Chapter 691: How They Live Here
I found an inn and rest for a while. Or at least that's what I led other people to think.
I'm still in my room, but I look around the surrounding area with my Divine Vision. Not to the point where I can see many things. Just little by little, the range of my vision increased when I think that it's safe since the master level mage didn't sense me looking at them.
From what happened last night during the raid, I only found two master level mages. One is a fire element master level mage, and the other is an ice element master level mage. And I think that there are more of them.
Since I know their appearance, as long as I can just look at their body, I can look at them without having them to notice me. That's what I learned after sing Divine Vision on Patricia. With her permission to practice how much I can see master level mage.
By the way, looking through her clothes makes her instantly wary of me. More so than when I look into her eyes from far. That was an accident. Even if she's far older than me, her appearance is not convincing and she's not my taste with her appearance anyway.
Now, as long as I start checking on those people's features before looking at their eyes, I can see if they are the master level mages I saw last night or not. Though I hope that I won't meet other master level mages yet. As long as I didn't see too much of their body.
The fire master level mage has a birthmark on his right knee and the ice master level mage wears prosthetic thumb on his left hand. I'm sure not many people have the same features. Knowing that the prosthetic thumb is signed by someone, probably the ice mage himself, and the birthmark of the fire mage is in the shape of pentagon.
.....
With that information, I started looking around starting from the inn. There are no one with those features and no one notices me looking at them.
Some are like me, staying at the private room in the inn. Some are in the shared room with other people.
But what about the crime rate in this place? Well, since they're all related to the cult, everyone is a criminal. But I think those people feel safe here. Even if they are bringing cash with them and leave them behind in the shared room.
In our world, we used hunter card or similar cards that we can use to buy things. But we didn't use it here. We need cash. And I easily stole some cash from under the rubble of the destroyed building so I can have some money to pay for the inn.
There are women as well here, but most of them are not powerful mages who left the base to look for monsters. Most of the women are here to entertain the men. Because it's easier for them to get money than to look for monsters. And I think they are asked to do it so the men have more motivation to look for monsters.
With the circulation of money here, I'm sure that there are some people who frequently enter and leave this world. I'm sure that they are being protected by the master level mage as well. To make sure that the people here can still return.
I need to look for that place. And I will block their magic one by one.
Now that I have looked around the inn and rested for a while, I walked down to the bar in the first floor. It's noon but people have started to get drunk. It's easier to get information from them when they're drunk.
I walk into the bar and order a rather cheap drink and snacks. I don't think there will be anything appealing here.
The bar is quite crowded, but I can still get a table for myself. It seems like even though there's no rule here, everyone is quite good with their manner. Some even ask me politely if they can sit at my table when all the tables are taken.
It's just two men. A black-haired man and a bald man. And at first, I was just focusing on my own snacks. But they started to chat. I can hear them clearly.
"It's been a while since I came here again. I have enough money to go back to my home and spent my days happily with my wife and kids for a while," the black-haired man said.
"But your wife never knows that you're in another world playing around with other women! Hahaha!" the bald man laughed.
I guess other than being with the cult, they live just like any other people. Have a wife and children. And also cheat on his wife while pretending it to be a business trip. Though I won't do it. After all, I got permission to get a harem.
"It's nice, you know? When I got bored here, I can go back home and pretend that I'm a good husband. When I'm tired with my wife, I can come here and play around however I like. Unlike those newbies who can't even make a living here," the black-haired man said.
"You keep talking about that. How about we talk about last night's attack?" the bald man asked.
"Why should we talk about it? Everyone is talking about it. I'm tired of it."
That's right. No need to talk about what everyone is talking. If they want to do it, the should have picked another table instead of here.
The black-haired man, in his drunken-state, started talking about things that the bald man seem to know already. Because the black-haired man keep talking about it when he's drunk.
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He said that making a lot of monsters tamed in this world gives him a lot of money. Especially the stronger ones. But this guy keeps hunting for weaker monsters so he can survive.
Those monsters then exchanged with money. That money then used by him to play around here. And he also saved some for his family back in human world.
He said that he's telling his wife that he's going on a business trip. Though it's not really a lie since he's working here.
And once he's tired of this world, he will return back to his home bringing a lot of money.
And that means we can go back and forth to this world easily. Only things needed is to pay the summoners for a toll to open a portal.
"I have enough money now and I'm going back for a bit. Tonight they will open a portal near my home and I will go there," the black-haired man said.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll be returning tonight as well. Getting money here is easy. And I have enough to spend for a whole year at home now. I think I will stay there for a year before coming back here to get more money. Unlike here, in our world, there are more women. The women here never change at all. We should request for more women to be recruited," the bald man said.
I don't care about men or women. Since they're all related to the cult, I will kill them all.
But it's good. As long as I follow these two later tonight, I can find the summoners.
Once all summoners are gone, I can kill everyone here. Though I don't think I can kill everyone right away since there must be some summoners who are staying in our world instead of staying here.
So they are free to come and go. While those who are threatened here were also free as long as they have enough money. But even if they leave this world and return after paying with money, they will end up somewhere the cult is operating. After all, that place they returned to must be secured.
I guess Albert didn't ask everything. Or maybe those people he interrogated were too poor to make money to go back to this world. Though in the end I brought them back to their home world. Except instead of a house, they will live in a jail.
So far so good. No one is suspecting me of being a spy.
After those two are out from drinking too much, I started to listen to other people's drunken stories. Most of them were about returning back to their world. And apparently, the girls who are here are mostly forced to come. And they can't go back home unless someone is willing to pay for their return home.
There are also some people who are too weak and instead of going out to hunt monsters, they chose a job like carrying the supplies or something else. The supplies are being sent here from our world every night along with the people going home.
I guess most summoners will be there tonight then. But meeting them all will be difficult. I guess this mission won't be easy.
Chapter 692: Investigating the City in Monsters World
After listening to the drunken stories at the bar, I move to another bar and do the same. Other than the story about last night's attack by the vampires, there's nothing important. Though some of them thought that it's best to return to their home world before the vampires attack again.
"They're attacking us for our blood. That means they will come here again who knows when. I want to go home as soon as possible."
"To do that, you need to save some money. How much money do you have? I think it's best for you to go and tame some monsters instead of complaining. If you can't get enough money, you will stay here for the rest of your life."
That conversation happened in several bars I went to. Many wants to go home, but some who were not involved in the raid think that they are cowards.
By the way, the drink and the meals in different bars are roughly similar. There are truly no variations here. I guess it's no wonder why some people wants to return.
I heard that they had summoners to open a portal every night to bring supply. But they will only take people through the portal once a week.
With how high the prices for staying in a private room at an inn, I guess it's difficult for the people here to stay still.
.....
Even if they can get enough money to go home, if the time for returning is still a few days away, they need to gather some more money or they will be out of it before they can go home.
The question is about what happened to where the people here are returning to from this world. I hear that there are some summoners who will bring several people to different places. And from what I heard, those places are not always the same.
Which means that the summoners have to move around in human world. So it's possible that they are with traveling merchant or something.
I walk around on the street while also looking for something. I have found out where the summoners are. There are only three of them in this world at the moment while the rest are moving in our world. Which mean it will be hard for me to get all summoners.
Alright. It will be difficult to kill all summoners anyway. I guess creating a huge disturbance is the easiest.
Anyway, it's just three summoners. As long as I can kill them, everyone here won't be able to return. And summoners from my world will only come at night to bring in supplies.
Which means that if I want to kill as many people as possible, I need to do it right after the summoners who brought in supplies close their portal. And once everyone dies, I only need to wait until the next night.
"But for now, I will just look around first. Good thing that there will be a batch of people returning from this world and entering this world later tonight. I'll see if I can leave as well," I said to myself.
"Don't forget to capture some important looking people here," Victoria reminded me of my mission. Though she didn't remind me that I must not kill innocent people. Well, the more I look around inside this city-like base, the more I think that there is no one actually innocent.
"I think I can find some random people for that. I have a plan later. But there are more things I want to learn first," I said.
I continue walking around the city toward the center. And the closer I am, the more people watch me. And I can feel the wind even though I can't feel it away from the center.
And that's when something pulled my hair from behind. Not the people from here. But the air spirit, Airy.
