Victor Dalton, the Minister of the V&V Empire, thought he had tinnitus. When he heard Winkel's words, the whole world fell silent.

"I'm sorry, what did Your Majesty just say?" The Chancellor regained his hearing and asked, to his left was the demolished Imperial Palace, a testament to the ruins of today's chaos.

"Manlin Victor, come and meet my new servant." The dragon patted the carapace of Tarask, the glowing giant beast eating the sea serpent. After the battle, Gobrina wisely ordered all the corpses (little Leviathans) to be piled up next to the palace so that the two giant creatures would not turn their hunger on the townspeople. Even now, goblins and devil guards are constantly throwing food at reptiles. "It will mate with my dodo to breed a new generation of emergency rations"

Yes, Victor still doesn't understand. Or rather, he didn't want to understand.

How the hell did Van Kerr tame that thing?" Sir, this is ...... This is Tarask. ”

"Yes, minion, you have a talent for illustrations."

"Gorinich thinks it's cute!" Victor's mount said that he had gotten his own fish. Tarask looked at the monster's three heads and let out a happy sigh, while Zmi wagged his tail in response. "Gorinich has a friend!"

"Your Majesty, it is said that these monsters can eat an entire country!" Victor protested. "Where are we going to find the meat we need to sustain it?"

Now Tarasko also glows green. Nothing suspicious.

"Minions, you can't see as far as I do." Winkel replied. "This creature can regenerate from anything. Anything. So we're going to take out its entrails and feed them to the cows, and then my new servants can eat the cows! It's the perfect solution to the dragons' hunger!"

"How are we going to get this thing around?" It's too big to fit a portal!"

"Minions, make a mark with your summoning skills, and stop ruining my good mood with unimportant details." Van Kerr happily dispelled his concerns. "Because today is a great day!" That annoying fairy Margo Mayer is finally dead!"

Yes, Victor also has a new scythe, but Tarask's problems remain. The Chancellor thought about it and came up with a way where he could mark the beast with the [Black Knight] and summon Gorinic with the [Zeme Knight] at the same time. [Chaos Knight] imagined himself riding on Tarask, a creature even greater than Winkel, to become a Lord of Destruction that would make Sabra blush.

"Oh......" His gaze turned white in an instant. Oh......"

On second thought, maybe he could get used to this new monster.

Victor left the reptiles at their feast of victory and walked to the palace gates, where Gobrina had a drink with her generals and Ludwik Van . Meanwhile, Kia prays to Mithra in a corner with the Risen Angel, doing their best to ignore the others, with one exception.

She always kept a tied, gagged oknu within reach.

"Nice new scythe, Vic!" Goblina held up a glass of wine in his direction, and her men imitated it. "A great weapon, worthy of today's heroes!"

"I haven't checked its functionality yet," said the minister, examining it more closely.

harvest

Quality: S- (Small Artifact)

Purpose: Collect as many souls and knowledge as possible.

Material: North wood.

Endurance: ∞∞

Weight: 4.5 kg.

Bonus: +10 SKI Damage, +30 Critical Hit, Bypass Non-Magical Protection. Inflicts a STR/VIT debuff on successful hits. The wielder can cast [Dark Fear] at will, inflicting [Instant Death] on critical hits. (Grim Reaper).

A scythe created from the remains of Magmer, the harvest is still activated by the former lord's thirst for knowledge. Rather than being in its own right, the Soul Harvest becomes a part of the hive, dedicated to its bearers, sharing their knowledge of the truth. Moreover, the blade of the harvest does not cut the body, but the soul; As such, it cannot harm soulless creatures when it bypasses all physical protection and harms non-material targets.

"Good!" Goblina said as she looked at the stats with one of her own special skills. "The more people you kill with it, the smarter you get!"

"Let's not go any further." Victor said, though, that he swore that he would interrogate McGonagall Mayer's soul once the more urgent matters were dealt with. "You are surprisingly cold about this disaster."

"I can't believe that the Resistance would degenerate into a terrorist attack in alliance with the former army," Gobrina said, handing him a goblet, which he politely declined. “Fomo

I will have to double the number of guards to better protect our citizens from their treacherous attacks. ”

"Resistance...... Ah, the (propaganda machine) course!" Victor remembers that sentence; It was one of the few courses he failed in a few courses. "Don't forget, while we were following your orders to clear Yagami Mountain, your army managed to repel the fairy's army!"

