Knight and Wand

Chapter 187 Zongzi Pretends to be Dead
Inside the golem at the rear of the team, a stuck joint seemed to finally start working, and the creaking sound allowed the embracing arms to spread out to both sides of the torso.

The iron palms with three thick fingers slammed into the ground. When the vibration reached the feet of Olivia and the other two, a dangerous red light and a sharp alarm burst out from the torso of the giant as it bent down and slowly stood up.

(Hraan)
".Savin Type II Self-Test
Mana Reserve: Low
Maintenance status: Low.
Chaos magic detected.
Risk Assessment: Low
Default response strategy: annihilation."

Under the dim light, Olivia looked at the rusty steel, gold and bronze monster as she charged. The round opening on its chest suddenly burst into flames. The girl instinctively thought of the fire-breathing dragon in the story.

"Danger! The magic power in this guy's body is increasing! Disperse!" Corvis suddenly stopped and shouted to the other two.

As soon as the young man finished speaking, the nozzle on the golem's body suddenly glowed brightly, and a thick, hot column of flame shot out with a bang.

However, the aim was extremely off, and the rolling heat wave slanted onto the ground not far away, burning the rocky ground into a large area of ​​molten magma.

However, the golem was still calibrating the direction of the nozzle, and the spurting column of hot fire immediately swept towards the three people in front.

Olivia and Canis were not slow at all while running. They kicked off their steel boots and avoided the terrible molten flame trail from both sides, one on the left and one on the right.

Corvis drew the seal, chanted the spell, raised the sword in front of him, and the clearly visible golden Arias barrier instantly unfolded, blocking the sweeping high-temperature flame column.

Amid the sizzling sound of burning, feeling the rapid consumption of magic power, the young man frowned and did not fight hard. Instead, he rubbed against the dangerous focusing trajectory against the magic barrier, lowered his body and slid straight under the crotch of the golem, turned around and came behind the colossus.

The three of them worked in tacit understanding and almost simultaneously went behind the metal monster using different paths. Considering the opponent's seemingly slow movements, going around from behind was undoubtedly the best strategy.

The young master of the Wolf family stopped his charging steel feet. Facing the strange "monster" made of gold and copper, Canis used almost all of his brute strength, holding the lance at an angle, roared, and stabbed the monster's right foot joint with all his strength.

The spear shot out from the hand of the powerful Knight of the Order of Arms, whistling like a cannonball, and pierced into the moving mechanism of the colossus.

The golem was hit so hard that it was slightly off balance due to its own weight.

The attack was successful, and before Canis could even show a smug smile, he heard the girl on his left shouting to him to be careful.

Olivia jumped back swiftly, avoiding the fierce blow from the golem's left arm, and discovered that behind the monster, there was also a red crystal that looked like an eye.

This monster may have no blind spots!

In an instant, he felt the sound of wind crashing down on his head. He did not dare to delay and directly dropped the lance that was stuck in the golem's joints, and dodged narrowly by turning sideways.

boom--!
The iron palm that almost crushed the young master of the Wolf family into a meat patty hit the ground, and clouds of smoke and rubble burst out.

But then, there was a loud click, and the waist mechanism of the giant that stood up, which was about five or six meters tall, suddenly rotated 180 degrees.

The front side with the molten flame nozzle actually turned directly behind him to face the three people who were besieging him.

--call! !
The iron arm rotated with the torso, from the right hand to the left hand, dancing out a terrifying sound of the wind.

The golem's giant palm, which had not hit Canis just now, swept in front of him with the force of a half rotation, forcing Corvis and Olivia to retreat, and slapped Canis who was unable to dodge.

The young master of the Wolf family had just dodged and was caught off guard in a hurry. He only had time to summon the spiritual relic Kite Shield in front of him to barely resist.

Bang——! ! !
The huge iron palm, with tons of force, knocked Canis away along with his shield.

The bloody young master of the Wolf family flew over the edge of the platform like a meteor. Before he fell into the abyss outside the rock body, he turned into dissipated light particles in mid-air and turned back into a black card.

