335 Chapter 334 (1/2)
Leon's last option was to run away in case things turn south. Still, he couldn't let the angels prevent him from using Transfer. That would be very troublesome in many ways...
”That kind of thing will take a while to prepare...” Leon said. ”Shouldn't we visit the world where we will find Volt? I think that extra power can help us.”
”No,” Jorhorn said.
”... Why not?” Leon frowned.
”... Most likely, the angels know that we might use the spirit of thunder to help us,” Jertien explained. ”We can't obtain Volt's power, but you can, so the angels will protect the place where Volt's fragment is. Just like they will protect the places where the other magic circles are.”
”Is that so...” Leon said and then looked at every one of the harvesters in the eye.
It had been the first time Leon looked at them like that at the same time. Despite that, they didn't show any emotion. Only Alurelle avoided meeting Leon's eyes.
”I guess it can't be helped...” Leon shrugged. ”What is the plan, then?”
”There is nothing for us to do but keep strengthening ourselves,” Jorhorn explained. ”If they will find a way to lock us on this planet, then that will work for us because they won't have the chance to escape in case something happens. Besides, this is a big opportunity if we face them directly and defeat them, then our worlds will be ours again.”
All in all, Jorhorn wanted to give the angels the last battle they wanted. They wanted to face the angels directly all at once, but they didn't want to provide Leon with the opportunity to obtain a boost in power. They were hiding something... Jertien's words made sense, but Leon still felt that something was being kept hidden from him. Perhaps they killed Volt as well and didn't obtain any power from it, or maybe Volt wouldn't give Leon any power because he worked with the harvesters and they killed Volt's friends... or relatives. It was hard to be sure what kind of relationship the spirits had.
”Well, it doesn't really matter...”
Since he didn't have much choice at the moment, he decided to follow the harvesters, but not for much longer. The angels wouldn't appear from the dungeon nearby for a while, but the number of dungeons on the central continent was even higher than on the northern continent. So, Leon and harvesters didn't have to take turns in clearing those places. However, instead of looking for a dungeon, Leon approached the paint of the magic circle and used Mana-Eater. Just as he had expected... he felt traces of mithril there, small particles could be felt. So, he recovered some of his mana.
”I guess this will do... I don't have to worry about noise, so shall I train Spinning Earth Arrow, Explosive Fire Arrow, and Fast-Conjuration, or shall I keep training Thunder Ray and Ice Beam? Why not both?”
”The angels won't come for a while, right?” Leon asked. ”In that case, I'm going to look for a dungeon.”
Jorhorn had the tower in his miniaturized form with him, so they wouldn't need Leon for the time being. Finally, he had some freedom, and he decided to leave without waiting for an answer. Since the magic circle was the size of half of the continent, it didn't take long for Leon to find a dungeon that was close to some marks of the magic circle, and there he found a new type of monster... Hellhounds.
Hellhound