"Exactly! Finally, the citizens of the Imperial Empire knew that their shogun could protect them from any harm. Especially for themselves!"

"I must say it's an interesting twist," Ludwich Van told Victor. "But it distracts us from what really matters. The sooner we finish your training, the sooner you'll be able to realize our delicious deals. ”

"I've run out of potions for the ritual." Victor embarrassedly admitted. "It will take a few more days to build the portal and assemble the reinforcements needed. Can we postpone that to a few days?"

"If we have to ...... Then I suggest you spend a few days indulging yourself and being in peace with your family, you know. Even with all the preparations, your chances of survival are slim. ”

"Hey, Vic, what did you do this time?" Goblina asked, confused.

"I'm going to try Kamasi Bailey," explained Victor, the elf's face turning white, "to level up in a prestigious class." ”

"Vic, don't do this!" The conqueror was almost pleading with her former academic rivals. "It's suicide! You know what's going to happen in the end!"

"I have to give it a try," the minister said after accepting the risk. "I must".

"You can't live alone!" Gobrina insisted, but the Chancellor insisted on his decision. "Okay, I'll help you!"

"No, no," Victor protested, trying to gently disappoint her, while Ludwich raised an eyebrow. He must have felt that his students were a bit disappointing. "I'm sorry, you can't. You just can't do it. ”

"Nonsense! I have the best spellcaster, and I'll figure it out. I'm not going to let you die, you can't do that. That's not true. ”

"It's okay, Gobrina." Victor hugged her as if it was the last time they would see each other. "It's the heart that counts."

Kia chose to end her meditation at this moment and walked out to the crowd with a scroll in hand. "Vic," she said, blatantly ignoring the goblin who had conquered her. "We need to address a key issue."

"Onub." Victor said, glancing at the captured orcs.

"Excellent." Kia nodded gloomily. "What are we going to do with him?"

"I passed [SCA

let study]

b

Prepare a lunar rocket named after him, but Thul-Gatha

This proposal was rejected. He said that criminals and exiles were welcome, but that sending orcs would be considered an act of war. ”

"How far can your rockets go?"

"In the words of the dwarfs, as long as there is a need." Victor replied firmly. "Mars, maybe this dimension is the equivalent of Pluto."

"Let it be Pluto. The farther away the better. ”

"I'll have the launch ship ready for Sahain." Victor decided, while the captured orcs silently protested. "May the gods forgive us."

Now that the fate of this evil orc has been decided, Victor turns to another problem: a group of winged insurance salesmen are glaring at him. "Liar," said one of the angels, as Kia and Vizier approached his ranks.

"Liar," Victor replied calmly, and the angel immediately reached for a flaming sword in anger. The securities that Vizier had invested in the revival process prevented the bird's attack, much to his dismay. "What do you want from me?"

"Send us back to heaven, you soul-stealing thief," the other angel almost commanded. "We're here to help you when you need it. Reward us appropriately. ”

"Fifteen minutes late when I needed you!" Victor replied, surprised by their rights. "I owe you nothing!"

"You threw us into hell, heretics!"

"No, I didn't!" I sent you to the Paradise of Happiness, where you earned your own money!"

"Heaven won't let you go back," Kia said. "I asked my patron saint, Mith

As), he says you first need to 'repent of your deception'. ”

"Regrets? One of the angels smiled contemptuously. "What, like mortals?"

Another replied, "We are angels, and we are born to be good."

"That mindset is the root of your problem," Kia replied firmly, arms raised. "Listen, the rules weren't set by Vic and me. Stick to it, or go downstairs. ”

The angels exchanged glances. The Chancellor suddenly realized that after living on mortal souls for so long, they had lost all understanding of morality, beyond vague concepts.

"Listen," Victor pointed at the destroyed city with a scythe, "if you want to make amends for your posthumous scam, start by helping the living." The capital is in ruins, thousands of people are homeless, and a plague has swept across the mainland off the island. If you're not talking, do it now. ”

The flock muttered, but saw wisdom in his words, and flew away to help rebuild. "It's not going to help," Kia noted where they couldn't hear it. "They still haven't admitted that they've done anything wrong."

