Chapter 315: Why Won"t You Just Kill Yourself?
Now the members of the cult have decreased to less than half thanks to Spot. His breath attack is about the same strength as his child. I guess he"s still holding back.
"…my castle…"
"Old man, things like castle can be rebuild. But people"s lives are…"
"You killed about half of the n.o.bles here, and some of the people you killed are my children."
"…all of them are members of the cult who are thinking of betraying the country. But that was Spot"s fault, not mine."
I blamed Spot instead. Spot also hasn"t asked for my permission before attacking. This is why I"m worried in letting him join us since he"s not contracted with me, and although he follows whatever I say, he thinks of me as equal. Not as a master and servant. Monsters without contract are too difficult to handle despite their intellect. Next time, I won"t greet any monsters I encounter again.
"And that wasn"t even my full strength!" Spot said proudly.
"Sigh… that was a wrong move I made. I shouldn"t have provoked everyone here and told you to kill everyone. I"ll just retreat to a safe place. Take me to Albert. And also, if there are still some people here who doesn"t have explosive device inside your mouth, go put these Magic Restriction Collar on your neck by yourself. I will bring you with me to safety. Just leave the rest to Joy here and his monster friend!"
After telling me that he wants to go to Albert"s place, Sonia who he asked to come appear in her invisible mode. Only I can see her though. Maybe Elsie as well. And Sonia who understood what old man Henry said disappear and should be informing Albert right now that he"s having some guests.
As for me, while we were talking, I hid my hand on my back, grabbed several Magic Restriction Collars through a portal. Since there are about five guards who don"t have explosive devices, I grabbed seven. Maybe I will find use for the other two later.
Then, I pointed at the five guards and told them to step forward.
"Put it on yourself. That"s the only way I can guarantee your lives when everyone here is trying to conspire against me." Old man Henry said to the five people I picked.
"…you said it like you"re the bad guy, old man." I said.
"Even if they are my own children, they choose to destroy what I tried to protect. Those disrespectful b.a.s.t.a.r.ds need to receive their punishment." Old man said.
As the guards put the Magic Restriction Collars on themselves, I was prepared to open a portal. I don"t care anymore if it was being seen by the others since everyone here will die anyway. But there are two people who somehow tried to grab the collars and put them on themselves.
"Father! I don"t know anything about conspiracies! Please let me live!" Said one man.
"I was forced to come here at this time! Father, please spare me!" And another woman added.
"…Joy."
Knowing what old man intended, I threw another two collars for his two children. Seems like these two realize that they have no chance against Spot. By the way, the other people here are still frozen stiff from Spot"s attack, and can"t react properly. I guess none of the people here are expert level mage.
I need to quickly get rid of them all and go help the others.
I open the portal, and kicked in the seven people, while old man walked by himself. I don"t care about the others reaction, and after I closed the portal, I quickly take out my Reizpear and killed the closest ones to me first.
At this time, Albert should have prepared the reinforcement. And they all should be those who were in the training camp. I don"t really see him.
"Spot, you just need to kill the ones who are trying to run away. You are way too strong to fight in this place. The whole castle will be destroyed, and I will be blamed for it if you attack like before. At least you don"t need to use your breath attack." I said to Spot.
"That"s a pain, but I will do it. Being human is too complicated. I"m fine doing it, but I need to let loose from time to time." Spot said.
"…you should have said that sooner."
Let"s just kill everyone here first.
Some people are still trying to escape, but they are bitten to death by Spot, or he slammed his body to those people trying to escape. Aren"t these people n.o.bles? They should at least be experienced in using magic, right? But they must be extremely spoiled that they have no need to raise their own hands.
Those people are easy to defeat, but there are some guards, and other n.o.bles who are actually experienced in using magic in a battle. They are the problem here.
"The monster is too strong! Kill that man first!"
One of the n.o.bles shouted, and he also casted a magic to attack me. He"s right though that I am weaker than Spot. But that doesn"t mean I"m easy to kill.
Well… I was easy to kill. In my past life. But not anymore.
