out of her way to directly talk about her torture and execution at the hands of High Priest Gordan and the evil-god-worshipping Vampires pulling the strings, nor had she denounced Heinz.
Her objective was to have the audience learn of Vandalieu and enjoy the entertainment.
But Darcia’s kindness only caused increased feelings of animosity towards Heinz and his companions, for mercilessly killing such a good person and causing the still-young Vandalieu long years of hardship.
Darcia was Vida’s incarnation; to the listeners, she was a god in person. Some were already worshipping her as the Holy Mother. They could not help but feel anger at the fact that the ones who had killed her were being praised as heroes in another nation.
“Those Holy-Mother-killers…”
Voices cursing Heinz spread deep among the crowd.
And these sentiments had already spread in Talosheim and the nations inside the Boundary Mountain Range. The people of Talosheim in particular had heard the story from Vandalieu directly; Heinz’s name was synonymous with the word ‘villain’ there.
But these cursing thoughts had never taken form until now.
As the music continued and the concert disguised as a sermon approached its end, two enormous gods appeared in the sky – Tiamat, the Mountain Queen Elder Dragon God, and Deanna, the Moon Giant.
The audience was surprised, wondering if there was a large-scale monster rampage or an attack by Alda’s forces.
“Everyone, calm yourselves. Today is an auspicious day, and we wish to give a gift,” said Tiamat, calming the audience down.
“A gift?” repeated Darcia, a puzzled look on her face.
The goddesses nodded.
“Indeed. The gift is not for you, Darcia, but for Vandalieu,” said Tiamat. “My children, Vandalieu is the emperor who rules this ‘city.’ The emperor who rules my Maryujin and Kiryujin children, and the one who leads them. Thus, I wish to give him the Title of ‘Elder Dragon Emperor.’”
Tiamat announced her wish to grant Vandalieu a Title higher than the ‘Dragon Emperor’ Title Lioen, the Crystal-horned Dragon God who was currently the most powerful Elder Dragon, had attempted and failed to grant Vandalieu.
The audience fell into complete silence for a moment, and then exploded in cheers.
“It seems that there are none in opposition of this. With everyone’s agreement, there is no doubt that Vandalieu will gain this Title, as he is already being served by Fidirg and Luvesfol… Incidentally, where is that Pauvina? I was thinking of naming her ‘Elder Dragon Princess’ and granting her my divine protection,” said Tiamat.
“Pauvina-chan was cheering for us in the audience up on the previous days, but they’re in a Dungeon with Jeena-san, Rappie-chan and the others along with Luves-kun,” said Darcia.
“I see; what poor timing. Well then, it can wait until they return, so please tell her to come to my statue,” said Tiamat.
“It is unfortunate that we were not able to remove all of the obstacles,” said Deeana.
“Dear me, I wonder what you are talking about?” said Tiamat, feigning ignorance.
Deeana sighed, and Kanako, Zandia, Zadiris, Basdia and Legion all looked at her.
“I shall grant you a divine protection. May it help you support Vandalieu,” said Deeana.
The Moon Giant glowed faintly, and the light enveloped Kanako and the others.
“Amazing! Is this a divine protection?!” Kanako exclaimed.
“That is right. I am only able to grant it to those who are close to me, but… there are more of you than I thought. I am a little surprised,” said Deeana, having been able to grant her divine protection to more people than she had expected. “Zandia, please tell your two older sisters to receive divine blessings from my brother when he awakens,” she added, and her glow faded.
“Ah, yes! … Wait, Talos-sama is going to be resurrected?!” said Zandia.
“Yes. He was heavily wounded by Bellwood and Nineroad while trying to defend Vida, so it took some time, but it will happen soon… but perhaps he is simply unable to come out because there are many drunkards making noise on top of his head,” said Deeana.
“Eh? Drunkards?” Zandia repeated blankly.
“You will understand if you ask Vandalieu about it later,” said Deeana, and her image vanished from the sky along with Tiamat’s.
“I see… It seems that something troublesome is about to happen,” said Kanako.
“Yes, Talos-sama’s resurrection… We need to call Nee-san and Jeena-nee back,” said Zandia.
“The guests are really excited. I don’t think they’ll be satisfied unless we do an encore performance… Which songs shall we perform?” said Kanako.
“Is that what you’re worried about?!” Zandia said, exasperated.
“Well, that is indeed troublesome as well… incidentally, my throat is…” Zadiris murmured.
With some hurried cooperation from the musicians and boastful singers of the ‘city,’ and a short break to allow their throats to recover, the idols performed several encore songs and the concert ended in success.
Meanwhile, Heinz was about to challenge a new floor in Alda’s Dungeon when he suddenly heard an announcement in his mind.
《You have acquired the ‘Holy Mother Killer’ Title!》
“W-what?! I’m the ‘Holy Mother Killer?!’”
- Name: Knochen
- Titles: All Bone Palace, Concert Venue
- Rank: 13
- Race: Bone Pandemonium
- Level: 1
- Passive skills:
- Dark Vision
- Monstrous Strength: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Spirit Form: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Precise Bone Form Manipulation: Level 2 (Awakened from Bone Form Manipulation!)
- Physical Resistance: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Absorption Healing (Bone): Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Fortress Form: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)
- Fission: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Fortress Form: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Creator: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Self-Enhancement: Guidance: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Active skills:
- Silent Steps: Level 2
- Breath (Poison): Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- High-speed Flight: Level 6
- Projectile Fire: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Parallel Thought Processing: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)
- Construction: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Musical Performance: Level 2 (NEW!)
