Chapter 370 Absolute power (5)
Lily decided to stay behind and look after the kids on the next day. Since it didn't look like the battles wouldn't last long, even if someone as skilled as she stayed behind, things wouldn't change much.
"Any news?" Billy asked when he found Svan.
"Nothing yet, there are just some rumors spreading around due to the result of the battle of the previous day," Svan replied. "Since everyone was busy and worried, they didn't notice your special crossbows, but people are trying to come up with explanations for that."
"Well, as long as your friends keep their mouths shut, we should be fine," Billy said.
"I wouldn't bet on that so much… The people from here are pacifists, but they don't relax when it comes to gathering Intel," Svan said. "That was why they managed to negotiate with us and the mercenaries pretty fast when they needed help. The mercenaries aren't stupid either, so they eventually will connect the dots. When that happens, I will use my men to spread the information that you guys are just some Adventurers that I have met over the years."
"I guess that will be enough," Billy said.
"Still, it would be a lot easier to keep your identities hidden if you go to meet the current leader of Galatea followers," Svan said. "He would be able to help and in fact, he wouldn't have any reason not to since you are going over such lengths to help."
"Nah, I am going to pass," Billy said. "I have the feeling that we won't get along, and I already know too many important people."
Svan nodded and didn't insist on the matter. Since he was the one who suggested that the current leader of Galatea followers shouldn't be a bad person. Still, Billy had a feeling that things might get troublesome if he got too involved with a possible goddess of that world.
In any case, more dark sparrows showed up to attack the temple city this time. Thanks to that, things got more messy than on the first day. Still, Billy came up with another idea to prevent his group from drawing too much attention. He used Mind Control on some of the monsters and then made them go up and attack the others from above. Their wind arrows didn't cause that much damage but certainly held them back from attacking or on their movements.
The chaos among the monsters increased from that point on. They reacted to the attacks and ignored their targets below for quite a while. Thanks to that, the defenders had the chance to attack without worrying for their lives. Although the level of the monsters was high, Billy could control them without using much mana since he only gave them the order to attack their friends. Moreover, with each kill, he recovered way more mana…
In any case, things lasted for a while longer than before, but the defenders still had an outstanding victory. While most of them were celebrating, some of them were looking around for weird changes, and they found Svan and a small group leaving the area as soon as the last enemy fell. Billy clicked his tongue in annoyance when he felt those stares…
"I am pretty certain that my Mind Control can erase memories from my targets if I wanted to… maybe it is time to check that," Billy thought.
"I guess it is time for me to work," Svan said. "You guys should rest at the inn in the meantime."
Billy and the others nodded. While they were giving their reports to Alexander, who stayed behind, Billy wondered what he should do. Perhaps instead of a crossbow, he should make a long-range assault rifle and attack the monsters from the inn. He will need a silencer not to scare the kids, he will probably need a scope as well, but that wasn't impossible to make with his current skills. The inn was two kilometers away from the usual place the defenders stay, and they also attack the monsters when they are two hundred meters away… so that will have to be one hell of a scope.
Before Billy could even start with the first prototype of a rifle, he noticed that Natalie suddenly got up and went to check the window of their room. At the same time, Billy began to hear some noise from the floor below, at the entrance of the place. Billy saw Svan trying to stop some Galatea soldiers from entering the building… It seemed that he was having a hard time doing the job that he promised to them.
"I am going to deal with this, you guys should stay here," Billy said. "I guess we should start using some hoods while we are here from now on."
"Shouldn't we all go together?" Kate asked.
"No, I want you guys' identity to stay as hidden as possible in this state, even more so considering that the top brass of this place have come to talk to us," Billy replied. "Also, by any means necessary, I won't let anyone that I don't trust get any closer to the kids."
The others nodded, putting Billy's worrywart personality aside. He had a point. When some people try to get them to fail to do so, they will try to hit their most difficult spot to deal with. That would be their kids… while the people from that state might not be that kind of people, others might do it, and things will start from there if they show the kids to strangers.
Regardless, Billy went to the first floor and found a tired Svan dealing with a group of soldiers. Leading them, there was a woman wearing silver plate armor and a white robe. She was also armed with a long silver spear. It was quite the contrast with her overall appearance considering that she had long, straight black hair and deep blue eyes. She also had quite the dignified aura, so Billy could tell just from that that she was someone important in this state.
