There was no use remonstrating her any further when she was feeling this low .
And so I went about gathering the medals and magic stones from the fallen vampires .
I also checked their weapons, just in case .
“Hmm . They’re not bad…”
“It’ll be about a million rucks at a store . ”
Goran said as I inspected one of the swords .
Then he picked one up and swung it .
“Six swords . Six million . Not too bad . ”
Eric said with a laugh .
“Kathe, take us to this trash can of yours . ”
“Alright . ”
Kathe walked heavily down the corridor .
I walked right behind so as to be able to help at a moments notice .
This time, Eric took the rear .
Kathe was strong .
But in terms of experience in combat, she was even worse than Serulis .
And novices had to be supported .
“It was put in here . ”
Kathe said as she put a hand on the door .
“Wait a minute . ”
“Hmm? Very well . ”
The surface of the door was burned . It was probably due to my fireball .
However, it hadn’t been disfigured at all .
“It looks like your palace really is strong to fire, Kathe . ”
“Yes, I am scared of it burning down, so measures have been taken . ”
“Even the Evil Dragon’s wind breath didn’t do anything . ”
It had been very strong . So the building was incredibly durable .
“This door was definitely stronger than the others . ”
As Kathe said, some of the other doors were slightly melted .
“So whoever built this palace must have intended for this room to be important . ”
“Oh, I see . ”
Kathe nodded .
“And that would suggest that whatever is inside is also unharmed . ”
“Hmm . ”
“Which means that there may be enemies inside as well . ”
“Oh! That’s right!”
I listened . It was a very thick door . And there was no sound to be heard at all .
I tried using Magic Search .
Something was moving inside . I could tell by the size and amount of magic .
“There’s no trap . However, there is lock magic . And something is moving inside of the room . ”
“A vampire?”
Eric said as he took out his Holy Sword .
I nodded .
“Two of them . They are probably Lords . And there are two magic machines as well . ”
“I see . How fun . ”
Goran said with a grin .
“Oh, no-no-no…”
Kathe said as she covered her mouth with both hands . She was such a coward, considering her strength .
“Alright, let’s go . ”
“Yes!”
I unlocked the door and threw it open .
At the same time, Eric and Goran burst into the room .
“Beep-beep-beep-beep…”
The alarms of the magic machines went off at once .
The two Vampire Lords tried to unsheath their weapons .
But by then, both of their heads had been removed from their bodies .
Eric and Goran had moved so fast that they could not even be seen .
The two magic machines quickly turned around to face Eric and Goran .
They were going to blast them with a torrent of bullets .
And so I launched my own magic bullets at them .
Two at the same time . And with a lot of energy in them .
The armor of the machines caved in .
This would have been enough to take down the machines that were in front of the palace .
But it seemed that these ones were special .
“Beep-beep-beep…”
They continued to move .
The small metal chunks flew at Eric and Goran at an incredible speed .
I quickly put up a magic barrier to protect them .
The bullets slammed into the barrier with a thunderous crash .
The ones that missed hit the walls and caused sparks to fly .
However, Eric and Goran weren’t even behind the barrier when the bullets hit it .
“Hah!”
“Ooomph!”
Eric and Goran’s blades cut into the front of the machines .
“Bee…p…”
They were still trying to move .
It took another hit for them to go completely silent .
“They have really high durability . ”
“Aye, the fact that they won’t go down under such a hit is dangerous . ”
Eric and Goran said with serious expressions .
I collected the magic stones and medals from the vampires and said,
“What about the bullets? Can you deal with them?”
It looked like they had no problem with that .
But Eric and Goran shook their heads .
“Maybe if it is from just one machine . ”
“Yes . Two is too much . ”
“And it’s one thing to dodge that attack, but it would be much harder to attack at the same time . ”
“Aye . You will need to get closer in order to cut them . Which makes our movements predictable . ”
It was rare to see Eric and Goran so hard pressed .
The magic machines were a terrifying enemy indeed .
“So, where is this all-purpose trash can?”
“There it is . ”
“This?”
I looked at it .
I had no idea what I was looking at .
“I suppose we will have to have Philly come and inspect it . ”
“Wouldn’t it be better to take it back with us?”
“It would . Do you mind, Kathe?”
“Hmmm . I suppose I have no choice . ”
“Thank you . ”
And so I put the trash can in my magic bag .
Kathe watched me and said,
“By the way, there is something I want to ask you . ”
“What is it?”
“Didn’t Goran just call you Ruck a moment ago?”
“He-he did?”
“Yes . I heard it quite clearly . ”
I think she was right .
“Well, I did mean to tell you sometime soon…”
And so I told her that my real name was Ruck .
“What!”
Kathe’s tail began to slam up and down on the floor .