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 I’m 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 can’t 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 Ebelheid’s murderous actions .

“…… Please surrender . ”

“That’s just nonsense…”

“If it’s one-on-one, I will never lose . ”

“W-What did you say?”

“I don’t know how much I can hold back . So please surrender . ”

“…………”

Ebelheid shuts up and glares at me .

“H, hey Abel! You can’t provoke him in this situation!”

Maizen grabs me by the shoulders and convinces me .

“No, but it actually is…… we’re 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 isn’t because I’m disrespecting Ebelheid-san, going easy on him, and doing it again like before . It means it’s bad if you run into each other, and that’s because you’re looking at it rather heavily…”

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

“…… Indeed, I would have lost if it wasn’t here . I’ll 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 I’ll 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 don’t know how strong it is .

We can’t 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 it’s of the same construction, I might be able to figure out its weaknesses by analyzing it .

“Let’s-, let’s run away, Abel! I can’t fight any enemies like that!”

“Yes! That golem is a 2,000-year-old elven weapon! It’s not something we should be involved in!”

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

“But I’m 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 .

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

If it’s a time of war, if the golem’s performance is cracked, we’ll be at a big disadvantage .

It’s fairly protected…… but I have the knowledge that I got from Ebelheid accompanied by the knowledge from breaking the ward .

“It’s fine! You said he could have solved it without Abel! Let’s get the hell out of here!”

“Oh, I think I’ll be able to handle it . ”

“”Eh, Rea-, really? But you don’t 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, there’s nothing wrong with moving it .

If you’re 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, it’s a little incomplete .

“………Impossible, Ho-, how could you know the activation technique of Zeshum’s 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-, that’s impossible . There’s no way you could’ve seen that encryption at a glance…”

“I’ve 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 Zeshum’s 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 don’t 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 shouldn’t be able to control them because you don’t have the blood of an elf in your veins! Even if you’re just learning by example, it’s 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 .

I’m 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 Ebelheid’s golem down from behind .

“Tha-, that’s, that’s 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 Ebelheid’s golem broke apart .

“This can’t be…… this can’t be! With the magic capacity of a human, a single one of them might be enough…… but three of them…… There’s no way I can pull off here! By my hand, Zeshum’s longing will be fulfilled! It’s right there … just right there and I’ll reach it! My two thousand years of my blood will not be destroyed by you!”

Ebelheid takes out two magic stones .

He’s probably going to move two more golems against me .

I wave my wand faster than Ebelheid’s 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 can’t 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 .

“It’s right there…… It’s just right and I’ll reach it…… Just a little more and I’ll get the Arrow of God…… and…… and…… and I’m 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 golem’s arms .

“Wha-!”

It’s 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 .