Chapter v 239: v 239
Making our way forward while searching the building
I decided to tell them of the general plan . It would probably be best to do it through telepathy .
‘Leave the High Lord to us . Shia and Serulis, I want you two to protect the humans . ’
‘Understood . ’
Shia replied through telepathy and Serulis nodded .
‘Grulf…let’s see . I’ll give you an order based on the situation . However, you will stick with Serulis . ’
“Groof . ”
Grulf did not seem very happy about that . He probably wanted to fight with me .
‘Grulf . Don’t be like that . While we are going to be fighting a boss, there can’t be too many on our side . ’
“Grrr…”
‘Besides, your nose will be useful when searching for the humans . ’
I patted him on the head and then said out aloud,
“I’m relying on you . ”
“Groof!”
Grulf wagged his tail happily .
‘That being said, we’ll move separately only at the end . Because the rooms are close together . ’
“I suppose that’s the one good thing about all of this . ”
“I don’t know if it’s actually good . ”
Right before we left, Kathe opened her mouth .
“You’re talking normally now . Is that really alright?”
“Yeah . They already know we’re here anyway . ”
“But I still think it would be better to stay quiet if we’re going to ambush them . ”
“Kathe . Calm down and analyze the flow of magic . Can’t you tell that they have cast Magic Detection?”
“…Ah, so they have . ”
As I thought, the enemy had a powerful Sorcerer with them .
After all, they had been able to cast Magic Detection without Kathe noticing it .
Kathe’s words and actions made her seem unreliable, but she was still the wind dragon ruler .
That meant she was top class among dragons . She was up there with the best human sorcerers .
She would have noticed it instantly if it had been an ordinary sorcerer who had done it .
“The High Lord knows exactly where we are . An ambush would be impossible . ”
“Hmm? But…”
Kathe probably wanted to ask if we could ambush the other enemies at least .
“There is no point in ambushing enemies who are that weak . ”
Eric nodded at this .
“Not being able to communicate smoothly is a bigger problem . ”
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‘Of course, we will use telepathy when talking about something we don’t want them to know . Sorry, Serulis . ’
I added at the end . Serulis and Grulf were the only ones here who couldn’t use telepathy .
Serulis nodded .
And then I took out a sheet of paper and drew out a map of the building .
This was so that the others could get a grasp of the layout .
‘You obviously know this, but I was only able to detect the positions of walls that have been protected with magic . ’
‘Yes, that is true . ’
‘So, we’ll have to be careful about that . ’
Goran said .
That being said, stone and metal barriers did not mean much to the likes of Goran, Eric, and Kathe .
However, it was different for Shia, Serulis, and Grulf .
I continued to use Magic Detection, even while drawing out the map .
This was because I had overlooked the machines the last time .
‘I tried searching again . Unfortunately, there are other magic machines . They probably intend on taking us by surprise . ’
‘Then we should pretend that we don’t know . ’
Goran said with a laugh .
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Kathe had also been using Magic Detection, and she now looked towards me .
‘I wasn’t able to detect any evil dragons here . What about you, Locke?’
‘I didn’t find any inside of the building either . ’
‘Hmm . So, does that mean they are outside? I didn’t check outside of the building . ’
‘There are . Five very large ones . I think they are too big to come inside . ’
Then Eric said,
‘Even if they are not inside the building, they are still close by . We have to keep that in mind . ’
‘Yes, you’re right . Locke, you lead the way . ’
‘Leave it to me . Goran, you take the rear . ’
‘Aye . ’
I started to run forward and the others followed .
Grulf was behind me . Eric was next to Grulf .
Kathe walked behind them and even further back was Shia and Serulis . Goran was last .
‘They already know we’re here . So let’s kill them all . ’
‘Understood . ’
But even if the lords were weak, there was also a strong Sorcerer here .
It would be bad if we got attacked from the rear right when we were facing a strong enemy .
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But I had plenty of magic energy left . So it would be best to kill everyone and make sure that no one came up from behind us later on .
Besides, it would be a pain if the rooms had tools that offered the protection of the evil god .
‘Usually, Magic Detection alerts me of them…’
‘Indeed . But if there is someone here that is good with concealment magic, it will be more difficult . ’
‘That’s why we have to kill everyone and then search the place . ’
Eric and Goran were quick to understand .
I nodded silently and then addressed them all .
‘As for the first room . There are 2 lords and 4 archs . They’re waiting just behind the door . ’
‘Understood . ’
And then I cut down the door with the Devil King Sword .
Eric and Kathe immediately kicked the rest down and jumped inside .
Before they could even react, Eric thrust his holy blade into the heart of the first lord .
Kathe’s fist crushed the head of the other .
Grulf, Shia, and Serulis killed an arch vampire each . I killed the last one .
Goran was guarding us near the entrance .
Some of the vampires tried to turn into mist or bats as they died . But I didn’t let them .
I swung the Devil King Sword and absorbed everything .