"Well, let's finish what we started," Luke said as he drew his sword and threw himself at them.The two demons immediately broke away to get away. However, they were still caught up in his attack. Small, shallow cuts appeared on their bodies. As the two demons were hissing in pain, Luke, who had already decided who he should target first, rushed at the succubus. The incubus was already injured and wouldn't be able to get very far, especially with an injured wing.The succubus, on the other hand, was in a far better condition. He needed to deal with her before she ran away again. Also, she seemed to have an actual brain compared to the incubus. Seeing him coming after her, the demon clicked her tongue and jumped into the air to avoid his swing. Then she followed it up with a kick to the face.Luke's head jerked to the side to avoid the attack, and he swung his sword upwards to attack her. She immediately spun out of the way and landed on all fours on the ground. The incubus, who stood
After a few moments of hesitation, the two women withdrew their daggers and backed away from him. Luke breathed a sigh of relief that he wouldn't have to fight the two of them. While he didn't think he couldn't handle them, he would prefer to avoid them if possible. Now he needed to figure out what to do with Violet. After they parted ways, he didn't think he would see her again.His luck must be really bad for him to not only bump into her but for her to be fighting Tracy, of all people. It would have been one thing if he encountered her fighting demons or helping people. It was another for her to have gotten entangled with one of the last people he wanted. The worst case scenario would have been that if she had encountered the party, then he would have been in really big trouble."It's good to see you again," Violet said.Luke couldn't tell if she was being serious or not. After all, he had basically abandoned her earlier when he left to look for the demons and hoped she would die i
After they walked a decent distance away, Tracy said, "Spill.""What?" Luke asked."I mean it. What's the deal with you two?" she asked."I don't know what you mean. We're both heroes, if that's what you're asking," he said."That's not what I'm talking about," Tracy said as she stopped in front of him, making him also stop in his tracks. "There seemed to be something between you two. Were the two of you perhaps lovers?"Luke stared blankly at her. What was going on in her mind for her to draw that conclusion? Nothing in their conversation indicated that they had that kind of relationship. All they did was greet each other briefly, share what amounted to be small talk, and then say their goodbyes. She was grasping at straws to jump to the conclusion that they used to date.
Fortunately, everything afterwards was easy to deal with. With the big components of the invasion dead, the duo didn't have much to do and watched the demons rampage a bit. That wasn't to say that there weren't other intelligent demons involved in the attack, but Luke was certain that they wouldn't be picking a fight with them anytime soon. Also, they weren't going to completely abandon the people.Despite what Luke had told the demons, his goal wasn't to wipe out the whole town. One reason would be that it would draw too much unwanted attention to them if everyone died. The angels would wonder why they didn't try harder to save people, especially Luke and Tracy, who were in the town when it was happening. They would suspect that the duo couldn't be trusted and watch them relentlessly.Another reason was the special quest about sowing discord in a town to the point where the people would turn against each other. While he had already earned points for accomplishing this task, he didn't
Luke felt like someone was talking bad about him behind his back, but he ignored it. They could talk bad about him as much as they wanted as long as they didn't actively get in his way. Returning to what he was doing, he studied the demon corpses in front of him. He really wanted to redeem them for points, but there was one thing stopping him. Technically, it was two, but they were both connected.He sighed as he vaguely listened to the people showering him with thanks for saving them. It was natural that they would throw themselves at him after he saved them from being killed by the demons, but it was annoying to deal with. As long as they stood in his way, he couldn't collect the corpses. Even though it wasn't unusual for the demons' corpses to be taken and used, it would undoubtedly shock them to see the corpses disappear into thin air.They might get silly thoughts into their heads, like he was pretending to kill the demons and was actually saving them. It was a big jump, but he w
The party had decent stats, so there wasn't any real need to collect the elixir for them to drink, but there was one important reason to not leave it behind. Someone else might stumble upon it and try to use it for themselves. While the natives couldn't see their own stats, they could still get stronger by drinking it. Luke would rather not have to deal with a stronger enemy.Of course, there was another reason. Even if his party didn't need it, it was still a valuable item. He could use it as a bargaining chip for something just as valuable or strengthen one of his people who weren't in the party, like Tracy. Even though he didn't know what her stats were, he could guess that she wasn't on the same level as him and the others.[Can you tell me more about how you got your hands on the elixir?]Luke didn't see a problem with that and recalled the event t
Now that he had collected the elixir, he was pretty much done with the town. He still needed to find a cart for them to use, but he was certain he would be able to get one as he left the town. All he needed to do was wait for Tracy to show up with what she found in the mayor's house. She should have had plenty of time to get the valuables. The only place she needed to look was the basement.As soon as he thought that, he realized he hadn't told her to only look in the basement. He had only told her where the mayor's house was. To be fair, she had run off as soon as she could, so it wasn't completely his fault he wasn't able to tell her. Unfortunately, that meant he didn't know how long it would take her to finish searching.[What will you do now?]"I'll make my way out. There's no point in sitting around and waiting for her to finish. She knows where to meet after our business is finished," he said.That was something they had discussed in case they couldn't find each other in the tow
Tracy grumbled as she struggled with her loot. Unlike Luke, she didn't have an easy way to transport the large items in her possession, so she was stuck dragging them with her. The worst offender was the sword she had found. Why would the mayor keep a claymore in his basement? It was frankly ridiculous, and she had been panting up the steps trying to get it to the ground floor.The gold was also quite heavy. She wasn't certain what happened to the mayor, but she guessed he had been killed before he could make it back to his house. It didn't make sense for him to leave so much behind, or maybe he actually valued his life more than his greed. Well, it was his loss and her gain. The claymore was worthless to her, and she would gladly hand it over to Luke.However, the gold was definitely going to be hers. It was the least he owed her for going through the trouble of searching the place all on her own. As for the other items, she would have to see them. Some of them looked useful, but oth