I stopped myself from shouting and stepped back away from the wind. And when I'm far enough, I asked Airy what she's doing.
"What is it, Airy? It's rare that you want my attention," I asked Airy.
"The wind is not natural. The wind is going to the direction of the center of this place," Airy said.
"I see. Thanks, Airy. I was also suspicious by the wind. But thanks to you, I'm sure of it. The wind is created by a wind mage, right? If we say anything there, the wind mage would notice it right away. And that mage should be at least a master level mage. I guess there are more than just the two ice mage and fire mage. As expected."
If the wind mage sensed me alone, but I just say something thoughtlessly, the the wind mage will be suspicious of me. And I can't no longer be hidden anymore.
Though that means I can go all out. But I want to destroy everything here. I need to endure it a bit more.
I know where those three summoners are. I think that instead of evacuating the people here, they are responsible to report what happen in case of emergency. Which mean they might be the closest people to the higher ups. Probably the archbishop. Or maybe even the Evil God himself.
In that case, they might not be weak. They might be master level mages in their other element than summoning. At least I don't think that they have multiple familiars to be summoned.
Summoners can only return from Monsters World from where they coming from. And vice versa. They can only enter Monsters World from where they were returning from.
Other than that, summoners can only open a portal to where their familiars are. And in their case, they only have one familiar at most since I don't think any of them know about Pear-y Fruit. Instead of using that monster as fighting force, they might be using those monsters as markers. Like how I use Blobbies to mark the place I need to open my portal to.
In that case, I can't take those summoners to bring to Albert. Because that means the place in our world that will be marked is the prison. Not where they need to meet the higher ups.
So, I need to capture them and hold them in this world by some means. That way, if we force them to open a portal, we will be brought directly to where the higher ups are.
No one knows where those summoners will go when they open their portal. And those summoners, along with some people who might be master level mages, are being treated like a royalty in this place. They are people who have never returned back to human world ever since they first arrive here. That shows how loyal they are to the Evil God.
"If we can grab those summoners, we might get new information about the Evil God's whereabouts. I need a better plan than what I have in my head right now," I said after I finish looking around the city. There are still a few hours left before the people here can finally go back to their world.
I have paid for the fee for the return. I think it was horrible how there are so few people can go back even though there are many who wants to leave this world. And some even use this world as a way to get money. Like a job.
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But that's okay. I'm not too worried about it. And I picked somewhere where there are so few people returning there.
"You bought a ticket to go back to Varadis. What will you do then?" Victoria asked me.
"Cause some trouble after they close the portal. At least that's what's in my mind. But I'll just attract more trouble then. I want to go back to Tatrama but there are too many people going there. I guess we haven't finished clearing Tatrama from the cult yet," I said.
I have returned to the inn where I have paid to rest. And I didn't pay to rest overnight since I'll be leaving tonight. Seems like they allow hourly payment here.
I have eaten lunch and said to the owner that I will be resting until I can go home later tonight. Everyone here except for the guest are women. At least I have something good to see.
And obviously, the staffs here will let the guest do anything they want as long as they are paid. These women are so pitiful. Though I might kill them in the end.
I guess they can be considered as innocent. But I'll just say that they are necessary sacrifices. I'm sorry to the family they left behind.
And while I was resting on the bed, I hear a knock on the door. Those women are here. And not just one or two. But all of the staffs of this inn are there outside the door. Including the owner.
I think I know what they want. But I'll just ask them anyway.
I open the door and see them all lining up on the hallway. I asked the owner who is standing in front of them all.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Sir customer. I heard that you're going back to Earth tonight. Is that right?"
They are calling our world as Earth. Even though earth mage can use magic in this world...
"Yes I am. What about it?" I asked.
"Will you please kindly bring some of us with you? We are forced to come here against our will. Please help us return back home! At least just one person will do!"
As expected. They want me to pay them to go home with me.
Well, it's not a problem. I can even pay to bring them all with me. After all, the money I use here are the money that I found and stole from this base.
And I can bring all these girls to Albert for questioning. Easy.
But if I save some of them, the rest will hope that I can save them as well. I guess I need to change the plan so I won't kill too many innocent people here.
Well, that's okay. If we're doing it right, I don't need to care about the innocent people here when I'm trying to destroy this place.
Chapter 693: Taking Some Girls with Me
All the girls in this inn are waiting outside my room and asked me if I can bring at least just one of them to return to our world. Using this chance, I can easily get innocent people away from this world.
But I don't think I can do it too often. If I suddenly appear again without having the summoners to take me to Monsters World after I return, I will only raise suspicion. Even more when people can only be brought here and back once a week.
Well, I'm going back anyway. I can just tell Albert about this and ask him if there will be a change of plan later on.
He will be confused why I left Monsters World just after one day here. It was just luck. It was luck that I came here at the same day that the summoners are going to bring people back.
"You girls want to come with me? That's fine though. As long as you do whatever I told you back in our world. You don't think that I will treat you worse than staying here?" I asked.
"It's fine. Even then, it's much better than having some dangerous monsters appear suddenly and got us killed."
Maybe it's thanks to last night's raid by the vampires. They are all afraid of the monsters.
.....
"But don't you know about what happened back home? They are trying to hunt down everything related to the cult. Even if you say that you're innocent, no one will believe you."
I tried to put on a threatening expression when I said that. I also put a little bit of pressure on the girls as well.
Even if I bring them to Earth, or that's what they call our world is, that doesn't mean that their lives will be better.
"...That's fine. At least those who will chase after us are humans," the inn owner said.
Though as she said that, I can hear whispers of the girls behind her.
"We were just forced to come here anyway. Our parents are the ones who joined the cult. We had no choice but to be here because of that."
"Yeah. I'm worried that there are more girls out there who will be forced to be used by these men here once they grow older. Just because their parents are with this damned cult."
"Shh! Don't say anything! We don't want him to know what we had in our mind! All the men here have been brainwashed to be loyal. They have tasted the freedom that doesn't exist back on Earth. Even if they were forced at first, once they got used to it, they will enjoy it later. All of the men staying here are all like that. We don't want him to know what we had in our mind if we want him to bring us back to Earth."
Hmm... those who seem to be older than the rest of the girl gave a good advice to the younger girls. But that seems troubling.
So, they are forcing girls to entertain men. And possibly since they were young.
Probably unless they are talented or have something special like Veronica and Celestine that can be used well for the cult. These girls must not have good talent in magic. And although they are all beautiful, they can't be compared with Veronica or Celestine. So they were brought here against their will.
That means all the girls here are most likely to be innocent. Haaa... what a pain.
It would be better if I hadn't heard of it. I guess I will try to not kill the girls here.
Hmm... what if I made these girls my spies? I can ask them to gather all the girls in this city in one place, and when it's time to destroy this city, I will transport them away. That might be a good idea.
I'll bring some of them back to Earth first. I need something that can convince them that I'm a good person and can be trusted.
"Well, it's good for me if you want to be with me. But I can't take all of you. Hmm... there are fifteen of you. I'll just take five. Four of the youngest, and one who have been here the longest. You decide among yourselves since in the future, I will be back here again and bring back the rest of you if you haven't change your mind. I opened a clothing store on Earth and it's good if you can work for me there. Though other than tending the store, I need you to obey all my order. The five who will return tonight with me can go to my room later after dinner."
I said that I will make them work at my clothing store. Though at first, I will bring them to Albert first.
I took the four youngest so they won't be influenced by the cult too soon. And they seem to be the ones who are most intend to leave this place. The younger they are the easier it is for them to be influenced by the people here. So I need to take them sooner.
Though from the look of it, the youngest seem to be eighteen years old. And the oldest is around forty. At least it's good that even younger girls were not taken here yet.
But just because the parents are with the cult, the children have to suffer? The more I know about the cult the more I hate them. Can we just go and kill the Evil God already? Where is he hiding?
I asked them that one of the oldest who have been here the longest need to come with me. And if they discussed it first with the others, they will ask someone they can trust to take care of the four to come. But the one they trust the most will still be here taking care of the rest whom I couldn't bring to Earth.
If I ask the older girl that I will bring home to join us in the fight against the cult and she agreed, I can bring her back here again with portal and ask her to convince the rest of the people here.
