781 Suspicious Little Green Bird
"Congrats, everyone. This city has been purged. No casualties this time with only some people got minor injuries. You did well, Sunglasses."
The battle is over. And I congratulated everyone. With Sunglasses take the credit for leading everyone to victory.
"...It's also thanks to everyone here. If we had just half the strength of what we have right now, or even slightly lower than half, Panthero might not be as it is today. And we could still be a kingdom without having to be controlled by Varadis," Sunglasses said.
What is Panthero again? Oh, right. Rudy's previous kingdom. And he's the brother of the king, right? And that king now is a noble under Varadis Kingdom who is in charge of Panthero's territory right now.
I heard that the country was so close to its destruction thanks to the cult. But while I was in Monsters World, infiltrating the cult's base there, Varadis helped that kingdom and stopped the cult from taking it over. Though in the end, Varadis gained enough trust from Panthero and now Varadis is the one taking it over.
I guess Sunglasses still has a lot of regret. If Panthero had half the strength of what we have right now, his country could survive.
Though I don't think there's much change with his country right now. And I think it's better now that it's taken by Varadis.
Varadis is a rich kingdom with abundant amount of resources. And they have more than enough to feed an entire population of a small kingdom. At least that's what I've heard.
So, if Panthero insist on being independent, they might need to wait for a while until they can get back their food resources after the famine. And it will kill many of its citizens. That's why I think it's good that they are part of Varadis now.
.....
"Well, but it's thanks to you now that we didn't get as many casualties as usual. You did a good job. Anyway, I was thinking of asking you something. If you have a chance to regain your vision, will you do it?" I asked.
"My sight, is it? Hmm... I honestly don't know the answer. I feel like my senses are better than they were when I could see. And after Elsie shared her vision with me, I feel like I can do more and give more precise order. Is there any way for me to continue getting along with Elsie?" Sunglasses asked.
"Even if you ask me, Elsie is still Lina's familiar. If only you're a summoner or a tamer, I can get one for you easily. Well, just ask Lina whenever you need Elsie. And don't ask her for anything else. She's still my girlfriend," I said.
If it's Kayla or the others, I won't get jealous since they can take care of themselves and would kick his nut. But I don't know about Lina. I have never seen her kicked someone's nuts.
Though Sunny is with her so she should be fine. Sunny can protect her.
But that means we won't have many chances to bring Sunny when we need Sunglasses. But I think that's fine after seeing how well we fought today.
"Roy, what's that in your hands?"
After talking with Sunglasses, Kayla asked me. everyone else also curious about it. Except for the monsters who just do their own things.
"This is a cute little bird that can use wind magic. Its speed is almost as fast as Ray's speed. It's an amazing little green bird. Though I don't know what kind of monster this is. Maybe Little Green Bird is what its called," I said.
All this time, I have been holding onto the bird I just caught with both my hands. The size is just perfect for me to hold in my hand. So I hold it while use my other hand to rub its head. Of which this bird surprisingly didn't resist at all.
"Look like a very tame bird. Must be because its summoner has died," Candy said.
Meanwhile, Jewel and Angela are taking turns rubbing the head of the bird. They even asked me to release the bird to see how fast it is.
"Please release the bird! I want to see how fast it is!" Angela said.
"Master! Do it, please!" Jewel also asked me.
Should I release the bird? I don't think so.
"Well, here's the thing. This bird is not actually the familiar of the summoner I killed. And I don't know if it can talk or not, but I'm sure that it can understand my words because after I said that, this bird is trying to resist. Here comes Wind Slashes," I said.
Right after I said that, Wind Slashes attacking us. And the source is this thing in my hand. The bird just tried to kill us. But I used Aura to protect my hand, while the others are quick enough to protect themselves.
"That bird is someone else's familiar! And its master is not here!" Kayla said.
"Whoa, what? You just said that you wanted the bird because it was interesting. Did I miss anything?" Victoria asked.
Well, I also didn't exactly tell her everything. But this bird is interesting.
"Well, when that portal was opened, it was to a monster over there. But not this bird. There's another monster over there which should be the summoner's target location. But instead of that monster, this bird came in instead. And when I killed the summoner, this bird acted weirdly. As if it's forced to act that way when seeing the summoner was killed. Not its master," I said.
That was what happened back then. This bird is not a familiar of that summoner.
Also, when the summoner opened the portal, I feel that someone else was there. I can feel from the movement of the air. Someone was hiding from the portal so I can't see who that is directly.
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"Airy, did you feel the change in the air from that portal?" I asked.
"Yes. It was weird, but I can feel that someone other than the summoner and the monster was breathing. Though it's far, but I know since after we got close to that portal, the monster inside the portal and the bird breathe differently. Then there's another person who might be a human," Airy said.
"And right now, this bird should be communicating with its master via telepathy. If that person is a tamer, the master can only send order to the bird. And if that person is a summoner, then a portal might be opened. At least if we can confirm that this bird can't talk, we know that this bird will only send its emotion via telepathy. And the master will only know about the bird's emotion but not what is truly happening here," I said as I tightening my grip on the bird.
"So, this bird is a spy?" Candy asked.
"Take one to recognize one. That's the most likely answer. Checking from the bird's emotion, the master will try to deduct what happening here. And that's why I captured the bird so I can bring it to the Magicless Area where telepathy will not work. Then the most difficult part started there," I said.
And it will probably be the most difficult thing I will ever do. Because this bird is simply amazing.
A bird that doesn't seem to be able to talk, can act. This one acted like its master died. And it acted like being tamed after I caught it. Even if it's because of someone's order, it is still amazing.
And that will make it more difficult for me. And I think that facing hundreds of master level mages alone might be better than this.
"Does anyone know how to interrogate a bird?" I asked.
If it's a summoner, it will be fine as long as I set it free. The master will just open a portal to this bird's location. And I will attack by surprise.
But it won't be easy. The bird is fast. And if the summoner is good, the summoner can open and close a portal really quickly.
The bird is also smart. To make the summoner realize that the bird is in a safe place, I need to be far from where it can sense my with its wind magic. And it's fast enough to cause trouble even to Ray.
"Can we blackmail it or something? That bird should understand human's language, right?" Jewel suggested.
Blackmailing a bird, huh? How will I do that?
I raised the bird in my hand to right in front of my face, then with a bit of killing intent, I tried blackmailing it.
"Fried, boiled, or grilled?"
...The bird fainted.
"I think that worked way too well that the bird fainted. Anyway, good job. I'll return you all home except those who are interested in interrogating a bird and those who will investigate this place. As for the weretigers, I'll bring you all to Monsters Village along with other monsters. Whether you want to join us or not is up to you."
Another city is destroyed. I wonder how many more cities that we will destroy?
782 Taking the Bird to the Magicless Area
Now those who are staying will help me interrogate the bird. Though I don't think the bird can talk. So we will try our best to understand what the bird is thinking from its reaction.
Other than me and Victoria, Kayla and Candy is here. Just the four of us.
As for the rest, I brought them home. I let Wendy to inform Albert about everything. Including the weretigers who are freed and will possibly join us, and the suspicious green bird I have.
As for the weretigers, I transported them to Monsters World. To the Monsters Village where most of them except for Tiger has been staying at.
And now that there doesn't seem to be anymore mission we could take, I told the weretigers and the werewolves that they are free to fight as much as they want as long as no one is dying. I still need the werewolves after all. As for the weretigers, they will most likely accept me as their new king and will join us as well. So I will need them as well for further mission.
With the angels watching over them, I don't think that anyone will die soon from a fight. Though I think the angels' healing magic will improve quickly because of the weretigers' arrival.
Just a few days after meeting, the werewolves and the weretigers already have sense of rivalry. No one wants to lose to the other. Though from what I heard from Graham, it looks like everything will be fine. It's just a healthy rivalry. No one is going to kill anyone.
Maybe they have gotten along so well in just one night staying together. That would be great.
I think it would be even better if I could get many other were-type monsters. I would really be called the King of the Monsters if I do.
.....
Well, I will wait for their answer soon. I'm busy interrogating the bird.
I left some people in the destroyed city to investigate the city and watch it in case someone is coming. We still don't know many things about the cult. And the others thought that they could get something important in this city knowing that everyone here is extremely loyal to the cult. I think I've seen and heard many explosion throughout the battle. Those are the explosion from the weaker cult members who killed themselves by exploding their own heads.
