BRAGR) Heading Out

The next morning, I stood at the barrier, which had expanded quite a bit overnight. Angel stood at my side, unwilling to let go of my hand. And to my right Hilde and Mati stood awaiting orders.

“Angel, Hilde will be with me so don’t worry. Mati will also be at your side so if anything goes wrong she will be able to tell Hilde and me.” I gently stroked her cheek and gave her a kiss.

“I know…” Angel pursed her lips before hugging me tightly. “I promise we will expand out territory enough to take in enough potential players that we will not need to worry about being threatened.”

It seemed Angel wanted to bring in more players besides just the military. I was fine with this as well since we could not always stay cooped up inside the barrier. It would also help Angel keep her mind at ease.

“I will leave matters here to you. I will be back as soon as I can.” After giving her another kiss, I finally gave Hilde a nod, and the two of us exited the barrier.

“Master are we heading to the energy source I detected?” Hilde asked as soon as we passed the barrier.

“Yeah we need to check out that location first and see if it is the core or not. The only problem is that it will take a while to get there. While it looks close it is still an hour from here. And if you add in the bombing and the monsters it will not be easy. And I am not even including the fallen buildings that are blocking the roads.” I am not even sure why they kept carpet bombing the monsters in the city even after they saw that it was not working.

Its like they were trying to kill the humans more than the monsters. Whole sections of the city were now up in flames, and many buildings had been bombed to the point that they barely stood, but the two towers that were a replacement for the original twin towers still stood tall, unaffected by what was happening around it almost like it had a barrier around them.

We began walking through the blood-stained streets of the city. Those who were making their way to my territory, probably in hopes of gaining refuge, looked at Hilde and me with strange gazes. I guess it makes sense since a demon and a maid were walking around like there was no danger about at all. Hilde especially stood out with how clean her uniform was.

Although I highly doubt that any dirt could even get on her uniform. I had not planned to take in any refugees and only military personnel, but since Angel wanted to I had not refused her even if it did cut into her stock. I am more worried about her well being while I was gone since I think my presence was what was keeping her sane all this time.

“Master, Madam will be just fine. She is much stronger than you think.” Hilde suddenly said. I know she knew what was on my mind.

“Hilde, now that she is not around and it is just the two of us, can you tell me why you were so against her to begin with? You and the others seem to be hiding a lot from me. My dreams… are they really not dreams?” I asked, turning to look at the maid, who was normally goofing around, only to see her put on a serious face for once.

“Master, I can not say much since I do not know what the future holds, but I can say this. If you are willing to wait all will be revealed. Once you reach a high enough level all will be revealed. But I can say this. Trust yourself. We will follow your orders with out second questioning it. Madam is a good girl. We all see that now.” Hilde’s words were cryptic, but from what I can take from it, it seems my thoughts about my dreams not being actual dreams but being real are probably right.

I have many wild guesses as to what the maids are hiding, but I think maybe my time magic might have something to do with it… It’s just that my dreams never once showed that I had such magic…

“Ahh! So annoying! Fine, let’s go find a bunch of monsters and level up. Since you are here Hilde, you get to kill them while I mooch experience.” Since she won’t tell me, she can do some work!

“As you wish, Master!” Hilde pumped her fists, looking like she had been waiting for such an order. She was really a strange one, that is for sure.

“I am not strange Master.”

“Hilde, stay out of my thoughts.”

“But then I have nothing to work with at…”

“Don’t even finish that sentence or you might end up being de-summoned after all.” The two of us continued to banter back and forth until we found ourselves surrounded by like thirty monsters.

“I will be off Master, do not worry not a single one of them will get past me.” Hilde smiled brightly before disappearing. Second later, I heard a loud bang, and the ground before me exploded in blood and guts of monsters. A faint barrier formed around me, blocking the splatter from hitting me. I raised an eyebrow as I looked at the maid, who was standing in a large pit in the ground, smiling and waving happily at me.

[Level up!]