Chapter 79: Soul Contract

"Everyone, I think we have to hit the chest! I could see something inside of it." Rize said as she stared intently on the golem. "I can't damage it since its skin is so tough!"

"Meteorite Burst!"A small stone appeared on top of the golem and then it launched itself to the golem breaking its arms and exploded at the same time. "Grievous Wounds!" Zeta casted a spell and the golem didn't regenerate.

Afal took this moment as an advantage and flew to the golem's chest. He was accompanied by Greta.

"RAVAGE!" Greta's claws turned red.

"THOUSAND SLASHES!" Afal's turned blue.

With their rapid succession of attacks and Zeta stopped his regeneration, both of their attacks took toll on his body spewing lava everytime he took a hit.

Yefa was below the two gathering energy. She took a stance, her left fist forward and right fist near her waist. She inhaled every air around him. Her right fist glowed in red. "OMEGA STRIKE!" Yefa braced herself with the ground and let her fist do the action. She did a normal karate straight punch but that explosive power took the golem's main body off.

I'll never make her angry...

After the golem's explosion, a big orb fell from it. So my theory is true... Rize can see the weakness of the enemy.

"Everyone wait, don't kill it yet." I flew down and touched the giant orb. "Enslavement!"

[Soul Contract has started.]

I left the physical plane and I could see myself outside losing consciousness. But that isn't important right now. I'm inside the soul of the golem.

"Must... Get up..." I could hear the faint voice of the golem. I reached out to it.

"Hey, won't you join me?"

"Who are you...? How did you get here?"

"I'm Zieglind. Tell me, what do you desire?"

"A rightful master... I've been abandoned for a hundred years... I was a familiar of a previous player."

"Then that's just perfect. I'm that master you're looking for."

"I refuse. Prove yourself through combat. Be gone!" A large gust of wind was felt inside our souls and I was forcefully removed from the soul contract.

"Darn." I woke up lying on the floor.

"What just happened?" Afal asked.

"Everyone, get away, its regenerating!" Rize warned everyone.

"I'm sorry everyone. I said that I won't join but I need this golem for something." I then ordered everyone to stand back.

No one disagreed but instead, they just shrugged it off. "We'll be cheering for you here. And don't overkill them. I need to turn them in soldiers." Zeta jokingly said.

"Yes, yes." I waited for the golem to reconstruct itself. The other small golems that were following him were just in standby.

After a few seconds, the golem regenerated back to full. Its like nothing happened.

The golem kneeled down and made a turtle out of itself.

"Huh?" I was just confused.

Then the miniature volcano on his back started spewing fireballs.

"Lightning Body!" I ran up to his back. "Come, Soul Scythe!" I then swiped its neck. But the turtle form the golem took was too durable and too tough for my weapon to cut through. "Dispel Gazer Form." The armor came off and I can finally use any weapon.

"What do you have in mind?" Afal said as he stood by the sidelines.

"Just wait. Flesh Eater Ring, release!" Lots of blood came out. "Blood Weapon, Gauntlets! If I can't slice it, I'll just have to smash it!" Two heavy gauntlets rested on my fists. "Corruption, Rage, Blood Rampage!"

[+200% strength and +400% damage.]

"To add more damage... Dragonic Claws!" My arms changed and transformed into dragon arms.

[+100% damage and strength.]

"Weapon Mastery!" My mind was then filled with several information on techniques and what to do when using these gauntlets.

Before I could process the information, the small golems were getting near me. "Please do stay out of this. Aura." A large malicious and killing intent were directed at the golems. But I noticed Rize, Greta and Preica were affected too. "Ah, sorry." But Zeta and Precia was fine. That staff of his is protecting him and Yefa was immune because of the Insanity Immunity.

After processing the data Weapon Mastery passed on me, I found the perfect move. I took the traditional karate stance for a straight punch.

"That's..." Yefa seemed to know the move. I can't blame her. This was the same move she did earlier.

"DORYA!" A perfect straight punch. His body was blown away again but I seemed to damage his core. I need to act fast or he'll die. "Everyone, protect my body. Just need to do something quick! Also Zeta, can you heal the core?"

"It's possible." Zeta then walked over to the orb.

"I'll leave that to you. I'll be going now. Enslavement."

[Soul Contract has started.]

"You are worthy..." The golem's voice was heard.

"Now is it possible?"

"Yes. This loyal golem will follow you for eternity my lord."

"Good, good... Then I'll give you a name. Hmm... How about..." A blacksmith golem whose powers revolve around lava and volcanoes... "Vulcan! You'll be named as Vulcan."

"I thank thee my lord."

[Soul Contract complete.]

[Vulcan the Volcanic Golem will revert from Artifact Dungeon boss to a familiar.]

[Vulcan, has three abilities.

|Volcanic Body|

Able to emit intense heat when close to the enemy and this golem's body will continue to reform. The volcano behind its back can spew fireballs.

|Forger|

Able to make weapons and armor in the blink of an eye.

|Volcanic Ruptures|

Areas destroyed by this golem will be marked for 1 hour. These marked areas can be activated again to spawn in pools of lava that will explode upon contact of enemies.

If the golem sustained too much damage, its resurrection time is 1 day.]

"I knew it. This golem is the best addition to our kingdom."

"What do you mean by that?" Greta asked.

"We can save more funds with this golem. He's a blacksmith."

"So we can armor our soldiers with ease?"

"That's correct."

"Then we just need mages to imbue the armor with protective magic and we can outfit the whole battalion with magical items." Afal said.

"This was a very worth it trip. Let's go back. Mass T-"

"Wait, what about the artifact?" Rize intervened.