Chapter 711: An Archbishop?
Fighting a cult by pretending to be the apostle of God. I'm basically trying to make another cult here.
These people believed that Graham is an angel sent by the God. Except for some who was not tricked. They are the people who know that angel is just another type of intellectual monster.
Which most likely mean that they know the existence of the Monsters World since I have never seen an angel on Earth.
There are even some expert level mages who believed that Graham is truly the God's apostle. They killed several of the cult's loyal believer before getting themselves killed.
Thanks to them, Victoria didn't need to waste too much Aura stored in her. So she can focus on protecting Graham since I also told him to not use his shadow clone.
She slashed the magic targeted toward Graham who was busy facing other people. Thanks to being used to slash magic so many times, she knows how to do it.
There are several master level mages here who noticed that I arrived and looked at them. And only Victoria and Graham are here. It's really a good thing that we had Graham acted like an apostle.
.....
But because of my return to this cathedral, those master level mages started to use their magic to kill everyone. Leaving only those who are loyal to the cult.
"Ah! Forgive me, God!"
"You frauds will burn in hell!"
Those are the things that the cult members who believed Graham said as their last words to their murderer.
The cathedral now is destroyed. There's no more people except ten master level mages who are prepared to fight. Including one who looks like a really important person.
"Archbishop! Only us bishops left! The rest have died!" one of the bishop shouted.
Wait, that's the Archbishop? The one whom Celestine and Veronica said to be closest to the Evil God?
Hmm... maybe that is indeed the same Archbishop. But that doesn't mean he is the closest one to the Evil God.
Seeing how many master level mages from the cult, I don't think Celestine and Veronica who were just expert level mages when they left the cult would know much. This Archbishop might have someone else above him who is much closer to the Evil God. Probably the Pope or a Saint if they think that it's an organization.
That's right. I also need to think that the cult is similar to a criminal organization with clear hierarchy. With the Evil God at the top. And Veronica and Celestine were just some subordinates whose knowledge is limited.
I'll tell Albert about this later. Though maybe someone already thought about it.
In any case, the one who was called as the Archbishop seems to be the most important and also the strongest. I need to capture him alive if I want to get more information about the cult. Good thing that I still have the handcuff that even master level mage has difficulty to remove and able to block the wearer's magic.
There's only ten enemies left and we only have three fighters since we can't include Ray in. And Shelia is still busy with the enemy she's facing.
Well, with me here, there's nothing to worry about.
And as I was thinking of how to kill them as fast as possible, the Archbishop started talking.
"Who are you? And why did you do this?" he asked.
"I'm an Aura user. That's the answer for the first question. As for the second question, it's because we hate the cult," I said.
"So you're the Aura user and the one who pretends to be the living armor, huh? You and that woman who doesn't seem to be a human. And that's the horse of the living armor. So you're not really a living armor, but an Aura user who is a summoner who can somehow make contracts with multiple monsters. But why do you hate the cult?" the Archbishop asked.
"Are you stupid? You're a cult with a a goal to destroy the world. Why wouldn't anyone hate you? The only ones who don't hate you are those who agree with you. And most of them are likely those who doesn't even know that your goal is the world destruction," I said.
After I said that, some of the bishops were shocked. They must be belong to the group who doesn't know the cult's goal.
"...You talk too much. Kill them."
That order from the Archbishop wasn't mean to kill us. It's to kill the other bishops who know nothing.
Why would they purposely decrease their chance of winning? From the ten master level mages, four of them died. Leaving behind the Archbishop and five bishops.
Well, that just makes things easier for us. And now that Victoria is riding on Ray, she can use Aura however much she wants.
"Killing your own allies? That just decrease your chance of winning here," I said.
"It's better than having subordinates who can't obey."
Capturing him might prove to be difficult. He might not even care about his own life and choose to kill himself.
The same could be said to the other bishops. But I can just ignore them if they want to die.
The problem is the Archbishop. I also want to confirm if he's the same Archbishop whom Veronica and Celestine know. Though I heard that the Archbishop that they knew wears a mask.
"This might be where my life is over. But I won't go down without a fight. Everything is for the True God," the Archbishop said.
"No, he's not the True God. He's an Evil God."
"Let's just kill each other now. Bring out everything you have with you!" the Archbishop shouted.
...Did he just ignore me? That's not a True God. He's just an Evil God. That's what I said. But this Archbishop chose to ignore me.
"By the way, do you know of the Archbishop who wears a mask?" I asked.
"If you're ready, let's fight!"
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Alright, he's deaf. Not fully deaf. He just has very selective hearing. I guess if someone wants to be in a high position in something like a cult, they need to have the ability to listen only to what they want to hear.
"Fine, I'll call for reinforcement then," I said as I opened two portals.
One of them is to the location of the werewolves whom I have informed to prepare to fight at all time tonight. The last one is also to someone I told to prepare to fight. But she's not a monster. She's Celestine.
I want to ask Veronica as well, but she's busy with her mission together with Wendy.
"Hmm? His garb look familiar, but not his appearance," Celestine said as soon as she enters the portal.
"He's an Archbishop. Is he the one you and Veronica told me about before?" I asked.
"No. This one is shorter and he doesn't wear a mask," she said.
Meanwhile, the bishops and the Archbishop who were shocked that I suddenly summoned a lot of monsters. But the Archbishop and several other bishops were shocked to see Celestine.
"It's the Boob Priestess!"
Yup. As soon as someone spoke, he was killed by Celestine even though she's one level lower than him.
"That's rude. Even back then, I always thought that you people are the rudest bunch of people in the world. I hate the cult," Celestine said.
Well, now there's only five enemies left. Six if I include the one Shelia is fighting.
"Victoria, go with Ray to check on Shelia. I will capture that Archbishop while the rest of you can go wild."
"Roger!"
Now, who is Roger again? Oh, right. It meant that she understood.
"I guess we're really die here tonight. But don't forget to kill as many as possible! Including the Boob Priestess!" the Archbishop said.
That's really rude. She's my future wife, you know? She already promised me that.
I guess I'll kill him after we got all the information we need.
But seriously, is that what they call Celestine? No one ever told me about it. I guess it's some sort of inside joke by the higher ups of the cult.
Victoria and Ray left to the direction of where Shelia is. Shelia has a Blobby with her so Victoria can find her easily.
Maybe it's faster if I just open a portal to her location, but I think Shelia is currently enjoying her battle so I don't want to bother her. The master level mage she's facing is quite strong after all.
It would be impossible for her to win the fight unscathed. But she's a werewolf. The strongest werewolf I know. She's already far surpassed her grandfather. So even some major injuries can still get healed by her regeneration skill.
Both sides are prepared to fight. We have the number but they have the strength. But the Archbishop seems to be the strongest here. Let's separate him from the other.
"Fight whenever you want!"
I run toward the Archbishop and grabbed his face before I leaped to the sky and threw him away. The two of us will fight in different location than the rest.
Chapter 712: Shelia Faces Powerful Opponent
The Archbishop got thrown down into the ground as we changed location. I don't want the others to be disturbed by our fight.
The Archbishop didn't scream at all when I threw him. But I could see from his face that he was utterly shocked that I suddenly moved too fast.
And as he falls down, his head falls first and hit the ground. He lost his consciousness right away.
"...What the hell?! Why are you so weak?! You're supposed to be a master level mage, damn it!"
I thought that there will be a great battle. Especially after seeing his confidence after knowing that I'm an Aura user.
Maybe it's not his confidence. It's his duty. His duty as the Archbishop of the cult to fight whoever on their way at the risk of their own lives.
Still, that doesn't mean he can just faint after I threw him to the ground! That was so anti-climactic. So stupid.
.....
"...Now what?"
Because I also didn't expect this to happen, I'm at lost.
But I guess this is fine as well. I have done my job in stopping the Archbishop. Someone who seems to be the strongest among those who stayed in the cathedral.
Why is he so weak? Maybe because he's the Archbishop.
The Archbishop and those several bishops who were prepared to fight with their lives have never been involved in any real fight after they reached their positions. That's why their skills and decision-making got rusty. That's what I think.
I guess I don't need to help Celestine and the monsters then. They can take care of those bishops.
But it's surely an unfortunate news. That a whole village is being massacred in just one night. No, it's dawn already.
It's the difference in time. When in Monsters World, the location of the base, is night time, here is dawn. Maybe we can guess roughly the location of this place then. I'll get someone smart to find out about it.
This noon, I already got Andro get close to the base of the cult in Monsters World. But I told him that he needs to be over a hundred kilometers away from the base so he won't block the sun and only get closer when he heard the howl of the werewolves as the signal. I made the werewolves to stay at different position so Andro could hear them.
