Chapter 169 As Long As You Pay Me

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"My Lord, it seems the woman named Charlotte has a daughter. She said she'll pay us good for rescuing her daughter. But what should I do if I find her converted into a Demon Spawn?" Eleanora spoke to Blake in the middle of his battle. However, Blake's incredibly fast thought process immediately generated an answer to her, which was delivered promptly through the telepathy ability that a master had with their spirits.

"Do the same with the butlers, break her legs and arms and knock her out. As long as she's alive she can be healed. This family is rich, they might pay us well if they ask me to heal her afterwards. If she's not a demon, bring her to her mother obviously. …However, if you happen to find Cassandra's son, try to assess the situation, and immediately contact me again. That kid is someone I am quite interested in, and his future seems grim if his mother is defeated today…"

"…Understood!" Eleanora didn't doubt at all the thoughts of her master, quickly darting upstairs as she found more demonized rats and cockroaches. Small animals that hid beneath the walls of the house who all turned into demon monsters through the demonic energy wave that Cassandra had unleashed.

Eleanora pointed her crimson-red spear at the beasts that jumped towards her without a second of a thought, shredding them into pieces one by one. Her spear's blade was incredibly sharp, and the powerful Cursed Weapon named Envy was capable of absorbing the blood and souls of those it slain, enhancing the power of the spear greatly!

Eleanora also had a greater status than Blake, although she wasn't capable of conjuring buffing spells that enhanced her physical endurance, speed, and stamina like him, she had a lot of high raw stats to work with, and her Strength stat was absolutely phenomenal, helping her shred these beasts into pieces with ease by spinning the spear around.

CLASH!

"There!"

Eleanora quickly reached the stairs to the last floor, quickly finding an interesting sight. There was a little girl inside a crystal, while dozens of abominable monsters were trying to attack her. The crystal was beginning to crack and might shatter soon.

"Moooom! W-Where are you?!"

The girl was calling for her mother rather pathetically, but it seemed that she protected herself from turning into a demon through her own spirit, which granted her the ability to create very hard crystals… It was an interesting Spirit, and quite different than that of her mother.

Eleanora saw the girl was fine and not converted into a Lesser Demon and quickly rushed to slay the beasts. The girl quickly noticed her and asked for help, but Eleanora ignored her and continued shredding the monsters apart into pieces, covering her entire crystal in blood and guts.

"Uuaaggh! D-Disgusting! Hey! Stop doing that and help me!"

"Shut up." Said Eleanora, her crimson-red eyes glared down at the girl, as she felt a sudden chill run down her spine and she quickly shut up obediently.

"HAA!"

CLAAASH!

Eleanora pointed her spear into the crystal, shattering it into pieces and freeing the girl from her own cage. The monsters tormenting her were slain in just seconds. Eleanora greatly surprised the girl, who had never seen such a display of might before.

"Just who are you?" She wondered.

"I am a priest… in training." Said Eleanora, lying. This was the lie Blake told her to say to others that were not the priests themselves.

"T-Thank you, is my mother safe?" She wondered.

"She is downstairs in her own room. I slayed the demon beasts there. Let me guide you downstairs for now." Eleanora said, quickly grabbing the girl's hips and carrying her with her arms.

"Uwaaah! W-What are you doing?!" The girl asked while blushing.

"You're too slow and probably too pathetically weak, carrying you is faster and safer." Said Eleanora expressionlessly. She was a lot like Blake whenever she was with other people than him.

"B-But this is embarrassing!" Cried the little girl, as Eleanora ran downstairs without any problems, reaching her mother's room in no time.

"Tell me, did you see another kid, your stepbrother?" Asked Eleanora with an expressionless and cold stare. The girl felt both intimidated and a bit excited, she blushed a bit by having her so close to her face, averting her gaze embarrassedly.

"You mean Erdrich? I saw him while I hid, he ran away while completely ignoring me… I am actually quite worried but I was too scared to go after him and now I am too surprised to have thought about him until now…" She sighed. "C-Can you go after him?!"

"Okay. As long as you pay me afterwards." Said Eleanora.

"P-Pay you? Is money the only thing priests think about?" Sighed the girl. "By the way, my name is Emilianna!"

"Ok." Said Eleanora, completely ignoring the cute Emilianna's words, who looked rather similar to her mother.

SLAM!

Eleanora opened the door of her mother's room loudly, finding her there.

"M-My daughter!" Cried Charlotte, running towards Emilianna.

"Mother dearest!" Cried Emilianna, as mother and daughter hugged one another tightly.

"T-Thank you!" Cried Charlotte, thanking Eleanora.

However Eleanora remained expressionless.

"Now don't walk outside and hide in that closet, seal yourself with magic if possible." Said Eleanora. "I won't hold any responsibility if you die out of your own foolishness."

Eleanora had no time to mess up, ordering mother and daughter to get inside a big closet. The two combined their magic and created a bubble and a crystal barrier, protecting themselves from the toxic smoke outside and the occasional demon beast that might come.

"Please bring back Erdrich!" Cried Emilianna.

"Hm." Eleanora nodded silently, rushing outside the room, and sealing it with her own Blood Work techniques, covering the door with magic blood and then reinforcing it into a hardened material.

FLAAASH!

Eleanora resembled a flash of red light as she moved upstairs, suddenly closing her eyes and expanding her Soul Aura to detect any signs of life forms close by.

"There!"

Until she finally found something.

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