Chapter 398: Burn, Golem, Burn.

Chapter 398: Burn, Golem, Burn.

Here were our options:

Tatsuyas [All-In] and a pouch of six fulinoe leaves he took out before the monster room sealed our mana skills. Meaning, he had six usages of [All-In], depending on how many he used at once, so he had options for burst damage.

Kyouyas [Shadowed Martyr], allowing him to clad himself in armor and turn into a charging bull. It worked off his health, with the more health he paid for his skill, the sturdier it became. However, he needed healing after every use and his skill also reduced healing from outside sources by 50%.

Rajah had some of his mana threads. Sadly, since we were going up against golems, Rajahs venom wouldnt work against them. He was heavily reliant on his dark spells to stay mobile, so this might be a problem for him.

A very tired VifiYok with my glaive, but since the weapon was bond to me, it was heavily nerfed in her hands. It still was a good weapon, but VifiYok couldnt utilize all its potential.

Burn My Dread: A manatech-based dragoon glaive created using [Geisenlarg Queen] and [Sunfang Dragon] materials, supported by the enchanted bark of a [Stonewood Treant Guardian] and voldunna ore. As the blood and flames of a [Sunfang Dragon] were used during the smelting process, this spear exudes a natural heat as if it was a miniature sun core. The [Dragonkin Blacksmith Technique] used to create this weapon causes the weapon to only show its full potential in the hands of its true owner.

Dragonkin: [Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Attack Power: 2281

Skill: [Mana Conductor Lv. 8] [Mana Efficiency Lv. 6] [True Spear Mastery Lv. 1] [Increased Weight Lv. 5] [All Damage Enhancement Lv. 1] [Herculean Power Lv. 1] [Speed of Sound Lv. 1] [Superior Aerial Fighter Lv. 1] [Mid-Air Maneuvering Lv. 8] [Minds Eye Lv. 1] [Durability Loss Reduction Lv. 10] [Explosion Pressure Nullification] [Flame Core Aura] [Dragonkin Ownership]

Rune: [Utility Rune: Guided Projectile] [Defense Rune: Scale-Dust Barrier] [Passive Rune: Clean Blade] [Passive Rune: Mana Drain] [Passive Rune: Stamina Beast] [Passive Rune: Crimson Cloak] [Attack Rune: Triple Attack]

Tatsuyas and Kyouyas weapons and armors were all decent, since they were made by Grimnir for this trip. However, unlike mine, theirs were placeholders for when Grimnir could find the time to dedicate to making their personal weapons. Ones he could continuously improve and improve.

We had seven major health potions, six major stamina potions, one minor strength tonic, and also some mana and intelligence vials, but they were useless for our current situation.

And then we had myself, the big, bad dragon. I was a mage, but all my mana-based attacks were blocked. I couldnt use my Territory, my scale manipulation, nor even my spell songs. Thankfully, I had Neill train me for situations where I could only rely on my physical attacks. Honestly, this situation reminded me of my early days when I had to rely on my claws and fangs to survive.

So, what could I use here? What exactly wasnt reliant on my mana to be used? Well, firstly, my scale-dust had never relied on mana, but on friction and heat. My spark flames and setting my fangs, claws, and tail on fire were available to me. I just needed mana to increase the flames size, meaning I couldnt use my dragon breath. This, sadly, also meant I couldnt use my [White Flames] or [Corrosive Fire] since I needed mana to switch them around.

In addition, I had the runes and skills on my armor to rely on, specifically, [Dhuinn Rune: Fearless Defense]. It transformed the vitality and wisdom my armor granted into strength and intelligence, respectively. Not to mention, [Battle Frenzy] and [Solar Beam] were available; the latter required solar energy, not mana, so I could go into my overdrive mode.

In other words, [Fearless Defense] plus [Hellblade Edge] plus [Battle Frenzy (Minor)] plus [Solar Beam] equaled our winning strategy Sadly, I couldnt speak as a dragon and [Telepathy] required mana. My companions did not know the plan my parallel minds and I had just formed.

Grrrrrrrrrr! I growled, stepping forward while raising my tail and swinging it up and down.

