Volume 6 Chapter 4 The Bloody Feast of Men Serving Their Beloved Wives
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”Don’t falter! Our King is behind us! Don’t forget who’s watching!”
Farrell’s thunderous roar shook the battlefield, and green phosphorescent light burst from his entire body.
’Spirit Shroud.’1
His aura condensed until it seemed almost solid, reinforcing flesh and bone alike. When his boots slammed into the mud, the ground exploded beneath him, and his figure vanished from the sight of any ordinary man.
Slash, slash, crunch!
It was not wind magic driving the attack. The force came entirely from Farrell’s blade. Three strikes flashed through the air at supersonic speed, leaving green afterimages behind as they tore through the leading Zombies. The impact traveled up his arms while shattered ribs and broken Magic Stones burst apart beneath the edge of his sword.
The heap of corpses collapsed at once, and ten shadows surged through the blood-soaked path.
BOOM!
A heavy metallic crash echoed across the field.
Volos met the charge head-on, bracing a great shield nearly as tall as he was against a rotting boar that weighed well over six hundred kilograms. Air burst against the shield’s surface.
’Air Cushion.’
The spell softened the impact, but the remaining force still drove him backward. His boots carved deep trenches through the mud while thick veins bulged along his neck. Even so, he did not yield an inch.
The moment the beast staggered, Volos thrust his short sword forward and buried it deep in its chest. Bone cracked beneath the blade before the core hidden within shattered, and the giant body collapsed without another sound.
A gale swept past before the corpse even hit the ground.
Thwip, thwip.
Zeid sprinted to the front line with his longbow already drawn.
’Wind Shoot.’
At almost point-blank range, wind-wrapped arrows spun through the air and punched through Zombie chests. Fragments of shattered Magic Stones burst from their backs as the monsters crumpled.
”Shh!”
Sliding beneath Zeid’s line of fire, Hugh dove forward. His paired greatswords traced silver arcs through the air.
”Slash, slash, thrust.”
His blades cut through Achilles’ tendons before he drove a backhanded strike deep into a falling Zombie’s chest. The creature collapsed before it could recover, and when Hugh withdrew the weapon, black sludge and powdered core matter clung to the steel.
Mud sprayed into the air as Gante charged in from the flank. While running, he slammed a palm against the earth.
”Entangle—’Root Bind’!”
The ground rumbled. Thick roots burst upward like serpents and wrapped around Zombie legs, dragging them down. Before one struggling corpse could rise again, Gante brought his broad cleaver-like sword crashing into its back.
Thud.
The heavy blow shattered its spine and crushed the core hidden near the heart.
Beside him, Oris’s longsword let out a low hum.
’Air Hammer.’
Compressed air gathered around the blade’s tip as he thrust.
THUD!
The stab struck with the force of a warhammer. The Zombie’s chest caved inward, its lungs and heart reduced to pulp before the body was hurled away, vomiting rotten remains as it died.
Above them, the treetops swayed.
Nax raced from branch to branch, carried by the wind at his back. He dropped from the canopy in a blur and plunged his dagger through the gap beneath a Zombie’s collarbone, driving straight into its heart.
”Yayyy! Direct hit!”
The pressure at the center of the battlefield began to build as the enemy pushed forward.
Before the line could break, Baldo stepped in. He knocked aside a claw with his sword and pressed his free hand against his chest.
”Burn!”
WHOOSH!
A Fire Ball detonated at point-blank range. The blast tore open the monster’s ribcage, and Baldo calmly slid his blade into the exposed heart.
Elza followed close behind. Though armed with a bow, she fought alongside the vanguard.
”Targeting core—’Element Arrow.’”
The glowing arrow shot forward and ignored flesh, armor, and bone alike. Instead, it struck directly at the Magic Stone hidden deep within the corpse. The core burst with a dry pop, and the giant body immediately stopped moving.
At her side, Lumi’s curved blade flashed.
The movement came from a step Sylvia herself had taught her. She slipped past a sweeping claw by the narrowest margin and spun through the opening, her slash carrying the full force of her momentum.
”Gotcha.”
The blade cut through bone and split the corpse in two, destroying the Magic Stone hidden inside.
”There!”
Ciel darted out from behind Volos’s shield.
Pressing her palm to the ground, she forced thorny vines to erupt from the earth.
”Thorn Bush.”
The wall of thorns stalled the incoming black tide for a precious moment. As trapped Zombies struggled to free themselves, Ciel moved between them and drove her dagger into their chests one after another.
At the center of it all, Farrell never stopped moving.
With Spirit Shroud blazing brighter than before, he stepped directly into the thickest part of the horde.