In the end, I'm moving toward saving the innocents first. I guess I'm still soft in the end.
This mission will probably take a while until it's over. I guess I won't join the circus for a while.
Later in the evening, after dinner, I'm in my room together with five girls. As expected, the four are the youngest among the fifteen girls here, and one is around thirty years old. The inn owner who seems to be the oldest and the most trusted won't come with me.
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After dinner, I brought the five girls with me to the center of the base. Where they will open a portal for us to return to Earth.
Returning to Earth with five girls, and walking openly in the street while hugging girls in each arm, everyone's eyes are on me. But I wore the cloak that were given to us when I paid for the tickets so no one can see who I am. It was given to us so those who are jealous of those who can return won't know who we are. I also had the girls wear the robes.
And we leave when the customers at the inn I stayed were sleeping after drinking too much. Or that I'm using sleeping gas on them without them knowing. So no one knows how I look like.
"Nice, bro! You're rich! You're taking five girls with you!"
That's what the others are saying to me when we passed them by. Even after we enter the building where we will be transported from, the summoner also congratulate me.
And no one knows that I'm stealing money from the destroyed buildings and directly from someone's pocket.
"I know, right? I'm actually richer back on Earth and brought my own money from there. I'm thinking of buying a lot of girls from here since they are easier to get than the girls back home."
"Nice. Maybe I should do that too," the summoner said.
"No, bro! I want to get more girls!" I said.
"Ahaha! Then I won't do it!!"
The summoner laughed. Good thing he's not suspicious of me.
There are four rooms with summoners inside. Each room will have the summoner open a portal to different location. And I'm going to somewhere in Varadis.
Each summoners have around three people accompanying them. At least they are expert level mages. Maybe some of them are even master level mages. But that's natural since summoners are that important.
"Alright, everyone is here. I will open a portal in one minute. After that, I need you all to enter the portal within ten seconds. You can enter the portal three people at once. And once I enter the portal, I will close it. If you're not fast enough, you will wait until next week so you can return. And your money won't be returned," the summoner said.
There are about thirty people here. But other than me and the girls, they are already used to it. There are also some girls in other room as well. I guess just like me, someone is paying those girls.
The summoner is not strong. He can only open a portal for thirty seconds. Maybe a few second longer than that. But I guess it's natural. There's no one else who is using portal easily like I do.
After the portal opened, we all entered it. And we were brought to a city in Varadis. And it's also night here.
It's a big inn in the middle of the city. I can see a sign at the front of the entrance of this inn saying that this inn is full already. I guess the whole inn is related to the cult.
But it's not over yet even after we're back on Earth. There are still something that the summoner need to say before we leave. Is it a clue about the next time we can return back to Monsters World? I need to hear it.
Chapter 694: Portal Schedule
"All of you who are below expert level mage will need to have this thing inside your mouth. It's an explosive devices. If you are in danger and are being interrogated, you can pour magic into this thing inside your mouth so you can kill yourselves. I can't believe that I have to say this same thing over and over again every week."
One of the bodyguards of the summoner said. But it's not over yet.
"Don't complain. Those stupid kingdoms have hunted more and more of us. For some reason, they can learn something that is supposed to be a secret. Which mean those who are captured are talking about our plans. If you're going to complain, I will ask the higher ups to make even expert level mages to have that thing inside their mouth. Because those who talked must be at least expert level mages since they can't kill themselves easily," another person said.
I guess we have made it hard for them to live. It's their own fault anyway. If their goal is not to destroy the world, all of this won't happen.
But from the look of it, that guy who just spoke is a master level mage. I need to be careful around him.
The girls who are too weak have no choice but to insert the explosive devices in their mouth. They know that they are still not free. But at least they don't need to worry about being killed by some random monsters.
Though what if those with explosive device inside their mouth choose to surrender and talk while still having the explosive device in their mouth? I guess since they have explosive devices, they are only advanced level mages or lower. And they don't have much secret to keep anyway since the higher ups won't tell them everything.
.....
"Here! You too! You're not an expert level mage, right?"
The person who complained a lot while giving explanation gave an explosive device to me. No one here knows that I'm an expert level mage. But I can't show it to them.
No one would believe that I'm an expert level mage in air magic. And I can't tell them that I'm a summoner either. They will be suspicious of me.
So I have no choice but to put one explosive device in my mouth. It's annoying. I can easily destroy it by gritting my teeth. But it will explode if I use force. I don't want any explosion inside my mouth even if I have strong defense when I'm using Aura.
"Those explosive devices have been upgraded so that if they are removed forcefully, they will explode right away even when magic is not used. Only some people have the right tool to remove them without harming you."
The one whom I think that the master level mage is silent. He's just looking around and see his subordinate speak. As for the summoner, his turn is over. He will rest and probably open a portal again tomorrow.
"Next is the schedule for those who wants to return to that world. This is the place and time of where we will probably be. If there are no accidents, we will be there at this time listed on the paper. Read it. And if you want to return after a long time here and it's not in the schedule, good luck finding the schedule yourselves."
They gave each of us a paper with schedule there. From next week, to two week later, and every week for the next few months. I guess for those who wants to come here after a long time will have to find some other means to return to that world.
But this is good. I can just show this paper to Albert and we will know where they will be next week and the week after.
"Sigh... Lastly, you are free to pick any room in this inn tonight. But if you're going to stay here tomorrow, you will have to pay normally. I hate to repeat this every week."
"You said that before. Keep saying it and I will force you to get that explosive device in your mouth. Or maybe in another place you can't imagine," the one who seem to be a master level mage said that.
I guess that's the end of the briefing. So I left and enter any room I want.
The girls then followed me entering a room. But I just said that I'm tired and I want to rest alone, so they can pick any room they want. So they picked the room next to mine and sleep there together even though there's only one bed. Some are sleeping on the floor.
Sigh... In the end, I will save people. That's more tiring than just killing everyone.
My original plan is actually to return to human world, and then kill everyone once the portal is closed. But I won't do that. Not because I brought people who might be innocent here or the fact that there's someone who might be a master level mage here. But because of the schedule.
If they die here, the schedule and the location will most likely be changed. And I can't have that.
I also can't move around tonight since there's a master level mage here. But first, how about I check if he's a master level mage or not? Just a little bit won't get me noticed.
One by one, I looked at everyone including the summoner. None of them seem to notice me.
And finally, it's the guy. I checked his body if he has some distinctive feature, but he's just like any other guy except for the face. I guess I can only see his face to recognize him. Just like normal people do.
I look at his body, and raise my sight to his face. And when I look at his face, he finally sensed someone is watching him. So I quickly averted my sight.
I was right. He's a master level mage. He's looking around for the source of the strange feeling of being watched. But because I quickly averted my sight, he couldn't tell where I was watching him from.
Well, that just mean I can't do anything tonight. But tomorrow will be different. Since the girls seem to be obeying me so far, I guess they won't try to escape on their own.
Instead of freedom, they chose their lives. I will respect their decision. Though that depend if they can answer everything I asked them truthfully or not.
They probably asked me because I was all by myself the whole time. They can't ask other men who are together with other people.
Now, what to do? I can't do anything here. And I can't speak anything either.
Airy pulled my hair slightly when I enter this room. Which mean that there's a wind mage who can hear me when I'm talking. So I can't just talk with Victoria or Airy here.
And I can't just sleep in this strange place surrounded by enemies. That's when I see some people are leaving the inn.
I guess leaving the inn is still fine. But I have said that I'm tired. I guess I will pretend that I'm sleeping.
I lay on the bed and cover my whole body with blanket. With this, no wind can enter the blanket and transport sound to the wind mage.
The wind mage uses the gap under the door so the wind can carry sound. But inside the blanket without opening, the wind mage needs a stronger magic to do that. Which I assume he won't use.
"It's safe. There's no strange wind here," Airy said.
"Great. Let's chat until morning then. I'm bored."
"Even if you say that, I don't think they will use wind magic the whole night. Probably just until they fall asleep. Well, even if that's the case, there's nothing you can do anyway," Victoria said.
In the end, we just chatted for a while. And when we no longer feel the strange wind, I just play chess with Victoria. And we're also teaching Airy how to play chess.
