Chapter 978 – Complementary

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After the adamantite instrument created by ‘thought’ began to emit sound, Cleon and Bourbon were able to fight much more easily as the movements of the approaching adamantite golems became slower and weaker.

The golems stopped, collapsed, and staggered, unable to respond at all to the active defense of the two people, and repeatedly collapsed on the spot.

With or without the help of ‘thought’, it made a big difference in maintaining this defensive battle.

However, that did not mean we could let down our guard.

“Tch…!”

The wall of flames that Lila had created slowly began to weaken and disappeared before her eyes.

“Sorry Cleon! I’m running out of magic!”

“Okay! Get back!”

Although Lyla came to the Land of Fairy Incense and discovered how to increase her magical power, she eventually exhausted her magical power as a result of using magic to bind the feet of numerous golems.

Of course, a lot of magical energy was used to process adamantite before that.

As soon as her Leila reported, Cleon took her behind her, and she shifted her position as if she were filling the place.

Looking at Lila sighing tiredly, Flamme, whose magic power had long ago been depleted, smiled.

“What, what?”

“No. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you look so purely angry. It’s only natural since you haven’t even shown your face to your hometown since you went to the academy.”

“Hmph.”

At Flamme’s words, Lila snorted and drank the potion she brought to recover some of her lost magic power and try to return to the front lines.

Meanwhile, the fairy knight and wind spirit continued to block the golems’ advance.

Since neither Ventuna nor Melusine were fundamentally human, they had much more magical energy than the two people who possessed abundant magical energy by human standards.

If it weren’t for those two people, this defensive formation would have collapsed long ago.

Honestly, it was a story I was thankful for.

“Layla! Of course this is extra pay!?”

Cancel.

“That can’t be possible! You know this, but you’re the one with Cleon…!”

“Going through this much is not calculated…! I will definitely get it!”

Listening to Ventuna and Layla trying to argue here, Herti raises her voice.

“Does that matter now!?”

“It’s important! For a merchant, costs and benefits are-“

Just as Ventuna was about to say that, she felt one of the golems, whose lower body had collapsed, come closer and grab her legs.

“Geck!”

The guy who grabs my ankle with strong force and pulls me to try to knock me down.

“Now, wait a minute! I don’t engage in close combat!”

Embarrassed, Ventuna struggles and tries to use flight magic to hover, but perhaps it was because the hand made of adamantite touched her that the magic power that had been gathered for her magic was absorbed, causing her to jump and fall back to the ground. It became a form of landing on

“Ugh…!”

To make matters worse for her, an adamantite is trying to regenerate her broken lower body by multiplying her own body through the magic she has absorbed.

‘Oh, this might be dangerous.’

There, Ventuna felt that as her own magical energy continued to be absorbed, her spirit, which was also her magical life form, became more and more delirious as her hand continued to be touched.

Blurred vision, staggering body.

But the next moment.

Kwaduk!

When she hears the sound, she feels the absorption of her magic power stop.

When she opened her eyes again and looked in front of her, Lyla was standing there, using her long, fire-wrapped staff to loosen Adamantite’s hand that was holding Ventuna’s leg.

Perhaps, she drank a magic potion that restored her magic power, albeit only slightly.

“Ha… What are you doing…! Let your guard down!”

Although it would be impossible to break it like Cleon, after forcibly tearing off her hand, she channeled flames between the adamantites to weaken the bonds between her ores, momentarily incapacitating the body, and then Ben. It was to remove the tuna.

“I’m sorry.”

“I’ll reward you for your hard work today, so keep your head straight!”

As Lila said that, she rejoined her brother.

“Well, even if you don’t say anything, I’ll do as much as I get.”

And Ventuna also focuses her mind again and creates a breeze.

Perhaps it was because of my mood, but the gust seemed to be sharper and more powerful than before.

Cleon continued to check the scene while killing the golems.

I was planning to intervene if necessary, but fortunately it wasn’t necessary.

‘I don’t think the defense will have any problems with this. If you say there is a problem.’

The end of Cleon’s gaze is directed towards Cuon, who is deploying his magic power with the power of the sacred tree at the center of the defense line.

She was not depleting her magic power by drawing it from outside of her.

However, even now, the vibrations surrounding the entire mine still existed.

In any case, Kuon only slowed down the mine’s rate of rise and could not stop it yet.

Moreover – the fragments of broken golems are once absorbed into the ground and then return as materials for new golems.

As long as the surrounding area was surrounded by adamantite, the formation of golems did not stop.

However, even so, the fact that the number of golems was decreasing was a fact that could be seen just by looking at it without directly leaking it one by one.

Why? This question will first come to Cleon’s mind.

Reducing numbers is never a constant in basic tactics.

If we were to guess the cause, is it because the ‘thought’ is conveying its voice and persuading them, just as it said?-

If not that too.

‘Do the adamantites have another intention…?’