Tatsuya, noticing this, nodded, smirking at me like a daredevil. I know, I know, youre our trump card here, Hestia-san! I dont need to hear you to understand that; dont worry, you lead, Ill improvise with what you want! Im not much use as a combat specialist here, but I like shot calling when I play games, so Ill communicate with you!

Were gonna bloody dump on these trash! Make them uninstall from life!

Here! Kyouya handed Tatsuya all but one stamina potion and three of the health potions. He then looked at VifiYok, throwing her the strength tonic. Give Hestia-san the tonic for the final attack! Everything matters; the rest, use however you want to survive! Incoming!

Oi! I VifiYok wanted to interject, but the combined three waves of golems had already began their march towards us. Arrows flew, a stampede of stone legs, and the booming crackling of the giant [Monster Room Mimic (Fairnite)].

Monster Room Mimic (Fairnite): A golem with the ability to separate its body parts to form a room, acting like a monster room until the time comes to strike. This version is made out of fairnite, increasing its resistance against magic. Although imposing and sturdy due to its impressive size, easily able to dwarf the smaller rank A monsters, this mimic does not have the stats to match its size. Regardless, one should not underestimate it with its army of monsters. Rank B

[Mana Eyes], while it sounded like it required mana to use, didnt. Its primary function was to allow me to see the flow of mana when I activated them, which, fortunately, allowed us to gather some intel. I couldnt appraise its Profile due to the annoying [Information Blocked] notification, but this description alone was good enough, meaning I could beat it. Just like all the other rank Bs I defeated in the past, this thing will become another piece of experience fodder!

Problem was, I couldnt tell anybody about this. No [Telepathy] meant I was reduced to my Belzac Forest form of communicationemoting. Seeing how that turned out, I was a bit nervous. Regardless, with the boys attacking, I could only focus on my killing blow.

Either survive for ten minutes or kill the mimic golem. The situation was pretty effed up, though.

Drinking! Tatsuya and Kyouya both drank a stamina potion each, although it wouldnt remove [Exhaustion (Minor)] from Tatsuyas Profile. Either I had to sing [The Will to Fight and Survive] or he had to take a good, long rest to remove that annoying debuff. Rajah, the three of us coordinate together, find a path forward. Well take care of the fodder to make way for Hestia-san to take care of the rank Bs!

Mgreewwwh! Rajah roared in affirmation.

However, I was certainly not on-board with this plan.

What?! No, wait, not you, Tatsuya! You need to help me down those rank Bs to get to the boss quicker! Dont waste your [All-In] on the mooks! Also, dont use Rajahs tricks and higher agility for the mooks, use his threads to help Kyouya immobolize the minions! Crowd control!

Kraaaa! I roared, drawing everybodys attention, but Tatsuya snapped his head around to dodge an arrow. With his attention on the problems at hand, he dismissed my roar as a warcry, before continuing commands while all I could do was to watch them.

Dammit!

I couldnt stop them now when they were getting attacked, then the knight golems and the boss would just rush at me. No, I had to correct their plans

Oi, dragon, if you got something on your mind, its better to not try to disrupt the flow of things. But before I could rush forward and stop the boys by bodyblocking them, VifiYok smacked me on the head. No mana means no [Telepathy] or [Humanize]. The cat cant speak, either. Aside from logistics and morale, communication is another high-priority pillar for war and battle. Break even one of them, and everything will eventually crumble.

Krrruh? I questioned what VifiYok was saying with this, but my head snapped around as my [Foresight] activated, quickly dodging out of the way of a thrown axe, noticing my sense of touch was almost back to normal.

I need some time to rest. Give me a moment, dragon. I turned my head back to VifiYok, eyeing her small body, which was barely larger than my mouth. The operation plan should be you taking down the fodder; dont worry about their level ups. Let them occupy the rank Bs with their movements and crowd control. Let them take down the weakened golem you nearly killed, which would allow them to gain levels, an extra boost.

But wouldnt that mean the boys would gain less experience outright? The Gnomacotta warriors are rank C, which gives me far reduced experience, while the boys and Rajah will benefit from them greatly.

