Chapter 71
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"--Where is he?"
I arrived at a [Mapless Area] after pursuing the goblin demon lord into shadow .
I head to where he is by relying on the light dot displayed on the Radar .
That light dot suddenly disappeared .
I've put a marker on the demon lord, so he cannot escape me .
His marker info pertaining location displayed in my vision changed to one of the satellite cities of Saga Empire .
He must have sensed my chase and got out of the shadow space .
I broke out of the shadow space myself with that in mind .
Big blue open sky, with a sprawling town under my eyes--I'm currently on top of a steeple in the center of the town .
"There . "
There's one building with a broken window .
I jump into one of the windows with Flash Drive .
"Oh yer' here already--"
The goblin demon lord that had wasted the room like some kind of burglar jumped out of another window at the opposite side .
I caught sight of the demon lord's long fluttering hair as he jumped out .
--Dark purple?
Did this demon lord who should have been bald grow hair, or did he put on a wig, I'm not sure .
He also didn't have the white coat he wore until just now .
What interrupted my fleeting thoughts was a red explosion outside the window and screams of people .
I jump out of the window .
The demon lord is shooting elementary and mid-rank fire magic all over the places as he jumps from roofs to roofs .
To stop this brutality, I shot at the demon lord with the light magic Laser .
The demon lord jumped down the roof, escaping in between buildings at the expense of his right arm .
He might be using evasion or crisis sensing-type of Unique Skill .
I use fire extinguish magic at a building that caught fire from the fire magic the demon lord shot and grazed by the laser I shot .
I had weakened the laser's firepower to decrease collateral damage, but as it was a mid-rank magic, it still wasn't enough to prevent secondary damage .
After landing on the ground with Flash Drive, I chase after the demon lord who escaped behind buildings after buildings .
Apparently this demon lord possesses Ground Shrink skill himself, I can't catch up to him .
Moreover, he kept shooting out fire and explosion magic whenever he hid behind something .
The fact that he mixed in some delayed activation spells among those is really annoying .
After chasing him through two, three blocks all the while preventing damage, the demon lord fled into shadow once again .
--He's done with just setting fire?
I jumped into the shadow while having some doubts about the demon's lord action .
There were some small fires that I failed to extinguish, but I'd leave those to the locals to take care of .
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"--What is this guy (demon lord) plotting?"
I arrived at another satellite city after passing through the shadow .
Chasing after the light dot shown in the radar, I discovered the demon lord who was destroying a water fountain while laughing maniacally .
In order to prevent him from escaping again, I use shadow magic the same way as sealing space magic to stop him running away into the shadow space .
The demon lord noticed me and ran away as if he was purposely letting his figure seen .
When I was about to give a chase, a block of wood rolling among the fountain debris caught my eyes .
--It's a barrel .
Scattered barrels that spread Vampire Mosquitoes around which brought upon the Vampire incident that destroyed Tokiswolk Kingdom flashed on my mind .
It's the same barrel .
I heard an explosion sound from afar .
Looks like the demon lord has started his destruction run again .
I isolated the debris of the destroyed fountain with space magic and sterilized it with fire magic .
These Vampire Mosquitoes eggs should turn into ashes after this much roasting .
The method is a bit rough, but I had to prioritize saving time here .
I went after the demon lord by tracing on the sounds of explosions .
Whenever I try to use teleport and pull-type space magic on him, he keeps getting away behind buildings using Ground Shrink during the slight window of time lag before activation of those magic . Sight-based Unit Arrangement is no different from Ground Shrink .
I would have never imagined that a Ground Shrink user who put everything into running away could be this troublesome .
The chase this time was easier than before since the demon lord was mainly using explosion magic and sound-only wind magic, thus there was no need for fire extinguishing and such .
Just like earlier, after chasing the demon lord through several blocks of the city, he escaped into the shadow once again .
That's right, he escaped .
I didn't think that he could leap over the blockage I put with shadow magic .
Since I saw him got clad in purple light when he was diving into the shadow, it must have been some kind of Unique Skill .
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I continued to chase after the demon lord for another five cities and two towns .
Once, I tried to encircle the demon lord using ninjutsu clones, but he immediately ran into shadow after noticing it, thus I abandoned any similar attempt onward .
But still, how far does he intend to flee .
--No, wrong .
I noticed something odd .
Why would the Gob demon lord continue to run away when it's just an Avatar?
He could have just hopped onto another replaceable Avatar body if he wanted to, what would be the point of running away without doing so .
While chasing and preventing the demon lord's harassment-like attack magic in the 13th city, I'm racking my brain to guess his goal .
What has he done so far?
Set fire to stuff, destroyed a water fountain, attempted to spread the Vampire Mosquitoes around, destroyed buildings, and surprised the populace with sounds of explosions .
Aside from the Vampire Mosquitoes, none of the acts could be fatal to an entire city .
--It's weird .
He may be weak compared to Wild Boar King and Dog-Head, but he's still a level 99 class demon lord .
He could even submerge an entire city in flames like with the old capital if he had just used advanced-rank magic chantlessly .
I saw his long purple hair disappearing into a corner .
I went after it .
"There's another one over here!"
Black knights with magic edges at the ready rushed in after I turned around the corner .
I evaded their assault with rapid usage of Ground Shrink and got back to chasing the demon lord .
--Another one?
I see .
I didn't connect the dot since the only thing similar was the colors, but the reason why he wasted the room in that mansion in the beginning was because he was looking for clothing similar to Nanashi's .
It's actually not the same at all if you look closely, but it should be difficult for ordinary people to tell us apart when we're moving at super high speed .
But this method is too roundabout if his goal is to smear Nanashi's name .
He could have just dispatched homonculi in my attires to every cities, he didn't need to go out of his way and drag me along .
I'm growing more irritated at myself who can't figure out this demon lord's ploy .
I saw the demon lord looking here with a grin and sneer on his face for an instant .
While enduring the impulse to attack him with the fast-moving light magic, I used Ground Shrink .
The demon lord escaped into shadow once again when I was just one step away from him .
I dived into the shadow while getting irritated .
--Don't go after him .
I felt like I heard a faint youthful voice while I was entering the shadow .
--Trap .
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