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.

Now that they had died twice, much of their forms from while they were alive had been lost, but even so, they were trembling with what was immediately recognizable as delight.

"Now then, I'll have you start working right away. Get up." Vandalieu turned them into Golems, one after another. And then he gave orders to the new Earth Golems and Stone Golems. "Now then, each of you, please dig yourselves holes that you can fit into. Once you have, bury yourselves in them and return to normal. After that, please repeat that task over and over until Prince... Emperor Budarion or I give you a new command."

"UOOOOOOOHN!"

The Golems let out a groan-like roar as they began their entirely meaningless task.

"After half a year, I think their souls will be worn out, their memories and personalities gone, and they will simply become a power source for the Golems. Is that alright?" Vandalieu asked.

The Ghoul nation's king, Princess Lulu and Prince Zorgo were here to represent the victims. All three of them nodded.

"... My wives will not object. I shall obey Great-aniki," said the Ghoul nation's king.

"I do not object, either. For the acts of betraying my father and brothers and oppressing the people, this is a worthy punishment," said Princess Lulu.

"Neither do I. Gobairyo, thank you," said Prince Zorgo.

Incidentally, Vandalieu still had things he wanted to ask the spirits of those who had only recently died, including Chief General Buzazeos, so he was keeping them around.

As for Bugitas's spirit, it seemed to have been broken at some point as Vandalieu attacked Ravovifard's incarnation with the Soul Break Skill, so it was nowhere to be seen.

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General Bumogan was supposed to have been suppressing the Centaurs, Harpies and Lamia, so why had these races managed to form an allied army along with the Majin race at that timing? This was the doing of Queen Donaneris of Zanalpadna.

Around the time Vandalieu and his companions had taken over the Noble Orc empire's frontline base, Queen Donaneris had sent fast-running messengers to investigate the situations in each nation.

And then she had exchanged information with those nations, with the exception of the Ghoul nation, whose entrance was occupied by Budirud's army, and the High Kobold and High Goblin nations, which had been taken over entirely.

And with this information, King Godwin of the Majin nation had personally led his royal guards to pursue Gerazorg, who had become a traitor to the nation. On the spur of the moment, he had joined the allied nations' army to crush Bumogan's army and then marched on towards the Noble Orc empire with them.

And this was how Bugitas and Ravovifard had been trampled not only with violence, but in terms of military might as well.

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After repairing the gate with the Golem Creation Skill, Vandalieu headed to the Noble Orc empire's Job-changing room.

This was an empire where the main rulers and manual labor workers were Noble Orcs and Orcs that could not acquire Jobs, but a Job-changing room had been established here because the humans, Dwarves, Elves and the other races that made up the citizens needed one to acquire production-related Jobs.

"Now then, let's get my Job-change out of the way while everyone is preparing for the victory celebration feast."

Eleanora and the others had apparently already gone through with their Job changes, so Vandalieu, not wanting to be late, reached out for the crystal in the center of the room.

Since the room was designed to be used by the citizens rather than the Noble Orcs, the crystal was positioned at a height that Vandalieu could reach, and he was grateful for this.

"Well, I've already decided on my next Job, though."

Vandalieu had decided to choose the Demon King User Job this time. Due to the effects of the Demon King's scent glands and luminescent organs that Bugitas had activated, the Demon King's fragments in his possession had gone on quite the rampage, and he had almost lost control of them.

In the end, he had regained control over them and nothing serious had happened. The problem was that he had absorbed the scent glands and luminescent organs, which were now a part of him.

But as it was unknown as to how many other Demon King fragments existed, there was no guarantee that there wasn't another fragment that had similar powers to the scent glands and luminescent organs, causing the fragments held by others to run rampant.

"If that hadn't happened, I would have chosen one of the Guider Jobs," Vandalieu murmured.

『Jobs that can be selected:【Disease Demon】【Spirit Warrior】【Whip Tongue Calamity】【Vengeful Berserker】【Dead Spirit Mage】【Dark Healer】【Labyrinth Creator】【Demon King User】【Magic Cannoneer】【Dark King Mage】【Divine Enemy】【Dark Guider】【Creation Guider】【Fallen Warrior】【Insect Nin】』

"... There aren't any new ones. I select Demon King User." Confirming the information displayed to him inside his head, Vandalieu chose Demon King User.

At that moment, his body became so hot that it felt like his blood would boil.