The only way for all of us to clean this room out, saving us, is for you to take the majority of the damage, naturally taunt all aggression, and clean the most enemies out. Your size, fire attacks, and range of attacks is what will win this battle, not those boys making room for you. As the strongest, you lead them, rally them, and support the weak so they can do their job!

Three opinions. Three different methods to engage this battle.

My plan was to utilize everybodys talents to carve the victory with my finishing blow. Tatsuyas focus is to have his side clear the path forward for me to take down the rank Bs, since the victory condition was to defeat the boss. VifiYoks, on the other hand, wanted me to take down the fodder, acting like a one-woman army to draw attention away from the boys so they can use Tatsuyas [All-In] to kill the golems.

Since the golems were weaker to physical attacks, Tatsuya should be able to do it. I didnt need to babysit him So, what was the correct plan?

I have no other options, really. I dislike Tatsuyas plan.

Kraah! I decided to entrust the leadership to VifiYok, following along her plan. With a simple nod, she understood I would be following her plan, as she could vocalize what she wanted.

Unable to speak, this was the only path to victory.

Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I roared before slamming my tail on the ground, letting the friction ignite my tail ablaze. Without my right arm, I stood up on my two hind legs and jumped up, before twisting my body around and slamming my flaming down onto the approaching army, stopping the boys from reaching their target before I did.

Woooah!

Tatsuya, Kyouya, and Rajah were blown away by the shockwave as I unleashed another roar, before swinging my edged tail around, scorching the ground, leaving behind a straight and circular scar on the ruin floors.

The dragon is taking out the fodder, taking the damage and attention away from you! Take down that weakened B golem! VifiYok shouted her orders, before I charged into the mix to enact her plan with her on my back. My willingness to do what the demonkin wanted should persuade them to follow along without giving the boys the chance to argue.

I smashed my wings onto the ground, before grinding them along the floor, setting them aflame. If I couldnt use [Hellblade Edge] on my two hands, then my wings would have to serve here.

At the same time, I dodged the first rank B golems axe swing, then another before jumping away. I was attacked by three of them, while the weakened golem ran ahead to retrieve the axe it threw, meaning it would be isolated. This was the time to taunt the rest!

Attention to the army! Cull the weak! And get rid of the golems meat shield! Snappy orders, quick and precise. Finding no fault in it, I follow her and instead of engaging the golems, I ran away, circling them while smashing the rank C warriors.

At the same time, I noticed the bossthe mimicmoving slowly, fully unable to catch up to me, unlike the knight golems. Even then, thanks to the size of the small room, it was impossible for me to run away forever. This meant that all the golems would gang up against me, but by luring their attention onto me, I successfully isolated the weakened one from every other enemy.

Boom! Like the sound of a building crumbling in a construction site, the noise of rocks broke apart, scattering throughout the room, only attracting the mimic golems attention. I snapped my eyes around, noticing the boys were doing what VifiYok wanted.

The golem was still alive, but its legs were tangled by Rajahs mana threads, while Kyouya had encased the Golems hands in his shadow armor, making it impossible for it to grab its thrown axe. Tatsuya, meanwhile, had situated himself near the golems head, readying his spear.

Dragon, did you sense the golems core when you attacked it?! VifiYok demanded as I tried to defend myself from the other knight golems. Monster golems arent like alchemical gargoyles, or the golems from spells. The stronger ones form a mana core, similar to slimes and such. Keeps everything together and allows them to heal themselves.

I hadnt thought about that. I hadnt really use [Mana Eyes] to really inspect all the golems up until now in detail, and even though I appraised them, it was just a quick look. This whole place was saturated in mana, after all. My headache would return if I left the skill on for too long.

Mana Eyes! I activated, looking into the golems body, noticing there was a concentration of mana around its stomach, forming something like a spehere. It was small, far too tiny compared to the giant mammoth-sized golem.

Kraaaah! I roared, standing up to draw Tatsuyas attention. Using my remaining arm, I pointed at my stomach, before pointing at the golem. Thankfully, it seemed he understood my gestures and ran to the location of the mana concentration.

