Chapter 229: Azure Dragonflies

To be completely honest, Tyler had never Once called that bull by the name Mike until this instance. For some reason, he felt like it would make the situation more dramatic. However, Tyler was actually worried about that bull. It had been more than 5 days since he abandoned that poor beast to starve in that cave by itself but starvation alone was not enough to worry about.

The main issue was the extremely cold weather that was not exactly favorable to mobsters of that nature. Although the six-eyed bull had the passive skill Fiery aura, it only allowed the beast the ability to move unobstructed in the snow and not enough cold resistance.

The cave was also located in a very dangerous region like the Farbelt pass. Although he had confirmed there were no monsters around it at the time it was impossible to know when dangerous predators would stray by.

Realizing he needed to return to the Farbelt pass to retrieve Mike as soon as possible. Tyler decided to move his business here along as fast as possible.

He was yet to introduce the dwarves to the Kobolds and as such, hadn't gotten to his main purpose for being here.

"There's still one more carriage unaccounted for, but for now let me introduce you to these two. These are Darren and Gerl. I've tasked them with the construction of a city so they will be working with you for now. Well, I think only Darren will. Treat him well."

As Tyler said that, he shifted to the side and pointed at the two dwarves behind him. They both just smiled and waved at the nervous Kobolds while trying to hide a metal flask behind their backs.

"Understood Lord Ty."

Tarka nodded at Tyler's request and so did everyone else. Tyler then smiled in satisfaction as he watched the dwarves interact naturally with them very naturally he was willing to ignore their addiction to alcohol.

However, his smile immediately froze when heard them speak. The first thing they had asked was if the Kobolds kept booze around but of course, they didn't.

Tyler almost faced palmed himself at that but held himself back and moved only his index finger slightly, the two alcohol addicts were immediately slammed into the ground that had been cleared of snow by a sudden shift in gravity.

He then pretended as nothing happened and handed Gerl a teleportation scroll and a communication scroll so he would let Tyler know when he wanted to return to the castle for Tyler to grant him access.

Thanks to Uriel's connection with the castle and his soul. She could also grant access to whoever Tyler wanted her to with the aid of space manipulation. It no longer mattered where he was. As long as he willed it, she would grant access to anyone he asked her to be now or in the future so he didn't have to be reminded.

This save him the stress of teleporting back and forth just so people could carry out his orders.

Having concluded his business here, he turned back to face Erin and told her they were leaving. He was just about to teleport away when he suddenly sensed something as the air vibrates softly.

At the same time, several Nightmare wolves suddenly rose from the shadows and howled. They all glared and growled in the same direction. It was currently the middle of the day so these creatures wouldn't be out in the light for no reason.

They were all growling towards the north, it was the direction of the Sentro region and Tyler understood why. Something was headed this way. Well, this was more than just something. From his estimation, there must be thousands of them.

'What the hell! Is the undead army already here? That's impossible, Flare hasn't mentioned anything like this.'

{Answer: Spatial Perception has confirmed the shape and sizes of the approaching creatures do not match the army of the undead. Their current movement speed also surpasses those of the recorded undead. Spatial awareness had also confirmed that these creatures are estimated to be moving approximately 35 feet above ground level.}

"Flying monsters?"

The moment those words left his mouth everyone raised their head and immediately noticed tiny figures on the horizon flying at them with an impressive speed.

"Incoming! Activate the barrier, begin preparing our airborne defense! Move it!"

Tarka was quick to action and even Tyler was surprised they had any airborne defenses. He had instructed Albert to give them a lot of scrolls for defenses but he didn't think they would have any formidable defenses.

That was why his main focus for them was not getting noticed or simply being ignored. It was why he had sent only the Kobolds who were a weak race in the demon continent to build the town even though they had very little skills in that aspect.

In fact, the only thing he thought they could rely on for their air defenses was the 'Monster Repellant' scroll he had given them but even that had its limit and a massive drawback that made it a rarely used item.

Certain monsters would ignore the effect if they had enough resistance and the attempt would drive them into a crazed state that made them a lot more troublesome. More importantly, the spell did not affect intelligent monsters whatsoever.

He was interested in seeing their airborne defense in action but Tyler soon shook that idea out of his head. This was a perfect opportunity to test his new skills and spells.

