438 Smelting Trial 1.1 (2/2)
In order to prevent him from losing an arm from the wheel, he unconsciously learned a certain trick. Later on, he realized that he could actually stack multiple arms to strengthen them. It all came naturally to him since when he learned it, he was experiencing a special condition. Unfortunately, he still need to train if even more since he could only stack five arms in one go for now. Plus, he also had to deal with the burden of each arm stacking together, which means that he'll feel the weight of each arm pressing down on him as well, causing his speed to slow down.
Needless to say, even if he could only stack five arms for now, that's already plenty enough.
Raven then continued making his way to the peak under the assault of earthen spikes. He kept his vigilance at the maximum since he could feel even more rumbling beneath his feet.
Few miles away from the peak, the rumbling intensified even more. Something happened which caused Raven to stop on his tracks.
Boulders started condensing around him, each boulder was seemingly being lifted by an invisible force. Each piece started forming a humanoid shape which was, at minimum, fifteen meters tall.
'A golem?' Raven became alert. Several invisible arms manifested and was already aimed at the humanoid.
A bright yellow light suddenly glowed where the eyes of golem were. The rumbling of the mountain intensified. Smaller rocks started floating around golem. The golem itself was emanating a strong pressure. From his initial measurements, this pressure was something equivalent to a human who reached Lord Knight in cultivation.
'This thing is dangerous. Its two realms above me.' Raven's face became even more somber.
He watched as the golem looked down and stare at him. It then lowered its posture to look at him closely, saying:
”Human! What is a human doing here in our Sacred Mountain?” The deep voice of the golem rumbled across the mountain and on Raven's ears.
'Devil's Language? How in world could a golem learn the language of the Devils? Something's off here?'
Raven had met golems before during his previous life, he even befriended some and killed some. From what he understood on his time with them, golems aren't necessarily one of the brightest creatures.
They are relatively simple minded and peaceful. Teaching them something, even the most basic tasks, will prove to be extremely challenging. And from what he knew, all golems understood the Elven Language, not the Devil Language. Which makes this encounter really surprising for Raven since he knew that it's nearly impossible for a golem to learn another language throughout its life.
'Furthermore, this golem is young. Golems doesn't follow a specific kind of cultivation path, all they need to do is to exist and they'll naturally get stronger. At it's birth, golems are already comparable to Silver Knights. This guy's power is equivalent to a Lord Knight. Which means that its at least 150 years old, which is considered as a child to the Golem Race!'
”Pardon my intrusion.” Raven stated politely, ”I merely am trying to reach the peak in order to get a clearer view of the place I am in.”
A grimace was present on Raven's face as he spoke using Devil's Language. This sort of reaction was natural, the language of the devils contained strange syllables and effects that could cause anyone who's unused to it, feel uncomfortable speaking it.
”Oh? Human could understand me? Good!” The golem praised as the light on its eyes curved as if it was smiling. ”But human, this is our Sacred Mountain. I don't know what happened to the rest of humans but they aren't here.”
This caused Raven to frown. He couldn't help but to think why this golem assumed that he's looking for other humans as well. He didn't say anything about searching for humans when he answered earlier, he said that he just wanted look around using a higher vantage point.
”Uh, I'm actually not looking for humans...” Before Raven could even continue, the Golem already interrupted him.
”Ah! You must be asking for an audience with our Lord and Savior right?”
”Your what now?”