BRAGR) A Third

Reading the new update on the quest made me frown. The system was actually forcing me to go outside our barrier! “This sucks…”

“What’s wrong?” Angel asked in confusion.

“The quest will end in one hundred and twenty six days only if I destroy the core in my area or else there will be a penalty. So basically the current situation is like an out door dungeon. I need to find the core in order to make sure the monster wave ends with in the next few months. As for the penalty… I really do not want to know what to expect.” I let out a sigh as I looked out over the city skyline.

The sounds of monsters roaring could be heard off in the distance. Angel hugged my arm once more, nuzzling her face against my shoulder as she looked at the dark sky in the distance. “Flying monsters.”

“Mmm… we have a barrier, so we are fine, but people who think the roof tops are safe will perish quickly. Many will probably jump off the roofs. It would be stupid of me to go out on the initial wave. But in the next few days I want you to stay here while I go search for the core.” I did not want Angel to risk her life for this quest. This was not in game.

“I want to go with yo-ouch! Why did you flick me!?” Angel held her forehead, which now had a red mark on it from my forehead flick. She was pouting away, giving me the I have been wronged look.

“I can’t risk you going out there and dying. You are not ready for this kind of combat. The blood shed out there is enough to give you nightmares for weeks. For now stay here where it is safe. Plus I never said I would be fighting alone.” As I stood up, Hilde appeared at my side.

“Master, I am ready.” While talking with Angel, I had sent Hilde a message asking if there was another maid I could summon. I closed my eyes and whispered, “[Elite Golem Creation]”

A magic circle formed on the rooftop, and arcs of lightning began to spring up on the magic circle as a pillar of black light shot up to the sky. With in that light, a figure began to appear, blurry at first but slowly taking shape. A young woman with purple hair that went down to her waist with two black horns poking out of it. On her beautiful face was a pair of black-rimmed glasses that covered a set of golden and red eyes. She was shorter than both Hilde and Silvie, with a petite body and a flatter chest around Angel’s size.

The young woman adjusted her glasses before going into a formal bow she greeted me. “Master, Matilda is at your beck and call.”

“Mati, you really are a stickler for formalities, huh?” Hilde teased, causing Matilda, or should I say, Mati, to look up at her and frown.

“Hilde, I see you are still very much the the lump of flesh I have known all these years. When will you move your brain from your chest back into your head? Or did you actually intelligence get milked out?” I had to turn around and hold my laughter in. Who would have thought that the smaller of the three girls had the sharpest tongue!? I could see Hilde’s anger building up!

“You! Just because you are slightly smarter than me does not mean you can say what you please!” Hilde yelled before tugging my sleeve and looking at me as if she had been horribly bullied. “Master look, Mati is bullying me! I promise to wash and lick your fee… Ouch!”

I shook my hand as I looked at the silly maid who was now crouching down, holding her head. I know it didn’t hurt her at all but at least she is willing to act it all out. ‘No master it really hurts!’

“Master, when you hit us our defenses are unable to block it. It is as if you are smashing a fly.” Mati explained. “But this rotted brain of a maid deserves every but of pain you dish out. When will you ever learn that your sexual harassment is not wanted?”

I sighed as I looked at the two maids bickering away. “Alright enough teasing. I need one of you to stay here and protect our territory while the other follows me in three days time to go out and look for the core. I have no idea where this core is so it will be a tough job.”

“Master, I will go with you. Mati is much better at defense than at attacking. Myself and Silvie are more attack oriented,” Hilde explained.

I fell into thought for a moment and nodded my head. “Then we will do it like that. Our goal is to keep our people alive. No outsiders are allowed in. If someone leaves then they can not return. That is the rules. Mati I hope you can keep an eye on the dungeon entrance. If it fills up with monsters open a hole in the barrier and kill them all.”

“Understood. And Master, I am not sure if it is the core or not, but I do feel a stronger concentration of mana near those two buildings over there. The very tall ones. I am not sure which building it is though.” It seemed Mati was very sensitive to mana.

I looked in the direction she pointed and made note of it. That would be the first place I will go to investigate.