And now, only the High Lord’s head remained . And so I used Drain Touch on his head and sucked all the magic .
I wouldn’t give him even the smallest chance of turning into bats or mist .
“Wait right there . I want to talk to you later . ”
“…Don’t underestimate me, you mere mortal . ”
The High Lord said . Then he turned into ash . He had killed himself so he couldn’t be questioned .
It was unfortunate that I couldn’t get any information .
I turned to Shia and the others and said:
“I killed the leader . The rest should be nothing . Let’s hurry up and kill them . ”
“Understood!”
“Yes! We’ll finish it right away!”
Shia and Serulis continued to fight the vampires .
As for Nia, Luchila, and Grulf, they were too busy to reply to me . Still, they seemed to be doing well .
Kathe was also busily sending vampires to their grave .
It seemed like they were no longer coming out of the teleportation circle .
The tide was already to our advantage, and now that I joined Shia and the others, it should all finish up very quickly .
Once all of the vampires were dead, I activated Magic Detection, just in case .
I wanted to be sure that there were none who got away .
“Luchia . I’m sure you are tired, but don’t forget to use Magic Detection . ”
“Haaa…haa… Yes!”
As I was already doing it, Luhila could have actually rested .
However, this was part of her training . She needed to learn the ways of a Sorcerer during battle .
And so she obediently activated Magic Detection . In spite of being tired, it covered a wide range .
She was growing into a very good Sorcerer . Very reliable .
Of course, mine covered a much, much wider area .
There were no vampires or any other enemies in the area .
“What do you think, Luchila?”
“Yes . I don’t detect any enemies . ”
“You did well . Overall, your movements were good . ”
“Cluck-cluck . ”
Lord Gerberga poked his head out of my jacket and clucked gently .
He was probably praising Luchila .
“Thank you . Mister Locke . Lord Gerberga . ”
Luchila looked very happy .
“Shia, Nia, and Serullis . You’ve all become so much stronger . ”
“Thank you, even if you’re just being polite . ”
“Thank you!”
“Mister Locke doesn’t flatter people! I’m much more confident now . ”
All three of them looked happy .
“Groof!”
Grulf pressed his body into me . Perhaps he wanted to be praised as well .
“You’ve gotten stronger too, Grulf . You moved well . ”
“Groof!”
He wagged his tail happily .
“Still, that was a lot of vampires . How many in all?”
“There are close to 80 . ”
“That much… For now, start disposing of the bodies . ”
“Understood . ”
Shia and the others got to work . As everything above an Arch Vampire turned into ash after death, it was relatively easy .
And then I decided to contact Eric and Goran .
Just then, I heard the beating of wings and saw that Kathe was approaching .
Her face was suddenly very close . As she was very large, it was a little overwhelming .
“Locke! Locke! How did I do?”
“What?”
“In the battle… How well did I fight!”
Unlike Shia and the others, Kathe was strong from the beginning . And so I didn’t give her any critiques .
I thought it would be rude . However, it seemed like Kathe had expected me to comment .
“You were strong too . I was very impressed . ”
“I see . ”
Kathe nodded with satisfaction and her tail swayed .
I watched her as I activated the communication bracelet in order to contact Eric and Goran .
“I have a little report to make . ”
‘Oh, what happened? Is it related to the dark wraiths?’
Eric was the first to answer .
I had already told Eric, Goran, Dorgo and the water dragons about the dark wraiths .
“Exactly . Things have gotten a little complicated . ”
Goran, Dorgo, Leea and Morris then came on a moment after Eric .
Once I knew they were all listening, I began to explain .
“I had just finished strengthening the beastkin wolves mansion and installed the magic devices…”
The dark wraith attack . The accompanying lesser vampires .
And then the mysterious magic devices and the explosion .
And how vampires had come out of a teleportation circle right after .
I told them all of this briskly .
“So, I’m planning on going through the teleportation circle and cleaning their place out . ”
‘Wwait a minute!’
‘Not so fast, Locke . ’
Goran and Eric said frantically .
“What? Is there a problem?”
‘There is nothing but problems! I’m going over right now, so wait for me . ’
“But there isn’t any time . They might close the portal . ”
‘Well, calm down . Locke . ’
Eric said consolingly . Maybe he thought I was rushing things .
“If you insist, I will wait…”
‘For now, I want you to wait for 10 minutes . ’
‘Can you wait for a while?’
“Fine . ”
After that, I could hear noises coming from Eric, Goran and Dorgo’s bracelets for quite some time .