Chapter 79

**Chapter 79** is the seventy-ninth chapter of the *Dead Mount Death Play* manga.

## Official Blurb

The Corpse God calls upon the might of the Imperial Sorcerers! But will that be enough to take down Civil?

## Short Summary

The late emperor Framrodia Byandiraz, chancellor Leuf Vellize, and two imperial sorcerers of Byandy Empire, in spirit form, manifest to assist the Corpse God with his battle against Civil A. Sabaramond. The preternatural nature of the battle does not go unnoticed by Tena Sorimura and Fire-breathing Bug, the latter of whom plans to scorch Shinjuku in the event of tragedy; however,Suzuka Shinoyama interrupts their discussion to vouch for Corpse God.

Tsubaki Iwanome meanwhile vouches for the civilians whom Fire-breathing Bug has 'possessed' by promising to exact Bug's revenge in exchange for the civilians' freedom; he declares that he shall allow Bug to transfer their consciousness into him, if necessary.

The conflict between Misaki Sakimiya and Lulu's Elemental turns in the former's favor when she reveals that she is a vampire and snatches Polka Shinoyama from Lulu's grasp. On a different street, Xiaoyu Lei supersedes Lemmings against Soara Habaki by striking her with Urdwigia's lightning; when the earth shakes moments later, Xiaoyu dashes away from the fight, thinking it the work of Elementals.

Elsewhere, Civil withstands the magic of the two imperial sorcerers who have come to Corpse God's aid. Corpse God likens "taking on" Civil to "taking on" Arius Sabaramond.

## Synopsis

Framrodia Byandiraz, late emperor of Byandy Empire, enters the Terran plane alongside Byandy chancellor Leuf Vellize and two of his imperial court sorcerers at the behest of Corpse God, both of whom have humanoid and arthropodal features: the bipedal male possesses a monarch butterfly's wings, and the multilimbed female possesses morphology reminiscent of arachnids. The winged sorcerer volunteers to buy time while his companion weaves magical threads of protection over Shinjuku's buildings; Vellize, with Corpse God's permission, leaves to attend matters elsewhere. Civil A. Sabaramond welcomes this new development with hearty aplomb.

In the wake of the power clash between Civil and Corpse God, Tena Sorimura hyperventilates his way onto the rooftop whereupon the raincoated Fire-breathing Bug stands observant, then declares "...that power is not of this world!" He asks for Bug's opinion on the matter; Bug replies that Corpse God is in some ways more dangerous than Sabaramond's band; with this danger in mind, Bug plans to burn Shinjuku to the ground before allowing tragedy to strike it.

While Sorimura hastily explains to Fire-breathing Bug that manslaughter via arson is a crime, Suzuka Shinoyama's spirit interjects with a suggestion: would it not be best to first ascertain whether Corpse God is a world thread? Bug questions Suzuka's involvement in the current affair only—alongside Sorimura—to be taken aback when Suzuka shows them the burns on her right arm; she informs them that her burns were caused by a faux Bug and that she owes Corpse God a great deal. Sorimura dryly wonders whether Suzuka is connected to his "odd feeling" before asking Bug what they shall do.

Bug's attention is with Tsubaki Iwanome, who, supported by his Comps-3 confreres, is protesting Bug's means of exacting revenge—only to flinch when his left arm sizzles with warning; Ranmaru Yatsu calls out to him, but Kōzaburō Arase prevents Yatsu from interjecting further.

Incensed, Iwanome objects explicitly to Bug's possession of innocent civilians in pursuit of his revenge. Bug has made civilians into murderers, twisted their lives around for his benefit—including those of all the Bugged civilians he is currently addressing. Upon gripping the Bug spokesperson's T-shirt, Iwanome declares that he will exact Bug's revenge—at minimum he will crush the Sabaramond devotees in Japan—in the civilians' stead. "...So we're to trust you...and simply disappear?" asks Bug; Iwanome replies that is not the case; if necessary, he will allow Bug to transfer their consciousness into him.

Misaki Sakimiya dodges the various objects that Lulu's Elemental has weaponized against her. Lulu wonders why Misaki is going to such lengths; after a few moments' thought, Misaki supposes that all her personal growth since meeting Polka Shinoyama will amount to a lie should she give up now. She charges toward Lulu intending to snatch Polka-the-plush from her grasp, successfully evading another projectile attack by temporarily dissolving parts of her body into bats—at which point the Elemental rips upward the pavement underneath her feet in an attempt to stop her. It fractures further as Misaki confirms that she is an vampire, but Misaki's detached left hand seizes Polka and flies upward to escape the pavement's total eruption.

Xiaoyu Lei meanwhile dodges a different set of whirling limbs: those of Lemmings and Soara Habaki, who are engaged in furious hand-to-hand combat. Soara guesses that her opponent might be Lemmings, for she can find no openings for attack—so she decides to "hit the gas" and drops low into a pouncing position, veins and muscles bulging. Xiaoyu darts between the two combatants, shouting that he "knows Soara's kind" as he strikes Soara with lightning via his right arm. A proximate earthquake rumbles moments later—*No*, Xiaoyu thinks, *Elementals*?—, and, at the thought of Polka, he grits his teeth and dashes away from the scene.

That Elementals may be behind the tremors has also occurred to Corpse God, but his attention has to be with the situation at hand: his two fellow imperial sorcerers' strife with Civil, who is withstanding a magical attack from the winged sorcerer.

"Forcing magic circles... *Each blow* pushes us deeper," says says the other sorcerer.

"Awfully cheeky for a rookie," replies the first.

"He's a natural," concludes Corpse God, but this still does not explain how Civil is enduring imperial-level magic arts, especially since Civil "shouldn't even be a sorcerer," living in this world. Nevertheless, the sensation that Corpse God feels now is one he has felt ever since their first meeting: "taking on" Civil feels akin to "taking on Arius Sabaramond."

*A sense of Déjà vu emerges through the haze...*