’Wind Slasher.’
The sword technique unleashed a vacuum blade that raced across the battlefield in a straight line. Three Zombies were cut apart at once, their chests splitting open as the Magic Stones embedded within them shattered.
Every one of them stood on the front line.
Every one of them was a cog in the slaughter.
Mired in mud, drenched in black blood, and breathing hard, they continued to advance. Their blades never slowed, and the army of the dead was driven backward through sheer force.
Flesh scattered across the battlefield while dark blood soaked the earth. It was a massacre.
Yet deep within the forest, beyond the sea of corpses, something far larger stirred.
A colder presence crawled out of the darkness. Compared to it, the Zombies seemed no more significant than dust. The pressure alone was enough to make the Elves freeze where they stood.
High on the hill, however, Ryuichi looked down upon that presence with mild satisfaction and unmistakable boredom.
”Verily, a most tedious display.”
He did not move.
Without lifting a finger, he ruled the battlefield simply by standing there. As far as his gaze reached, defeat was impossible.
Because they all knew.
The monster emerging from the forest promised death, but that terror paled beside the thought of disappointing the King who stood behind them. Fear and devotion had become so tightly intertwined that neither could be separated from the other.
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Summary:
Farrell and his elite vanguard unit launch a relentless, coordinated assault against an army of undead, utilizing specialized combat techniques to efficiently destroy their cores. Despite the slaughter, a massive, oppressive presence known as the King of Rot emerges from the forest, freezing the onlookers. Ryuichi watches the entire spectacle from a nearby hill, exerting absolute psychological control over his subordinates.
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Trivia:
The vanguard members operate like perfectly synchronized gears rather than individual soldiers.
The Magic Stones are identified as the actual cores that must be destroyed to permanently kill the undead.
The psychological pressure exerted by Ryuichi is described as being more terrifying to the soldiers than the physical threat of the monsters.
The King of Rot is established as an outlier in threat level compared to standard zombies.
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Translation Notes:
Notes:
• Hob – A species of Goblin with higher intelligence than ordinary Goblins. Speaks in halting words and shows fear toward the protagonist. Both hands were missing in the observed individual.
• Farrell – A captain of the Elf garrison and skilled vanguard commander, he leads with sharp, procedural authority and recognizes the King’s absolute superiority. An elf warrior defined by his thunderous roar, spirit-shattering strength, and aura of green phosphorescent light, he remains shaped by his past defeat by Ryuichi, though he continues to command his troops with unyielding martial discipline.
• Volos – A giant warrior who carries a shield nearly as tall as himself, capable of absorbing massive kinetic impact.
• Zeid – An archer who excels at zero-range combat and wind-infused projectiles.
• Hugh – A young dual-wielding blade user who specializes in precision strikes against tendons and cores.
• Gante – A craftsman warrior who uses earthen roots to trap and immobilize enemies before delivering finishing blows.
• Oris – A longsword user who combines stabbing precision with compressed air bursts.
• Nax – A small, agile warrior who maneuvers through treetops and performs aerial precision attacks.
• Baldo – A cheerful warrior who utilizes zero-range fire magic to expand and rupture his targets.
• Elza – A vanguard archer skilled in using light-based arrows to bypass armor and strike cores directly.
• Lumi – A warrior whose curved blade utilizes centrifugal force to deliver logic-defying, bone-severing strikes.
• Sylvia – A voluptuous white-blonde elf and Silver-rank vanguard known as “Crimson Lotus,” is a formidable warrior and loyal shield to King Ryuichi. Expert with longsword and bow, she channels crimson Spirit Power, viewing combat as obsessive courtship. A mentor to vanguard warriors, she possesses intense survival instincts and a fiery temperament, serving as Ryuichi’s devoted confidante while guarding John and Nier.
• Ciel – A tactical warrior who uses plant-based growth magic to create barricades and disable enemies.
• Thor – A lanky copper-rank adventurer who led a trio to ambush Ryuichi for gold in the forest. He became a past antagonist after being killed during the attempted robbery, an attack originally instigated by Helga’s actions.
• Ryuichi – The protagonist. The 40-year-old Spirit King of the Grimm mansion and elf village, this imposing, analytical ruler possesses a plain build, black hair, beard, and jet-black eyes. Holding Japanese past-life memories, he wields god-like mana and space magic with cold, absolute authority. While his past power once enslaved Helga, his current absence has spurred new, growing intimacy between Nier and Helga.
• Ryu – A man with Interdimensional Magic who leads a growing household. He acts as a provider and protector for his slaves, while maintaining a pragmatic and blunt personality.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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