Chapter 421: The Power Of Water
Now I have met the vampires. And even provoked their leader. But I didn"t return back quickly. There"s other thing I can do. Not just delaying the vampires" arrival.
"Roy, we"re going back now?" Spot asked.
"Yes. But we won"t go there directly. We will defeat every single monster on the way so the vampires can"t get stronger. Although I have reduced their number and their strength, it will still be a problem if they somehow ended up getting stronger again," I replied.
"I see. That"s a good idea. Though the monsters we will encounter should be weak. It won"t be fun then," Spot said.
"Defeating monsters has never been fun. I just kill them for a reason. And we"re doing it right now to protect Angela," I said.
And if we killed all the monsters we encounter on the way, not just it will help us by not making the vampires stronger. It will help the others who are protecting Angela to have some rest.
As I jumped down from Spot"s back to the ground, I called Sonia to inform the others about the vampires. Though Albert and the others watching should have known about it. I"ll ask them if they want to partic.i.p.ate later.
Spot turns himself smaller and floating next to me who is travelling on the ground. Of course I didn"t walk. I"m running in high speed, enough to focus my sight and search for every single creature with blood flowing in their body. Because I believe the vampires won"t eat leaves. Though I don"t know if there are any vegetarian vampire.
…aren"t vegetarian vampires just elves? They do eat fruits and vegetables. But do they get stronger after eating them? Well, the elves I know are cowards so I will never know.
Wait, I have werewolves, angels, and elves as my allies. But are they the only group left in this world? Aren"t there other werewolves, angels, and elves out there? Just like how there are so many vampires?
Hmm… after this, I"ll ask them if they know anything about it. This way, if they ended up becoming our allies as well, we will be much stronger.
Though I don"t know about the elves. Maybe our elves are the weakest one while out there, there are more powerful elves. If our elves meet them, they won"t agree to help us because our elves are too weak.
I"ll just ask them later. For now, improving Angela"s strength comes first. Seems like she will stay in the dome for a while longer.
When she comes out, I wonder how powerful she will be?
Oh? I finally found a group of monsters. They are beasts type monsters, but of them are as smart as the werewolves. Though I see some minotaurs. They are cows, right? Walking on its hind legs and carrying a huge axe? How did they forge an axe in this world?
That doesn"t matter. For now, it"s axe versus axe. Though I need to know first if they can be negotiated with or not.
"Stop right there, or I will have to kill you all," I threatened the cows.
"Mooo!"
"I don"t accept moo as an answer. Die!"
Seems like they can"t be negotiated with.
I have learned spear techniques from Graham, and sword techniques from Victoria while also learning it from watching the vampires. But now, it"s time to learn about axe.
…it"s just swinging. There"s not much technique since axe is heavier than sword or spear. But the power it has is much more than sword or spear. At least, if I use axe as a weapon, I can cleave my enemy easier than when I use sword.
And with my Victoriaxe, I cleaved the biggest minotaur in two. The other minotaurs were frightened when seeing their strongest member died in one hit. And I used that chance to kill the rest of the enemies.
"You killed them all. that"s good. But from the look of it, you will leave a lot of dead body that the vampires can use to get stronger. How will you get rid of them?" Victoria asked.
"Drop them to the sea. I will use portal on a Blobby floating on the sea and let sea monsters eat them," I said.
"What about the blood remains in this area? How will you clean it?" Victoria asked again.
"Do you really think that the vampires will grab the gra.s.s and start chewing them so they can absorb the blood on the gra.s.s?"
"The possibility is not zero," Victoria said.
"…wait, I"m imagining them right now and that"s a hilarious sight. Let me clear my mind first," I said.
What I"m imagining is the leader of the vampire that I provoked before, is grabbing a single blade of gra.s.s, and start sucking on it like a candy for the blood remain. He thinks that"s the most delicious treat he ever tasted. And I can"t hold back my smile imagining that.
"You"re started smiling weirdly. Don"t imagine weird stuff," Victoria said.
"You"re to blame for making me imagining weird stuff!" I shouted.
She"s the one who started this. How did I ended up getting blamed for it?
"About the Blobby deep in the sea. Let"s try opening a portal to it. The water from the sea should be good enough to wash the blood away," I said.
"And the water pressure will erase everything. Though I"m interested to see that," Victoria said.
Since we have an agreement, I started opening a portal into the sea. Once the portal is opened, the water will come out instantly. But I"m curious as well.
The portal opened, and water is gushing out of it. Not only did the water wash the blood away, but it also destroyed the nearby landscape. The ground sunk, the trees are down, and there"s no longer any gra.s.s in the path of the water anymore.
I quickly closed the portal and see a horror scene. What would happen if someone is in front of me?
"…if you open it in front of the vampires, their number will be reduced by more than half," Victoria said.
"You"re right. But let"s not do that as much as possible. It"s a power we can"t control. Unless Carmen is with us," I said.
As an expert level in water magic, she should be able to help me control the water. the destructive force of the water is too much. I"m underestimating the power of water.
Hmm… with that much power, if I open a smaller portal, it will be easier to control, right? Let"s try it right now.
I targeted a tree in a distance, and opened a small portal in front of me targeting that tree. The size of the portal is even smaller than the tip of my pinky finger. And when the portal opened, I closed it right away after knowing that water is coming out.
The result? The tree is still standing. But with a hole in the middle of the trunk the same size of the portal.
"…I think that"s much more powerful than if I used Victorifle," I said as I can see that not just the tree in front of me has a hole, but every tree behind it. Even the furthest tree that had a hole is more than 50 meters from the first tree.
"Your shot will only damage the first tree. But water pressure can damage the trees behind it as well. If you can move your portal, you can use it to cut the tree," Victoria said.
Unfortunately, I can"t move a portal. Though I can build a wider and thin portal so the tree can be cut down.
This will be my trump card. Unless the enemy is a powerful water mage, it"s nearly impossible to block it.
"…well, let"s continue defeating the monsters on the way back. Other than for cleaning the blood remains, I won"t use it unless I know that only the enemies are in front of me," I said.
"Yeah. If you have an ally in front of you when using it, they will die," Victoria said.
After that experiment, I continue defeating more monsters. On the way back.
I just defeated those running on the ground, while those flying in the sky were defeated by Spot. As for under the ground, fortunately, there hasn"t been any ever since the first wave.
When I return back, I was greeted by an amazing sight in which, the angels are fighting as well.
"…what is this? How did it end up like this?" I asked myself.
"I"m a good leader."
The answer came from Kayla.
"You"re amazing. So, what did you do?" I asked.
"I told them that you won"t threaten them if they show how useful they are," Kayla said.
"I see… though I will still do it for a while so the angels won"t get c.o.c.ky," I said.
"What about the vampires?" Kayla asked.
"You"ve heard it from Sonia. They will arrive around three days from now. At least I know that they can still be affected by my gas," I said.
"That"s good to know."
"Though I want you to beware of the leader. He noticed my hiding spot even though we"re far and Spot is using his camouflage skill. If he appears, I will be the one fighting him," I said.
And so, we started preparing for the arrival of the vampires.. Let"s make a huge banner saying "Welcome, Vampires!" from where they should appear.