453 Bloody Golem (2/2)
”You still dare to claim this utter bullshit? If not for your envy about the fact that Bart never fucked you as opposed to me, none of this would ever happen!”
As I put almost entirety of my attention into sabotaging the growth of the monster, I only noticed those words, putting them into my memory rather than actually thinking about the meaning hidden behind them.
Only when I finally managed to find the core of this golem and destroy it with a whisp of entropy, despite how reluctant I was in using it ever since I learned a bit more of its nature. With this done, I could finally stop this madness from escalating!
But this time, instead of being stopped, the actions of others simply preceded anything that I could do. With the crowd already chased away from the tribunes, the rays of light that connected them with the central square dimmed up and disappeared, leading to the entire barrier failing and breaking apart.
”You see? All your tricks are worth only as much!”
With a triumphant smile on her face, Helia jumped down from the platform herself, not even bothered to do the super-hero landing upon touching the ground. Simply bending her knees a tiny bit, she immediately straightened up, knocking away one of the spears flying straight towards her face, while allowing her retainers to take care of the rest of the guards too enthusiastic about their job here.
”Did you really think that this barrier was all that I prepared for you?! Let me present you with the greatest gift that the hero left us! The golem made with the addition of the only droplet of his blood that we could obtain!”
Smashing her staff once again into the floor, I could see a powerful gust of energy emerging from the basement, through the several sets of underground floors, all the way towards the altar. At the same time, the sucking force on my chains also increased almost twofold, as if aimed to dry my entire body and soul dry.
But since those chains became quite an annoyance right now, instead of letting them continuously suck on my precious energy, I simply released the seal on my own body, instantly shattering the shackles with the overload of my power.
While some might be worried that this additional energy would be enough to resurrect the monster that I just managed to prevent from fully forming, with its core already crushed in my hand, no amount of energy could prompt its re-creation.
”Golem? Bart's blood?! You would dare to desecrate his memory just for your own power?!”
Instantly putting up her guard back, Helia recalled all her people to a single spot, most likely aiming to defend this single position till the last man standing, while throwing a longing look towards the altar, looking for the face of her brother and sister-in-law, only to turn puzzled when she saw my fake, unfamiliar face.
”You will bow in front of the power of our hero!”
Disregarding Helia's words, Princess simply raised her hand high into the air, assuming the victorious pose, yet no matter how long this tense moment extended, nothing had happened!
”Okay then, I think we all saw enough of this farce.”