- Dance: Level 2 (NEW!)
- Unique skills:
- ■ァンダルー’s Divine Protection [a, n, da, ru-]
- Group Bone Control: Level 3 (Awakened from Long-distance Control!)
Monster explanation (Written by Luciliano):
Bone Pandemonium
A Pandemonium of bones. Such monsters are only vaguely referenced in legends, and in a way, it is the most powerful kind of Undead; its existence is only theorized about.
As its name may suggest, it generates armies of skeletons. It is an enormous castle of walking Undead monsters. It is larger than castles of large nations; describing it would be easier by comparing it to a mountain.
There is likely not an A-class adventurer party or even an S-class adventurer who would want to face this monster, as they might starve to death before the battle comes to an end.
Knochen in particular would be a particularly problematic foe. Master gladly offered it a countless number of bones of the Demon King, thinking of it as spoiling his pet. Thus, some of the bones cannot even be damaged without Orichalcum equipment.
Honestly speaking, I believe that Knochen could perhaps destroy the Mirg shield-nation and occupy the capital city on its own. After all, it would be capable of dispatching a countless number of Skeletons as an extension of itself to watch citizens and dispose of them if need be, and it would become a strategic location to hold.
Even if A-class adventurers capable of sundering mountains and S-class adventurers even more powerful than them were to appear, they would struggle in battle against Knochen. Monsters like Knochen can often be defeated by destroying some kind of core at their center, but this does not apply to Knochen.
Of course, Knochen is specialized in defense and generating numbers, but it does have flaws. It has limited attacking capabilities and few methods of attacking. However, as a Rank 13 monster, there is no doubt that it could overwhelm A-class adventurers through brute force.
For some reason, it has become a concert venue and acquired the Musical Performance and Dance Skills.
Concepts originating from other worlds cannot be underestimated, nor can the power of Venus, which is capable of imprinting memories and experiences onto others.
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Naberisu
When will this magic girl thing end? 🙄
Korath
Not saying its good or bad, but at least there is some interaction. Personally I hate “food dumps” way more, when it is described how you fry a steak or whatever. You can do it once when its in the beginning and MC doesnt want to starve but later on it always just gets boring. Id rather look at a yt vid about this then…
kznecro
hahahaha.
Winter
I wonder if Heinz and party will finally realize a few things from this fun title.
bencachinit
I fear and anticipate the day Knochen learns to sing. As someone who read The Blue Mage Raised by Dragons, there is no better path for Knochen. MWAHAHAHA!
kznecro
its gotta sing “my way” then waste half the audience
Alke
I’m happy because of 2 things: thalos is gonna wake up, but essentially the “holy mother killer” title! 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Vitor
I suggest that Heinz will no longer be known as the blue-flamed sword heinz, but as Heinz the Holy Mother Killer, adn society shuns him as the piece of shit he is
Zenden1st
Monster Mack
Mack
Ereshkigal
I bet they’ll hide that title and still be praise as heroes.
SmerchOleg
“Holy Mother Miller” I start to notice bible references. (Judah being directly involved in Jesus’s execution)
EldenXS
Spooky Scary Skeletons~
A_wandering_otter
Imagine an army of skeleton with seemingly no end a sea of grey skeletons dancing menacingly
prnewt
For some reason, it has become a concert venue and acquired the Musical Performance and Dance Skills.
Dancing skeleton corp is a thing!
NsP7737
Heinz did only one mistake in his life and it will cost him dearly
Chiu ChunLing
If it was only ONE mistake, he’d already be Van’s ally.
Worshipping Alda in the first place was a mistake. Van has forgiven plenty of people who made that mistake (or related ones, like worshipping Hihiryushukaka).
Letting Riley join his party was a mistake. Van has forgiven people for that one too.
Taking the job to hunt down Darcia was a mistake (I’m not gonna say anything about it being forgivable).
Actually attacking her her after seeing that she was just a young mother trying to protect her kid was another mistake (again, NGSA).
Capturing her was yet another…honestly, we’re getting into ‘unforgivable’ territory.
Taking her back to Bormack Gordan rather than trying to find a less insane option was another.
After seeing how Bormack treated her, failing to grab Darcia and niggerrundayo was about a dozen more mistakes, cause she was tortured extensively before being burned at the stake. Every single unholy and unforgivable act Bormack committed during that is on Heinz for not doing more than verbally washing his hands.
And just leaving Van to be hunted by Bormack or starve to death on his own was a few mistakes as well.
After all of that, Heinz still hasn’t admitted his own culpability for any of these acts. He pretends it had nothing to do with him and there was nothing he could have done differently. Furthermore, he even goes so far as to pretend he’s not pretending that, it’s just that there’s nothing he can do about people not knowing his role.
Furthermore, he’s still worshipping Alda and serving him as his means of fixing everything.
Including continuing to cheerfully slaughter plenty of other victims just as innocent as Darcia.
Heinz has made thousands of mistakes at this point, his whole life is nothing but mistakes.
Just maybe it’s time to admit that these aren’t ‘mistakes’ so much as choices.
Temp950
“After all of that, Heinz still hasn’t admitted his own culpability for any of these acts. He pretends it had nothing to do with him and there was nothing he could have done differently. ”
I don’t know about that… he is out trying to change things and atone for what he considers to be a mistake. Yeah his decision to stand by and watch Darcia be tortured and burned at the stake is pretty reprehensible, but given the religious beliefs of the Amid Empire, it is understandable. To them, Dhampirs were dangerous monsters to be eliminated, and a person who would sleep with a Vampire was evil. The fact that he at least managed to question his views makes him better than most people.
