The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

52 What's impossible is impossible. So then let's think is possible.

Volume 3: March of the Eclipse King's Army

On this day, tears of blood fell from every statue of Yupeon, the god of ice serving Peria, the goddess of water and knowledge, in the Bahn Gaia continent and throughout the rest of the world. Those who had received Yupeon's divine protection heard the 'scream of a god' and lost consciousness.

The cause of that was Vandalieu breaking and destroying the soul of Ice Age, the magic spear of ice. But as the Ice Age's consciousness never returned to Yupeon's main body, even Yupeon who had lost a clone of himself did not know this.

The people feared this omen, worrying that it signaled the return of the Demon King or the second resurrection of the fallen champion Zakkart, and the clergymen of every region became very busy.

A heavy atmosphere had fallen upon the audience chamber that was well-organized despite its cleaning being incomplete.

Most of those who had challenged the Dragon Golem excluding the Stone Golems still remained here.

Bone Wolf, Bone Bird and the other Undead animals had turned into a Bone Chimera that let out a strange cry of multiple beasts at once.

The only ones who weren't here were Vandalieu, the one who had repaired this audience chamber, and Bone Man whose spine and hips had been crushed and was still unable to move on his own.

They were still beneath the royal castle.

In order to find out whether the destroyed resurrection device could be repaired or not.

After Vandalieu destroyed Ice Age's soul, everyone received an incredible quantity of Experience Points that even Borkus had never earned in a single battle before. The Dragon Golem made of Orichalcum by a goddess that had been challenged by the S-class-destined Divine Spear of Ice Mikhail and his companions. It had remained standing even after claiming the lives of all of Mikhail's companions and inflicting a fatal wound on Mikhail himself.

Because they had dealt the final blow to such a foe, everyone gained an enormous amount of Experience Points.

As a result, Vigaro had become a Rank 7 Ghoul Tyrant, the highest, most powerful type of Ghoul that had been historically witnessed. His enormous body was now over two and a half meters tall, matching the height of the Titans, and he had grown two additional arms. He was a powerful, four-armed warrior.

Rita and Saria's armor looked the same as before, but they had become Rank 6 High-Magic Armors and their Spirit Form skills had improved. They looked far more human than their previous log-like, vaguely-human-shaped bodies.

... Though Vandalieu would consider them to be like a full-body, white version of the silhouettes depicting the criminal in a way that their age and gender couldn't be determined in mystery manga.

In fact, their Spirit Forms were bulging in various places; it was like some form of joke.

And the levels of the other members had increased as well. Bone Man, who wasn't present here, had probably increased his Rank and Vandalieu's Job level had likely increased significantly as well.

However, the atmosphere in here wasn't a happy celebration of these facts.

"They sure are taking their time..."

Several hours had already passed, but there was no sign of Vandalieu returning. He hadn't suffered any injuries other than giving Eleanora a little of his own blood, but he had expended a large amount of his Mana and his Surpass Limits skill had been active. There was no way that he wasn't feeling fatigued.