『You have acquired the Surpass Limits: Fragments Skill.』

『The Levels of the Superhuman Strength, Status Effect Resistance, Magic Resistance, Automatic Mana Recovery, Venom Secretion (Claws, Fangs, Tongue), Body Expansion (Tongue), Enhanced Body Part (Hair, Claws, Tongue, Fangs), Mana Enlargement, Bloodwork and Demon King Fusion Skills have increased!』

『Rapid Healing has awakened into Rapid Regeneration, Soul Break has awakened into the Unique Skill Soul Devour, and God Slayer has awakened into God Devourer!』

Name: Vandalieu

Race: Dhampir (Dark Elf)

Age: 9 years old

Title:【Ghoul King】,【Eclipse King】,【Second Coming of the Demon King】,【Guardian of the Cultivation Villages】,【Holy Son of Vida】,【Monstrosity】,【Scaled King】【Tentacle King】

Job: Demon King User

Level: 0

Job history: Death-Attribute Mage, Golem Transmuter, Undead Tamer, Soul Breaker, Venom Fist User, Insect User, Tree Caster, Demon Guider, Archenemy, Zombie Maker, Golem Creator, Corpse Demon Commander

Attributes:

Vitality: 2791

Mana: 1,290,442,646 (+516,177,058)

Strength: 1182

Agility: 854

Stamina: 1303

Intelligence: 2725

Passive skills:

Superhuman Strength: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

Rapid Regeneration: Level 1 (Awakened from Rapid Healing!)

Dark King Magic: Level 1 (Awakened from Death-Attribute Magic!)

Status Effect Resistance: Level 10 (LEVEL UP!)

Magic Resistance: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

Dark Vision

Demon Path Enticement: Level 3

Chant Revocation: Level 6

Guidance: Demon Path: Level 5

Automatic Mana Recovery: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

Strengthen Subordinates: Level 8

Venom Secretion (Claws, Fangs, Tongue): Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)

Enhanced Agility: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)

Body Expansion (Tongue): Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)

Strengthened Attack Power while Unarmed: Large

Enhanced Body Part (Hair, Claws, Tongue, Fangs): Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)

Thread Refining: Level 3

Mana Enlargement: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)

Active skills:

Bloodwork: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)

Surpass Limits: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)

Golem Creation: Level 3

No-Attribute Magic: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)

Mana Control: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)

Spirit Form: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)

Cooking: Level 5

Alchemy: Level 7

Unarmed Fighting Technique: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

Multi-Cast: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)

Long-distance Control: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)

Surgery: Level 7

Parallel Thought Processing: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

Materialization: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)

Coordination: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

High-speed Thought Processing: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)

Commanding: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

Thread-reeling: Level 6

Throwing: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)

Scream: Level 4

Dead Spirit Magic: Level 6

Artillery Technique: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)

Shield Technique: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)

Armor Technique: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)

Group Binding Technique: Level 2 (LEVEL UP!)

Surpass Limits: Fragments:

 Level 1 (NEW!)

Unique skills:

God Devourer: Level 1 (Awakened from God Slayer!)

Grotesque Mind: Level 8 (LEVEL UP!)

Mental Encroachment: Level 7

Labyrinth Construction: Level 7

Demon King Fusion: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)

Abyss: Level 4

Hostility

Soul Devour: Level 1 (Awakened from Soul Break!)

Demon King fragments:

Blood

Horns

Suckers

Ink Sacs

Carapace

Scent glands (NEW!)

Luminescent organs (NEW!)

Curses

Experience gained in previous life not carried over

Cannot learn existing jobs

Unable to gain experience independently

"A bunch of Skills improved and changed all at once... as expected of Demon King User."

It seemed that there were many Skills that received bonuses from Demon King User. Of course, the skills that had improved all seemed to be quite strange ones. They were all Skills that most ordinary people didn't possess.

The Surpass Limits: Fragments Skill was, as its name suggested, likely to be something that applied the effects of the Surpass Limits Skill to the Demon King's fragments. Vandalieu had come to use the Demon King's fragments more frequently, so this was probably going to be useful.

And there were numerous awakened superior Skills...

"I don't really mind the Dark King Magic and Rapid Regeneration that have transformed from Death-Attribute Magic and Rapid Healing."

The Dark King Magic Skill had awakened immediately after the battle against Ravovifard. Jobs didn't exist in Origin where Vandalieu had spent his previous life, so he couldn't be sure, but he suspected that he had surpassed the ability he possessed when he was known as the 'Undead' in Origin.

