Your Majesty, Dinner Is Ready. - Chapter 76

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 76: The Sanctuary of Rest — Final Battle (2)
It’s true that in Golemopia’s future, golems came to rule the world, but their average level was hardly impressive.
Yet the secret to bringing down a saint of level 9 lay not in quality, but quantity.
In other words, the Bone Destruction Tactic—so individual units could be dismissed as trivial.
Only, that held true until four days had passed.
Crackle!
Fending off the onslaught of enemies, I swallowed the Black Lightning Orb raised in my palm.
《[Sin: Gluttony] has caused your flesh to acquire properties akin to the thunder of the impure waters you have just consumed!》
The sensation of my body transforming into lightning spread throughout my entire frame.
Even for the second time, the agony was still unbearable.
But this much I could endure.
— Anomalous life-form detected. Commencing elimination.
A golem with blades for hands severed my neck and waist in one motion.
My body split into three pieces, yet I did not die.
My form had already become lightning.
I swiftly returned to my original shape and embraced the golem.
Crackle-crackle!
Lightning burst outward in all directions.
The current shattered the mana cores and circuits of the Non-Living Entity legion instantaneously, causing a cascade of malfunctions.
— Hostile life-form detected.
A massive humanoid golem approached, trampling comrades who writhed on the ground.
— I will eliminate you.
The arm it swung elongated grotesquely and struck my abdomen.
A steel hand pierced through my body, but simultaneously, electricity jolted back through the golem.
— …It has no effect.
Perhaps it’s protected by Elemental Blocking Magic.
Moving with a warped, grotesque motion, it caused spines to erupt from the arm impaling my body.
“…That proves ineffective as well.”
Since my body had undergone Dark Brain Blooming, I simply slipped sideways and unleashed lightning at maximum output, wrapping it around the creature.
The electrical force, exceeding limits, ignored elemental resistance magic and incinerated the humanoid golem entirely.
Another victory.
Now the moment had come.
《Congratulations! Your soul’s tier has risen one rank and reached level 4!》
At last.
A surge of exhilaration flooded through my chest.
《Due to your relentless combat without reserving yourself, your Stamina has increased by 3!》
Now my Stamina stood at a remarkable 11 even without using Ghoul Mobility.
This was precisely why I fought without holding back.
I wanted to bask in the moment and confirm the changes to my body, but there was no time for such indulgence.
— Open fire!
— Annihilate!
The horde of monsters, wary and fixed upon me as I triggered their cascading malfunctions, fired projectiles in unison from whatever appendages suited them.
Mana Bullet—the fundamental Secret Art of pure mages and pure mana practitioners.
Though merely tier 1, it boasted such diverse applications that the mana bullets earned recognition as a core Secret Art, pounding relentlessly against my body.
My entire form had undergone Dark Brain Blooming, yet my body was gradually being worn away.
《Warning: If you simply stand and take it like before, you will die.》
I know.
Even at level 4, I was far from achieving immortality, and I could not absorb every attack with my body alone.
Crackle-crackle!
As the barrage of Mana Bullets stripped my form to tatters, I gathered the violent electricity surging through both hands.
When a round struck my left eye and half my vision vanished,
I hurled the writhing Black Lightning coalesced in my grasp skyward.
The bundle of lightning shot upward unimpeded, then fell back down.
Rumble!
The falling thunderbolt blackened the body of some unfortunate puppet in an instant, and the electricity spread, dominating the area.
— All units, eliminate that strange intelligent entity!
A handful of golems and puppets armed with elemental resistance Secret Arts continued unleashing Mana Bullets without tiring.
“Aha, aha-ha-ha!”
Again, that laughter bubbled up unbidden—the same laughter as the waters beyond.
Welcome back, my affliction.
Nourishment for precious fruit.
《Your remaining Health: 70/100》
《Your remaining Mental Power: 60/100》
《It is advisable that you withdraw soon!》
I want to.
Given my druthers, I’d fight here for four days straight, but Mental Power has its limits.
Yet I couldn’t retreat alone.
The golems would hardly stand idly by, waving goodbye as I backed away.
“My allies will be here soon enough.”
Until then, I hold this line.
I hurled violent lightning in all directions from both arms.
Inorganic screams erupted from every corner.
— Stop, monster!
As I fought while carefully rationing my Mental Power, a four-legged golem with a speaker-like hole in its face began a leisurely approach.
More precisely, its upper body was human, but its lower half was equine.
《Centaur-Type Elite Combat Golem (Level 5)》
《A troublesome golem that absorbs energy radiated by its opponent, amplifies it twofold, and shoots it back. Destroy that ridiculous frame quickly!》
— Your power doesn’t work on me!
“My, what an oddly cheerful manner of speech you have?”
— The mage who designed me and my sibling units happened to possess such ghastly taste in personality!
“How lamentable.”
— Thank you for understanding my plight, but now you must die!
From the breezy golem’s face, the lightning of the Exalted One cascaded down like a waterfall.
Lightning of a higher Tier than the third-rank Dark Brain Blooming.
This was precisely why I wanted to encounter an Elite Combat Golem before withdrawing.
Crackle-crack-crack!
Lightning collided mid-air.
A violent clash between the wicked power of nature granted by the Evil God and its counterfeit.
In terms of raw force, I was plainly one step below and steadily losing ground, but I possessed a Secret Art to control lightning.
Deploying Dark Brain Blooming, both currents began an even-matched duel.
— What?! How is this a stalemate?!
