Chapter 71

Oh, you outdid it . As expected of the Puppet Users, Marren .

Ebelheid dropped the faded magic stone in his hand to the ground .

Ebelheid-san, please .

What makes you think Im going to listen to you? I have been dreaming of this day all my life, from birth till this day . Three hundred years, three hundred years . You people cant even imagine it .

Ebelheid takes out the next magic stone from the bag .

that magic stone, I thought you submitted an application for it as a hobby but I wonder if it was for using the Arrow of God or something .

If I think about it calmly, there might have been a point at which I could have predicted Ebelheids murderous actions .

Please surrender .

Thats just nonsense

If its one-on-one, I will never lose .

W-What did you say?

I dont know how much I can hold back . So please surrender .

Ebelheid shuts up and glares at me .

H, hey Abel! You cant provoke him in this situation!

Maizen grabs me by the shoulders and convinces me .

No, but it actually is were inside the building, so if I do it badly, I might end up breaking it down . If that happens, Ebelheid-san might be trapped underneath This isnt because Im disrespecting Ebelheid-san, going easy on him, and doing it again like before . It means its bad if you run into each other, and thats because youre looking at it rather heavily

Even so, you should not have said it like that!

Indeed, I would have lost if it wasnt here . Ill accept that .

Ebelheid points his fingertips at the golem .

Golem, Obey .

One of the squatting golems stood up .

A huge body of pure white stone . Nearly three meters tall above the ceiling .

Behold Abel! These are the soldiers of Zeshum, the white giants of destruction! It was a short meeting, but Ill remember you . I will remember you as the greatest contributor to the rebirth of Zeshum! You may die with that honor!

The golem controlled by Ebelheid was coming towards us .

Every time it took a step, the entire ruins shook greatly .

As I observed the running golem, the area around its body occasionally emitted a faint light .

It seems that a ward that prevents magical interference is set up inside the body to automatically expand as soon as it is activated .

Do I intercept it with magic from the front and shatter the entire ward?

No, but . . I dont know how strong it is .

We cant really use magic indoors, or even in such an intricate place .

If done badly, we could all be buried alive .

I moved to the side of the aisle and touched the body of the golem that was frozen in a crouched position .

If its of the same construction, I might be able to figure out its weaknesses by analyzing it .

Lets-, lets run away, Abel! I cant fight any enemies like that!

Yes! That golem is a 2,000-year-old elven weapon! Its not something we should be involved in!

Mea and Maizen joined forces to take on the task of persuading me .

But Im already involved in breaking the seal and I have to take the responsibility for that

I keep flowing my magic power to the golem and proceed with the analysis .

Its not as bad as warding, but there is a lot of interference with analysis measures .

If its a time of war, if the golems performance is cracked, well be at a big disadvantage .

Its fairly protected but I have the knowledge that I got from Ebelheid accompanied by the knowledge from breaking the ward .

Its fine! You said he could have solved it without Abel! Lets get the hell out of here!

Oh, I think Ill be able to handle it .

Eh, Rea-, really? But you dont want to be reckless

I stand up and take two steps away from the golem .

Golem, Obey .

With a wave of his wand, the squatting golem got up .

Oh, it moved .

Eh, T- that, so you can move it?

Mea frowns uneasily .

No, theres nothing wrong with moving it .

If youre losing strength, just prepare the same thing .

I was going to look for weaknesses, but I stepped on the idea that I could somehow move it .

However, its a little incomplete .

Impossible, Ho-, how could you know the activation technique of Zeshums golem!

Finally, an impatience began to emerge from Ebelheid .

From the looks of it, Ebelheid must have inherited the golem activation technique from his ancestors .

No, but I saw you activate it

Tha-, thats impossible . Theres no way you couldve seen that encryption at a glance

Ive made up for it with analysis In the first place, you were the one who taught me the basic types of the old elven techniques .

Without the vast magical power of the magic stone, the activation of Zeshums golem would be

No, I got it done actually .

As I continued to answer, Ebelheid closed his mouth .

With the way things are going, if we can make a good threat, we might be able to get him to surrender .

I dont want to do anything too rough either .

Ebelheid was one of the few people I could talk to as an equal about magic .

Guh Even so, You shouldnt be able to control them because you dont have the blood of an elf in your veins! Even if youre just learning by example, its still a flash in the pan! Crush it, white giant!

The golem controlled by Ebelheid and the one controlled by me collided and fights each other .

The one I control is being pushed back .

Im sure the inadequacy of the magic circle means that its unable to produce its true power .

I was a little intimidated, but this is as far as it goes

Golem, Obey

I waved my wand behind the golem controlled by Ebelheid .

The third golem stands up and pushes Ebelheids golem down from behind .

Tha-, thats, thats ridiculous! This

Further waving his staff .

The fourth golem, which was in a straight line, moves .

Three golems bullied a single golem .

In the meantime, there was a rumbling sound and Ebelheids golem broke apart .

This cant be this cant be! With the magic capacity of a human, a single one of them might be enough but three of them Theres no way I can pull off here! By my hand, Zeshums longing will be fulfilled! Its right there just right there and Ill reach it! My two thousand years of my blood will not be destroyed by you!

Ebelheid takes out two magic stones .

Hes probably going to move two more golems against me .

I wave my wand faster than Ebelheids arm .

The magic circle that floats is three .

Golem, Obey

Golem, Obey .

After me, Ebelheid chants .

Come on, white giant!

Ebelheid points his arm at me .

The golem does not obey his words .

Go, white giant! Shit, w-, why!

The golem in that area is under my control . This golem, when you activate it, it will deploy a warding that plays magic, right? You cant overwrite it .

The three new golems I controlled surrounded Ebelheid .

From that position, you say you activated the golems here!? Since magic decay will occur, if the distance is opened up, the interference-type magic should lose its effect!

The three golems stopped moving around Ebelheid .

Give it up already . Ebelheid, you lose .

Ebelheid looks back at the end of the road .

Its right there Its just right and Ill reach it Just a little more and Ill get the Arrow of God and and and Im not going to throw it away right here!

Ebelheid turned his back on me and ran out .

Trying to slip through the gap between the two golems .

Ah, H- hey! Shit!

I point my wand at Ebelheid .

The golem moves to capture Ebelheid .

Explode

Ebelheid unleashed his magic on the floor .

There was an explosion, and smoke danced in the air .

Ebelheid used the blast to slip through the golems arms .

Wha-!

Its a tremendous persistence .

Even though he was injured by the blast, hitting his body on the ground, Ebelheid quickly got up and run towards the back .