Ankoku Kishi Monogatari ~Yuusha wo Taosu Tameni Maou ni Shoukansaremashita~

Chapter 142: Death Capital, Modegal

◆Death God; Zarxis

「Finally back to Modegal…」

I looked at the scenery outside from the top floor of the temple that was located in the centre of Modegal.

The Capital of Death, Modegal, was this Zarxis’ base.

But, this capital of death had partially collapsed. The reason for that was my fight against the Demon King Modes a long tago.

Naturally, Modegal could reconstruct itself.

And yet, this capital, which had an automatic reconstruction ability, had yet to return to its former glory.

That’s just how terrifying the man called Modes was.

But, with the power I gained in the last thousands of years, Modegal’s recovery had finally started kicking into high gear.

The real problem cafter this.

I took out a gem from my pocket.

The soul orb.

One of the four treasures left behind by Mother just like the Chaos Grail owned by Diadona.

There were only two left, the Demon Sword of Venomous Blood and The Heavenly Royal Scepter.

We would get these two sooner or later.

I turned my line of sight from the outside scenery.

And looked at the altar that had just been reconstructed.

「According to the original plan, we were supposed to use the black pyramid, but well… it’s not like it was the only plan anyway. Modegal is now functioning too.」

I placed the soul orb on the altar.

Then, the blood-like red patterns on the altar started to throb as if it were part of a living being.

The souls sucked by the Forest of Lament were sent to Modegal and poured into the soul orb. And, as if reacting to that, the soul orb’s glow would get even brighter.

「This is enough. Tto go back down I guess.」

I went back to the throne room located under the altar room.

Over there, the vampire attendant and my daughter, Zaffrada, were already waiting for me.

「Welcback, Dear Father.」

Zaffrada sent her greeting as she bowed her head.

「Zaffrada, tellabout the situation around this region.」

I had tasked my daughter to gather information.

The reason was the annoying flies that had been buzzing around Ruvania as of late.

「Alphos and his army of angels haven’t entered yet. Shall we attack them?」

「No, let them be as long as they’re outside. They’re just waiting for us to cout.」

「I see… And another matter concerns me. A flying ship from Nargol has also cin our direction. It seems to be led by the aforementioned Dark Knight.」

「What, the Dark Knight?」

This information cas a shock.

I hadn’t expected that the Dark Knight would come, too.

No, considering what happened back in Gypseal, I guess it was only natural for him to come.

He had always been a thorn in our side.

「What’s your order, Dear Father?」

「Leave him be. He’s far more troublesthan Alphos, we’re going to be screwed for sure if we make a wrong move against him.」

「I understand.」

Zaffrada bowed her head in understanding.

Then, I saw a new face among the vampires who stood behind her.

「Who’s that person? I’ve never seen him before.」

Zaffrada looked so delighted when I asked her about this new one.

「Fufufu, Dear Father, This one is the one who slayed the angel that I mentioned before, Jusio. Jusio, you may cforward.」

「Yes, My Lady.」

The vampire called Juthen took a step forward.

The angel slayer, Jusio.

I had heard of that nbefore.

He was the human child who Zaffrada had picked and raised. She trained him as a knight and then turned him into a vampire when he reached adulthood.

Maybe because he was already really talented to begin with, Jusio, who turned into a strong knight, managed to slay an angel.

「Jusio, I’ve heard about you before. The former sheep of Faeria turned around and bit its shepherd. Wonderful, truly admirable.」

I unintentionally revealed a smile upon hearing his achievement.

To be bitten back by her former kin, there was nothing more amusing than that.

An appropriate end for Mina’s kin.

「I’m honored to receive such praise.」

Jukneeled on one knee as he bowed his head.

I walked until I arrived before Jusio.

「Jusio, as someone who was born as the kin of that disgusting Mina, you have prospered in death by drinking the blood of your former brethren. And you shall continue to do so until you perish. For that is your atonement for our great mother.」

「HAH!」

Jubowed even deeper.

This wasn’t benevolence.

His crhad to be washed by blood.

◆Dark Knight; Kuroki

「Is this the death capital, Modegal?」

Upon leaving the Forest of Lament, we arrived before the capital, which was shrouded in mist.

It was a white capital.

Maybe it was something like a phantom since the capital was hidden inside the white mist.

Naturally, the mist wasn’t your ordinary mist either.

I caught a glimpse of a skeleton every once in a while inside the mist.

This mist seems to be an aggregate of the ghosts.

That mist might have attackedhad I not cwith Clown.

「Ye~s. This is Modega~l.」

Clown replied while dansing in the air.

「It looks like an eerie place~」

Said Tibel from inside my pocket.

Yup, it did look like an eerie place.

Bones of various creatures were embedded into the rampart’s wall.

Or rather, that rampart might be in fact made of bones.

「Fufufuu~. Correct. Modegal is made from a pile of corpses.」

「As I thought.」

Explained Clown as if he guessed my inner thoughts from my expression.

This Clown even knew such details.

But, now wasn’t the tto be surprised.

「What are we going to do, Master? Shall we attack them? Or retreat?」

I shook my head to answer Clown’s inquiry.

「No, since we’ve cthis far, we have to go there. Clown-kun, is there a gap that we can use to infiltrate into this place?」

「It’s the severywhere. Modegal was destroyed a few hundred years ago~. I have no idea how much of it returned to its original state in the last few hundred years. If it’s already back to normal, we’re going to be discovered no matter what route we choose, if it isn’t, we won’t be discovered no matter which route we choose.」

「I see…」

It seems not even Clown knew of the current situation in the place ahead of us.

But, we have to go forward.

Thus, I looked up at Modegal.