From the moment we commenced our plan until now, we only spend about fifteen minutes. But this is a long fifteen minutes.
Anyway, I need to do something first about the fainted Archbishop with a huge swelling on his head.
As expected of a master level mage. His skull is still fine. Only the obvious bump was there. He must be fainted because of the shaking of his brain.
Well, let's incapacitate him first.
While he's still unconscious, I put the Magic Restricting Collar on him. He can easily rip it apart as soon as he wakes up. So I need to do something about his body as well.
So I dislocated his joints and break his bones in different places. With this, even if he's a healer, he won't be able to fix himself to fight me. Though he won't be able to use magic thanks to the collar.
What I do might be cruel. But don't worry. I'm a doctor.
I also make sure to shove a cloth into his mouth so he won't try to bite his tongue off to kill himself. But I don't think that biting his tongue will kill him right away since I can easily stop the bleeding. He will feel a lot of pain though. Maybe I will stick his tongue on a lemon to torture him if he try to do it that.
"Alright, it's ready to be delivered now," I said.
Then I opened a portal to Albert's location in his office. He has been resting since yesterday because he knows that he will be used a lot by me from this point.
"Roy, you're done?" he asked.
"Not yet. We're on Earth now. You should have listened to Sonia's report, right? Anyway, this guy is an Archbishop. Make sure to get everything you can from him," I said.
"He's the Archbishop Celestine and Veronica told us about?!" Albert asked again.
"Celestine said that this wasn't the guy who gave her order. Which meant that there might be more Archbishop than we thought. There are also some people called bishops and priests. Though most of them should be dead now. I'll tell you everything later. It's not over yet. By the way, we have captured the three summoners. They are with the werewolves and Derek in Monsters World. I'll take you to them later," I said as I gave the fainted Archbishop to Mustache.
I then bid my farewell as I close the portal and opened a new one. This time, I'm going to Victoria's place who should be with Shelia now.
"I don't need your help! I will fight him alone!"
Right after I opened the portal, Shelia shouted that. Seems like her battle is not over.
"Whoa, Roy! You surprised me! How was your battle? It was over so soon. I have just arrived here," Victoria said.
"It ended in the most anti-climactic way possible for a fight against a master level mage. When I took him away to change the location, I threw his body too hard on the ground and he fell headfirst. Knocking him unconscious. He's now with Albert and his body is full of broken bones," I said.
"Had I know that'd be the case, I would have stayed with Graham and the others. Well, I'll return now then and see if their fight is over."
Victoria then leave together with Ray. I guess we're pretty far if she had just arrive here with Ray's speed. Maybe Shelia's fight has moved them further.
Shelia is seriously injured. But that's only if she's a human. She's a werewolf and her injuries are being healed. Even if her healing is slowed down.
As for the man she's fighting, he still hasn't given up even though he's outnumbered. He seems to be in the same mindset as the Archbishop. Someone who support the world destruction plan.
Maybe for this one I'll capture him instead of killing him. But I'll let Shelia decide it. If she ended up killing him, well, that's that.
"Good luck, Shelia! I'm sure you can do it. And you will surely get even stronger after this fight!"
The enemy she's facing is a real master level mage. At least at this time, he should be stronger than most master level mage who were cultivated by the cult. He's just a bit weaker than the master level mage who were Aura users ghosts.
Well, that's obvious. At that time, I heard that battle is common occurrence everywhere. Especially since they are Aura users who can grow by every fight they experienced. Fighting is a must for Aura user to grow stronger.
The only reason I can grow this strong is because I have enemy. The cult. If the cult doesn't exist, even if I trained to be an Aura user, I would never be able to get this strong.
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Shelia and the mage continued fighting. With the mage trying to keep his distance. But since his wind magic is not that high level, he would eventually be caught by Shelia. And that's when he cast powerful fire magic exploded from his body that would hurt Shelia.
That's a suicide attack if he's any weaker than master level. Even I can feel the heat. Wind magic must have been added to that attack.
But he used that magic easily. Without any injury thanks to his affinity with fire.
"That move won't work the second time!"
Though if she wore the Magic Fishnet Stocking, she won't even feel the heat.
Shelia forces herself to enter into the center of the explosion and hit him. That's the only injury that I could see from the mage's body. Which means that Shelia could only reach him now. And he had used that move before. Probably right before I arrive.
But the mage's body has been strengthened when he reached master level mage. So even though that one hit was strong enough to probably kill anyone below expert level and could knock out someone at expert level, he could endure it before he tried to retreat and gain more distance.
Shelia chased after him with her fur still burnt from the previous exchange.
She tried to attack from distance but the mage easily dodge them even if he's slow.
Huh? The way he's moving is...
"Shelia, if he keep getting further, I have no choice but to interfere! He's trying to find an opening to retreat!" I shouted.
The mage seems like he has given up on defeating Shelia. Or maybe it's because I'm here. So he tried to escape.
"Do not butt in no matter what!" Shelia warned me instead.
"I'll just block his escape route then," I said as I make my move.
I made sure the he would sense me to where he was retreating. Now that he has no choice but to fight.
"Since I can't escape, I'll take you down with me, puppy girl!"
Now the mage chose to fight Shelia.
But as expected, he lacked experience in a fight against someone as strong or stronger than him. He has wasted so much mana that after a few more explosion, he can no longer use Flight magic.
But he's still obsessed in killing Shelia. So he used the last bit of mana to cast Fireball on her. Which Shelia endured easily.
"That was a good fight. I got stronger thanks to you."
That's what she said before finishing him off. And she's also too tired now and can't stand anymore so I grabbed her before she falls.
"Good job, Shelia. You can take a rest now," I said.
With this, the mission is over. We can relax until tomorrow when the cult will find out about the base's destruction. As for the cathedral and the whole village massacre here, I don't know when they will know about it. Maybe it's even sooner.
But whatever the case, we're done here. Maybe I can finally go back to be a clown.
Chapter 713: What Derek Wants
I picked the exhausted Shelia whom fell asleep as soon as I said that the battle is won, then I opened a portal back to where the cathedral was. It has mostly been destroyed. But there are still some things that might be useful.
"Everyone, let's go back. Celestine, I'll send you back to Consenza first."
I opened a portal to Lynn's location. And Celestine entered it. But before I close the portal, she asked me a question.
"Roy, what will you do with the Archbishop. If he's similar to the Archbishop I knew, then there's no way that he would expose any of the cult's secret no matter how much you torture him," Celestine asked.
"Then we just need to torture him even more. As long as he can speak, Albert will know the truth."
Easy. Even if the captured Archbishop tell lies, Albert will know that he's lying.
Lies are still considered as information. Albert is sure to know what to ask, and what information he needs to know. That's why I just love sending all the bad guys to him for interrogation.
.....
"Okay then. I'll see you later."
After saying her farewell, I look around a bit.
The cathedral is almost destroyed. Some houses in the village were destroyed as well.
As for casualties, we have none at all.
As usual, the werewolves received injuries. But they're all something that can be healed by themselves.
Other than them, there are villagers casualties. Or should I say believers?
They all died fighting the cult after Graham tricked them to believe him.
Since Celestine and the monsters have finished their fight soon, Celestine created a hole in the ground and asked the monsters to bury them all. I guess even if they were believers, they were still normal villagers who got tricked. And Celestine felt bad about it.
Even someone who used to be cruel become this kind. Is it my influence? I hope it is. So I can have evidence that I'm actually a good guy.
Well, I think it's more like Lynn who's responsible for most of her change. And the orphans she's taking care of helped her become kinder. I just gave her more chance to be kind since she lacked the time to do so back when she was with the cult.
There were no survivors at all. And it was before I summoned the werewolves. Which shows how cruel the cult is.
"Alright, let's go back. There are many things that... I guess you guys don't need to come, huh? There's no more battle tonight after all. Just return to the village then. Take Shelia with you as well. Graham, you will come with me. We will return back to that base and you can tell the rest over there that the fight is over and they can return," I said.
I didn't bring the angels here with me. They're still there near the base together with Derek, and several werewolves who are watching the three summoners.
I open a portal and Graham left me after speaking with the other angels. The werewolves also leave with the angels. Leaving only me, Derek, and the three summoners.
"Are you done?" Derek asked.
"So far, yeah. The cult hasn't been destroyed yet, so I'm still far from done. But at least we have reduced their power. How much do you know about the cult's hierarchy? Like how many bishops, archbishops, priests, and others," I asked Derek.
"Nothing. I don't know about them at all other than I joined the cult because of one priest. Though he's already dead. Beyond priest, I don't know anything at all," he said.
Well, it's not like I really care about it anyway. Albert must have learned about such rank within the cult already. And I just need to kill the enemy.
