Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 310

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 310

197. Guardians of Del Orno (6)

Saying “I almost got fooled” doesn’t fit the situation.

I never believed him in the first place.

“Grrrgh….”

I looked at the fellow who had become a complete mess.

He probably planned to finish us off here and then take whatever was inside.

That’s why he bothered to ramble on with all those lengthy words to us.

But conversely, thinking about why he needed us….

“As expected, it’s that iron door.”

It must have been to open the door.

A scheme to avoid suspicion by using some of his own mana while making the party inject their mana.

I don’t know for sure since we never actually injected mana, but nothing good would have happened.

Anyway, thanks to the arcanium sword, that didn’t happen.

“We don’t need to worry about this guy anymore.”

I threw a magic tool at the fellow.

It’s a restraining device that Big Sister developed.

Since the opponent is a demon, I don’t know how effective it’ll be, but he’s in a near-death state so the power should be sufficient.

Click!

“Ernest, let’s set up some traps near the door in advance.”

“Leave it to me.”

Ernest understood my intention and immediately laid out traps in a line outside the door.

Just in case this fellow’s friends might come.

Of course, traps won’t work that well against demons, but at least they’ll prevent surprise attacks.

Plans should be flexible yet thorough.

“Then let’s go inside.”

And finally, we headed to the interior.

In a situation where thick demonic energy was flowing out, I pushed away the demonic energy with my mana and advanced.

Here, Priscilla simultaneously floated two spheres of light, illuminating the surroundings.

Originally it was one, but there was no time to praise her for increasing it to two.

“This is it.”

Everyone’s steps stopped as the surroundings were illuminated.

About 10 meters away.

Finally, we could see it.

The secret of the ruins’ depths that the demons were after and we were searching for.

“What… is that?”

Jenna’s trembling voice.

“A stone… giant?”

“Why is it so huge…?”

A height that seemed to exceed 10 meters.

It wasn’t just tall, but also wide from side to side.

Its body seemed to be made of stone and steel, and both fists were abnormally huge.

“Impressive.”

I was genuinely amazed.

Should I call it a sense of wonder?

Professor Cross said it was a living creature.

Meanwhile, the demon fellow we just subdued referred to it like an object.

And the ‘thing’ now before our eyes satisfies both of these conditions.

Yes, that’s exactly what it is.

“A golem.”

“A golem?”

They probably all don’t know.

That’s something only the mages of the ancient magic kingdom, Arcana, could create.

It’s similar in context to a doll.

“Since I don’t know about it… could it be from Arcana?”

At Altur’s words, I nodded my head.

However, unlike a doll….

A powerful being worthy of being called a ‘guardian’.

And one more thing.

“The core is operating with demonic energy instead of mana.”

Did the demons create that golem?

Or did demonic energy infiltrate an already created golem?

“Then all these skulls here are….”

“They don’t seem like they came to the ruins before us, so we should consider them fellows who came here for other reasons.”

Skulls lined up around the golem.

Just counting the skulls alone, there seem to be dozens.

I don’t know what they are, but one thing is certain.

Thud!

[Intruders detected. Initiating elimination.]

The moment we took another step, the golem awakened from its long slumber and began operating….

“Scatter.”

The massive 10-meter body trembled and emitted bright red light from its eyes.

Now the battle begins.

This will probably be the largest scale battle we’ve ever fought.

“Damn it, you said it was a simple expedition!”

“Altur, there’s no point getting heated. Just accept it. This is how we always are.”

“Leila, damn it. Jenna and I haven’t been here that long!”

“Why Altur, I’m excited though?”

Various reactions coming from behind.

Meanwhile, I quickly formulated a strategy.

“Dane, arrows probably won’t work on it, right? Traps would be better after all?”

“Let’s keep some distance to figure out its patterns, then set traps where its feet can reach. Explosive and restraining types.”

“Good.”

“Priscilla.”

“Leave it to me. I just need to hit that core with something, right?”

As expected, everyone knows what they need to do.

Good.

Now I just need to do well.

Of course, if I step forward and swing my arcanium sword, it would be over.

But then there would be no point or satisfaction in coming together.

It’s no fun if I always do everything alone.

For skill improvement and real combat experience, I should play an appropriate role this time.

“Let’s do this.”

I said while looking at the golem charging toward us.

“Karnas.”

“Screech!”

Whoooosh!

Karnas burst out as if unable to hold back any longer, shooting forth flames.

As tremendous flames imbued with powerful mana poured out to engulf the golem, a sphere of light came flying in.

Crash!

[Graaah!]

It’s definitely effective.

The golem that had been blocking Karnas’s flames with its rocky fists staggered.

As expected, divine power works properly against chaotic energy.

“Launching!”

Here came Altur’s ice spear as well.

Hissssss…

In an instant, the ice evaporated in the flames, creating steam.

It hit properly.

Thud.

Finally, the golem dropped to one knee.

But then it happened.

[Intruder response process activated. Raising output to 70%.]

An ominous voice piercing through the steam.

“So this is Arcana’s creation.”

It would be stranger if it fell from just this.

“Wh-what, it wasn’t using its full power?”

Dorian’s panicked voice.

[Restarting.]

Thoom!

And the golem moved again.

It charged toward us with even faster and heavier speed than before.

“Rise up!”

Altur’s magic appeared in front of the golem.

It was an earth wall.

But the golem smashed through the wall with its fist, then immediately rushed toward Dorian.

And-

Crash!

The golem’s fist and Dorian’s fist collided, creating a powerful roar.

“Urgh!”

Naturally, Dorian was sent flying.

But judging by the speed he flew, the impact wasn’t too severe.

