I slowly let out the breath I had been holding back.
I’m staring right ahead.
The opponent is huge.
Shaking the ground, the enemy slowly closes in on me. It was roughly a humanoid figure, with feet made of rock and iron, stamping on the dungeon floor. Its head is five meters tall, and a single flickering red light was visible in place of its eyes.
Iron Golem.
It is a mythical magical creature that guards the boss layer of the Western Dungeon.
『Don’t let your guard down.』
“Yes.”
I responded to Solana’s voice.
My body was already engulfed in 【Golden flame 】. I lowered my hind legs and gathered my strength. I pointed my short sword at the golem. The crystal on the gauntlet Lu had given me glittered as if to encourage me.
The giant raised its arms.
“Wauu.”
Its arms swing down, like hitting a rocky mountain.
My chance to attack.
The arm that was swung down created a perfect path from the ground to the shoulders and then to the head.
“Haa!”
I jumped into the golem’s arms. Then in one swift motion, I dashed to its head all at once.
| Skill: 『Divine Protection of the God of Hunting 』was used. 【Wild Heart】…… Detection. Consumes magical power for even greater effect. |
I consumed magical power and detected the golem for a moment. I saw a red aura in the back of its neck.
“Found it.”
What I was looking for was the core that maintains this golem.
It’s a knowledge I learned from my Father. Golems have a central part that sends magical energy throughout their bodies. Therefore, if the core is destroyed, its huge body will also collapse.
“The core is in the nape!”
I instantly communicated with my comrades.
“I’ll leave that to you!”
I nodded at Mia’s words.
Mia-san jumps in front of the golem to get its attention.
Thanking her, I raised the blade of my short sword to the side.
I slashed at one go.
“Uou! O-ooo….…”
I felt the red light intensify in the golem’s head. Like crumbling building blocks, the golem’s huge body crumbled, starting from the feet.
The head, where I was, also shook so I landed hastily on the ground. I nearly fell over, but someone supported me.
“Well done, Rion.”
Mia-san beamed at me.
“You pretty much soloed against the boss in the Western Dungeon. I’d say your battle level is now around level 30.”
“Y-Yeah……”
There are skills that enhances one’s abilities just by having them. That’s the case with 『 Sun’s Divine Protection』, 『 Thunder God’s Divine Protection』and 『Divine Protection of the God of Hunting』.
I’m many times more skilled than the average person, and when I think about it, it’s out of the norm. Even in a dungeon with a recommended level of 25, I can keep up with the boss on my own.
“…..It’s only applicable for a limited time during【Golden Flame】 though.”
A red orb is exposed in the remains of the iron golem. This orb engraved with runes must be the core of the golem. After looking at it for a while, both the wreckage and the orb darkened, and eventually crumbled into ashes.
Felix-san tapped his staff.
“……It scared the hell out of us.”
He held the coronet on his forehead.
In the Western Dungeon, Mia-san and a few Raven Warriors are with us.
Mia-san spreads her arms and purses her mouth.
“What’s the big deal? We defeated it, so isn’t that good enough? Neither you nor I can just protect Rion forever you know.”
I scratched my cheek.
We’re cormades but…… Mia-san and Felix-san often clash a bit.
“Sigh. Adventurers are really….”
“You’re an adventurer too, aren’t you?”
“That’s why–”
“Felix-dono.”
The other warriors stopped him.
With a small sigh, Felix-san stepped back.
“W-well, yes, the battle is over.”
I forced myself to speak cheerfully.
“Now, let’s find the unexplored area.”
I think it was a little deliberate. But it’s not a lie that is our main purpose.
It was Pauline-san who instructed us to go here. It seems that there is “something important” here that has been passed down to the warriors, and that it holds the hints for finding the other gods.
I better ask the person who knows the most –no, the god who knows the most.
(Loki, the dungeon you were in…… Is there really anything that will tell us where to go next?)