If he think that there's someone that has to be killed a soon as possible, he will tell me about it. And I don't need to know the target's status.
After all this time, I can trust Albert to make the decision for me. No, I had already trusted him soon after meeting him. I hope that he uses me only solely for destroying the cult.
Though that should be the case. I don't think he would do anything to make me his enemy. After all, he has no one who can challenge me. All the strongest mages are with me except for a few strong ones like Mustache who is loyal to Albert.
Ah well, I'll just take care of these things first.
"What should we do now?" Derek asked me.
"What do you want to do? Will you fight with us, or continue looking for whoever turned your niece into a slave by yourself? If you join us, the alliance will surely lend you their help," I said.
"If I said that I will still move on my own?" Derek asked again.
"Ask Albert. Whatever the case, if you're honestly saying that you will help us, he will ask for the other kings to lend you their help whether you still want to move on your own or not. We're thinking of destroying the cult, and another master level mage in our rank would be great."
Since he's also a master level wind mage, maybe Albert will ask him to ask some guidance from Patricia to get stronger before he decide to move on his own.
"By the way, how old are you?" I asked.
"72."
Alright, he's old. But still younger than Patricia. In fact, he's closer in age with Patricia's granddaughter.
"I'm thinking of staying here for a while longer. Who knows if they have someone to come here to check this place regularly outside the schedule for the supply to come? These summoners will be my hostages if that's the case. If I could kill or capture the coming summoners. What about you?" I asked Derek.
"...I'll stay here for now. There are still many things I need to think."
He then used wind magic to clear out a spot and grabbed a chair he found and sat on it. That must be one strong chair to be able to endure Andro's breath attack.
Derek must be thinking of what he should do next. Should he ask for the alliance's help or not. But I think the answer is obvious.
If he has no intention to join us, there's a chance that he will be our enemy. So, I might need to kill him before that happen.
Now, let's take some time to rest.
"Sonia, ask Albert if he's going to interrogate the Archbishop first or come here right away. And only return here after one hour no matter what his reply is unless there's an emergency."
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Sonia has appeared for some time already and is looking around. I just told her to ask Albert something.
"What if I want to look around here for a while longer?" she asked.
"Then you can return here right away. Though you just need to tell me Albert's reply after one hour," I said.
"Are you tired?"
"Not really. I just feel more relaxed since I'm no longer need to hide I have been on edge for a while so I need to relax for a little bit," I said.
"Okay then."
Sonia then disappeared.
There's really nothing we can do here. Everything is destroyed. And the summoners are still fainted.
I relaxed for one hour and Sonia then returned back.
"Albert will come here first. As for the Archbishop, you have done too much on his body. He's still unconscious. Also, Kayla said that she wanted to come as well," Sonia said.
With his body like that, he might be in coma for a while. I guess Albert can ask him at a later date.
I opened a portal to Albert's location and he entered it together with Mustache. I also opened another portal for Kayla to enter.
"Is it safe here?" Kayla asked.
"For at most the next twenty three hour, we'll be safe. It might be sooner than that though," I said.
"I didn't ask for just that. I want to know if monsters will approach this place or not," she said.
"Oh, right. I guess that's why you're here. Thanks for that," I said.
Kayla then sighed, and then used earth magic to create a building with a jail to imprison the three summoners. She also created chairs and table for us.
But Albert now is walking toward Derek instead together with his bodyguard.
"So, what will you do now?" Albert asked Derek.
"...I have been thinking for the past hour and the answer is always the same. What would happen if I'm still with the cult and Roy never noticed me. You can see the answer by looking at the surrounding area. I will join you guys after I'm done with the slave trader. Will you help me?"
"Tatrama is a country where slavery is illegal. I promise you our help within Tatrama's territory. I can ask for the other kingdoms for it as well. I'll get Roy to bring you to meet them all later," Albert said.
"That's good. I promise you that I will help you to destroy the cult in exchange," Derek said.
Nice. With this, we have two master level wind mages. Patricia and Derek. Though they both are still weaker than Angela who is still at expert level.
I wonder when Angela can reach master level? I hope she can reach that level before we face the Evil God.
Chapter 714: Torture First Question Later
Albert finished talking with Derek, and then the two of them come over here. They entered the place that Kayla had just finished building and Albert took a seat with Mustache standing behind him. I also took a seat on the Blobbysofa with Kayla. While Derek still hesitant to be so casual in front of a king. That's common to everyone. I'm just the weird one.
"Want me to wake them up now?" I asked Albert.
"Not yet. Have you checked their possession?"
Albert asked me whether I have checked what the three summoners had in their possession or not. Obviously I have.
"The three of them don't have anything that seem to be important. Did you seriously ask me if I have checked their possession? I have even checked the inside of their body. They need to stop consuming alcohol," I said.
"I thought that they would have something like messages or a map of where their transfer point was located. That way, we can figure out in which country they are hiding. And what about the cathedral?" Albert asked.
"No one is there. Everyone has died. So there's no need for me to stay behind," I said.
.....
"But if someone set that place as a transfer point, they might be able to go there using portal. What if this is not the only place in Monsters World where the cult built their base?"
...Ah!
Right, I forgot. There might be more than one base of the cult in this world. And they might use the cathedral in that village as transfer point.
"I'll get Sara and some agents to stay there. I will also ask some werewolves trained by agents to come as well. See you in a bit. Oh, Victoria, protect Albert with Kayla. I'll get Ray to stay here as well," I said.
Even if Albert said that we can trust Derek, that doesn't mean that I can just leave the two of them together. Though Mustache is there as well, having Kayla and Victoria with them is safer.
Mustache is specialized in protecting Albert. But he lacks experience in fighting monsters. And this is Monsters World.
Having created so much ruckus in this place should have got many monsters nearby alerted. They might come. Or not since it was Andro who came here. They should be afraid of coming here. But some monsters might come instead to try and challenge Andro. That might be possible.
That's why I need them to protect Albert who is the weakest here but the second most important person after me. Or maybe third after Kayla. Four after Kayla and Victoria.
I called Sonia and told her to call Sara and some agents, and also to contact the werewolves who have been trained by the agents. They didn't participate in the fight so they're not tired.
I used portal again to return back to the cathedral and then bring the agents and three werewolves over.
"I can't believe I will still continue doing this shit after becoming a noble," Sara complained.
"I even used the king for my own purpose. And you're just a noble. Not royalty," I said.
I then explained Sara about this place and what I've found before returning back to Monsters World. There were really some monsters coming. But Derek alone could take care of them all.
Seems like Derek is a good man as well. Maybe he will truly become one of us after he finished taking care of the slave trader.
As for Albert, he and Kayla were checking the body of the three summoners in case there's something I missed.
"This guy on the left, he seems to be a fire mage as well. There are traces of burns on his clothes. He might have tried to use fire magic before you captured him," Albert said.
"Yeah, I know. Those burns were too close to the skin but his skin was fine," I said.
I already know about that so he doesn't need toe explain it to me more.
"This guy, there's nothing unusual about him. As for the last man-"
"Woman," I interfered.
"...What?"
"She's wearing a skirt. I don't know why you think she's a man just because her face is disfigured and her chest is flat. And I can see clearer than you," I said.
"...Okay. So, what do you think of her?" Albert asked.
"We can only know more about any of them after we interrogate them. Should I wake them up now or do I need to listen to your observation?" I asked.
"...Just wake them up. I was trying to show off my detective skill but I failed. As expected, I shouldn't have done that in front of you," Albert said.
So he's playing around at a time like this? He must be quite stressed because of his job.
As for the three summoners, I just kicked their head lightly and they woke up.
Since they have the collars on, they won't be able to escape using portal.
"Nice to meet you three. I'm the King of Tatrama, Albert. Now, let me ask you some question," Albert said in a threatening manner.
Or more like it was Mustache behind him showing a bit of killing intent. I guess being experienced in handling human enemies made him scary to other humans.
"You think we'll tell you anything? I'll just bite off my tongue so I won't answer your questions!" one of the summoner shouted.
"I will help you with breaking your hands and fingers so you won't be able to write the answer as well. Do you want it?" I asked.
"Do it then! I'm not afraid!"
Well, that's my invitation.
I transformed some Blobbies into a club and grabbed the man's arm before activating my killing intent to the fullest. Which make even Kayla's body shook. Sorry about that.
Then without hesitation, I smashed the club on his arm with my Aura. Not only did his right arm is broken, it was squashed to the point of no repair.
"AAAAAARGH!"
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"Well, seems like you won't be using this arm anymore. I'm a doctor so I know that well. I'll amputate you for free," I said as I pulled his broken arm away from his body.
Blood pouring out of the ripped arm like a water fall. And the pieces of his bones are coming out as well.
