Chapter 681: A Long Chase
The ten people retreated. They even carried the injured members instead of leaving them behind. And that makes me think that they are not part of the cult. Since the cult members would prefer to kill themselves instead of leaking any secrets.
But their enemies this time are wolves. Maybe because the enemies are wolves and not humans, they don't think that those wolves are going to interrogate them. That's why they won't risk their lives here. So we can't tell yet if they are member of the cult or not.
While we are following those people, Victoria and Ray catch up with us.
"Roy, we're going to follow them?" Victoria asked.
"Yeah. We can find their base this way. And even if they are thinking of stopping to heal themselves, they will surely return to where they can take a rest in peace. We will find out if they are members of the cult or not after we follow them," I said.
We can still see the wolves are chasing after those people. But the wind mages, are boosting everyone's speed. They are just slightly faster than the wolves. And it will take a while until they can escape from the wolves.
"Shit! They are too strong!"
.....
"Just one of them and we can't even hit it! And now there are more of them! Let's retreat!"
"They are just like in our world! Wolves are not monsters who moves alone! Even if the monsters here are stronger, doesn't mean that they move alone!"
"Stop analyzing the situation and focus on retreating! Are they still chasing after us?!"
"We're getting farther but they won't stop chasing us. Just keep running until they are out of breath!"
Good thinking. But even if the wolves are out of breath and stop chasing after them, it's all just an act.
I told the werewolves chasing after them to keep those people within their range of smell. Once they are far enough, the werewolves will chase after them from the air. Feel the terror of the flying wolves! Though they won't attack those people yet.
The people being chased are not stupid. The earth mages and the ice mage keep raising magic wall to delay the wolves even more. And the earth mage even cause a small earthquake but the wolves are not afraid at all. So those people can only build wall or maybe moats to delay the wolves.
"That might be a good plan if they are not that weak. The walls are easy to destroy. The moat is too shallow. The earthquake only make other monsters wary of them. If only they are a bit focused when they raise the wall, the wolves would have been far enough to make them believe that the wolves are no longer chasing after them," I said.
I can see the wolves easily destroy the Earth Wall and the Ice Wall. They are slowed down but not that slow. So the wolves will continue chasing after them for a bit longer.
"Are they still chasing after us?"
"Just keep running! They can smell our scent even from distance! Just keep running even after we can't see them anymore! If we can get back to the base, we will have enough helpers to kill those wolves! Maybe even tame them!"
Nice! There are more of them. We have good information.
"You hear that? There are more of them apparently. Maybe the cult has started moving there for a while already and created a base. What do you think, Randy?" I asked Randy.
"That could be possible. But at least we know a few things. They are not alone and they are trying to tame a lot of monsters. Roy, be careful with your Divine Vision. Who knows if they have master level mage with them?" Randy said.
"Okay. Spot, when I see someone who notices that I'm looking at them, pretend that it was you who is looking and not me. This way, they won't think that another human being is in this world," I said.
"Okay. But can I kill them if they come after me?" Spot asked.
"You want to fight a master level mage that badly? That's fine. But there could be more than one so be careful," I said.
I don't think that with the size of the mission they are in, taming as many monsters as possible, there could only be one master level mage. There might be more.
And also, what if the cult's headquarter is in this world? And what if the Evil God is where we are going right now?
If a master level mage can notice that I'm looking at them, I will try my best to look at everything before that mage can see that humans other than them are here. I'll leave everything to Spot after that and run away.
But if there's only one master level mage, I can ask Spot to delay him or even kill him while Randy and I will infiltrate the base. And we'll get the werewolves to guard the surrounding area.
There are only seven werewolves here. But I can easily get more later if needed. And I will tell them that there's no need for them to hide the fact that they are werewolves. Which mean as long as there's no master level mage over there, we can easily destroy the base. But it seems like their base is further than I expected.
We keep chasing them for hours. And I told the werewolves to stop chasing after them. I used portal to return them back to Monsters Village so they can rest. And I told them to prepare to move right away when I open a portal later.
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Since it might be related to the cult, maybe the angels will help as well. That would be great then.
"Do you think they're still chasing after us?"
"I don't think so. But we have moved too far from the base it seems. I'll wash everyone here with water and then we will continue. The wolves won't notice us then if our scents are washed," the water mage said.
Seems like there's no summoner among them. Only tamer. Because if they have summoner, they can just open a portal to escape. But that's only if they know about portal.
We followed after them to where they will take a break. But it seems like we're going to wait until morning.
"Randy, I'll return you back to the monsters village. Tomorrow morning when they make a move, I will bring you back here," I said.
"Okay. There's a high chance that we will engage in a fight. You also need to take a break," Randy said as he entered the portal I opened. Of course I have explained to the werewolves that they won't move tonight.
"I have rested enough yesterday. I can move around for a week without resting. I'll be fine," I said.
"...Aura users are amazing. The war back in the past must have been something special if they don't care about night or day," Randy said.
I close the portal and continue watching the group. Because they are too focused in escaping and healing the injured, they didn't notice me at all who is on top of a tree right where they are resting. We can hear what they say here easily.
"Tch! Those wolves are too annoying! Even if the wolves here are stronger than in our world, the difference is too big."
"We were getting too close to them. But if we're too far, our magic can't reach them since they're too fast. There's nothing we can do but to rest. Maybe we can ask for reinforcement after we return back to the base. If they know how strong those wolves are, they will be interested in taming them all."
"Let's rest for now. Take turn for the night watch duty. Except for the injured and me who is a healer."
"If you're just a level higher in your healing magic, we won't have any problem with such injuries. How come you're just a beginner level healer?"
And they started arguing whose fault was their failure. But that's good. Just fight to the point that you're killing each other. That will be great for me.
So far, they haven't talked about anything cult related. And none of them have explosive devices in their mouth despite the fact that some of them are not even expert level mages. So I can't jump into conclusion right away.
The earth mage then raised a wall in the surrounding area to protect themselves. I'm lucky that the tree I'm standing on is inside the wall. Or that they are too stupid to think about it.
So... I guess I'll stay here the whole night. I'll keep my eyes open until morning. But that would be boring. Still, there's nothing else I can do.
Well, I'll just chat with Victoria until morning. They can't do anything inside this Earth Wall protecting themselves anyway. Though I won't let down my guard.
Chapter 682: Big Lizard as Transportation
The next morning, I called Randy again to continue follow after those men. But since they are leisurely taking their time because they thought that the wolves have stopped chasing after them, it will probably take a long time until they can reach their base.
How stupid can someone be to move too far from their base? Even after I look around the surrounding area, I haven't find where it's located at.
"Roy, you've returned? How is it? Did you find anything?" Randy asked.
"Not at all. Which means they are too far from their base. Or maybe they are too stupid and they actually got lost," I replied.
I have returned now from surveying the area with Ray. And Randy is watching those ten men's every move from on top of Spot's head. And Spot is in his one-seater form since Randy is the only one riding him.
Ah, that's what Victoria calls Spot's current form. A one-seater. Which basically means that there can only be one person sitting there.
She comes up with that name after seeing Spot's size. And now she started making names for the size depending on how much people will be riding Spot.
.....
"Do you think they're lost?" I asked Randy.
"I don't think so. They are confident with the direction they are going. Unless they are stupid," Randy replied.
Then we need to continue following them. What a pain.
"What if they decided to stop running since they are no longer being chased? Don't you think that it's better if we have just one wolf here to spot them to make them escape quickly again?" I asked.
"No. If they think that they are being cornered, we don't know what they will do. We can only be patient and watch them," Randy said.
Sigh... What a pain. I hope those people know where they are going.
Still, one of them said that he's a tamer. But I don't see any tamed monster nearby. That's kind of suspicious actually.
Unless the tamer had his tamed monster killed and now he has no other monster with him. And that's why these people are venturing so far from their base so they can get a powerful monster for the tamer to tame.
"Oh, my monster is nearby. We don't need to walk anymore. I'll call it right now."
The one saying that is the man who said that he's going to tame the wolf from yesterday. So he has a tamed monster already. And since he's not summoning it, he's a tamer.
"From what I heard from him, it seems like he can call his tamed monster when they are in his range. I can't see any monster rushing toward him, so the range should be further than how far I can see with my Divine Vision," I said.
