The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

30 I'm fine with being the Prophesized Holy Son

The Undead Titans' recollections of what happened after the【Divine Spear of Ice】Mikhail joined the attack on Talosheim were full of holes; they had never known the exact details up until now.

These were the events of what happened when they were killed, what happened before they became Undead and what happened right after that.

They only knew the historical facts, such as that Talosheim had fallen, that the heroes had been defeated and that Mikhail had attempted to destroy the goddess Vida's treasure that existed below the royal castle but was heavily wounded by Vida's legacy, the guardian Dragon Golem, and forced to retreat back to the Mirg shield-nation.

『I... Jeena, Zandia-jouchan and I, the three of us, ambushed that bastard in the audience chamber. The Adventurers' Guild branch that had been built in Talosheim back then told me that I was an A-class adventurer. Jeena was promoted to A-class before the war, and though Zandia-jouchan was still B-class, it was said that she would definitely become an S-class adventurer in the future. Even though that guy had a legendary-class Magic Item, he was an A-class adventurer, just like me. I thought we could do it.』(Borkus)

Two A-class adventurers and a B-class adventurer, a total of three people, fought a single A-class adventurer. The odds were clearly in the favor of the former, and they should have succeeded in defending the chamber.

But Borkus continued speaking.

『In the end, things turned out as you know. I was called the【Sword King.】I had no intention of losing. I received supportive spells from the other two, and with this magic sword, I used my signature move【Dragon Slayer】to try and defeat him. But my magic sword... The magic sword that took the head of a Dragon in one attack was smashed by his spear. Damn it, how dare you – I shouted something like that as I tried to swing a punch at him. But I couldn't. Heheh, it's no big deal, I just lost my dominant arm and my magic sword together.』(Borkus)

Adventurers are divided into classes from G to S. This isn't based purely on fighting strength; adventurers' success rate in completing requests and their normal conduct are also taken into consideration, and Jobs and possessed skills can have an effect as well. However, there are no overwhelming differences in strength between two adventurers of the same class.

But at that time, Borkus had learned the hard way that the A-class and S-class are exceptions to that rule.

The A-class is the realm of extraordinary people. Something like slaying a Dragon was nothing to them. But large differences in power could exist between A-class adventurers.

People of the B-class are beyond ordinary people but aren't quite extraordinary. An ordinary person with extraordinary qualities, just a little beyond those of the B-class. That is what the【Saint】Jeena was.

Undoubtedly an【extraordinary person】and a hero, but still an extraordinary【person】in the end, unable to break free of the restrictions of being a person. Falling short of being one of the inhuman figures in myths that were said to be able to reach the domain of the gods who fought against the Demon King's evil gods. That is what the【Sword King】Borkus was.

And Mikhail was a truly inhuman individual; an A-class adventurer possessing powers worthy of the S-class.

『Because of that, I ended up kissing the floor. And the next thing I knew, I had become an Undead. Then I turned around, and Zandia-jouchan was there. Only one part of her.』

With these words, Borkus pushed open the door of the audience chamber that he had guarded for two hundred years.

Chilling, cold air came from beyond the door.