Volume 6 - Chapter 27 – Chaotic Melee (1/2)
06-27 Chaotic Melee
Content warning: this chapter is a bit bloody.
“Argh!”
The emergency exit door was blown off, and two golems rushed at the King and the Prince. However,
“I won’t let you!”
Protecting them was the bronze-colored maid golem.
“Lotte!”
Lotte, with her delicate hands blocked one of the attacking security golems, and in addition flung away her opponent.
Her arm was barely dented by it, but not minding that she challenged the other golem, and with a splendid twist of her arm wrenched that one’s arm away away too.
She then grabbed the other arm, swung the golem around and sent it flying.
Lotte then turned to the royals and informed them of the present conditions.
“Your Majesty, your Highness. It seems likely that most of the golems in the castle are on a rampage.”
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Combat golems like security golems and knight golems came pouring from the other exits and entrances too.
Jin and Beana were inside the barrier, and none of the golems’ attacks could touch them. Despite that,
“Beana, are you alright?”
“Whawhawhawhawhawhat’s gogogogogogogoing on?”
Jin lightly patted the panicking Beana’s shoulder to calm her down,
“Settle down. You’ll be fine as long as you’re by my side.”
He told her, and began to explain the state of things.
“The golems in the castle have probably been hijacked.”
“But how!?”
Jin then briefly told the story of the golem ‘Albus’ he had an encounter with together with Reinhardt.
“The Magic Energy I felt this time was several hundred, no, several thousand times stronger. Moreover, both [Erase] and [Writing] were used. You do understand what this means, right?”
Beana nodded with a pale face,
“Right… We don’t know who the opponent is, but the golems obey only that opponent’s commands, is what you’re saying.”
“That’s right. Perhaps the only ones that have not been hijacked are my ‘Lotte’ and Reinhardt’s ‘Schwarz Ritter’.”
Jin paused for a moment, then continued.
“I don’t know if I should call it lucky or not, but it looks like they could give only simple commands with [Writing]… That is to say, commands like ‘act violently’, or ‘attack people’.”
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“Schwarz Ritter, crush it!”
Reinhardt analyzed the current situation just like Jin, and he came to the conclusion that this state of affairs was extremely bad. It looked like everyone in the hall simply couldn’t be saved, and so Reinhardt searched for Elsa and Earl Kuzuma. He had lost sight of them during the outset of the mayhem.
Reinhardt surveyed his surroundings and gave orders to Schwarz Ritter.
Right now, he had knocked down a knight golem that had come from outside.
“Take that guy’s sword. Alright, now come here.”
As fast as he could, Reinhardt had Schwarz Ritter acquire a sword. With this he would have a means of attacking.
“Elsa! Lewis! Where are you! Are you okay!?”
Reinhardt called for Elsa and Earl Kuzuma. As an answer to that,
“Reinhardt! I’m fine!”
Hearing that voice, Reinhardt’s moment of relief was only brief, as Earl Kuzuma was attacked by a golem.
“Schwarz Ritter!”
The golem attacking Earl Kuzuma was Zingel, and in the nick of time Schwarz Ritter sliced its leg off.
“Thanks, you saved me.”
Reinhardt came running to Earl Kuzuma, told him to stay by his side, and,
“Barrier.”
He activated the Ring of Protection he got from Jin. Now for the time being the two of them would be safe.
“Where’s Elsa!?”
That being the case, the next concern was Elsa.
Elsa had been isolated.
She wasn’t wounded thanks to the Ring of Protection she had got from Jin, but golems everywhere surrounded her.
“Rai-nii…Jin, kun…”
Because of the barrier, the golems had come to a stop 30 centimeters away from Elsa, but at the middle of them Elsa seemed anxious and about to burst into tears.