Which also mean that tamer can communicate with their tamed monsters telepathically like me. But probably it's just giving some simple order like come here or go there.
The range is also quite far. But it's still limited because he can only do it now. Not before when they were fighting the wolves.
"Spot, let's fly a bit higher. It will be bad if the monster coming is a flying monster or anything that can detect our presence," Randy said.
"Okay."
If it's a flying monster, that monster might end up crashing us. Though that monster will die then.
But from how it seems, those people are relaxing when they heard that his monster is coming. My guess is that it's big enough for them all to ride that monster.
"Alright, I'll go there and eavesdrop on them a little more. If the monster is a dangerous one, I will retreat," I said before jumping off from Spot's back.
Since they feel that they are no longer being chased, they let down their guard. And thanks to all my training, I can get very close to them. In fact, I'm hiding behind a tree that someone is leaning on. And they didn't even notice it.
They started talking while waiting for the monster to come. Let's listen to what kind of monster will come. Or maybe an even better information. Like something with the cult.
"Hey, if you have an amazing tamed monster, why didn't you bring it with us? Those wolves will be nothing if you had it with you," one of them asked.
"It's an Earth Dragon. Even though there's a dragon in the name, it's not a dragon. Just a big lizard with teeth. The best thing it can do is just to transport us. I let it moves on its own because he's too big. He might scare other monsters or just ends up as their prey. It's not that strong either," the tamer said.
"Then you shouldn't make that thing your pet! Find a better one!"
"That's the sole reason we're here, dammit! My other tamed monsters have died for some reason! And now we're here so we can find even stronger monster in this world since we can't expect much from monsters in our world!"
Oh, a new information. So they are here to get more tamed monster. And they are from my world. So they are not from this world. And since he said this world, they might not know that this is the moon of our world. Or maybe they know but they always thought of the moon as another world.
Let's hear more.
Apparently, he's not the only tamer among them. There are three others. But all of them had their tamed monster died because they underestimated this world. They tried to fight the monsters who killed their monster, but they can't control their strength and end up killing those monsters before they can tame them. How stupid.
And it seems like the are still not used to be in this world. Must be new here.
Soon after, I can see a big lizard is running this way. Must be the tamed monster of that tamer.
But it's not alone. There are various monsters behind that lizard chasing it.
"Fuck! That thing just come with more monsters!"
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"Let's kill those monsters! As long as they are not as strong as those wolves, we can kill them!"
"Wait! At least try not to kill them! We need more tamed monsters so we can move safely in this world! We have experienced the danger of this world so we should gain more power before we do anything else. And they might be stronger than those wolves from before. Let's move with caution."
And then they started fighting monsters that chase after the lizard. And I can only wait.
...They are so weak. It has been one hour but why is the battle is not over yet? Even when there are monsters that noticed my presence, they still didn't notice me at all.
Oh, as for the monsters that noticed my presence, they tried to not bother with me when I directed my killing intent at them. These monsters are far weaker than werewolves after all. As long as they are slightly intelligent, just smart enough to sense killing intent, they would all leave.
Finally, the battle is over. And there are now more injured people. But they have more monsters as well.
"Let's return to the base now. We're out of food as well."
They are al ride on top of the lizard's back while other monsters are following from behind. Those monsters are monsters that have experienced my killing intent so they won't cause me any trouble.
Trouble for what? For when I follow them obviously. I will follow them close enough that I can still hear them talking while moving.
Where? Well, that's something funny. Because right now, I'm sticking my body on the belly of the Earth Dragon. Right under the monster. Or should I say big lizard?
Since the belly is not touching the ground, I'm safe. Though from this far, I can see Randy's confused face. Just get used to it, Randy.
"Hmm? What's wrong?" the tamer suddenly asked.
"What happened?"
"Nothing. This lizard somehow notices something strange."
"Ignore it. We have either defeated all the monsters here or tame them. there's nothing that we need to be wary of. Even other monsters are acting normal. Must be because this lizard is not used to this world or something. Let's just go already," another tamer replied.
"You're right I guess. Let's return to the base!"
And no one knows that I'm under the lizard. Except for the monsters here and Randy and Spot who are watching from above. It's good that they don't have monsters that can talk here.
The lizard starts running and the other monsters followed. While I'm here hugging the lizard's belly while being upside down. It's a funny situation.
I know now that they are from our world. But are they here only to get a lot of monsters? Maybe they have other reason.
But it will be known soon. We're here to investigate. And everyone is ready to engage in battle as well. Either those in Monsters Village or those in our world.
"Hey. Don't you think the lizard is a bit weird?"
"Stop asking. It's just not adapted to this world yet. In our world, this lizard can be considered strong. But in this world, even a smaller monster is stronger than this thing. This lizard is useless other than for transportation. Pay it no mind."
With that, they still don't know that I'm here. It's hilarious.
Chapter 683: Large Base is Found
I tried to listen to what the people riding on the lizard are saying while I'm still sticking my body on the lizard's belly. And even though the lizard has shown its discomfort many times, the oblivious mages above didn't care at all.
Unfortunately, they didn't say anything confidential. They didn't say about anything important information at all except for things I already know.
The journey continue as the Earth Dragon keeps looking at its own belly to check me. Since I had enough and I don't want it to alert everyone riding above, I directed my killing intent at the Earth Dragon alone. And finally, it stopped checking on me.
That was good. I can easily direct my killing intent at just one individual now. Not to everyone I consider to be my enemy. Just one individual. Now there are many other ways I can use this for.
I look far above and see Spot and Randy are still following. I also look with my Divine Vision to where these guys are going, but after a few hours stuck under the Earth Dragon's belly, I still found nothing.
Finally as the sun reached its peak, I can see something. It's a wall. Something is being covered by a huge wall. And it's big and covers a wide area. I believe even if I used Divine Vision at the middle of what's inside the wall, I still won't be able to see the wall.
And a base that big must have many people protecting. I guess I can't stay under the lizard all the time.
.....
Afraid that I will be seen by other people, I let go of the lizard's belly. The lizard noticed something was wrong but it's afraid of looking. While the other monsters following the lizard also ignore me because they're also afraid.
I let my body hit the ground. But the sound of the lizard's running is too loud that the people above can't hear me falling.
I just lay down on the ground while letting the monsters running. None of them dare to stomp me. And the idiots above the lizard only focused on their destination so none of them are looking back.
"They seriously didn't notice at all. How surprising. And how stupid," Victoria said.
"That means my hiding skill has improved again."
"And what will you do? You're not moving at all," Victoria asked.
"If I move too soon, they might notice. I'll stay here until Spot flies directly above me," I said.
Just a few second later, Spot flies above me so I stand and start running toward Spot's location. Since Spot's speed is not fast as he's keeping up his speed with that Earth Dragon or lizard, I can easily reach him.
Spot then enlarge his size a bit so he becomes a two-seater and I sit behind Randy.
"It looked stupid when you suddenly came out from under the lizard. It was as if the lizard pooped you out," Randy said.
"Worst thing is that they didn't say much about the base. But I can see it now so I left. Their base is large enough to be called a city. I haven't seen anyone yet but there must be several master level mages over there. Maybe dozens of them. Even if they are weak master level mages, they can still cause me trouble if I'm not careful. So I left. Spot, don't move from here. From this location I can only see their base from above but I can't see anyone. So we will be safe from their master level mages from here," I said.
"Okay. How many of them do you think there will be?" Spot asked me.
"A lot. I don't think just calling the werewolves will be enough to face them all," I said.
Seems like there will be war if we face them. The werewolves are eager, but we need more. And if I ask the kings to send troops here, their country will be left defenseless.
"But we still don't know yet if they are from the cult, right? Roy, what have you learned when you became the lizard's poop?" Randy asked me.
"I'm not anything's poop! I was sticking my body on its belly! Anyway, I didn't hear anything about them being in the cult. So I don't know," I replied.
"Hmm... if their base is that big, I guess they should be confident with their defense. I don't think we can sneak in from underground," Randy said.
"And there are several towers in that base. We can't easily enter from the sky as well. And even if I can somehow get a Blobby inside, they can easily detect my portal," I said.