“Ah, this is what we call a ‘Secret Art.’ Golems like yourself can only use abilities the mage has installed, so you’ll simply have to admire it.”
The centaur golem’s waterfall of lightning began to gradually retreat.
Pouring every ounce of my strength into maintaining control at full power, my lightning finally drove from my hands into the creature’s skull.
— Gaaah… what?
And it was entirely sucked in through the speaker-like opening.
— Oh! Come to think of it, I had no reason to fear because of my absorption function!
“You didn’t know? I was wondering if you were deliberately toying with me by pretending to fall for it.”
— Haha! Now perish!
Just as the cheerful golem tried to discharge lightning again, the awaited message appeared.
《Congratulations: The growth-type Secret Art, Dark Brain Blooming, has advanced and is now Tier 4.》
I immediately unleashed the newly elevated Dark Brain Blooming.
— Whoa?
The fierce lightning gathering at the speaker-like golem’s face suddenly reversed course back into its head, then ravaged wildly within its body.
At Tier 4, Dark Brain Blooming can manipulate lightning even at such a distance.
“It’s over now.”
— This can’t be!!
Boom-!!
The centaur golem’s flailing limbs exploded in a burst of destruction.
“Your manner of speech was peculiar, but you were a worthy opponent. Farewell.”
— I’m still alive!
Looking closer, the golem’s severed head tumbled across the ground.
Perhaps the Mana Core near the brain had been protected.
I stored it as a trophy in a Subspace, then drank some of my blood to restore my body to normal.
— Opponent exhibiting critical malfunction: confirmed.
— Annihilation commencing.
Soon after, Level 7 Non-Living Entities—two entire tiers stronger than the cheerful golem I’d just felled—appeared.
I turned and ran immediately.
Without missing a beat, they gave chase.
With my pathetic Agility of 1, my scrawny legs couldn’t outpace them.
– Capture complete.
I was finally caught by a puppet with three heads and six arms.
– I will annihilate it.
Suddenly, the terrible moment of agony from being crushed by a massive demon mage flashes through my mind.
But unlike then, I wasn’t alone.
“Made it just in time!”
Just before the ogre-form golem could flatten me with the hammer in its grip, Bartimir rushed in and struck the ugly face with both feet.
A devastating blow from a demon who had gorged himself on negative concepts.
– Blast!
While the massive golem staggered, Bartimir swiftly scooped me up and hoisted me onto his back.
– Shine bright, stars!
Astrímia’s aura wave swept across the golems.
Chime.
Lucius’s Holy Healing Mystery enveloped my body, banishing the pain and restoring my vitality.
“Astrímia!”
Pendrick, grinning wickedly, repeated the technique three times over, the waves of aura stalling the golems’ movements.
While the prodigy swordsman bought time, Lucius beside him, softly chanting a prayer, thrust one hand forward and cried out.
“Artein, hear me!”
Crackle!
A pure white, translucent barrier materialized before them.
A Secret Art specialized in defense, capable of withstanding several strikes.
“Time to move!”
Metacognition is an explorer’s essential virtue, and the Moon Expedition Party knows its limits well.
The members didn’t engage the golems further—they fled immediately.
Crash!
The Level 7 golems shattered the barrier in moments and gave chase.
The other Non-Living Entity forces also seized the window while I couldn’t discharge lightning, rushing forward recklessly.
Pendrick, in one breath, cleaved down the bird-form golems that had flown at us from above, then planted his feet.
“Astrímia, light the third star for us!”
– Got it!
Different-colored stars rose one by one over Astrímia’s beautiful blade.
The first star, Dubhe.
The second star, Merak.
And the third.
Shhhhhhh—!
A crystalline blue light enveloped our members and Lucius.
Phecda.
The star that generates a protective barrier wrapping the skin.
Thud!
The enemy’s sharp fingers jabbed into my face, a mana blade pierced Pendrick’s heart, and a massive jaw clamped down on Lucius’s shoulder.
All of it failed to penetrate.
A barrier that blocks at least one lethal attack.
“Well done!”
Bartimir cleared a path, kicking golems and puppets aside with petrified feet.
Crackle-crackle!
My body had recovered enough; I discharged lightning and swept away all the Non-Living Entities in the vicinity.
With all enemies fallen, the members could flee more easily.
“Ready for another push?”
“If you would, please.”
“Here we go—!”
Each time Bartimir leaped, I rained lightning down on the enemies’ heads and vital points relentlessly.
Because Lucius continuously used a Secret Art to heal my Mental Power, I could unleash Dark Brain Blooming without reserve.
How long had we been running like that?
“You’ve come quite far.”
A welcome voice reached us.
Next, a Pure White Buckler flew rapidly in, struck and bounced the bodies of two Level 7 beasts still pursuing us in succession, then returned to its master’s hand.
The saint Seraphina, who had just displayed a brilliant shield technique rivaling the captain’s, came charging over and smashed the three-headed puppet with her spear.
“Is everyone all right?”
“Thank you, Saint. We were almost in serious trouble.”
Turning back, I could see a long corridor carved through the center of the monster horde—the path the saint had walked to reach us.
“A moment later, and you would have been with Artein.”
“I came out here knowing you’d save me.”
“So you had a plan all along.”
The saint spoke in a measured tone, and in one fluid motion crushed the ogre-form golem before gesturing toward the rear.
We bolted immediately down the open passage and burst out of the Temple.
Still carried aloft, she scattered lightning in wild arcs, then stretched languidly, every muscle loosening.
“Ah, that feels better.”
Warm-up complete.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————