Chapter 32
Chapter 32
I enveloped my body in Bodyguard Qi and stepped forward.
Flash!
Light covered my eyes.
I quickly ducked behind the rock wall that served as Concealment.
The cyan radiance burst three more times.
The rock wall withstood the attack fired by the Golem a total of three times before crumbling.
Good.
Etched into my mind.
And then I charged forward. The air shimmered with sound, pulling sharply backward.
Bouncing elastically, I sprang upward.
I thought all I had to do was dodge the rays.
-Target acquired, elimination.
The words flowing from the Golem’s mouth made me realize that wasn't the case.
Along with an action utterly devoid of subtlety.
After reaching its weak spot—the nape of its neck—an anomaly occurred.
Screeeech!
The Golem’s shoulder, which I thought could only emit rays, heaved, and a fist shot out.
I brought the Mirror of Transience forward to shield myself, increasing its size.
I absorbed the initial impact with the shield, but the force that followed was too great.
My body was thrown into the air.
KWAANG!
My body was slammed far away, backward.
Since I was enveloped in Bodyguard Qi when I was slammed, my body was relatively intact.
No time.
No time to delay further.
KWA-BANG!
A Magic Ray erupted spectacularly where I had just been sitting.
As expected, it was a hair's breadth difference again.
[Skill 'Vision Expansion' level has increased. Lv4]
The Golem’s eyes showed the warning trajectory of the rays.
Left first, then right.
Keeeeeiiing!
I dodged the one rushing in diagonally to the right first.
I deflected the ray pouring straight ahead with the Mirror of Transience.
It was fortunate the Golem’s eyes were large; otherwise, some part of my body would have been smashed to pieces already.
After evading all the descending rays, I closed the distance to the red Golem.
The Golem was looking down at me from an infinite height.
"A bit irritating."
I layered Sword Qi onto the Great Enemy Sword Karnavalt.
And slashed horizontally.
The Golem’s legs, which were like solid rock, crashed to the ground.
The Golem’s torso settled down heavily, shedding fragments.
If it weren't for the Sword Qi, I wouldn't have been able to cut it.
[Level has increased!]
[Lv.21 → L.v22]
Flickering red lights were visible beyond the mist.
Even after smashing three of them, there were still at least a dozen left, judging by a quick look.
The rays hadn't struck me yet because I hadn't entered their radius.
I turned my head back.
"......"
I assumed the Golems wouldn't rush in from the path I had taken behind me.
Of course, I wasn't certain.
Maintaining my heightened state of tension, I hid behind Concealment and took out the Terminal.
Title: I almost kicked the bucket standing around leisurely.
Author: XX*
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Do those Golems really pop up on the 4th floor like that?
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Are you kidding? LOL
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Water King) No, they don't!
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It must have been Pandemonium.
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As a Warrior on Easy Difficulty, I only saw those guys on the 35th floor. LOL
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Normal, 25th floor.
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Sword of Light) 8th floor.
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Pioneer) 9th floor.
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Dragon King) Beltui - 888!
Wow.
Is this life?
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XX*) So, who is the boss Monster that appears when these guys show up?
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Archmage) The Great Mother of Fire.
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Sword of Light) Or the Son of Lightning.
What's with the Mother and Son?
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XX*) ? Do Golems have genders?
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Archmage) To the Golem engineers, the Golems probably look like their children.
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Hohoho, my child doesn't bite people.
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They don't bite people. They beat them to death.
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XX*) What are the strategies for those two?
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Heavenly Demon) Those two do not have a weak spot on their nape like other Golems. You just need to pierce through the sturdy body barrier and shatter the Magic Core embedded in the center of their bodies.
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XX*) How do you do that?
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Heavenly Demon) With overwhelming power, of course.
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If you speak based on your standards, the Climbers will hardly thank you.
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Heavenly Demon) Hmm, if you mastered my Sky Breaking Fist, you could shatter it easily.
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That’s not helpful at all, is it?
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How can I use something I haven't learned yet?
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Has the cooldown for Interdimensional Trade finished yet?
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Ice Queen) Brrr... My experience probably won't be very helpful.
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Sword of Light) The answer is already in one of the attacks you took.
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XX*) ?
There were more than one attack I took. Uh.
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Sword of Light) Sword Qi Explosion.
Sword Qi Explosion.
He meant for me to execute the attack that Rainer, a 4th Rank Knight, hit me with in the Forest of Bewitching Beasts two days ago.
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XX*) How am I supposed to use that?
I never learned it.
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Sword of Light) If you read the Dragon Slayer Sword thoroughly, you would have seen the movement of the Vortex. That is the Dragon Slayer Sword style of Sword Qi Explosion.
I definitely remembered it.
Because I read it desperately just to survive.
But I had never put it into practice.
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Sword of Light) Sword Qi and Aura fundamentally move according to your will. Their usability varies greatly depending on your mindset.
The red lights flickering in the distance were slowly drawing closer. It wasn't just my imagination. I put the gallery terminal into my Inventory.
I once again flowed the Mana from my Mana Heart throughout my body.
[Mana Body Reinforcement Lv.5 - Activating skill.]
I wrapped my entire body in Bodyguard Qi.