At the same time, the golems charged forward, nearly grabbing me. I jumped over them, only for my [Foresight] to activate, prompting me to snap my head up as I saw the bosss head began to glow blue. Energy was concentrating around it, ready to blow out.

Cheater! I called out, realizing it was using mana despite the rules of the room!

No getting around it, then. Solar Beam!

Heat rose from the center of my body, warming up every cell in my body. The stream of solar energy reached my mouth through the fiber of my body, coalescing into a single ball of power, which I released just as the golem shot out a mana beam. White, burning hot solar energy shot out of my mouth, crashing against the foreign beam attack!

The blowback from the attack helped me stay in the air for a moment, only for the knight golems to grab my tail, pulling me down before swinging their axes at me. [Defense Rune: Pavise] protected me from all three swings, but I also noticed how the axes managed to penetrate the mana barrier, lodging their weapons.

Thankfully, these golems didnt realize their mistake. [Solar Beam] sent my body into overdrive, making it burn hotter than anything you could possibly imagine. My scale-dust was burning like crazy, bursting into flames underneath my scales.nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.

Im going! VifiYok ran away during this entire mess, cleaving through some warriors with sweat drenching her black hair and clothes.

With her out of the way, I snapped my fangs together, causing sparks to blow up in my face before it detonated the flying scale-dust around me, sending the golems flying as anything around me was reduced to ashes.

A sizable crater was created where I was laying. I snapped my head up, only to jerked it back as the boss finally reached me. Its blue glowing face sent a shudder down my spine, only for me to roar and stand up, pushing the golem back as I sunk my fangs right into its right arm. It didnt respond, instead, it tried to grab my wings, but due to [Solar Beam], that also meant I could use my rocket boosters without mana. My body was too bloody hot with my solar core active!

Everything is going well! Manager Mind informed me, assuring me my new solar core was handling the stress without any issues.

I shot up with the rocket boosters, before using [Drakonian Sunlight Edge] on my tail to imbue it with my solar energy, cleanly slicing off the bosss right arm, before grabbing it with my mouth. I spread my wings, looking down at the boss as I glided down. The heat of my body began to melt the fairnite arm, allowing me to slurp it up like some chunky sauce.

Not yet.

After the molten fairnite churned in my stomach for a moment, I shot forward with my boosters, prompting the golem to suddenly conjure a mana barrier around him, forcing me to fly up to the ceiling. Scouting another of its abilities, I took a mental note to avoid that shield before my final attack.

At the same time, I jerked my eyes to the side, noticing the crumbled mess of a rank B golem to the side. Its stomach was gouged out, looking like some bomb was set off, turning that part into nothing. Tatsuya had done it, but it looked like mana concentration acted like a bomb once it was destroyed.

Fortunately, the boys were already engaging one of the scorched knight golems I just blew away. All three were fine; Kyouya probably protected his best friend in time!

Knowing I had to stick to the plan, I ignored the boss, using its slow speed to our advantage as I flew towards the boys and landed right before the golem. The smaller warriors about to swarm them were dispersed, or were melting around me. I roared before swinging my bright white tail at the burned golem, slicing it in half by its torso, only to realize its mana concentration was forming on its head.

The boys seeing me have this charge at the third golem while I took the aggro from everybody. This also allowed me to kill my first rank B in the process, smashing its head into pieces with my tail.

Meiks face looks like a bloody thumb at this point. The wounds this time really hit him hard do we have to let Lod play with him? Rikara, the only female party member of the dragonslayers chasing after Hestia, noted.

Galg, the party leader of the The Dragonpikes, looked over the man who always doned a full set of armor, acting as the partys important tank. His face was completely disfigured to the point you couldnt really tell his race, showing barely any details a normal face should have like a nose, ears, lips, skin, or even eyelids. Even to the scarred members of this party, the man laying on the ground was beyond horrid to look at if he wasnt wearing a helmet.

Galg touched his own scars, taking pride in them as badges for his effort. However, he couldnt help but feel pity for one of his most trustworthy friends. For his dedication to help overcoming Galgs ordeals, this man had sacrificed his appearance.