"Sorry. Seems like my healer girlfriend was too shocked. I'll operate your arm. But I won't use anesthetic. It will be the most painful experience in your life that you have to endure if you want to live. But since you don't want to live, it should be fine, right?"
I used Blobbyneedle and Blobbythread to suture the wound. It's thicker than normal so it will hurt. A lot.
And I didn't forget to remove the pieces of bones which were still inside his body. Forcefully. With my fingers. I inserted my fingers into the open wound and grabbed to bone pieces one by one.
"AAARGH! AAH! AAAAAAH!!"
A scream from a cult member. A music to my ear. I'm so evil.
When I was about to pierce the Blobbyneedle, he finally gave up.
"AAH! ENOUGH! I WILL TALK! PLEASE STOP IT!"
"You know, the cult will be happier if you die. If you didn't give up now you have a chance to help the cult by not leaking any secret. You know that, right?"
"I KNOW! I KNOW! Huff... huff... I just... never thought... that it would be... this painful..."
"That's why it's called torture. Making it as pain as possible without killing the target for questioning. Since I'm done with you, I'll go to the others now," I said as I stood up and approached the other man.
"I'll speak! I'll tell you everything I know!" the other man gave up already before I do anything to him.
"Me too! I will tell you everything!" the disfigured woman also gave up.
"How can I trust you when I haven't done anything to you? What if I make it fair for you two as well. I'll rip your arms apart so you can feel the same pain as well," I said.
"No need! Please, no pain!"
"I promise I will tell everything truthfully!"
At this time, Albert stopped me. I guess they speak the truth.
"If only you're always with me during every interrogation. It would be much easier and I can finish every interrogation sooner. Though I might see something unpleasant in exchange. Just stop. I still want to digest my dinner," Albert said.
"Well, okay. The King has spoken! Now, answer all the question asked!"
Kayla also has calmed down and started healing the man with the missing arm. And Derek was too scared to look at me. Though I don't think what I did was too excessive.
"Just going to tell you an information before we proceed with the interrogation. That man over there, is responsible in bringing the kingdoms together to fight against the Evil Cult where you guys are belong to. He's a madman who can't be stopped even if all the kings are together. So, before he got any crazier than that, I hope everyone is willing to answer everything honestly," Albert said to the three summoners.
Meanwhile, after healing the man without an arm, Kayla stood by my side and hold my hand tightly.
"Sorry about that," I said as we just stood there in silence as we listen to Albert's interrogation.
Seriously, this is no place for any romantic event to happen.
Chapter 715: The Three Summoners of the Cult
In fear, the three people answered all of Albert's question honestly. Albert even asked them one by one to see if there's any differences between the three's information. But so far, none of them spoke lies. Albert's ability to detect lies have never been activated.
The three people have three separate transfer points. Not in the same place. Which makes sense.
The three had been in this world ever since the base was created. Around two years ago. I never knew that.
Well, it's natural since I rarely venture out around this area.
The man with the missing arm, thanks to me, had a transfer point in a small village in Arturo. They built a church there. Not a cathedral.
Seems like everyone in the village is believer of the cult. That's why building a church or cathedral is easy.
But what about travelers? If they somehow entered that village, won't they know that something was weird? Or maybe they got killed right away.
.....
The other man has a transfer point also in a village with a church. But this one is in Consenza's territory. Maybe that place was where some artificial master level mages gathered before they raided the Empire. With most of them have been killed by my group.
The summoner doesn't know anything about that raid in Consenza. He had been in this place for quite a while and he never cared about anything that happen on Earth.
Both he and the man with missing arm loved it here because they were being treated like a king. No women can refuse them and master level mages have to protect them. So they thought that they are in the safest place possible. Even though this is Monsters World with monsters several times stronger than the same species of monsters on Earth, they feel safe because they have master level mages protecting them.
As for the disfigured woman, she's different. She's here because of hatred.
The transfer point on Earth that she had is also somewhere near Varadis. But it's not a village. And even if it's called as city, it is famous as a lawless city. And the country that place belong to was not Varadis. Just another small country like Rygis.
The country was led by the Barbarian King where power rules everything. Though even with that much power, they were not able to invade Varadis at all. So they built their own kingdom since even Varadis were not able to defeat them easily unless they prepared for heavy casualties.
"Whoa, there's such place on Earth?" I asked curiously.
"Yeah. There are few lawless cities and countries much like that where the king is the strongest person. Those places would be the last one we investigate because the can't trust anyone. Even if we send spies to those places, the citizens of those places would kill the spies for no reason at all. We thought that if it's you, Angela, or Kayla, it would be easy to take control of those countries. But we decided against that idea. It's best for us to send our own troops. But we're not that strong yet," Albert explained.
I guess the kings have talked about it together. And since it's not an important information for me, they decided to not tell me about it.
Well, that might be a good idea. Had I know about such things, I would go out there and be the king easily.
"But those places should be where the cult are most likely to hide, right? We even had a confirmation from her," I said.
"The risk is too high. And if someone like you just come and terrorize those places, the cowards inside that country would try to escape and they will enter our territory. And they will end up terrorizing our citizens. That's why we make sure to not make any move while watching their movement. Only the spies who had been there for a long time were still alive. We haven't send any new spies there for over the last five years. And just sending reports back to us would be life-threatening," Albert said.
"Well, that makes sense. If you need any help, I think anyone in our group would love the chance. Especially Angela and Kron," I said.
"We'll think about it. We have been delaying the attack so much but I guess that was a bad idea," Albert said before he returns to interrogate the disfigured woman.
The woman doesn't know much as she had been in this world for so long. She doesn't care about Earth unless they send a report about something important that is happening on Earth. But the reports will be sent through the summoners who were responsible for delivering the supplies.
Albert was also curious about how they ended up joining the cult. The two men only wants to enjoy lives. And they got it.
As for the woman, it seems that she was quite beautiful in the past and she was proud of it. But one day, a royal prince of Varadis who was entranced by her beauty didn't like how she refused his offer to be his mistress. So he pour acid into her face.
Being ugly, she couldn't do anything but try to survive every day. And after a few days, a cult member approached her and asked her to join him. She joined, improve her level on her ice element to expert level, but couldn't forget about who made her suffer. The cult promised her to help her with her revenge. Thanks to her usefulness in summoning element and opening a portal, she stayed here until a report come about the man who turned her life around. But the report never came.
So she just wait here. That's all she did.
"Whoa, a royalty? Albert, was it you?" I asked Albert.
"If it was me, I would be dead already killed by my wife. And you're the one who should know who did it. He was the prince of Varadis. Old man Henry's son who joined the cult so he could take over the kingdom from him," Albert explained.
"Oh, that means he's already dead. I killed him. Well, you have no more reason to be with the cult now. But Albert will decide on what kind of punishment you will receive later. If it's execution, don't worry. I'll make it painless," I said.
Hearing that I will help with the execution, the three summoners panicked. Even the woman whom I said that her target of revenge was killed by me seems to not care about that anymore even though that was her sole reason to join the cult.
"Depend on how useful they are, they will receive different punishment. Of course even if they say that they will betray the cult, I won't believe that no matter how true their words were. Anyway, you three know what we're planning to do, right?" Albert asked the three.
The three shook their heads. They are too afraid to think calmly.
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"It should have been obvious what we want. We want you to open a portal to the transfer point you are designated to. Write a false report that there's another attack by the werewolves and send them through portal. That's all we need from you," Albert said.
"That's it?" the man with missing arm asked.
"Yes. Here are the paper you will deliver. Just write reports normally and deliver them. After a while, write another report saying that the base is protected just like before and deliver the letter as well. That's all we need for now," Albert said as he gave the three several papers for them to write their reports on.
Obviously, on those papers, there's a Blobby there. The Blobbies will disguise itself as the black ink that was used to write the letter after the three finished writing. Covering the real letter written by ink.
Just with that, and I will got three new transfer points. And we can go there anytime we want.
"Wait, before you write the letters, I need to ask you where your summons are first," I asked.
"...Mine was out here roaming around in this world," the man with a missing arm said.
The two others also said the same. And Albert confirmed it that they didn't lie. So the three's transfer points are only to Earth.
I also asked them if they have more than one summon, but they got confused since they thought that's impossible. Well, that's good.
First, I removed the collar on the man with missing arm. And then he smiled and summoned his monster.
"I don't need portal to summon my monster!" he said.
That's common sense. Portal was the common sense of the past, but nowadays, what he said is common sense.
And he summoned an Ice Giant. A gigantic monster covered with ice.
Mustache and Kayla move to protect Albert while Derek was still in shock. Not ready for what's happening in front of him.