"Still, the best way to investigate is for us to infiltrate that base. Check the gate and see how those people enter. With a place that big, I don't think they knew everyone there. So they must have entered the base through some kind of identification. If that's the case, we can get inside if we steal it. Roy, did you check the belongings of those people?" Randy asked.
Right! I forgot! But good thing that those people are still within my sight. I'll check them now.
Anything weird that they have. Something that can be considered as identification.
"Spot, move a little closer so I can see the gate. Even if there are master level mages, I doubt they would be the gatekeeper," I said to Spot.
Spot then flies forward a little closer and stops when I told him to.
At the gate, I can see two people acting as gatekeeper. And comparing their belongings to what the people on the lizard's back, I can see that they have something similar.
A coin. The size is like any other coin but the color is pitch black. I don't think that coin is some sort of currency they use. So that thing must be how they identify themselves.
And all of them have at least one coin in their possession. Some have more but I don't think they will be used. And the gatekeepers have a lot of coins stored near there.
As I looked at the wall, I can see that there's a room for the gatekeepers. And there are a lot of black coins stored there.
"All of them have coins in their possession. A black coin. Maybe that's what they use to enter the gate."
"Then let's wait until they enter the gate. Don't look anymore than that yet," Randy said.
I do as he says. Just limiting my sight to reach the gate.
Then I can see that it's someone else who left the base and not those who are riding lizard entering. So I pay my attention to the leaving guy.
"There's someone leaving the gate. He's not a master level mage so he didn't notice me. When he left, the gatekeeper gave him one black coin after recording that someone left at this time," I said.
"So the coin is for leaving the gate. Maybe they have to return that coin when they enter the gate. But what about monsters? Do they enter from the same gate?" Randy asked.
"Let's wait a little more. Those people are approaching the gate. Spot, don't move. The guy who was leaving is flying low. He will be right under us soon," I said.
The leaving guy greeted the group and then he continues flying. When he's right below us, the group we followed also reached the gate.
The group then offered their coin one by one. One person gave their own coin. So it seems that they can't give other people their coin to returns. I need to check the coin if each one of them is different.
About the extra coins that they have, they give them to the gatekeeper after everyone's coin has been confirmed. I think that coin is somehow similar to hunter card from the guild.
"They gave their extra coins to the gatekeeper. Those extra coins should be from the dead people wandering outside," I said.
"Maybe because of their lack of members they can't let anyone here die. Since they think that we don't know about this world, they're letting those with weaker level remove the explosive device and told them to not die. What about the monsters?" Randy asked.
"The group left the lizard except for the tamer who didn't return his coin. All of the monsters there were tamed by that one tamer. They leave the gate and move along the wall. Spot, we need to move so I can see better," I said.
We followed the tamer and his monsters. After a few minutes of walk they entered another gate. And this gate is bigger than before and heavily protected. Must be because they need take care of the monsters.
"They entered that huge gate. For now, I won't see any further than this in case they have master level mage with them," I said.
"Good decision. A place like that is surely o have one or two master level mages protecting it. Did they enter with that tamer's coin?" Randy asked.
"Yes. I guess this is as far as we can investigate. Any more than this and we need to prepare to get found out. And we can't use portal since they might be familiar with it. Should I see further?"
"Let's move around that gate first and see how big it really is. I'll draw a map according to what you see. And then we will discuss it later with everyone," Randy said.
Well, there might be a huge battle. So we need everyone's help. And who knows if the Evil God is in there?
Chapter 684: Capture Them First
"This is..."
Albert, and the other kings, including Yuria and future king of Varadis whose attitude has become slightly better, William, are here together. They are all surrounding a piece of paper on top of a round table. It's a map of the base of whoever it is that taming monsters in Monsters World. We still don't know if the cult is related or not.
"A map. It's a map drawn by Randy. Albert's cousin who is currently training in Monsters World. And I have to say that his drawing is precisely as what I've seen myself," I said.
"Where is he now?" Albert asked.
"In monsters village. He's on standby there," I said.
Even though I'm talking, all eyes are on the map. I also had Victoria's clone, the Blobbies, to shapeshift into something similar to the drawing of the map. And she said that it's a 3D map. Though it's good because we can also see the height of the surrounding landscape and also the height and the thickness of the wall.
"What's in the middle? I thought that if it's you, you can see what's inside," Lynn asked.
.....
"I didn't look deep inside before. Just in case that there are master level mages there. We have confirmed that they are from this world. Though I don't know if they realized that Monsters World is the moon or not. Anyway, it will be too dangerous if their master level mages notice me looking at them. If it's just me alone, I won't care and just rush inside and get whoever seem to be important. But Randy said that it's best to discuss it first with the others," I said.
It's just a bunch of master level mage. I'm an Aura Master. I'm sure I can do it. I can cut magic after all. And if I ride Ray, I will be even stronger.
But for now, we need to be careful. We need to see the bigger picture. Because I'm afraid that if their summoner can use portal to travel between two worlds, they can escape quickly. And they can report everything that has happened to the cult members in our world.
If it's just killing, that would be easy. I can just stand outside the gate, and swung Victokatana infused with Aura. I'm sure that I can easily slice half of the city. Even if that's too much, a quarter of the city is good enough. Though I will use up too much Aura and needed rest after that.
But that's the last resort. We still need to figure out if they are from the cult or not.
"Can you infiltrate the base?" Toni asked me.
"Maybe. I need the black coin that they use as ticket to enter the base. I don't know if I can trick them by using Blobbies, but I need to be a hundred percent sure first. So I'll kill someone first and steal their coin. It's good that we know it's fine for them to leave for days and camp outside. Even if we kill someone, it will take them days until they found out about it," I said.
From what I saw before, the group from before carried other medals beside from what was given to them. I guess the owner of those medal died and that group looted those coin.
If we can just kill someone and grab their coin, I guess we should be able to enter the base freely.
"Veronica, Celestine, have you two ever heard of Monsters World from back when you two were with the cult?" Albert asked the two.
For those who doesn't know about it, like William, Yuria, and Patricia, they were surprised to hear that Celestine and Veronica were from the cult. And I can see which faction William will enter if we let the cult be. He will join Veronica's faction.
"Nothing at all. We only know about Monsters World because of Roy. But I never had any summoner from my faction. At least there's none that I remember," Celestine said.
"Hmm... I remember that there used to be a summoner in my faction. She was only there for a while and then she disappeared. Because I don't really care about the cult and everyone involved in it, I forgot about her. But maybe all the summoners in the cult has been forced to do other mission even from back then when we still in the cult," Veronica said.
Maybe they have known about summoner able to make a portal to Monsters World since a long time ago. But is there a need to build a transportation device to the moon if that's the case? Don't tell me that they don't know if Monsters World and the moon is the same. That's why they think it's a different place.
The cult wanted to destroy everything. Not just our world. That's why they will also destroy Monsters World. And the moon is also their target. But they just don't realize they are the same.
"If they have prepared it for a long time, that means they have a lot of troops. One is to destroy this world, another to destroy Monsters World, and another to destroy the moon. They don't know yet that two forces are doing the same thing. If they are prepared to attack the moon, that troop should be still in this world. Which mean the force in Monsters World should be the weakest if they divide their force equally," Toni said.
"For now, how about we capture someone moving outside their base and interrogate them. Maybe capture a whole group instead of individual. If they are from the cult, then it's easy to decide what to do with them. If they are not from the cult, we will discuss it after," Albert said.
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With that, we decided to capture some of them to interrogate. That means no killing.
After returning everyone, I returned to the monster village first to tell the monsters what to do.
"I want those who are confident in knocking out expert level mages to be the bait. Stay in your werewolf form and let them think that you're an easy target. When they approach you, knock them unconscious before they can do anything. And although you all will move alone, the others won't be too far from you. If there are too many enemies or you think that they're too strong for you, howl and ask for reinforcement. Capture as many of them as possible. Randy and I will move on our own. If you can't capture them, just kill them. But the more we capture, the more information we can get," I said.
The mission is to capture. So we just need those who can knock someone out instead of killing them. It's actually harder for them to do it since they're not a race that can easily hold back their strength.
"Then I'll do it!" Shelia volunteered.