With my Divine Vision, I don"t need to look toward the person behind me who tried to cast a lightning magic. I dodged before his magic completed, and the lightning magic hit another n.o.ble instead. Then I stabbed that person"s neck with Reizpear.
But this number is still too much for me alone. I guess using Blobbyguns is the best option here.
I snapped Reizpear to pieces and pocketed them, then I transformed some Blobbies into two guns, and shot Blobbybullets toward the n.o.bles who hasn"t prepared their protection. Though some of the n.o.bles are wearing magic equipment to protect themselves, so after shooting them and the bullets didn"t pierce them, I change my targets before other people hide behind those with protection.
…there"s something that have been stuck on my mind for a long time. Doesn"t Reizpear sound like it"s a pear instead of a spear? I"m really suck at naming.
Now, everyone except for the twelve people who have some kind of protection spell have died. I think one or two of them are old man Henry"s children.
Since they are using protection spell and unfamiliar with magic control, they can"t cast multiple magic at once. Should I wait or should I tried to pierce their barrier?
"s.h.i.t! How did you know that we"re members of the cult?" Someone asked.
"Instead of asking me that, why won"t you kill yourself with that explosive device inside your mouth? It was put there so you can kill yourself before leaking any information, right? If you can"t risk your own lives, you shouldn"t have joined that cult and put those dangerous stuffs inside your mouth." I said.
After I said that, some people realize that there"s no way out and kill themselves by exploding their own head. But some people are too afraid to kill themselves it seems.
"Let"s a.s.semble and build a plan to fight back!"
One of them gathered the rest of them, and they hide inside someone"s Light Barrier. Probable the barrier of the guy shouting.
I just let them since if they are together, it"s easier to kill them at once.
But what the guy said next turns the hope of those people into despair.
"All of you, we have no chance of winning! If you don"t want me to kill you, go explode your own head!"
"What!? I thought we are going to made a plan!"
"The plan is to not let any information of the cult leaked! If you won"t kill yourself, I will kill you!"
Now, I don"t have anything else to do, right? That guy will kill the rest.
Sigh… I can"t just wait here for them all to die. I need to go save the others. I should break that barrier and kill them all. Or maybe I"ll take them to Albert just like the people from before? Let"s grab some more collars then.
"Hey, those who doesn"t want to die can wear these collars and old man Henry might forgive you later. I don"t know. But at least you will live a bit longer." I said.
Hearing what I said, two people quickly tried to leave the barrier, but that guy killed them before they leave.
"If any of you move, I will kill you!"
Sigh… it"s a pain in the a.s.s. I guess I"ll just kill him first.
I transformed the Blobbies into a sniper rifle, and repeatedly shot the barrier at the same spot which will go directly to his head if the barrier is broken.
If he dodges, well, at least the barrier is broken. And I might hit other people instead. Whatever, they are all bad guys.
Seeing that there"s a chance of living, the rest of the cult members attacked the guy together while I tried to destroy the barrier.
Other than the guy who threaten the others, there are five people left. Those five attacked the guy together, and that guy finally died while also managed to kill three people. Leaving only two people left. A man and a woman.
What is this? Some kind of survival game where they have to kill to survive? Well, this world is like that in the first place.
"Congrats on choosing to live. Put these collars and pluck out the explosive devices from your mouth. Then I will bring you to old man." I said.
"…who are you to my father, the king?"
Oh? She"s his daughter? Whatever, the rest is up to old man and Albert who"s there.
"I"m his new friend."
Then I opened a portal and kicked the two people inside. Albert and old man were surprised to see there are more people, but I ignore their reaction.
"I need to help Kayla and the others. Find anything you can through them and discuss among yourself your next plan." I said.
I"m not interested in what they can find other than the ident.i.ty of the Evil G.o.d himself. I just need to do things and they will think of our next move. As long as it will end with the cult being destroyed, I"ll help them as much as possible.
Now that the old man is safe and everyone here has died or captured, I will help Kayla and the others.