The two agents who were responsible for the investigation mission in the first place also volunteered to stay. One is because he was here the longest and know more than the others, while the other is because he couldn't achieve anything even though it was supposed to be his mission.
As long as there's no reinforcement from the cult, it should be fine.
After we move close to the border of the Magicless Area, I stopped right in front of it.
"Victoria, before I forget, let's make a bird cage from Blobbies to make sure that the bird is unable to get away. Even without magic, its speed is still fast," I said.
"Oh, right."
Then a bird cage was created quickly. I put the bird inside and carried the bird cage. There's no door so even with how smart the bird is, it won't be able to escape unless I want to.
"Will that bird cage stay inside the Magicless Area?" Kayla asked.
"Yes. But it won't change while inside the area. If you need anything, tell me before we enter," I said.
I think I know why Kayla is here. She's more curious about the Magicless Area than interrogating the bird. I mean who in the right mind would think of interrogating a bird who can't even speak human language? They must be crazy. And I'm crazy.
We entered the Magicless Area and the two girls curiously tried to use magic. But they failed to do so. They even tried using magic items, but the magic items didn't work as intended.
"Wow, if the fishnet stocking got destroyed here, then there's nothing we can do to change it," Kayla said.
"...You're wearing it," I said after I looked at her legs. Under her pants, she's wearing a familiar fishnet stocking that I got from a dungeon.
"Yes. Sophie gave it to me since she will not fight in the war anymore. Her fight is in the hospital. In the operating room," Kayla said.
"I see. And she gave it to you because you don't have neither fire element nor ice element to protect yourself from fire and ice magic. Jewel might be one of the candidate to receive it, but because she can transform into a rhinoceros, or a triceratops now, the stocking will just get destroyed when she transform. That's why it was given to you," I said.
We got quite deep in the Magicless Area and enter the village where the previous ten master level mages were living. And we started thinking of what we should do to the bird.
"By this time, its master should notice that the familiar can no longer receive or give information via telepathy, right? Once the master can send more telepathic message, if that person is a summoner, he would open a portal instantly. Bringing many people with them. And there will be another fight," Candy said.
"In that case, as soon as we leave this place, we should go to a safe place. Probably the Monsters Village. Because without having to inform anyone, once they see strangers, they would fight. Or at least the werewolves and the weretigers," Kayla said.
That could be a good idea. But I want to see if there's any better idea.
"If the master is a tamer, then there's nothing we can do. Except for following this bird until it returns to its master. But that will be hard to do. Maybe the master will tell the bird to not return directly if the bird sensed that someone is following. Or maybe the bird will lead us to a trap and ambush us," I said.
"First thing first is to see if this bird can talk or not. I know some species of bird, even if they are not monster, can speak human language. It's mostly just copying the sound that human made. But if this bird is just a bit smarter than those bird, this bird might be able to speak. So what should we do?" Victoria asked.
Yeah, that's right. There are some species of bird that can talk even though they are not monster. Maybe this bird is one of them. Let's check if this bird can speak or not.
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"Oh, how about you used calming gas or something to trick its master if we can't find out anything here? If the bird is calm, the master will think that the bird is safe. If the master is a summoner, that person will lower his/her guard and open a portal without expecting us to waiting for ambush. If that person is a tamer, then the bird will be told to return. If you fly with the bird and make the bird feel calm the whole time on the road, you can ambush the enemy. Other than that, I have no other idea," Candy suggested.
"Yeah, that would be nice. Let's wake the bird up first," I said.
With a ranch I found, I tapped on the bird to wake it up. The bird woke up and feel agitated seeing the situation.
"Don't worry, I won't cook you anymore. And now that we're in the Magicless Area, you can't use magic anymore. So anything you do will be useless in this small cage," I said.
"Wait, Roy! What if that bird is a beastform mage?" Kayla asked.
"Don't worry. Beastform mage, after entering this Magicless Area, will return to their original form since their other form is made from magic. So this one is genuinely a monster," I said.
Unless there's something I don't know. Like maybe this one is a beastform at the stage beyond master level. Though I doubt it.
"So, right now, you are free from your master. Tell me everything you know," I said.
"Chirp! Chirp!"
"You can't talk? How about one chirp for a yes, and two chirps for a no? Can you do it?" I asked.
"Chirp!"
"Also to make it seems like we're close friend, how about you you said 'Chirp, Bro!' whenever you answer?" I suggested.
"...Chirp chirp?"
"Oh, that was just a test to see if you really can't speak or not. Anyway, we know that you can at least reply with a yes or no. We will ask you a lot of questions so answer them honestly," I said.
The bird can at least reply with a yes or no. But if the bird is lying, I won't be able to tell. So I didn't tell the bird that I will use the bird as a bait later.
...Maybe I should bring Albert here. But can he tell which chirp is true and which chirp is false?
"Kayla, wait here. Candy and I will go out for a bit," I said.
"You want to bring Albert? Sure," Kayla said.
Since Albert's lie detection is not really magic, I think that he can use it here.
783 Interrogating the Bird
"You want me to go there and interrogate a bird?"
After I contacted Albert and go to his location, that's the first thing he had to say to me. But that's understandable.
All those he interrogated so far were either humans or monsters who can talk. But this bird can't talk. Though this bird is still a monster.
"That bird is still considered as monster though. It can use wind magic. But don't worry, I had it stay with Kayla in the former village of the ten master level mages," I said.
I'm here with Candy since she might be able to suggest what Albert needed to ask the bird. Even if Kayla is smart, Candy is better at interrogating people. It was her original job after all. And she still does it once in a while I think.
And Kayla is not alone. Victoria is with her. She's now Kayla's earring.
Though Victoria can't do anything in that form. As for Kayla, if there's any monster coming to her, she should be fine for a while. She used to fight with a sword rapier. And even though her magic improved, she trained in it once in a while.
"So, what should I ask the bird?" Albert asked.
"Just some yes or no questions. That's the only thing we can ask the bird," I said.
.....
Albert thought for a while before asking another question. The bird should be the one being asked though. Not me. But I'll answer anyway. Just to make it quick.
"Why do we need to interrogate a bird? I know it's important, but it seems like you really wanted to know what the bird knows. Why?" Albert asked.
"Because that bird is probably the only clue we have that we got from that city. I know we captured a lot of people, but we also learned that everyone in that city is extremely loyal to the cult. I don't think they will say anything important to us. Even if they do, it will probably a lie," I said.
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Before I brought Kayla, Candy, and the bird into the Magicless Area, I brought some people specialized in interrogation to another part of Magicless Area where we hold the prisoners.
When I looked at the place, it's around the place where Shelia practiced her kicking. So many monsters have been defeated and it's relatively a safe place. Though among the people I brought, some of them were tamers and summoners. So they have monsters with them and it should be safe from monsters' attack.
And even if those master level mages we captured started to fight back, those monsters should be able to handle them.
Those people must be interrogating the prisoners right now. But I believe that we won't get anything from them. That's why I think that the bird is more important than any of the prisoners.
"If we can wait for the summoner to visit the bird, or follow the bird back to its master, we might be able to learn where they are hiding," I said.
"But there should be some people who managed to open a portal back there, right? If it's you, you should at least throw Victoria's clone so you can have a transfer point at that location. But why didn't you do that?" Albert asked.
"Seems like after my girlfriends, you're the one who knows me the best. As you said, I should have done that. In fact, I did. But Victoria told me that the Blobbies that I shot inside the portal got destroyed for some reason. Which means that whoever is staying next to those portals either aware that those Blobbybullets are monsters, or that they were told to destroy anything that enters the portal except for summoners they know.," I said.
Even master level mage would have some problem with identifying Blobbies from ordinary objects. But those Blobbies, even if it's just a few, got destroyed rather quickly.
And those Blobbies should be inside someone's head. So it's also likely that they actually intended to destroy the corpse, but the Blobby got caught in it.
I guess that's the most likely reason. They wanted to not leave any trace at all. Even if it's a corpse. So they destroyed the corpses.