"Hmm... I don't think that's a good idea. They are looking for monsters they can tame. But you already have a contract with Roy. And if they know that you already had a contract, they will easily figure out that someone with strong summon is in our world. So those who come must not be those who already make a contract with any summoners or tamers," Randy said.
"Shelia, if you want to come, you can. But you will be with me watching over the others," I said.
The werewolves then ready to go to that base. Though they will just do their own things. I don't think we need the werewolves to do anything right now. But it might be a good idea to let them fight some human enemies from time to time.
As for Shelia, she said to summon her when there's a fight. She won't come it seems.
We won't go there with portal to where I installed a Blobby. But we'll fly there so we can gauge the distance from that base to this village. I think that base is further than the vampires' castle where I met Arin before. So they could have reached the vampires first.
The vampires over there no longer have Arin as their leader. Though I know they are still loyal to her. And if they know that there's a big group of humans nearby, they will surely try to attack them. After all, for vampires, human blood is a delicacy. Especially in Monsters World since finding just one is hard.
"Victoria, you can sense where the Blobby we marked, right? Lead us there," I said.
"Easy. It's that direction," Victoria pointed to where the Blobby is.
With Spot and Ray, we can get there soon. And Shelia is riding with me as well so it's easy if we find something amiss on the way with her sense of smell.
And so I will sleep on the way. It will just be a few minutes but it's good enough. Although I can stay up for a week without sleeping, I also don't know how long this will be. And I will probably miss a lot of shows. I hope the circus will be fine without me.
Chapter 685: Waiting for Good Targets
Soon after, we reached Arin's castle. Or used to be hers at least. This was where many vampires were staying behind.
After I took Arin and the others, which was mostly female vampires, the rest of the vampires staying behind are all male ones. And somehow, they still obey Arin even though it has been a while since she used her charm on them. I guess since they have been affected by her charm for too long, it will take a long time until the effect diminished.
And because they still obey her, when we pass by this place, they didn't attack us. Though they can't attack us anyway because Ray and Spot is extremely fast. Much faster than vampires. Unless they want to exhaust all the blood in their body to catch up to us.
"Hmm... there were not many vampires before. But now, there are even less," I said after looking at the vampires.
"Do you think that some of them have been caught by those people?" Randy asked.
"I'll capture one of them and ask him. Wait for a bit," I said.
Spot slowed down but he didn't stop when I went down to grab a vampire.
.....
Using Spot's speed, it didn't take long before I caught a vampire by his leg and pulled him up to the sky. And we catch up with Spot and Randy before asking him question.
"Who are you guys?! Oh, you're the human that Lady Arin says to not harm. What do you want?"
The vampire seems to know me. That's good.
"This is important to Arin so I need you to answer my question. What happened to the vampires? Why are there less of them than before?" I asked while using Arin's name so he will answer honestly.
"Lady Arin said that? In that case I will tell you. Though it will be better if I'm not hanging upside down like this," the vampire said.
"Just answer quickly. We don't have time," I said.
"Alright, alright. I don't know why Lady Arin chose to stay with you humans. But since she will be grateful if I answer, then I'll tell you. Some of us vampires have started went missing about five months ago. It seems that there are humans who have been taming us vampires. I got the info from someone who managed to escape. They are not the humans that Lady Arin spoke highly of like you, right? Can we kill them?" the vampire asked.
"Sure you can. They are Arin's enemies as well. Killing them will make her happy," I said.
"Really?! Then I need to tell everyone about it. I want to do it alone so I will get praised by Lady Arin, but it seems like there are many of them. Oh, if you're facing them, then I-"
What? He wants me to tag along? No way. He will just be a burden. So before he asks me to bring him with me, I throw him back to the castle. He was not prepared for that so he didn't fly at all. Or maybe it's because the vampire lacks blood because many monsters nearby are gone thanks to those tamers.
"Well, it seems like they have tamed some vampires already. What do you think?" I asked Randy.
"It means that those tamers can get to where the vampires are soon. Do you think the vampires didn't fight back when they encountered the tamers?" Randy asked.
"No. Arin just told them to not attack us. But maybe they think those humans are allies as well. But even so, Arin also told them to fight back if humans attacked first. But it's possible that the vampires didn't know if they are friends or foes so they were fighting without the intent to kill. That's why some of them were caught already."
After I got Arin join us and enter our world for the first time, she only returned to this world a few times. And one of those times was to inform the other vampires under her that we are not enemies. And I even gave them some bloodbag near their expiration date to the vampires. They loved it.
Arin told them to not fight humans unless they attack first. But even then, I guess these vampires were reluctant to go all out against humans because they didn't know if the humans they were fighting against were enemies or not. That's why some of them ended up getting tamed.
The tamers I found before were not weak.But average expert level mages would have difficulty fighting against one Vampire Lord. So the vampires must have been holding back. How stupid. Though it's partially my fault.
"If the monsters inside the base were taken to prison, it would be great if their tamer leaves the base to get more monster. Because if we kill the tamer, the monsters, especially the vampires, will fight back. And they even have a lot of blood supplies from other monsters there," I said.
"But I don't think that's the case. I think the tamer would bring their monsters out when they leave the base. But if those monsters were transported to our world already, there's nothing we can do," Randy said.
Oh, right. I only saw the monsters were taken to another entrance. I didn't see anything about them entering portal or not. Because if they enter portal, that mean those monsters are already in our world.
I don't think they will be used to fight us right away. Probably they will be taken for experiment and modified to be stronger and obey the cult.
"Let's hurry up and capture someone right away," I said.
We fly toward their base and arrive there soon after. It didn't take long for us since we're riding Spot and Ray. Though normally, it should take days to reach there.
"Roy, what is your plan if we find out everything and only ordered to destroy everything in that base? Even if it's you, I don't think you can destroy everything in an instant. If we use the mages we have, their mages will be able to stop our magic for a while and probably enough for them to escape using portal. Do you have any other way to destroy the base?" Randy asked.
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"I can ask someone who has that much power. But we need to capture someone important before that happens. I don't think anyone important will be outside the base. So the plan will probably be for us to infiltrate the base using the coins we took for them, grab someone important, and bring them to Albert to interrogate," I said.
"...How many times have you asked Albert to interrogate the people you captured? He's already busy with his job as a king. Don't make him even busier," Randy said.
"Almost all the time, I guess. It's fine. Albert is also fine with me asking him to do it. Or maybe he's afraid that I will run wild if he didn't do it and I only got false information," I said.
"...That's the more likely reason he obeys you. Must be nice being the strongest," Randy mumbled.
I can hear him, but since it seems that he's not talking to me, I didn't respond.
We watched two gates where my Divine Vision can reach and wait until someone left the base. And the more of them leave at the same time, the better it is for us since that mean we can have more people infiltrate their base.
We wait and we wait. There are some people entering the base but none were leaving. And I don't want to cause trouble near their base by attacking the returning people, so I didn't do anything but just watch. While playing cards with Victoria and Randy.
"You're using Divine Vision to watch the gate so you should be able to see the card in my hand. But why did you lose?" Randy asked.
"Because I'm not focusing on your hand. I only focus on the gates. And it's no fun playing if I already know who will win," I said.
After Randy won 4 times, Victoria won three times, and I only won twice, I can finally see some people are leaving. There are five of them. Good enough to be our target.
"Alright, we have our target. Let's finish the game now and focus on our job," I said.
"Must be nice for you to not lose any more. What a good timing," Victoria said.
It is good timing. Even if I want to play games fairly, in the end, I still hate losing.
The five people are moving toward the vampire castle we were before. I guess they must be the ones capturing the vampires.
"Should we defeat them or should we let the vampires handle them?" I asked Randy.
"Capture all five of them. We'll bring them all to Albert and interrogate them. I don't think they have someone important among them so it's fine if we just capture one of them and let the rest die. But it's still best to capture them all," Randy said.
"We'll see how strong they are first. Let's make our move once they cross the river."
There's a river where they are going to. They need to cross it if they want to go to where the vampires are. And that should be far enough from the base for us to take action.
Chapter 686: Telling the Vampires About the Human Base
"You're not going to get close to them?" Randy asked me as we're following the five guys who were coming out from the base.
"If I do it now, they will find me quickly. There's a time and place for me to do it. And right now, when they are wary of monsters, is not a good time. I could do it easily before because I know they were letting their guards down knowing that the wolves no longer chase after them. But now it's hard."