"...Why are you so good at it when you just learned how to play it?"
I guess I'm always bad in not just card games, but also board games. I've been in multiple losing streak recently.
Let's improve my confidence by playing with idiots later on. Though that will be for after I finish this mission at least.
In the morning, after breakfast, I rent a carriage. I don't care the destination. I just need to find a carriage to take us somewhere.
And luckily, I found something good. The carriage driver is actually an agent. I know that because Victoria sensed her clone is with him. Though I don't think that he knows me.
I paid him in advance while also giving him a memo saying to change the driver with someone who knows the master of the slime. Changing the driver to someone who knows me will make things easier for me. I don't want to prove myself to some agents who are trained to doubt while acting like they believe me.
If it's someone who knows me, they won't ask too much questions, right?
I returned to the inn, and bring the girls out. When I returned back to the carriage, the driver has been changed.
'Do you know me?'
I open my mouth without leaking any voice. Because unlike me, they can read lips movement. I should learn it as well.
The driver nodded. And then he acted normally.
"If you're ready, then we will go right away. We will go to the capital."
Oh, we're going to the capital? Well, it's not like I care. I'm going to bring these girls to Tatrama.
Chapter 695: Taking Them to Meet Albert
The five girls and I entered carriage to the capital of Varadis. They look so nervous. Even though they have escaped from the danger of the monsters, their lives are still in danger. With the explosive devices in their mouth.
Though they won't explode when they don't want it to. It's simple. After all, those explosive devices are for those who are loyal to the cult. And I don't think these women are loyal to the cult. So they won't activate them.
After fifteen minutes of the journey, we are already quite far from the city. And while inside the carriage, I talked to the driver.
"Hey! You know who I am?" I asked the driver.
"Yeah. I know you. You are quite an influential man. I've met you before. Though I don't think you know me. In fact, if the rumor is right, I don't think you remember anyone at all other than those close to you," the driver replied.
I can see that he has a Blobby with him and also Sonia's soil. I know that he's an agent. But I need to make sure that he knows that I'm not his enemy first.
Even if they're all agents, some of them might not know me. So it's good if he has seen me. Though I will still doubt him first.
.....
If he's an agent who has learned about me, then he should be given a report about me.
And if he has seen me personally, he should know what I can do. Let's ask him a question to see if he really know me.
"What is my strongest attack?" I asked.
"With your own body and any type of weapon."
"Alright, you pass. At least that's not wrong," I said.
It's not a magic and I haven't given any name to my attack using weapon. So that is a pass.
Hearing what I'm talking about with the driver, the girls inside are confused. But they still won't do anything.
"Then, do you know the route to the capital well?" I asked.
"Yes."
"Take us to somewhere inconspicuous on the way. You know where?" I asked.
"I know. We can get there in around thirty minutes," he said.
"Good. I have no plan at all to go to the capital."
The girls inside the carriage become in full alert mode after hearing that. They must be thinking that the driver is in cahoot with me. And we're planning something bad for them.
"I'll destroy the carriage later and take you somewhere. The horse will be freed. I'll make it look like some bandits are attacking the carriage."
"I understand."
With that, we have decided on what to do with the carriage. But to think that this guy is just agreeing with me this easily. He was supposed to be an agent. He should be able to think of a better plan.
Unless there's no better plan than what I'm having. Does that make me a bit smarter now?
Fifteen minutes later, the girls are obviously started thinking of escaping. Some of them have been looking outside from time to time.
And finally, one of them can't take it anymore and cast a Fireball at me. It's just a weak Fireball by an intermediate mage. Not something to worry about.
I just swatted the Fireball with my hand and the Fireball disappeared.
"No way..."
"We can't escape anymore..."
Is that it? They have given up so easily? Well, considering that was just an intermediate level magic, I suppose it's understandable. They are not blessed with talent or resources.
Even with talent, those without resources won't be able to reach high. And those with resources, without any talent, will take a long time for them to reach higher level.
Of course luck is included. Though I doubt any of these girls are blessed with luck since they are forced to work in that world.
"Is this your attempt to escape? What a poor attempt. You need at least something that can destroy this whole carriage right away. Just be quiet for the rest of the journey. It's just a few more minutes," I said.
The despair in the faces of the girls are visible. Do they really think that I'm that bad of a person? I even told them that they can work for me in the clothing store I manage.
Soon after, we stopped somewhere. It's the place that the agent said to be safe.
"How is it? I don't think anyone will notice us from the main road," the agent said.
"Yeah. If it's just them. But if it's bandits they can see us. In fact, they have been following us for a while already. How strong are you?" I asked the agent.
"I'm just an intermediate level mage," he said.
I guess I need to take care of them. Well, I don't think it will take a long time.
"Ten seconds. I'll be back."
There are only ten bandits here. Killing them all won't take ten seconds.
In the next few seconds, scream of horrors can be heard in the forest where the bandits are hiding.
I returned without even a drop of blood in my clothes. It was that easy.
If it's just the agent, I think he can escape on his own. Though it will be bad for the girls.
The bandits left their tracks on the way here. They must be thinking of only erasing them after getting rid of us. Though it's good that they leave their tracks. Even if someone find the remains of the carriage, they will think that they can find the suspect by following the tracks left by those bandits.
I then proceed to destroy the carriage. After everyone is out, I punched the carriage to destroy it.
After I'm done, I transported the agent to the capital alone. The girls are shocked to see that I'm a summoner.
"You're not a summoner captured by the cult! Who are you?!" the oldest woman asked. Finally realized that I'm not with the cult.
"You'll know soon enough," I said.
Oh, wait! I forgot to tell Albert about these girls and the fact that I have returned to this world.
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"Excuse me, please wait here for a while. I haven't told the most important person," I said before I leave to the forest.
I need to contact Sonia and tell Albert about the situation. And I can't just show Sonia to the girls. They might get scared.
I told Sonia to relay everything to Albert. And told her that I'm going to his place as soon as possible.
After Sonia disappears, I returned back to where the girls are. Surprisingly, none of them were trying to escape. I guess they must be scared of me after hearing that scream from the bandits. In fact, these girls didn't even notice that there's a group of bandits nearby.
"Alright. Now, I will remove the explosive devices in your mouth," I said.
"No! If you do it forcefully, they will explode!" one girl said.
That's right. They will undoubtedly explode. So need to give an example first.
"Easy. I just need to do it like this."
I proceed to insert my thumb and index finger into my mouth, pluck the explosive device, and throw it as far away as possible in an instant.
The explosive device exploded twenty meters from here. That's quite far.
"Just like that. Now, open your mouth wide," I said.
"...Roy, that sounds so wrong. Good thing you're a doctor. Or I will think that you're the worst kind of criminal," Victoria commented.
What else should I say? That's the most normal thing to say if I want to remove their explosive devices from their mouth.
The girls didn't have any choice but to obey. So I remove all the explosive devices from their mouth and threw them away.
The explosion attracted some monsters to come nearby. But Sonia already appeared next to me in her invisible form to tell me that Albert is ready.
I opened a portal and it's connected to Albert's office.
"Enter the portal one by one. Don't do anything stupid because the person you're going to meet has scary guard who will kill you if you try to harm him. Just come in and answer everything we ask. That's all we need you to do," I said.
With no other choice, they entered the portal to see them inside some sort of office. They don't know that the person they're going to meet is a king.
I entered the portal lastly and close the portal before facing Albert.
"Yo, I'm back," I said.
"That was quick. Or should I say timely? I'll ask you more later. For now, these girls are... too scared. Roy, can you bring Kayla and some of the girls here? I don't want them to be too nervous to hear anything," Albert said.
"I can. But they will still end up being nervous for a different reason later on anyway," I said as I opened another portal to my home.
Without even asking, Kayla just entered the portal. She was with Candy and Wendy who also proceed to enter the portal seeing that I'm in Albert's office with some strangers.
Seeing that they are strangers, Candy and Wendy acted like how they should react normally. Kneeling to their king.
""Your Majesty!""
The girls from Monsters World are confused seeing that. And Albert wastes no time to introduce himself.
"Nice to meet you. I am the king of Tatrama, Albert. This might be a confusing situation, so I'll let you take a few moment to sort your thoughts," Albert said.