Doubt that cannot be erased.

And it is better than Cleon to read the intention in that suspicion-

In the adamantite mine, Bourbon, an expert who was inevitably sensitive to changes, was first.

Kugung…

‘What? Just now, a different vibration than before…’

The moment Cleon thought so, he stopped to check the situation.

“Cleon! Take 3 steps back!”

“!”

When he thinks Bourbon’s warning voice has come through, Cleon takes three steps back.

Then-

Quad Deuk! While making a sound, something pierced the ground and jumped out.

That was a huge hand.

It is a huge hand with five fingers that is similar in thickness to the golem’s body so far.

“Wow…”

If he had stayed where he was just now, Cleon would have been grabbed by those hands.

If it had come in contact with that area of ​​adamantite, the entire body’s magic would have been absorbed, and it would have dried out and twisted.

Behind that, the adamantite golem slowly crawls up from the ground.

As before, it may have been imitating the form of ‘thought’ – but its size was incomparably gigantic.

He is so tall that even after his head touches the ceiling, he has to bend his back.

“… Ah, yes. If I can’t push through with numbers, quality will be next.”

Cleon mumbled like he knew, but he couldn’t stop the cold sweat flowing down his back.

Even though he knew it was reckless, he swung the ‘slash’ at the huge golem rising from the ground.

Boom! Cough!

And, should I say dull, a completely different sound is heard than before.

[Keck! It’s solid!]

Even the slash screamed like that, and compared to previous golems, its strength was beyond imagination.

The sword does not bounce, and the impact flows throughout the large body.

Besides-

Squeak… When he thought that the sound of metal scraping against metal rang out, Cleon could see that adamantite was extending from the roots of the adamantite golem’s body and was trying to wrap around the slash. 〈 Br〉

“This guy…!”

They probably thought that if they took that sword away, Cleon would be neutralized.

From Adamantite’s perspective, it was the ‘right’ choice.

He tried to pull the sword with all his might, but the adamantite that was already strongly attached did not come off, so Cleon tried to swing another sword towards the stuck area –

“Cleon! Get out of the way!”

At the same time as a sound was heard from behind, a white flash passed by Cleon.

Despite her small stature, her pickaxe, which had a similar length, was swung heavily yet powerfully, the tip touching her adamantite golem.

“Blast!”

Click, and press the button on the pickaxe, and more explosives explode than usual, shattering the adamantites wrapped around Slash and succeeding in freeing the sword.

“Aaaaah!”

“Ugh…!”

However, the shock was accompanied by considerable aftereffects, enough to push Cleon and Bourbon back at the same time.

“Cleon! Bourbon!”

When Herti, hearing the painful voices of two precious people, raises her voice.

“Please leave it to me!”

‘Thought’ moved forward to the giant golem with a confident answer.

She swings her hands on her instrument, plucking the strings and making sounds.

“I’m sure you’ll understand! We don’t need to fight humans!”

The sound containing the heart of the ‘thought’ rang out with a cheerful sound like ‘Jijing!’.

Then, other small golems around would have stopped-

Geek…

“Eh?”

‘Thoughts’ made a voice as if he had never thought it would turn out like this.

And, her arms swung towards her and her grasp.

Because of her embarrassment, her reaction was delayed, and she was caught by the giant golem.

Hollow! As she made a noise, the instrument she was holding fell to the ground.

“Wow!”

“Now, what if I get caught for a moment!”

Ventuna’s horrified voice rings out.

At the same time, the giant golem’s fist struck her on the ground.

Then, adamantite spikes protruded from the ground, forming a wall to prevent her companions from approaching her.

Each one, she was as thick as the golem’s fingers.

Cleon swings the sword and Bourbon swings the pickaxe.

It was impossible to break them.

Meanwhile, ‘Thoughts’ struggled in the golem’s grasp, but even with her physical abilities, the difference in size could not be reversed.

“Ugh, magic…! Ah,—”

The voice of thought gradually becomes quieter.

Her struggling body continued to move, but something about her was changing.

And-

“──Ah. With this, that loud and annoying sound will also decrease.”

In the ‘same’ tone as the voice of ‘thoughts’ just a moment ago.

However, a much lower, somewhat hateful voice rang out.

It didn’t come from ‘thought’.

It was flowing from a huge golem holding ‘thoughts’.

“I said…!?”

Cleon reacted in surprise, and Ventuna crumpled her face when she realized the true nature of the trick.

“The vocal magic I engraved on her body… Was taken away by magical energy absorption…!”

“That’s right. The wind spirit that surrendered to humans.”

The giant golem will look at Ventuna while saying that.

“It is humiliating to communicate in such ‘primitive ways’ as you. However ugly and foolish it may be, it is still better than having her, one of her own people, continue to make annoying noises.”

The golem said so-

Soon her mouth opened wide.

“Wait a minute, no way-“

Everyone watching that scene would be shocked.