I looked at the five men who are getting close to the river. They will reach there soon and once they do, it will be hard for anyone from the base to find them.
Even if someone will be sent to look after those five, they will just think that they died because of monsters and their body were dumped to the river where the torrent will carry them to the sea.
Though we're here to capture them. Not to kill them.
The five men are crossing the river right now. The earth mage easily built a bridge to cross it. Is there no wind mage among them?
They are arguing about something, but it's too far for me to hear.
.....
I look around the area with my Divine Vision before we attack them. I can't see the wall anymore. And there's no human nearby. If we make our move now, no one will notice.
There are no humans, but there are monsters. Vampires. The one I talked to before was there as well.
Looking at the situation, the vampires are trying to find the humans who captured their friends and fight them. Because I have told him that if they are attacked, they can fight back and kill them.
Not because those people are enemies. But because I believe that my friends whom I bring to this world are strong enough to defeat them. So if they started fighting, the vampires will lose.
But these guys are expert level mages at most. Just some average expert level mages. Not a strong ones.
"They will face the vampires soon. Should we move and capture those men, or should we wait and see how it goes?" I asked Randy.
"Will the vampires kill them? Randy asked.
"They will probably beat those men half to death so they can drink their blood," I answered.
"Then we'll just wait. We can just wait for another group to leave. Or better yet, we can just go down there and told the vampires that there's a large group of humans in that base. And they will all attack them. Though that's only if you're fine with it," Randy suggested his idea.
"Hmm... Arin said that she has no affection toward them anymore. Kind of cruel I guess, but I guess that's what the vampires really are," I said.
Arin said that it's fine if we just kill them. Arin has enslaved those male vampires since a long time ago and she has gotten tired of them. She even said that if possible, she won't use charm magic ever again after hearing Sonia's experience. That's why she's living happily without ever charming anyone.
Though I still asked her once in a while to use charm magic on me. To see if I can block charm magic with Aura and my will.
The first few times we tried it, I fell head over heel for her. Though thanks to my girlfriends helping me, I snapped out of it quickly. It involves a little bit of violence. Or maybe a lot since I'm strong.
But after trying it many times, especially now that I'm an Aura Master, even after using her very best to charm me, she failed to do it.
This could be a good training in case the cult managed to tame succubus and use them to charm men. Though I don't know if a full succubus' charm magic will be better than a half-succubus like Arin or not.
I tried it after that time we rescued Graham's sister. Because I'm afraid that monsters with special ability that we don't know of will come and I need to fight them.
But I have something worse than charm magic. I can use air magic to create lust gas that will make everyone who inhale it will fall into lust and can't contain their desire. That's much worse than charm magic. Though the effect is shorter than charm magic.
Anyway, those vampires are still under Arin's influence. I don't think they can be cured anymore.
And Arin has forsaken them. They can just die. Though they may be useful. Maybe letting them attack that base is a good idea.
"Then let them attack the base. We'll exchange the information of the base with those humans. And I'll try to mark the vampires with Blobbies so I can have a target for portal in that base. Though that's only if they didn't notice it. I hope they don't," I said.
"Good. Oh, they attacked first."
Randy commented about the earth mage who started attacking the vampires right as soon as they saw the vampires. And the vampires are all smiling knowing that those humans is allowed to be killed.
The mages are confident that they can defeat the vampires. And as they are busy with the vampires, I have a chance to get closer to them.
"Wait! Why are they so strong?!"
"They weren't this strong before. What happened?!"
"Fuck! I thought that they will be easy targets again today! But how did we end up losing?!"
The vampires who no longer need to hold their power back, easily destroy the shield that those mages created. The vampires used the blood they consumed freely.
One by one, those mages were defeated. Even those who tried to escape were captured. But as I expected, none of them died. The vampires want to suck their blood dry.
I let them drink a bit of their blood before I leave my hiding spot and approach the vampires. And of course the vampires think of me as enemy right away.
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"Hey, I'm not an enemy. I'm here to tell you that Arin needs me to bring these men for questioning," I said. And again, I just used Arin's name however I want.
"Really? Is that what Lady Arin wants?" one vampire asked. He's the one that I captured before.
"Yeah. In exchange, how about I tell you where these guys came from? There are many other humans there. Some of them are even stronger than these five you just fought. I know that for vampires like you, the stronger the enemy, the more delicious their blood tastes. You can drink as much as you want there," I said.
"Really? There are more delicious blood than theirs?"
"Yeah. Though there are too many of them. How about you go back to the castle and tell everyone to prepare raiding that place? Even if you bring everyone with you, I'm sure that there won't be any lack of blood for you to drink."
I feel like I can make a living as a scammer. Well, I think I have done it many times. So it's natural for me to think that way. But I'll prefer to be a clown than a scammer.
...Isn't a performer doing some sleight-of-hand tricks can be considered as scamming the audience? Then a clown and a scammer is the same.
The vampires looked at each others and nodded. Seems like agreement has been made.
"Then I'll give you these guys. It's a big place, right? We will go there later."
Nice. It's working. Now there will be a little problem in that base if there's a master level mage there. Which I think to be highly possible.
"Good. Though I think you need to restore the blood that was spent from the fight. I'll give you some bloodbags for you and the other vampires to drink," I said.
"Huh? You're going to give us blood, while you asked us to raid the place filled with humans? That's suspicious..."
Oh, shit! I said too much!.
"Don't you think that the more there is blood to drink, the better it is for you guys? I can only give you bloodbags once in a while. But you can go to that base whenever you want and drink more blood. Though I suggest you to bring everyone with you since they might be stronger than expected," I said.
"Hah! I don't think we will lose if we use our all. The previous group who were taken by them was only because we think they were with you since they were not fighting to kill. But now that we know, we won't be holding back anymore. Everyone, let's inform the others!"
They all left so quickly. They can't wait anymore to have a fest of blood. Though that's only if they survive.
"Alright, Randy, what will you do?" I asked Randy about his next plan.
"I'll go with them. You're going to bring them to him, right? Let's go."
"Okay. I'll leave the interrogation to you and Albert. I'll tell Arin about the fate of the vampires."
Even if Arin said that she's fine if we kill them all, I will still tell her about this. Though I don't think she will have a change of mind.
Chapter 687: The Vampires Start to Move
"I see. Well, I've told you that you can use them however you want. I never really like them. If it's not for my charm magic, they would never obey me. I used charm magic on them because they are so annoying. And as a queen, it will be troublesome if I kill them myself. So I leave them be. At least they are useful to you if you think you can use them."
That's what Arin said after I told her about what I plan to do with the vampires who were supposed to be her subordinates. Those vampires should be in their castle preparing to move toward the base. I think they're going to attack the base at night. Because vampires don't have any disadvantages at night.
"Well, if you say so. Anyway, Albert is interrogating the men we caught. If the result shows that they are from the cult, then I might ask you to join us in raiding that base. Well, even then, I need to see the result of the vampires' raid first," I said.
"I'll tell the others to prepare themselves. Since it seems that we won't make any move tonight, I'll get the vampires to hunt some bandits to get some blood," Arin said.
"That's a good idea. Though I need you all to prepare yourselves. The enemy has tamers. I don't want you to get tamed by them," I said.
"Don't worry about it. Even if we end up getting tamed, you'll just free us by killing the tamers, right? We just need to trust you," Arin said.
That's the same thing that the werewolf from before told me. Just how much do they trust me?
.....
"On that note, since we're about to fight, can I ask you a little bit of your blood?"
...In the end, she's asking me for my blood.
"Just a bit. There should be a blood bag filled with my blood which is close to its expiration date. I'll give it to you before the battle."
I offered my index finger to her in which she bit it and suck a little of my blood. Just as I told her to.
After that, I return back to the Monsters World. There are werewolves who are on the move near the large human base. It's best for them to return right away.
I went to where those werewolves are and told them that I'm bringing them back to the village. And I told them to bring humans who are still alive with them. Maybe Albert and Randy can learn more from them.
Some werewolves returned empty-handed, but some have unconscious humans with them. I brought them all to Albert and told the Werewolves and also the angels to prepare for battle.
