Chapter 227
The chief came running out of the mansion at about the same time that we finished killing the 10 dark wraiths .
It took him this long because he was in one of the rooms in the far back .
“Mister Locke! What happened here?”
“A dark wraith attack . But don’t worry, we killed them all . ”
“…I’m sorry that I wasn’t of any use . ”
“No, don’t worry about it . ”
We had killed them so quickly that he never had a chance of reaching us in time to help .
If anything, I was impressed by his speed .
Kathe flapped her wings and wagged her tail as she flew towards us .
“I just finished my work as well . ”
“Now you will be safe in the mansion even if there is another attack . ”
Kathe was gently holding Luchila in her right hand .
“Thank you, Miss Kathe and Miss Luchila . ”
The chief said with a bow .
“Oh, it’s nothing! I was just helping . ”
Luchila bowed while still being held up in the air .
“Cluck-cluck!”
Gerberga poked his head out of my jacket and clucked at Luchila .
I think he was praising her for doing so well .
Serulis must have then realized that we weren’t fighting anymore .
“We finished over here! What about you?”
She shouted loudly . They were about 300 steps away .
“We killed all the lesser vampires . ”
Shia said smugly . Her tail was wagging .
I had kept Magic Detection on even during the fight, and so I was aware of the situation over there as well .
Serulis and Shia had killed all of the lessers before we had finished with the dark wraiths .
While lessers were weak, it was still impressive that they did it so quickly .
“Thank you . Shia and Serulis . We just finished here too . ”
“We’ll meet you as soon as we finish dealing with the bodies . ”
“No, we can do it together . We’re on our way . ”
I answered . But just then, I detected something small that I hadn’t noticed during the battle .
For a second, I thought it was a magic stone from a lesser vampire, but it seemed even smaller than that .
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Lessers were weak monsters . But that was really just in comparison to other vampires .
They were actually on the stronger end of the spectrum when looking at all monsters . And so their magic stones held quite a lot of magic .
And that was why I didn’t believe it was from a lesser vampire .
“Kathe, what is that?”
I asked while activating Magic Exploration .
This was necessary to find out what was causing it .
“What do you mean?”
“Is there something here?”
Kathe and Luchila asked . At the same time, they also activated Magic Search and Magic Exploration .
It was quite impressive that Luchila was able to use both at once .
Just in case, return to the mansion and prepare for an attack . ”
“Yes . I understand . Please be careful . ”
I told the chief before running on ahead . Nia, Grulf, Kathe, and Luchila followed .
Kathe was still holding Luchila in her right hand .
“Did you find anything?”
“Groof!”
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Nia and Grulf asked worriedly as they ran .
“I detected the presence of weak magical energy . I decided to find out what it is . ”
“I see . You cannot be too careful . ”
“Groof!”
Nia and Grulf were still enthusiastic in spite of being tired .
Then Luchila said,
“I don’t know what it is . Where is it that you are detecting it?”
“Hm? That? Is that what you are talking about?”
It was so faint that even Luchila couldn’t find it .
However, Kathe was the wind dragon ruler, and seemed to notice it .
“Hmm . But, Locke, that is incredibly weak . It’s probably just some fragment from a magic stone . ”
“No, it’s different . In fact, it’s because it is so weak that I’m suspicious . Perhaps something is being concealed . ”
“Oh?”
Kathe did not seem very convinced . She probably thought that I was being paranoid .
Well, it would be best if that turned out to be the case .
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“Well then, I will go ahead and see what it is . ”
“Thanks . ”
“AHHHH!!”
Kathe suddenly increased her speed . Luchila was so surprised that she screamed .
I continued to run at a speed that Nia could keep up with .
“Kathe . What’s the rush?”
“We killed all the lesser vampires you know?”
Serulis and Shia looked worried as they removed the magic stones from the corpses of the lesser vampires .
“Locke has detected a suspicious source of magic energy . ”
“Suspicious? It’s not a magic stone?”
“Locke says that it isn’t . ”
“Then he must be right . Serulis, we should be careful . ”
“Ye-yes!”
And so Serulis and Shia stopped gathering the stones and prepared to fight .
In the meantime, Kathe and Luchila got closer to the source .