The Neti card flipped over and fell under the dark cliff.

But Olivia seized the opportunity when the golem was concentrating on attacking Canis, jumped onto the mine cart next to her, and leaped high on the edge.

With a delicate shout, the sword flashed.

The blonde girl flipped upside down above the monster and successfully removed the giant arm that "killed" Canis with a griffin slash.

Amidst the flying metal components, the golem's right hand fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Almost at the same time, Corvis's sword of friendship pierced into the enemy's scarlet crystal eye like a shining rainbow.

click-

"——Shock wave." Corvis drew a seal with the fingertips of his two hands, which were shining with magical light.

A circle of air explosion burst out from the flying sword magic pattern, completely blasting the golem's crystal eye into pieces from the inside out.

He lost his "front" vision, but his remaining "rear" vision detected that the "hostile target" who had chopped off his right arm had not yet fallen to the ground.

The golem's other giant arm, using the undissipated force from the rotation of its torso, swung towards there fiercely.

Olivia twisted her body in mid-air as easily as a civet cat, and the Sword of Victory, which was spinning in the same direction, lightly touched the back of the golem's empty iron palm, using the force to extend the girl's body's airborne time for a few more seconds.

The girl dodged the attack, landed on her feet while rolling sideways, and stepped on the huge arm with extraordinary agility.

The moment she landed, she inserted the Sword of Victory into the golem's elbow joint, using it as a fulcrum to maintain balance while climbing.

The failure of the attack did not cause the golem to focus more attention on the "hostile target" that jumped onto its arm.

The moment its frontal vision disappeared, it immediately ignited the furnace in its chest and fired blindly at the real target.

The blazing pillar of fire was cast down again. Corvis gave up control of the flying sword that was stuck in the colossus and opened a magic barrier with both hands at the same time.

The gushing flames bombarded the golden magic shield, but the first layer only lasted less than two seconds before being penetrated.

However, the young man detected the blindness of the giant by taking side steps to the left and right, and before the barrier was completely broken, he rolled sideways to the left to avoid the attack.

After the golem stopped firing because it was unable to determine the status of its main target, it wanted to find the primary enemy it had lost its lock on. It made a click and once again rotated its torso 180 degrees, using its other eye to try to search for the figure carrying the chaos magic.

Olivia, who was attached to the golem's one arm, gripped the hilt of the sword tightly and felt the enemy's body suddenly spin. She saw the golem's front body, which was still warm, turn around in mid-air and made a judgment in an instant.

The huge amount of magic energy in her body condensed, her hair rose and fluttered, and the girl's green eyes bloomed with brilliant golden light in the darkness.

He drew out his sword and leaped into the air from the golem's swinging giant arms.

Olivia held the blade upside down and dropped it towards the opening in the enemy's chest.

"Ah ah--!!"

The girl opened her golden eyes wide and roared, unafraid of the lingering heat. She used all her strength to thrust the heavy, solid steel sword into the muzzle of the golem.

Amid the crisp sound of metal embedding, the petite girl was hung on the golem's chest as the weapon embedded in the enemy's body.

Lifting her waist and feet, Olivia continued to attack, twisting the hilt of the sword with all her strength.

The sword blade seemed to turn into a terrifying industrial drill, crushing the messy structure inside the golem.

Then the girl kicked the golem's body without stopping, drew out her sword, flipped backwards, jumped far away and landed on the ground.

With two bangs, her feet wrapped in steel boots had just stood firm, and she was about to continue the attack.

But they found that sparks burst out from the chest of the golden bronze giant, emitting bursts of piercing whistles, and the entire metal giant body was shaking and twitching.
At the same time, another colossus was dismantled into a "human stick" by Leon and Larian, and it collapsed to the ground after sounding the alarm.

The one he and the Knight Ranger faced was unexpectedly easy to deal with. Perhaps due to disrepair, not only was its movement extremely slow, but the nozzle of what was suspected to be a long-range projectile weapon only emitted a few bursts of flames before stopping working, causing Leon to have a false alarm.

The two of them cooperated to remove the golem's limbs without any damage, paralyzing it to the ground, and then turned to rush to their companions on the other side.