"Doesn't good behavior matter, even if the intentions behind it are selfish?" Victor asked, not so much for the angels as for himself. The paladin shrugged his shoulders and had nothing to say. "What about your alcohol problem?" Can you join us in celebrating the death of Mag Mayer?"

"Mithra told me that he could not lift the curse of the other gods, but he would try to make peace with Se

g," Kia said, her neutral face slowly turning into a gloomy expression. "This means that when the adrenaline and dopamine produced by our recent quarrels leave my body, I will have to face the meaninglessness of living without alcohol."

She looked depressed, and the Chancellor didn't want to see her like that. This reminded him of his early years as Winkel's sidekick. "Maybe you can transfer your alcohol addiction to something healthier?" Victor said.

"Like something, cigarettes?" I don't think Altmund even has tobacco. ”

"I would have liked to suggest sarcasm or, because that's my own coping mechanism. I know your [Complete Healing] spell can heal your lungs, but I don't recommend you smoke. ”

The Kachin Independence Army frowned. "Why is this happening to me?" She asked aloud, sounding angry. "I saved the world, I feel miserable, and you conquered the country on a whim and were rewarded for it!" The villains will scream and run away when they see me, and they will continue to lunge at you, even if we are evenly matched in the level!"

"Well, yes," Victor replied, letting her vent. "If you're the most powerful (paladin) in the world, of course every villain will run away. If you're as obnoxious as me and Van Kle, everybody wants you dead, angels or tyrants. ”

The paladin looked at him with a strange look.

The charm test is successful!

Well?

"Mithra warned me that if I continue to associate with you, the only direction is down," Kia said suddenly.

Victor slung the scythe on his shoulder. "It's a bit harsh. I'll admit I may have had a bad influence on Mir, but I'll make amends. ”

"About that...... Ji Ya grimaced, then handed him the scroll in her hand. I asked Mithra about your intention to go to heaven, and he teleported this into my hands. This is her work. ”

"Is she alright?" Victor asked, immediately grabbing the message.

Apparently, she succeeded in turning her resignation into some kind of political protest and establishing her own independent afterlife agency. She's fine. ”

Victor understood what he meant.

Mir could have seen him directly, but he didn't.

The Chancellor opened the scroll with his empty hand and quickly recognized Mir's handwriting. However, the more he reads, the worse his mood becomes.

"Vic?" The vizier was grateful that the worried [paladin] could not see his crushed face under his helmet. "Vic, are you alright?"

"No," he said, closing the scroll and spreading his wings. "I'll come back to the banquet later."

"Vic, you made me cry on your shoulder for five hours, and you can do the same to me if you need to."

"Thank you, but I'd rather be alone for a while." The minister replied, sending the paladin away in shock.

Victor flies over the destroyed city and watches as the angels reluctantly help the locals clear the rubble; He paused briefly in front of the ruins of Lori's House, which had been bombarded by carpets, and then wandered aimlessly. He thinks that moving and stretching his wings clears his mind, which does help, but only a little.

In the end, he sat on the façade of the city, as far away from people as possible. He took off his helmet, placed it next to his sickle and scroll, and watched the sunset in silence.

He didn't know how long he had waited there, watching the sun slowly disappear beyond the ocean while Van Kel and everyone else feasted and drank to their heart's content. But eventually, he felt a presence appear to him, a remarkable lady emerging from nothingness.

"Greetings from Victor." The goddess Camilla changed her usual clothes into a purple yukata with a white flower pattern. Her room smelled a sweet, honey-like perfume emanating from her. "I'm sorry I didn't make it to you beforehand; As the goddess of plague, I've been busy lately. ”

"I see."

"I wish I had been there when you opened the 8th layer of magic; At this point, the balance is completely broken and the real fun magician begins! I have a lot to teach you, especially that new scythe. ”

Victor didn't say anything.

The goddess winced at his frustration and sat down next to him. She quickly noticed the scroll he was holding. "What is this?"

"A letter of resignation, a restraining order, and a realistic picture of a shipwreck."

"From Angel Girl?" Camila shook her head. "It won't end if it doesn't, Victor, you know."

"I try to do good, but I find it unpleasant, or counterproductive; I don't have the appetite to eat Aknapep either," the vizier complained. "Do I have any questions?"

"Of course not, Victor," she said, her soft hand moving over his heavily armed shoulder. "You're just double neutral."

“Bi-

eut

al ?”

