A Rank monsters are said to be comparable to Tect, one of the Demon Lord’s Four Heavenly Kings.
Well, it seems that all of the Demon Lord’s Four Heavenly Kings except for Tect are ranked in the upper A Rank, so surely the Gold Golem before my eyes isn’t equal to the remaining Four Heavenly Kings…
However, there’s no doubt it’s a formidable foe.
I immediately throw some stones I found on the ground.
They seemed to hit with considerable force, but not enough to be fatal.
“Erna, go forward and hold it back with your sword and fire magic! Einima, support Erna, and Gald and I will provide cover with magic and stones!”
“”””Roger!””””
Everyone moves as instructed, and we somehow manage to hold it back.
However, it seems harder to damage than the previous Golem.
“Let’s push through this!”
That’s what I thought, but unfortunately, things didn’t go so smoothly.
The Gold Golem roared and lunged at Erna.
Erna dodged instinctively, but it grazed her.
It was just a graze, but it seems her bone broke.
“Erna! Are you okay!”
“Y-yes, I’m fine… but I think it will be difficult to continue fighting. I can still provide magical support, though.”
“Understood! I’ll take the front line, so use magic as much as you can, Erna.”
I immediately step forward to block the Golem’s attacks, and they are indeed heavy.
The speed isn’t that great, but the power is on a different level.
If I let my guard down, even I might get blown away…
…Wait a minute? If I use Shukuchi, I can get behind it and attack as much as I want, right?
I immediately activate it and get behind it. At the same time, I swing my sword with all my might.
“Gugooooh…”
The Gold Golem takes a direct hit and its body is battered all over.
There’s no way I’m going to miss this opportunity.
I swing my sword repeatedly, hitting what seems to be its vital points.
But it doesn’t fall.
“Damn! This guy’s durability is too high…”
I use Shukuchi again, but this time it reads where I’m going to jump, and I end up taking a lot of damage instead.
“Kaine!”
This is bad… if I take two or three more hits, I’m dead…
I immediately back away.
It seems like it’s taken some damage too, but if I go down, we’ll definitely lose. However, we don’t have a decisive blow…
I don’t really like relying on people too much, but…
I have no choice.
I give instructions while using stones to keep it in check.
“Erna! If you can, can you keep hitting that Golem with flames focused on heat?”
“I can!… But fire hardly works on Golems, you know!?”
“It doesn’t matter! Just keep doing it!”
“Understood!”
“Einima, can Gald use water magic?”
“I can’t.”
“Me neither.”
“I see, then Einima, melt the ice you make with your ice magic and turn it into water.”
“?… O-okay.”
“Am I just going to keep providing cover?”
“No, if possible, help Einima. I need water as soon as possible!”
“Roger.”
The situation remains unchanged, and 10 minutes pass.
“Water’s ready!”
“Nice! Pour it on that Golem.”
“Here goes!”
Then the Golem exploded.
“!!?”
“Phew… we managed somehow.”
“Eh, no, w-what happened?”
“It suddenly exploded, was that Kaine’s magic?”
As I was about to explain to the two of them, Elena spoke up.
“No, that was a steam explosion, a phenomenon that occurs when water comes into contact with something very hot.”
“Heeh~. Why doesn’t everyone use that tactic?”
“Unless it’s a Golem, most monsters would die if you heated them up that much, right?”
“Oh! That’s right!”
“W-well, we still have a long way to go, so let’s take a short break and then move on!”
“Erna, you seemed to have broken a bone, can you go on?”
“Yes, I can manage somehow with this.”
She said as she stood up and started carrying her luggage with one hand.
“No, we’ll carry the luggage.”
And so, the accident in the mountains came to an end.
The daily ranking has dropped a lot!
I want it to rise again…
I’ll do my best…