ButterflyHorizon
the thing is,has he DONE anything? anything at all to change? he hasn’t helped the oppressed races in any meaningful way,he even LIES about his involvement in Darcia’s death,saying “The woman I let die” even though he himself is the reason why Darcia was captured and burnt.
Alke
Chui Chun Ling : indeed! If he stopped in one error it would be still ok! And worshipping Alda and acting on it as a monstrous killer of women and toddlers is sufficient to not being forgiven, ever! @Temp950:please spare me your excuses for him, they are ridiculous! Could you find excuses like that to racists and pple who killed women as sorcerers, could you find it right, inquisition pple, extremists, terrorists?!?! ALLLL these trash poor excuse of “human” beings were influenced by their religions or beliefs, so is it “OK” to forgive all the crimes that they did just because they feel sorry they did them?! 😒😒😒😒😒Say that to the victims, see what they would tell you! Oh, and protect yourself before going
Ronin
Heinz has done nothing to change other than adopt a dhamphir girl to feel better about himself and try to preach to the peace faction of Alda. I mean Storm of Tyranny actually saved Vida’s races and moved them to secret villages to protect them. He’s nothing more than a mouth piece with not actions behind it. He let’s all of his party members talk him out of feeling bad or over thinking. He has not once really put in effort to find the child of the mother he killed and apologize and ask for forgiveness.
Zenden1st
Lol have you noticed the running joke about important things happening in 10 years
plus i really hope rodcorte isnt dumb enough to release Guderanis because he definitely be worser than van
NsP7737
I bet the soul parts of Gudaranis will scream “MAIN BODY!” to Van
either way, he’ll probably absorb him or devour him so no biggie
Baldingere
Zadiris… It’s already too late. You shall never escape…
Vigaro went to the dark continent, what about the other ghoul men? Didn’t Van want to send others too because the ghoull women tribe are very~ interested?
Vitor
Zadiris, knowing when to give up is a virtue
Inea
imagine Knochen dancing…. there will be a disaster
Vitor
he will dance above Heinz corpse
Kerlark Dgrayman
Lol, Heinz. Gotta love that reaction
Knochen is one letter away from Van’s Divine Protection. Gambare~
KingJake122
aldis faction too closed minded. the people of this world had none of the prejudices from earth he could have easily just talked to his sister if he had issues not putting the whole world involved like this and causing mass genocide. the world could have easily accepted them if he didnt do that especially considering there was only 3000 humans in the world at the time. i get the monsters but they are too different creations. heinz just another guy caught in the cross fire that fucked up and killed the wrong woman. i dont c him surviving a confrontation with van at all especially if does anything to any of the people in van empire even if they do go out of their way to try to kill heinz. only saving grace would be if darcia stops her son.
MintyMints
Vida herself admited she should have just talked to her bother instead of blaming him and Bellwood for Zacharot’s destruction then leaving without explaining herself.
Chiu ChunLing
If she had, she’d just have been staked and sealed before creating the Vida races, and humanity would have died out in a few thousand years. The seals on the Demon King Fragments couldn’t have been maintained, and the body of Guduranis would have revived. Once it gained any of the soul fragments, that would have been the end of Lambda.
Shooman
Not gonna lie, I laughed so hard when Heinz obtained that title
KingJake122
me too lol
DarthJawa
Poor Heinz just wants to chill and clear dungeons while Alda is brainwashing him and Vida is giving him weird titles
OtakuOnCaffiene
It isn’t vida herself but her children/races that she created and essentially the whole dark continent
polynesianvibez
Heinz’s reaction lol 😂
thanks for the chapter
TruePath111
Basdia in a magical girl outfit… My eyes are bleeding.
polynesianvibez
right xD
VsauceIsSpooky
his divine protection is nearly complete
i just had an idea
imagine if van gets so strong that his “bug killer” spell starts to work on weak monsters and regular humans, because they are like bugs in comparison
dude could legit just thanos snap the mirg shield nation
KingJake122
he couldve done it when he beat that 6k army that invaded with his disease he been a monster for a long time im actually shocked hes been holding himself back this long
Gohankuten
It’s because Van is not a monster. He doesn’t indiscriminately kill people. He will only target those that directly target him. The vast majority of the Mirg-Shield Nation have really done nothing to him thus he won’t really bother with them. Unless he is forced with no choice he will probably never bother with a massacre.
nightRox
Hahahaha lmao
IneZwei
Seriously though I feel bad for Heinz, he only ended up as the holy mother killer and Van’s target because Alda had to be a prick and go and preach about how members of vida’s races are monstrosities and abominations of nature that need to be snuffed out.
Skarbrand
Yeah, I don’t like Heinz but he is a better person than most people in Alda’s faction.
Brandragoon
I get what you’re saying and I do think Heinz is the best among Alda’s faction. But I don’t blame van for wanting to kill him, even if he is part of the peaceful faction he would still kill most of Vandelieu’s friends if he saw them. And Ignorance is not a good enough excuse for his actions, especially since all he would have to do to see the truth is to really look at the “monsters” he hunts instead of blindly believing what others tell him about them.
Alex-dono
i understand where you are coming from but at the end of the day of all the requests to accept from the adventurer’s guild, he chose the one that had him ambush and capture a mother while she was separated from her infant child and then proceeded to leave that aforementioned infant to fend for himself. So yeah, while Heinz didn’t actually kill Darcia ,Van’s hatred is justified because even Heinz knows what he did was wrong as seen by his joining the peace faction and raising a dhampir child.