Well, this is Monsters World and he's a summoner. It's to be expected that their summoners have strong monsters. But it's still not strong enough.
With just a slash of Victokatana, the Ice Giant was split in two and died. It was just barely moved its finger before it died.
"So, anyone else want to test me?" I asked the three summoners.
This time, the summoners have truly given up.
That's good. Now we have transfer points to their bases.
Chapter 716: Preparing the Stage
And now, we're about to get the summoners to send their report letter. Which will be a disguise so I can deliver a Blobby to their transfer point. That way, we can attack that place anytime we want.
What we're trying to do here is... preparing the stage where the summoners will act. Although they will just put the letter for the report into a small portal so they can deliver it, we need to make it look as if everything is normal. No sign of destruction at all.
"Yes. The room is big enough as it is. For the decorations, I don't think we need to put chandelier. The sofa will be placed here, and there's a table over there. This should be enough furniture for the set. Now it's time to paint the wall," I said.
We had Kayla built a big room similar to the room where the three summoners stayed together. I remember it because I've seen it every time we had raid.
"This feel like a movie set. But the act will just be delivering a letter. I think it's too much for that," Victoria said.
"But we don't know if they have master level mage in their side or not. Maybe someone with good eyesight as well. As for the one who will pretend to be the master level mage who protects the summoners, just Derek sitting on this chair is enough. They will think that the other master level mages are busy with the raid," I said.
"But there's no raid at all. You think they will be tricked?" Victoria asked.
.....
"It doesn't matter as long as the letters are delivered. We will make it as real as possible to not make them suspicious of the portal. And look at that guy happily painting the wall," I said.
The wall of the room that the summoners were staying were painted white. And so, after I told Kayla to prepare the set, I return back to Cassau and bought white paint to paint the wall.
And right now, the King of Tatrama is happily painting the wall while wearing black overall. It was Victoria's idea to get him wore that. So she created Blobbies for us to wear when we're painting.
"Your Majesty! Let me do it! You shouldn't do something like painting the wall!"
That was Mustache. As a loyal guard of the king, he obviously rejected the idea of his king painting the wall. But Albert is happily doing it.
"No. I want to do it myself. I have never tried to paint or do many things that commoners do. Not like all commoners do this. But I like doing it," Albert said.
"And that's why the paint is uneven. You're real bad at this, aren't you?" I said,
"Well, this is my first time. But is this not enough?"
"You can't just sweep the brush once and done with it! You need to sweep it twice or even more times so the paint will cover everything! Do it slowly now. We're not in a hurry. There should be more than twenty hours left until the next supply come," I said.
"Okay, I'll take it slow," he said.
It's not like that part of the wall is something that will be seen. The summoners will open a really small portal enough for their hands to enter. And it will only face one side of the wall.
The wall that Albert is in charge of won't be seen. As for the rest, I can finish them long before Albert could finish painting even half of the wall.
"But no one wants to wait that long. I'll take care of the rest of the wall. You only need to paint that side," I said as I picked the brush.
I can hear the summoners and Derek are gossiping about Albert.
"Is that guy really a king?" the man with missing arm asked.
"I don't know. But at least he had never done anything that most commoners do. That's my observation of him," the woman said.
"He said it himself. And first time I met him was in his palace. So he's a real king. I was promised to meet other kings as well soon. Well, as long as I can finish my objective, I will be happy to be his dog," Derek said.
"I see... Wait, you! Why did you betray us?!" the man with missing arm asked.
"For my objective. I have a goal that I can achieve by getting their help," Derek said.
"You!!!"
"Enough. If you want to live, we can only obey their order. The king isn't a big problem. But that man called Roy is the biggest problem. He must be the Aura user that the higher ups warned us about."
The one who said that was the man with... nothing special in his look. What should I call him? He's just like any average people you see on the street.
Since he rarely talk unless he was asked, let's call him the quiet summoner.
"He's an Aura user?! That... actually make sense. No wonder the higher ups told us to report if we find anything related to Aura user. I thought that was just some fairy tale," the woman said.
"Not just that. He was also a summoner with multiple contracted monsters for some reason," Derek said.
Seems like he was so bored so he started talking with the summoners. And since he's not that close with Kayla, Mustache, and I, he won't approach us.
"Multiple contracted monsters?! That's the dream of all summoners! How did he do that?!" the man with missing arm asked.
"I don't know. And the fact that he could enter this world and talking casually with a king, they must have many other summoners with multiple contracted monsters. And they can also easily come to this world and find any monsters they want for themselves. From the look of it, you guys never had a chance against them," Derek said.
"That might not necessarily be true. We have a lot of master level mages back on Earth. Even if you join their side, it was just one more master level mage. Sure, I will help them give a false report. And I might die later after doing that. But at least the others from above are much stronger than you. We can still defeat them. Let's think of a plan," the quiet summoner said in whisper.
Previously, when the man with a missing arm got the collar removed, he summoned an Ice Giant to attack me. I released him not to send a false report at that time. I did it purposely on him so that he would summon his monster which he seems to be confident about. And I killed that monster right away when he summoned it.
I thought that he would give up after seeing that. But I still put the collar back on his neck again so he won't do anything stupid.
In the end, he's still trying to fight back it seems. Along with the other two summoners.
The three summoners were whispering about their plan to report everything to the higher ups. They don't care if they die on the way. Just one report. That's all they need to do.
"...Hey," Derek called the three.
"Don't get close to us. You're a traitor," the man with a missing arm said.
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"No. You're an idiot to think of a plan close to me. even if you're whispering, I could still hear you. I'm a wind mage," Derek said.
"But you still can't listen to our plan," the woman complained.
Are they stupid? They are not three summoners but three idiots? Maybe three idiot summoners.
"I want to say that the Aura user's hearing is so good that even if you three are whispering, he could still hear you. Why else would they leave you be without a care and just paint the wall?"
"...What?" the three were confused.
"Sigh... I'll show you."
Derek then approached the three and started whispering like they did.
"If you can hear me, imitate dog's sound twice and cat's once," Derek said.
I stopped painting, turned toward the four of them, and did as he said.
"Woof! Woof! Meow!"
"Holy shit, Roy! What the heck was that?!" Albert was shocked to hear that I suddenly barked and meowed.
"They are checking if I could listen to them whispering or not. And I showed them that I could," I said.
"Oh, I see."
Albert looked at the summoners who are too shocked that I followed what Derek was saying.
Yup. They gave up. They no longer dare to give a real report to the cult.
Why don't they just fight back and let me kill them instead? That will be more helpful to the cult than do what I said to them.
I guess pain is much more threatening than death.
When people were talking about death, they are thinking about painless and peaceful death. But I showed them pain. Real pain. And they don't want that.
Well, let's continue painting.
A few minutes later, I'm done with my three sides. As for Albert...
"I'm out of paint," he said.
"And you couldn't even paint half of the wall! How did you make just a part of the wall so thick with white paint! Enough, I'll do it myself!"
Yup. The king can't do any chores. Is being a king means that you can only ask for people to do things for you? Yes.
"At least I had fun painting."
"FUCK YOU!"
Chapter 717: Sending False Reports
The stage is set. We've finished with the appearance of the room where the three summoners supposed to stay.
Not only we have prepared seats for the three summoners, there's also another seat for Derek to act as the master level mage protecting them. While we can say that the other master level mages are fighting the monsters.
The reports have been written. And I have attached a Blobby on each of the letter to be delivered.
As a summoner myself, I have asked them of how long they can open a portal. It was around the same length I can open back when I was just intermediate level summoner. Not long enough. But good for a small portal just for sending reports.
Though the difference between me and the three is that while the three only able to open up a portal for a certain time for a normal size portal, I can do the same but with multiple portals opened.
The man with a missing arm had no more contracted monster since I killed it. He can make a contract easily if there's any monster nearby. But since this is not Earth, he can only do it in a similar way that tamer made a contract with monster. He won't be able to summon and make a contract with a monster instantly.
Knowing that fact, I told the other two that if they summon their contracted monsters here right as soon as I removed their collars, I will kill their monsters no matter how strong they are.
.....
After everything is ready, and the three summoners truly had no other choice but to do as I say, we're ready to remove their collars.
With the letter in their hand, Kayla, Derek, and Mustache removed their collars using Blobbykeys.
Actually, I wanted to be the one removing their collars. But they're way too afraid of me knowing that I can easily break their neck. So I had the three to do it for me while I'm protecting Albert. Mustache won't move a single step unless he knows that Albert is safe.
Now that the three had their collars removed. The man with a missing arm also had some Blobbies transformed into his arm so no one would be suspicious. We just need to cover it with long sleeves. And the black color can be said that he's wearing glove. Let's say that he's practicing cooking and that's a mitten since it's not cold here. Only if asked.
