Chapter 90: Earth Golem

Hubris slowed down and eventually came to a complete stop. It wasn't just the suffocating warmth anymore, the fumes alone were a choking hazard.

Kiro remembered a little about this, you'd have to fight and defeat the golems while in this hazardous environment for the path to be created for you.

If they went beyond the point they were rooted in, if they took any steps further they'd either burn to cinder or choke to death. Kiro also noticed a hot spring nearby, he had to fight the urge to take off his armour and soak in there.

Not so long ago it was raining but it didn't quite reach the surface of the space they were at, it evaporated before it could. They hadn't noticed it before but just at distance, there was lava.

It wasn't moving, so they weren't at that much of a risk as long as they stayed away. Neither of them had a skill that made them impervious to fire.

Though Hubris could withstand most fires, he had a feeling this one would burn him to the bone.

Just then, two silhouettes rose from the lava. They were as big as Hubris was. They were made entirely of rocks, unlike the stone lions who looked like smooth sculpted stone. The golems were full of huge cracks.

Every step they took made it seem like they were at a risk of breaking apart but clearly something stronger was holding them together.

"I guess we're lucky." Hubris chimed in.

"What do you mean?"

"There's only 2."

Kiro used vibrations in hopes it could stun them, but they continued to walk forward. He abandoned that idea and activated vibrational sense and lightning for speed.

He used Ryu to jump higher than he should've been able to. As he descended, he blinked above the head of the one he marked as his kill.

He planted Ryu right on its shoulder, he bounced right back up and planted his heel on its head with bending kick.

He didn't give up, as he used fear inducement, he noticed that though his master's vibrations didn't work to stun them, he could momentarily stun them with fear.

The window was a small one, so he galloped forwards to his enemy, with all of his claws out he sliced it's head using affliction. That didn't make it fall, instead it threw a punch aimed at Hubris' muzzle.

He used intangibility, so the punch went straight through him, causing the attacker to stagger and fall into the lava which it came from.

"Master, I beat you again."

Kiro saw the thing jump out of the lava through his peripheral.

"Watch your back, you idiot." He yelled.

He had already acted, as he threw the lightning that was already zapping through his entire body. It reached the Golem in less than a second. Six lightening bolts hit it at the same time, causing a great explosion.

Which left the air more noxious, Kiro couldn't see much, so he squinted, zooming in on the explosion that happened midair near the volcano.

Rabble was raining in the drought ridden atmosphere. Kiro had absolutely obliterated the golem, nothing of it was left except for the rabble. Which also fell into the volcano, erasing it's existence completely.

"That's--that's new."

Hubris was completely dumbfounded, but they had no time to celebrate or be shocked. As the other golem was going through a metamorphosis of its own.

They tried attacking it while it was evolving, but nothing worked, it was as if it was protected by an invisible shield, a shield that they couldn't break.

"I was careless, sorry master."

"Let's just focus on this thing first, then we will talk."