Chapter 216
It was the moment that the dark wraith stopped moving .
Grulf had run past me and jumped .
“GGGRRRR!! GRRGRRGRRR!!”
Grulf’s fangs sank into the dark wraith’s neck . And then he twisted it .
“KIII!?”
The dark wraith let out a confused scream .
“What!”
“The fangs went into the dark wraith!”
Behind me, Kathe and Mors sounded astonished . In fact, so was I .
“Rrrr—GRRR GRRR!!”
Grulf held the dark wraith down with his claws and fangs .
The dark wraith’s body was made of magical energy . It wasn’t made of matter .
There was no smell and you couldn’t see or hear it unless it was about to use magic .
That’s why it was able to go through the walls of Danton’s house .
The beastkin wolves had good ears and eyes and a sharp sense of smell . And they were also immune to the psychological attacks of vampires .
So in other words, wraiths were the perfects monsters to send if you wanted to infiltrate the mansion of a beastkin chief .
However, spirit beasts were apparently able to treat wraiths like any other monster .
“So Grulf can hold wraiths down…”
A spirit beast wolf . Maybe it was their special power .
Grulfs fangs and nails and even body were not ordinary .
I finished preparing my magic while Grulf held it down .
The pillar of energy transformed into a cage .
While the cage was up, it would deplete my magic . And it used up a lot .
This was an original spell of mine that had no name . It was an emergency measure to deal with the dark wraith .
After it was 90% done, I said to Grulf:
“Grulf, you can let go now . ”
“Groof!”
And then I closed the cage just as Grulf lept out .
“That was good work, Grulf . Brilliant . ”
“Groof!”
I had to use both my hands to maintain the cage, and so I could not pet him .
However, I praised him with words . Grulf wagged his tail happily .
I would give him lots of pets later .
Kathe and Mors quickly reached us .
“You caught it?”
“Mister Locke . That was amazing . ”
“Kathe and Mors . You can tell where the dark wraith is?”
“I am using Magic Search . ”
“I too am using Magic Search and can tell . But I wouldn’t be able to tell without it . ”
So Kathe and Mors were also only able to see it that way .
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So that meant even powerful sorcerers had to use magic in order to see it .
Magic Search didn’t use up too much energy . However, you couldn’t have it activated all the time .
Most of the beastkin wolves were not able to use Magic Search . And so they would not be able to tell if there was an intruder .
We would have to think of a new way to deal with the dark wraiths .
That being said, the first thing to do was to deal with the one in front of us .
“Now…”
Was it possible to question a dark wraith?
Could I obtain information from it without questioning it?
As I thought about this, the dark wraith began to speak .
“To…thi…nk…you…were…able…to…capture…me…”
“Groof-groof!”
“It can talk!”
Grulf and Kathe were very surprised .
“Of course it can speak the language of humans . ”
“Really?”
“Yes . ”
And so I explained it to Kathe .
It wouldn’t be much of a spy if it couldn’t understand the words humans said .
It would have to be able to read and understand human writing as well .
“And if it could listen to us, then it shouldn’t be surprising that it can talk . ”
“I see . ”
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“Groof . ”
Kathe and Grulf were now satisfied .
“So…”
If it could talk, then it could be questioned .
I kept the cage up with magic as I approached it .
“Who sent you here?”
“…I…will…not…answer…”
“How many times have you infiltrated this place?”
“…”
“So you won’t answer me then . ”
The dark ones were tight-lipped .
Well, perhaps you would be if you were a follower of the Evil God .
“What are you going to do?”
“If it won’t answer me, then it will have to die . ”
“I suppose there is nothing else to do . ”
It was taking a lot of energy just keeping the cage intact .
That being said, I had a lot of energy to spend . It was unlikely that I would quickly run out and not be able to keep it up .
Still, the situation would be very bad if I had to keep it up and then we were suddenly attacked by an evil dragon .
And since we didn’t know when we could suddenly be attacked, it did not make sense to keep the dark wraith prisoner like this .
“Any last words?”
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I asked . But I doubted that it would say anything .
However, it surprisingly opened its mouth .
“All…of…you…are…dead…”
“What do you mean?”
“Do…not…think…I…will…tell…you…”
“I see . I suppose you are planning a large scale attack?”
“…”
The dark wraith did not let out another word .
And so I gave up trying to gain information, and instead, killed the dark wraith with a magic spear .
After that, I used Magic Search and Magic Exploration to see if there were any others in the area .
“So this was the only intruder . ”
I muttered . And then Kathe said,
“So, no magic stones appear when a dark wraith dies . ”
“Well, darks wraiths and wraiths are not made of matter . ”
“That’s no fun . ”
“Indeed . ”
They were hard to find and difficult to kill . And even if you did, you were not rewarded .
And so Adventurers did not care to hunt them .
“Now, let’s return to the mansion . ”
I needed to share the news with the chiefs as quickly as possible .