"Albert and Mustache, go into hiding. Both Kayla and I can act like we're messengers to inform the situation to them," I said before getting the three send the reports.
"As for you three, know that any suspicious move will get you some torture. Albert has said that he will let you live if you do as we say. Even after you won't be needed anymore after this job you need to do. So you can be at ease," I said.
"Really? And you won't kill us?" the disfigured woman asked me instead of Albert.
"I never make that promise. But I can promise you that if you won't do what we told you to do, I will give you pain."
I threatened the three of them.
Seeing their scared expression, I think there's no way they won't do as we said.
Now that everything is ready, I told them that they are free to send the reports like how they usually did.
Good thing that they only send report if there's anything important. No daily reports or monthly reports. Just write reports whenever something happened.
I also asked the three of them and Derek as well if there are any other situation where reports were sent. But they said that they don't know. And after a few weeks staying here myself, I know that is right. There were no report at all.
But it's probably the job of the summoners responsible for supplies and those transporting people. They used portal more often than these three.
Finally, the three send their reports. There were nothing suspicious about. At least when I looked at them from my point of view.
"Good. Now we have transfer points at those three locations," Albert said.
"In thirty minutes, you three will send another reports saying that everything is fine. After that, I'll let Albert decide what to do with you," I said.
We put the collars back on them so they won't do anything stupid. And after that, Albert, Mustache, Kayla, and I left the building. Leaving Derek behind to watch over the summoners.
"Should we attack now?" I asked Albert.
"I'll call Sonia first," he said.
We're discussing whether we should attack the transfer points of the summoners who transported people tonight. It was done a few hours ago.
Thanks to the schedule I got from them before, we got the time and the location of the transfer points. And many of the troops from the four kingdoms will attack those hiding places of the cult. With the summoners as their main target.
Hearing that those summoners are too weak and unable to open a portal for so long, I don't think that they can open another portal as soon as they are attacked. But we still need to make sure that they won't be able to escape.
Sonia appeared and Albert told her to spread the news that they can finally attack those places after thirty minutes after receiving the message.
While I was staying in this world for a while, I looked at all the faces of the summoners. And I even sculpted the face of the summoners who transported people using the Blobbies, and then send them to everyone preparing to attack the transfer points.
With this, they can focus on the summoners first. The only obstacle is the master level mage protecting them. But the army's expert level mages should be able to handle them for a bit. And I will send Angela and the others to whoever needed it.
Thirty minutes later, we removed the collars on the three summoners again and have them deliver the second report saying that everything is fine.
"Albert, I'll take you back. Will you bring Derek and those three summoners?" I asked.
"Just Derek. As for those summoners, let them stay in the Monster Village. We might need more things for them to do so we can't bring them to Earth yet," Albert said.
"Okay. Kayla, what about you?" I asked Kayla as I opened a portal for Albert, Mustache, and Derek to returns.
"I'll stay with you. So when they ask for reinforcement, you can ask me immediately. Who else did you ask to be reinforcement?" Kayla asked.
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"Only Angela, Jewel, Candy, and Kron. But the others might come," I said.
"Okay. I'll just stay with you," she said.
And so, after transporting Albert and the others, I brought the summoners to Monsters Village where they meet the werewolves responsible for the raids.
Shelia is resting right now. Seems like she's too tired. But that fight against the fire mage should help her improve even further.
I told the werewolves to watch over the three summoners who have been wearing their collars again.
"Don't worry, they won't attack you. But if you want, I can remove your collar temporarily so you can summon your familiar if you're too scared," I said.
""Yes, please!!"" the quiet summoner and the disfigured woman said together.
And so I removed their collars temporarily for them to summon their monster. As for the man with a missing arm, he doesn't have any monster to summon.
The quiet summoner summoned a powerful looking monster. From what Victoria told me, that monster seems to be a minotaur. That look strong. But that minotaur look afraid of the werewolves.
"Beef meat!"
That's what the werewolves shouted as soon as they saw the minotaur.
As for the disfigured woman, she summoned a two-headed snake. This one doesn't seem to be afraid of the werewolves. But the disfigured woman ordered it to not attack the werewolves and only focused on protecting her.
As for the werewolves, they are not interested in the snake. I think they prefer beef than snake meat. I also feel the same.
"Hey, don't kill their monsters. They're here as hostages," I said as I put the collars back on them again.
"Um... may I get a monster to make a contract with? Staying here without protection is really scary," the man with a missing arm said.
"No. Just so you know that they thought of me as their king even though I only made a contract with one of them. It's because I was the one who killed their previous king. So don't even think of making a contract with a werewolf or I will kill you," I said.
"...Okay."
Then I looked at Kayla and told her that we're returning back to the destroyed base.
"Kayla, we will return back to the destroyed base in case a summoner is trying to retreat back to this world. It's possible since they will be attacked. What do you think?" I asked her opinion since she's the smarter one.
"Do you remember the place they transported from? Let's stay near that place. It will be easier for us to move. And in case you're too busy opening portals, I can protect you," she said.
Wow! She's trying to protect me. What an amazing girlfriend I have!
I guess I can leave those incoming summoners to her then. She can also still grow stronger since the enemies other than the summoners who will come are most likely to be master level mage.
Chapter 718: My Job is to Send Reinforcement
I waited for further order from Sonia. Surely, if there's any problem, I will be called.
But so far, there doesn't seem to be any trouble at all. I can't tell because they are on Earth and we're literally in another world. Or we could say that we're on the Moon.
Does the cult still think that the moon and the Monsters World are two different worlds? Maybe. I heard that they are still trying to create something to travel to the Moon from Earth.
If they knew about it, that means all the people we're fighting is their full force that they can muster in those areas. But if they don't know about it, that means we still haven't fought their full force yet since they spare some of them to the creation of the transportation device.
I don't know which one is better. But I hope that in the experiment to go to the Moon, they have to sacrifice many people. That will reduce their number. I hope it won't be the innocents
Soon enough, Sonia appears in front of us.
"Roy, point three had some trouble."
.....
We made the designated places for the summoners from the cult to open portals to transport people called as point.
There are several places and we just call it point one, point two, and so forth. And I made sure that I remember which place is what point.
Point three is somewhere near both Tatrama and Rygis. I think I performed a circus there right after we left Rygis. I didn't see anything suspicious back then. I guess they are good at hiding.
I opened a portal to Cassau and told those who are ready to enter the portal. And everyone comes.
Angela, Jewel, Candy, Kron, and even Randy, Veronica, and Wendy who were supposed to be doing some mission entered the portal. I guess it is much easier for them to leave from my side instead of waiting in Cassau. I think just Lina and her monsters, Sunny and Elsie, can protect our home. Sophie is strong as well even if she doesn't like fighting. And Hannah, I heard that she's progressing well in her magic.
"Angela, you go," I said as I opened a portal to Point Three.
Without hesitation, Angela entered the portal. After seeing her entered the portal, I checked the situation for a bit before closing the portal.
I heard some big magic was used. I hope they're all okay. Not the cult members obviously.
"Okay, while waiting, line up in a straight line so I can just send the next person right away after I opened a portal," I said.
Kayla then built some chairs from earth and they all sat there. With Kron obviously wanted to be the first after Angela.
"By the way, what about your mission? Randy first," I asked.
"With something as big as what we're about to do, I don't think there's any point in investigating more. But I have learned a lot about them. I'll tell Albert later," he said.
"What about Veronica and Wendy?" this time, I asked the two ladies.
"It was worse than expected. But we found many things. We'll inform His Majesty after this before returning back to the mission," Wendy said.
"Well... what's wrong, Veronica? You're not going to join them?"
I looked at Veronica who still didn't sat and just stand there. There must be something going on in her head.
"Roy, I heard that you captured three summoners. Where are they?" she asked.
"The Monsters Village. I had the werewolves look after them. Do you know someone among them?" I asked.
"Maybe. I'm looking for a summoner or tamer who made a contract with an Ice Giant. During my mission, I heard that an Ice Giant was purposely called and destroyed some villages just so many villagers will move. The cult would then appear and act as the villagers' savior by chasing out the Ice Giant. I thought that the Ice Giant might be a contracted monster. Either by a tamer or a summoner."
Veronica then explained what she found. Wendy also helped with the explanation.
Seems like the Ice Giant attacked villages on purpose so the cult will gain more believer. And those believers will then be asked to do something simple like scouting summoners or tamers from school during Awakening Ceremony where kids at the age of fifteen awakened their elements.
Randy then added that he heard similar stores during his mission. But not just with an Ice Giant. Sometimes, it was other monsters including minotaur and two-headed snake.
"..."
"What is it, Roy? You know something?" Veronica asked.
