Chapter 146

"What happened?"

When Darkness and Broly rushed over after hearing the commotion, what they saw was a voluptuous woman, breathing somewhat raggedly, collapsed in front of Aqua, while Aqua looked like a villain who had done something strange and excessive to someone else.

"Hmph, I didn't expect you to still not have dissipated after taking that move of mine; looks like you're a guy with some skill, but with the next move, you won't be so lucky, because I'll use an even more powerful Purification to guarantee I purify you from this world thoroughly and completely!"

As Aqua spoke, she was rubbing her hands together to ready a new Purification; Wiz on the ground raised her hand with difficulty: "Please, let me say two sentences."

"No need for nonsense; the culprit behind the cemetery haunting incident in Axel, let me, Aqua, purify you on behalf of justice..."

Aqua hadn't finished speaking before she had to stop because Broly blocked her way.

"Broly, that guy is a Lich, an evil Undead, move aside quickly."

She said to her own Disciple.

Broly scratched his head, pointed at Wiz collapsed behind him, and said: "Aqua Master, but this is also the wife I'm looking for, uh."

"Hah, what nonsense are you spouting, that's an Undead; even if she looks pretty, she's a dead person!"

"But she really is the wife I'm looking for."

Broly also felt somewhat helpless; the wife was recognized by the Crystal Palace, not something he randomly acknowledged.

"Even if you are my Disciple, if you want to shelter an Undead..."

Aqua put away the Purification, showing with action that she would still forgive a little.

Who told her to be a soft-hearted Master! "Hey, guy on the ground, for the sake of my family's cute Disciple, I, Aqua-sama, permit you to argue in your defense for two sentences, but if your words can't satisfy me, the one where I have to purify you, I'll still purify you, understand?"

Aqua had a fierce look.

"Understood!"

Wiz hurriedly nodded in reply; she breathed a sigh of relief somewhat, just now she really thought she was done for.

"My name is Wiz, I am a Lich, but I have never harmed anyone..."

This self-proclaimed humanity-retaining Lich young lady introduced herself.

"A guy who transformed into a Lich can still retain humanity, do you think I'd believe that?"

Lich Transformation isn't some common thing; that thing counts as a Forbidden Spell in this world.

"It's true, and I also didn't voluntarily transform into a Lich."

Wiz was somewhat urgent/anxious.

"Then tell me the reason you transformed into a Lich."

Aqua made a posture of listening with washed ears (listening intently).

"That was for my companions..."

Wiz was once an Adventurer Party Captain; during a Dungeon adventure, she encountered Hell Duke Vanir.

Later she fought Demon King Army Executive Dullahan Beldia, but the whole party was afflicted with a hard-to-remove Death Curse.

To remove the Death Curse, someone had to go defeat Dullahan Beldia; Wiz at that time made a deal with Vanir, obtained the Lich Transformation Forbidden Spell, and by transforming herself into a Lich thereby escaped the Death Curse.

Afterward, for her companions, she alone single-handedly broke into the Demon King's Castle; blocked by a group of Demon King Army Executives, she found Beldia who had previously fought their party and was recuperating in the Demon King's Castle, heavily injured him again, and used his life to threaten him to remove the Death Curse.

"That's my story."

"Have to say, your story is very exciting, but your story has a thorough loophole; for example, when you were human you couldn't beat a Demon King Army Executive, but after becoming a Lich you instead could solo the entire Demon King's Castle by yourself, do you think I'd believe that kind of thing?"

Aqua obviously didn't believe it; after all, this was something even she, a Goddess, couldn't do.

"That certainly is hard to believe, but the facts are so; the reason is probably that when I was human, I had many weaknesses belonging to humans, for example some Death Curses could take effect on me, but after I became a Lich, Magic Power not only grew much more compared to my human era, even resistance to some Negative Curse Magic greatly increased."

Wiz's statement made the meme information 【Humans Have Limits】 suddenly surface in Broly's mind.

"When you turned into a Lich, did you wear a Stone Mask, hold a Dagger and stab someone, shouting that you'd transcend humanity?" Broly asked curiously.

"Ah, what's that?"

Wiz had a blank face.

"Probably something like that..."

Broly gesticulated wildly, reenacting the JOJO 'transcend humanity' famous scene that suddenly surfaced in his mind with actual actions, leaving the surrounding people bewildered.

"There was no shouting about transcending humanity; just standing on a self-drawn Magic Circle, using Magic Power to transform one's own flesh and blood, the process hurt so much I couldn't even speak."

"Ah, is that so?"

Wiz's denial made Broly somewhat disappointed; the information surfacing in his mind quickly submerged again.

"Then what happened after, did you save your companions or not?"

Darkness urged, she seemed to have fallen into a story-listening state.

"Mhm, I saved them; my companions are all already married with kids now, they sometimes even bring their kids back to visit me."

Wiz nodded; although she didn't voluntarily become a Lich, she also didn't regret becoming a Lich for her companions.

"Wait, after saving your companions, didn't you conveniently deal with the Demon King Army?"

Aqua frowned and asked.

"Deal with the Demon King Army, I don't have that ability; at the time, to save my companions, I was already going all out.

Moreover, this was on the premise that Vanir-san, also a Demon King Army Executive, didn't move to stop me, that I could easily break into the Demon King's Castle.

And what I actually dealt with at the time were merely three of the weaker ones among the Demon King's Castle Demon King Army Executives."

"Geez, if you had dealt with the Demon King and Demon King Army back then, I wouldn't have had to come here!"

Aqua started complaining.

Wiz: "..."

Judging from the fact that the other party's Purification could have an excellent effect on her, combined with the sudden massive Divine Power aura that appeared over Axel earlier, this person couldn't be the true Goddess Avatar, right? After all, she even calls herself Aqua.

Although the Axis Cult is hated by people and ghosts alike in this world, the Water Goddess they believe in is actually quite famous.

"Back to the main topic, a Lich who almost soloed the Demon King's Castle, how would you end up in this place, Axel Cemetery.

What was that Magic Circle just now, could it be you're secretly building an Undead Army here, planning to lead the Undead Army back to the Demon King's Castle later to get back at them?"

"Ah?"

"What do you mean 'ah'? I'm talking to you!"

Aqua said, dissatisfied.

"That's not it. I'm not building an Undead Army. That Magic Circle just now wasn't for Summoning Undead either — it was a Requiem Array."

After the Explanation, Aqua and the others learned that after Wiz became a Lich and lifted the Death Curse from her Teammates, she chose to return to the Human Camp and live in hiding on This Side of Axel.

"The Magic Tool Shop in the innermost alley two streets past the Cemetery is the one I run. Because I once received care from the priest who watched over this Cemetery, after he Passed Away, I Took Over the affairs of soothing the Cemetery's spirits."

The Mana Factor in This World is very Active. Many Burial Grounds Easily Produce Undead, so there need to be some Professionals who can cast Purification Jutsu to regularly Soothe the dead souls in places like this.

But Axel is a Beginner City. There aren't many Adventurers to begin with, let alone Professionals who know Purification Jutsu. And even if there were, very few would be Willing to do the work of guarding a Cemetery.

In Other Words, if not for Wiz's years of Soothing the dead souls in the Cemetery, the Adventurer's Guild on This Side of Axel would probably have a Subjugation request for Cemetery Undead Hanging year-round.

(Chapter End)