The Death Mage Who Doesn t Want a Fourth Time

Chapter 353: A truth revealed and Guduranis resurrected
The battle against Rikudou, who had unleashed Guduranis’s instinct, was extremely fierce… for the Five-colored Blades, at least.

Jennifer grunted as she crossed her arms to protect herself from an attack from Rikudou’s arms of the Demon King. But although she managed to withstand the blow, she could no longer move.

Using that opportunity, Rikudou pushed the attack.

“Die!” he snarled. “I shall kill you and become the only god of this world!”

A countless number of arms emerged from his back and were fired as projectiles, sending death-attribute-Mana-filled fists flying out. But they were not directed at Jennifer.

“The only god? It seems that you have finally lost the reasoning necessary to conceal your true intentions,” said Vandalieu.

He transformed his arms into the Demon King’s oviducts to deal with the black fists closing in on him.

“‘Flame Prison Death,’ egg rapid fire.”

He fired a barrage of egg projectiles filled with the Demon King’s fat that exploded on contact with the black fists, causing small explosions that turned them into ash.

Although the battle against Rikudou was not fierce for Vandalieu, he was forced to be cautious. Defeating Rikudou wouldn’t cause the monsters appearing in the city to disappear. If he tried to kill both Heinz and Rikudou at the same time, Heinz would end up aiding Rikudou to prevent that from happening.

And the circumstances were different for Jennifer and Diana than for their other three party members.

“Get back, Jennifer!” Heinz warned as he and Edgar swung their weapons at Rikudou.

With their support, Jennifer tried to regain her balance and get some distance from Rikudou, but someone interfered with that.

“‘Mud Snake Binding!’ ‘Single Flash!’”

A snake made of mud swiftly wrapped itself around Jennifer’s body, immobilizing her, and a staff with decorations in the shape of hearts and stars came swinging down at her.

Jennifer forcibly shook off the snake of viscous mud with her physical strength and Mana, which had been improved by ‘Heroic Spirit Descent,’ then grunted as she blocked the staff with her gauntlets.

“Why are you aiming for me?!” she demanded.

“Because you’re a nuisance, of course!” replied Kanako, the one who was attacking her.

“Wha… You guys, your enemy is Rikudou too, isn’t it?!”

“You and that Elf are nuisances that are stopping us from defeating Rikudou! ‘Fierce Talon Kick!’”

“Me and Diana?! What are you talking about?!”

As Kanako performed a kick with her leg that she had transformed into a talon, Jennifer twisted her body to evade it. Kanako tried to give chase and continue attacking, but she was forced to fall back to avoid the ‘Death Bullets’ that had suddenly been fired her way.

“… So that’s how it is,” Jennifer muttered with a vexed expression as she realized that the one who had fired the ‘Death Bullets’ was Rikudou, who had slipped past Heinz and Edgar’s attacks.

She and Diana were being used by Rikudou as shields to protect him from Vandalieu.

Vandalieu wouldn’t hesitate to kill Heinz, Edgar, and Delizah, the ones who had killed Darcia. He was currently prioritizing defeating Rikudou, but he didn’t care what happened to those three in that process. In fact, he wanted to kill them in the process.

But that wasn’t true for Jennifer and Diana. These two had joined the Five-colored Blades after Heinz and his remaining companions moved to the Orbaume Kingdom. In other words, these two were not responsible for Darcia’s death. Thus, Vandalieu was making a deliberate attempt not to kill them.