The Labyrinth Kingdom

Chaptre 35. The Messenger of Death

Aaron stood up from his throne and walked up to his screaming little sister venting his anger and hugging her gently.

Although her body lacked warmth, her ice-cold body could still calm Alice down.

In fact, before Alice used the `Dark Reminiscence` magic on Conley, she had already used it on herself and experienced all the ugliness felt by the victim.

Basically Alice has been directly subjected to torture, rape and murder that have been committed by these people dozens of times without being able to fight and can only surrender.

Maybe because the {Sin} he has is not perfect, which makes him still feel the penalty of the magic, but not as well as Conley felt. That was why he was still able to endure and vent all his anger on those people.

"so apparently, the Sin we have is still not perfect.so, it is not a good thing to use forbidden magic too often. Although the penalty effect can still be withheld, it's still very dangerous" Aaron said as he stroked his long black hair.

“…. Un. " He nodded lightly.

Aaron continued to gently advise his sister.

"Your strength is much stronger than mine. I know you sometimes find it difficult to control it, but you must not abuse your power carelessly.

You can use that power on your opponent mercilessly. However, you need to consider carefully when using it to the people you are supposed to protect. As in the waiter we have today”

“... Un. "He nodded again.

“because you already understand, you should talk to Conley later. "said Aaron while hugging his sister.

“... Un. Sorry, sis. "Alice apologized meekly.

"everyone will make mistakes, but a wise person will not make the same mistakes over and over again.You can take this as a lesson. So there is no need to apologize to me."

Aaron continues to try to calm his sister, honestly Aaron several times thought to leave Alice in a quiet place so that he could live his life well and intend to take revenge himself.

she felt sad every time she saw her sister hurt, Alice was too young to bear all this suffering, but on the other hand, she also knew that her own strength would not be enough. alice's power is needed to succeed their revenge plan.

he was at a crossroads at the moment and it was hard to choose which path he should take.

When he saw Alice already feeling calmer, he parted with her and walked towards the bandits.

'uh. hh..'

'uhk. uh'

'ugh. hh.. '

if it wasn't for the small groans that still sounded from them once in a while, you might have thought that they were dead. Most of their skin, flesh and bones had disappeared, Separate their vital organs that are still intact untouched in the slightest.

in order to end the suffering they felt, Aaron cast a death spell on the bandits who were still groaning into pain on the floor.

“––– Death Magic, kiss of death. ”

Dark smoke shot out from Aaron's body and moved towards the bandits.

Witnessing the arrival of the smoke, the black rats that were crowding the bodies of the bandits ran away in fear.

The smoke slowly gathered and formed the silhouette of a woman who had a beautiful face and a charming smile.

He grasped the sword in his left arm and the scales on his right arm.every time he moved, a soul-soothing bell sound would be heard. She is the `messenger of death` from the underworld.

As the woman looked at the man lying on the ground, the scales on her right arm began to move. It seemed that he was measuring the sins and rewards that those people had.

After the measurement of sin was completed, the woman slowly closed the eyes of the bandits one by one and kissed their forehead gently, like a mother kissing her child's forehead as they wanted to sleep.

The faces of the bandits who had previously looked extremely miserable, slowly calmed down and happy smiles appeared on their faces, as if they had experienced a very beautiful dream.

The woman stretched out her right arm and a white ball the size of a marble came out from the mouths of those people, the ball was a magical organ {life core} or the soul of a living creature.

he collected all those {life core} carefully and stored them into a box filled with strange symbols. even Aaron who has extensive knowledge and has mastered many ancient languages does not know, what is engraved on the surface of the box.

but Aaron can guess the usefulness of that box, most likely it serves to maintain the purity of {life core}, he can see other energies trying to pollute {life core} are blocked by the box.

He was very interested in the box, as this was the first time he had seen physical materials that could withstand energy, other than magical organs.

After collecting the life cores of the bandits, the woman turned her attention to Aaron and Alice.

Sensing the gaze from the woman, Aaron felt bad and tried to hide Alice behind him. Alice who felt the woman's gaze also felt fear and hugged her brother from behind, trying to hide from him.

After a while, the woman opened her mouth and began to speak. Her voice sounded so beautiful but emotionless in it, she was commemorating Aaron and Alice.

[i know the suffering you have felt and your anger towards your enemies but, the Death Monarch hates those who damage their life cores the most.

