Chapter 178
And so I contacted Goran and Eric right then and there .
“Goran, Eric . I want mithril and magic stones . Can you help me?”
‘Well, I could help you . But what are you going to use them for?’
I explained it to them .
‘Oh? That’s good . The kingdom’s treasury can pay for that . Goran, I’ll leave the rest to you . ’
‘Mithril and magic stones can be prepared as long as we have the money, so don’t worry about that . ’
Adventurers brought magic stones in every day .
And mithril was often brought into town from the mines .
After this was settled, I returned to where Serulis was .
“Serulis . We finished making the magic tool . Try putting it on . ”
“…Mister Locke and Miss Philly . Thank you . Thank you so much . ”
Serulis was very happy . Her eyes were even brimming with tears .
“Serulis, I’m so happy for you . ”
“Now you can come adventuring with us, sister Serulis . ”
Shia and Nia said happily .
However, I wasn’t so relieved just yet .
“Serulis . Put the bracelet on and come out to the garden . ”
“Huh? Okay . ”
When we were outside, I had Serulis and Kathe stand side by side .
And then I cast an illusion on both of them .
This was to see how strong the mental resistance was .
“Uh…I saw a bear . ”
“Hmm? Yes, there was a bear . I see . You cast an illusion, didn’t you? That won’t work on me . ”
Serulis looked puzzled .
They had both seen the illusion, but they were not tricked by it .
So this at least meant that it had raised Serulis’s resistance .
“I see . Then what about this?”
I strengthened the magic a little by little . I wanted to see how far I could go .
“Ah!”
“Woah . ”
I had to use all my strength to eventually succeed in scaring both of them .
This meant that it was just as hard to fool Serulis as it was the wind dragon ruler .
“There shouldn’t be a problem if your resistance is this high now . ”
“Good! Thank you so much, Mister Locke!”
“Thank you for helping, Kathe . ”
“It is a rare experience to be able to have Locke cast an illusion on you . I shall boast about it to Leea . Still, that was very impressive, Locke . ”
“Really?”
“I am the wind dragon ruler . That means I have a stronger resistance than most . And yet you were able to beat me . ”
“But it took me way too long, and I used up so much energy . I wouldn’t have been able to do it during a real battle . ”
“Gahahahaha! I see!”
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Kathe laughed happily .
Then Serulis said,
“Now I can finally join the vampire hunters . ”
“Well, wait a minute . ”
“What?”
“You have to have Goran’s permission . ”
I said as I connected the bracelet to Goran .
‘What is it? Locke? If it’s about the magic stones…’
“No, that’s not what it is . ”
“Daddy!”
‘Hm? Serulis . What is it?’
Serulis explained the situation to him and asked for his permission .
Goran was hesitant at first, but ultimately gave his consent .
The next day, Shia, Nia, and Serulis left in order to meet up with the others of the beastkin tribe .
“Be careful . ”
“I know . And thank you for everything, Mister Locke . ”
“Your life is what is most important!”
“Don’t worry, daddy . ”
Goran could not help but be worried .
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I also called out to my apprentice, Nia .
“You be careful too . ”
“I will!”
I was very worried .
I would have gone with them if we didn’t have to protect the water dragon settlement .
“Shia, take care of them . ”
“I know . I will do my best . ”
Once the three of them were gone, I headed for the water dragon settlement . Grulf came with me .
“Locke . I’m glad you came . ”
“Thank you . ”
As always, Princess Leea and Grand Chamberlain Morris were there to greet us .
I took Grulf on a walk as I listened to them talk about the attacks on the settlement .
There were attacks every day .
However, they were only attacks on a small scale .
They were mostly just strike-teams made up of lesser vampires . They were easy to drive back .
“…I think I will start staying the night here . ”
“Really? That would be great . ”
“We would be very relieved . ”
The dark ones generally attacked at night .
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This was because the majority of the dark ones were nocturnal .
Morris said,
“Still, why do they keep sending lesser vampires?”
“Yes… Perhaps they are searching for a hole in the barrier . ”
“A hole?”
“The dark ones are not stupid . They know that they cannot defeat you regardless of how many lessers they throw at you . So it must be to gather information . ”
So there was a main army hiding nearby .
Once they found a weakness, they would come in all at once .
And so that was why I decided to stay the night .
“We should inspect the barrier carefully every day . ”
“We do check it, but perhaps there is something we have overlooked . I would be glad if you could help . ”
After that, it was decided that I would help protect the settlement at night and return to the capital in the morning .
In the city, I helped Philly make more magic tools .
As the process had been simplified, all I had to do was cast some magic on them at the end .
Of course, they were still not as good as the one we made for Serulis .
However, it was still a great improvement for the kights that would use them .
And then I returned to the water dragon settlement at night .
I also decided to fight in the front, even if they were just lesser vampires .
I thought that I might learn something about them .
Life continued like this for a while and was mostly peaceful .