"So we don't have any other way to find out where they are. That's understandable. But that means that you will be the one following the bird. If they can somehow plan of ambushing you by using the bird as a bait, at least if it's you, you can prepare for it. Well, for now I'll go with you and interrogate that bird. It's in the Magicless Area, right? And Im just a weak mage. so I need to ride on Ray to get there sooner," Albert said.
"You only want to ride a horse. Sure, I'm fine with it," I said.
We return back to the border of the Magicless Area and I had Albert ride on Ray. Maybe I should get Ray dominate the horse monsters to submission completely and give one to Albert. Either a unicorn or a pegasus could be great for Albert.
Though it can't be done right away. So I need to be patient and let Albert ride on Ray for today. While I gave Candy a piggyback ride as Albert and Candy discussed what they needed to hear from the bird.
As we get there, I can see a monster is getting closer to where Kayla and the bird is. So I told Candy to get down and killed the monster barehanded. I should have brought a weapon, but I forgot. Even the Reizpear in my pocket is not in its original form.
While Albert is interrogating the bird, I asked Kayla if she got anything from talking with the bird while I was not here.
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"Well, I can't tell if the bird was lying or not. But I asked if its remember the way home to where its master is. The bird chirped once, which mean it remembers. Then I asked if there's other reason why the bird is obeying its master other than the contract between the two. The bird chirped once again. So this bird, even if the master is killed, might still choose to be loyal to the cult," Kayla said.
"There are several species of bird who are loyal only to its partner. So maybe the bird's partner is being taken as hostage. I asked that to the bird and the bird didn't answer," Victoria said.
"Not answering could be a confirmation. Maybe its partner is not being forced but acted in its own will. Try asking the bird again," I said.
Though I don't really care whether the bird is being forced or not. I don't want to risk my life for the sake of a bird that might not help me fight against the cult. If it's a werewolf, a weretiger, an angel, an elf, or a vampire, I might help though. Then they might be willing to join us because we already have their race in our group.
They left me thinking alone. What should I ask the bird? Albert and the others already have enough questions and I can just ask them later. So I joined just to hear what else I can hear from the bird.
The bird mostly answered with a chirp. Sometimes, it would be two chirps. But there's another extra chirp if the bird doesn't know anything.
And given an extra choice, it turned out that the bird answered with three chirps most of the time. So we can't get any more information from the bird.
"That's why you shouldn't give the bird a third option. Having only two options mean that if the answer is not one, it should be the other. But with third option, the bird can lie even more," I said.
"But at least we got enough to know that the bird doesn't know much. It only obeyed order because its mate is being held hostage. And for the location, it only knows where to go to. It doesn't know which territory its master is located."
Well, I guess that's all we know.
"Alright. I'll return you all home then. And as planned, I will use calming gas on the bird before freeing it and follow the bird. Ray, you will go back to Monsters World and get as many horse monsters as possible to submit to you completely. I'll bring Spot with me. His camouflage ability will be useful," I said to Ray.
I returned everyone, transported Ray back to Monsters World where he can tame other horse monsters, and contacted Spot and brought him here.
He has a phone customized for him so it can be attached alongside the Blobby I attached on him. And it won't fall when he changes his size. He can use magic to play with the phone.
"It's been a while since you asked for me. Stealth mission?" Spot asked.
"Yes. Will you help me?" I asked.
"I'm bored anyway. I didn't do anything much after fighting those orcas. Let's do it!"
784 Following the Bird
"Well, what do we do?" Spot asked.
I brought him here to help me follow where the bird is trying to go. Hoping that it will lead us to somewhere the cult is hiding.
"We will follow a bird who is being affected by calming gas and see if it will lead us somewhere," I said.
"Where's the bird?" Spot asked as he transformed into a smaller version of himself which I can still ride by myself.
"Over there. That place is called Magicless Area. Where magic use is blocked and you can't use magic at all. The bird can use wind magic so it flies very fast. But I think it's still slower than you. With your camouflage ability, we can follow the bird without the bird knowing it," I said.
The bird will be calm after I used calming gas on it. Or should I maybe use depressing gas? Making the bird feel depressed, then its emotion will be transmitted to its master via telepathy. That will possibly make its master to make a move as soon as possible instead of me having to wait for a long time.
Then the master will open a portal to the bird's location and I can ambush whoever it is.
But that will only work if the master is a summoner. Because when we asked the bird about whether its master is a summoner or a tamer, the bird doesn't know. What a stupid bird.
I guess the safest way to go is by using the calming gas.
.....
We will release the bird in the area inside the Magicless Area. The destroyed city. Not outside of the Magicless Area where it's closest to Cassau.
If the master of the bird noticed that the bird is calm, the master should react by telling the others to open a portal to this location. To the destroyed city. And we an go there if I someone throw a Blobby inside the portal as soon as possible, contacted me, and I will open a portal there right away. To make sure that there will be a transfer point over there.
The times that I got some Blobbies inside the portals, they were destroyed for some reason. So I need to be quick. But I will do it while following the bird, so it will still be delayed in the end. And by the time I opened a portal, something could happen.
We already decided what to do. I'll just follow their decision.
"It took a while to interrogate the bird but we can go now," I said.
At the edge of the Magicless Area, the bird is still there. Being held in a cage.
I grabbed the cage and use Aura to make the cage stronger. So that the bird won't be able to destroy it with wind magic.
Then I used air magic to create calming gas as soon as we got out of the Magicless Area, and waited until the effect shows.
When the bird look calm enough and seem like it wanted to sleep, it suddenly started flapping its wings. Trying to move.
"Alright, we'll follow the bird as soon as it got out of the cage. Spot, keep your eyes on the bird and get close enough to it so I can still use my magic on it. Meanwhile, I will look at where its moving to," I said to Spot.
"That's easy. Though I know that you can focus on everything at once," Spot said.
That might be true. But if I want to be safe, I need to focus on things other than the bird. Everywhere around us at once. So if Spot just focus on following the bird, I don't have to focus on the bird. I just need Spot to make sure that the bird is still within the range of my air magic.
And since the bird is moving fast, using air magic from behind the bird won't affect the bird so much. So I need Spot to fly beside the bird.
I released the bird and it flew off instantly. Stopping mid-air for a bit before moving to its destination. To the destroyed city.
"Whoa, that was quick. I can also float mid-air, but I can't stop all of a sudden like that. the bird is quite good. But my top speed is still faster than that bird even with its wind magic," Spot said proudly.
After meeting Ray, I realized Spot's personality. He loves to race. And I think once in a while, when both of them are together, they would race without even asking for my permission.
Well, it's not like they needed my permission.
And now that Spot meet another fast creature, he was thinking of racing the bird. Though I told him to stop that. Unless the bird will join us. Which I don't think it will.
...Unless I threaten the bird with its partner. Like how the bird is being forced to obey its master. Not only because of the contract, but also for the other reason. Which was its partner that got captured.
And if its partner is not really captured and instead pretending to be captured since it is moving by its own will, then I don't think that it will be possible for this bird to join me.
How do I find out if a bird is cheating on its partner or not? And how do I show the evidence to a bird?
Am I really going to investigate birds' affairs?
The bird didn't go to the city. The bird flies over the city. Seems like its destination is way to the north. Maybe Varadis? We'll check it.
We passed over the city and reached the other side of the Magicless Area. The area I haven't been to.
So I captured the bird again and put it in a cage.
"Spot, can you fly without magic?" I asked.
"That's impossible," he replied.
"I guess I'll carry you all the way to the other side then."
"But my small form is using magic. So I might return to my original form if I enter," Spot said.
...I don't think that carrying Spot in his original form all the way to the other side, with possibilities of encountering other monsters, is a good idea.
"Then I will leave you here. Once I'm out of the Magicless Area, I'll open a portal for you. Stay in your small form so I don't have to open a large portal for you," I said.
This time, I run past the Magicless Area without caring about anything. I encountered some monsters, but I'm already prepared with my sword-cane. So those in the way, I killed them. And those who are too slow, I ignored them.
Again, after reaching the exit, I opened a portal for Spot to come. Then I used calming magic again on the bird before freeing it and then we follow the bird again.
"Even if I can't fly, I can still slither quite fast. Though I don't think I can chase a bird flying in the sky," Spot said.
"Yeah. Good for you. And your strength alone is enough to defeat all the monsters you encountered. Probably. Oh, right! You haven't met the weretigers yet, right? Want to meet them after this?" I asked.
