Chapter 33 – Golem Battle
08-33 Golem Battle
"15 enemy golems. Incoming!"
"Ash, Elm, Land-50, Land-51, intercept them."
"Roger."
Receiving Jin’s orders, the four golems rushed out.
The first ones to clash were the light-weight Ash and Elm. These two were the type that utilized their speed to the utmost while fighting.
Ash pretended to come grappling from the front, then in an instant leapt to the right and drove a backhand blow to the enemy golem’s head with his left hand.
Elm bent his body to avoid the fist the enemy golem swung, then reached out and powerfully smashed the enemy golem’s chin with his fist.
The two were effective against human opponents, but with golems the damage didn’t turn out to be great. The heads of the golems who ate the attacks were crushed, but unlike with humans it was no fatal wound.
Using current Reiko as the basis, the Army golems’ power output was about 20 percent of hers, while the SP’s was about ten percent.
Nevertheless they were able to destroy bronze golems with a single strike, while against battle-type golems the established tactic was aiming at the torso where the Control Core was.
"Hmm, they really are specialized in combat against humans after all."
While Jin held such an impression, at that moment, Land-50 and 51 clashed with the enemy golems.
As expected of the Army golems, after their first blows struck two golems were turned into scrap and blown away.
Subsequently Land-50 and 51 both took golems in underarm holds, one golem per arm, then smashed them together.
Meanwhile, Ash and Elm had defeated their first two golems. Seven remained.
"Hmm, the Land golems do indeed use the brute force approach. Maybe it would be good if they learned some more martial arts."
Jin remembered how during the golem party Lotte had played an active role.
"Next time, let’s also transcribe knowledge of martial arts to them."
And so Jin came to a decision in his heart.
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"Oooh, what an impressive group!"
While observing the scene, Intact raised his voice in surprise.
"Mh-hm, they’re strong. As I thought, he must be Jin Nidou for sure."
Marcello made a calm analysis.
"That is inconsequential! We must win! I will now go activate the strongest golems!"
With those words, Intact left. Marcello, left behind, breathed a sigh.
"Good grief, it appears we ended up throwing our military power in one by one. I suppose things will get hairy unless I make preparations to escape."
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Little by little, Ash and Elm also appeared to be getting used to fighting against golems. At first they were fighting one against one, but now capitalising on their speed they both attacked the same golem together to beat it. This wasn’t a game so it was alright.
On the other hand, Land-50 and 51 took the enemies straight on and utilizing their power scrapped them. As you might expect, they hadn’t been able to take two golems in an underarm hold like earlier, but they had already defeated two more golems each, and another one just now. Ash and Elm also had beaten two more golems, and in the end all fifteen enemy golems turned into scrap.
"Hmm, how should I say this, what a pity. Land-50, Land-51, collect them."
Simply because they were built for and used by a stupid master, they ended up like this. For research purposes too, Jin ordered the fifteen golems to be collected. And at that moment.
"Father, watch out!"
A black figure attacked Jin. Reiko noticed it and promptly protected him, but as that ruined her stance, she ended up being sent flying because of the weight difference.
However, as a result, the black figure too stumbled and stopped without being able to touch Jin.
Although Jin was also inside a [Barrier] he was a little surprised. And then he observed the enemy in front of him.
"…A dark gray golem, huh. It looks like its workmanship is different from the ones until now."
With a simple glance Jin was able to grasp its quality workmanship. The dark gray was also a sign of being coated with Adamantite.