I didn't answer. But Kayla did it for me.
"Yes, we know them. In fact, the three summoners we caught are probably the ones you're talking about. A woman with disfigured face who made a contract with a two-headed snake monster, a man who made a contract with a minotaur, and another man with Ice Giant as his familiar. Or at least he used to be," Kayla said.
"What happened?" Veronica asked.
"Well..." Kayla looked at me for a second before she continued explaining, "Roy ripped his arm from his body and then he killed the Ice Giant with one slash. That's what happened," Kayla said.
Then everyone looked at me like I'm a crazy guy. They are right though.
"Well, if he already received his punishment, I'll think about it later. When will we attack the place the places where those three summoners you captured have contact with?" Veronica said as she sat on one of the chair.
"After a few hours. Those places might be much more difficult to raid than the places we're attacking now," Kayla said.
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Soon after, Sonia appears again and tells us that there's another trouble in another location. So I send Kron there.
"So, any news while I'm staying here?" I asked.
"From what I heard, King Henry from Varadis is focusing more on his magic while his heir took more jobs. Maybe he's thinking of improving his magic so he can have a long life," Candy said.
"Oh, that's good. His son doesn't seem to have the right mindset to be a king. He still has a lot to learn. And if old man Henry can even reach expert level, that would be great," I said.
"He has. He reached expert level a few days ago. And he's asking Patricia if there's any shortcut to reach master level," Candy said.
So he only focused on improving his magic level and gain longevity. That might be a good idea. Maybe Albert or Lynn will do that in the future as well. As for Fabio, he's already an expert level mage.
Though I hope that once he reached master level, he would try to improve his magic. That way, he won't be easily defeated by expert level mages.
I don't know if quickly increasing your level and stabilize it later is better, or stabilize your magic as best as possible before trying to increase your level is better. We need more research on that.
Though we don't have the time for that yet. We're at war against the cult. We need to be as strong as possible. So we decided to let individuals decide for themselves what they want to do.
And Sonia appears again to tell me the next location. So I sent Jewel who is ready to fight.
But soon after, I sensed familiar magic. A portal is opening.
"Someone is coming from over there!" I shouted.
The others quickly prepare themselves for a fight. And seeing that everyone is ready to fight, Kayla relaxed and just stay by my side. She knows that the others will take care of whoever coming.
The portal opened, and Wendy quickly send a Wind Slash to the portal. The man right in front of the opened portal, from my point of view, who seems to be the summoner, died right away.
The portal closed as I see someone I assume to be a master level mage about to attack us. But he's too late as the portal is closed already.
"That's where I sent Kron before. There's no need to send anyone there since Sonia hasn't informed us about it," I said.
There should only be four place where summoners go to after bringing people from this world tonight. But we also attacked other places listed on the schedule even though it's not the time for them to bring people. And seems like we are right to do it since I sent Kron to the place where the cult's summoners shouldn't come from tonight.
The cult's influence is too big. Poor villagers believed them to be their savior. And rich people from big city believed that the cult can bring profit to them.
If only their goal is not world destruction, they might be a decent religion.
But that's not the case. And we're at war with them.
There will only be one survivor. Either the cult win and they destroy the world, or we win and continue with more troublesome matters. After all, the aftermath of a war is usually much harder to handle than the war itself.
But those are the trouble for the kings. I'm just the Werewolf King. Let the werewolves have some good meal and a chance to fight, and they will be happy.
...Now that I think about it, that's actually what other kings do. Letting their people bring meals to the table. I guess I'm not that different from other kings. It's just that the werewolves are much easier to handle than humans.
Chapter 719: Delicious Steak
After a while, I have sent everyone here to somewhere they needed to help. Leaving only Kayla and I behind.
Once in a while, summoners would open a portal. But Kayla defeated them before they could do anything.
And I still stay here until I heard that everything is really over. But Sonia hasn't reported that to me yet.
Rather than that, she asked for more reinforcement. Which we couldn't handle at the time. So I asked her to ask if there's anyone free who can help. Including those who have been sent to another place.
I have transported Angela a few times already. From one spot to another. And the others have experienced being transported to help at least two times already. Seems like those places have strong mages guarding it. Stronger than the enemies we have encountered so far.
I even needed to bring back someone whom I have brought to another places a few times. There were some hidden experts over there that the soldiers couldn't handle.
Maybe because the summoners have summoned their monster to help them. Since we have someone with an Ice Giant, someone with a minotaur, and someone with a two-headed snake, I think t's natural for those summoners to have powerful monster as well.
.....
The problem other than the master level mage is the summoners themselves. Even if the summoners have been killed, if their monster have been summoned before they died, it will still cause some trouble.
And there might be some problem with compatibility. Like we can't send mages with incompatible element to fight against the master level mage or the contracted monster with elemental resistance to a certain element.
Though we don't have much trouble with it.
Oh, someone is opening a portal here again. But a giant fist punched through the portal and blow the summoner away. He didn't die yet and the portal is still open.
But from the gigantic fist that entered the portal, spikes come out of it and pierced through anything nearby. Good thing our allies are not anywhere near the portal.
"Roy, Randy can't handle everything on his own. He needed help. Kron, Veronica, and Candy should be free since they are letting the soldiers fight at the moment," Sonia said after she appeared in front of me.
"I'll send Kron. Randy is a lightning and earth expert level mage, right? Then Kron who is a wind and ice element expert level mage should be able to cover his weaknesses. If they need fire, contact me later and I'll send Candy," I said.
"I think Kron is enough," Sonia said before she disappeared again.
As for me, I opened two portals to Kron and Randy's location. Randy is still busy fighting his opponent, while Kron looked at the portal and knows that he was being summoned to help Randy. So he jumped through the portals and helped Randy.
This happened several more times until one by one, the enemies' base have been taken down.
"We've been quite busy even though we're just sitting here," I said.
"Yeah. How many places left? Some of them have been taken down already, right?" Kayla asked.
"We have brought down four out of thirteen if we include the place where Sara was sent to. The cathedral in the village where I captured the previous Archbishop," I replied.
"It hasn't been that long. I guess we did well then. Even more since we mostly let the soldiers be in charge of the whole situation instead of taking care of it all by ourselves," Kayla said.
She's right. There should be at least one master level mage in every location. So we've been doing well without sending any master level mage.
From the other places that have been taken down, I brought the soldiers to other locations as well to help with getting rid of the cult members as soon as possible. So it should be soon before we hear the news that everything is over.
Though not everything is over. We haven't even entered the portal to the three transfer points I got from the three summoners we captured.
I don't think that we have any need for the summoners anymore. I'll suggest to Albert to just kill them.
And when I was thinking of him, Sonia appears. Not with the report of the fight. But a question from Albert.
"Roy, do you know any summoners or tamers who made a contract with a minotaur?" Sonia asked me.
"One of the summoners I captured is one. The quiet summoner among the three. What about him?" I asked back.
"I don't know. I'll tell Albert about this first. He was talking with Derek," she said.
Don't tell me that the one with minotaur is related to slave trading? That might be the case.
Soon after, she really returns and asked me to summon Albert back here.
"What is it?" I asked while I was busy opening a portal from Veronica's location and Candy's location so Veronica can help Candy.
"...You seem busy. But I'll talk anyway. We think that the man with minotaur as his summon is related to the slave trade that Derek is looking for. Please open a portal to get us to meet him," he said.
"Should I bring you there, or should I get him here?" I asked.
"Just bring us there. With Miguel and the werewolves over there, I think I'm already in a safe place," Albert said.
"Even if that guy was truly related to the slave trader? Derek, do you think that you can hold yourself back from going wild?" I asked Derek this time.
"That..."
"Just bring that guy here then. Even if the werewolves can attack from distance, they are not expert at protecting me. Even more since I'm not their king," Albert interfered Derek before he could say anything. He changes his mind quite easily.
Well, it's obvious that Albert is scared. He won't be a match against a master level mage who is out of control. Even with Mustache by his side.
But who is Miguel again?
"Yup, it's safer here. I have more use of you so I can't just let you stay with someone whose sole reason of living is for revenge. We still don't know how well he react in a situation where his emotion is unstable," I said while pointing at Derek.
Derek himself didn't deny that he might go crazy if that summoner was related to the slave trader involved with his niece or not.
"...You say that but you're the one I'm the most worried about," Albert said.
Well, it's not about me. And the destruction of the cult is something that we all have agreed with. So I won't just kill everyone out of anger. Even if I do, I should be sane enough to only target my enemies. Just like when Angela was wounded in Rygis.
...Or more like I like hitting individual directly rather than attacking many of them from distance. So even if I'm angry, I would attack my enemies one by one instead.
I opened a portal to the Monsters Village and asked the minotaur's summoner to come here.