Galg touched his bandaged left arm, noting how it still stung. [Dread Burn]. Once you have it, you cant heal your wounds even with the best potions. Only time can heal this ailment.

Rikara nodded. Aside from the scars blemishing this once beautiful leonids face, the burn scars from her battle against Hestia had cost her an ear. She touched it, noting how she could feel the phantom pain of it. She sighed, but instantly grinned as she felt her heart pump faster. She couldnt stop thinking of Hestia and the battle she had with her.

Unlike most dragonslayers, Rikara did not feel any hatred for dragons. She only felt the excitement of facing them. Just like many leonids from Carmaniate, fighting was truly her calling. The viscous tearing of flesh gave her life, and she wanted to continue doing so until she breathed her last. To her, dying with those she trusted with her life was more thrilling than to die in battle for her homeland in another of their senseless battles.

Galg, were done. Your turn.

The man in question nodded, looked at the wounded Meik, before turning around to Lod, the pure mage of the group. The human mans robes were scorched, looking in tatters, only barely hiding the bandages underneath them. He did not say any more, just taking a sip of water.

The last member to join his party, Galg knew very little of this mysterious man, but all he cared about was he could trust him in battle. Just like Rikara, Lod showed no hatred for dragonkins of any kind. Instead, what drove him forward was his faith in Istari, the God of Magic and Knowledge.

And Lods thirst for knowledge could even rival that of Aleistunums archerudite. He wished to know everything in this world, and what better way to gain this but to travel? Travel with the strongest adventurer he could find. Even if his Quest would lead him to endanger his life for the information, he would do so. Even against giant dragons and wyverns.

In exchange, all he asked for was to treat people using his abilities as a mana surgeon.

Rikara could only frown as the usually stoic mage walked past their leader, only to stare at Meik with a gleeful smile. He placed his doctors bag, pulling out instruments like pinchers, knifes, and others to experiment on Meiks body. To hopefully find a cure for [Dread Burn] and brew it using his alchemical alembic. To Lod, helping the wounded and preserving the dead was his greatest motivation to never betray Galg, for he was his greatest benefactor.

Just like Istari thought of Aurena as his greatest muse.

The only one Galg didnt have much of an opinion on was Namul. After all, Namul was just like him, even though their motivations couldnt be more different.

His eyesight was lost not due to a wyvern raid, but due to his former status as a slave. As a katzune, a beastmen, Namul was always treated badly by the humans of the Empire as he was nothing more than a body to them. Galg, too, was a slave, sharing the same master as Namul. Both were freed when the slavers died to wyverns.

While Namul walked alongside Galg due to an obligation to save his life, Galg only wanted to experience the hunt. Even to all his companions, Galgs definition of hunting time was unknown, for the man would never let his reasons leave his mouth. Only he knew what he saw in the beasts who killed the people suppressing his freedom. Nobody knew if he even hated dragonkins.

All they knew was that Galg loved the feelings of their scales, blood, and bones touching his naked skin. And for that, he became the groups blacksmith.

So much blood. Galgs sour face brightened up, completely ignoring the painful groans of Meik, the complaints of Rikara, the crackling of Lod, or the sighs of Namul. Right now, just like during his hunts, he was in his own world.

He picked up the four buckets of blood his party managed to siphon from Hestias amputated arm.

Gotta replace our lost armor. Gotta prepare for the hunt. He picked up his hammer, sat down before his anvil, and inspected the ruby-like scales of the crimson dragon the Holy Emperor of Mankind ordered him to slay. The perfect tools to kill her as fast as possible.

Clank!

A note from AbyssRaven

We had a dragon fight multiple golems, and other books might have written about it already, however What novel has written about a dragon slurping up the molten arm of a golem to regurgitate it as molten puke. Not only that, but that same dragon uses the power of rock as she danced on their broken bodies while using the power of the sun to blast a hole right through a golem's mouth to kill it?!

NOWHERE, BUT DRAGON IDOL! BURN, GOLEM, BURN!

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