Chapter 124 - 26

"Sintaro!" Kyouka and Megumi shouted in unison after seeing what happened to Sintaro. Brolia destroys the gauntlet he is wearing and breaks his arm. Sintaro is currently kneeling in pain in front of Brolia.

"Sintaro, back off!" Prince Reina attacks together with Prince Fritz to give Sintaro time to retreat. They realized the difference in their strength was too great from the way Hikaru and Sintaro were defeated. But they think they still have a chance if they fight together. They slashed their swords simultaneously from both sides of her. But Brolia easily parried their attacks.

[Wind Catapult]

Kyouka threw the surrounding iron at Brolia using wind magic. Brolia didn't have her hands free at the moment, she was forced to retreat to avoid the dozens of irons that were coming at her. Sintaro quickly backed off when he got the chance.

[Major Heal]

Megumi quickly cast healing magic on Sintaro's hand.

"Thank you, Megumi." Sintaro's pale face got better after receiving healing magic from Megumi.

"Aahhh!" Hikaru shouted and lifted the pile of irons that buried him.

"Hikaru!" Sintaro shouted happily when he saw Hikaru was fine.

"I'm fine. Just a small wound." Hikaru rejoins them and Megumi quickly heals his wound. Hikaru was silent as Megumi healed him. He realized the big difference between their strength and Brolia's.

"How can we beat her? Do you have a plan?" Hikaru asks Kyouka's opinion. He had to admit that Kyouka was superior to him in terms of battle tactics.

"I still don't know the best way to defeat her at this point. Megumi uses [Goddess Support] to increase everyone's strength. Aura and mana can't be used on her but your [Goddess Support] skill isn't part of either. So we can use it against her. I'll figure out how to defeat her while we fight her later." Kyouka explained the plan to them. Everyone nodded in agreement at her words. What kyouka said was the best thing they could do right now.

Megumi's innate skill, [Goddess Support] is a skill that acts as a buff to enhance all aspects of the person receiving it. Physical strength, mana, and aura could increase many times over. But it would burden them if the increase in strength exceeded the limits their bodies could tolerate. [Goddess Support] is not from mana or aura but a blessing. This is the same as the spirit power used by the elves.

"I understand! I'll do my best!" Megumi became excited after getting an assignment in her first real battle. Because she only got a small role in the previous fight.

[Give Your Blessing to Overcome all evil in this world]

[Strength Up]

[Agility Up]

[Dexterity Up]

Megumi only gave them an increase in their physical strength and attack. Because it would be useless to increase their mana and aura with the enemies they were currently fighting. Kyouka herself didn't need buffs because the amount of mana she had was overwhelming. Even if she could get it from Megumi, it would be a waste and would also burden Megumi herself. The bodies of Hikaru and the others were enveloped by a warm golden light. Their strength had increased drastically and currently, they had the strength of a Saint.

"Is this the [Goddess Support] skill? Amazing. I feel my power overflowing!" Prince Fritz clenched his fists tightly feeling that he was many times stronger than before.

"You're right. It's also my first time feeling it." Princess Reina understood what Prince Fritz was currently feeling. Even though her kingdom was the one that summoned heroes and knew all of their innate skills, but she had never felt the power of [Goddess Support] from Megumi.

"Alright. We will start our plan. I will keep interfering with her movements. You have to find a chance to land an attack on her. Megumi must be prepared in case any of you are injured." Kyouka explained the plan to them again.

"Okay!" They answered in unison and readied to attack Brolia.

"Have you guys thought of a plan against me? If so, we have to finish quickly because I don't have more time." Brolia disappeared again from where she was standing and reappeared near the heroes. She attacks Megumi this time. She felt an unusual power emanating from her.

"Watch out! Megumi!" Kyouka quickly warned her. But Megumi who wasn't a combatant couldn't dodge attacks that fast. Fortunately, Hikaru had time to block the attack.

Clank...

"Ugh!" Hikaru resisted Brolia's attack with all his might.

Unlike before, this time Hikaru wasn't blown away by Brolia's attack. But still, he felt that her attacks were very strong even though he had already received Megumi's blessing and used all his strength.

"Hoo...you can become that strong in no time. I was right, that girl is dangerous." Brolia was slightly surprised by the increase in Hikaru's strength. She narrowed her eyes and looked at Megumi. Thick killing intent filled the entire place. Brolia increased her strength and pushed Hikaru back a dozen meters. Then she moved very quickly towards Megumi.

"Megumi, get out of there!" Hikaru shouted at the top of his lungs after seeing Brolia's aim.

Megumi knew she couldn't avoid it. She took out the priestess's wand from her storage space and tapped it on the floor.

[Divine Wall]

A wall of golden light formed around her. It wasn't a barrier from mana or aura, but the blessing of the power of the [Goddess Support] skill. This barrier was something Megumi created with the help of Kyouka while practicing their skills in the Rubelia Kingdom.

Clank...

Brolia's ax hit Megumi's barrier but unexpectedly couldn't break it. This made Brolia smile.

"Your power is very unique. I'll see how long your barrier can last!" Brolia intended to attack her again but this time with full force. She compressed her Power into the blade of her ax and readied to swing it.

Princess Reina and Prince Fritz interfere with Brolia's attack before hitting the barrier. The two of them resisted Brolia's attack together and were still pushed back.

