Chapter 133 (2/2)

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A scream as if to struggle…

“Nate, you retard! Can’t you properly control those god damn skulls?”

Wielding the Scepter of Ishad, Hibiki yelled. She was the Great Wizard who lashed out profanities as always when the battle situation got worse.

“Hey! Stop doing that!”

As soon as she settled down and tried to pour down spells, the skeleton troops blocked her view, causing her irritation to explode. The same thing even happened twice. However, Nate concentrated on controlling the subordinates without turning his head. It was a thorough disregard for her.

“Damn it!”

The rune shone once more from her scepter. [Inferno (Rank: SSS)]! [Greater Thunderbolt (Rank: SSS)]!

Boosh! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Flames and lightning intertwined and covered the Golem. Behind the blazing heat, the gatekeeper, receiving the shock on its body, stumbled. However-

Weing!

Its body, as huge as a mountain, stepped back in an instant and escaped! None of our party members had the skills to fix that giant in one place. They had already used the SS-Rank constraint magic, but it’s useless.

“Damn it, if only I had learned the SSS-Class Summon Mastery!”

Even I, who was looking at her through the body of ‘Choi Seung-Hyun,’ couldn’t help but agree with her. We all had witnessed the magic chain summoned by the alien who obtained that card. It had indeed shown overwhelming restraining force. As far as I could judge using the [The Successor’s Eyes], it’s enough to tie that Golem up motionless. But before we could enter, we couldn’t afford to prepare until that point.

Wee-ing!

The Golem’s body glowed blue. The flow of its Mana was something only I could see. Hiding behind the skull troops summoned by Nate, I shouted. My old voice was scratched roughly.

“The Golem is starting to heal!”

Randy, with the devil’s sword, charged onwards.

“Aaaaaah!”

Purple sword energy gushed out of his sword.

“I’ll cover you!”

From behind, Angelica, the saint, blew an arrow of blue Mana. And-

Click, clack!

Nate’s subordinates, with only their bones left as it had been a long time that he had acquired them and turned them into his possessions, tenaciously clang on. But then-

-Woong!!

Once again, the broken and charred metal body was restored.

Bam!

Randy rolled on the ground after being hit head-on by the Golem’s violent writhe.

“K-argh!”

As he tried to charge again, he stopped and convulsed instead. Then he looked down at the devil’s sword in his hand with a look full of hatred.

“Please… At least in times like this!”

It was a meaningless expression of emotion. Whenever Randy faced a crisis, the devil’s word stuffed more vicious telepathy into his mind as if it had been waiting for that opportunity—aiming for a moment of mistake to lead to his death.

Whoooooo!

The Golem rushed in like a gust of wind. Someone yelled in desperation.

“I mean, how the hell are we supposed to get to the 100th floor if it’s already this difficult when we’re still at the entrance?!”

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I escaped from my memory and focused on reality again.

‘… Who was the last one to shout like that? Perhaps it would be Nate.’

I looked at Nate of the current timeline. His appearance from my memory was similar, but the expression in his eyes was entirely different. Recognizing the meaning of my gaze, he nodded.

“Are you ready?”

Only Nate and I could see the entity that answered to his words, but- Everyone could hear her telepathy.

– Do I recognize the presence in front of my eyes as an enemy and attack?

It was the operating system of the item that Nate owned, the [Imperial Protection Program]. A feminine-shaped form composed of Mana floated on top of his curly hair. Thanks to the months of education, artificial intelligence no longer poured out attacks without distinguishing between who was an enemy and who was an ally. It was the result of Nate’s hard work.

“Yes, attack!”

There was a flash in the air above Nate. When the brilliant crack disappeared, a magnificent structure was summoned, floating in the air. The cannons immediately scattered lingering light at the muzzle.

“…?!”

Pa-pa-pat! Boo-boo-boo-boo-boo-boo-boom!

Accurately targeting the body of the 10-meter-high metal Golem, the large-calibered multi-round cannon poured out bullets of lights, all trying to destroy its prey. There were only a few bullets crossing the air and missing in vain, even though it was firing thousands of rounds per second. Like a highly-trained marksman, each shot stuck sharply on the outer skin of the Golem.

Whooong!

Over the wound as if ants had ripped it off, blue light fluttered. It was a clear sign that it was trying to regenerate from its wounds.

“I won’t give you any chance. Battery!” “I told you not to call me that!”

Euclid rumbled and activated her skill.

[Mana Legacy]

As soon as the Mana transferral toward Nate began, he gave the spirit of the item another instruction.

“Draw Mana from me and use it right away!” – Performing as instructed.

That was an item that initially absorbed the owner’s Mana bit by bit and charged it, and it would stop functioning when the Mana it had accumulated had been completely consumed. However, right at that moment, it had absorbed Nate’s Mana as naturally as the water flowed. That was because it was convinced that such an act would not cause Mana exhaustion on the subject of protection. The dragon behind it was constantly refilling the Mana consumed by Nate like a fountain of rejuvenation, after all. As a result, for as long as the dragon’s Mana Capacity hadn’t been emptied yet, the magazine of the item was almost infinite!

Boo-boo-boo-boom!

Flames continued to spark, and light exploded all over the gatekeeper’s body.

Paht!

It tried to escape with so much mobility that it no longer fit its gigantic body. The hailstorm of shells, which flew persistently and in great numbers, followed it inch by inch, never losing its mark.

Woooo!

Even when the Golem extended its hands and blocked the incoming barrages, the assault did not stop or falter. After all, we had observed that the gatekeeper’s regeneration speed could not keep up with the momentum of the shells that gnawed at its body little by little. I wondered how many minutes it lasted before succumbing to its inevitable fate.

– The gatekeeper of the Tower has been defeated!

A massive chunk of metal was literally torn into shreds and turned into powder.

“Good!”

Compared to our attempt in my previous life, it was effortless.