The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

32 A journey of self-discovery and Rank up

Vandalieu was on his third day of rest, but the Undead Titans were busy at work, as if making up for all of the time that they had spent idle up until now.

「Lumberjacks cut treeeees!」(Titan)

TLN: This is a humorous use of alliteration in Japanese because "lumberjack" is 木こり/kikori, "tree" is 木/ki and "cut" is "切る/kiru". Basically there's a lot of syllables with the K sound.

『GYIIIIH!』(Ent)

Holding their axes in both hands, the Titans swung them into the trunk of a large tree. And then the tree... the Ent, the monster that the tree had transformed into, screamed.

The Titans took no notice of the Ent swinging its branches around as a final act of resistance, and in the end, the felling of the Ent was complete.

「Boss! What're we doing with this tree?」(Titan)

『Put it where we're gathering the timber! The Holy Son is resting for now!』(Titan)

「Roooger!」(Titan)

The Undead Titans cut off the Ent's smaller branches and carried these along with the trunk to the place where the timber was being gathered. These Titans had been『lumberjacks』while they were alive, and even though they were now only made of bones and rotting flesh, they worked at a brisk pace.

「We have to hurry and exterminate all of the other monsters in Talosheim!」(Titan)

「Yeah, since the Holy Son is here now!」(Titan)

『Aaah, I want to hurry and go get the salt!』(Titan)

TLN: Not sure what this salt line means.

They were working to clear the outer districts of Talosheim, which were being encroached upon by the forest of the Devil's Nests outside, and turn them back into ruins. Vandalieu, the Holy Son, had told them that he would repair the buildings of Talosheim and restore them to their original state.

『Show him how we work!』(Titan)

With the former lumberjacks leading the way, the Titans defeated the monsters attacking them to defend their territory one after another, cutting down the trees as they went.

Before the Titans discovered the tunnel leading into Duke Hartner's* territory in the Orbaume Kingdom, Talosheim had been a city-nation isolated from the outside world by the Boundary Mountain Range.

TLN*: Duke Hartner was mentioned in chapter 28, but I misread "Hartner" as "partner" in the raw when I translated that chapter so... yeah. In my defense, パートナ is partner and ハートナis Hartner; literally that little circle above the first character is the only difference and I just missed it. The sentence in chapter 28 that mentions him has been fixed now.

The royal capital's population was five thousand, and there were only three small villages with populations numbering in the hundreds. Other than capable adventurers like the【Sword King】Borkus and the Knights' Order of the Church led by the【Saint】Jeena, there were no specialized military personnel or battle technicians.

All of the soldiers, including the city guards, did those duties as their secondary occupation; they normally worked as miners or fishermen.

Upon learning this, one would think that even for a country of Titans who were born with great physical strength and sturdy bodies, their military strength was too low. But the reality was different.

All of Talosheim's industries were dependent on the Devil's Nests and Dungeons, other than its agriculture.

Lumberjacks gathered lumber by felling Ents, Treants and High Treants in Devil's Nests and Dungeons.