Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Ex, Vol. 2: The Love Song of the Sword Devil by Tappei Nagatsuki and Shinichirou Otsuka

Author:Tappei Nagatsuki and Shinichirou Otsuka [Nagatsuki, Tappei]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2018-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

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The place was filled with the stench of rot and blood. Valga frowned at the stomach-turning odor as he entered the little building. But though his old face might have been frowning, he would not turn away from any of this. All the tragedies he witnessed were the result of his own decision. It would be unthinkable not to look.

“…Sphinx. How’s your progress?”

He didn’t even greet the small, hunched figure before flinging out his question. The robed girl stood up when he spoke, wiped her face with the blood-stained fabric, and turned around.

“It will require ongoing observation. One thing I have concluded, though, is that it doesn’t smell nice. It may indeed be too much for me, as the incomplete creation of my mother, to reconstruct a spell missing its most crucial element.”

“Awful lot of whining for a so-called witch… I’m sorry. I’m just angry.” He let out a long sigh and looked past the girl, Sphinx. Standing behind her was a snake-man covered in green scales—what was once Libre Fermi.

“So there’s nothing left of you. It’s a real pity, Libre.”

Once the strongest warrior among the demi-humans, the light of life was gone from Libre’s eyes. Yet he still stood and fought at the behest of the witch—the result of a spell that could cause the dead to move. But he was an undead warrior now, capable of following only simple commands. He could no longer fulfill Libre’s role.

“So many of our fellows have surfaced after our victory at Aihiya. And the blow we dealt to the humans was severe. To think, this may be our greatest opportunity since this war began, and—!”

“Isn’t it enough that you’re here? Or couldn’t this undead warrior act the part you have in mind?”

“…No. It’s not enough. I don’t have the facility to stand at the head of our allies. And no empty corpse is going to be able to muster the charisma of Libre’s leadership!”

Valga glared at the undead Libre, then put his thick palms to his face.

The strategy at Aihiya Swamp had gone exactly according to plan, a major blow against the royal army. This should have been an opportunity to decimate a broken enemy, but Libre’s death in battle was completely outside Valga’s calculations. As much as he hated to admit it, Valga knew that Libre’s influence on the Demi-human Alliance was even greater than his own.

Sphinx had at least succeeded in collecting the body and reanimating it as an undead warrior, but no spell, no matter how unholy, would truly bring Libre back.

“Though the flesh is revived, the soul does not reside within it,” Sphinx said. “Reconstructing the Sacrament of the Immortal King is difficult indeed.”

“How to continue the civil war without Libre…? We don’t have many options left.”

“But we have some…?” Sphinx narrowed her eyes.

Valga gave a deep nod. Of course, he had considered the possibility that he or Libre might not survive this war. He had hoped Libre might outlast him, but it had been the serpent who went first—such was their fate.

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