The girls are shocked to hear that they are in front of the king. They don't know what to do while Albert asked Candy and Wendy to stand up.
Chapter 696: The Rescued Girls Will be My Employees
Finally, the oldest girl realized the situation and knelt in front of Albert in an instant.
"Greeting, Your Majesty!"
After the oldest girl knelt, the other four girls also realized that they are not in the proper manner to greet a king. They also quickly knelt in front of Albert and greet him.
"Alright, I accept your greeting. You can stand up now. We're not in front of audience so you don't need to mind your manner," Albert said.
While the girls slowly standing, there's an awkward silence among them.
They must be thinking of why are they in front of a king? Why did I pluck the explosive devices from their mouth? Why is everything happened?
They never thought that they are already in a safe place away from the cult. They have been in a dangerous situation their whole lives. They don't understand the meaning of safety yet. They must be only thinking that they can survive if they follow our orders.
.....
While we let those girls sort out their thought, Kayla, Candy, and Wendy approached me.
"Roy, who are they and why are we all here?" Kayla asked me.
"Those girls said that they are forced to be used as entertainment for the cult members in Monsters World. I don't know the truth yet, and since they have been in that world for a long time, I thought that it's best to get Albert to meet them so we can learn a lot from them about the base in that world and probably even the cult itself," I said.
Well, even the youngest girl in the group has been in that base longer than me who has just been there for a day.
"I returned right away because it was also the time that they are transporting people to and from this world with their summoners. For now, we'll listen to what these girls know first before I explain everything. I brought you here since they are all girls and I feel like they can trust other girls more. From their experience in Monsters World, I thought about taking Sophie here. But when I opened the portal, she's already asleep," I said.
These girls were forced to be prostitutes. And maybe with Sophie around, they will feel better knowing that someone who used to be in the same industry to be able to live well. Though Sophie is sleeping now and I don't want to wake her up.
"Sophie had a surgery to do last night. That's why she's asleep," Candy said.
Yeah. With how few surgeon we have in Cassau, Sophie's job will increase since she's the best surgeon there. I hope she won't force herself too much to cure the patients. She needs to care about herself as well.
"You're going to ask those girls to be your spies and gather all the seemingly innocent people in that world together so you can transport all of them at once? I think that's a good idea," Kayla said.
"...I have never told you about that plan. But you quickly thought that is what I will do. As expected of you," I said.
After we finished chatting for a bit, the girls have slowly calmed down. And the oldest girl stepped forward to be the representative for the girls. That's also why I want someone who the others can trust to bring to Albert. It's easier for things to progress this way.
"Umm... excuse me, but why are we here?" the girl asked.
"Well-"
"For interrogation. You should have been in that world for a while already but we don't know if you know about the situation outside that world or not. We're currently at war with the cult and going to destroy anything related to them. So you need to answer everything truthfully," I said to interrupt Albert who was trying to explain it to them.
If I leave it to Albert right away, he would just say something and will take more time to explain. It's best to be direct. And it's to let them know their own status.
"You mean you saved us from the cult?!"
The girl who seem to be the youngest suddenly shouted.
"Well-"
"That depend on the truth behind your words. If you are still have a little bit of loyalty to the cult who sold you out to become prostitutes, I will kill you. If not, you are free," I said after interrupting Albert again.
"...Roy, you know what? Sometimes, threatening people is not the answer," Albert said.
"Yeah, yeah. Today I was supposed to investigate things but I spend it mostly on resting. I'm pissed because I just found a way where I don't need to kill everyone right away," I said.
"...Seems like your decision to ask him to bring some of you home was a correct one if you want to survive. Now, please take a seat and let us begin," Albert said to the girls.
The interrogation begun. But it's more like interview.
Kayla and I took our seats as well while Candy and Wendy stood behind Albert with Mustache and acting as Albert's guard.
...No, Candy and Wendy don't have mustache. I mean that Mustache is here as well as Albert's guard.
As they said before, the girls were forced to be there because their parents were with the cult. The parents thought that their daughters actually living well, but they are actually lived a terrible lives. The parents didn't know about it.
And when they knew, some of them thought that the girls are doing a favor to the Evil God and let them be. But some actually tried to get their daughters back. I guess not all parents are bad.
And in the end, the parents who tried to get their daughters back were killed. These girls realized that after they talked about it with other girls from different establishment. That there are some customers who proudly said that they killed traitors and even talking about those so-called traitors in full detail including their name and their home address.
"Whoa, that's bad. Really bad. But that's good. Does it mean that there's a whole community of victims of the cult in that base? Is that really it?" I asked.
"Well, I guess you can put it that way. We talked to others in different establishment, and the stories spread. But I don't think any of the men knows about it. Some were managed to leave that base, but they are probably being used as slaves by the men who brings them out. And we are desperate to escape because of the vampires' attack," the oldest girl said.
I looked at Albert and see that he didn't react at all. All the things that the girls are saying were true. There were no lies.
"Then, if I want you to return and contact those other girls, can you do that? We want to destroy anything related to the cult without harming as many innocent people as possible. We need a spy to gather as many information as possible while making sure that they can save as many innocent people as possible. Are you willing to do it?" Albert asked.
"...Does it mean you trust us?" the oldest girl asked.
"Yeah. That guy over there won't kill you anymore. And we don't want to kill too many innocent people as possible, so those who are willing need to return back to that world and be our spies," Albert said.
The girls are so happy that they started crying tears of joy. Knowing that they are safe from the cult.
And then the oldest girl stand up from her seat after those girls discussed for a bit.
"Then I will do it. If I do it, the others will trust me more. Isn't that why he asked me to come?" she said.
"Good. As for the others... you need somewhere to stay. Even if you're free, you're orphans and don't have jobs. If we leave you be, you will just end up as prostitutes again. Now, what should we do?"Albert said as he looked at me. He wants me to be the one to decide the other four girls' fate.
"Don't worry about it. Roy has said that they will be working at the clothing store. Just look at them. They are all beautiful. And I have many clothes I want them to wear. As for lodging, there's an empty room at the store where we can set as shared bedroom for them. it's not hard," Victoria said.
I guess I did say that they will work at my clothing store. Well, that won't be much problem. And having more beautiful girls advertising the store, there will be more profit in the future as well. And I can open more branches in the future.
Even Lynn wanted the clothing store to open in her country. It's just another way for me to get richer. I won't object at all.
"Well, I guess I'll clean up the room for them to use first. You can stay here for a while and have a chat with the king. I'll be back later," I said.
It took no time for me to clean the place and also buy some beds to the store. And I told the store manager that there will be some new workers come.
And if I save those other girls in Monsters World as well, I might be able to get more workers. Opening multiple brances at once won't be impossible then. That's great.
Chapter 697: We Got a New Spy
Albert has finished talking with the girls I brought. And they were all asleep in the guest room in the palace because all tension is gone. They felt that they are finally free and their fatigue from all the events happening to them make them tired. They fell asleep as soon as Candy brought them to the guest room.
Now, only Albert, Mustache, Kayla, and I stayed behind in Albert's office. Candy and Wendy are away to do something else.
"From being a prostitute into a king's guests just in a few hours. Look how much they have changed," I said.
"Yeah. It's good that you brought them here. They don't know much, but the information about the cult that I can get from them about that place are still important. We keep talking about the cult like every one of them are combatant. There are also normal people who joined the cult. And those girls, most of them, are children of those normal people. They are with the cult but they are too useless. They didn't even get the explosive devices installed in their mouth. They are most likely be still alive and oblivious about the fact that their children are prostitutes," Albert said.
If we look more carefully, there would even be some of the cult believer even in the capital. But they can't do anything because they can't contact any main members of the cult now thanks to Albert.
"But they are still with the cult. As long as they are already an adult, I don't mind killing them. Though if they are children, I will think about it," I said.
"Don't kill children if possible. Don't even think about it as well if possible. We're going to investigate about places where those normal people who joined the cult are and help those children if possible. I'm assigning Wendy for this job and will ask Veronica's help because she suffered similar fate to those girls," Albert said.
.....
Yeah. If Veronica is less talented than other kids, and didn't grow up to have big butt, she might end up being used by the cult like those girls. Though I don't know if being used for her butt is lucky or not.