TruePath111
He’s trying to find the right path, but clearly Alda is manipulating him and others. Alda is not being honest to his followers and going as far to even lie to them. He’s no different then the Evil God of vampires.
For readers to hate him, it’s pretty unreasonable. I hated Hiroto at first too, it is his fault Origin ended up the state it became
Wsteven7o7
You are not worthy to have likes…
WolfLord_Jordon
Poor Heinz he is generally someone who’s trying to seek Redemption trying to do good by the standards of most of the world he didn’t even do anything wrong when he sent the vans mother to be burnt to death.Thanks for the chapter on a good story
Blackpercher
hahaha
anyways…
im catching up!!
Fitoor
They killed the Holy Mother. What a Heinouz thing to do.
Pallington
Goddamnit, take your updoot and leave
Hobbes
Touche… You win this day my friend
LmaoLN
And “alda (all the)” things they did which were messed up they justified it somehow
Wsteven7o7
I wanna see Heinz reaction so baaaaaad!!!!!!!!!
Vitor
This one, this one is good XD
Wannabe
I know Schneider had a magic device for hiding his anti-Alda title. How easy is it for the average person to find out your titles though? I remember reading that the monstrosity title could make you easier to track. Do they make magic tools that scan for titles from a premade list?
I’m wondering how detrimental a title like this is if you don’t tell anyone about it.
lazygeko
Unless he shows it, they won’t know. But I think they can peek during some adventurer guild things. More importantly is the effect. It won’t be huge but just having the title probably makes believers of Vida to have a natural dislike of him. Like Van’s Ghoul King title made the ghouls innately inclined to follow him.
Then there is the mental blow… though I’m sure Heinz will shrug it off somehow, maybe adopt another Vida race kid.
SpinelesS
I’m glad Kanako finally got to become an Idol like she always wanted 😛
Vitor
I agree
Nobody2
Chapter??
McDeathTheReapr
why the fuck did you get down voted?
you didn’t even say anything XD
MintyMints
Anything??
Andy
I wonder if knochen will gain a compression ability like Pym particles, like between a house to normal size(also I’ve been noticing some novel aggregator sites starting to steal your work (not subtly but copy and pasting everything, including donators and notes) without crediting so be aware)
Carex28
To be sure that they have seen your warning, it’s best to tell them on their Discord about it.
Megamink24
Isn’t the reason why the undead offspring weren’t afraid of the demons and the reason they started to drink the blood and transform due to the effects of Van’s Guidance skills?
Jupojupo
“the copyright license holders from Earth and Origin wouldn’t come all the way to another world to make claims.”
No one:
Literally no one:
Youtube: Are you challenging me?!
Supreme king
Those duckers are tenacious and persistent
Wsteven7o7
Fine i admit you first good comment you happy now?
junior1210
Disney: Challenge Accepted!!!!
Wsteven7o7
Im gona like it because 1 is true .
And 2 because i can do Mickey Mouse voice.
InfernoHomura
The chapter is great and awesome but I wanna freaking know what the “Holy Mother Killer”s effects are coz that title may be misinterpreted to some ppl that he killed a holy mother figure behind the scenes, and that would be hillarious thing for me to read XD
Kuro-san
The effects of this title at most should be something like “extra damage to the Holy Mothers”
Ace
Actually that title makes all races of vida hate him it’s a title only a evil god would take pride in and boast about since he’s more or less a hero he’d be screwed if anyone finds out he has it.
Wsteven7o7
The Damphir Girl!!
Dr.Death
I see the future the birth of the god of death who’s stomach is the underworld where the souls of sinners. ALL HAIL VAN!
lolhounds
Sorry for my bad English, but i think Tartarus could also mean the god Tartarus, son(or daughter) of Chaos. I wonder if Vandalieu could get the Chaos job. Because Chaos in myth is the progenitor of all gods
Funky K
Thanks for the Chapter!!! I feel like we are getting closer to the day that Van uses his power and authority to start dropping unpleasant titles on all his enemies!!!
Heinz: 《You have acquired the ‘Dead Meat’ Title!》
Murakami: 《You have acquired the ‘Trash’ Title!》
Birkyne: 《You have acquired the ‘Demon Kings Junk Food’ Title!》
Asagi: 《You have acquired the ‘Steaming Pile of S#%@’ Title!》
Khairul
WTF with that title bro🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣oh my god😂😂😂
Turix
I cannot help but imagine Heinz getting pointed at by the system in a Conan-esque fashion when he gets the title.
rainyday
when is knochen going to fuse with bone man and acquire his combat and unique skills?
CLE3
Holy Fuck I never thought of that awesomely terrifying concept… If it happened and they could basically have an army of bone men and or a country sized cloud of bone blades using superior sword skills then Alda would just have to raise the white flag right then and there.
But it probably wont happen, neither of them show any signs of wanting to give up their individuality and Van wont minmax his forces at the cost of his friends physical, mental, or emotional well being. Though parts of Bone Man have been swapped before if memory serves, I wonder if Van will turn him into a Demon Skeleton Blade Lord.
SpudCaleb
I wonder if they can make a compromise and temporarily combine BoneMan and Knochen and make a 60meter tall Bone man yelling/screeching “JYUUUUUUUUH~!” like Godzilla or something XD
Gohankuten
I feel like this fusion would only happen if Bone Man was injured to the extent that saving him would be impossible kinda like what happened to create Knochen in the first place. Either that or Bone Man feels so powerless by himself that he decides to fuse to make himself more powerful and useful overall and give Knochen the needed destructive abilities it’s lacking since Knochen is primarily defense focused.