『Of course.』
Loki immediately replied.
『It’s essential for deciding where to go next.』
However, it’s typical of Loki that he won’t tell about it directly.
(Hmm……)
I accepted the role of “God’s Wake-up Caller”, but my next destination remains unknown. Once the destination is decided, I’ll put my best foot forward.
“Let’s go.”
I walked forward with determination. Perhaps because it was the battle area with the golems, the boss level of the Western Dungeon was spacious.
I walk along the wall, conscious of 『Alarm』. If there was a wall that could be “unsealed”, it would have been faintly glowing. It may take quite a long walk to investigate all of them though.
My attention gradually drifted, and a certain event began to pop up in my mind.
I heard a voice from behind me.
“Don’t worry too much.”
I was startled so I turned around. It was Mia-san.
“……Eh?”
“You were thinking about your sister, weren’t you?”
This is what makes Mia-san so amazing. If I’m worried or in a daze, she calls out to me and brings me back to reality. I was looking at my silver gauntlet, so that maybe how Mia-san found out.
“There’s no point in thinking about it all the time, right? It’s still a guess that Ymir is after your sister’s power. It ‘might be the opposite’, that was what they said.”
“But.….”
Felix-san interrupted.
By the way, looking for seals is the power of 『Alarm』, so even if we’re talking I can still detect it.
“Given the circumstances, it would be strange not to be worried. To begin with, the gods took the power of creation from Ymir and used it to create the world. It makes sense that Ymir would want to regain his lost power.”
The sound of our own footsteps echoed in the quiet boss floor.
“.….Whether Luisia has the power may not be known to Ymir either. But I think that she, along with Rion, are likely to be strong candidates. The reason why the enemy is gathering slaves with “rare skills” is probably because what they are looking for is worth that much.”
Right.
If we assume that the enemy is looking for the Power of Creation, then their movements can be explained perfectly. Slave traders were looking for people with rare skills. I can’t think of a more rare skill than the “Power of Creation” .
“If it’s such an important power, then God should have it.”
“That’s—”
Felix-san paused.
“—That’s true, but that’s something that neither we, nor the gods present here, understand.”
Indeed.
The reaction of the Gods was incredible when they found out that Lu had the power of creation.
Thor even scratched his head while muttering, 『Odin, why are you putting such an important thing on earth?!』
Sigris was at a loss, saying, 『Could it have been dropped? Or maybe it was lost…?』
Uru retorted, 『Is it normal to drop something like that?』
It was probably unexpected even for the Gods.
Only Loki analyzed it, saying, 『…Something happened after the sealing.』
But what is certain is that Lu must be protected.
No matter how strong I become, it may not be enough to protect someone…..
“…… Mia-san, you’re asking anything huh.”
Felix-san looked off into the distance.
“Oh~. By the way, I wonder what the enemy plans to do if they gather all the skills.”
“About that”
As expected, Felix-san replied in a slightly sharp voice.
……Mia-san, you’re enjoying this too much.
“It seems that the enemy can take other people’s skills and vice versa. Its original owners have been putting them on hold for a long time because they are unidentified and hopeless powers, but with the existence of Ymir, it may be possible….”
It’s possible to steal power from Lu…?
After a long walk around the perimeter, we finally reach a wall that looks like it can be unsealed.
| Skill: 『 Alarm』was used. Executing【Unseal】. |
The wall cracked with a rumble, revealing a gate engraved with patterns. As the gate slowly opened towards the back, a cool air flowed in.
“…… Eh?”
Suddenly, at the edge of my vision, I thought I saw a red light on the boss floor where there should be nothing. It was very similar to the enemy magic that could be detected by【Wild Heart】.
However, when I used my power to look around again, there was nothing there. There was just a dimly lit battle area spreading out before me.
Mia-san looked at me suspiciously.
“What’s wrong?”
“N-nothing. Let’s go.”
We stepped into an unexplored space.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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