Chapter 195


Chapter 195 Strongest Sage, Picks Chance


About six hours later .


We finished the quest smoothly and got the reward at the guild .


It was a boring but fruitful quest in term of intel gained .


We now know their technological level and the refineries" locations thanks to the map .


『So, what are we going to do now?』


『Right . . . Nothing good would come out of staying in this town anyway, let"s get them quick . We"ve grasped our enemy positions after all . 』


We were probing the surrounding mana reaction the whole time during the quest .


Result, found 32 sub-demons .


A standard amount for a group of sub-demons .


『But these sub-demons are good at acting in unison right? Wouldn"t it better if we waited until they"re scattered about?』


Alma looked at the surroundings as she said that .


The sub-demons have situated themselves around the center of the town indeed .


It"s probably a good idea to wait for the sub-demons to disperse in order to neutralize their union .


However-- .


『Nah, there"s no point in waiting . These demons must be holding their current positions . 』


I peeked at the mana reaction as I said that .


They"ve been making sure to absolutely stay in the center of the town .


This is probably done on purpose .


Since their sense-sharing is limited to 50 meter range .


And the sub-demons in this town are moving about while always maintaining their link together .


Thus, defeating even one of them would notify the rest of the sub-demons in the entire town .


This is most likely not a coincidence .


They must have willingly taken this kind of security measures to immediately detect any incident or attack from outside .


That all the refineries are located around the center of the town must be for this too .


『 . . . You mean, we"re gonna have to face these sub-demons all at once if we wanna beat them?』


『That would happen if we leisurely wait for them to join up with on another . However, if we attack sub-demons that are their on the way to join up with others and end the battle fast, we should end up only fighting a few . 』


Even if these sub-demons are gathered together, it"s not like they"re all smack dab crowding in one place .


These sub-demons are moving with a certain level of freedom within the 50 meter range limit .


『End it quick . . . The demons are all within a 50 meter range right? They"d join together in a blink of an eye when they"re that close . . . 』


『Not necessarily so . Because these demons won"t be going in a straight line . Each one should take about 10 seconds . 』


Well if there is a sub-demon acting as an intermediary in the center of the 50 meter range, they should be able to move farther than that, in fact, these demons are scattered about in a 200 meter range .


Even if all these demons were to rush here, it would still take a few dozens of seconds at least .


Ordinary demons would arrive in a few seconds by flying or breaking through walls, however, sub-demons don"t have that kind of strength .


『T-ten seconds . . . 』


『That much is enough when you"re ambushing a sub-demon . . . Besides I"ll be employing a scheme that will stop them from banding together easily . 』


『Scheme?』


『Yeah . Put a disguise magic that blurs your mana on yourself and beat them without having your face seen . . . In short, you want to prevent these demons from moving at their pace, that"s the knack for defeating sub-demons . 』


The past me went through some hard times defeating sub-demons in my youth .


Their individual strength is far away weaker than an ordinary demon, but it gets really troublesome when they band together .


『Beating a demon without having your face seen . . . I don"t think I could do that though . . . 』


『It is difficult . . . And that"s why it will be me and Iris that"s going to directly fight these demons . You two will pretend to be innocent pa.s.ser by and disturb the demons . Hide yourselves in the spot I specify . 』


Ruli and the girls are still not able to hide their presences while fighting .


There"s the difference in our level of experience and crest after all .


And Disqualified Crest is the most qualified crest for stealth action after all .


However, the demons would surely overlook them if they just hide without partic.i.p.ating in the fight .


However, I"ve been hiding Iris"s mana with magic from the moment we came into this town .


I don"t have the leeway to keep doing so while fighting the sub-demons for real .


And thus, Iris will be fighting too .


Iris"s fighting prowess is a good match for the sub-demons .


Sub-demons are good at union, but in exchange they have fundamentally low offensive powers, therefore, they can"t deal any damage on opponents with an extremely high defensive power like Iris .


Iris probably won"t able to hit the sub-demons either, but by acting as bait with her conspicuous mana, it should make my battle considerably easier .


. . . While thinking that, the sub-demons got into positions that"s easy to attack on .


I thought it would take another few hours before we got this chance, lucky us .


『Here"s our chance . Alma, and Ruli, go hide over there . 』


I pointed at a nearby shadow .



『I-I understand! Do we need to prepare anything?』


『I"ll release Iris"s mana later, use the confusion to make magic tools and slip them in . Make it a type of magic tool that will explode on ground contact . Something flashy would be good . 』


『I got it! Should I augment it on arrows?』


Usually, when Ruli augment offensive magic, she does it by augmenting Alma"s arrows .


Since simply putting offensive magic in a magic stone won"t help in hitting the target .


However, we won"t use arrows this time .


『No, just make it ordinary magic tools . . . Alma, you"ve learned how to use Wired Homing Enchant right?』


『I"ve been using Wired Homing Enchant all this time . . . Huh? Are you telling me to use it on magic stones?』


『That"s right . Throw them at the place the demon will step on when I tell you so . . . Can you do it?』


『Umm . . . No sweat!』


The 『Wired Homing Enchant』 that Alma usually uses on her arrows can actually also be used on things she throws .


Of course, using it with arrows is more powerful and effective, but this time we"re doing a specific method .


This technique doesn"t have many uses, but I was right to teach her just in case .


『Me, what about me?』


『Iris, you wait here and flail your spear around randomly at the demons!』


『S-so haphazard! . . . I can just run wild?』


『Your role, Iris, is to be a decoy . Just be careful not to stray too far, and go on a rampage!』


I look at the demons" positions afterward .


We"re currently right at the edge of the area where the demons are .


At this position, I can catch mana reaction of the entire group of demons there .


--Nice timing .

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