37 Chapter 33 - No Adventurer Fights Alone (2/2)
”Those two are one of the strongest teams in Alfrum, ranked 7th in fact. I'm not ashamed to say I'm weaker than both of them. Heck, I'm just here because the guild master told me to take James's place. Apparently you only fight with him, and he wanted you to step out of your shell.”
As they were talking, Reiner had smashed the Golem's face in, and Rin had used her wind magic to pull him back from the golem's counter attack. They were perfectly in synch. The golem healed itself again, and roaring it dashed towards Reiner, yet Rin had put up a compressed shield of air in front of him, and Reiner used the shield as a step to jump high while the golem was confused and smash it head first with both hands into the ground.
”Well, not going to complain. I'm exhausted as hell in the first place. Also, my mana is low. I took the big guy down because it was slow anyway... and luck... but this? This is out of my league.”
Selena smiled as she helped him sit, and stood up.
”You're not weak, but you're not strong either. You have a long way to go, and this is just talking about magic.”
Griff sat near a pile of rubble as Selena nocked an arrow, and shot it. As the arrow flew it suddenly divided itself into twenty identical arrows. They all stabbed the golem, causing it to lose its balance and fall.
”Nice one Selena.”
Reiner said as he punched the golem in the chest, flinging it back. The golem's chest had bursted, revealing a glowing gem. Reiner eyed the gem, but the golem quickly healed up its chest. Its blackish red skin was glowing a much more deeper shed of red now.
”Didn't you have a hard time with a fucking goblin king before?!”
Griff shouted as he watched, much to his annoyance.
”Oh, that?”
Reiner shouted as he didn't let his guard down.
”That was us testing you and James!”
He said as he jumper, dodging a fist.
”Stupid brother... behind you.”
Rin waved her hand while floating as a tornado swept through several undead that the golem had summoned for an ambush.
”And that, is why I trust you.”
”Sheesh.”
She said, but it was evident she was smiling.
The golem this time had had enough. It stomped its feet... and its hands were ignited in black flames.
”As my guess. This thing can copy magic signatures, but imperfectly. If allowed time it would have been undefeatable... too bad.”
Rin said as she summoned a tornado around the golem, vacuuming the oxygen around it. However, the flames had bit extinguished.
”That's odd... Griff! Doesn't your fire need oxygen?!”
Griff quickly shook his head as he was in shock seeing a creature that could copy magic.
”I have no idea!”
”Seriously... no help at all.”
”Wait! You guys keep it occupied. Selena, can your arrows withstand my flames?”
”Most probably. I get where you're going. It's worth a shot.”
”Great! Hand them over.”
Griff grabbed the arrows and covered their tips with his hand. He pulled his hand back, igniting the arrows tips.
”You have to enchant my arrows again Griff!”
”Hehe, with pleasure.”
”We got to take this golem down! Helloo!”
”Sorry Rin!”
Selena nocked an arrow, and shot it. She quickly snapped her fingers as the arrow divided into twenty individual arrows, all with black flaming tips. The golem raised its black flames to melt the arrows, yet their tips made them resilient to the fake as they pierced through the golem.
”And now! I got you!”
As the golem was distracted with the original black flames, Rin used wind magic to increase the smoke of the flames, giving Reiner enough cover to sneak up behind the golem. He curled his left hand into a fist, and punched right through the golem's chest!
”Hoooly shit that was brutal.”
Selena said, grinning.
Griff was also grinning as he watched what he thought to be an undefeatable foe crumble.
Reiner had pulled the reddish, glowing gem that was at the golems center. Without a moments hesitation he crushed the gem, as the golem cried in pain for the first time. A metallic voice that was howling... yet it slowly faded. The golems body was crumbling into dust.
”And that, is how you handle a golem.”
Reiner said as the golem crumbled to dust.
”How did you knew how to destroy it?”
Griff said as he walked slowly towards Reiner. He was injured and nauseous because of mana depletion.
”The gem. When it was exposed he healed faster than ever, and healed his other parts later. It was an educated guess.”
”It was obvious... a red, glowing gem in the center of a golem? Please... stop trying to sound cool.”
Rin remarked with a smug grin as she floated down next to them.
Reiner smiled, but his eyes turned sharp in a sudden realization.
”Whatever we just fought though... it definitely won't be the last. Something's going on in Kulva, and we have no idea about it.”
”Whatever it is... we can't investigate in this state. Come on, I'll levitate us to the nearest village. My wind magic can't handle long distances, but at least we can get away from here. About one to two kilometers.”
As they were being carried by the mana induced wind away from the village... no ruins, Griff was looking at the far distance.
'Yeah... I really can't call myself strong. Always luck. I've always gotten lucky. In a head on head fight like just now, I can't hold my own. Not now...'
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”Hey Reiner...”
”Yeah?”
”Mind... teaching me how to fight when we get back?”
”I thought you were training with the old man?”
”He just taught me how to control my magic. He said that I needed to learn everything by myself or there was no point.”
Reiner laughed at that.
”Just what the old geezer would say. Alright, I'll help you. But we'll be going on many more adventures after this. Proper adventures... not onslaughts like this.”
”Heck yeah!”
After his last phrase Griff fainted as he felt the backlash of over exhorting himself...
Reiner and Selena were laughing merrily at the sight of the once determined kid, now sleeping beauty.
Rin smiled as she was directing the wind towards a village they had spotted. She didn't have almost any mana left. Reiner could handle the rest...
”You know... you might not be so bad Griff...”