High-speed monsters that had the ability to fly such as these would be the perfect targets for his practice. However, he also couldn't waste too much time here so he can't hold back by much.

"There's no need for that, I'll handle this personally so just relax."

"But—"

Tyler didn't wait for any reply to his statement as his feet had already left the ground the moment he said his last word to Tarka. However, Erin still silently flew up behind him without giving him the opportunity to reject her help.

Tyler flew up to about 40 feet in the air and silently stood above the temporary settlement as Erin stood silently beside him. The Kobolds and dwarves stood speechless on the ground as they stared at the army of flying creatures that were now close enough for all to see.

The weather was still cold due to the snow that covered the plains but that was not what made them shiver. The cloudy sky had been completely swamped by giant insect monsters.

These monsters had a pair of large, multifaceted compound eyes, two pairs of strong, transparent wings, some of which had colored patches on their wings, six claw-like legs, and an elongated body.

In essence, they looked similar to dragonflies from earth, only massive. One of them was at least five times the size of an adult male and a sturdy exoskeleton oozed an oppressive aura. Judging by the sheer numbers in the sky, there were more than 2,000 of them flying rapidly towards the town without slowing down.

'What the hell are those?'

{Answer: According to my archive, these creatures are Azure Dragonflies. They generally reside in hilly areas and are normally only active during spring and summer. }

'If that's the case, what are they doing here?'

{Their current wavelength is unstable and for perfect flyers their movements are chaotic. There is a high possibility that they were disturbed by the undead army and are migrating. The chances of encountering a troublesome Opponent on their way and being forced to retreat are also high.}

'I see... How unfortunate.'

As Tyler was conversing with Uriel, the swarm of Giant Dragonflies closed the distance between them. It didn't seem like they were planning to slow down anytime soon and although he had no idea what their plan for the town was.

He had no intentions of taking any chances even if they were only passing by. He considered these bunch to be unfortunate because their strength of back luck had led them right to him. This is going to be a massacre.

Without wasting time, he constructed the magic circle of several new spells and cast them one at a time.

"Widened Magic - Chain Chaos Lightning."

Stretching an arm towards the flying swarm of monsters, three massive bolts of purple lightning shot of his fighter tips and streaked in the air jumping from one Azure Dragonfly to another until it had reduced more than 20 of to ash.

"Max Magic - Giant Fireball."

At his command, a massive whitish red bus size ball of flames shot at the monsters with intense heat that could be felt even from afar. Seeing this, Tyler realized that he had wasted a spell slot on this spell as he had achieved a similar result by using Potential Break on the Tier 1 version of the spell.

He had assumed there would be a difference just as it had been with the Create Undead spell. However, it would seem the spell was just a larger version so it was practically the same spell with more power. He would have to take that into considerations when learning new spells.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the flames didn't cause the havoc one expected. Rather, they saw more than a hundred Azure Dragonflies charge headfirst at the insanely hot ball of fire like they were driving at a Buffay.

"What in the world."

In the blink of an eye, the monsters had devoured the entire ball of flames, and immediately, their auras began to skyrocket.

"What the hell just happened."

Erin seemed to be clueless about these particular monsters as she had never seen them before but she could infer from the situation and had immediately understood what had happened.

Naturally, Uriel also had the answers he wanted.

{Answer: Azure Dragonflies feed on heat. While this is not their main source of nutrition as they are creatures that strive in warm weather and are also able to feed on other flying insects. They are able to absorb natural heat and also the magic in Master's spell, converting them to energy.}

'Seriously! You knew that this entire time and just watched me construct my spell. How devious.'

{I believed Master just wanted to empower these pitiful creatures so they can serve as better entertainment.}

'What the! Why the hell will I do that? I think your programming is malfunctioning. Well, whatever.'

Tyler was just about to say something when the 100 or so Azure Dragonflies with increased aura charged at him. The moment they got a little closer to him, he heard an intense buzzing sound that seems to penetrate his psychic all the way to his soul.

Looking down, he could see the Kobold and dwarves holding their ears as they panted heavily. That buzzing sound seems to be empowered with something but even though it was penetrating his defenses, he could still resist the effect just by the sheer gap in their levels.

Erin was even less bothered by it but since it would affect his workers, he thought he needed to end this quickly.

"So they eat heat huh? How amusing, allow me to test that theory. Eat this if you can."