I looked for a way to help the wyvern mom.
‘Hellfire is dangerous for all of us, and Heavenly Thunder Spirit is the same.’
Hanging on the wyvern mom’s back, sky and earth switch three times every 10 seconds.
Since I feel like throwing up just holding on, precise strikes were naturally difficult.
Should I just jump at Chugota?
That might make it a bit easier to deal with.
While pondering that, Pelerian shouted.
“Level 2!”
When I turned my head, indeed something had changed.
Two more golems crawled out of the obelisk.
“All three coming out is defense level 2.”
Will those two throw spears too?
“Kueee!”
The wyvern mom let out a painful scream.
One of Chugota’s heads had torn at her chest.
Blood gushed out and she started falling.
“Saah!”
I took revenge.
The dagger Dawn flew swiftly and stuck in Go’s eye socket.
A bone-chilling scream.
However, it looked not at us falling but at the newly appeared golems.
It seemed to judge the golems as the biggest threat.
Chugota responded without fear.
Well, she wouldn’t have become queen of the magical realm if she feared golems just for getting a hole in her wing membrane.
They gathered their heads in one spot to cast triple destruction beam.
At maximum output without hesitation.
Whoosh-!
A line of light that burns the air was drawn.
At a point in space, the destruction beam was blocked by an invisible shield like before.
But this time Chugota seems determined too.
The beam continued spewing without stopping.
Meanwhile, the wyvern mom and I crashed to the ground.
Boom!
A violent impact.
The wyvern mom fell belly first so I wouldn’t get crushed.
Still, stars flashed before my eyes.
Can’t see anything because of the rising dust.
Still, the ground is better than the dizzy air.
As I steadied myself while staggering, something was visible through that dust.
First, all the golems had gathered and were stretching their hands toward the air.
It looked like they were putting strength into the shield.
What stood out was beyond that.
On the opposite side from where the golems were gathered, something was moving.
It seemed strange for crawling on the ground to be another wyvern, and walked on two legs unlike termites.
They were people.
No, dwarves? Not the Gray Hammer ones?
They seemed to be trying to enter the stone tower while the golems were distracted.
The field of view of those who stick to the ground is limited.
I lost track of their traces in a moment.
‘Hey old man.’
I tried to tell Pelerian what I just saw but he was distracted looking only at the sky.
“Indeed, an outstanding monster. To think its mana quantity is this deep.”
Amazingly, Chugota was still spewing destruction beam.
How is that possible?
Even with just ‘beam’, I quickly deplete all mana if I spew it for long.
To still maintain spewing destruction beam that consumes much more mana, with three heads at once.
Chugota’s mana was as amazing as her appearance.
“The shield…”
‘…is melting!’
Though an invisible wall had been blocking the destruction beam.
Seems that wasn’t infinite either.
The air where the beam hit started melting red hot.
Crack-
With the sound of breaking glass, all the golems holding up their arms fell over.
Chugota clearly won the test of strength.
“Guguk, guk.”
That was unmistakably mockery.
Chugota who knocked down the golems lowered her head to look down.
She clearly meant to finish off the wyvern mom and me.
The moment our eyes met.
“Guguugu-”
“Kieeeeek!”
“Kyaaak!”
All three of her heads roared as if enraged.
Why suddenly get so angry?
‘Hey you were going on about Obelisk’s Giant or whatever but they were just unremarkable golems!’
“Not mere golems, they are Giants…”
To think he’d still be so proud even in this situation.
That’s when the fallen golems slowly stood up.
“The shield broke. That’s the condition for moving to defense level 3.”
‘What happens at level 3?’
“The golems combine forces to actively repel intruders.”
‘That’s not much different from before!’
“I said ‘combine forces’ and ‘actively’.”
The standing golems ran over.
But their speed wasn’t fast.
Plus what are they going to do after running over.
Chugota suddenly turned all that hostility toward us.
She foams at the mouth and lets out strange screams.
This is a mad wyvern.
“J-just wait a moment!”
The mad wyvern is falling straight toward us.
No choice.
If I run away alone here, the wyvern mom will be completely crushed.
‘Isil!’
I steeled myself to have a showdown with that monster using the Super Hellfire Sword.
“They combine!”
‘What did you say!’
Though it was an urgent situation, I had to turn toward the golems at Pelerian’s voice.
It wasn’t a lie.
The three golems running over merged into one.
Then transformed into another huge golem and.
Flashing those red eyes, ‘accelerated’.
Dudududuk!
Boom!
The booming sound and the sound of bones breaking were heard almost simultaneously.
The running golem had already passed by me and the wyvern mom.
And Chugota who was diving toward us.
“I told you, didn’t I? That they would easily block it.”
This time I could tolerate Pelerian’s swagger.
One of her heads was completely broken off.
Now she’s not Chugota but Chugo. Or maybe Go…
Anyway, serves her right!
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*Note:
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Please know that I would never want to deliver anything less than my absolute best to you. You deserve nothing short of excellence. However, rather than keeping you waiting indefinitely, I’ve decided to continue writing through this difficult period, even though the work may not meet the standards I typically set for myself.
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