Chapter 253: Great Splitting Golems

The next area was a cavern, but there was nothing inside, at first glance, but as I looked inside I noticed something. The roof of the cave was covered in stalactites but I could see glittering colored scales poking out from behind them. So, an ambush was set, dragons were crafty creatures, but not as crafty as me! 

I sent one of my manticores into the center of the cave, but the dragons didn't budge. I then sent the manticore straight up to fly into the dragons, but it was instantly incinerated into little black bits. Hmm, that was annoying; I sent the other eleven manticores inside, and then I slowly entered. 

The cave closed behind me the second I was through the door just like I was worried about. The cave was a lot taller than wide, and If I were to try and use my seventh stalk, there was a good chance I would be caught in the blast. I got the manticores to spread out, I couldn't reach them, but their fire wouldn't reach me on the ground. 

"HEY! What are you waiting for? I didn't know so many chickens could get that high! Wish I could have been here to see the dogpile you must have had to make to get up there, BWAHAHA!" I roared up to them laughing.

They didn't budge, but I could feel every cat's eye on me. Well, time for plan number two; I sent four of the remaining eleven up to the dragons. All of them flew to random areas, but none of them were aiming for dragons.

Three were torched, but the fourth smashed into a big long stalactite, knocking it free. The manticore was killed, but I used my Telekinetic Ray to catch the massive cream and rust-colored spike. There was nothing on the ground, so I had nothing to use as projectiles, but now the game had changed, and I prepared the manticores to attack on my signal.

The dragons were starting to move around, but I was about to really stir things up. I hurled the spike up, and wings opened as the dragons started to fall and flap their wings. I speared two with my first shot making them disappear into black bits as then exploded. 

Then, the ground on either side of me became dirt, as two undead dragons, both white and missing tore chunks of flesh, the sails of their wings torn. That meant nothing to a dragon, and the two rose off the ground and started to attack the other dragons. They were killed fast, but they took three with them, and the living dragons couldn't keep up with the endless wave of undead dragons.

Any that tried to scoop down and flame me, was set on by undead manticores. Soon, there were no living dragons left, but I still had three of my own dragons, and five manticores left. Not a bad run!

[Mobile Lair Creation] 75% Complete!

I friggin hope so! That was a lot of dragons and manticores! What would I have to kill to get to one-hundred percent?! 

A door appeared ahead, but these ones opened of their own accord. A wide-open plain was revealed, with a monolithic fifty-meter tall metal golem that had more moving parts than you could shake a stick at! 

What the hell was this thing?! I was the size of one of its rivets! Even the knuckle joints on the toes were three times the size of me! I came in with my undead party, and the door disappeared behind me, leaving us with nothing, but the plains and our almost guaranteed doom.

So, I flung it. 

Just a good old Telekinetic Ray, and I sent the massive thing flying. When it crashed down I was knocked from my feet and landed on my ass. The big bastard had some weight, but I cheered when I got back up. The massive robot had cracked in two, right down the middle! 

Wait...the thing was starting to change...ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! It was moving parts around and rebuilding itself, making two now instead of one and they were only half the original size, but they were still at least twenty-five-meters tall! I shot a Death Ray at one and a Disintegration Ray at the other.

I was annoyed with the results. The small spots that I shot disappeared, but then the golems split again, and now there were four twelve-meter metal monsters. I fired the seventh eyestalk at the center of the four but held back my minion. That was when I noticed the little molehill appearing at my feet.

[Almighty Push Ray] Activated!

The sun was instantly blotted out and I was in red, but it didn't take much to get my party and myself out of the range. There was a massive stone hand coming down, and it slowly crushed the four metal golems into the ground. 

To my extreme annoyance, eight more golems were rebuilding themselves, but now I had a pile of the little bastards crawling at my feet. Each one of the miniature golems was only about five centimeters tall, but they were exact copies like the bigger one. The other golems seemed to be tired of getting smashed into the ground, and now they were charging, but I decided I would use the same technique as I just did.

This would be a war of attrition, but I only had to keep killing to get more troops and watching. This battle was already over, but that thought was the trigger like Murphy was just waiting for my confidence to burst free.

The golems tore through the monster, and none of their attacks did anything to the armored six-meter giants. All of my pets, including my mini golems, were slain, and now I was in a pickle. This is what I get for even thinking it would turn out well!

Murphy's Law has always been a joke, but in a world where you are a moving part, and even your thoughts can be heard. The smallest boost of confidence can get you into real trouble!