The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

146 Our nation will return to being an ordinary kingdom

With the defeat of Bugitas, who had become an incarnation of Ravovifard, the evil god of release, the army of Buzazeos and Gerazorg, who still had plenty of numbers remaining, were easily defeated as well.

The effect of Bugitas's False Guidance: Beast Path had disappeared, and the Noble Orcs under Buzazeos's command had lost the bonus to their Attribute Values. Since Gerazorg's god had been defeated, he had lost his Divine Protection and the ability to use the Familiar Spirit Descent Skill, and though his Rank, Skills and Level were still intact, he had become remarkably weaker.

Of course, False Guidance: Beast Path's side effects, the amplification of instincts and desires as well as the loss of the ability to think and reason, were also undone. But they would have been happier if the side effects had stayed.

"BUHIIIIIH?!"

"Ravovifard! Why have you abandoned us?!"

"It's hopeless, it's over, we're finiiiiished!"

The only reason they had been able to hold out against the allied army of the nations was because of the high morale maintained by False Guidance: Beast Path and the belief that Bugitas would be able to turn the battle around.

Now that those had vanished and the soldiers had regained the reasoning to understand how hopeless the battle was, the army's morale was shattered to pieces.

Abandoning command, Chief General Buzazeos had shouted, "I shall at least die a glorious death!" and then led several of his close aides in a suicide attack. He was defeated as a result of a fierce battle with Gorba, the leader of the Black Fang Knights' Order.

Gerazorg cried and fled, but the angry king of the Majin nation, Godwin, chased him down on his own and captured him alive.

There were some on Bugitas's side inside the city in addition to Buzazeos's army, but they were merely guards; they weren't powerful or many in number, so they were exterminated by the people on Budarion's side once it was known that Budarion had defeated Bugitas.

Some had surrendered, but it seemed that whether their surrenders were accepted or not depended on their previous actions.

Of course, there were some who'd had no choice but to obey Bugitas, but the majority of them had joined up with Budarion's side the moment Bugitas was defeated.

Since these events took place very quickly, Vandalieu didn't really have anything to do. He had made sure that the buildings and evacuated people were not affected by the shockwaves from the battle against Ravovifard's incarnation in Bugitas's body, so all he had to do was fix the ground, which had broken stone paving and holes all over it.

After that, he accompanied Budarion as he held up the barely-recognizable head of Bugitas and his broken scythe, pressing those loyal to Budarion to take action and meeting up with the allied nations' army.

Vandalieu was riding on Budarion's shoulders for most of the time, so it was very easy.

After that, he went outside the gate to gather the remains of Budirud and the rest of the Undead army to use as food. However, flavoring and eating the meat in the Noble Orc empire would have been a bad idea, so it was decided that the feast held with the meat of Bugitas and the rest of the Noble Orcs would take place on a later date.

But Vandalieu did deal with the Noble Orcs' souls.

"In light of your achievements in battle, I will exempt you from having your souls broken," Vandalieu said to Budirud and his army, who had returned to being spirits, raising a commotion that only Vandalieu could hear.