"Get out of there!" Kyouka shouted at the two of them. Princess Reina and Prince Fritz quickly did as she said. Kyouka dropped dozens of iron balls that were larger than an adult's body. But Brolia easily dodged it. Even so, their attack was still not over. Sintaro sneaked in secretly while she was focused on dodging the iron ball thrown by Kyouka. Kyouka made Sintaro invisible to attack Brolia from her blind spot. As Brolia was busy dodging the dozens of iron balls, he didn't notice Sintaro's punch coming from behind her.

"Eat this!" Sintaro roared and hit her with all his might sending Brolia flying a dozen meters and crashing into the adamantium wall. Their attack wasn't over yet, Kyouka dropped another iron ball right on top of Brolia. She intended to bury her in the pile of iron balls.

"Megumi! Come back here quickly!" Kyouka quickly called out to Megumi who was currently still protected by her barrier. She had the feeling that Brolia had been targeting Megumi from the very beginning they started their plan.

Boooooooommmmmm!

Brolia was not long under the pile of iron balls. She got up with momentum and bounced iron balls all over the place. Hikaru and the others dodged the iron ball that was flying towards them.

"You guys work together pretty well. But it just makes me angry." Brolia filled the entire room with killing intent. The red pentagon crystal on her forehead shone brightly. She moved at high speed towards Sintaro.

"Wasn't it you who hit me before? I have to commend you for successfully doing it. But you will have to pay for it many times what you did." Brolia slashes her ax at Sintaro's head. She intended to split Sintaro in one hit. But before hitting him, Hikaru first pierced the side of Brolia's ax with his spear and changed the trajectory of her attack.

Boooooooommmmmm!

Brolia's slash hit the steel floor right next to Sintaro. His attack left a long, deep scar on the floor made of steel. Sintaro broke out in cold sweat as he imagined the attack would hit his head.

"You're annoying!" Brolia changes the target to Hikaru. She was irritated that her attacks were interrupted several times by him. But before she could attack him, dozens of iron pillars pierced the floor around him and locked her in the middle. The iron pillars locked her movement.

"Hikaru, get out of there!" Kyouka shouted warning him. She had already prepared the next attack they would use on Brolia.

Kyouka poured hot lava on Brolia in the middle of the iron pillar cage. The attack wasn't magic but molten metal from the material inside the facility which she burned with high-temperature fire magic.

The attack hit Brolia precisely, but no scream was heard from her. The black robe she was wearing was burning from the heat of the lava.

Hikaru and the others were shocked. They were like that not because they saw Brolia's naked body, because beneath the black robe was the body of a gold-armored golem. Brolia turned her entire body into a golem except for her head.

"You...what did you do to your own body? Are you so obsessed with power that you are willing to make your own body like that?" Hikaru couldn't believe what he saw. He thought only a small part of her body was turned into a golem, but he didn't expect Brolia to change everything and leave only the head that was still human.

"You'll never be able to understand even if I explain it over and over again, about us being from a race that has extraordinary powers since they were born. When you are weaker than the others, you will only become trash in that place. You certainly know how to treat trash, right?" Brolia smiled as she recalled those moments. But then her smile was replaced with a gloomy face.

"Let's continue our fight. I didn't expect you to go this far in injuring me even without using mana and aura. You guys are indeed great and that's pure praise from me. But your resistance ends here." The crystal on Brolia's forehead shone. Behind her floated a brilliant red ring. It was Brolia's God Ring. An immense pressure spread throughout the Golem Manufacturing Facility. At this moment Brolia unleashed her divine power.

Brolia swung her ax from a distance and aura blade formed by compressed divine power shot towards Hikaru and the others.

"Get out of here!" Hikaru gave the order and quickly carried Megumi next to him as she was the one with the slowest response.

Kyouka and the others quickly responded to Hikaru's shout. They were almost hit by a sudden attack from Brolia. They were dumbfounded after seeing the damage done by her attack. The slash penetrated the adamantium wall and into the wall of another room. They would die without a corpse if hit by the attack directly.

"I'm just trying this power of mine. I haven't used it in a long time because Miss Rosier sealed it." Brolia broke his neck right and left. She swung her ax again at the heroes, but this time with more slashes.

Boooooooommmmmm!

Boooooooommmmmm!

Explosion after an explosion occurred in the room. Hikaru and the others were busy dodging consecutive attacks from Brolia who didn't even move from where she was standing. They couldn't counterattack if the situation remained like that.

"Kyouka! What are we going to do now!?" Hikaru frantically asked her. She was the only person he thought had a way out of their current situation.

"Megumi raise your barrier! We'll be holding out for the time being while looking for a way to counterattack!" Kyouka gave her order to Megumi.

"I understand!" Megumi knocked her priestess wand on the floor and a barrier formed around them.

"You guys are wrong to use that barrier to defend. Don't think my attack power is on the same level as before." Brolia held his ax with both hands and slashed it towards Megumi's barrier. Brolia's aura blade collided with Megumi's Divine Wall.

Boooooooommmmmm!

Crack...

Megumi's barrier cracked and ended up shattering into pieces in just one hit. But her attack didn't stop there, another aura blade was already in front of the heroes without any defense. Hikaru, Sintaro, and Prince Fritz were ready to block the attack head-on.

Suddenly the unexpected happened, a huge laser beam collided with Brolia's aura blade.

Boooooooommmmmm!

"I'm sorry for coming late!" A boy's voice came from one of the holes in the wall from Brolia's attack.