Chapter 761 A Small Rest



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We had a celebration feast for our small victory, the people of the duchy were feed, cleaned, and given new clothes, and promptly sent to Darkage as soon as possible, we didn't wanted to take care of deadweight, as harsh as that sounds.

As for food, we had what we could hunt around here. There was a small D Rank Dungeon filled with Direwolves, Salamanders, and other critters, which my Vampire Spirits hunted and brought. We promptly butchered them and roasted them.

I prepared a few fancier meals, such as meatloaf, some burgers, and of course, everyone's favorite, noodles with meatballs and tomato sauce, with parmesan cheese on top. That even made the grumpy Chris smile happily.

I honestly felt a bit bad I made him upset, so I put some extra effort into making sure he smiled after eating something tasty, he's my precious friend and comrade after all.

"Hahhh... That Ganesh guy was really quite the handful! But I never thought I could defeat him all by myself, that was awesome, honestly." Chris smiled while rubbing his chin.

"All by yourself?! Hey, I helped a lot too!" Eric complained.

"I-It's not good to take all the credit, C-Chris..." Alberta said.

"W-Well, yeah! I couldn't had done it without my sidekick's assistance." Chris smiled pridefully anyways.

"This guy..." Eric sighed. "Well, whatever, let's let him have it."

"Well, I am actually quite surprised how much you guys have grown." I nodded, drinking some tea afterwards. "Especially you two, Chris and Eric, you guys are really amazing. To defeat a Demon Lord. Some teachers can't do that by themselves, right, Evelyn?"

"T-That's... Well, if I go all-out, it shouldn't be completely impossible!" Evelyn said, snacking on a sandwich. "But I was busy helping your summons kill the demons as you told me to do, I was just doing what I was told- Ugh, even if I have to obey a student for that... Well, it was the director's orders to follow your commands. But why is he thinking that? That damn old man and..."

She started muttering to herself about a hundred things, she was really quite frustrated about having been delegated to become something similar to my lackey...

"Anyways, Erdrich and Elfriedden also showed their growth, I am quite proud." I laughed. "Your new spirits seem to have come in handy as well, the same for Eric and Chris."n(-o-/v-.e-(l)/b/(I--n

"Well, yeah, I guess." Erdrich crossed his arms, he seemed to be rather thoughtful for a while after killing that Demon Lord.

"Those damn gloves... Well, they're alright! But that Demon Lord... It feels like it was much stronger than whatever you guys faced, it took us a while to defeat him! He was incredibly strong and good at fighting, I've never seen a demon capable of using martial arts like those!" Elfriedden said, much more energetic than our Cambion friend.

"Well, yeah, he knew how to use Ki, and had a few techniques similar to mine." Erdrich decided to talk. "He was a mighty opponent, I wish we wouldn't had been in opposite sides, he could had been an incredible ally... But he was still quite a wicked bastard, he got what he deserved."

"Demons can use Ki?! I didn't know!" Erika said, while munching on a huge double patty burger. "How's that possible? I thought they can only use Demonic Energy."

"Well, yeah, but Ki is an energy of the body, any living being produces it. That its usage is not widespread in this world is quite a bad thing by itself. Ahem, of course, I discovered it on my own, and I'll begin spreading it around." I said, remembering that there were people here that I couldn't talk so openly. "Anyways, from the memories I've read from the demons we've defeated, they did seem to have a lot of organizations over their own world. Although very different, the realm of Hell at the end of the day is also a world by itself. In there, there are also factions of demons that do not want to fight, most likely, the ones we fight and invade our world are most likely barbarian clans that obey the Archdemons, dictators of their world. The Holy Spirits have told me such things."

I kept hiding my previous life identity, and used the Holy Spirits as a good excuse as to why I knew all these things so well. After all, even Cattalina and Evelyn knew that the Holy Spirits had given me their blessings, it wasn't a secretive thing anymore, the church had spread it around too, even against my own will.

"I see, so this means that we'll get to face even stronger Demons in the future?" Cattalina wondered. "Well, I've heard rumors from the frontlines, about Demons that can speak our language as well, usually they're the Demon Lords, but even among them there are classifications, some are much stronger than others. What differentiate them is their intelligence and mastery over several techniques. That they had the power to wield Ki to the extent of almost overwhelming both Erdrich and Elfriedden speaks a lot about their strength."

"Yeah, I guess." Evelyn sighed. "And you guys are planning on killing a Demon Overlord later... For that, you'll have to gang on him all together! And even then... Is it even possible? Those things are in just a whole another level, only the Director, Hero Dylan, and a few others are confident that they can defeat one."

"I am not completely confident to the point I'll be reckless." I smiled. "I do have some plans, and those plans also include growing as strong as possible by beating all the small fries first. The more Levels we can accumulate, the stronger we will become. And then, I'll simply form a... simple strategy, nothing too crazy. I'll simply put to good use the strengths I have, and of course, those of my friends."

Sometimes, the simplest of strategies are the best ones. And if I employ the strengths of my friends and Familiars together correctly...

I can see a chance, and a good one at that.

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