“Damn it! I can’t believe one of the Four Heavenly Kings would show up in a place like this.”
“Hey, did you say Text? We’re already pissed because you messed up our friend, but I’ll hold back and listen for now. What’s your goal!”
“Goal… a goal, huh? If I had to say, it’d be to control a strong body and take over this town, I guess.”
“What did you say… like you did to Paulo!”
“Paulo…? Who’s that again… Oh! You mean that mage kid? Yeah, when he heard my goal, he was like, ‘I won’t let you!’ and challenged me even though he had no chance. It was utterly ridiculous. He had no power and no brains.”
While he was talking, Ganjis finally snapped and slashed at Text.
“Don’t you dare speak of Paulo!”
His greatsword should have hit the neck directly, but it seemed to have done almost no damage. With a cool face, he grabbed the sword that was slightly embedded in his neck.
“Well, you guys are really good. Unlike that mage over there.”
“I said shut up.”
“That guy tried to kill Cain-kun just because he was close to a girl he liked, you know?”
“That’s because you were controlling him…!”
“No, no. I just amplified the jealousy that was already in his heart a little bit.”
“That’s not…!”
“It’s the truth. Or do you want to experience it too?”
Text, who was engrossed with Ganjis’s sword, wasn’t paying attention to Cain. No, it wasn’t that he had forgotten, but his guard had dropped.
“Die.”
With the sword in his hand, he slashed at maximum speed.
“Guh! Guha…”
Even for Text, who had a high physical hardness, taking Cain’s attack head-on seemed to have caused significant damage.
“Hah, hah… You’re pretty good. Good! I want that body of yours.”
“You… you’re an idiot.”
He created some distance and grabbed a few stones from the ground and threw them at Text. However, Ganjis stood in front of Text as if to protect him.
“What! Why…”
“This big guy is already under my control. Now it’s three against one.”
He must have thought the stones would hit Ganjis. Text was careless.
“Sorry to interrupt your boasting, but those stones will now hit their target no matter what.”
The thrown stones curved just before hitting Ganjis. And they headed towards Text, their original target.
“Gaaaaah!!!”
It seemed to have hit him directly, and Text was unable to move.
“Is that even possible! Don’t mess with me!”
“Hmph. It’s just Throwing.”
“But, can you really defeat me?”
“I’ll say it again, my Throwing always hits.”
“That’s only if you throw it, right?”
“?!…”
“Come! My kin.”
At that moment, the mini lesser vampires in the cave gathered and surrounded Cain. This guy was a Vampire Lord… No wonder there were so many mini lesser vampires here.
“Those guys won’t be able to defeat you, but… if you throw something, it’ll just hit the mini lessers. There are about 5,000 of them, what are you going to do?”
“Is that all you’ve got?”
“Hmm? Can you break through this encirclement? Ah! That’s right! If you defeat all 5,000 of them, that’ll work. Let’s do that. Well, good luck, I’m going to the town in the meantime.”
“Try it if you can.”
“You can’t even get out of there. You’re just bluffing. Humans are so stupid.”
“Fine. I’ll do it.”
For the first time in a while, I poured magic into my Shield.
All of my magic…
At that moment, an unbelievably large beam of light was released from the Shield.
Most of the mini lesser vampires died from that one blow.
“Are you worried now that your minions are gone?”
“Hiiiiii! What the hell are you! A Hero! A Sage!”
“Just an adventurer with a G aptitude.”
I grinned.
Now it’s my turn.
“Die! Why! I’m one of the Four Heavenly Kings. I’m a Vampire Lord!”
He’s crying.
I don’t feel sorry for him, though.
Let me finish him off…
At that moment, Ganjis pushed me down.
Tch, I forgot he was being controlled…
When I looked up, Ganjis was standing there with his heart pierced by a lesser vampire.
By the way, in the setting,
Mini Lesser Vampire: Rank E
Lesser Vampire: Rank D
Mini Vampire: Rank C
Vampire: Rank B
Vampire Lord: Rank A
Mini lesser vampires look like bats at first glance, and they are about the same size as bats. They have low combat ability, but they are agile and have a strong bite, so they are ranked E.
In this story, Cain says that he poured all of his magic into his Shield, but if he pours it all in completely, he will run out of magic and be unable to move properly, so he leaves the minimum amount of magic necessary to move.