Chapter 187
Just then, I saw from afar that Kathe and Nia were working quickly and efficiently .
Nia had immediately started to help the dragons after the battle was finished . She was a hard worker .
Her armor had broken in places and her head was wrapped in bandages . It would have probably been better if she rested .
“Leea . You should let Nia rest . ”
“That’s what I said… But she said that she couldn’t when Shia was out there fighting . ”
Nia was probably still nervous about that . And also scared .
Perhaps keeping herself busy helped with her anxiety .
“Nia! Come over here . ”
“Yes!”
She replied cheerfully and ran towards me .
Her tail had swayed a little when she heard my voice . It suggested slight relief .
“Nia . I saw you fighting out there . You’ve improved so much . It was brilliant . ”
“Thank you . ”
I patted her on the head and her tail wagged .
“You did very well today . But I think you should rest now . ”
“But, uh…I…”
“It’s very dangerous after an attack . There’s a possibility that they will attack again . ”
“Yes . That’s why I want to help prepare…”
“But it’s also important to recover your energy . It will be no good if you couldn’t fight during the next attack . You are much smaller and have less energy than the dragons . You should rest . ”
Leea took Nia’s small hand in her large dragon hand .
“He’s right, Nia . You should rest for a while . ”
“But…”
“You can rest on my back . I was so happy when you saved me when I was attacked . ”
“In that case…”
Leea was of the royal family and knew how to handle people .
And so a hammock was set up between Leea’s wings .
Nia got in .
It seemed like it would be comfortable as long as Leea did not move too much .
“Well, I have work to do . Leea . I’m going back to Eric and the others . Can I leave the rest to you?”
“Very well . Please be careful . ”
“Yes, be careful . ”
“Thanks . You two as well . ”
And so I returned to the shed and reactivated the teleportation circle .
“Woah!”
A great sword rushed towards me . I was barely able to block it with the Devil King Sword and cut the enemy down as I stepped out of the circle .
“You’re back already!?”
Apparently, Eric had been using the shield for its original purpose .
I had popped out of the shield just as Eric was blocking the enemy’s greatsword .
“I nearly died . ”
It was a good thing I hadn’t let Grulf go out first .
I would have to be more careful if we ever used a shield for this again .
“Groof!”
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Grulf walked out cautiously .
“Eric, how are things going?”
“We somehow killed the one who seemed like the leader . ”
“Both of us were fighting him and we still struggled . He was no ordinary High Lord . ”
That being said, I didn’t think he was the ‘Most High King’ either .
Because there had been a similarly strong vampire in the water dragon settlement as well .
Shia and Serulis were fighting Arch Vampires and Vampire Lords .
Dorgo was flying in the sky and attacking the evil dragons . He looked as strong as ever .
And so I unleashed my own magic on the remaining vampires and evil dragons .
Eric and Goran had already killed all of the commanders and high-ranking vampires .
And so only the weak ones remained . It took a while, but it was not hard to wipe out the rest .
Serulis looked nervous as she held her sword up and said,
“Is it finished?”
“No, not yet . We have to go underground . Eric, Goran . Guard the entrance . ”
“Very well . ”
“Leave it to me . ”
“I will go with you . ”
“Groof . ”
Grulf and Shia wanted to come with me .
And so we headed for the entrance that the vampire boss had stepped out of .
“There were a lot of exits that the vampires had crawled out of . ”
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“Yes, that’s right . ”
I had shot three fireballs .
And then the boss vampire and a swarm of lessers had flowed out of their holes .
There could still be more down there .
“Eric, Goran, and Serulis . You deal with them if they come out . ”
“We know . ”
And then I sent air down to the depths . And then we went inside .
“Shia, Grulf . Let me know if you notice anything . ”
“Understood . ”
“Groof . ”
There was a room that had been carved out of solid rock . It was like a cave .
Shia went to inspect the piles of ashes on the ground .
“These are from dead vampires . It must have been from the fireballs . Oh, this… This one is from a Lord . ”
She could tell their rank by looking at the magic stones that were in their ashes .
Anything above Lords had medals, which made them easy to single out .
And so we gathered all of the stones and continued walking .
The structure of the place was simple .
There was a path and a number of rooms on the sides like an ants nest .
They had doors once, but the fireballs had melted them .
And there were also numerous doors that led to the surface .
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“It doesn’t seem like there are any survivors . ”
“They probably all escaped after the fireballs . ”
Before the doors melted .
“I guess it was a pretty effective attack after all . ”
“It would not have done so much damage normally . It’s just that your fireballs are much stronger than most, Mister Locke . ”
There was a mountain of burnt items at the end of the tunnel .
“What is this?”
“They look a little like the devices that they used for the evil god barrier . ”
“Oh, they do…”
“Groof . ”
It looked like the magic tool that had been used by the Vampire High Lord that Shia and I had killed together .
There were also half-melted fragments of what looked like an evil god statue .
“They clearly weren’t expecting to be attacked with fire . ”
Their cursed tools were about to be destroyed, and so they had escaped .
“I think they did expect it…”
She pointed to the melted doors .
“They just didn’t realize how powerful your attack would be . ”
The doors were apparently made of metal that was strong against such attacks . But they had still melted .
Yes, that would have been quite a shock for them .
And so I gathered the remains of the evil god idols and magic tools before we returned to the surface .