Chapter v 230: v 230
Explosion
I immediately created a magic barrier around it .
It covered it on all four sides but left the ceiling open . This was to let out the explosive wind .
I had been observing Luchila’s hands very carefully .
And so I had realized that it was a bomb even before it exploded .
Still, I had not been quick enough to tell Luchila to stop .
All I could do in the time I had was to create a barrier .
“I thought I was going to die! What power…”
Kathe said . She was sweating .
“Aye . Three of the barriers broke and the fourth has cracks in it . ”
“What madness . To break three of your barriers…”
I looked at everyone .
“Is anyone hurt?”
Shia, Serulis, and Nia were silent . Thankfully, it seemed like everyone was fine .
Still, I had to make sure .
“Shia, Serulis, Nia . Are you all right?”
‘I-I’m fine . ’
Shia said through Telepathy . Serulis and Nia nodded silently .
I suppose they took my order not to talk very seriously .
“You can all talk normally now . ”
After all, the device we had suspected of being a listening device had now self-destructed .
So that was one thing we didn’t have to worry about now .
“I am not injured at all . ”
Shia repeated .
“Uh, yes . I’m not injured either . ”
“I’m fine . ”
Serulis and Nia were also unharmed .
“What about you, Lord Gerberga and Grulf?”
“Cluck-cluck . ”
“Groof . ”
Lord Gerberga was shaking within my jacket . Grulf had his tail between his legs .
They were clearly scared from the sound, light, and impact . But they weren’t injured .
“Luchila…”
Luchila had been the closest to the explosion and was the most shaken .
I decided to ignore the fact that the ground was wet .
Serulis helped Luchila to her feet .
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I’m sure she would handle the rest as well .
As Kathe was inspecting the area of the explosion, I joined her .
“That was a very powerful explosion . ”
“It really was . ”
Just how powerful?
Had it been within the royal capital, it would have taken out a single district .
Not only that, but the shockwaves would have caused damage to surrounding buildings as well .
“If it had been analyzed in the palace… The entire palace might have been blown away . ”
“That was likely their aim…”
“I think so too . ”
While it hid the fact it was a magic tool, it hadn’t hidden its own existence .
That was because they wanted us to take it back to be investigated .
And it was difficult enough that it would take them time to analyze it .
“So its a device that explodes once you deactivate the concealment magic and start to analyze it . ”
“What a dangerous thing they have created . ”
“Yeah . There are not many devices with such explosive power…”
It wouldn’t be too hard to make something strong enough to kill a whole party .
But now, this meant that studying the enemy’s tools had become very dangerous .
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Just then, Luchila shouted .
“Mi-Mister Locke!”
“Yeah, I know . ”
“What!”
Kathe looked to where Luchila was pointing . She was surprised .
The magic device that hadn’t exploded, the one inside of the lesser vampire body, it was now shining .
As it would be very hard to disarm, we had left it for later .
“What does it mean?”
“It looks like it’s activating automatically . ”
I had analyzed it already and realized that there was a magic circle inside .
However, I didn’t know what kind it was .
But now it was growing larger . It was a gigantic magic circle .
“…It must be for teleportation . ”
Just as I said this, a swarm of vampires appeared .
There were easily over 20 of them . And they weren’t stopping .
More and more vampires appeared from the circle .
“They keep coming! Should we kill them?”
“Of course . Don’t let a single one get away!”
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“Understood!”
“Okay!”
“Got it!”
“Yes!”
Kathe, Serulis, Shia, and Nia answered enthusiastically . I started to use my magic .
It was Terminus Icicle . The same magic I used when fighting the Evil God Head .
That being said, there were allies around me, so I couldn’t go all out .
While I had cast barriers on everyone, I kept the force of my magic low . The fact that we were outside also meant it would be weaker .
Still, all of the vampires that were currently there suddenly froze .
“GAAAAHHH!!!”
The ones that screamed were Vampire Lords and over, as they were more resistant to magic .
Arch Vampires and lower were all frozen to death .
“We got rid of the weak ones . But don’t let the others escape . ”
“Leave it to me!”
Kathe was still in dragon form . Her sharp claws tore into the Vampire Lords .
Serulis unsheathed her sword and slashed into the closest lord .