"Probably, the place they need to investigate will be the same as the place that Randy is investigating. So they might be able to help each other. I have contacted Randy about it as well to investigate," Albert said.
"Okay. Is there anything else?" I asked.
"Only that you will need to return back to that world with that woman who is willing to be our spy. Return to the inn you rested before and she will tell the others there about us. They will contact other girls to prepare to leave that world. As for the time, I heard that you're here for that. Tell me what you found," Albert said.
And I gave him the paper with the schedule of the portal transportation is written. The time and the location.
"Hmm... this is good. Not only it was written about where they will perform the portal opening, they also wrote down when it's going to happen. So they do it every week, huh. I guess you should finish your mission by next week after they close the portal at the very least if you want it done quickly," Albert said.
"Also, it wasn't written but they opened portal every night to bring in supplies. And there are some people that I think could be useful if I capture them, but I can't bring them here," I said.
"Can't bring them here? Why?" Albert asked.
I thought about those three summoners before I tell Albert about them.
"Those three are being heavily guarded. Unlike most summoners who come and go and have at least one master level mage with them, even if I didn't check it myself, they should have at least five or more master level mages protecting them. Seems like they are far too important even though they are just there, sleeping and eating without doing anything important. My guess is that in case of emergency, they will use their portal to leave and report to their higher ups right away. In that case, do you know what it means?" I asked Albert.
Albert becomes quiet and started thinking of what I had just said to him.
"Then it's high likely that those summoners have set somewhere in this world as their transfer point. And during emergency situation, they will use portal and transport to that place which are most likely related to the higher ups of the cult. And probably even the Evil God himself. That's why if we transport them to this world, they will lose their transfer point because it will be reset to where we brought them to. Unless they have their familiar in those place," Albert said.
"Right. That's why I think it will take a while. Especially since there might be more master level mages in that place than I expected. And so, I need to think of a way to capture those three summoners and block their magic before they can report to someone. Also, the best time to act is after the cult finished with taking care of their supplies in that world and return to this world. Because once we stopped those three summoners, the cult will only realize what happen the next day when they bring the next supplies," I said.
We only have at most 24 hours before the cult realized that their base in Monsters World is destroyed. We need to be able to capture all those three summoners quickly before killing all the master level mages.
Those summoners will be our clue toward their higher ups and possibly to where the Evil God is.
I told Albert about everything that I learned about the cult's base in Monsters World. But there's another thing I want to learn. And Albert also realizes what we need to do first.
"The raid. What about the vampires' raid? Did those summoners left during the raid?" Albert asked.
"That's what I want to know as well. I didn't get any information about it. But at least last night, they are working normally. The supply and the transport of the people were still working normally. Even then, it didn't take much for their master level mages to stop the vampires. I guess those summoners won't leave unless it's life-threatening for them," I said.
"So we can still do the raid. How about you check the vampires and ask them if they want to raid that place again? Then you can see if those summoners will leave or not," Albert suggested.
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And then Kayla added something.
"We can get Arin's group to help raid the base. They are more careful than those vampires and stronger as well. There are even ten Vampire Dukes with them. It will be safer if we send them. Though they still need to be careful. Once they raid the base, Roy can see the situation in the place where those three summoners gather and check their reaction," Kayla suggested.
Yeah. Using Arin and the vampires should be better than having to trust those charmed vampires. But we need to be careful wit them getting tamed.
"I'll ask Arin about it. And I found a good place yesterday. Somewhere where it should be fine for me to open a portal and return back to that base. I can go there directly without anyone noticing," I said.
It was near the inn I rested. Where the girls I brought over were working
The inn I rested is near the edge of the base. And it's also cheap while other inn have better service and everything. The food, although every place have similar food, the closer they are to the center, the better quality of the ingredient they have. So more people chose to stay near the center while those at the edge are mostly for those who lack money and only there for the drink, which should be the same everywhere.
And those who lack money and couldn't even stay at an inn, they prefer to rest at the road near the gate. Or maybe even camp out and only return when they gained fortune. Taming a lot of monsters I mean.
So the place I'm talking is safe. And it's not close enough for expert level mage who should be wealthy enough to stay.
If I can get the inn-owner to cooperate with me, I can easily open a portal to a private room instead. But that would be when I get her cooperation.
"Seems like you have a lot to do. I think we are done here. You can leave. I'll contact the other kings about this," Albert said.
"Okay. Should I bring Veronica here first?" I asked.
"Yes please."
I opened a portal to Cassau, and then informed Veronica about it. Although she's introverted and prefer to stay indoor and read books, she agreed with the plan to look for where normal people who joined the cult is gathering. That's not surprising.
I transported Veronica back to the capital and see the girls have woke up. So I brought them to my clothing store.
"This is where you will work from today. I'm planning to open more branches in other kingdom, so if you work well and the manager recognize you, you can get promoted and be the manager in other branch I will open. As for you, you will return with me to Monsters World. You already know what you're going to do, right?" I asked the woman who will be our spy.
"Yes. I will convince the others to leave. But when will we be able to leave from that place?" she asked.
"We don't know the time yet. There are many things we need to learn first. Though I will go there alone later tonight. Just get some rest and prepare yourself. I will probably bring you there after a few days. Just get ready as soon as the ghost informed you about it."
Chapter 698: The Second Vampire Raid
It's night in Monsters World. I'm back again and this time, I'm not alone. I'm with Arin and other strong vampires from our side.
"How was it? Will they come as well?" I asked Arin.
"There's no way they can refuse me," she replied.
What I'm talking about is the rest of the vampires here. The ones who raided the cult's base before.
They are willing to help us in raiding the base again even after a few vampires died before.
I looked behind us and I can see those vampires from before which consist of mostly males. They are willing to risk their lives again after hearing that Arin wanted their help. Together with the vampires I took from Earth.
What we're planning is to get the vampires raid that base again. I want to see if those heavily protected summoners who only eat and sleep, while sometimes grabbed some women with them, will retreat if the base received another attack at similar level as the raid before. Though tonight should be a few level higher than that since we have more vampires.
.....
Why didn't I ask the werewolves, angels, or other monsters? Because I don't want to.
The angels really hate the cult. They would risk their lives to kill another member of the cult instead of running away.
The werewolves are the same. The difference is that they love fighting and not because they hate the cult.
As for the vampires, they are willing to escape. Because I have taught them that living is good and they can learn many things by living. They love human culture.
...Well, I'm not the one who actually taught them that. But I am the person responsible for bringing them to our world. So it's not really wrong to say that I'm the one teaching them.
These vampires, or at least just Arin and the ones that I took back to our world, can follow my order better than the werewolves or the angels. I don't want to reduce our strength by sacrificing some vampires after all. Just one of them can defeat several expert level mages already. They are strong.
"Alright, I will enter that base now. Wait thirty minutes before you start the invasion. And retreat after fifteen minutes, or you have drunk enough blood, or someone strong appears. Don't try to fight them," I said.
"What if I use my Charm Magic on those people? Most of them are men, right? And the women, even if there are some who will fight us, most of them are weak and probably won't participate in the fight. So I can get those men to fight for us if my charm is successful. How about it?" Arin suggested.
That might be a good idea. But we are only here for testing the water. Checking about what the summoners will do. Not a full frontal fight. So I don't think I will need her to do it at the moment.
But it is still a useful method to capture some men. Let's do it.
"You can use charm magic to let some men to follow you. Use Charm Magic on them, then pretend that they are the prey you captured so you can drink their blood later on. Make the enemy think that way and not because those men are being charmed. Ask some vampires to help you take them away from the base. There are few morre things I need you to do later, but let's focus on this mission first," I said.
Using Charm Magic is useful. Though I heard that Arin was reluctant to use Charm Magic anymore. I guess she no longer feel that way. That's good.
I think we can use Arin to do more things. But I don't think I have enough blood in my body to reward her. I'll try asking her about it later then.
I opened a portal to inside the base where I have installed with Blobbies yesterday, and had Victoria transformed into a robe to cover my identity.
Some people from yesterday knows that I should have been returning back to Earth. I can't show my face to them.
