Chapter 70.2: Emergency Call (5)

Soon, the other Lords dispersed one by one.

It was a pretty refreshing ending for the serious atmosphere until now.

“Seventh Lord, you are welcome to visit my territory at any time.”

The Giant King left those words and took a heavy step.

“How strong were the Sixth Lord?”

The Black Sea Empress asked me that before leaving.

I looked at her without answering.

She raised an eyebrow and spoke again.

“I’m just curious. As a vampire with no taste, I’ve always wanted to chew him up and swallow him.”

“···”

“But now, I’m starting to lose my appetite. This time, we’re just going to move on like this. So, do be careful in the future.”

I glanced at her back, wiggling her antennae as she moved away, and then I turned to the other side.

By the way, what about the Heavenly Palace…?

I tried to talk to him about the Valkilov case in his territory, but he was already gone before I knew it.

Everyone had left, and now only the First and Fourth Lord were left.

The Wiseman spoke to me first.

“I’m glad everything seems to have been resolved smoothly.”

···Was it smooth?

Well, if one put the process aside and looked at the results, it was indeed smooth. At least there wasn’t a life-or-death battle.

But what’s his purpose?

Seeing that he had been waiting for me, I wondered if there was anything else.

The next thing that came out of the Wiseman’s mouth was a random story.

“Remember the giant snake monster you killed Seventh Lord in the Rutus Mountains before?”

Bellevagorah?

I wondered how this dwarf knew about it, so I looked at him with curious eyes.

“You left the body to the mayor, so I took some of those scales and used them. They’re great materials. So, I just wanted to say thank you.”

Ah… was it that?

I had nothing to say, so I did not reply.

For him, as a blacksmith, scales of monsters like that would have been a good material.

“If you have any equipment you wanted made, please come to my territory. Well, then…”

As if that was all he had to say, the Wiseman greeted him and left immediately.

I turned my gaze to the remaining one—the King of the Dead.

He, too, was still waiting for all the other Lords to leave.

“There is one thing I want to ask you.”

Said the other.

“The corpse of the warrior that you gave me before, it was impossible to resurrect it as an undead. The soul was completely annihilated.”

What?

I was astonished at the words.

“The remnants of the soul remain on the body of the dead. Undead magic is basically a magic that starts by capturing and subordinating the soul. However, the corpse of the warrior that the Seventh Lord killed did not leave a small remnant, and the soul was completely wiped out.”

“···”

Hearing that, I fell in thought.

Because there was something that suddenly came to mind.

The soul disappeared?

He said that the soul of the warrior, who died instantly, was completely annihilated.

So, was it possible that instant kill was the ability to annihilate the soul of the target itself? So, was that the reason it worked on souls and spirits?

No, wait a minute…

Then, what about the guardian that was killed in the dungeon? Do Guardians have souls?

I asked the King of the Dead.

“Fourth Lord, do you know about ancient golems?”

He tilted his head at my sudden question.

“Is the magic of creating golems also related to souls?”

“Um, puppetry magic? I know little about it because I’m not interested in it.”

“···”

“It’s a magic that injects the remains of the soul harvested from another object into the doll’s body. Whether it’s already dead or never alive in the first place, to make anything move, not only magic but also the remnants of the soul are essential.”

In short, it meant that even those golems had a soul.

Then it’s probably true.

If the essence of instant kill was the ability to annihilate the target’s soul itself, it fit all the targets that had been killed so far.

It was a new discovery about this ability, but the fact was that knowing it didn’t really change anything.

By the way, I haven’t used it on undead yet, but as he said, it would work well on an undead, regardless.

“So, do you want to complain about it?”

At my question, the King of the Dead laughed and shook his head.

“No, it can’t be. I was just curious if my conjecture was correct. From your reaction, it seems that’s the case.”

As if curiosity had been resolved, the King of the Dead also turned around.

“Then I will go as well. See you at the next meeting, Seventh lord.”

I also had one question, so I stopped him and asked.

“Why did you oppose the execution?”

Now that I look at it, it didn’t seem like he was doing it to pay off a favor.

The King of the Dead looked back at me and said with a smile.

“It was just a personal decision. If we all fight you, I felt like your threat would come true.”

“···”

“But I don’t have any ill feelings towards you. I want to build a friendly relationship with you, Seventh Lord.”

I looked at the King of the Dead and said,

“The corpse of the Sixth Lord will probably be revived as an undead.”

“···Hmm?”

I did not kill the Tyrant with instant kill, so the remnants of his soul would remain

At my words, the King of the Dead tilted his head and then smiled again.

“Is it? Thank you. I suddenly got a very good ingredient. I’ll have to tell the Overlord.”

I looked at the back of the leaving King of the Dead, and soon I turned around.

Whoa.

The execution trial, the duel, I was tired physically and mentally.

I just wanted to go back and rest.

T/N: Hi! So, I will temporarily take a break from posting . So, please, don’t donate. ><

There are still 2chaps left from the donations. I will post it together with the regular update tomorrow. ^^