Chapter 123 - 25

On top of a large golem's head, Ziel and Kalya kept an eye on their surroundings. Clara and her group who were hiding from the golems were also under his surveillance. Ziel saw Lilith hitting the black-robed golem who was attacking Princess Iris. Then she stabbed the black-robed golem with her spear. But that's not his main focus.

"She was negligent." Ziel muttered softly and walked towards one of the adamantium pillars used to support the golems. He broke it and looked far away at Clara and the others hiding.

"What's wrong, Ziel?" Kalya tilted her head. She was confused by what he suddenly said. What she saw was that Lilith had managed to defeat the golems that were attacking them.

Ziel didn't answer, he narrowed his eyes and threw a 3-meter long adamantium rod at extreme speed towards Clara. Kalya is shocked to see his sudden action, she wants to ask him but stops after seeing what the adamantium rod pierced through.

The adamantium rod pierced the head of the black-robed Golem that was about to attack Clara. Kalya was also completely unaware of his presence.

"Since when has the golem been there. Didn't Lilith notice it?" Kalya thinks with Lilith's power she should be able to easily notice the presence of another golem there.

"She doesn't know, I already told her. The one who controls the golems is a bit tricky. She can hide perfectly. No, it's closer to perfect because I can still feel her from here. The golem had that unique ability bestowed by its owner. He hid and attacked suddenly like an assassin." Ziel explained in detail to her. He didn't want any misunderstanding between her and Lilith if he explained it half-heartedly.

"Ah, I see. I'm sorry. I thought she did that on purpose." She said apologetically and lowered her head in shame at what she had thought before.

"No. You don't need to apologize. It's only natural that you think that way." Zel shook his head. He rubbed her head gently. Kalya closed her eyes after feeling his hand on her head. She enjoys every skinship she does with him. She didn't even care about the time, place, and situation when they were alone.

"But, aren't you paying too much attention to your lady? I got a little jealous of her." Kalya pouted seeing Ziel's excessive attention to Clara.

"I don't know if that can be called paying attention, but his family has treated me very well all this time. They trusted me and entrusted her to me. I can't repay their trust in my feelings because I currently don't have it. Right now the only thing I can do is fulfill that request because I won't be who I am anymore if I betray their trust." Ziel explained his reasons why he did all those things. Kalya nodded slightly and understood the meaning of his words. Ziel suddenly felt something and continued his words.

"Alright. We're just waiting to see if those heroes can defeat the one who brought the two black-robed golems into this place." Ziel looked in the direction where the heroes were going.

"Do you mean the mastermind behind all this invasion?" Kalya opens her eyes and asks him. Her face looks rosy from Ziel pampering her.

"No. Someone else is behind it. She was currently fighting with the principal, King Gustave, and King Auva in front of the entrance of this facility." Ziel informed her of the situation. He already knew how the three of them would end up fighting a Main God from the divine race.

"Are they going to be okay? That guy should be as strong as Lilith right?" Kalya looks a little worried. She was only worried about Merlick who was an old acquaintance.

"Don't worry they'll be fine. That guy looks like she's playing with them. Their main objective in attacking this place is to take the thing that is currently with me. So I think she's just buying time because if she wanted to, she could easily easy to destroy this kingdom." Ziel answered honestly what he knew to her. For some reason, he felt uncomfortable when he saw that Kalya was worried. He sensed that every second he spent with her made a change to the seal that Azael had left on him. Kalya wasn't surprised after hearing what Ziel said because she knew the people from the Divine Race were capable of doing that.

"I understand." Kalya nodded and didn't think about it anymore. She believes whatever Ziel tells her. Because she was sure that he would never lie or betray her.

***

Back to Clara who was almost cut in half by the sword of the black-robed golem. The artifact hairpin that Ziel gave her doesn't work due to the golem's ability to nullify the surrounding magic.

Princess Iris and the others didn't even have time to scream because the black-robed golem appeared and attacked so suddenly. They were terrified at the thought of what would happen to Clara. Fortunately, what they imagined did not come true. A long adamantium rod shot with incredible speed next to Clara and pierced right through the golem's forehead.

Unlike the golem that Lilith destroyed which had a red crystal on its chest. The golem that attacked Clara had a red crystal located in her brain. So the adamantium rod also destroyed the source of his power.

(This...is he going to get angry because of my negligence?)

Lilith looked in the direction where the adamantium rod had come from. She could see Ziel standing on one of the golem's heads along with Kalya. She waited for Ziel to contact her and scold her. But the communication didn't come either and Lilith thought Ziel didn't mind it. She could only sigh in relief that nothing bad had happened to Clara and Ziel wasn't mad at her.

"What happened? Who threw this iron rod?" Clara looked around but didn't see anyone throwing it.

(I'm jealous because he still cares about your safety even though he's far from here)

Princess Freya pouted knowing that the person who did that was Ziel.

(How lucky you are Clara. But since when did miss Kalya be with him?)

Princess Iris also has the same feelings as Princess Freya. She also looked at the direction the adamantium rod was thrown and saw Ziel and Kalya standing side by side with zero distance. She didn't know why when they were alone, Kalya always clung to him like it was natural for her to be close to him.

"You don't have to think about it, Clara. Right now the most important thing is that we have to join the other students." Princess Freya reminds Clara who is still looking for the person who has helped her.

"But Ken..." Clara had been informed by Ziel before, but she was still worried because she didn't know where he was right now. She had tried to contact him several times but strangely it was not connecting.

