Too huge, just one step.
His feet looked like they could crush even a carriage, and his face was burning red as he looked down.
――Gods.
Along with the hot breath, that voice echoed in my head.
Is this monster talking?
――Found you.
――This time, this time, ……burn to ashes!
As the air fluctuates with the high heat, wide-opened eyes and clenched teeth became visible to us. The neck, chest plate, limbs, everything is thick. On top of that, his whole body is on fire, so it felt like my skin would burn just by standing there.
Coming from one level below was a giant that reached a total length of 10 meters.
“This is ….…”
I feel like an idiot. I can’t believe I’m doing nothing, just looking up, muttering to myself.
Roar!
The courage I had worked up was extinguished, and my feet tried to run on their own. All my instincts were in unison, telling me not to confront it.
『That voice, that appearance……!』
Solana’s voice was also trembling.
“W-what is this guy!? Can it still be a mere monster……!?”
Even the veteran Mia-san was afraid. Felix-san also had his mouth wide open, unable to cast a spell.
『Listen, Rion. That fiery giant, no— that titan, it appeared in the scene of Ragnarok that I showed you before. 』
Overwhelmed, I frantically gulped. I adjusted my breathing. I followed the basics of adventurers and tried to calm myself down. Sit back. Stand with my feet shoulder-width apart. Then I looked up.
No matter how scared I am, not looking is the worst option and will result in me failing to avoid danger.
『This magic power—it looks exactly like …….』
The goddess did not get it either.
Fear is contagious, and I almost ask what she meant.
『Calm down, Sun Goddess!』
Thor roared.
The Thunder God’s words seemed to be heard by the rest of my companions too. Everyone looked at me. To be exact, in the gold coin in my pocket.
『The flame titans once had their own king. I sense a strong resemblance in this “Incarnation”. 』
And Thor continued.
『The same smell comes from deep underground. If this city is where they dig up the “titan’s ashes” and if there is a titan’s body underground, then it’s—』
My hand holding the short sword trembled.
“King…… of the Flame Titans?”
A cry erupted as if in response to my words. It reverberated through the halls of the stone walls, and my head was about to crack.
Flaming fists come rushing down to us. We scattered to dodge it.
The floor rippled like a carpet, and a heat wave swept over our fireproof cloak. If it weren’t for Safi’s runes —the fire defense would not be manipulated, and that blow would have ended our party.
“W-what the……?”
My head is full of questions.
Why, how could there suddenly be such a strong, seemingly impossible being here now…!
『Look closely and remember. 』
Thor spoke, scolding his hapless apprentice.
R-remember?
Looking up at the “titan” through my hood, God’s message flashed across my mind.
He said, ‘The incarnation of rage has appeared’ but ….…
The “titan” held his hand out towards the wall. With that, the stone that made up the wall peeled off and flew towards it. The stone was absorbed into its body.
“Perhaps…….”
I remembered my first impression. I know a monster that build their bodies out of rocks and soil.
“Is that a golem!?”
『I heard the message say, ‘Incarnation of Wrath,’ which means it’s not real, it’s more like a puppet. 』
“But….…”
A new question burns in my chest along with impatience.
Felix-san shook his hood and looked up.
“……Instead of mixing the titan’s ashes with the golem core, they may have made a golem core from the titan’s ashes ……!”
I detected the magical power on the monster before us with the Divine Protection of the Hunting God. A bright red light shimmered on its chest.
Is that really a golem core?
“Then…. In other words, it is a being created by the ashes, so it has thoughts that are close to titans!”
Felix-san nodded repeatedly, but I could only understand a little.
In short, it was born from the ashes of a titan. Magic stones are usually used for the golem cores, but for this one, instead of magic stones, the ashes of the titan are solidified to form one.
“You idiots, let’s get out of here first!”
A chain axe swished above me. Mia-san knocked off the debris the size of a human head that was falling to me.
The passage is now on the verge of collapse due to the rampaging giant golem.
“H-here!”
Safi jumped out of the backpack.
“There should be a large hall here! It has a high ceiling and can be used widely.”
“……Spaces like that are likely to be dens of monsters.”
A thud came behind us. The giant golem walks towards us, thumping and shaking the floor as it moves.
“Hmph! So, is there a greater threat than that!?”
“…… R-right.”
We hurried after Safi. The Incarnation of Rage stops in its tracks at various points as it was getting stuck to a beam in the ceiling. From time to time, crumbling rocks were hurled to us. But we only look forward, dodge and rushed our legs.
Then in a wide passage, the left and right walls were suddenly cut off.
—We made it to the Great Hall.
“Uh……”
We groaned.
There were indeed monsters in the huge hall. There were guard golems that we had encountered and defeated earlier. The blue light on their heads catches us.
Mia-san readied her chain axe.
“Wargs in the front, orcs at the back gate, right?”
“……It’s at the front gate.”
Felix-san, you……
So meticulous even at times like this.
Six guard golems in front and a giant golem in the back. We were being attacked from both sides —just as Mia-san had said.
『It looks like we have no choice but to do it. 』
I braced myself hearing Solana’s words. However, the guard golems quickly split up to the left and right and began to move closer to the wall. There is no sign of them attacking us who have just rushed in.
Then the entrance was lit red.
“Its here….…”
I looked back.
The “Incarnation of Rage” rushed into the great hall.
I prepared myself for immediate combat. But the giant golem was stopped in its track.
——Don’t get in the way! You puppets!
The golem guards by the wall took up their weapons and leapt at the incarnation.
“Monsters are attacking monsters……!?”
Mia-san was stunned.
I’ve never heard of something like this either. Only Safi, the black dwarf, seemed to know what had happened. Her dark eyes are moist.
“They remember…… They are still following the orders from 1,000 years ago.”
Safi paused then she whispered, “Thank you”.
“Fight the titans, they are still doing what the dwarves told them to do!”
The guard golems were kicked around by the incarnation.
I don’t think there’s a chance of them winning. But one after another, they get up and continues to fight the incarnation.
We kept our distance from them, taking the opportunity to catch our breath and get ready for battle.
『……Rion, let me out. 』
The gold coin vibrated at Thor’s words.
『The opponent is equal to a titan. I will do something about it. 』
『Thor, I’m sure you’ve noticed, but this is the fifth level. This is the lowest level at the Royal Capital’s dungeon, you know? The seal is pretty strong here. 』
『We can’t just leave the humans in front of a titan! 』
Loki and Thor are arguing.
Certainly, it’s tough for us to fight that enemy alone. The light of the magic detection on it was much stronger, even compared to the Mithril Golem.
I glanced into the hall.
……Something that could help!
“Oh….…”
I saw a faint light on the wall in the distance. The light indicates that the “seal can be removed.”
“—Safi.”
I called out to dwarf girl.
“Was there a dwarf forge here, too?”
Safi wipes away her tears.
“Yes there was. A place where magical weapons were forged.”
At this moment, before I knew it, the chain of metallic sounds had stopped.
Then huge roar echoed through the great hall.
The giant golem, who had destroyed the golem guards, turned his eyes on us.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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