Wielding the pseudo-thorn sword that turned into molten flames, he used the scorching blade of magic flame to cut the three-legged construct that blocked the way into flying parts.

Leon, who was anxious to support his lover, suddenly saw from a distance that the golem on Olivia's side looked like a robot in a movie before it "self-destructed". He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and shouted:
“Get out of the way!! Olivia! Corvis!——”

The young wizard knew without being reminded how unstable the manic heat element was. He immediately recalled his sword, put up a magic barrier behind him, and fled into the distance while shouting a warning to Olivia.

The girl raised her eyebrows. After hearing the warnings from her lover and friends, she immediately lost her previous coolness and majesty. She held up her long sword, spread her legs, and ran away at full speed. —— Boom! Boom! ——!!!
The explosions were like brilliant fireworks.

The molten material that exploded from the center of the golem, along with the fragments of the dwarf statue's base steps and large pieces of charred metal components, were blown into the air and scattered like flowers from the sky.

A portion of the dazzling molten lava splashed all over the base of the dwarf statue, and the scorching heat melted the thick rock layer by layer and seeped down.
The shock wave of the explosion forced Olivia to roll forward to dissipate the force. The girl shrank her neck, looked back, and saw the flying red-hot metal and "magma". She did not dare to be careless and dodged repeatedly.

Corvis's feet were blown off the ground by the explosion and he crashed into the rock pillar, falling over in a daze. Fortunately, he had a magic barrier behind him and two layers of armor to protect him, so apart from looking a little disheveled, he was not seriously injured.

After successfully dealing with the golem, Olivia heard the soldiers shouting and killing not far away. Without delay, she turned around and killed the three-legged metal monsters with her sword.

While wielding the flaming sword to kill the construct, Leon successfully joined forces with his lover.

"Leon! That guy Canis died in the battle." The girl continued to dance with her sword, and took a moment to look at Leon with a little concern.

As an enemy that once made her angry and the culprit who caused the sacrifice of many conscripted soldiers from the three territories, she didn't care about the safety of the guy who had already been stabbed to death.

But she didn't have the strength to save the other person just now, and Olivia was worried about whether this would have an impact on Leon.

After all, in the eyes of the Wolf family, their young master is still well and staying with Leon to recuperate.

"It doesn't matter. Canis is now a spirit made up of the Neti Cards. If he dies, he will just return to the cards to recover. As long as the Neti Cards themselves are not damaged, he will appear again after a while." Leon swung the Molten Sword to split the dwarf machine in front of him, turned around and answered.

Without the threat of the dangerous golem, the knights quickly cleared out the enemies on the platform with the assistance of the soldiers.

As the last few tripod constructs were about to be smashed into scrap metal by the warriors' group attack, Leon suddenly reacted, rushed over, cut off the two pickaxe arms of the machine in two quick strokes, and kicked it over.

He dispelled the Molten Sword Technique, sheathed his sword, turned around and ordered the soldiers to hold down the dwarven machine that had lost its "weapon".

It’s better to keep one or two “alive” ones as trophies, drag them back to the Mage Tower, and see if Laura can control this thing.

Autonomous robot.

Moreover, it is so flexible and there is no one to see the operator. It would have been a very advanced gadget in the previous life.

Is there some magical version of "artificial intelligence" program inside?
Leon looked at the machine that fell to the ground, was tied up and dragged by the soldiers, and its three legs were still jumping. He shook his head, walked to the edge of the cliff of the platform, raised his hand, and felt the mysterious magical connection.

A streak of light flew back into his hand from the abyss a hundred meters away.

Leon turned the Neti card over and sighed as he looked at the slightly dimmed Soul card.

Canis died again this time. I hope that the memory of two deaths did not bring any psychological trauma to the young master of the Wolf family.

Turning back to the alert army, the soldiers were bandaging several comrades who were accidentally injured, but the injuries were not fatal.