"Finally! It's been a while since there's a big battle! AWOOO!!"
Shelia is so happy that she started howling.
"Those guys are tamer? I can finally take revenge on those who make my sister suffer."
Graham's desire for revenge is big. And it also affected the other angels. That's nice.
"There won't be anything you need to do at the moment. Just get some rest and make sure that you're 100% fit. We might meet several master level mages as well," I said.
I also have informed Angela, Kayla, and the others who are willing to come. But as expected, we can't ask for help from any country. They were needed for the defense of the country. But at least I can get Patricia to come. She's the only master level mage we have at the moment. Though she's not the strongest mage.
But in the end, it will only happen once Albert's report come. We will know if they are from the cult or not.
Though even if they are not from the cult, any group or organization that needed to tame a lot of monsters is still dangerous.
After that, I open a portal to the vampire castle.
When I arrive, the vampires are still there preparing to fight. They shared the blood bag I gave them before and they even hunted some monsters.
They looked at me with bloodthirst in their eyes. But just a giving them a little bit of pressure and they become afraid.
"How's the preparation?"
I asked the vampire from before. Seems like he became the representative of this vampire group.
"We will move at night when it's dark. Do you think that they are as strong as you?" he asked.
"Nope. I don't think that there's any human who is stronger than me."
I replied honestly. Though it might be true. Unless there's another Aura Master.
...If it's about magic, there are many who are stronger than me. But if it's about physical strength, I don't think there are any human stronger than me. But if it's monster, there might be some since I don't think I am stronger than Andro. Though if I have to fight him, it will be easy since he can't move much.
I waited with them until night comes. And while pretending to walk around, I put some Blobbies under those vampires' cloak.
Now,if some of them got caught and tamed, I can open a portal to where they put the tamed monsters are. And I have instructed the Blobbies to leave the vampires' side if the vampires are losing or retreating. That way, even if the vampires are no longer inside the base, the Blobbies will still be there.
Finally, it's night. And the vampires are ready to move.
"Hey, I can get you there faster with my portal and you don't have to spend any blood if you do so. But I won't help you return here. You need to return on your own since I won't be going there," I said. In which they agree happily.
Of course I will go there. But there's no need to tell them about it.
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For this, I will be with Spot. We need invisibility more than speed to watch everything. I'm sorry to Ray but I won't ride him tonight.
Though Ray is happily running around somewhere. Running along some unicorns. Should I try to get the unicorns to join us?
I don't think they can speak. Though if Ray can somehow be their leader and have them obey him, we can get another extra additions.
With all the mages we have getting tired easily running and using magic during battle, what would happen if they use magic while riding unicorn? They can move faster and dodge enemies attack better.
I let the vampires enter a portal I opened and told them where they need to go to reach the human base. I close the portal and without the vampires knowing, I opened another portal close to where I brought the vampires and enter from there with Spot.
"It's stupid of them to get tricked by you," Victoria said.
"It's not stupid. And I didn't trick anyone. I only told them the truth. That there's a large human base where they can drink as many blood as possible," I said.
And they are the ones agreeing to it. Since Arin has agreed with me to use them, I don't feel guilty at all.
The vampires are marching toward the base. But before they can reach there, they meet a group of humans. So they started attacking them first.
The humans who seems to be returning back to their base were not ready to face a large group of vampires. They tried their best to fight back. But the prepared vampires are too strong for them.
In a matter of minutes, all of the humans died. And they got sucked dry and died. Only making the vampires stronger before the raid.
The vampires still not full and return to move toward the human base again. And I go to the remain of their previous battle.
"Three people and three coins. Those vampires gave no mercy," I said.
"But you seem happy about it. What if they are not from the cult though? Victoria asked.
"Then we don't know anything about them. And they can only blame the vampires. Though if they aim for the werewolves, angels, and other monsters we know, whatever they are, they are our enemies," I said.
"I guess the probability of them being enemy is much higher than them being our ally. Anyway, Timmy said that the Evil God is not in out world. Maybe he's in this world since we have proof of other human being in this world. What do you think?" Victoria asked.
"The chance is high that the Evil God is in a stage beyond master level. And that makes sense since he's been alive for more than a thousand years already. And in that case, he should have known that we are approaching them. If Timmy's magic is that strong, it's normal to think that the Evil God is at least as strong as he is," I said.
Timmy can sense everything in the continent that touch the ground back then when I asked him about the Evil God. In that case, if the Evil God is an earth mage or maybe wind mage at that level, he should be able to sense me if he is hiding in that base.
I don't think that's the case though. I'm sure he's strong, but for some reason, we can stop many of their plans. That means there's some variable which make him unable to do anything.
In any case, we need to be careful. One step at a time. And for not, that base is more important.
Chapter 688: The Vampires Raiding the Base
"Oh, they're here. The vampires have arrived at the gate," I said.
"I can't see anything though. Can you use portal into my room in Cassau? I left my binocular there. And I think it's best if you keep it at all time so you can get other people who are with you so they can see from afar," Victoria said.
It's her room, so it's natural that Victoria left Blobbies there. I opened a portal directly there and Victoria grabbed the binocular and returns back to me.
The binocular is already exist in this world. But with Victoria's idea and Marie's ability, they make this one to be much better than any other binocular in this world. With clearer vision and longer distance.
And after creating just one, Albert noticed how dangerous it is if anyone can spy you from far away. So after creating just a few, the production was stopped. Only the kings, Victoria, my friends, and some other have these high-tech binocular.
I tried to use it, and I can see much further when I used Divine Vision. But it's restricting my vision to one spot and it's difficult to adjust it when I tried to look at my surrounding, so I don't need it.
If it's average person, they barely can see as far as I can with my Divine Vision. So as long as I told them that it's safe to use it, they can. I don't want them to suddenly be detected by master level mage.
.....
The gate of the base is open because at the same time that the vampires arrive, with their boosted speed by using blood they consumed, there are a group of people about to enter the base. They seem to have just returned from their hunt since there's another person accompanied by several monsters moving to the gate for monsters.
Though even if the gate is closed, the vampires can just fly above the wall. Even if they don't want to fly, they can easily jump over that high wall easily and won't use as much blood as when they are flying.
"I think that the group that I brought to Albert before said that they previously tamed some vampires. If I kill the tamer, won't there be a chaos inside the base from the monsters who are freed from their contract? I think that will be good for distraction if we need to destroy that base," I said.
"You're already thinking of destroying them? We haven't received the result of the interrogation from Albert yet. And even if we do, it will only be tomorrow when we can make our move."
Victoria is reminding me to not move too fast.
I agree with her. Though I don't like those people who are trying to tame as many monsters as possible. And they even trying to tame powerful monsters. That is not good at all. What are they planning
Since the kings in our alliance didn't say anything about getting more troops by taming monsters, that means whoever they are, they are not doing it to fight against the cult.
"By the way, why is there so few tamers in our alliance? There are also few summoners as well. But from the look of it, inside that base, there's a lot of tamers and probably summoners as well. I don't think any average summoner can bring so many people into this world easily," Victoria said.
Hmm... she's right. Too few summoners and tamers that we know, but they have a lot of them. That is suspicious.
"Don't tell me that... they have spies at school to find summoners and tamers, and took them away soon after knowing their elements. That might be possible. And the fact that they didn't approach me was because I already made a contract with a Black Slime and they don't think that I will be useful. That might be it," I'm thinking loudly so Victoria can hear me as well.
"That is possible. Considering that in your past life, you tried to kill Blobby over and over again but you failed. And in this life, when you were showing Blobby to other people, everyone thinks that you're weak. Do you remember other tamers and summoners back at your school other than you?" Victoria asked.
"I don't remember," I said confidently.
"Then we truly need a cure for terrible memory. You're a doctor. Make it yourself."
By the time we finished chatting, the vampires have drink the blood of the gatekeepers and enter the gate. They move on their own instead of staying in groups.
They must be thinking that the humans there are weak and they can easily kill them as long as they consume enough blood. And there are a lot of people that they can drink blood from.
"Spot. Next time I open a portal, enter it right away. Since there's a huge battle inside the base, I'm sure that the master level mages inside will fight. If they somehow enter my range of vision, they will notice me right away. So I'll open a portal to escape in case they find me," I said.