Those are the 2 scenarios I could foresee this fusion happening.
w1ck3d
If Knochen fused with Bone Man, his transformation into Metroplex would be complete…
Phantom Knight
Thanks for the chapter!!!! Lol. At least, we now know a bit more about how Vandalieu-sama got those two new titles. It still makes me curious on the meaning behind what Tiamat and Deena meant about obstacles though.
For a second, I thought they were referring to those who lower their chances of hooking up with Van-sama, but they are probably thinking of something else……. Although, it is still weird how all the girls gained Deeana’s Divine Protection despite only recently being acquainted.
……At the same time, I am wondering whether Vida is rolling around in the ground while screaming in embarrassment. Her own Incarnation is now doing sermons as a magical girl. She may really end up taking the title of Goddess of Magical Girls(lol) if she is not careful, and it sure isn’t helping when Basdia decides to join. Lol (I am still shocked that Van-sama allowed his mom to become one and even given her costume that can emphasize her breasts.)
As a nice bonus to everything, we even got to finally see how Heinz got a bad title. Lol. He is probably racking his brains trying to figure out what rumors are circulating about him and who did he piss off. After all, regardless of authenticity, those titles will only come up did to reputation or the words of someone very influencual.
Diabell
can we just take a moment to feel happy about our “little” bone castle knochen and sad he’s an indestructible moving fortress yet he has the title of concert venue he’s grown up so much to become untouchable from being a small fry even though he almost gets no lime-light
Rollrock
Knochen and Bone Man have gone a really long way, I still remember when they were just skeletons of mice and random animals. It’s nice that the writer never really neglects anyone who’s been together with Van since the very beginning, although it does take a lot of time to fill the scenes with this many characters.
conscript117
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It brought me a smile to the face when I read the new title heinz got, he deserve it, eye for and eye, now he just needs to die.(and all the involved in this particular case)
Lord Rin
Maybe after getting that title, Heinz will finally start to suspect that maybe what he’s doing right now isn’t a good thing. I am surprised he didn’t also get a title like ‘Villain’ though given how much Vida’s races hate him.
Anyways as much as I hate Heinz I really feel like at the end, Van will forgive him. I mean look how many people have been Van’s enemies originally only to then join him as allies. Like Miles, Eleanora, Isla, Bellmond and even Mikhail to an extent were originally enemies that have since been forgiven and joined Van. Van is currently in the Orbaume Kingdom and he’ll probably head towards the dungeon Heinz is at and meets the little dhampir girl that is with Heinz and she somehow convinces him to get Heinz out of the dungeon or whatever or he goes into the dungeon of his own volition and meets him and forgives him because his mom has already done so since she seems like the forgiving type and Van is a mother-con so…
Would still like Van to kick the crap out of him before he forgives him though.
On another note given the names of Knochen’s previous races, I seriously expected he’d get something like Bone Idol Concert Stage/Hall as a race name. At least luckily he only got something similar as just a title.
Kuro-san
I’m sorry, but I have to refute your theory.
Van-sama, only forgave his enemies that did not cause great damage to his companions.
Examples:
-Miles never did anything against Van-sama.
-If Eleanora had killed Tarea as the vampires wanted, Van-sama would have killed her;
-Isla was killed, Eleanora killed her;
-Bellmond, as far as we know, has done nothing wrong;
-Mikhail was punished, it was Borkus who forgave.
Already Heinz and his companions killed Darcia, Van-sama’s mother, the first person, in Van-sama’s view, who loved him. They, in my opinion, will not be forgiven.
Cendacyl
I agree. I don’t think Van would forgive anyone who harms Darcia mama even if the person in question forgave them. And even with that, I don’t think Darcia mama would forgive Heinz for putting Van through so much despair.
Heinz will get what’s coming to him and it will be glorious.
SpudCaleb
I somewhat agree with you on that, Heinz will have some suffering as revenge from Vandalieu, but I think he will ultimately join Vida’s side.
His forgiveness will be mostly up to Darcia-mama and I think she won’t hold much against him, especially if he makes a point to apologize and try to atone for it in some way.
Throughout this story, Heinz has mostly done what he believes to be right, and at many points in his journey (mainly when he hunted down Darcia, whom he had prior been told to be an evil witch) where he had greatly doubted whether he really was doing the right thing, and the fact that he had gotten divine protection from Alda the god of ‘Law’ and ‘Order’ didn’t make it any easier for him figure out whether he was in the right or wrong, and right now, he is going through something similar to brainwashing.
I believe that in the end, he will switch over to Van’s side, but Selen, Darcia, and the gods actions will all play a pivotal role in this and hopefully, at some point, someone can get some unbiased information to him.
Lui5aidh
I’m really unsure about Heinz. Him getting that title is hilarious and well deserved but everyone is set on Van killing him to punish him and I’m uncertain on how to feel about that. Don’t get me wrong what he did was evil and he deserves to be punished for it but I don’t think he deserves to die. He is genuinely apologetic albeit in a very naive and stupid way. If he is persuaded by Alda to kill Van then go ahead kill him but if he really does want to change himself and the way people think, then maybe he deserves a chance. I mean Mikhail is now on Vans side even though it’s mainly because he’s an undead but lots of once enemies now fight together under Van, so honestly anythings possible.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Kuro-san
The problem is that for Van-sama recovering after forgiving the Holy Mother’s murderer, it is as difficult as Alda to recover after moving to a God of Darkness and Chaos for the stress that such an action would have on Van- sama.