Those swarming three-legged constructs only have one fixed logic of action and no combat intelligence. Although their two stiff pickaxe arms are incredibly powerful and can split metal and crack stone, their physical weaknesses are also obvious. After finding the trick, to elite professional soldiers, they may not be more dangerous than human warriors of the same level. If there weren't so many of them, perhaps there wouldn't even be any injuries just now.

Looking back, Leon looked at the remains of the golem that he and Larian had dealt with.

The huge metal body was still there, sounding the alarm.

Unfortunately, it is too big and too heavy, and I don’t know if it will explode like the previous one. Leon can’t take this thing back as a trophy. It would be no fun if it exploded halfway.

Just as he was about to wait for the soldiers to regroup and leave as soon as possible, Leon saw Corvis running over and had something to say.

"My Lord, there, a cave has been blown out where the golem exploded just now."

Corvis pointed to the steps that formed the base of the giant dwarf stone statue.

Cave?

Leon looked up.

The strange magma after the golem's self-explosion melted a big hole on the stairs they had just walked on. The red-hot rock crack that had not yet cooled down was particularly eye-catching in the darkness.

Could it be possible? A word suddenly popped into Leon's mind.

Dwarven Treasure!?
Recalling some classic fantasy movies he had seen in his previous life, he seemed to have a vision of a cave that was about to flash with the light of a mountain of golden treasures.

my precious!

"Let's go and take a look." Leon rubbed his hands, called his companions and guards, and walked cautiously towards the cave that was accidentally blown open.

After mobilizing so many troops to be tormented by those dwarf machines, it would be unreasonable if those damn dwarves didn't hide some treasure here.

At least give me some kind of "victory settlement" as a token of my appreciation.

Full of anticipation, Leon walked cautiously to the hot cave entrance, took out the spirit lamp, and shone it inside.

"Is this a tomb?" Olivia also looked over curiously.

In the interior space extending diagonally forward, the dim light of the spirit lamp illuminated several rows of "sarcophagi" carved with Heran-style patterns.

Leon suddenly felt a little disappointed.

In the gray and dusty space, apart from the rows of coffins, there was no mountain of gold and silver as imagined.

Of course, I don’t know whether there are any burial objects in these sarcophagi, which are slightly shorter than human coffins.

But is tomb robbing a good thing?
Leon scratched his head, his sense of morality made him a little worried, but he changed his mind and let it go.

This is an ancient tomb from thousands of years ago, and the deceased is not from the same era. You have to carefully preserve the remains of the tomb owner and take good care of the relics of the short man.

As the lord of this land and the real official government, how can this be called tomb robbing?

This is called archaeological excavation, rescuing cultural relics.

Well, the hole caused by the explosion has nothing to do with us. It was blown up by the dwarf's creation itself.

Leon felt that it was not the fault of outsiders like them. He had not yet asked the ancient dwarves for money for medicine for the injured soldiers.

But you have to be careful when opening the coffin. There are ghosts in this world. If you rashly open the coffin of the deceased, especially in a former cursed place like the Nightmare Forest, Leon would not be surprised if a row of "dwarfs" and vengeful spirits jumped out of it.

He was just about to let Corvis' flying sword go in to see if there were any more mechanisms when he suddenly heard the friction sound of the sarcophagus lid moving.

? Really a fake corpse! ?

Leon quickly shone the lantern towards the source of the sound.

I saw the lid of one of the sarcophagi not far from the cave was pushed aside by a large armored hand inside.

A large, wrinkled-faced man with a beard sat up straight from the sarcophagus.

Before Leon could use the green fluorescence of the lantern to see whether it was a zombie, he found that the guy who looked like a dwarf dumpling had his left hand sticking out of the coffin, holding a thing that looked very familiar to him.

(Hraan)
"Damn it! Damn hairless demon bastards! You finally found me, go to hell!" Hem glared at the group of "possessed people" and cursed. He raised his Molten Pistol and pulled the trigger without hesitation, looking at the strange human faces flashing emerald green light outside the cave.

Bang-!
I**!

Leon immediately pulled everyone outside the cave away quickly.

A gunshot rang out, and a red flaming bullet passed in front of him and flew into the sky above the dark mine.

(End of this chapter)