The state of this place is not different from yesterday. There are still the debris of the destruction from the first vampires' raid. I guess they are too lazy to fix them.
I entered a bar where I can see the center of this place. That's where those important looking summoners are.
The three live in the same house. One of them is there just reading some books, another is sleeping, and another is with a girl. I can tell those three are not master level mages because they didn't sense my gaze on them.
As for the master level mages protecting them, there's only two of them at the moment. I remember them from their physical features. But I don't think that there will only be two of them in action when something happened. There are also many people near that place who will probably move to protect them.
There's still around three minutes left until Arin and the others invade this place. I checked out other places including where the supply was coming from.
They came from the same place I was returned back from last night. I guess they used that place for transportation for both people and supplies.
They have just finished bringing all the supplies and I can't see the summoners at all there. They must have returned back to Earth already.
Seems like the cult have more summoners than expected. Though most of them are probably on Earth.
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In the schedule that was given to us when we returned back to Earth, the same place where I was transported to will only arrange another transportation in a month. If the summoner didn't move at all, and they transport people weekly, I guess there are a lot of summoners in the cult.
With that many summoners, they never approached me for being a summoner. Though that's a good thing.
If they approached me a long time ago, I would have agreed and I would never be an Aura user since I can easily get money. And there is no one who would be returned back to the past if that's the case.
Soon after, I can hear commotion from the outer part of the city. Arin and the others must have make their move.
From their past error, I guess there are not many tamers stay near the outer part of the city. I can hear the people here are talking about it. In fact, most of the people in this bar are tamers.
They don't want any of the monsters to be released. So even if some people have to be sacrificed, at least the monsters won't leave.
They keep gathering monsters without having done anything to those monsters other than feeding them. Where will they be taken to? When? For what reason? No one Albert interrogated knows about it.
But I guess the protected summoners would know about it. That's why when we're destroying this base, I need to capture them without returning them back to Earth. And I will bring Albert here instead.
The master level mages protecting the summoners seem to have noticed the commotion. But they didn't do anything until someone come there and reporting the situation.
The summoners didn't do anything except gathering in one room. Probably preparing for the unforeseen situation. Like the vampires managed to get too close to where they are. But I have told Arin and the others to not do that.
The summoners still didn't do anything, while the master level mages seem to be telling the messenger to do something.
The messenger then left and go to another building where more master level mages are on standby. I guess they will be the ones protecting the base before they retreat. I can see the fire mage and ice mage from the previous raid. They are preparing to move.
Those master level mages started to move while the ones protecting the summoners still waiting. I guess the summoners won't escape until things go wrong.
Oh, they all started writing something. Probably the report of the situation. And after they finished writing, they opened a small portal and only send those letters inside. As expected, they are connected to an important place for the cult.
A few minutes later, the commotion seem to have been over. The master level mages returning instead of chasing the vampires.
After the messenger gave the report, the summoners wrote another letter saying that it's safe now and send them through the portal. They really didn't do anything at all.
I guess my job for the day is over. Let's check the aftermath of the raid.
I can see several people died near the gate. Most of them have been drained of their blood. Though none of them are master level mages. I guess that's why those master level mages are still calm. They didn't feel that those vampires are threats for them.
Well, now that my job is over, let's meet up with Arin and the other vampires. They should have brought some men who have been charmed.
Chapter 699: Pretending to be One of Them
The second raid by the vampires is over. The damage caused this time is far less than before. It's because fighting was only secondary. I just need someone to create commotion.
And they did it well. Even with less damage in the surrounding, I have received enough information. That the invasion at that level wasn't enough to make the summoners retreat. It wasn't even enough to make all the master level mages to make their move.
I meet up with Arin after I finished my investigation for the day. She has returned to her former castle.
"Good job, Arin. How is it?" I asked.
"There were no problem at all. Most of them are weak, but once the strong ones appear, we retreated. We have no casualties. Rather, we managed to free some of our kin who were captured, and some other monsters by killing some of the tamers."
Seems like there were no problem with the raid at all. That's good.
The vampires are happy that they captured more humans. Those humans are the men who have been charmed by Arin.
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I'll just left one or two of them here and took the rest, along with Arin's group, back to Tatrama. Though I don't think that these people have any information other than what we already know. But I'll let Albert do it.
I returned to Albert's place with portal, and told him everything I learned from today.
"So they won't make a move if they know that the attack was at that level and they can handle it with just a few master level mages. And it seems like there are more master level mages than we expected to be in that place. That's good to hear," Albert said.
"Yeah. But that's just in the base. You know that the base was created so the cult can have it easier to hunt monsters to be tamed, right? We still don't know if there are master level mages roaming around in Monsters World. Maybe one of them would even reach Monsters Village anytime soon. But at least if we destroyed the base, those roaming master level mages won't have a way to return," I said.
"Yeah. But we will still be careful. Once you get to destroy that base, make sure to left behind some people there to keep guard. I'm sure when the summoner who brings supplies came, they will try to retreat as soon as possible. I don't think this is a mission that can be done stealthily. Maybe we will even fail right away because someone unexpected is also a summoner," Albert said.
He's right. I can't just focus on the three summoners. Maybe even the master level mage near them is a summoner as well. If that's the case, then the cult will be reported right away. And they don't need to wait the next day to get the report about the base's destruction.
"I will prepare a lot of Blobbies then. Once I see anyone opened a portal, I will throw those Blobbies or shoot them with Victorifle into the portal so I can open a portal to wherever they are moving to. When should we prepare to move?" I asked.
"That is a good plan. I think it's best to move in two weeks time. Right after they transport people to and from Earth. Once they close the portal, that will be when you make your action. Can you do it? You said that you're going to ask someone to destroy the whole base," Albert asked.
That's right. I won't destroy the base on my own. I will capture the summoners and probably some master level mages as well if possible, and then that someone will destroy the base. I need to move fast so I won't get caught in the attack.
"If it's him, he can. Anyway, that's all I got. I need to go back there again. I can't repeat saying that I have just returned from hunting on my own every time. Especially right after a raid by the vampires," I said.
"Alright. Good luck."
I return back to that world and stayed at a different inn from before. Because all the staffs at that inn already know my face.
I also checked that inn and see that all of the staffs are shaking in fear even though the raid was over a few hours ago. If I return there again, they will surely ask me to bring them back to Earth.
Not now. I need the spy to contact all the girls there first. I need to figure a way to do everything quickly in this two weeks.
I need to be able to open a portal to get those girls escape, and then quickly capture all the summoners, before I can escape from this base or I will get caught up in the attack.
Maybe the master level mages will survive the attack. But as long as all the summoners have been captured or killed, I don't think there will be any big problem.
Though in the end, the result can't be hidden. Whether the result is a good one or a bad one, the cult will know about it in the end. And if they find me, one human, infiltrating their base in Monsters World, they will think that there's nothing that they can do but we can't do.
If that happens, the only thing left is for them to directly destroy us instead of doing what they did in hiding. And we can't have that. We are still far too weak. Only a few of us can defeat master level mages. We need more time until an all-out war can happen.
That's why I want to defeat their Evil God as soon as possible. Possibly, without the help of anyone. But he's so good in hiding.
I stayed at the inn but I didn't sleep at all. Sleeping in the middle of the enemy's turf is something that I shouldn't do. At least until I know someone I can trust.
The next day, everyone returned back to normal. Seems like even though there are a few deaths, everyone is still doing their job normally. Though most of them are leaving the city to hunt monsters to tame.
The girls who we left behind were scared. They are without any means of protection at all. And some of the girls even enter my room fully naked last night just to get me to protect them.
...I didn't do anything to them. I just said that I'm tired because of the raid and going to sleep, and they can sleep at the same bed if they want to.
They thought that they can't gain my favor so they left. And in the morning, before I leave the inn, they approached me again. Still, I won't do anything to them.
For now, I'll pretend that I'm just another individual who seeks wealth here. I'll try to enter a party with a tamer to get money.
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I found someone whose party members died last night. And we teamed up and left the base along with two other people we just met.
"Am I the only tamer here?" the tamer asked.
"I'm a fire mage and he's an earth mage. We're both just advanced level mages," the two mages we met introduced themselves.
"I'm just an advanced level wind mage," I said.