After all, it was not he who suffered the greatest damage in this history, it was his precious mother, the first person, from van-sama’s point of view, who gave him genuine affection.
Note: I am Brazilian and I am using Google Translate to write, so please forgive me for English errors.
Vaccaria
Heinz and all his party member (excluding those newcomers) deserve to die. an eye for an eye, death for death. Cliche scene of enemies become friends is not needed here.
JeKeBe
Honestly I agree. For Heinz and crew they were acting in good faith as adventurers, tracking down a dangerous creature that they handed over to the church… and then they left feeling pretty awkward and disgusted about it. Mistakes were made, but he has apparently learned something and tried in a naive way to make up for them.
Doesn’t mean Van should forgive him immediately, he DID have a part in the torture and murder of his mother Darcia, but I’d think it would be much more fitting to have him serve as a punching bag in the training ground for a while before being given another chance.
Kuro-san
The problem, as I said above, is that Van-sama would not recover from the stress of Peroar Heinz.
JeKeBe
There’s a possible out for that though, in that Heinz and his cronies didn’t actually kill her. Yes, they captured her, but they actually opposed the crazy priest’s actions and left in disgust after being ignored.
I’d say there’s at least a chance that Van will begrudgingly forgive them after putting them through hell. Especially if, as is likely to happen in the future, they turn away from Alda when he goes nutzo on the warpath.
Cendacyl
I think this was mentioned in previous chapters but Van could barely stand to be in Heinz’s presence, let alone being able to forgive him. He tried to rationalize that he could forgive Heinz somehow, but when he actually met him he couldn’t hold back his lust for Heinz’s destruction. I don’t believe Heinz has any chance of redemption, nor do I want to see that.
Lui5aidh
I know, I remember that and honestly I don’t think van would ever forgive them, I mean apart from Heinz who’s actually trying it doesn’t seem like the others show much remorse. I’m just unsure of how to feel about Heinz getting killed outright. I’m extremely curious about how the author is going to go about it.
Kuro-san
If there really is such a chance, it should be somewhere around 0,1/999.999.999, or less.
Just another account
Doesn’t that just mean he does not truly feel regret because he just left after being ignored and did not actually do anything to stop it from happening.
Vitor
Nah, he even said this when killing Gubamon, Gordan and Ridley, he knew they would be useful as undead, but he wasn’t able to stand the very thought of them existing, so he destroyed their souls, and for him, Heinz, the leader of the party is the one who is at fault the most
Vaccaria
You know what? You’re right. Heinz and his party can’t die. death would be too generous. They should be tortured like Darcia for the rest of their life.
VEreality
I would like to remind you of how did Van react when a certain fake spear hero and a vampire hunter priest were near him as zombies. It caused him so much pain that it has made him sick. There is no way he is going to forgive them. If there is anyone interested, I firmly belive that the future will look something like this. Darcia will forgive them and beg Van to do so as well. He will try for the sake of his mother. It will eventually cause him the same reaction as before. They will meet the same fate as the other two or something just as bad will happen to them. I would love to see him turn them into zombies and then throw them in Origin somehow in order to fight the rest of the soon to be reincarnated heroes. I know that it would never happen, but god isn’t it a fantastic image? It would be even better if they spread Vandaliu’s name and he would become a god in Origin 😀
Just another account
To me it feels like Heinz does not truly want that atonement. I mean he probably thinks what he is doing is atonement but he never tried to save them and just went on an adventure straight after seeing Darcia burn. He could have at least checked on Vandelieu to try and help him if he is alive or respect his dead body but he just goes off for his atonement. Also his form of atonement is to pretty much make Vandelieu feel guilty for hating him anymore after saving others.
SuprGofi
Unlikely for Heinz to compromise with van. I can see hiroto because of his daughter with the death attribute, a good perspective. Heinz will not compromise with death attribute and demon fragments.
adhitya_id
Hmm..i wish the translator translate the chapters faster like the raw but i know it’s complicated to be a translator so i just can say thanls for the chapters😉
Makaayplays
Knochen is my reason for happiness. Also I’m happy Heinz got that title.
Dylan
Am I the only one hopeing that Knochen will evolve into (The Divine Realm of The Death God) at some point?
Telephotoleek69
No your not the only one
Dark Templar
That would be glorious to imagine.
JeKeBe
Complete with daily song and dance shows by magical girl angels!
Ryouha26
Magical Death Angels
Hobbes
What about some death metal?
rainyday
I just want him to fuse with bone man so he can get bone blades and learn how to fight
Wsteven7o7
Imagined he becomes Van Divine space!!!!!
Man i hope it becomes true.
DeathDisciple
I came looking for a New chapter because i had a dream… I guess i got a New skill
Moonfang
“Heinz became synonymous with villain” …I guess you could say his deeds were Heinous… Yes, it was a pun all along.
Wsteven7o7
No IT CAN’T BE!!!
Always Has Been
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https://youtu.be/NoMZPb2bfnc
kazamakj
Great chapter also Van is the umbrella Corp? Ha ha he is basically upending the natural order of this world. Wonder how strong he gets at his second puberty.
Vitor
He creates virus and poison… creates zombies… mutates monsters… turns animals into monsters… I think Van is something to be worshiped by Umbrella
Kazza
Yay! New chapter!
