Exploring the Ruin
The goblin head rolled .
It was still holding the stone club as its body fell backward .
“You worthless bastard!”
The vampire spat .
And then the part below its chest and the part above its shoulders began to turn into bats .
He was trying to escape .
“Not so fast . ”
I was about to attack him with the Devil King Sword,
“Cock-doodle-dooooooooo!”
Gerberga had been quiet up until now, but he suddenly started to cry .
His voice echoed throughout the ruins .
“Wha…t…”
The parts of the vampire that had been turning into bats were now ashes .
It was the power of the God Fowl .
In seconds, the entire vampire was just a pile of ashes .
I quickly picked up the medal, magic stone and sword .
“Lord Gerberga, you saved us . ”
“Cluck . ”
Only Lord Gerberga’s head was sticking out of my breastplate .
Nia’s eyes were widened in surprise .
“Th-that’s amazing . ”
“Lord Gerberga is the God Fowl, after all . ”
“I…heard about it from my sister . But it’s different seeing it in person . ”
“Cluck-cluck . ”
Lord Gerberga clucked with satisfaction .
Then I turned to them and said,
“Now, let us hurry . ”
“Yes . But you already defeated the enemy . Do we really need to escape so quickly…”
“No . We are heading deeper in . ”
“Deeper in?”
It’s possible that they heard Lord Gerberga’s cry .
Now I would have to kill all of the vampires in here .
And I couldn’t ignore the possibility of there being teleportation magic .
We had to consider the possibility that they could appear at any time .
It was too dangerous to have Nia and Grulf act alone .
“Nia . Grulf . Be very, very careful when you move . ”
“Understood . ”
“Groof . ”
I ran . I was in a hurry, but careful that they didn’t fall behind .
“Gurrr?”
A stupid looking goblin started walking towards us .
I cut him down as I dashed .
We continued to run until we reached the end of the ruins . There were two vampires there .
Judging from their appearance, I guessed that they were Arch Vampires .
There was a large mirror between them .
It looked exactly like the mirror with the magic circle that I had seen before .
Maybe the dark ones had a tradition of using mirrors for teleportation .
“Stop them!”
“Yes!”
One of them shouted, and the other one jumped at me .
It was as if they were trying to buy time .
What was the other one trying to do? I keep him in sight .
I parry the attack of the first while watching the other from the corner of my eye .
He was stretching out towards the mirror . Was he trying to escape?
But both of them seemed to be Arch Vampires .
I didn’t understand why one would sacrifice himself for the other .
Maybe there was something that they didn’t want me to take from them .
“I won’t let you!”
I threw the spoils of war that was the sword from our last victim .
It stabbed into the vampire’s right arm . It went all the way up to the handguard .
The force behind it was so strong that the vampire lost his balance as well .
It continued to soar until it penetrated the rock wall behind him . Pinning the vampire like a doll .
“GAAHH!!”
He groaned pitifully .
“Hey!”
The vampire who was attacking me shouted .
He wasn’t shouting at me, but the other vampire .
“I know!”
The vampire in the back shouted back . His face was contorted in agony .
They were definitely up to something .
I didn’t know what they were trying to do . But I had to stop them regardless .
I grabbed the swinging blade of the vampire with my left hand .
“…What…”
He was clearly not expecting this . His eyes widened in surprise .
I had a magic barrier over my palm .
A mere Arch Vampire was not going to be able to cut through it .
“You’re in my way . ”
I said, before crushing the blade in my hand .
“Mo-monster . ”
“You’re the monster . ”
I said as I grabbed his neck with my left hand and then activated Drain Touch .
In a flash, I absorbed all the magic and life force . The vampire turned into skin and bones right in front of me .
“GAAAHHH!!”
“Shut up . ”
I threw the shrieking mummy against the wall .
He was dried up and weighed very little .
I didn’t know that magic energy and life force had any weight .
Or maybe there was a different reason .
“AH!”
The vampire who was still pinned to the wall let out a fearful cry .
“What? You look like you’ve seen a ghost . ”
I said as I walked towards him .
The vampire finally pulled the sword from his arm and swung at me .
“WWAAAHHHH!!!”
He shouted in desperation . It was the kind of attack you did when you knew it was over .
That was fine . I didn’t care either way .
Even if he tried to run, it was easy to deal with .
He shouted loudly as his sword came down .
–CRAAACKKK .
The large mirror shattered under his attack .