Chapter 132: 132
Taking Back Kathe’s House
I jumped off of Kathe’s back and immediately started to run towards the entrance of the palace .
“Beep-beep-beep . ”
In spite of still being a good distance away, the machines were already reacting to me .
They had very high detection abilities .
“…Now I just need to know what their attacks and defense ability are like . ”
I muttered to myself as I ran .
I had seen three of them from above .
They had been flashing a green light at first, but now those lights had turned red .
The color probably meant they had been alerted .
“Beep-beep-beep . ”
Their beeping grew louder .
–Rttttta…
The attacks came at a speed too fast for my eyes to follow .
It was likely the attack of small metal ammunition that Kathe had talked about .
I quickly jumped to the side .
Just then, something rushed passed me .
And so I ran in a zigzag as I made my way to the entrance .
I was able to dodge ninety percent of them, but the rest caught me .
I had no choice but to use a magic barrier to stop them .
I looked at the metal clumps that were stopped . They were the size of the tip of my finger .
There was no magic in them .
“Even ordinary metal is scary when it travels at this speed . ”
And so I decided that the combat ability for the machines was rather high .
It would be one thing to fight them outside, but Eric and Goran would not be able to avoid getting hit if they were indoors .
I should probably use some magic protection once they came down .
Just as I was about to rush through the entrance, more magic machines flooded out from the building .
“I guess this makes things a little easier for me…”
I muttered as I shot a Magic Bullet into the first machine .
–Clang!
A large dent appeared on it . But it did not stop .
“You really are tough . ”
I tried shooting a second bullet at the same spot . This time it went silent .
“So it takes two bullets of this power…”
I would have to use a much stronger magic bullet in order to one-shot them .
“It seems like there are still more inside . ”
Ten machines had come out . But Kathe had seen thirty .
So there should be nearly twenty left .
And I did not want to fight them inside of the building .
“…I’ll lure them out with an attack . ”
Kathe had used her fire breath .
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That suggested that the things she kept in the ruins were probably strong to fire .
And even if it didn’t hurt the machines, it would be effective on the goblins and vampires .
“Eat this!”
I purposely raised my voice to try and get their attention .
Then I launched my strongest fireball over the heads of the machines and straight into Kathe’s palace .
–GGGGGOOOGGHHH!!
Flames burst from the windows of the building .
“Hm? Did I go too far?”
“What are you doing!!”
Kathe’s protest boomed from the sky .
It should be alright since the place is strong to fire .
I dodged the attacks of the machines and waited .
Still, no more machines left the building .
“…Had Kathe been exaggerating again?”
There was a possibility that it had not taken as many of them to force her to retreat .
That would mean that the ten machines outside were all of them .
“Kathe . There aren’t many here, but use your wind breath…”
It was just as I started to ask her .
“Beep-beep-beep . ”
Magic machines suddenly appeared on the roof of the palace .
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Not only that, but they were coming from the back of the building and from behind me as well .
Before I knew it, they had completely surrounded me .
Apparently, there had been many of them outside of the palace as well .
“How many?”
I couldn’t count them all, but it seemed to be close to fifty .
“Here I go!”
“Kathe, wait!”
“Alright . ”
I should have them gather together more densely .
And so I started taking them down with magic bullets .
I had to use a lot of power to one-shot them .
I also wanted to see what kind of damage my sword would do .
And so I slashed at them with the Devil King Sword .
“They’re hard, but not unbreakable . ”
And so I took down three with bullets and three with the sword . By now, the rest of them were swarming tightly around me .
“Kathe, now! Aim it directly at me!”
“Understood!”
–GGGOOOOORRGGHH!!
It was more like a wall of air than a violent wind . Like a giant hammer .
I cast a magic barrier that shut off the effects of any other magic . And then I stood my ground .
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The giant clumps of metal that were the machines were lifted into the air .
A tornado had erupted and was sucking them in . They crashed loudly into each other .
Kathe’s breath caused more than a tornado .
Blades of wind that were strong with magic cut through whatever was inside .
The four limbs of the machines were torn off and their hard shells were shredded .
They smashed into each other all the while .
Even a strong machine could not survive that .
“This is incredible . ”
I couldn’t help but whisper .
Kathe really was a powerful dragon .
When her breath subsided, Kathe descended to the ground .
At the same time, the scraps of machine fell down from the sky with a loud crash .
“Kathe, that was amazing . ”
“You too, Locke… You came out completely unharmed . ”
As we laughed about this, Eric and Goran jumped off of Kathe’s back .
“I guess we weren’t needed…”
“Well, that’s not exactly a bad thing…”
Eric and Goran muttered .