"Have they decided to join? If so, then you will probably ask for their help if we get into battle on our destination. We can meet at that time. Oh, the bird stopped again. Is it checking where the bird need to go?" Spot then stopped and stay floating mid-air.
I looked at the bird who has stopped and floating in the sky. Then it just continue flying toward its original destination. As if the bird had just been getting some new order by its master while it's flying.
"Maybe it's getting new orders from its master. And the master is checking its emotion right now. Do you think that being calm is suspicious?" I asked Spot and Victoria.
"Don't ask me. I just got here. Ask Victoria," Spot said.
"Whatever will be, will be. Even if it's an ambush, we might still be able to get something out of it. And I think you should be fine facing multiple master level mages at once," Victoria said.
That makes sense. No matter what happened, it will be fine for me.
Even if we got transported to a Magicless Area and can't use magic, I will still be fine. As for Spot, he is large and strong. He will be fine for a while.
This time, I'm already prepared with a sword-cane in my hand. Even the cane is strong enough as long as I use Aura to cover it.
"I guess you're right. Spot, just get ready to fight in any situation. Even if it's a place where you can't use magic, if you just keep moving your body, no one will be able to get close to you. And we have something that we can eat so we will still be able to use magic in that place for a while."
Just in case, since I don't know how long we're going to travel, I wear my armor to cover my identity. And now, we just continue following the bird.
785 An Island Kingdom
We flew for over two hours already. And we're already in Varadis' territory.
The bird stopped once in a while to rest and prey on some worms. For something this strong to only eat worms is quite unique. I think it's easy to take care of this bird if I ever get similar species to join us.
This bird also eat fruits. It can easily kick away some monsters or animals trying to feed on some fruits, and just stole it from them.
Even when the calming gas is still in effect, it can't erase hunger. And the bird is still vicious enough to kill those in the way.
Though I think the bird no longer noticed us. Thanks to Spot's camouflage skill, the bird seems to have thought that we no longer chase after the bird. And maybe that's why it's more relaxed than before.
Even with calming gas, the target's original personality is still there. And a bird who seem to be forced to follow order seem to stop caring about us meant that it really thought that we're gone already.
"I wonder when will the bird stop by. We're already close to the Capital of Varadis," Victoria said.
"Really? Maybe it's further north. Let's ask old man Henry if he knows anything about what's up north," I said.
I took out my phone and texted old man Henry if he knew anything about the target location. Or maybe if there's any Magicless Area nearby. Since there's a city surrounded by Magicless Area in Tatrama, there might be another one in Varadis.
.....
[There should be a fishing village up north. But we have investigated that place several times so I don't think that place is the destination]
That's the reply I got from old man Henry. And I agree with him.
I don't think a village is enough to supply an entire city full of members of the cult. So it shouldn't be that village. Maybe there's another hidden city all the way to the north. But beyond that, it should be the sea, right?
As we continue following the bird, I got another text message from old man Henry.
[I just got some information from Great Aunt Halley. She said that there should be an island further up north which was originally an independent kingdom back in her days. We never heard of such things in these recent years. She will text you about it soon. You can ask her more if you want.]
So there's an island up north? And it used to be a kingdom?
What about now? If it was back in the past when Halley was still a princess long before she became master level mage, I think it should be around 150 years ago. Back when she should still involve herself in politic in her country. Long before she got obsessed with strength.
Soon I got a text from her.
[I heard about you going to the north. Past the north of Varadis, way in the sea, there's a kingdom that used to be hostile against us a long time ago. The kingdom should be destroyed because of a powerful monster that appeared at the time. Even master level mages couldn't do anything about it. But whatever the case, you might be going there. At least we know that the island used to be a habitable island. Though I don't know about the monster there]
That's the text I got from old man Henry's Great Aunt.
An old kingdom that's erased from history because of a powerful monster.
Wait! A monster powerful enough that master level mage couldn't do anything about it? Maybe the water-type monsters like the orca that the cult tamed weren't coming from Monsters World. But it could be from this world.
They got tamed and are roaming free in the ocean until their master needed them. So that place is likely where a lot of tamers tamed sea creatures.
Just taming a single orca, which seem to be a king, and that's enough for hundreds of orcas to come and created wave powerful enough to be called tsunami. What if there are more of them?
"Spot, I might need your children's help," I said.
"That's fine. They are restless after the last time we fought and wanted more. So it will be good for them to fight again," Spot said.
"Even if they are outnumbered? I think that if they can fight well on land, they can get along really well with other monsters," I said.
Maybe the sea serpents are similar to werewolves and weretigers. And I think that there could be an endless fight if they all live together.
Even now, I think that some werewolves and weretigers are fighting. Hopefully, not to the death.
I know that the werewolves can be trusted to obey my order. But I don't know about the weretigers since I haven't officially said that I'm their king.
...How do I become officially recognized as the Weretiger King? Is it the same as how I got recognized as the Werewolf King? By killing their previous king?
I hope it won't come to that. Though it's already obvious who will win. But killing someone with great potential is a huge loss for us.
But if the one I had to kill is Grandpa Weretiger, I think it would be okay. He's old. He won't have much left to live.
But since Grandpa Weretiger is still alive when Tiger became the strongest, I don't think it will end in a deathmatch. Which should be okay.
"We're stronger than we were back then. Even if there will be some strong monsters, we can handle them for a bit. At least enough until you can come and help us if needed," Spot said.
Yeah. If the battle there is lead by Sunglasses and at least it will go as well as the battle from before, then yes. I can probably help Spot and the others right away.
The others are still resting. It hasn't been long since the battle was over. And there will be another battle soon. Which is not something strange and it has happened several times.
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We fight several times in one day, rest for a few days, and then we fight again. Though I think this time, I will get more reinforcement.
But I don't think it's a good idea to attack today if the place we're going to is surrounded by water. Again, I'll just investigate that place for a while and once I had enough information, I'll get the others to come.
We're at the sea now. We just passed the fishing village old man Henry mentioned. Seems like we're really going to that island Halley mentioned.
With the bird's speed, after another hour of flying, I can finally see an island with my Divine Vision.
"I can see an island which might be the bird's destination. I'll stop casting air magic now. The effect will continue for a while but we still need to be careful. Spot, don't stop using your camouflage skill," I said.
"I won't. But if it's a Magicless Area, then the camouflage skill can't be used. And it's the first time we go there, so I think it's best if you just run instead of riding me," Spot suggested.
"Alright. Turn smaller then."
Like we usually do in the past, Spot is now wrapping his body around my waist while using his camouflage skill.
If that city has something that block us from using magic, then Spot's transformation will be undone and he will turn back to his original size. And without camouflage skill, everyone can see him.
But if I walk, and if I use air magic at all time on my surrounding, I can sense where magic is being blocked. And we can avoid that place then.
The closer I get, I can start seeing some people in that island. There's also an old castle which should be belong to the former kingdom of... whatever its name was.
I split up from the bird and look for an empty place to land in the island.
Then before I started investigating, I sent a post to the forum so everyone can read it.
[Landed on an island north of Varadis which should be an old kingdom during Halley's era. We'll start investigating now so there might not be anymore post from me]
What should we check now? The water in the sea is deep, so if I want to check what monsters live there, I need to swim deeper. But even then, there are many weaker fishes or monsters. If they noticed me, and they are contracted monsters, then I will get found out.
For now, my goal is to follow where that bird will stop. Who is the bird's master. Maybe I can get some information from the bird's master.
The bird is entering a castle and landed on the hand of a man there. Is he the bird's master?
From the look of it, it seems like they don't know that I'm here. But I can't see the master's face unless I want to get caught.
At least I know where the bird's master is sleeping at. I can go there later.
Let's see what I can get from this place before I called the others.
786 There are Three Main Islands
I need to investigate this place. But the security is much more tighter than any location I've been.
Not only there are mages, there are also monsters with good senses. Some of them have good hearing with their big ears, and some have good sense of smell like beast-type monsters.
The good thing is that there's no All-seeing Eye among the monsters. So I don't think that they can see me.
Thankfully, I can hide myself quite well already. I just need to be careful to not be seen. With Spot's camouflage skill, it's possible. As for smell and sound, I'll do my best to cover them with Aura and air magic.
