Chapter 29
BOOM!
BOOOOM!
Despite its enormous body, the golem moved quickly.
It threw its fists toward the three lifeforms, trying to drive them away from the area.
■■■■■■!
BOOOOOOM!
Although powerful impacts kept striking the floor, the ground did not crack.
Not even a small mark appeared.
Yohan, who was dodging the golem’s attacks with minimal movement, could clearly see why.
Aura covered both the ground and the walls.
It canceled out the golem’s Aura and greatly reduced the force of its attacks.
“……”
Yohan silently stared at the golem.
The goddess offered a brief impression.
[…Whoever stored the Remains here was unbelievably skilled.]
Coming from her, someone who usually dismissed everyone other than Yohan, it was extremely high praise.
Yohan had no intention of disagreeing.
The unknown person had spread Aura permanently across an enormous space large enough for a giant golem to move freely.
At the same time, that Aura had been adjusted to exactly the right level needed to cancel out the golem’s power.
And all of it was being controlled remotely.
Both in quality and quantity, such a feat was impossible without mastering Aura completely.
If the entire system was being maintained only through the power remaining in the Remains, then it was even more shocking.
BOOOOM!
Of course, this was not the time to stand around admiring it.
Aren and Isabella were helping from the side.
However, neither of them had enough power to break through the Aura surrounding the golem and deal real damage.
In the end, Yohan had to do it himself.
He had to find the core and destroy the golem.
Then he needed to discover the exact location of the Remains and obtain the clue inside them.
Blood Magic has poor compatibility with golems… but there’s no other choice.
Yohan drew his sword.
Blood and Aura began covering the blade at the same time.
After fighting for roughly ten minutes, he had understood most of the golem’s combat habits.
Since whoever created it was confident in Aura, they probably had not prepared any special defensive methods beyond that.
Even without them, a golem’s natural durability was absurdly high.
There would have been little reason to worry.
Even so, Yohan needed to locate and destroy the core as quickly as possible.
Among living beings, his mana capacity and recovery were nearly infinite.
A golem’s energy, however, was truly infinite.
If the fight became a prolonged battle, Yohan would inevitably be at a disadvantage.
Yohan stayed close while narrowly avoiding every effective attack.
This time, instead of throwing a punch, the golem charged with its entire body.
■■■■■■!
At that exact moment,
Yohan gripped his sword with both hands and took a thrusting stance.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
The body slam had enough force to burst an ordinary person apart on impact.
Yohan took it directly without using Aura to protect his body.
He was launched away and smashed into the far side of the room.
“M, mister!”
“Why didn’t you block it… Huh?”
However, only Yohan’s body had been sent flying.
His two arms and sword remained in place.
He had concentrated all his Aura into them.
They were locked against the golem’s Aura and forcing their way through it.
CRACK! CRACK!
RUMBLE…!
The tip of Yohan’s sword pierced the thick stone torso.
His blood seeped through the blade.
The golem’s movements immediately became slower.
“……”
A golem was simply a collection of inorganic pieces connected together so they could move like one organism.
That was its true nature.
Its individual parts had certainly been reinforced.
However, that reinforcement could only apply to each separate component.
It was impossible to reinforce every connection that served as joints and nerves.
Yohan’s blood searched for those connections inside the golem.
It began slowing the creature’s movements themselves.
But even this was only the beginning.
After being thrown into the wall and dropping to the floor, Yohan slowly stood.
He muttered quietly.
“…Blood Corrosion.”
SSSSSSSS…!
The moment the command ended, smoke began rising from the golem’s entire body.
Yohan’s blood, filled with mana and Aura, was literally corroding the golem.
After watching for a moment, Yohan began walking toward the enemy again.
The sword that had been stuck in the golem’s body had already returned to his hand.
“It’s been disabled… Now for the core.”
He lightly cut his wrist with the sword.
Blood burst out and scattered.
The wound closed after only a moment.
Yohan gathered the scattered blood and compressed it into the shape of a bullet.
The golem struggled to move its creaking body and drive the enemy away.
But its punch was far too slow for Yohan now.
Yohan easily dodged it.
He pointed the bullet toward the enemy and spoke again.
“Blood Bullet.”
Like firing a Magic Missile, he detonated the mana compressed at the tip of the projectile.
The mass of blood shot straight into the hole already opened in the golem’s abdomen.
■■■■■…!
At that point, the golem could no longer remain standing.
Yohan’s Blood Bullet tore through its entire body.
It swallowed the mana supporting the connections around its legs.
BOOOOM…
The golem helplessly collapsed.
Yohan searched for its core.
After three minutes, he walked directly in front of its face.
Believing the battle might finally be over, the other two cautiously approached behind him.
“…Did you defeat it?”
“No.”
Yohan answered while placing his sword against the golem’s face.
“This golem… doesn’t have a core.”
Even though its defeat was obvious, its red eyes continued glowing.
Like most magic beasts and intelligent beings, a golem usually had a power source needed to maintain its functions.
In other words, a core.
But they could not find one.
