“Haaah, haaaah!!”
CLANGG!!!
The Crystal Golem is sent flying, but Nina’s Berserk Sword…
“This is bad, the blade is getting chipped.”
“I know, I’m not cutting anymore, I’m just smashing them.”
“It’s like using a hammer type, isn’t it?”
I hope it doesn’t just snap. I also draw my rapier-type weapon and try to stab, but even with concentrated attacks, my weapon feels like it’s going to break. Yeah, this is impossible.
“GET OUT.” “GET OUT.” “GET OUT.”
They keep coming one after another. But this city is built on an underground lake, so if I can push them into the water successfully…!!
“Hah!!”
Even the toughest of the Succubi, the Eldorado Succubus, sharpens its claws and attacks. However, instead of piercing, they don’t even scratch the surface. On the contrary, my arm is swatted away!
“Then, let’s use all our magic.”
Clarice launches a magical attack, but it seems useless.
“Helen, Nataira, use Monster Appraisal!”
“Yes… the report says there’s no weakness!”
“The skill ‘Absolute Defense’ completely prevents enemy physical and magical attacks.”
That’s insane! An enemy we absolutely can’t defeat…
“Deles, what do we do?”
“Um, it’s a monster, isn’t it? I can faintly see magic stones in them.”
“But neither physical nor magical attacks seem to work.”
Then, something jumps out of the lake?!
“Hmph!!”
Nastasia tries to slash it, but it dives into the lake beyond the aqueduct.
“What was that? It was green.”
“Yes, its name appears to be ‘Marimo Express’.”
“I didn’t have time to read it fully, but it seemed to be interfering to help the other monsters attack or something.”
They’re not only tough, but now there’s another monster too!!
” ” ” ” “GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT.” ” ” ” ” ”
They’re just pouring out from the depths.
“Um, everyone, the Golems, let’s talk.”
“NOTHING TO SAY, GET OUT.”
“They can talk!!” “NO INTENTION TO TALK WITH YOU.”
We’re being overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Let’s try to escape into the air. Just as I thought that, it fired a light magic ray from its eyes!!
“Clarice, defense!”
“Yes!!”
We huddle together and take shelter with Absolute Defense magic. The Golems surround us, making clanking noises. They’re even firing light magic beams, but… yes, the barrier seems to be holding.
“Fuu, now what? No, Dapena, the performance isn’t needed right now.”
“Understood…”
And she’s fine even when wet, she could play music underwater normally with that Shoulder Keyboard of hers.
(And Kaumi has returned to her human form at some point.)
Don’t worry, she’s also wearing a bikini bottom. Otuha is wiping his harp with a towel. It was vibrating and making sounds underwater, but what kind of mechanism is it?
(Somehow, I get the feeling that a will saying ‘don’t sweat the small stuff’ is descending from the heavens.)
Yeah, if I’m going to sweat, it should be about how to defeat these Golems.
“Clarice, Deles, I’d like your opinions.”
My chest has been opened, so I descend. Clarice is deep in thought, while Whitebeard’s eyes blink in the background. The Crystal Golems are banging on an invisible barrier with all their might, but it shouldn’t be breaking…
(Both have ‘Absolute Defense’, so there shouldn’t be any status contradictions, theoretically.)
To recap, for example, when there’s a contradiction between an ‘attack that will definitely hit’ and a ‘defense that will definitely evade’, the one with the higher level wins, meaning it takes priority.
(Superiority, huh.)
“Nataira, what’s the level of those Golems?”
“Yes, it’s 100.” “The same as me.”
“And the green one is 85, I glimpsed it.”
It’s hard to appraise when they only appear for a moment.
“Um, this is just a guess, but…”
“Clarice, did you notice something?”
“I wouldn’t say they’re acting with complete organization, but there’s a possibility of a commander, or a Demon Lord, being present.”
Like the Tamer Dragons on the floating island, there’s a boss.
“Hey Golem, where is your master?”
“NO REASON TO TELL YOU.”
“So, if we defeat them…” “WHO KNOWS.”
Oh, they’re intelligent!
“Helen, can we Tame them?”
“Before that, we need to chip away at their health at least.”
“I see. Nataira…” “…The Taming rate is 0%. It’s impossible to Tame them now.”
Then maybe even a 0.01% change if we can deal damage.
“What about Deles?”
“Hmm, I thought about dropping them into the water, but they’re coming back up from the shallow edges.”
“Perhaps they can fire that light magic from their eyes even underwater.”
A distant Golem is firing that light magic, and Clarice’s barrier is blocking it… I lick a candy specially made by Anju. Yes, there’s no worry about running out of magic power.
(The green round thing is also hitting the barrier with a ‘pon’ sound.)
It looks like a mass of algae, so it probably has no attack power. This time, two at once… but then they hit each other and fell into the lake. They’re that fast, yet they managed to take each other out… mutual destruction… I see, that’s the trick.
“I don’t know if you can call this a strategy, but…”
“Deles, tell us.”
“Yes, let’s smash the Golems into each other.”
With their Absolute Defense bodies, we’ll deliver absolute attacks.