If it weren't for the Chogyeol Seniors, I would have died from the ray fired by the first Golem I encountered.
But ultimately, this damned Tower is structured so that I can only clear it if I do well.
There's no such thing as getting by easily.
Screeeeeeeech!
What flew at me this time wasn't a ray.
A gray light appeared under the Golem's right forearm, and Chains surged out.
I extended the Sword Qi, gathered like a gust of wind, in a straight line.
Crack—
The Chains were pulverized and shattered.
I threw myself straight ahead.
I fought a grueling battle all day.
After killing the Golem that used Chains, I dispatched over a dozen more Golems after that.
I leveled up again, and my current level is 23.
A staircase made of yellow rock stretched out before me.
As I climbed the stairs, I saw ten Golems looking up at me from the ground below the stairs.
I let out a faint sigh and drew up my Mana again.
[Mana Body Reinforcement Lv.6 - Activating skill.]
My Mana Body Reinforcement skill rose one rank along with the augmentation of Mana from leveling up.
Just as I was about to jump down and start swinging my sword again—
Beeeep!
With a strange sound, the red rock embedded in the wall flickered.
The light that had been shining brightly moments before went out.
At the same time, the Golems suddenly crouched down and stopped moving.
I took out my Terminal.
I took pictures of the Golems.
Title: What are these guys doing now?
Author: XX*
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They look like they're sleeping just by looking at their appearance.
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They are sleeping.
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Archmage) But if you approach them now, they’ll wake up immediately.
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Absolute Monarch) When those guys rest, I just rested with them.
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Sword of Light) Rest. If the environment allows for rest.
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Secret Room Theorist) Golems sleeping are kind of cute – This world is made up of giant secret rooms.
There’s one crazy comment in there.
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Spear King) If you touch them while they are sleeping, they enter Rage Mode. It gets troublesome.
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Elf) They only sleep for about an hour at most.
...Is this some kind of mutually agreed-upon rest time?
I decided to use this time for a meal.
I took out some spicy pork rice bowl and ate a hearty meal.
Then I briefly released the tension in my body and took a breath.
Beep!
Just as the Elf Senior said, the Golems woke up in an hour.
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Sword of Light) The moment they finish sleeping and unfold their crouched bodies.
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Absolute Monarch) That moment is the clearest weak spot.
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Pioneer) You said there were ten, right? Take down at least two in that moment. Plan your routes.
This was the advice from the Seniors I had seen a few minutes ago.
And since entering the 4th floor, I had resolved to become a junior who followed the Seniors' advice even more diligently.
I held the Black Javelin in my right hand.
[Mana Body Reinforcement Lv.6 - Activating skill.]
At full power.
I swung my arm like a whip.
KWA-GWA-GWA-GWA-GWANG!!
Javelin throw.
I smashed the head of the bronze Golem at the far end.
Then, raising Bodyguard Qi, I kicked off the staircase railing to land, and removed the Magic Core of the yellow Golem.
Immediately following that, I destroyed the Magic Core of the Golem on the left with the Greatsword.
Whooosh!
While dealing with one more Golem in a straight line, I failed to react to the green Golem digging in from the right flank.
KWAANG!
A Golem's fist struck my side directly.
I put on the new armor.
Even though I was enveloped in Bodyguard Qi, I felt a heavy pain.
Chwaaahak!
My body was pushed far back.
I desperately planted both feet on the ground and held on.
My senses surged.
The desperation I felt when fighting the Orc Commander.
And the intensity when facing the Kobold King.
I defeated ten of them.
And then I defeated five more.
My right shoulder blade was torn off by the massive hand of a black Golem, and right after applying emergency treatment with a potion.
Fortunately, I managed to crack the skull of one more and level up.
Current Level 24.
The path ahead was now straight.
I kept walking.
Kugugugugung......
I heard the sound of the Dungeon shaking.
There was no path further ahead.
Only a precipice.
From the gap in the downward slope, a pale blue lightning bolt shot upward.
A warning?
A warning that the boss Monster would be the Son of Lightning.
I took out my Terminal and entered the Transcendent Gallery.
Title: The probability of the Son of Lightning being the boss mob has become very high. Lightning is just popping out of the gaps.
Author: XX*
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Any more strategies?
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Shrine Maiden) Climber-nim, go for Interdimensional Trade, I can block lightning for you.
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Heavenly Demon) I shall grant you the Fist that can shatter the Golem's Core.
Hasn't the trade cooldown finished yet?
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XX*) ? How long have I been fighting?
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Sword of Light) It's dawn. It seems you've been fighting continuously for six hours since you came down the stairs.
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Water King) You're still so energetic because you're young!!!
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Ice Queen) Brrr... If it were the Great Mother of Fire, I would have given you something. Too bad.
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Archmage) You’ll fall into a glacier someday. Your power will be essential then.
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Ice Queen) Brrr! Well, it was an essential course even on Hard Difficulty! Pandemonium will definitely be there!
The always kind Ice Queen Senior suddenly seemed a little frightening.
A trade with the Shrine Maiden and the Heavenly Demon. My deliberation was brief.
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XX*) Interdimensional Trade, go for it.