"I'm sure he'll be fine. He'll catch up with us later." Princess Iris tried to convince her. She grabbed Clara's hand which was still shaking from the attack of the black-robed golem before.

"Okay." Clara finally agreed with them. They left that place in the direction where the other students had gone.

***

In one of the rooms within the Golem Manufacturing Facility, Brolia who was looking for the academy student who had the world altar fragments with him suddenly stopped in her paths. She frowned after feeling his connection with the two golems given to her by her master had been severed.

"What the hell happened to those two golems? I didn't even get to see who did it. They died too quickly. Was this done by the person who had previously foiled our plans?" Brolia muttered and looked in the direction where the golem's connection was cut. Not only because of that she looked there, but also because of the people who came to visit her.

"Are you the one who caused all this?" A boy's voice sounded in Brolia's ears. The one who spoke to her was Hikaru. He slowly showed his whereabouts to Brolia. Not only Hikaru, but other heroes are also with him. Besides that, Princess Reina and Prince Fritz also came with them. Hikaru and the others hid and searched for the whereabouts of the mastermind in this incident. They did the same trick they did to follow Ziel.

"Ooh, you have an unusual aura. Are you that rumored otherworldly hero?" Brolia looks interested in Hikaru and the other heroes. Meanwhile, she didn't pay any attention to Princess Reina and Prince Fritz.

[Thunder Clap]

Kyouka attacked Brolia instead of answering her question. The goal wasn't to hurt her but to try something. As she had expected, the bolt of lightning she aimed at Brolia suddenly disappeared before hitting her.

"Isn't it rude to attack someone like that?" Brolia asked like she didn't mind the attack from Kyouka before.

"As I expected. You're also a golem aren't you?" Kyouka narrowed her eyes and looked at the red pentagon crystal on Brolia's forehead.

"Hee...you're a quite smart little girl. Unfortunately, your words are wrong." Brolia shook her head. There was no sign of her attacking them. She looked relaxed in response to the heroes.

"What do you mean by those words?" Kyouka raised her eyebrows at her words. She felt that Brolia was playing a word with her.

"Would it be possible for me to communicate with you like this if I was just a golem? I mean, I have my ego and not controlled by other people." Brolia didn't answer her and instead gave him a question. But Kyouka fell silent with her question as if realizing something.

"You... Don't tell me you are..." Kyouka said in a trembling voice.

"Kyouka, what's wrong?" Megumi asked her after realizing something was wrong with her voice.

"Hehe...seems like you've noticed." Brolia didn't refute Kyouka's answer at all.

"Kyouka, what exactly are you guys talking about?" Hikaru asked curiously. He understood what they were talking about at the beginning but became confused at the end.

"Yes, Kyouka. Tell us what you realized?" Sintaro also asked her. He represents Princess Reina as well as Prince Fritz who wants to know what they are talking about.

"She may be human but on the other hand, he's not human either. She's a half golem and human." Kyouka said what was on his mind to them.

"What!?" Kyouka's words made some of the people who heard it become shocked. But Hikaru seemed to have gotten a bit of a hint from Kyouka's reaction earlier so he wasn't too affected by that answer. Turning himself into the material for golems was an extremely terrifying thing. They couldn't understand how she could do that.

"She turned her own body into a golem?" Hikaru looked at Brolia who was standing in front of him. He couldn't see any part of her body because it was covered by a black robe.

"You're wrong again. Don't compare me to a human. We are the divine race, the noble race that exists in the world. But not all are born with extraordinary powers. That's why Miss Rosier... Oops, I talk too much. Alright, let's get straight to the point I want to know." Brolia took out a silver ax from her space storage. Suddenly her aura and tone of voice changed which made the heroes tense up and gulp.

"What do you mean?" Kyouka was getting tremendous pressure from Brolia's change in attitude.

"Did you guys destroy the two golems I brought with me?" Brolia poured more pressure on all of them.

"Golems? We haven't met a single one yet. If we did, we would destroy them!" Hikaru answered in place of the overwhelmed Kyouka. But Kyouka thought of someone who might be able to kill the golem even if it was just a guess.

"Alright, I don't care anymore. I'll bring you, heroes, as unique materials for golem manufacturing." Brolia smirked viciously.

"Don't even think about it! Get ready to fight!" Hikaru shouted with all his might to free them from Brolia's pressure. Various colors of mana and auras are emitted from their bodies.

"Good. I'll quickly break all your bones since I don't have much time here." Brolia stepped on her feet and suddenly disappeared from where she was standing before. She reappeared in front of Hikaru and was already swinging her ax.

"Damn!" Hikaru quickly raised his spear and blocked Brolia's attack. But he was easily blown away by the powerful impact of Brolia's power. He was blown away until he crashed into a mass of golem-making materials and was buried within the pile of it.

"Hikaru!" Megumi screamed in panic seeing Hikaru thrown far away due to Brolia's attack.

"Bastard!" Sintaro roared and charged towards Brolia. The gauntlet glowed red as it was filled with a compressed aura. He punched Brolia with his full strength. As his punch drew near to her, the compressed aura within his gauntlet disappeared. Brolia easily catches Sintaro's fist.

"Is this the power of heroes? You let me down. You are weak!" Brolia bends Sintaro's wrist and breaks it.

"Aaarrrrgghhh!" Sintaro's screams of pain echoed throughout the Golem Manufacturing Facility.