That was a fun one, better than last chapter to be honest. I like the visual of the concert, my only real criticism would be I actually would have liked to read how Darcia would describe Van’s adventures. I dunno, probably a chance for a different perspective on some events.
Gotta love the little moment when talking about the songs that Kanako stole, they’re somehow worried about Copyright.
Then again, better stay away from the Mouse House. I’m not sure performing their songs in an alternate fictional dimension will keep you safe.
Demonicmuffin
Not even the boundaries of reality can protect you from Mr. Mouse.
KarmaTy
Well, Heinz is already paying for his sins xD
All that’s left is for him to die.
Thank you for the new chapter.
Vaccaria
What does he pay it with? The debt still there and it will only paid when he die for it to be a fair. An eye for an eye, death for death. He caused Darcia to get killed so he should be killed as well. He and all his party, except those new recruits. That is what I called true justice
Diggydawg
Hahaha! Poor (not really) Heinz, I love how you can’t really hide that you’re badmouthing someone behind their back.
Morgan
I wonder what Rodcorte will do and how he will react when he realises that almost every one of Van’s actions has actually been following what Rodcorte ordered back at the start of the novel. 《Insert Rodcorte Voice》”I’m sending you to be reincarnated on Lambda and I want you to develop this world using your knowledge from Earth and Origin” which Van’s been doing, only with the Death attribute and some ”heresy”. Also, at this point, to make a good fight between Van and the hero party, the hero party needs to get like 5-7x stronger. I wonder how they’ll do that ’cause Van’s getting dragged into the dungeon with them in his dreams and gaining strength.
Cendacyl
Uhh….
More like 500-700x stronger
Kuro-san
He will do a stupid action and you know it.
JeKeBe
The answer to that is pretty simple. Rodiot is too friggin’ stupid to ever realize that, so he’ll just keep on keepin’ on with his usual brand of idiocy.
Kuro-san
Congratulations JeKeBe, you overcame my joke completely.
VIOLENT
You know i’m asking myself how strong the 7 heroes were, especially Bellwood, because they say that monster of rank 14 are but small fry
So if they are small fry, how strong was the Demon king around rank 20, 30 maybe?
Kuro-san
In my opinion, the Demon King should be located between ranks 16 and 18. While the fighting heroes were, when they were alive, around the 15 rating. And the Demon King lost because they were 3 Heroes (With trapassam of combat), against a Demon King (who possibly did not have as many tricks as Van-sama and depended heavily on brute force).
rainyday
no they mention the barriers when talking about how zakkart originally died, and when the amid empire learns bot the fight against ervine they say his magic is similar to what the demon king had in legends so the demon king probably had death attribute magic and definitely used it for defense and breaking souls similar to van. He was also able to disguise himself and make a imposter for his hat trick to distract vida and kill zakkart and the other creation heroes so he had some tricks
Kuro-san
He had, but it is quite unlikely that he would have tricks like [Ghost Magic], which uses subordinates.
CCaprice
I can’t wait to see Heinz experience getting weird titles like Van has to.
Thanks for the chapter.
Paps
Thanks for the chapter, I couldn’t help it but laugh at Heinz new tittle. Really Van castle every time keeps turning more and more like an actual Demon King Dungeon.
Rikuo
Somehow . Am i the only one feeling that they shouldn’t make heinz get more titles? I mean, if he get that killer titles with effect like (twice damage to holy mother/vida races) that would be devastating 😰😰
frozen ink
thats prolly the case but do note that some titles are kinda like place holders like van’s “taboo” title, and monstrosity which are there but dont really do shit
WBee
Those titles are vague so they don’t have a clear effect, however ‘Holy Mother Killer’ gives a pretty clear idea to what kind of power it has like ‘king killer’ or ‘ [insert race title] emperor’.
Morgan
Personally, I think Heinz should get the title “Enemy of the Eclipse Empire”. Also it takes a ridiculous amount of people recognising a title to create it. Van could use the idol performances to create debuffing titles for the hero party. Speaking of which, wouldn’t Heinz also get the “False Hero” and “Vandalieu’s Target” as titles since Van’s about to become a god?
Jonathan Hurd
The Taboo Title was a place Holder but there was a clear point to the Monstrosity title. It makes the holder a bigger figure in the Underground and makes it easier for him to attract followers. It however comes with the drawback of making him stand out more so his movements are easier to track. The title Explanation thing said sometimes leaders give the Monstrosity title to already big figures to make them easier to follow.
VEreality
I really think there are titles that cause negative effects to the bearer. Let’s say: what if this title makes the members of Vida’s races to feel strong hate toward him even if they don’t know him nor his history with Van at all.
wai311040
Well, unless Heinz become reeeeeeeally strong after he finish that dungeon, just twice damage won’t scratch our Holy Mother much.
Oshibo
True but it won’t do much good even if it does. Before she even got her first job after being reborn she was already at the rank of an S-Rank adventurer and Heinz is an S-Rank himself after at least a dozen jobs. Plus her bones are literally almost unbreakable with an amazing Healing factor, he’d tire himself out trying to deal lasting damage to her, given a few years she could be on Schneider’s current level who is still a lot stronger than Heinz.
Lord Rin
Not all titles have special effects. Like Schneider has the ‘One who is loved by Alda’ title yet it does nothing. Or the Green Wind Spear Riley had the ‘The Second Coming of the Tragic Hero’ title but it was specifically mentioned that it didn’t make him any more unfortunate or have negative status effects. Sure he still got killed and his soul broken by Van but it had nothing to do with his title.