"Sigh... I miss the time when I can just blow everyone away with my breath," Spot sighed.
"If they are enemies, I'm sure you will have the time soon. Though that's only if the base is not destroyed right away," I said.
I don't think I can do it by myself with a base this big. But if it's that guy, I know he can.
Some vampires entered the place where they are holding the tamed monsters. They meet another vampire who have been tamed and talked a bit. But the tamed vampires can't disobey their master. The only way for them to be free is if the tamers set them free, or the tamers die.
Thinking that might be the case, the vampires move become even wilder as they are seeking tamers to kill.
I think some of them have died already since some of the monsters are trying to escape.
If there's this much noise, I don't think their master level mage will notice that I'm looking. This is good.
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The more tamers died, the more monsters trying to break free. And some of them entered the base and helped the vampires go wild.
Good. Kill them all! Even if you die, I won't care anyway.
Though if there's any werewolves, angels, or elves, I don't want them to die. What if their relatives are under me? That can be used as a good motivation for the monsters to fight
There are indeed some elves. But they escaped from the base right away as soon as their contracts were broken. Some angels are flying to escape. But there are werewolves who prefer to kill those people.
There seem to be multiple locations where they are holding the monsters. Because the fight happens in multiple places. Though I won't see everything. If the master level mage notices me too soon, they will think that I orchestrated this whole situation. Though that is correct.
But now, I don't want to be known yet. Once someone notices me, I will escape right away.
The vampires seem to be the strongest monsters there. They killed several expert level mages already. While other monsters could barely defeat one advanced level mage.
There are still a lot of monsters who can't do anything. Their contracts are still active. Which mean that the tamers are still alive. And I think that there are too many of them. Maybe most of them are still outside looking for more monsters.
Suddenly, I can see the monsters died one by one. They are killed easily by someone.
"It's here. The master level mage," I said.
From where I am, I can see two places where they are holding the monsters. And in one of them, I saw monsters died after getting one-shoted one by one with fire magic. There's a master level fire mage there.
And soon after, at the second location, several monsters were frozen at the same time. Including a few vampires who have killed expert level mages.
"One is a master level fire mage, and another is a master level ice mage. I think there are more of them in another place. But knowing just two of them is good enough at the moment," I said.
"Do they not notice you yet?" Victoria asked.
"Not yet. If they can't sense us at all, we will watch until all of the rebelling monsters that I can see die or tamed. I don't think they will give up the chance of taming so many powerful vampires at once if they are looking for monsters," I said.
Though they have killed some of them. Well, just one Vampire Lord is powerful enough to beat several expert level mages. I saw one of them getting hit by fire magic from the master level mage and barely survive.
And on his deathbed, a tamer approach him and tamed him. And then a healer come and healed him. Now the healed vampires are fighting his own kin.
Seems like the situation will be resolved soon.
Chapter 689: The Cult is Involved as Expected
Many of the monsters in that base have died. Some were tamed again after their previous tamers died because of the fight against the vampires.
As for the vampires, because everyone inside thinks that they are strong and very useful, they got tamed even though they needed to sacrifice some weaker mages for it.
There's only a few of the vampires left. And they finally realized that they are in a losing battle. Even though they have drunk a lot of blood and make them at their strongest form, they are not a match against a single master level mage.
But I never thought that the vampires are smart. Instead of just running away, they chose to only target the tamers to release their vampire friends. Once the vampires who were tamed freed, they escaped while also grabbing some humans with them. Probably so that they can drink their blood later on.
All the vampires who raided the base, except for some who died, managed to escape. Along with some monsters who were freed from their contract. Though I don't think those other monsters will return here again. As for the vampires, they might return again in the future just so they can get more blood.
"Seems like it's over. Spot, I won't use portal here. Let's just retreat normally. I'll open a portal when we're far enough," I said.
"Okay. Did anyone notice you?" Spot asked.
.....
"Nope. They are too busy with the vampires and other monsters. They didn't notice us at all. That's why we're retreating normally," I said.
Even the master level mages didn't chase after the vampires even though they supposed to have the power to do that. I guess they don't want to kill too much of the vampires knowing that they are strong and smart monsters.
Spot flies away with us on his back very quickly. In just a matter of second, we're already far from that base. And as I was about to open a portal to our world, Sonia appears in front of us.
"Sonia, any news?" I asked her.
"Yes. Albert has done with the interrogation. He also finished asking the others who were caught by the werewolves as well. And he wants you to meet him as soon as possible," Sonia said.
"I guess it's something important. Well, I was just about to go home. We'll meet him right away," I said.
I was about to open a portal back to Cassau, but I changed my mind and open a portal directly to Albert's location. He's in an office near where the prisoners I brought are. Since they are still being imprisoned, I guess they are enemies.
"Hey, Albert. Randy as well. What did you find?" I asked.
"Roy. That was quick. I was just finished talking with Sonia," Albert said.
"Yeah. The raid is over and most vampires have left the base. I was just about to open a portal when Sonia came to tell me that you're done with the interrogation. Anything you learned from them?"
Albert then told me to take a seat first before he starts talking. I guess it's quite serious if he asks me to sit first.
"Roy. There are some tamers that we have captured thanks to you and the werewolves. By the way, did you ever notice how there are so few tamers and summoners out there?" Albert asked me.
"Well, I was just discussing about it with Victoria before while we were watching the raid. Do you know the reason behind it? Is it the cult again? They are grabbing the tamers and summoners who have just awakened?" I asked.
"You are right. Yes, that base is part of the cult," Albert said.
At this point, I'm not surprised. That was well within expectation. They let some people die just so they can tame some vampires. But those vampires in the end escape with their lives.
I'm listening to Albert's report about what he found. He will also tell it to other kings but he's telling it to me first.
Apparently, in many school, the introductory school to introduce kids at the age of 15 about magic, there are some people related with the cult. Either knowingly or not.
Some are teachers, some are school staffs, and some were even the students. Or maybe the student's parents.
Albert and Randy got this information after comparing the answers with all the prisoners we just caught. We couldn't even get this information from the Professor. Which means that even with how high his position was, he's still in no position to know about this information.
Just how much do they keep everything in secret?
Those people at school, either they are teachers, staffs, students, the parents, or even those who are just interested in watching kids got their elements, were spies for the cult. Some were given order by the cult directly, but some didn't even know that they are being used by the cult. The people from the cult were the ones asking them to find someone useful. Like summoners, tamers, or someone with rare elements.
Summoners and tamers were easy to be taught. Since summoners just need to summon a monster, while tamers only need to tame monsters. But those spies will come to those who have just recently awakened and told them that they found a way to get tamers and summoners to get stronger. Or even entice them using money.
And the thing is, those tamers or summoners also need at least one other element in which they can prove to be useful. And they will be recruited by the cult unknowingly.
And when they finally realized that they are in the cult, there's no escape. They will be introduced to the explosive device that will be put inside their mouth.
Unless it's for the tamers and summoners. They will be given mission. The summoners will open a portal and bring as many people as possible to Monsters World, while the tamers will tame as many monsters as possible.
"...So, do you actually think that there are innocent people inside that base that we mustn't kill? I prefer to kill them all because it's easier that way," I said.
"I agree. Even if they are tricked, they should know that they are risking their lives just by going into Monsters World. We'll just kill them and get things done as soon as possible," Randy agreed with me.
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"Sigh... you two are too scary. Can't you find other solution beside killing?" Albert asked.
""No.""
Both Randy and I replied together.
They are with the cult after all. If they have been there for a long time, there's no point in talking with them.
"Also, there are no youngster in that base. Where do they took the newly awakened kids to? Must be somewhere in this world, right? They are being forced to join the cult. And they can't say no if they want to live. Only when they agree will they be used to go to Monsters World. Even if they are kids, they are at least 15 years old. They are old enough to think about themselves. Probably it will take a while until they can be trusted or forced to join the cult," I said.
"You are right. And here's our plan. Roy, I want you to sneak into that base in Monsters World and see if you think that there's any innocent people there or not, while also try to grab someone who seem important in there. There might be more information we can get from them," Albert said.
"Me? Enter the base and find someone innocent? My mind is already biased by just hearing that they are from the cult. I don't think I will find anyone," I said.