She put the ‘thought’ she was holding in her hand into her big mouth – and the ‘thought’ disappeared inside her mouth.

Gulp, instead the sound of metal clashing against metal rang out.

“What did you do…”

“… By eliminating her annoying voice, we have returned her within us. If she, who is the representative voice of her wish for coexistence with ‘humans’, becomes quiet. I will agree to this.”

And her eyes turn to Herti.

“Now all that remains… Is that human who has the power to communicate with the magic of the earth.”

“…!”

At the sound of the golem’s voice, which seemed to recognize the power of Gaios within Herti, Cleon widened her eyes.

“You-“

“I think I’ll leave what you want!?”

Just as Cleon was about to say that, Bourbon stole Cleon’s lines.

She threw away her tattered equipment from the previous explosion and took out another one.

It was a spear with a huge drill on the end.

When she jumps forward while shouting, her drill touches the wall of thorns blocking the path, creating an ear-aching ‘Kaaaaack’ sound.

But, is it too much to do with that drill?

It may be better than before, but the wall of thorns has not collapsed.

“Foolish… I’ve already analyzed all the equipment you have. You can’t defeat me with that.”

“Damn… Damn…!”

“Surrender. And go back. If you do that, I will stop killing you right here.”

A giant golem urging you to submit to him.

“Cleon. What are you going to do?”

Lila asks.

Of course, the intention was to ask if they would retreat.

Now that the ‘thought’, which was the entity that could suppress the golems and stop the adamantites, was trapped inside the golem, it seemed that there was no way to stop the adamantites.

“…”

Cleon is worried.

At that time, what sparkled in Cleon’s eyes was an instrument created by ‘thought’.

It fell to the floor, but did not break because it was made of adamantite.

“… No. We will continue from here.”

Cleon said so and held out a slash to Laila.

“…?”

“Please take care of me for a moment.”

And at the same time, Galatea was pulled out from his sword.

Its shape was a beautiful single-edged sword that did not fit into the scabbard.

Pajik!

Cleon’s body disappeared from the spot.

[Cleon is outside the thorn barrier]

Go

[Cleon is inside the thorn barrier]

Because it was refracted.

“What…!?”

The golem looked surprised, as if Cleon’s movements were completely unexpected.

Cleon picked up the instrument that had fallen on the ground, and with sparks once again, he returned to where he had been standing before.

“Whoa…!”

Although he consumed a considerable amount of magical power, Cleon retrieved the instrument he had in his hand and took it to Herti and placed it in his hand.

“This is…”

Herti seemed a little embarrassed by Cleon’s actions.

“… Herti. I know it’s too much to ask, but I’ll ask you a favor. You’re the only one who can talk directly with the adamantites right now.”

Herti, who can communicate with the beings of the earth through the power of Gaios, is perhaps more powerful than ‘thought’…

“…!”

“Wait a minute Cleon…!”

Bourbon looked at Cleon and tried to say something, but Herty nodded and held on to the instrument he handed him.

“… I understand. I can’t just protect myself.”

Saying so, Herti speaks to Kuon.

“… Please cancel the magic you cast. I will continue Mr. ‘Thoughts”s will.”

Kuon, seeing Herti’s expression, slowly nodded her head and lifted the protective magic protecting her head.

At that moment, the voices that had been blocked flowed in at the same time and struck Herti’s head.

“Ugh…”

[Something like coexistence with humans-]

[You are our people-]

[Proliferate, Devour]

A primal passion, close to instinct, rushes in.

Resisting that voice, Herti plucked the strings of the instrument he was holding in his hands.

Then.

[Not so]

And the voices that were coming in came in with much more intensity, pushing out the voices that were coming in.

Herti heard the sound of the instrument with her ears and at the same time, the voice of her will, like a ‘thought’ contained in the instrument.

With a slightly more relaxed head, Herti nodded her head.

“I will.”

And, if Cleon also nods his head in response-

“I won’t let you do it!”

The giant golem seemed to sense a sense of danger, so it moved and stretched out its arms to attack Cleon and Herty at the same time.

But-

Bang!

“…!”

Cleon was holding a slash in her hand.

And – the magic power consumed to use ‘refraction’ was replenished from the outside.

If you ask where-

It was a ring with an amber jewel shining on her finger.

“That light…! You too… Human beings! You too, the earth that reduced us to human tools!”

The golem would be enraged when it saw the light, but Cleon’s black eyes mixed with ocher-colored cavities, and he responded by swinging his sword.

An intense wave of magic power and shock spread out, pushing away the golem’s arm.

“I’m sorry. There was no option for you to surrender from the beginning. And if you swallowed up too much in anger, I will make sure to spit it out.”

At Cleon’s words, the golem screamed as if she was angry.

As if to counter it, Herti repels the instrument of thought and suppresses the thorns that were about to rise.

“Let’s go, Herti. I will protect you. You should protect me too.”

“… Yes!”