"There are more people here than in the previous city. More monsters as well. We might need to attack with full force," I said.
"Be careful though. If you kill everyone all the time, you will never know where the cult leader, the Evil God, is hiding. In fact, some people that you killed maybe some who knew the real location of the Evil God," Victoria warned me.
"I can't help it. If they're with the cult, I would try my best to kill them as soon as possible. I think some of them could be like Veronica, Celestine, and some other former members of the cult who ended up joined us. They were being forced to do things they don't want. But I killed them before I know that. And I think it will happen more often," I said.
"Then just let Sunglasses lead everyone to fight. While you just need to clean up the rest. If it's the others, I don't think they despise the cult as much as you do. So when they're told to capture as many prisoners as possible, they would do it," Victoria said.
I think that's a good idea. Maybe the reason that we haven't found the Evil God at all was because I keep killing those who knew that information. Where the Evil God is.
.....
So, I just need to kill less people. I will just watch Sunglasses lead the others to victory while trying my best to make sure that there won't be anyone escaping.
Just like before. But the purpose is different.
Previously, I did the same. Sunglasses lead everyone, while I kil those trying to escape. But that was for Sunglasses to show his commanding ability. I didn't interfere much so we can see how good Sunglasses is at leading.
But now, I need to do the same. But it's so that we can find the Evil God sooner.
But the thing I'm afraid of is the fact that even if the Evil God died, there will still be many loyal believers. And the cult won't end that easily.
But at least if I killed the Evil God, the cult will slowly crumble from the inside. And the successor of the cult won't be as powerful as before because they will be divided.
"I'll hold back from killing as many people as possible. For now, let's get in. The security is tight, but there are still some blindspots... Well, I don't think we can use them," I said after I used Divine Vision to check on the area.
"Why? If there are many blindspots, you can get in easily, right?" Victoria asked.
"Because they are traps. Those blindspots will lead those who enter to enter a prison. There are some people there. And the fact that they are not being restrained means that the prison has something that block the usage of magic," I said.
After watching the place, I can tell that the blindspots are purposely created so that intruder will enter from there. And once the intruders enter deep inside, they will fall to a pitfall trap that will lead them to the prison. Probably that place has similar effect as the prison. Magic is unusable there. So intrudes can't fly.
If it's me, I can use Aura to not fall down. Either step in the air, or just stick my body to the wall or ceiling. But even then, there's nowhere to go from that place.
It's great that I have Divine Vision. But I wonder where those prisoners came from? Who are they and why are they being imprisoned?
Maybe they are traitors of the cult. They got found out betraying the cult and got imprisoned. But they are still alive. So I guess the cult wanted to try and brainwash them so they won't betray them anymore.
I told everything to Victoria and she was shocked to hear what I said.
"Then how do we get in?" she asked.
"Well, that's the good part about having Divine Vision. I can see well when the guards are not paying attention. I just need to make sure that I go through a place that no one is looking at," I said.
Unsurprisingly, the people here are doing labor like ordinary people. Farming, carpentry, and fishing, they do it without a care even though they could be master level mages.
Just how did the cult get so many loyal believers like that? Loyal enough to tell master level mages to go to the field and start farming?
Did the cult just say something like 'Provide for yourself and other people, and you will be closer to the Evil God' and they believed it? Oh wait. True God here. Not Evil God.
But what I need to do is not just blindly enter the city. I need to go to where I can learn something.
And the obvious place I need to go is the castle. Where the bird's master is staying.
There are some other people there but I can't see very well since it's quite far. I need to make a round trip around the island first and prepare a route. Maybe several routes since just one won't be enough.
Other than that, it's also up to luck. We told the bird before to lie if asked. To tell its master that the bird was trying its best to escape and not because I freed the bird.
Whether the master believe the bird or not is unknown. But at the moment, it seems like they won't send any reinforcement anytime soon to the destroyed city. Or maybe they have given up on that cit and don't care about it at all. Which I doubt to be the case.
Whatever. I'll just take a walk around the island and investigate.
Even if the cult send reinforcement to the destroyed city, I don't think they will send their full force. Which mean those who are currently in that place should be enough to stall for time or maybe even to fend them off.
While I walk around the island, I also used my phone to keep sending report to the forum. And ask other people's opinion about my plan.
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[Prisoners? Where do they come from?]
[I think there will be a lot of battle in the sea]
[It shouldn't be just an island, right? There might be other things there. Like a mountain, a forest, or something. Go check it first]
[We'll keep close eyes on the city surrounded by the Magicless Area. You can take your time to investigate. Don't worry about us here. We will fight anyone who comes]
I guess I won't be done in one day. But I guess that's a good idea.
Also if there's someone isolated from the others or being avoided, I can try to kidnap them and bring them away to be interrogated.
But we will still need to take a round trip around the island. It will be more annoying if there are other islands than this one.
And my guess is unfortunately correct.
After walking around the shore while making sure that no one sees me, I got a text from old man Henry.
[I found a record about that old kingdom. There should be two other islands other than the main islands. I think you need to investigate those places as well]
So, there are three main islands for this old kingdom. I don't know which island I'm in. But the three, if connected with lines, will form a triangle.
If I'm in the closest island to the continent, then the other islands are in northwest and northeast. So it's like a reversed triangle on a map.
Unless you read the map upside down. Then, that's a normal triangle.
North is always to the top of the map after all. I know that much.
"There are two other islands I need to investigate. But we'll check this island first."
Since there's no one nearby, Spot became slightly bigger so I can ride him. And we fly to the sky to see from above.
After a round trip, I conclude that this island is... just a normal island. With a castle and some villages nearby. There's also a small volcano. I guess that's why the land is fertile.
After that, I checked to the other two island. I was right that I'm at the southernmost island among the three.
The other two islands also similar. But instead of a castle, they have normal cities and some villages nearby.
The only place I haven't checked is underwater. But I can't do that or I will be discovered by some tamed monsters.
Even when flying, I avoided trying to get the attention of other flying monsters. I need to be extra careful here.
For now, I'll check the two cities first before checking the castle. But I'll do that tomorrow. I'm hungry.
787 Fire Dragon King
Three islands. Three cities and many villages. I'll check on one of the island without the castle first.
It's an island I saw from the sky before. An island filled with more monsters than the people. They are most likely tamers and the monsters are contracted monsters.
I think each island will have several summoners. So maybe some of them are summoners.
On other islands, there are monsters as well. But not as many as the monsters here. Some of them were even dragons. And they were so close to detect me. Either because they can sense my mana or because their enhanced senses. I don't know.
Though I don't think that any of those dragons are stronger than Spot. So if there's a fight, I think we will still be fine.
I also have become much stronger than a regular dragon. Though if it's a dragon the size of Andro, I don't think I can kill it. But it's fine since there's no creature that size that I can see.
Well, let's just focus on getting more information here.
Monster, monster, monster, human, monster, humanoid monster, bird monster, human...
There are too many monsters here. And I don't think I see anyone important in this place. To the cult, not to this place.
.....
They even breed some monsters. Like boars, rabbits, and anything else that can be eaten.
They tamed some of them, and forced them to breed so they can provide for several cities. Maybe even an entire country if they have some more breeding place like this.
But using a tamer as breeder is a good idea. There's no need to hunt those monsters anymore if they can breed. And there won't be any lack of meat.
And if I look closely, I think the monsters that were tamed are most likely something like a king or a leader of the species. So, those lower-ranked species had no choice but to obey. That's how they can easily get some monsters to raise.
But that's not all. I can see a dragon, the same size as any other dragon, but no other dragons nearby dare to get close to it. They are fire dragons. All of them have red scales on their body. But that one dragon look wiser than any other dragons. And above its head, the dragon has a pair of golden horn. As if that horns are its crown
And that dragon has been looking at me for a while. While other monsters or humans didn't even notice me, that dragon did. But instead of alarming its master, it just looked at me.
"So... there's a dragon that has been staring at us for a while. Should we greet it?" I asked.
"Is it that dragon with golden horns? Let's go," Spot said.
I'm still riding on him in the sky. Just a one-seater serpent for me alone to ride. And if there's a place Spot wanted to go, I can't do anything since he's not my familiar. And I don't care anyway.