"Both good and evil can attract you. You're still young, so you're still exploring your karmic identity. It's good. I also had a double neutral phase when I was younger. ”

Victor raised an eyebrow and looked at her. "You did it?"

"Yes, my expedition has been fighting that dashing paladin......" Camila sighed, as if reminiscing about those shameful days. Victor, it's time for me to address you. ”

"What are you talking about?"

On the origin of the Fall and redemption. You see, when a [Paladin] and a [Necromancer] get close enough, sometimes, they start to have an unprotected charisma check. It's funny, it's very funny, but after eight months, the result is either redemption or depravity. It's a very messy process. ”

"Are we talking about sex or Paladin?" Victor blurted out.

"About [the Paladin]," Camilla clarified her intentions. "When we were all mortals, our party had a feud with a knight. He has a lot of charisma, and so do I, and we often have close contacts...... You can see where it's going. We didn't go beyond kissing and intimacy, but we were passionate. I even gave up on my team and witchcraft for a while; Jestie did everything he could to get me to reconsider, shouting out loud that I had made a mistake. He was right, but I was curious and hooked. ”

It doesn't take a genius for Victor to figure out who the [Paladin] is in question. "The Bible never mentions this part."

"Because we both ended badly. I'm trying to bridge our differences, but he wants more than I'm willing to give. He wants me to atone for my sins, and I don't want that kind of promise; I'm ready to compromise and stop witchcraft if I can keep the harem, but he wants everything. The so-called good people think they have good intentions, but at the end of the day, they just want to control you. Reshape you in their image and make you submissive. If you think about it, you will see that he is very narcissistic. ”

He could almost make out the bitterness in her voice. Of course, while the prime minister kept the news to himself, he knew she might be biased; He could only listen to one side of the story.

"We had a fight, and I used my witchcraft again to vent my emotions. In the end, he tried to lock me up because I had awakened an ancient cyclops [lich] to get his [wand of mass destruction]; I felt betrayed, so I invented the identity of a vampire and spat on my white knight's beloved sun. Nasty breakup, I hope you'll never experience something like this. But do you know who stood by my side when the dust settled? My party. They always supported me, even when I drove them away. ”

Victor remembered Winkel, Juris, and the others who had been with him through disaster after disaster.

Camila must have read his mind. "Karma, lovers, and paladins come and go, Victor, but what about friends like your dragon? They still exist. ”

"Is that the moral of the story?"

"No, the lesson is, don't do an unprotected charm check with Kia Bekele. If you feel paranoid, you can use [Anti-Good Protection], or [Anti-Order Protection]. ”

The prime minister had a strong urge to cover his face. "Okay, but that doesn't apply to my case. Mir is a friend of mine, and I do use him for my own benefit. ”

"That's exactly what I want," Camila replied. "Friends are special people and you have to always respect them because they have your back when you make mistakes." Everyone else can be sacrificed, but you must never take friendship for granted. Don't abuse their trust or goodwill so that they don't lose trust. Now, why would you go to that dreary paradise?"

"Because I like Mill, I think she's also bisexual, and I can get a good afterlife by spending money."

As he spoke, he suddenly understood the hidden question. No, he did not try to go to heaven by merit; This is evidenced by his own scam. The benefits and unforeseen consequences of his own fraud cannot compensate for the selfish intentions behind it.

As sad as it is, Mir has the right to fool around with him. She sincerely tries to help him, and he repays her trust with lies, because deep down, he has been reluctant to fully devote himself to her plans. Camila was right; If he respects Mir, he should be honest with her from day one.

Maybe he should start by being honest with himself. Admit that he made the wrong choice and live the consequences.

"I'm happy with a balanced life," Victor realized. "I don't care if I don't meet the standards of heaven, and I don't go all the way like Gobrina; I should do what I feel is right and what makes me happy. ”

"Yes, there's nothing wrong with being neither an angel nor a demon." Camila nodded in support. "You can have both."

"I'm bisexual and proud of it!" The minister announced. "Who cares if I can't get into heaven?" I'm still going to take that (devil's rake) class!"

"I'm happy to help," said his patronus. "I promised you a gift if you were resurrected on your own......"

"I have a friend with Se about this

g is in trouble," Victo

Say. "Can you do that for me?" Like you said, I have to be loyal to my party. ”

Camila looked very disappointed.