Chapter 238: Killing the a.s.sa.s.sins
Good. Quite a lot of the enemies have died thanks to the Werewolves. The Werewolves are so eager to test their strength against mages.
We would sometime have a practice sparring between the Werewolves and us, but no one is using their full strength since it"s just a practice. That"s why the Werewolves wanted to fight mages with full strength.
And the Werewolves I brought here are those who have learned how to use Air Steps. That"s why the mages got so confused as to how the Werewolves suddenly attacked from above. And no one expected a close combat fight.
Although the Werewolves like a head-on fight the most, as the king, I ordered them to sneak attack the mages. Some of them might hate it, but I"ll give them a proper reward later. All they want is just food after all. Delicious foods.
Seeing the Werewolves are busy, I approached the two bombsh.e.l.ls and a slime. They are talking right now seeing how the situation instantly changed. Seems like Victoria is introducing me to Big b.o.o.bs. I mean Celestine.
"h.e.l.lo, I came in peac… why did you transform like that!?" I asked Victoria.
I"m focusing my sight on the Werewolves and the enemies, and I didn"t focus enough on her. I knew that she transformed into a human form, but I never thought that it would be that way!
Her face is still the same, but her b.o.o.bs are bigger than Celestine"s, and her a.s.s is bigger than Veronica"s. Just why are you so compet.i.tive in that area!?
"What are you talking about? I have always been like this!" Victoria shouted.
"No, you"re not! Anyway, you"re Celestine, right? Veronica told me a little about you. I"m Roy."
I introduce myself to Celestine whom I finally met today. But d.a.m.n! Those are huge!
No, Roy! Maintain, eye contact! It"s important! You can do it, Roy! Just see that area with your Divine Vision, while using your real eyes to focus only on her eyes!
That"s it, Roy! You"re doing a good job!
I offered my hand for a handshake, but she didn"t take it. Well, it"s fine.
"You"re a summoner and she"s your summon? What about the Werewolves? Are you a tamer as well? It"s the first time I"ve seen Werewolves. Wait! What about the orphans!?" Celestine asked worriedly.
"They are safe. The spies you put on Veronica managed to protect all of the children until I arrive. Though maybe some of your friends died. They are in the safest place from the cult at the moment. As for your other questions, I"ll answer them later. For now, let"s take care of the enemies in front of us. I"ll see you later!" I said as I waved my hands toward the two expert level mages, and get some distance from them.
"…why is he running away?" Celestine asked Victoria.
I can still hear her for a while, so I concentrate on what they"re talking.
"Because the enemies are mages specialized in a.s.sa.s.sination, and they have the confidence in killing two expert level mages. Which mean they should have some other expert level mages. Maybe more than two. Or worse, they have a Master level mage. In any case, if we"re gathering together in one spot, it"s obvious that a single magic can hit everyone. And since we just met, we won"t be able to cooperate well. It"s better to fight alone in this situation rather than forcing ourselves to cooperate. So, the simplest plan here is to fight alone. You two should split up now and help the Werewolves killing the enemies."
After Victoria explained, she transformed into a snake again and left that spot.
Celestine and Veronica then agreed to split up to defeat the enemies.
I"m going to the north where the Werewolves seems to be in trouble. Celestine went to the west, and Veronica to the east. As for the south, Shelia is there. And seems like Veronica is going after her to help her.
Seeing the situation, I think there are 4 expert level mages in each direction.
The Werewolves can fight in close range. I"ll just shoot the opponent with Blobbygun.
There are 3 mages, and 4 Werewolves. But the Werewolves are blocked with an Ice Wall that they can"t penetrate with their strength.
I shot the Ice Wall in its weak spots, and the Ice Wall is destroyed. With just this much strength, I don"t think the expert level mage is of ice element.
The Werewolves instantly approach the mages. They quickly divide themselves into two groups, and each group is fighting one mage. The two mages they are fighting don"t seem to be the expert level mage. That means it"s the last one.
