Chapter 85 - Searching the Marquis’s House
Searching the Marquis’s House
So Philly was being kept alive to make this mysterious tal.
It was possible that she was the very reason that this house had been targeted in the first place.
“I’ve seen this tal several tis recently.”
“That is surprising, given how rare it is. I don’t know if you are lucky or unlucky...”
“But what is it?”
“Have you ever heard of the Fool’s Stone?”
“I have heard of it. But I don’t know any details.”
I said, and so Philly explained it to .
Both the Philosopher’s Stone and the Fool’s Stone were the ultimate goals of alchemy.
The Philosopher’s Stone turned base tals into precious tals.
On the other hand, the Fool’s Stone turned precious tals into base tals.
“But the value of these stones does not stop there.”
“What do you an?”
“The Philosopher’s Stone can purify curses and offer divine protection. The Fool’s Stone gathers curses and makes them grow. I believe that using the Fool’s Stone will allow to create a barrier that has the opposite effect as divine protection.”
“And you would be right. I have seen it myself.”
“Really? So they have already succeeded...”
Philly seed very shocked.
“That ans that I might have aided in the destruction of all humanity through making the stones.”
“They had your parents hostage, didn’t they? It could not be helped.”
And then I said,
“Where are your parents?”
“I do not know. They must be sowhere in this mansion...”
“In that case, I think I might go and help them a little.”
“I would be grateful.”
“If you don’t mind, you and Tama must stay here for now. I will make sure that no one else enters.”
So saying, I dismantled the lock magic on the door and put a new one up.
Now only Philly and I could open it.
“Now it should be fine.”
I said, and Philly bowed.
“Locke. Thank you. ...It may sound very impudent of to make a further request, but would you mind searching the sewers later?”
“To gather the idol made from the Fool’s Stone?”
“...How did you know?”
“I already collected them. We followed the current to see where the fragnts ca from and thought that this mansion was the most suspicious.”
Philly was at a loss for words.
After so silence, she muttered,
“...Locke. You are not only a good Adventurer, but you have intelligence.”
“It’s not who is smart. One of my companions is the smart one.”
“You have good friends then.”
“By the way, what is that idol?”
“I do not know. They told to make it in that shape.”
“And why were the fragnts in the sewer?”
“I think that they had no more use for it. Though, they did tell to turn it into dals... But I wanted to buy more ti, and also tell the outside world about this situation. That’s why I did it.”
Then Philly looked to and bowed her head.
“I can hardly believe that soone actually figured it out, though. Thank you.”
“No, don’t ntion it. It was good that we found out.”
Then I started to wonder what it ant that they were finished using the Evil God idol.
Did it an that they had succeeded in summoning?
If there was an Evil God here now, we would have to defeat it.
I petted Tama before leaving the room.
“Thank you for bringing to this room.”
“Woo...”
“Take care of Philly now.”
Tama puffed up as if to say, ‘leave it to .’
Once I left the room, I used magic to erase my presence. Then I walked very carefully.
Tama wasn’t here with now, so I didn’t know how the servants would move.
And so I walked slowly. I put my ear against the door of every room and listened.
Through observing the servants, I saw that there was one room that had a lot of people entering and exiting.
And so I tried to enter just as the traffic stopped for a mont.
“...Is that a rat that has entered?”
I had erased my presence completely, and yet these words were spoken as soon as I entered.
At the sa ti as they were said, a Vampire Lord appeared in front of .
It was so fast that it seed he had teleported.
He attacked imdiately, and I blocked it.
“To think that a human could block my attack.”
“To think that a vampire could enter the city.”
He must be using a magic tool that nullified the barrier.
It was terrible enough that Arch Vampires had entered the royal capital before, but here was a Vampire Lord.
The city might be in danger. I beca very afraid.
But I hid what I was feeling and smirked.
“If you managed to crawl in here. You must be one of those weakling lesser vampires.”
That would certainly infuriate him.
The Vampire Lord beca enraged at these words. He was so angry that he swung his sword at full force.
As a powerful vampire, he could not bear to be called a lesser vampire.
An attack that had the full weight of a Vampire Lord. He was fast and strong. However, I could manage him.
I was more concerned with the movents of the servants who had been chard.
“Bastard! You move about so restlessly!”
This overexcited vampire was not my enemy.
After clashing swords a few tis, the Devil King Sword took off the Vampire Lord’s head.
The dismbered head glared at .
“Bastard. Who are...”
“I don’t care to introduce myself to soone who’s going to die.”
I said as I searched his body. I quickly found a strange magic object.
“Is this what you used to enter the city?”
“Hmph.”
He had no intention of telling .
Of course, I had not really expected him to.
I threw the tool into my magic bag.
“Servants...”
“Shut up.”
Now that he was just a head, he seed to have given up on dealing with by himself.
He was about to call his subordinates when I thrust the Devil King Sword into his forehead.
Then the Vampire Lord’s head and body turned into ash.
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