As expected.

He’s been working hard.

Crack.

A fissure in the golem’s fist.

He had concentrated mana in his fist and struck at a single point.

“Dorian!”

Of course, I had instantly created a barrier with mana manifestation and slowed the golem’s speed.

Dorian probably doesn’t know, but I wouldn’t just stand by and watch unless I was crazy.

“I-I’m fine…”

Dorian got up with Priscilla’s support and clenched and unclenched his fist.

“The impact isn’t as bad as I thought. Teacher Priscilla.”

“…Please be careful. Don’t you see that size? What are you really trying to do!”

They’re getting along well.

“Dane, that thing is repairing its fist?”

At Leila’s words, I looked at the golem’s fist.

It was gathering rock fragments from around and filling in the cracked interior.

Is that really possible with just magic alone?

Like the dolls, Arcana might be a civilization beyond what I imagine.

“Shall I give it a proper hit?”

I prepared the most powerful chain-level magic I could use.

5-Chain.

Its name: Storm Spear.

Magic that extremely compresses wind into a spear and explodes it upon contact.

Among 5-Chain magic, it’s extremely difficult, to the point where some mages skip it and go straight to 6-Chain.

Of course, I’m not one of them.

I’m already manifesting mana into all sorts of shapes, so this much is nothing.

Whiiiiing!

Three spears forming in the void.

“He made three of those…?”

Amidst Altur’s dazed voice as he immediately recognized them, I launched the Storm Spears at the golem.

Shriiiek! Thunk!

Storm Spears embedded in both legs and the shoulder.

When they hit, there’s no big change, but.

Boom!

When they explode, it’s a different story.

Rumble… Clatter.

As rock fragments scattered in all directions, the golem that lost both legs collapsed forward.

[Damage severe. Beginning immediate repairs.]

“As expected of Dane.”

Amidst the admiration, I thought.

Is this really the end?

If I had intended to finish it completely, I would have launched something bigger.

Sure enough.

Thud, thud!

The golem planted both fists on the ground, then rocks from around gathered below its upper body to reconstruct the broken lower half.

“What kind of thing is that…”

[Opening all output. Reaching 100%.]

And the real battle starts now.

The intensity of demonic energy pouring from the golem’s core is extraordinary.

“Priscilla.”

“I’m already deploying it!”

Priscilla deployed divine power to protect us from that demonic energy.

A confrontation between pure white light and pitch-black demonic energy.

In this situation, the golem at 100% output demonstrated a different technique than before.

[Reaching 100% output to create ‘Golem Legion’.]

Rumble, crackle!

Large and small rocks around us floated into the air, then clustered together in groups to birth small golems.

“A legion… is it?”

As Leila muttered, it was indeed a golem legion.

But the reactions were different from what I expected.

“Yeah, this is much better than one big one!”

“I thought we’d be done without even swinging our swords once.”

“At this size, arrows should work too, right?”

Such admirable fellows.

I considered sharing my mana with them but decided against it.

Looking at the situation, it didn’t seem that threatening.

There was also the reason that if I enhanced them every time, all their training up until now would become meaningless.

“Hehehe, how long has it been.”

Then I heard a voice.

It came from Jenna’s direction.

It was quite a rough voice for Jenna…

“Damn it, there’s a priest here! Hey, medium! Tell them to get rid of it!”

Huh.

Did she summon the necromancer she mentioned before?

“Priscilla, withdraw your divine power from just Jenna’s side.”

“After everything, now I’m fighting alongside a necromancer.”

Priscilla grumbled but released her divine power, and Jenna—no, the necromancer—burst into maniacal laughter.

“Yes, this is it! And the air here is excellent! Murky and evil! Rise, you dead!”

Clatter, rattle!

Skulls scattered everywhere rose and reassembled, forming a skeleton legion.

“Wow.”

Ernest, who was setting traps, exclaimed in admiration.

Even I was seeing this sight for the first time.

A necromancer, indeed.

The most dumbfounded was Priscilla.

“I’ve seen demons, I’ve seen necromancers. What’s left now? There’s even a dragon here.”

“Kyuruk?”

Anyway, well, this worked out well.

It’s reassuring.

“Let’s go.”

At my signal, my friends wrapped in Priscilla’s divine power rushed out—

“You’re my opponent.”

And then I took on the big one.

Shing.

In one hand, an arcanium sword, in the other, the short spear I received as a gift from Father.

Come to think of it, I still haven’t named this short spear.

I keep forgetting every time.

Well, I’ll decide gradually.

Right now, I need to deal with this guy first.

[100% output. Firing mana cannon from core.]

But it’s quite strong from the start.

A cannon, no less.

Rumble!

Just as mana concentrated toward the core and powerful energy was about to be projected toward me—

Boom!

Finally, the trap Ernest had set showed its worth.

Boom!

[Impact detected, impact detected. Powerful impact detected in left leg. Mana cannon target hit probability decreased by 99%.]

As the trap exploded and the golem’s body swayed, the mana cannon only hit the innocent ceiling, while I charged in.

Slash!

And I cut right through the shocked leg with my arcanium sword.

Crack!

Then I cut through the other leg as well.

Whoosh!

Meanwhile, a fist came flying as if flailing, but I lightly dodged and stepped back.

[Initiating lower body restoration.]

Looking at the battle situation, it wasn’t too bad.

Two or more skeletons were clinging to each of the dozens of mini golems, and our friends were dealing with the rest.

Bang, bang!

With traps exploding intermittently.

Now then.

Shall we finish this up?

“Karnas.”

“Kyuruk!”

I called Karnas and looked at the golem’s core.

“Prepare the flames.”

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