But although the name had changed, the Skill itself was unlikely to be significantly different. Even when he was creating Golems, there hadn't been any changes other than that the amount of Mana spent in doing so had decreased a little.

But it was unclear as to what he could do now that he hadn't been able to do before. Even when referring to his previous life, everything from here on out was unexplored territory, so he would probably need trial and error like he had done when developing the Death Bullet spell.

There were even less problems and doubts concerning the Rapid Regeneration Skill. It was a Skill possessed by all of the Vampires, including Eleanora and Bellmond.

Simply put, Rapid Healing was a Skill that increased the speed at which wounds healed. But it was not all-powerful; severed limbs would not regrow, nor would bones with compound fractures return to normal. It only healed wounds.

But if severed limbs were stitched back on and bones broken in multiple places were put back together correctly, one would have a far greater chance to make a full recovery with the Skill than without.

On the other hand, Rapid Regeneration was a Skill that allowed the regeneration of missing body parts exactly as they were before. Of course, the time required for the regeneration depended on the condition of the wound and which body parts were missing, but generally, fingers, arms and even eyes would return in their normal states. This wasn't always the case when afflicted by special curses, diseases or poisons, however.

Of course, even when it came to healing regular wounds, a Level 1 Rapid Regeneration Skill would heal faster than a Level 10 Rapid Healing Skill.

But although Vandalieu wasn't really aware of this, it wasn't normal for Rapid Healing to transform into Rapid Regeneration, even after reaching Level 10.

Lambda was a world where the Skill system made most things become a reality if it was possible to do so with hard work, but large biological changes couldn't be made.

"The problem is Soul Devour and God Devourer. Hmm, is it like an effect where I can absorb souls after breaking them? It seems unlikely that it just provides nutrients and makes me feel full... If it makes me absorb their memories, that would be really unpleasant."

The Noble-born Vampire Sercrent who had killed his father, High Priest Gordan and the 'Green Wind Spear' Riley who were responsible for his mother's death, the 'Gungnir' Kaidou Kanata, the Pure-breed Vampires as well as Raymond and Rick, who had committed a series of bizarre murders for their own self-centered causes. And, most recently, the 'Death Scythe' Konoe Miyaji.

These were the main people whose souls Vandalieu had broken, and although he had wanted information from them, they were scum and he would never want to share their memories.

Vandalieu thought that memories were a part of the mind that formed the personality. That was why he didn't want any portion of their memories becoming mixed with his own.

But it wasn't certain that the memories of the souls he broke would become mixed with his.

"I can confirm this by actually using this Skill and experimenting with it, but... there are ethical problems with breaking souls just for the sake of experimenting. I suppose I'll ask the gods what state the Demon King was left in after his soul was broken the next time I meet them. It should be a useful point of reference," Vandalieu said to himself as he left the Job-changing room to join in on the feast's preparations.

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The entire townscape of the Noble Orc empire was used to host a feast to celebrate the victory of the allied nations' army and Budarion's return to the throne.

The important people ate together in the plaza, where Bugitas's head and the tied-up Gerazorg were put on display, but today, every single house would be having a feast, and drinks would be exchanged in every neighborhood and busy street.

The meat of the Noble Orcs under Bugitas's command couldn't be used, but even so, the dishes eaten in the southern region of the continent were quite impressive even for Vandalieu and his companions.

"You can't start a victory feast without hoof-kneaded udon!"

"No, no, it's got to be Gante mochi."

"What are you saying, it's gotta be sushi and tempura!"

Knowledge from Zakkart, Hillwillow and the other creation-minded champions had been left behind in the southern region of the continent, where Vida's gods and the races and monsters that obeyed them had fled.

But most of the information left behind by the champions were written as notes or diaries, not as documents to be read by others, so they were unreliable or incomplete.

But unlike in the human societies outside the Boundary Mountain Range, they had remained after the passing of a hundred thousand years. The inside of the Boundary Mountain Range had been stable enough for these records to be used as references to recreate a number of technologies and form cultures.

Unlike the human societies outside the Boundary Mountain Range, there hadn't been any wars large enough to cause the destructions of nations in the past hundred thousand years. And each nation had adhered to the teachings of the creation-minded champion Zakkart, who had told them to not let technicians and craftsmen die out, working hard to ensure that technology and culture did not come to an end.

Also unlike the outside of the Boundary Mountain Range, the influence of the Church of Alda, who banned the use of knowledge and technology that came from foreign worlds, didn't exist to hinder the passing on of technology and culture.

That was why the Samurai and