Chapter 318

Chapter 318 Strongest Sage, Confronts Demon

–A little while later .

After forming up a plan with Giruas and the girls, we got back to the lord's mansion .

"There's only . . . the demon inside the mansion . Guess we can go all out without worry . "

Apparently the demon doesn't trust its human subordinates .

It's alone in the mansion now .

That demon . . . is on the second floor .

No matter how much it disguises itself, you can tell its location when you get this close .

As for its strength . . . Gotta see it myself before I could be certain .

After confirming that, I ask the four .

"Are you ready?"

"Yes!"

"When you are!"

"Ready smeady, hell if a luggage carrier need to . "

All looks good .

. . . The demon is letting its guard down at a room in the corner . . . Or so it makes itself look like, in reality it's closely watching over adjacent rooms .

We need to create a loud and dramatic diversion if we want to steal the [Coffin of Sealing] .

This is where . . . Iris's turn comes .

"Alright, make it flashy . "

"Gotcha!"

As she said that, Iris kicked at the door to the lord's mansion .

Then . . . The door flew off .

Its hinges have been completely pulverized, splinters from the smashed door scattered everywhere in the mansion .

"Excuse me! I'm looking for a demon, is there one inside?"

While saying that, Iris randomly swings her spear around and kicks stuff everywhere she goes .

The mansion's luxurious interior is swiftly getting demolished into nothingness .

"Ooh! This is kinda fun!"

"Don't break any pillar, it'd be a bother if the mansion collapsed . "

"I got it!"

I joined Iris in this act of destruction while saying that .

She's right, destroying the building where our enemy lurks feels kind of exhilarating .

. . . That said, it's not like I'm doing this for fun .

We'd need to take an extremely long walk if we take the honest way toward the room where the [Coffin of Sealing] is seemingly being hidden .

So by destroying the mansion, we'd get the shortest . . . not the shortest route, but a much less longer one .

Iris's act of wanton destruction is merely a camouflage toward that end .

. . . Naturally, the demon won't put up having his house destroyed like this .

"Iris, above!"

A moment after my warning–the ceiling broke apart as a demon's claw tried to grab Iris's arm–no, it did .

" . . . This level huh . "

I've got a grasp on our enemy's strength after seeing that claw .

This demon–is not an opponent I could hope of winning in a one-on-one fight .

Though it's not at the level of greater demons in the past era, it should be around mid-class .

With the support of the three girls, I could probably manage to put in some damage . . . But we would likely run out of mana before we could defeat it .

It's the next strongest demon after Zaridias in this era .

Claws of demons belonging to this class boast vastly higher hardness than magic metal such as mithril .

A slight graze from it would tear an arm off an ordinary human .

For ordinary humans that is .

"Sooi!"

Iris swung her grabbed arm, thrusting her spear at the demon along with the ceiling .

The demon dodged the attack . . . and stood between us and the hidden room .

" . . . I thought I sensed a weird mana reading, to think that was coming from such a monster . I suppose that's only right seeing you are here to steal that object . "

Looks like it knows our goal of taking the [Coffin of Sealing] .

I'm keeping an eye on the demon's movement while thinking that . . . then it opens its mouth .

" . . . I am the lord of this house . . . Giwald . You barged in here and started destroying everything . . . Your barbaric act shan't be forgiven . I will be calling the guards . "

"A demon calling the guards? Is this a joke?"

I replied back to demon Giwald .

. . . Of course this demon has no plan to actually do that .

Its true goal is–buying time .

The demon may look like it's merely standing still, but it's really constructing a spell .

A spell for–material detection .

An advanced one that can even detect objects inside Storage magic at that .

I can't believe this demon is using that spell, makes things easier for me .