Also, even though I'm an expert level summoner, after facing the cult so many times and see how their familiars, either tamed or summoned, would obey their master blindly, I feel like I still have a lot to learn as summoner. Maybe I need to focus on that now since my Aura and air magic are not improving as much as before anymore.
Anyway, we're riding toward the resting fire dragon. Should I call it Fire Dragon King?
As we landed on the ground, the other dragons started to notice us. I thought that I need to kill them, but turns out, I don't have to.
"ROAAAAAR!"
The Fire Dragon King roared and the other dragons turned tame. But now that I looked closer to those dragons, I can see something was wrong with them.
"...They are clones. Are they artificially created to be your clones?" I asked the Fire Dragon King.
"...Something like that. I wish they would just kill me," the Fire Dragon King said.
As expected, this one can speak. I don't think the Fire Dragon King is hostile, so let's get as many information as possible from it.
"So, you were tamed, and forcefully getting your blood, flesh, scales, and claws ripped out of your own body so the people who captured you can make clones of you. No wonder they look different than the fire dragon I faced before," I said.
I looked inside their body. And I can see that there's no big differences between the clones and an ordinary fire dragon. But I can somehow tell that those are cloned creatures from their hearts. The clones' hearts are beating faster than normal.
"Unfortunately, yes. Are you their enemy? If so, I have a wish I want you to grant. In exchange, I will tell you everything I know," the Fire Dragon King said.
"I will do it if possible. But let's do it later. Some people are coming here because of your roar. Is there anywhere we can hide?" I asked.
"Hide under my wing and use that invisibility skill you used before. Don't move and don't use any magic. I think you know what to do," he said.
We hide under his wing and I used Aura to hide my presence. Then three people came from the sky. Just one of them is a master level wind mage. one must be the dragon's master. And the other is... just tagging along, I guess?
Let's listen to them first.
"You roared again today. Do these clones annoy you again? It's normal. They are your clones. You can say that they are your children," one of them men said. Not the tamer, and not the wind mage. I guess that man is the one who created the clones.
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"Just kill me. I don't want my body to keep being defiled by you."
"Can't do that. You know that even with your strong mentality, you can disobey your master's order. But your clones made of pieces of your body, are parts of you. So they will still obey your master instead of you. And if you die, the contract will be broken and your clones will run wild until we tamed them all. We need you to be alive."
I see! They are just like Blobbies!
Although I'm only Victoria's master, her clones are still under contract. That's why they can still transform to things I wanted.
And if Victoria is dead, which is unlikely, the other Blobbies will still be alive. But without a master to obey.
So, if I kill the Fire Dragon King, then his clones will go wild and destroy everything. That's the most likely result if I do.
And the Fire Dragon King is also strong enough to not obey his master's order. I guess intellectual monsters will not be easy to get as your subordinates. And I'm lucky that I'm strong enough to get the werewolves and the angels to follow me. As for Victoria and Ray, those two are entirely joined by luck.
I heard more about the Fire Dragon King from their conversation. The Fire Dragon King has pieces of his body ripped to make those clones. Although the Fire Dragon King has great regeneration ability, because he has been abused for so long, it doesn't work as well as it used to be.
And now, they are trying to get more pieces of his body to turn into clones. And there will be more fire dragons.
So this is one of the cult's secret. They cloned monsters. Now I can see how the cult destroyed the world. Maybe there are more monsters being forced to do this.
After they took some pieces of meat, claws, and scales, they left. They didn't notice us under the Fire Dragon King's wing.
"So, are you not a Fire Dragon King? And they are just your clones so they obey you?" I asked.
"I am the Fire Dragon King. Or at least I was until I got captured. I told my kin to escape far from where I was caught and to never get themselves involved with humans. But in the end, they were all captured and tamed. Some who fight back were killed. So I'm all alone. At least in this world," he said.
I guess he knows the existence of Monsters World. That's why he said this world.
"So, do you want me to end your life?" I asked.
"Not just me. There are other monsters who want to die. In fact, we should have died already. But they feed us some medicine that keep us alive. And that medicine also made us unable to use our strength. I want you to kill us all," he said.
"Okay. I can do that. But that's for later. We are from a alliance who want to destroy the organization behind all of this shit. And after investigating a bit, we will fight them here. We will kill you and other monsters right before the fight. That way, your clones will go wild and can help us fight the cult. Or if you want, I can kill your master and free you. What do you think?" I suggested.
"I want to, but I can. The medicine, once I stopped consuming them, I would die. And I had enough of living already when all my family members were killed by these bastards. Just let me die."
I guess it's impossible to get him to join us. I really want a dragon army.
But maybe there are other monsters here who want to join us. If so, that would be great.
For now, let's listen to what he can tell us.
788 Other Dragon Kings
Fire Dragon King told us everything he knew.
There are other Dragon Kings that got captured. Earth Dragon King, Ice Dragon King, and even the fastest Wind Dragon King.
How do they got caught? Does the cult took their families hostage?
The Fire Dragon King knew the other three Dragon Kings. And he was the latest one among the four to be captured. He was shocked to know that the other Dragon Kings were captured as well. But he didn't know how that happened.
Well, it's not really important to me. After all, I will probably kill them all.
Those three are in this same island as well. So if I just travel for a while, I can find them.
"Those three are the same as me. They wanted to die but they can't. Just like me, they are being forced to eat those drugs that will make them weak while forcing them to stay alive," Fire Dragon King said.
It's horrible what the cult put these Dragon Kings through. But I'm also interested in that medicine.
If used wisely, that medicine can be used to prolong someone's life. Maybe make them stay a live longer while I operate on their body. And it can be long enough for someone to finish the operation before the patient die.
.....
Now that I think about it, most surgery operation I know came from the future. Someone must have learning it at this time. And the surgeon who did it could be a member of the cult. Maybe they hid many other studies about other diseases so they can't spread.
Now that is interesting.
In my previous life, the research of medicine advanced rapidly around that time when the war was so intense. And the most well-known doctors came from Varadis. Which if I didn't get involved with them in this life, it's likely that Varadis will fall under the cult. So we can say that it was the cult who spread the knowledge of medicine in my past life.
And it's safe to say that they didn't share all the other knowledge that they found other than to their fellow believers.
I'll inform this to old man Henry. Though I think he already figured it out and asked the doctors there.
After all, I have told everyone of my terrible memory. Especially in remembering people's names. So they should have figured it out by themselves after hearing the story of my past.
If not, then I'll just ask them to remind them about it.
So while I listening to the Fire Dragon King's information, I played with my phone and asked everyone about it. Seems like they figured it out by themselves already.
"What are you doing?" the Fire Dragon King asked.
"This is a device that let us contact other people from far away. I'm relaying the information you gave me to everyone," I said.
"That's cool. How many people do you have?" he asked again.
"I thought that it was enough to fight the cult. But seeing how they have so many cities under them, and everyone is loyal believer, it may not be enough. That's why I asked if you want to join us before. But with your condition, I guess it's impossible," I said.
"Yeah. I really wanted to kill them myself. But I have been using that drug for so long that my body won't move as I want to. Just kill me as planned," he said.
"Not yet. Fire Dragon King, Earth Dragon King, Ice Dragon King, and Wind Dragon King. If you can teach us something about your element and get us improve our magic and get stronger faster, that would be great. Our strongest mage is just an expert level mage. But she has those four elements. If you can teach her, that would be great," I said.
"Teaching, huh? Yeah, I know a thing or two about fire. If she can get stronger and help me with my revenge, I will teach you all I know," he said.
So he continued talking about what he knew about this place and the people here. I will get Angela, and possibly other fire mages to come here.
I think we won't attack these islands anytime soon if they can help us improve our strength. Maybe after a week.
For safety reason, the Dragon Kings are always far from other people. They are strong enough to not obey their master's order. So it will be dangerous for them to come here.
That's why it's rather safe here. I just need to be careful when those people came here.
And since they have just left, there shouldn't be anyone coming. So I called Angela and ask her if she wants to come here. I also called Candy since she's a fire mage as well. She can also learn something and share it with the others who can't come.
They came. And I had them touch Spot so they won't be seen by other people just in case.
The Fire Dragon King taught us what he knows about fire. And I think both Candy and Angela got revelation or some sort.