"...Is that beef steak? Where's the minotaur?" I asked Jack and the others.
"...The minotaur is delicious. My king, you can have some," Jack said as he offered me the last piece of steak.
"Seems like it was wrong to let the minotaur be summoned in the village. But it's good that we taught some of the werewolves to cook. This thing is delicious. Let's hunt more minotaur in the future," I said after taking a bite of the steak given to me.
I even offered the rest of the steak to Kayla, but she refused. So I offered it to Albert who gladly accepted it while asking me to bring some eating utensil for him.
"Manner comes first," he said.
"Then you shouldn't have eaten it after I took a bite from it."
Albert then asked Kayla to prepare a table for him.
After the summoner I asked entered the portal without any strength in his body and mind, thanks to his minotaur being killed by the werewolves, we waited until Albert finished eating before he interrogate the summoner.
And before we could ask anything, another portal opened. And a summoner together with another mage from the place we're attacking entered the portal. I could see a triceratops behind the wall on the other side. That's the place Jewel is, I guess.
Kayla quickly attacked the summoner with Giant Rock Fist again. But the mage with the summoner seems to be a master level mage as he could block Kayla's attack.
Seeing the fight, Mustache quickly protecting Albert while also casting Wind Slash to the enemies. The master level mage dodged it but the summoner died.
The portal then closed and the master level mage is still here.
"...Just what the hell is going on?!" he shouted.
"Your doomsday."
When the master level mage focusing on us to see what was happening, I took out Blobbygun. With my air magic compressed to the limit, combined with my Aura to make the Blobbybullet more fatal, I shot the gun toward the unprepared master level mage.
The bullet was so fast and so strong. And the fact that he was unprepared made it easier for the bullet to pierce through that powerful body from reaching master level mage. Creating a hole the size of a head on his chest.
This might not be my strongest attack. But this is my fastest attack since I just need to pull the trigger. And I have gotten used to compressing air so much that it didn't take long before the gun was ready to shoot.
I thought that it would be rare for me to use a gun on master level mage. But if it's at this level, it should be fine to use it. Nice.
Chapter 720: Slave Trading Village
"...Did you improve the gun again?"
That's the first thing Albert asked me after witnessing how easy it was for me to kill a master level mage. Someone who was supposed to have the second best physical strength after Aura user.
"No. There's no change with the gun. The change is how I used it. For piercing power, I think Sara should be as strong as I am. But I infused Aura so it became more powerful. That's why even though the bullet size is still the same, I still created a hole that big on his chest," I said.
The master level mage died with a huge hole in his chest. If he was a bit more prepared and used shield to protect himself, the bullet won't have enough power to kill him.
That's why I rarely used gun in a fight against master level mage. The most I could do was to use it as a distraction. I can only give that much damage if they are unprepared to take any hit. Like what has just happened.
If I have no confidence in killing the enemy in one shot, it's best to not use it that way. I don't want to let the enemy knows how strong I am. Using it is only for a last resort or when I know that I would kill my target instantly.
Other than that, it's best to let them think that I'm an Aura user who fought from close range. Even if I can slash the enemy from distance, the gun should still be kept secret.
.....
"I think if you make the gun bigger, with bigger bullet, and more firepower, it should be doable. But that's no longer weapon for self-defense. That's totally weapon for war. Stick to magic since it has larger area of effect. Or maybe ask Victoria if she knows any other weapon of mass destruction," I said.
"We did ask Victoria. But we don't know how to build one. She didn't research much about such weapon so we don't know how to build one. If we know, we might be able to end the war right away. I guess sticking with magic is really the best option we have at the moment," he said.
Something that can kill so many people without the use of magic. That's scary.
Magic is something that depend on the caster. A single person. So how big the attack is, depend on how much the caster understand about magic and how powerful they are. So unless they are strong mages, we don't have to worry about the effect of their attack.
But for something that can be created with knowledge, it could be something that anyone can use. And that is extremely dangerous.
What if someone stupid is in control of the most powerful weapon? Someone ambitious? An idiot coward? The world doesn't need the cult to destroy it.
Unless the cult has anyone from another world like Victoria, who is smarter and didn't just enjoy their hobbies of observing men like Victoria, we don't have to worry about such weapon from the cult. It's all about magic for the cult.
So how could they destroy both Earth and Monsters World in the past life? I was long dead by that time so I don't know. But I can guess that the Evil God, or someone else from the cult, has reached another stage beyond the stage beyond master level. And we seriously need a name for them.
What about Aura? I'm already an Aura Master but is there any stage beyond Aura Master?
Whatever. The only thing I can do is to improve. Though if the cult can be destroyed while I'm at this stage, that would be great.
"So... how is it over there? Is that guy really is the one you're looking for?"
I looked over at Derek and the summoner of the cult to see if he was really the person that Derek was looking for.
"Ah! I forgot!"
Well, I guess my shot was just too amazing for them to the point where they can't think about anything other than awe of my strength. Or maybe it's fear.
I guess it's fear.
"Albert, go over there and don't stay too far from me. Also, don't block them from my vision," I said.
"Why? With your Divine Vision, you can see through anything," he said.
"In case I need to shoot someone. So that you won't be in the way," I said casually.
"Oh, right."
When Albert approached them, Sonia appears and I need to transfer both Kron and Randy to two different locations for reinforcement. The place they were fighting is still in chaos. But at least they have killed the master level mages over there. That's what Sonia told me.
"...Just how did you use portal so many times?" the summoner of the cult, instead of focusing on Derek's interrogation, he was more interested in my skill as summoner. Which was far above his level.
I ignored him. I'll just listen to them from afar while focusing on transferring people.
I listened while Sonia appears and disappears to tell me who and where I should transfer people.
The summoner was indeed related to the slave trader. And he might be the last surviving person from that organization in this world. Well, I killed everyone after all.
He actually had more magic than other summoners. He has reached advanced level in his summoning magic.
And thanks to that, he could easily open portals a few more times than the other two.
And he used that power to transfer people to the transfer point, the church in the village. And the people there will take care of the potential slaves. That place is riddled with slave trader.
There were no more local people in that village. All of them has been sold as slaves.
Well, he actually didn't say that at first. It's just that after hearing everything, Albert asked him again. After being pressured so much, he gave up and told everything.
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Well, that actually make it simpler for us who will raid that place. We can just kill everyone there.
"You! It was you who sent my niece to be a slave! I will kill you!"
In anger, Derek was about to snap the summoner's neck. But I stopped him by using a non-fatal Blobbybulllet shot at his head. There's a huge bump because of it, but he won't die.
"Don't kill him yet. We might be able to get more information from him," Albert said.
Then he looked at me in silence. What is it? Oh, he wants me to make the summoner asleep.
Forcefully or with sleeping gas? I'll just shoot a Blobbybullet at his head. That alone should be enough to knock him out unconscious.
The summoner fainted. And seeing that, Derek started to calm down without having me use the Calming Gas on him. That's good.
Then Derek looked at Albert and me respectively. While holding his head where the bump from before is.
"Please take me to that place! I will help you get rid of that place!" Derek begged while Kayla is healing his head.
Albert didn't say anything and just looked at me.
What? You want me to make the decision?
"If we have a master level mage with us, that will make it easier for us. And the other place where that woman is a lawless kingdom, right? With the Barbarian King? We might need even more power to attack that place. So we need to get rid of the two locations first before we all attack that kingdom right away," I said.
"Hmm... Kayla, any ideas?" Albert asked Kayla.
"We can just have Roy to watch over him so he won't act out of line. We will split in two with them on one side, and another one will attack the other village. After we're done, we can attack the Barbarian King. But just to make sure, everyone in that place should be criminals, right? We can kill everyone there?" she asked Albert back.
"Yes. But that place has been lawless for a long time. And it's not impossible for children to be born in that place. It's not impossible as well for the people there to kidnap some really innocent people like peddlers or travelers. I'll let you make the decision. I trust you that you won't kill innocent people," Albert said.
"Then it's fine. We also still need to be careful of children in that place. Even if they haven't awakened their magic yet, their common senses after being raised there should be different. I think if we have the help of the werewolves, angels, and vampires, it should be fine even if we don't ask the help of the kingdoms," Kayla said.
I don't think the werewolves are tired. It's just Shelia who fought the most and needed rest. The rest of the werewolves is always ready for battle.
The angels and the vampires, they didn't participate much before. So they are still full of energy.
After deciding our plan, I opened two portals in Monsters World and in Cassau to bring the werewolves, angels, and vampires here. With only a few of the werewolves left behind to keep watch on the other two prisoners.
I just told them to prepare to charge in a few hours. I guess I'll bring some to the village with me as well later.