Just a short while ago, an apprentice scholar had declared that Baron Leech Clarence—the new heir to his late father's castle—had little more than a day to live. Fortunately, the apprentice added, Baron Leech would be able to pass the last moments of his life in a painless coma.
After his passing, Baron Leech's younger brother, Leo Clarence, would inherit the barony and the dilapidated Porcupine Castle. And when Leo, in turn, returned to the embrace of the Four Gods, he would pass the title and fiefdom on to his eldest son, ensuring the Clarence line would continue forever.
That was, of course, assuming Baron Leech actually died.

'So, what is that yellow dot?'
'My golden finger is summoning tombstones? Am I supposed to crush people to death with them?'


Leech's contingent of corpses made a major discovery during their exploration.


Frost had actually appeared inside the promontory's caverns.


A hopping, blue-skinned gabalin was screeching strangely—GAK GAK GAK. In its hand, it held a wooden staff, a weapon no other gabalin possessed. By tracking it, they discovered it was the source of the frost.


'A Mage for the blue-skinned monsters?'


In other words, among that group of blue-skinned monsters was a fellow who could create chilling frost.


The small squad of blue-skins on the other side also noticed their strange-acting kin approaching.


They tried to communicate with strange screeches.


But their "kin," marching in uncanny unison, came to a synchronized halt, reached for their spears, and showed no intention of communicating.


Chapter 72 - Chapter 72: I Want This Skill