I distracted the expert level mage by shooting at him. He"s trying to help the other two, but I stopped him.
The other two mages soon died, and only the expert level mage left.
He then started to cast a magic to attack me. I just hope that it"s a fire magic since I can extinguish it.
And he is really a fire mage! Now let"s hope my air magic is enough to extinguish the fire.
The huge fire start to move toward me, but I stand still, and start to use air magic to change the properties of the gas in front of the fire into non-flammable gas.
The mage is shocked to see that the fire suddenly disappears. It started well, but mid-way the fire suddenly gone.
…doesn"t it seem like fire magic has a huge flaw? I mean I"m just an intermediate level air mage, and he"s an expert level mage. And that fire is the biggest I ever seen. But I stopped it just by changing the properties of the gas in front of the fire.
Now, what if I can make a type of gas that can"t freeze? Then I don"t need the fishnet stocking to protect myself!
Seeing the huge magic, the Werewolves realized that he"s the strongest mage and decided to attack him together. While he"s being distracted by the disappearance of the fire, the Werewolves killed him. He"s not prepared to cast any magic to defend himself, so he died being sliced by the Werewolves" claws.
"Alright, now four of you, make sure that no one escape this area! I"ll see if the other three need some help."
""Understood!""
The Werewolves split up to see if someone is escaping. And if someone has left for a while, the Werewolves can find them by the smell. No one can escape even from the air.
I went to check on how the others are doing, and they seem fine. Veronica and Celestine are more experienced in fighting than the expert level mages they are fighting. And with the help of the Werewolves, the fight is over quickly.
As for Shelia and Victoria, it still goes on. Victoria is now acting as Shelia"s armor since the ice mage"s attack is quite powerful and Shelia needed some protection.
The ice mage has quite strong defense as well, Shelia and the other Werewolves have difficulty in breaking through the Ice Wall.
I can see that the ice mage is the only one left, and I think he"s prepared to escape.
Seeing that he has no hope in finishing the mission, he waited for a chance to escape.
Unfortunately for him, it"s difficult to escape from a Werewolf.
When he thought he found a chance to escape, Shelia quickly intercept him. He tried to attack Shelia with Ice Spikes, but Victoria is protecting her. Shelia just ignore the incoming attack, and slashed his head.
It"s safe now. All the enemies have died. But we still need to be careful.
"Roy, is it over?" Veronica asked as she and Celestine come over after finishing their enemies.
"Wait for a while. If you want to leave the cult for good, you need to be extremely careful. Wait and see if the Werewolves find some traces of escaping enemies." I said.
After a while a Werewolf approach me and inform me about the situation.
"We found a trace of enemies who escaped. But it started to fade, so some Werewolves tried to go after the smell."
"Alright. How many of them?"
"Just two. They split and went to different direction."
The Werewolf pointed to two different direction. One to the north, another to the east.
"I"ll go to the north one. Veronica, you will go to the east with Shelia." I gave the order to follow the two suspected cult members.
"What about me?" Celestine asked what her role will be.
"Well, can you fly?" I asked.
"No."
"Then you can either wait here, or try to follow Veronica. Victoria, accompany her while we chase the two."
"Okay!" Victoria then transformed back to her human form. This time, no excessive transformation. Just her normal one.
I quickly run with my Air Steps to the north. My speed is slightly faster than the Werewolves, so I can pa.s.s the other Werewolves chasing the escaping mage.
I can finally see that the one trying to escape is facing a Werewolf. The Werewolf is Jack. And Jack easily killed that one.
"Jack, go back to where we were, and gather all the corpses in that spot."
"Understood!"
Then, I quickly went to the other one.
Veronica"s and Shelia"s speeds are about the same. And the two of them managed to catch up with the escaping mage. That"s all of them then.
I ordered the Werewolves to gather the corpses as well. It"s necessary for Veronica to fully escape from the cult.
Then I returned back to where Celestine and Victoria are waiting. Now, it"s time for some clean up.