"Alright, I'll return and share it with the other fire mages. Angela will stay with you and go to the other Dragon Kings' location where you will open another portal and ask someone else to learn from them," Candy said.
Candy left through the portal I opened. And now it's time to leave.
"Good bye. I hope that the next time we meet, you will take my life," the Fire Dragon King said.
The Fire Dragon King also gave me its scale. The scale located on his chest to protect his heart.
Apparently, dragon's scale around the chest is the strongest. So that it could protect the heart. And it's nearly impossible to rip it without any damage unless the dragon willingly gave it away.
And the other Dragon Kings should know that and won't attack me when I approach them after showing this to them. Hopefully.
So, we fly to the next location. The closest one was a mountain where the Wind Dragon King should be.
When the Wind Dragon King noticed me, I showed him the Fire Dragon King's scale. And the Wind Dragon King roared to get his clones stopped from attacking us.
For this, I asked Shirley to come. Because she's also an ice mage and I won't have to open another portal when I meet the Ice Dragon King.
The Wind Dragon King told us what he knew about this place and the people. Then he also taught Angela and Shirley about wind.
Being taught by dragons should make them stronger, right? I hope there's an Air Dragon King or something.
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"He told you that he wished to die? Me too. We've been captured far longer than he has. So our body won't be able to survive without the drug. I think the other Dragon Kings wished the same," the Wind Dragon King said.
This one also wished to die. Well, with that medicine, there's really nothing we can do.
The Wind Dragon King was also quite smart. He didn't just swallow those drugs right away. They let them stay in his mouth and swallow them when he felt that his body couldn't endure it anymore.
There seem to be some addictive in those drugs. So I had some to be appraised. Though the appraisal will found Dragon King's saliva. Maybe that's also a rare material?
Like before, Angela gained something from the Wind Dragon King. Shirley also gained something.
After the Wind Dragon King finished teaching them, we move to where the Ice Dragon King is.
The location is quite dangerous since it's being surrounded by several villages and people were walking nearby. But we managed to get there and get the Ice Dragon King's approval and talk to him.
While I keep watch on the surrounding, Angela and Shirley learned about ice. I hope they can reach master level soon.
After we finished with the Ice Dragon King, whom unsurprisingly wanted to die as well, we waited under his wing until we found a chance to escape.
I can't open a portal here since they will realize it. So we just waited.
Not talking, not eating, not cultivating. And we also can't use our phone here. So we just waited under the Ice Dragon King's wing.
After one hour of waiting, there's no one outside and we leave quickly.
When we're far enough, I returned Shirley and get Kayla here. She will be the one learning about earth from the Earth Dragon King.
And she will also help us to get to the Earth Dragon King. Because the Earth Dragon King and his clones, are inside a cave. With only one way in and out.
We had to go to the sea and dive quite deep before Kayla and Angela dig a tunnel toward the Dragon King.
"Why is this one being heavily guarded?" Angela asked.
"Either because the Earth Dragon King is the strongest, or the fiercest. I think it will be hard for us to go there discreetly. There should be some master level earth mages in this island," Kayla said.
Yeah. Kayla is right. I need to make sure that we cover the tunnel after we leave or master level earth mages will notice that a tunnel was dug.
But all of a sudden, we heard a voice. Inside a tunnel. Where only us are here.
"You don't have to worry about them. I am still strong enough make sure those people won't be able to sense the earth this deep."
"Who's there?!"
Angela and Kayla prepared to fight. While I just look at one direction.
"...Earth Dragon King?"
789 Earth Spirit
While we're digging a tunnel to where the Earth Dragon King is being held, we suddenly heard a voice. It should be just us here. But we suddenly heard someone talking. And both Kayla and Angela here prepared to fight to the unknown enemy.
I also didn't know who it was at first. But when I looked at where the Earth Dragon King is, his eye is looking at me. Just one eye because the other eye is gone.
"...Earth Dragon King?" I asked.
"You're half right," the voice replied.
Half-right? I can see that the Earth Dragon King is looking at our direction even though we're underground.
Is it his magic? Even if it is, that's not a half right. So it means that there's something else other than the Earth Dragon King here who is talking. Someone who relays the Earth Dragon King's message and talked to us.
But who is it? It's not a ghost because I can see ghost. And there's no ghost here. In fact, there's only us here. Me, Victoria, Angela, Kayla, and Spot.
...Wait, there's one other person here if I can call her a person. It's Airy. The air spirit.
Her presence, even though she's always with me, I forgot about her a lot. Not only because she rarely talk. But unless I focused only at her, it will be hard for me to watch her unless she's letting herself be seen by others.
.....
If I have difficulty seeing her, then I would have problem as well looking at other spirits unless they shown themselves.
Which means the answer is...
"An earth spirit. An earth spirit is relaying a message from the Earth Dragon King," I said.
"You're right. I'm an earth spirit. I have been watching you ever since you landed in this island. And I have informed everything you did in this island to the Earth Dragon King. My only friend here. From the look of it, it seems like I'm not the first spirit that you see. We are quite hard to find so it's rare for anyone to know who we are," the earth spirit said.
"...Airy, show yourself," I said.
Then on my shoulder which was supposed to be empty, a small creature appears and showing herself to the earth spirit.
"I'm an air spirit, Airy. Nice to meet you," Airy said.
"Oh, you have a spirit traveling with you? To be able to gain the trust of a spirit, you must be really amazing. I've heard about what you said to the Fire Dragon King. But I guess you are more amazing than I expected," the earth spirit said.
"Not just her. We also have a wind spirit as well. But he's too adventurous so he's with our most adventurous friend," I said.
"I see. Then, I will trust you. If you have the trust of two spirits, then I can trust you. For now, don't get any closer to the Earth Dragon King than this. If you do, some master level earth mages will notice you. Although you are being very careful, those mages have prepared some steps in case the Earth Dragon King is trying to escape or get some help. So you will be detected if you get any closer."
If the Earth Dragon King is being heavily guarded, there must be a reason. I guess even if he's being tamed, he's still strong enough to even trying to escape.
There must have been at least one attempt for him to escape. But he failed. And now, he's only waiting for his death.
"Does it mean that if we want to talk with the Earth Dragon King, we have to talk through you?" I asked.
"Yeah. I can go there without being detected. So, unless the mages are only focusing on locating my position, it will be impossible for them to find me. But those people shouldn't know the existence of a spirit," the earth spirit said proudly.
Good thing the earth spirit listened to our conversation with other Dragon Kings. So we don't need to explain what we needed.
He just went back to where the Earth Dragon King is and let him say everything we needed. Including his teaching about earth.
...As expected. It's hard for me to see the earth spirit even with Divine Vision and Mind's Eye. I need to focus completely on him and ignore everything else. Maybe because I'm not compatible with him.
He's an earth spirit. While Airy is an air spirit and Breezy is wind spirit.
Since I'm an air mage, I can somehow find Airy. And Breezy is just a bit harder to find. But for earth spirit, since we're not compatible, unless I focus completely on his location, I won't be able to find him.
We waited in the tunnel while the earth spirit is listening to the Earth Dragon King's message. Can he remember everything the Dragon King said?
"So, we just wait here?" Angela asked.
"Yeah. For some reason, the Earth Dragon King is the only one being protected like this. We just need to be patient," I said.
"Angela, how do you feel after listening to the other Dragon Kings' explanation about their element?"
While waiting for the earth spirit, Kayla curiously asked Angela how she feels.
"I feel like I can get stronger with those knowledge. Well, I don't really get it. But I just feel like that," Angela replied.
I guess the reason Kayla is interested is because she also want to get her earth element stronger after getting some teachings from the Earth Dragon King. Via the earth spirit.
Though Angela can't really explain it. That's why I brought Candy, Shirley, and now, Kayla, to hear what the Dragon Kings can teach.
Soon after, the earth spirit returned and told us what the Earth Dragon King told him. And since the information he knew is about the same as what other Dragon Kings told us, the earth spirit didn't relay that message.
"Though since I'm an earth spirit and no one have ever noticed me before, I can tell you more about this island. But from what I heard, there are few other islands nearby with two other islands as big as this one. I only know about this island, so I'm sorry," the earth spirit apologized.
"No need to apologize. I didn't even expect to gain so much here. But thanks to you, the others can plan about the attack here."
