Volume 1 Chapter 26 Collaboration And Victory
From the seams of the rock, a red light shines as the massive body of the golem charges forward.
It moved with such agility that it was hard to believe its entire body was made of rocks.
"Everyone, come behind me!"
Leoness shouts, and Ryuin and Fatina move behind him.
The golem approaches Leoness, who was at the front of the party, and raises a fist larger than a human body.
"Light, become a shield to protect── (Protection)"
Veronica, who was at the rear, chants, and Leoness is enveloped in a faint light.
It must be a magic spell that increases the defense power handled by the priest.
'Rrrrumble!'
And then, the golem's fist collides with Leoness's shield head-on.
"Uoooohhh!!"
At the moment Leoness receives the heavy blow released from the overwhelming mass, a gust of wind blows through the surroundings.
It seems he endured without being blown away thanks to the skill [Unstoppable], but his feet are sinking into the ground due to the tremendous impact.
"What a power! This is no ordinary golem! Be careful!"
"If we take even one hit from that, we won't be able to do anything! Avoid it at all costs!"
Ryuin warns everyone while preparing her sword.
"I'll go!"
Fatina draws her sword and strikes the Golem's legs.
However, the body made of rocks doesn't allow the blade to penetrate and instead deflects it.
"Huh!"
Fatina is surprised and momentarily freezes. The Golem, realizing it has been attacked, reaches out to grab her.
"Fatina!"
I run towards Fatina and push her away.
Thanks to defeating the Shadow Chimera, my speed has greatly increased.
While avoiding the arm of the Golem, which is targeting me, I confirm that Fatina, who fell to the ground, has stood up.
The golem, who couldn't even be considered undead and whose expression couldn't be read at all, felt like a completely different existence from the monsters I had fought so far.
"(Quadruple Death)"
To avoid prolonging the battle any further, I use Quadruple, a fourfold attack, all at once.
The jet-black wave overflowing with skulls released from my right hand flew towards the golem── and disappeared the moment it touched the rock arm.
It was more like the feeling of missing and sending it to an empty space rather than the (Death) failing.
(...No sense of impact? It feels more like I just shot it towards the rock)
"Wind, swallow my enemies in a storm── (Cyclone)"
With Ryuin's incantation, three tornadoes appeared in front of her and rushed towards the golem. And the tornadoes merged into one, completely engulfing the golem's massive body.
"All right! This should... huh!?"
At the moment Leoness was confident of victory, the golem's arm appeared again from within the tornado.
Noticing this, Leoness tried to defend again with the large shield, but this time he was knocked back without resistance.
"Ggh! What's going on!?"
When the tornado cleared, the golem was standing there unchanged from before.
"It's not just made of rocks...? Could it be that magic defense is also applied to the rocks?"
Murmuring, sweat dripped from Ryuin's cheek to the ground.
"Is it not normal?"
"Yeah. If it were rocks, they could be eroded by wind magic. If we could destroy the core, which is somewhere in the body, we could defeat it..."
"Any other weak points?"
"The weak point is wind. But if magic doesn't work, I think the only way is to somehow destroy the core."
In other words, if we can expose the core, there is a possibility of winning.
"Light, heal the wounds of that person── (Cure)"
"Oops, I owe you one."
Veronica uses magic to heal the wounds Leoness received.
If things continue like this, it seems like we won't be able to defeat them.
And then we won't be able to go to the lower layer.
(...Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained)
I step forward in front of Leoness and face the golem.
"Wh-what are you planning?"
"While [Instant Death Magic] may not work on the rock itself, what about that light?"
I extend my right hand and start chanting.
"(Quadruple Death)"
Instead of aiming at the rock, I release (Death) towards the numerous lights in the gaps of the rocks.
More than twenty waves carrying 'Quadruple' appear in the air and are drawn towards the lines of light connecting the golem's limbs.
'Grrrooaaaan...!!'
At that moment, the golem suddenly let out a groan and began to crumble.
The connection between the rocks forming the golem collapsed due to the Instant Death Magic.
Each rock disintegrated in mid-air, completely losing its human shape.
And from the notably large body of rock, a distinctly foreign black octagonal crystal was exposed.
"There it is! The core in the center of the body!"
Upon hearing Ryuin's words, Fatina used floating rocks as footholds to approach and recklessly cut the exposed core with a pitch-black sword.
"Haaah!!"
The crystal split in two and fell to the ground.
The floating rocks trembled, then eventually became completely still.
At that moment, everyone let out a deep sigh of relief.
"I thought we were done for this time..."
"...That was close."
Leoness and Veronica slumped down right there.
"Whew, that was close. But seriously, we were really saved by you two this time! Thank you!"
"Well, this is the result of everyone's efforts."
"Hahaha! Yeah, maybe so!"
Ryuin is in a great mood, showing us a smile.
"But this dungeon is still weird, right? If there are so many monsters in the lower layer, even an S-Rank party would find it impossible to conquer."
"Hahaha! But maybe we can somehow conquer it!"
Leoness laughs off her words.
"Fatina, are you okay? Any injuries?"
"I'm fine! And I feel like my level went up a lot just now!"
When I asked Fatina, she replied energetically. It seems like she's okay.
"I'm sorry for pushing you earlier."
"Huh? Oh, no, it's nothing."
During the battle with the golem, I apologizes to Fatina for accidentally pushing her.
"Ark-sama, please don't worry about it. In fact, you've saved me from danger again."
"No, I'm always the one being helped."
After expressing her gratitude, Fatina inexplicably blushed and looked down. Perhaps she was enduring some attack.
"I have some potions."
"Huh? No, it's not that..."
"Fatina-san, you're really important, aren't you?"
Suddenly, Ryuin interrupted us.
"Um... well, uh..."
"This is your chance... do your best!"
"Th-thank you..."
"What are you all talking about?"
"Nothing? Well, let's just head back for today since we're tired."
I couldn't quite catch what they were talking about, so I asked, but Ryuin quickly started walking back home.
I reluctantly tried to go along, but then I noticed Veronica staring at me.
"...Such a clueless guy."
"What's with the suddenness?"
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