With my air magic, and also a slight help from Airy, I can introduce myself as a wind mage. I can't just tell them that I'm an air mage and a summoner.
"I think this is enough. So, what's our goal?" the tamer asked.
"How long will we go? I think even with those raid with the vampires, staying outside and inside the city are both dangerous. But I prefer to stay inside the city. So I want it to be done in the evening at least. I don't want to stay overnight if possible," I said.
"I agree. Let's tame a lot of monsters and return by evening. Is that okay?" the tamer asked.
The two other mages agreed so we will return by evening.
"You three just wait for me at the gate. I will use tamer gate and bring out my beast. It's a bull that can be used to pull carriage so we won't get tired by the journey," the tamer said. And then he left as we received the black coins from the gatekeeper and waited for the tamer.
We don't talk to each other at all. And this is normal in this place. Everyone for themselves. No need to make friend with other people.
The tamer returned with a bull pulling a carriage. And as we enter the carriage, he asked our destination.
"Where should we go? Most of the monsters nearby have been tamed. And we can't go too far if we want to returns," the tamer asked.
"Don't worry about it. The smell of the blood after last night should gather the attention of other monsters. They will be attracted to the city and there should be some of them within the vicinity," the earth mage said.
"Then let's go that way. A few days ago, I found some monsters with my former teammate over there. They are weak against fire. Though we retreated before the stronger monsters attack us. If we go there, we might need to go all out," the fire mage said.
"Then let's go there. Since he's a wind mage, he can make your fire bigger. It should be easier even if we face stronger monster, right?" the tamer said as he looks at me.
"If it's just making fire bigger, that's easy. Let's go," I said.
With this, a group of four stranger left the base to look for monsters.
I can kill them all easily right away. But I'll just pretend that I'm one of them for now.
Chapter 700: Working with the People Here Temporarily
There's no friendship here. Just mutual goal. To tame as many monster as possible so they can make money to stay in the middle area of the city.
I also didn't talk much with them. Just following their order.
After a while, we encountered several monsters. The fire mage's magic was too weak even though fire was supposed to be the weakness of the monsters we encountered. The tamer only brought his bull to pull the carriage. And the earth mage only there for protection.
"Hey, you! You're a wind mage, right? Make my fire stronger," the fire mage ordered.
I just obeyed his order. Though it's not wind magic. I just made some flammable gas to make the fire bigger.
"I won't make the fire too big. We need them alive so we can get money," I said.
"That's good enough. Seems like we're at the right place," the fire mage said.
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The tamer and the earth mage, after seeing that the monsters weakened after getting hit by the fire magic enhanced with air magic, or wind magic since that's what I make them to believe, smiled seeing how easy it is to capture those monsters.
The tamer then tamed those weakened monsters with the earth mage protecting him, while the fire mage and I were working together.
"They are not that strong, but since there are many of them, we can get enough money already to stay in the middle area of the city. What do you think? Should we keep going or return?" the tamer asked.
No one speak at all. But no one said that's enough and let's return. I guess they want to keep going. But seems like no one here is willing to say it.
I was thinking that I should just obey them, but I guess I need to take action here.
"Let's make things clear first. We're all here to get some money and live. Am I right?" I asked.
The three of them nodded. But with the cult's teaching, I guess being a coward and afraid to die will only make them think that they're traitors for being afraid of death. That's why no one is willing to say it out loud.
And now that I pointed it out, they nodded in agreement. They are all willing to leave. Though I don't care if they are forced to join the cult or not. I'll just end up getting a headache if I found out that there are more innocent people here. Just the girls alone is enough. I don't want more of them.
"Then we'll decide after we hear what each of us want. I want to stay somewhere further from the wall so I won't get caught in those attack again. And I want more money so I can sleep with women. What about you?" I asked.
By saying it first, the others will feel less reluctant to tell their intention.
"I'm also the same," the fire mage said.
"If possible, I want to save a lot of money so I can leave this world and return to Earth," the earth mage said.
"I like it here. There are a lot of monsters I want to tame. But I'm too weak and so are you. If I can have more money, I can hire stronger mages to help me tame strong monsters. If I'm lucky, I might be able to tame those vampires who attacked. I'll say that we keep going," the tamer said.
We're all agree to it. But I don't care.
Though maybe this is for the better. Maybe I can let them die if we continue with the mission.
"Does everyone has enough mana to continue?" the fire mage asked.
"Since our targets are those monsters, I only need to increase the power of your fire slightly. I'm fine. Though I will say this. If we face stronger monsters, I'll escape on my own," I said.
"Yeah, that's what everyone will do. Anyway, it's all depend on how much more monsters that our tamer can tame. So, how much is it?" the earth mage asked.
"Hmm... I have got seven monsters now excluding the bull. And my maximum number of monsters I can tame is twenty in one day. So, it's thirteen," the tamer said.
"Then we will look for at least seven more monsters before we return. I think it will be easier now since we have the help of the monsters. No need to force the tamer to get more monsters. If everyone is fine with it, let's continue," the earth mage said.
Now the earth mage is assuming the position of the leader of this made up group. Well, we might just be together for today. And sooner or later, they will all die anyway.
I'll just play along with them today. I only want to pretend that I'm with the cult.
Soon, we encountered similar monsters. There are ten of them, which is still within the limit. And with the help of the recently tamed monsters, we tamed them all easily.
And so, while it was still afternoon, we return back to the base.
The bull carriage brought us to the gate while the tamer is bringing the bull and his other tamed monsters to the gate for monsters.
I gave the black coin to the gatekeeper and we're allowed to enter.
As we enter, we walked to where the tamer is waiting with our money. I wonder why they think it's a good idea to give the tamer the money. He can easily divide the money unfairly.
I checked the place where they are holding the tamed monsters. And the monsters we caught is being counted. And as we arrive there, the tamer is receiving our money.
Without anyone else noticing, he grabbed some cash and hid it under his clothes before leaving that place and approach us.
"Where should we go to share the money?" the tamer asked.
"Let's just find a cheap place to eat. We will use the money to pay for the meal, and then divide the rest to the four of us equally," the earth mage said.
After that, the money was equally shared. With the tamer still hiding the money he grabbed previously.
It was enough for me to stay at the inn in the middle area for a few days.
"So, will we team up again tomorrow?" the earth mage asked.
"I don't think so. I will just leave when I'm almost out of money. If not, I'll just stay at the inn. I will leave whenever I want, so I don't think that joining with any group permanently is a good idea for me," I said.
"I usually go out once every two days. I won't work tomorrow, but if it's two days later, you can ask me if you need any help," the fire mage said.
"I want to get as much money as possible, so I will go every day. What about you?" the earth mage then asked the tamer.
"I also want to go every day. Let's make a team with just the two of us. It will be easy to get someone to join us. And we can ask these two as well when they want to gain some money," the tamer said.
I don't think I will go out again to help the cult find more monsters to tame anymore. I had enough. And I learned a lot as well.
Other than those who are really close with each others, they treat other people as strangers. Even now, we're not really close.
The two who just partied together didn't even tell each other their names. Just how distrustful were they?
The money I got was so little compared to the money I looted from the destroyed houses, or the money I stole from the passerby. Though it doesn't matter anyway.
We split up after that. There should be no more need for me to meet them anymore. And none of them are staying at the same inn as I was.
Inside the base, there's nothing unusual. Other than some people who are extremely on guard for the next attack. Which will probably not happen anytime soon. Unless the vampires who are charmed by Arin and free to do anything they want decided to come again. Though they captured some men, so I think there won't be any attack for a week at least.
I return back to the inn I stayed and when it's midnight, right when the people here lowered their guard the most even though the base was just attacked last night, I move to an empty alley where I opened a portal to enter here before.
I'm going to get the woman who is willing to be our spy here. It's finally time for her to make her move.
I checked the surrounding and didn't see anyone. There's no expert level mages nearby. And even though the gate always have someone guarding, I don't think there will be anyone to return here late at night. Those who are outside should be camping now.
After everything is clear, I opened a portal and get the girl who was in a room with the other girls I brought back to Earth, entered. The others whispered good luck to her as the portal is closing.
"Wear this cloak for now. We'll go to the inn you were before. Try to convince them."