On the other islands, there might be other king-type monsters who are being cloned. Either forcefully or voluntarily. So we might be able to learn more about other islands once we started investigation there.
"Though I want to ask if you know whether there are other spirits here than you. They might be able to help us," I said.
"There used to be. But I don't know where they are anymore. Maybe some of them already died," he said.
"What about you? We're thinking of killing everyone here. There might be some change with the island due to how powerful the magic is used. Would you like to come with us and help us get stronger?" Kayla asked.
Since she's an earth mage, of course she wanted an earth spirit to join us. We already have two spirits. And getting more spirits will be great.
"I like being here. But if the island is destroyed, I have no choice but to leave. I will decide the answer depend on how destroyed this island will be after the fight," the earth spirit said.
"Alright. But if the island is not destroyed, I hope that you're willing to help us earth mages to get stronger. Just by being here, we can get stronger," Kayla said.
"If you can get rid of these people, then I don't mind helping you. Is there anything else you want to ask the Earth Dragon King?"
We have gotten what we want from the Earth Dragon King. I guess there's no more reason for us to be here. We will need to check on other islands as well now that we have finished our business in this island.
"Just one thing. Can you deliver this object to the Earth Dragon King? It's a clone of my familiar. Which will help me open a portal directly to the Earth Dragon King and kill him when the time comes," I said as I gave the earth spirit a piece of Blobby.
"Delivering an object, huh? I can do it but I need to be really careful to not get caught. But I think I can do it," the earth spirit said.
"Good. Then we will be leaving. The next time I come to this island, it should be when we commence the operation. So we will kill the Dragon Kings at that time. Tell that to the Earth Dragon King."
In the underground tunnel connected to the sea, I opened a portal and return back to Cassau.
There are three islands with some other smaller islands here related to the cult. So we need a big force for the fight. And we can't do it right away since we need to get ready.
I'll come back tomorrow to check on the other island. If there's a monster I can talk to there, that would be great.
790 No Master Level Mages
Time to go investigate the other island! Yay!
No, not 'Yay'. I have been doing investigating and fighting for a while already. I'm bored.
But I have no choice. I'm the only one who can do it. Because the people we are going to fight have many master level mages with them. If it's other people, they will get found out right away. And I'm the only one who won't get caught. At least not yet.
"Sigh... Spot, are you ready?" I asked.
"I wish the fight will start today. I want to go into action quickly," Spot said.
I guess he's bored as well. He's just flying around and uses his camouflage skill so there's no fight happening at all.
In the previous island, we met an earth spirit. And depend on the result of the fight, we can get the earth spirit to join us. Or at least we can use that island for earth mage to cultivate since the earth spirit won't move if the island is not destroyed.
What about the next island? I hope we can find a spirit who will join us. But there's no strong fire or ice in the next island. So I don't think we will find any fire spirit or ice spirit. Though it's still an island. Close to the ocean. So maybe a water spirit can be found.
We already have an air spirit and a wind spirit. An earth spirit also promised to help us. If we can get at least fire spirit and water spirit, then we would have four common elemental spirits. Which will help us a lot.
.....
Though there's one person with all four common elements. So I guess she will be the one getting the most of it if we can get them.
And if we can get lightning spirit as well, that would be great. Though I don't know whether healing spirit, summoning spirit, or tamer spirit exists. I doubt they were.
I opened a portal to the second island to investigate. It's the other island without the castle. And this one has more people than monsters.
"Hmm? Hmm.... huh?"
I looked around from above with Divine Vision to check the island. Similar to other cities related to the cult, the people are farming, fishing, and hunting. But I see something weird.
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"What's wrong, Roy? This island seem to surprise you," Victoria asked.
"Yeah. All the monsters here are for breeding purpose and for food. They are not for fighting purpose. Well, it's just a part of the area I checked. So let's see other area before making an assumption," I said.
Riding on Spot in the sky, I checked other area. And I see other breeding ranch for monsters and some animals. Those monsters are big but they are not hostile to people. Some sort of bison monster. Just one of them is big enough to fill the stomach of a small village. But they breed a lot of them.
Although the population of humans is bigger than those bisons, I doubt there will be any lack of meat for them. And not just them. It's also enough to supply an entire country. Not a big one. But it's still a lot.
And in the island with the castle, I also see some breeding ranches. So maybe there are still other places in this world where they breed monsters for food.
Anyway, let's focus on this island first.
Those bisons look so tame. Even if they are not hostile, they are way too tame. Which mean that there's a tamer.
The Dragon Kings told me that there's other monsters who got captured. But they are not here. So my guess is that they are in the island with the castle, or they were transported to other location.
And from the look of it, everyone here looks weak.
As usual, there are no children. But almost every single person here has explosive devices in their mouth.
Although that once the cult decided that their believers are loyal, they won't ask them to have explosive device in their mouth. But I guess I was wrong.
Only a few people doesn't have explosive device in their mouth. But I don't think that they are master level mages.
When I tried to look at them directly at their faces, they didn't sense it. No reaction at all. Which means that they are truly not master level mages.
"...Everyone here hasn't reached master level yet. Seems like this is where they gather the people who are not likely to reach master level but still loyal to the cult. Many of them are old people. None of them look young. And those without the explosive devices look so old," I said.
"Isn't that good? That means we can get those without experience to fight here. We recently gained a lot of allies. Most of them joined because the cult was involved in an attack to their territory. But some never been attacked at all. If these people are weak, then it's a good idea to let our new members to fight here while the others are busy with other islands," Victoria suggested.
I also thought the same. I guess since this island is the farthest from the continent, they think that it's safe here.
Wait, using that logic, it means that there are many other islands far from the continent where the cult is hiding. Maybe the reason Timmy didn't sensed the Evil King was because the Evil King is not in the continent at all.
Well, I don't know about that. I can only kill people and let the others find out where the Evil King is. I'll just patiently killing the cult members I found.
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"For now, I think it's safe to put some agents in this island. Though I just hope that no one in this island will be suspicious of them. I'll discuss it with the others after I finish checking this island," I said.
The city works normally. Everyone is busy. And after a few hours of watching, I know that everyone here always go to the church. At least once today. Though those who I didn't see at the church were probably have been there before I came to this island.
If everyone has been to the church, then it's possible that everyone knew each other. And the villages nearby only have some people. So it's obvious when outsiders enter the village.
I guess it will still be difficult to infiltrate this island. But at least it's not impossible since there are no master level mages.
Maybe if it's just a village, it's possible since they almost never go to the city other than for trading purpose.
We can just get someone in the middle of the road, asked to enter a village when the villagers finished trading with the city and on the way home. That way, it won't be too suspicious. The villagers will just think that it's another citizen who wanted to live a quiet life.
Maybe we can ask an older agent to do it. It will be more believable if he just said that his children moved to the main island or something because of their potential. The villagers will most likely believe it.
Well, I will suggest it to the others. They will be the one doing it after all. And since this is close to Varadis, I guess it will be Varadis who will send an agent.
I looked at some villagers, and they also have explosive devices in their mouth. So maybe we will put some fake explosive device inside the agent's mouth before sending them.
After looking around for a bit more, I think I had enough.
"Yup. No one in this island noticed me. I think it's time to go home," I said.
"You're not checking the castle island right away?" Victoria asked.
"I'll do that next time. Investigating this island make me too relaxed since we don't have to worry about getting discovered. If I let down my guard in the last island, I will be discovered and that will be bad. Let's... wait, I see a portal is opening," I said.
I looked inside the portal, which is inside a building in the city, and it's not connected to place I've been to. Not any of the three islands here. So it seems like the portal is connected to Monsters World since I see a lot of monsters there.
Someone entered the portal and talked to someone there waiting for him. Then the man leaves through the portal and the guy he's talking to is going somewhere else to meet someone and relay a message.
"I think I just found the man in charge of this island," I said.
"What did you see?"
"He's writing about something like recruitment offer so the people who want to leave can leave. I guess that's how the cult is getting some people to join them. Some of the opening is doing missionary job to spread the influence of the cult in secret."
We have moved closer to the man in charge of this island. Since he's not a master level mage, he didn't notice us at all. And I'm close enough to see what he's writing.
Well, I'll tell it to the others. I think it's time to go home.