Anyways I don’t think Heinz’ new title has any effect. Even if it did, Darcia was already stronger than him back when she was first resurrected and didn’t have a job and now she has a few jobs.
Vitor
you sure Riley’s title didn’t have any effects? I do believe he met a tragic end after recieving it
JeKeBe
I’m betting that the effect of the title will be the exact opposite of the Holy Son Van received. Rather than receiving love and goodwill, he’ll be a total aggro magnet for Vida’s races and true believers.
Which would be hilarious if he walked out of the dungeon and the dhampir girl he protected suddenly entered a tsuntsun phase.
Jonathan Hurd
I like this idea. I think you might be right that the Title will cause Heinz to gather agro from Vida’s races naturally. It will also probably come with a attack bonus towards anyone with a Holy Mother title, but I feel like Darcia can look after herself now.
Cendacyl
It’d be so funny if the dhampir girl he was sheltering totally despised him after he comes out of the dungeon. XD
frozen ink
ok… so aside from waiting for darcia to get the magical-idol goddess title , i have to ask how a freaking flying giant ass fortress thats basically euqievelant to several stadiums have the SILENT STEP skill LIKE THATS FKING Terrifying, like picture seeing a giant ass fort going at u and you cant even fking hear it at it basically runs over you …. thats terrifying
Ltshrek
He got that when they didn’t merge yet as a chimera but yeah if knochen leveled up that to 10 he would be a total disaster to normal kingdoms
Thk
that awkward moment when a city of bone sneaks up on you
serapheid
He’d be like “Surprise Motherfuckers!” And just suddenly glomp the entire capital of the kingdom. A mobile fortress with a sneak skill… how deliciously OP
WBee
How embarrassed would you be if you got surprise attacked by a giant castle?
Morgan
Sneak 101
LEVEL UP
Kendov
Silent step maxed and evolved to soundless movement. Bone fort with a camouflage spell cast on it crushing down without a sound.
JeKeBe
That moment in Un’Goro crater when you realize a giant devilsaur snuck up on you and is now chewing on your corpse…
Kuro-san
This is the magic of doing side missions before they disappear. You will almost always end up with a weapon or skill that you would not otherwise achieve.
Nox
Are gods in Lambda able to change their sexes? If yes, oh boy
frozen ink
some technically have no fixed gender . so not all of em
VEreality
If we have brought this topic to light, can somebody clear something up for me please? Was our favorite god of space ever refered to as either a male or female? I mean its description as a multiple headed lion doesn’t give any clues and I really can’t remember.
frozen ink
technically he is male
cause its 3 bodies
an old man
a man
a shota
but mostly male
serapheid
There was a time “he” was also described as an old lady, milf, and loli, but I’ve forgotten which particular chapter it was. Basically, as long as they represent three aspects of different ages then it doesn’t matter what gender.
Lord Rin
Wasn’t it Ricklent the one with 3 bodies instead of Zuruwarn? Though I do think I remember Ricklent offering to become a woman when meeting Van at one point.
Jonathan Hurd
Yeah those are two seperate gods. Zuruwarn is a four headed dog. Rickilent is the one who keeps shifting between three men and three women. As for Zuruwarns gender…. he is called the trickster wouldn’t surprise me if his gender was fluid. He doesn’t seem like someone who can be pinned down by anything much less gender.
Sebas Tian
Zuruwarn is a lion with four heads
frozen ink
an example of a non-gender god would be vans loli stalker who is now “technically ” female
Demonicmuffin
Well, I think the evil gods are a bit of a special case, since they’re ascended beings from an eldritch realm which doesn’t seem to put a lot of emphasis on gender. We know that most of the gods of Lambada are gendered, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Zuruwan is genderless. Main point is, the evil gods are a bit different than the native ones.
Kuro-san
in my opinion they can, but they should have some rules. As the gods must feel like the opposite sex, in other words, Alda would need to be in a female frame of mind to become a goddess. However, the way believers imagine the gods must also limit them. After all, it would not be Death Mage without many annoying rules that limit the gods.
Doom
PRAISE VAN-SAMA, OUR LORD SAVIOR, OUR CHAMPION, AS HIS ENEMIES….
*breaks into laughter a little*
AS HIS ENEMY GETS A SHOCKING NEW TITLE! THE SACRED MESSAGE TODAY IS:
Is my blood an addictive drug now?
Kendov
What could happen to races like the maryujin when they drink his blood?
Kuro-san
They will possibly evolve into a sub-race with “Black”, “Death”, “Abyss”, etc., in the name.
Seinvolf
Thank u always for ur great work…
^^…
Ryouha26
In the beginning I was like “Are demons plotting something?” Then Luciliano’s name came up and I remembered how Van-sama tamed demons XD
Destroy the Holy Mother Killer!
Destroy! Death! Destruction!
Thnx for the chappy~ Nanodesu~
Sebas Tian
Hope everyone enjoys the chapter. Down with Heinz the killer of the Holy Mother, may his soul rest within the Holy Son’s stomach in the future!
timeh
Heinz has so much enemys he doesnt even know about
frozen ink
or become the holy son’s shit …. so in essense holy shit
“drum roll”
k imma run now
Kendov
Thank you for your work again 🙂 I wonder how long it will take for him to learn why he received the title
Tenma shinigami
Heinz doesn’t deserve such a blessing as to be eaten by the holy son just throw him like the trash he is.
I have a better idea why don’t we send him to asagi to lecture him for all eternity
Wsteven7o7
Now that is torture.