I hope that before you die, your life cores will be intact again. Otherwise, severe punishment will befall you.

You were born in this world with a whole life core and have to leave this world with a whole life core as well]

After delivering a warning to the two, the woman disappears and leaves Aaron and Alice in the Throne room alone.

Aaron clenched his hands tightly, to be honest he considered himself very strong at the moment and had great confidence in being able to defeat his enemy easily.

But after meeting the woman and feeling the pressure he had, Aaron retracted his words. The power that the woman possessed reminded her of the strange man who rewarded her father's dungeon core in the past.

until now, Aaron still does not know who they really are and the reason they reward his father.

People who have superior strength, who can destroy an empire easily by themselves.

After cheering himself on, he stroked his sister's head once more and calmed her down.

He did not expect that the magic he used would have such an incredible effect. At first he thought that magic was just simple magic, because the Warlocks used it to escort their friends who would die in the past, but it didn't seem that simple.

After getting a new learning today, Aaron noted in his memory not to use magic carelessly before doing some careful research first.

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After some time has passed.

Aaron calls Bodil, Amara, and the goblin leader, Raluk to come to the throne room.

Since Conley was still in a bad state at the moment, he could only lie in his room, it might take several days before he could return to his previous state.

Alice was also not in the throne room at the moment, she was focusing on making a special space with all the magic power she had stored before.

He was busy trying to forget what he had experienced today.

"Raluk, how many soldiers do we have that are capable of fighting right now?" Aaron asked the goblin leader.

“If we add warriors from other tribes who previously came, our number will surpass a hundred people. I think the number will continue to grow in the near future. ”Raluk reports.

"good. Try to find someone competent to fill the commanding position of a large goblin army in the future as you act as a chieftain. "

"Yes sir!"

"Rome, how's Conley doing now?"

“He's been much better. After resting for a while, he could already eat when he woke up. "

"I understand. Please tell him to stay rested for the next few days. "Aaron nodded before turning to the last person he called.

"Bodil, how is the goblin's current training progress?"

“Yes, the first generation has learned how to use weapons. Right now, I am training the newborn goblins. Newborns are easier to train because they have strong memories."

"that's what it looks like, I'll hand it to you then. "

The meeting ended after they submitted their respective reports. Aaron then begins to discuss the real reason they were gathered in this place.

“I have an important announcement....in the near future, I want to start a war. ”

"OO !?" Raluk was excited.

"…Finally . "Amara nodded.

“i've been waiting for this for a long time" Bodil said with a grin.

“One week from now, we will destroy a group of Bandits named 'Rotten Fangs' based in Mount Torli. Therefore, this task will be different from the tasks you previously performed.

I already have all the information about the enemy. Moreover, the monsters that would attack their headquarters would also be ready soon. With all the war potential we have, I think it will be enough to destroy that bandit group. ”

"What about Bacau?" Ask Amara.

Everyone seemed to be thinking about the same question.They initially thought that Aaron was going to declare war with the city of Bacau, but it didn't seem like it.

“For now, it will be difficult for us to overcome the combat power they have. Simply put, our winning prospects are very low.

If we blindly attack them, we will definitely be surrounded by their troops and lose. ”

Upon hearing his explanation, everyone present immediately understood the meaning of his words.

Although Bacau is just a small town in the middle of nowhere, if you look at it as a whole, there are many cities with much stronger armies than Bacau.

If they knew that the city of Bacau had been conquered, the other cities would not have stayed silent and would have sent their troops to counter the labyrinth and exterminate everyone.

“by therefore, we must move step by step to get this land. ”

'As expected of Mr. Aaron.'

{ket: Sasuga Aaron-sama...!!! Nih... Lite version of Goblin from Demiurge}

'… I hope the war can start sooner'

Raluk and Amara thought to themselves.

For the invasion of the city of Bacau, the aide's body was needed to succeed the plan he had prepared, but since Raluk was not very clever like the demon maid from the next door neighbor, he was unaware of it.

Also, since Amara was not present when they exterminated the expeditionary forces of the city of Bacau, there was no way he knew about his plan.

The labyrinth master spoke solemnly.

“but, you can get combat experience from the fight this time. Fortunately, our target is not very strong, I will convey the strategy that I have compiled to defeat those bandits.

Besides, I will also give you low-level artifacts to increase your chances of winning. ”

After saying that, Aaron displayed a cold smile on his flat face.