"I know. And I don't expect that you will find anyone innocent. But I'll at least say that this is your real mission. I'll tell this to other kings this way. Saying that you're looking for innocent people there," Albert said.
"At least you're understand."
"Also, once you think you have found everything, you are free to destroy that base and kill everyone in it. You can ask your friends and monsters to come join you."
Nice. I'll finish everything as soon as possible so I can destroy the base then.
"Next is Randy. Your training is over, right?" Albert asked Randy this time.
"Yes," Randy replied.
"Then I want you to go and find the location where the cult is training the summoners and tamers. Save them if possible. I want Spot to go with you as well. You can ask for as many reinforcement as possible. You can ask Sonia. And if you need anything else, you can ask me or other kings through Sonia," Albert said.
"Understood. Let's do our best, Spot," Randy said to Spot.
"And so, you two need to rest now. I'll inform the others via Sonia." Albert said.
And so, I returned back to my home in Cassau after a while.
In the end, it will be infiltration instead of a direct war against them. Well, I will also try to find summoners right away so they can't escape back to our world. Maybe assassination suits me more than direct battle.
Albert said that those people in the base mostly doesn't even know each other. So it's fine to infiltrate and use my real name. Though I will probably use an alias. Not Roy, not Ninja, and not Clarence. I need another name.
Well, it's not really important. I'll just think about it later when they asked me.
For now, I need to rest. I don't know how long I will stay there after all.
Chapter 690: Not Just a Base but a City
It's early in the morning when I woke up from my rest. And I'm going to infiltrate the cult's base in Monsters World today.
I ate breakfast with everyone and told them about what I'm going to do.
"I'm going to infiltrate the base. And Albert has given me permission to destroy everything there once I'm done investigating by myself. I think I will call for help later. But I don't know. If I can kill everyone right away, I think there's no need for you guys to participate," I said.
"You think you can destroy everything?" Kayla asked me.
"I don't know. Most things that I do are improvisation. I'm not good at planning. As soon as I finished with my objectives, I'll fight. If I need you, I'll ask for help. Sorry that I'm not good with planning," I apologized.
"It's okay. So, what will you do there?" Candy asked me.
"First, I will try to find and grab all the summoners there. Knock them out, block their magic, and bring them to Albert. That will make sure that no one can leave Monsters World. Then, I will search for the master level mages and important people in that base. I'll capture them all as well if possible. Once I'm done, there's only destruction left," I said. At least that's what I had in mind. I don't know if I will actually do it or not later.
.....
Though infiltrating the base and looking for master level mages might be difficult. So I don't think that I can capture them all. Because once I used portal to bring the summoners to Albert, I'm pretty sure that the master level mages will notice.
"Best of luck to you. Don't pick a fight against anyone as soon as you enter just because all of them are related to the cult," Kayla said.
"You think I'll just fight anyone because they're from the cult?"
"""Yes!"""
Everyone agreed easily. Even Angela agreed. Am I that unreliable in holding myself back?
"Whatever. I'll be going then. Just prepare yourself if Sonia appears," I said.
"Oh, what about Randy? He's not going with you?" Kayla asked me.
"He's going to investigate where the newly awakened summoners and tamers were taken to and probably he will save those kids before they got themselves involved too deeply with the cult with Spot," I said.
I also told them about what happens with school and how there are some people who are scouting for summoners and tamers. And maybe some people who awakened good element.
"Ah, I think I remember about it. That day, when I was about to go home after my awakening test, someone approached me. He said that he's interested in my healing magic. Maybe he's involved with the cult," Kayla said.
Well, that was to be expected. If there are spies at school, someone should have asked Kayla just because of her healing magic.
"Hmm... I think someone did approach me back then. But I don't remember at all. I just hurriedly went home that day so I can test my magic," Angela said.
Since she has four elements, it's also natural for Angela to be approached.
The others also started talking if there are someone approaching them.
"Master! Someone also approached me that day! But when I said that I want to transform into a rhinoceros, they gave up on me!" Jewel said.
Even my disciple? Well, they might be thinking that she wants to transform into a bird. And with her lighting magic while she's flying, she will be very powerful. But they gave up after Jewel confidently said that she wants to be a rhino.
I was at first shocked with her decision. But now, I think her decision was truly the best decision she ever made. Even master level mage with enhanced physical strength would have difficulty to hurt Jewel in her rhino form.
But now there's one question I have in my mind.
Why didn't they approach me? I have summoning element which they want. But why didn't they approach me instead? Is it because they are thinking that I will be weak no matter how much I trained because I have air element as my other element?
In my first life, I only have summoning element. And they didn't approach me.
And in this life, I have two elements. Summoning and air element. But they still didn't approach me.
I'm not that useless! But I guess no one would have any expectation on me since that's all I have.
"Look. He's angry now after thinking that the cult never approached him because no one expected him to be anything," Victoria said.
Damn, now she's insulting me. Good thing I have something to look forward soon. The destruction of the cult's base in Monsters World.
I don't know if the base will be the only base in Monsters World or not, but just the destruction of one base is already good enough. Even better if I can kill all the summoners so they won't have any chance of escaping.
But if there's a master level mage in one element and also have summoning element as well, that might be hard. They can escape easily using portal.
After I finished talking with everyone, I left to Monsters World. With Victoria and Airy.
"...I'm totally useless. I only realized how big the trouble we're facing now. Are you sure it's okay for me to come with you?" Airy asked me.
"It's fine. You're already good enough just by staying with me. Although it's a little, even though I'm not cultivating, I can feel that my air element is gradually improving. Just by being with you, I can improve my strength. I want you to keep staying with me instead so I can reach master level sooner," I said.
"That means I'm useful to you?" Airy asked.
"You are. But if you want to leave my side, then you are free to do that. I would never try to restrain your freedom," I said.
"Then I'll stay! Thank you for saying I'm useful!"
Nice. I picked the right answer. It's a good thing that she will stay with me voluntarily instead of having me forcing her to do so. I don't want someone useful to me to leave.
Now, were' close to where the base is. We will be entering the base from the gate close to where the vampires left before after their raid is over.
I changed my clothes into something dirtier and torn. I'm going to enter the base while pretending that I returned after I got attacked by vampires. They will believe me and won't try to identify me. Hopefully.
To make it more believable, I roll around on the ground to make myself dirtier.
One of the human that Albert interrogated before was a healer. I can just say that the healer healed me but he died in the end.
Next is rough breathing to make it seems like I'm exhausted. And my preparation is complete. Except for my name. But I don't think anyone will care about my name. I'll use the name Clarence I guess. Even if they think that I'm related to the circus, no one will think that someone who destroyed a base is a clown.
And so, once I get closer to the base, I started running lightly pretending that I have just escaped.
I approached the gatekeeper and gave him one coin. Good thing all coins are the same.
"Huff... I encountered some vampires... everyone else died and I'm the only survivor..." I said to the gatekeeper.
"The vampires again? Damn them. They should have just get themselves tamed. Are you okay? Do you need a healer?" the gatekeeper asked.
Good. He didn't suspect me at all. I'm so good at acting.
"I'm fine... Just tired. The healer managed to heal me before he got himself killed. But I couldn't get everyone's coins. Sorry." I said.
"It's not important anyway. The coin is just to enter the gate. Everyone thinks that by bringing the other's coin, they can get their belongings since they are dead. But they're wrong. Though it's a secret. We just don't want the coin to fall into the hands of humanoid monsters. Or the accident like last night will happen," the gatekeeper said.
Before I move from the gate, I need to ask a question to make all suspicion of me disappear.
"What... happened last night? I was out," I asked.
"The vampires attacked the base. Once you enter, you will see that there are evidences of destruction there. No one bothers to clear them yet."
"Ah? Is my place destroyed?" I asked.
"Just look at it yourself! My house is also destroyed. It's just a month ago that I can buy that house! But it's destroyed now. I had no choice but to sleep at the inn. Just enter already and get some rest! Your breathing is annoying!"
Well, I think that's enough. He won't be suspicious of me anymore.
But an inn? Is this not a base but a city?
Now that I enter the base and look around, without using my Divine Vision, I can see that it's not that much different to a city. Which is good. Because I can use a room at the inn as my base while I'm here.