Fourth, the Golem
You saved the paladin, but apparently he didn't thank you much.
When the commotion outside has subsided, the three of you sneak out of the dungeon through a pre-prepared secret passage. Drow may be shrewd, and their machinations can bring endless panic to the Shadows, but they are still a feminist race, and rightfully so, they don't want to go to dirty places, like the sewers. Only a few male drows or some slaves were driven to search there, and luckily you escaped.
The door to the surface world is at hand, or rather, you have the crucial key. The magic contained in those gems will allow you to open the door, but you may have to pass a little test beforehand.
"We put the gate here, so naturally we had to put some insurance measures in place to prevent it from ...... underground Monster. The paladin gives you a quick glance before continuing in a hoarse voice.
"A golem, I don't know how those magicians made it, but that steel golem has human intelligence and a constructed body, and it's the insurance we put here. If these magic gems are keys, the compass for returning home is hidden inside the golem's body. ”
"In other words, are we going to defeat that golem?"
You say with some uncertainty. You know, even low-level golems are not easy to destroy, although the body is bulky, but the material of the golem allows them to resist a large number of physical attacks, and the best of them can even rival the power of the gods. It stands to reason that this type is the hardest thing for a pure warrior like you, but you don't feel troublesome, but you feel like you're eager to try.
The words of the female mage have left a shadow on your heart, and there is a feeling that a different kind of emotion is blocked in your heart, and you need a hearty battle to express it.
"No, we just need to convince him."
After you've made your way through the dark swamps, carefully skimmed the dwelling of the benthic devilfish, and confronted a group of dreadclaws, you've finally reached the door, a cave hidden in a giant stalactite, a slimy unknown slime that banishes the creatures around you.
Then, in the deepest part of the cavern, you saw the Golem.
The tall body was covered with hideous iron thorns, like a knight wearing thorny armor, and the dark red lines attached to the golem's body as if it were alive, and as the golem moved, those lines flowed like lava, faintly glowing with a pale golden light. It didn't make you sigh as you thought, the golem didn't stand viciously in the doorway with an axe, like the legendary stories that Grief told you.
By the way, you vaguely hear the same sigh from the white wolf next to you, and it seems that your little lover still has some childhood dreams.
You see the Golem standing in front of a huge, flat stone, with something like plants piled up on it, and there are naturally no good plants in the dark area, so there is more moss on it, and you see the Golem with a focused look, as if he was doing something big.
"That...... It's been a long time, Mr. Tsukasaki. ”
The paladin walked out first, these days of running around made him look even less human, if it weren't for the old him, no one would believe that this rickety man was a holy knight.
Hearing this, the golem seemed to sense something, and the burly body turned, and at this time you saw that between the hideous helmet, there was a scarlet gemstone eyeball, which shone with the light of wisdom.
"Are you...... Paladin? Are you back? ”
The golem looked blankly, but only saw the sad wind that transformed into a white wolf and you who were a little eager to try.
"Where's the mage girl? This white wolf should be the little druid, so who is this half-dragon man? ”
Although it is said to be a guardian, there is not much warning in the golem's eyes, but the element of curiosity occupies a little more.
"He's ...... Friends from the dark regions, don't worry about him, Mr. Tsukasaki, he's safe. ”
Grief responded.
"That's right." The golem nodded, and didn't ask any more, not even what happened to the female mage, he continued to tinker with the plant moss in front of him for a while, and then slowly spoke.
"Now that you're back, are you going to go up? The gems are ready, I don't have that much mana in reserve. ”
"Of course, we all carry it."
The paladin responds, giving you a stealthy look, and you nod and hand over the bag around your waist, which you and Tempest have earned during these times. Of course, out of the nature of the half-dragons, you kept the last one - it was also a testimony of your love affair with Sad Wind, the filthy surface that you wiped shiny every day.
"That's ......"
The golem nodded, took it, and said, "I'm sorry, but there's no way to let you go back." ”
"How so?!"
Hearing such words, it was not only the sad wind that exclaimed, but even you frowned slowly.
"It takes three or four days for the gate to open, and I should have been notified in advance by Miss Mage, and then I would have opened the gate, but ......" Needless to say, just like the paladin is responsible for the hidden gem, the female mage also has her own mission.
In that case, what is the task of the sad wind?
You can't help but think so.
Whether it's age or temperament, even on the ground, Sadness is too immature, even if it has good strength, it's just good, so what was Sadness sent for?
You suddenly feel that you still don't understand your lover.
As soon as such a thought comes out, you feel a suffocating pain. Originally, you were doubting your feelings about your lover, but now your mood is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire, you keep saying in your heart, I love the sad wind, and the sad wind has nothing to hide from me.
It's like hypnosis, and your mood gradually calms down.
"What's wrong?"
"No, nothing...... It's just that the thought of being able to go to the ground made me a little overwhelmed for a while......"
Hearing your lover's words of concern, you take a few deep breaths before slowly replying.
"I'll go outside."
After leaving this sentence, you want to run away and rush out.
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If there is one word to describe your current mood, it should be confused.
The confusion of feelings, the experience that I have never experienced.
Whether it is as a half-dragon man who carries the handle as a robber, or now robs Zhuoer to save people, there is no such experience, there is no true love in the dark region, so you can't even find a target to learn from, you can only sit on the stone blankly, recall the stories that the sad wind told you at the beginning, and fantasize about the stars in the sky.
"Hey, friend, don't mind if I sit down here."
The voice of the golem comes from beside you, and you look up, and sure enough, the jewel-carved eyeball is staring at you with a twinkle.
"What's wrong, are you bothered?" As soon as he sat down, the golem couldn't wait to speak, and came over like a gossipy old woman: "I see that you and that druid kid seem to have something to do, it's really fake." ”
You nodded.
"Oo......oo Or the love story of the transformed druid, which can only appear in the elves who have lived for a long time and have everything, the story really exists! ”
"Are there a lot of things like this on the ground?" For example, a half-dragon man falls in love with a human or something.
"Yes, a female elf whose husband is gone and messes with the white tiger every day."
The golem seemed to understand something wrong, and he gave a thumbs up, a glimmer of light flashing at the place of the mouth on the hideous helmet.
"I'm telling you, the tavern has a great story about the Queen!"
"No, I don't mean animals or anything...... I mean half-dragon ......."
"Half-dragons, yes, you may be robbers in the dark region, but on the surface, half-dragon maids are the favorite of human nobles, and it is said that they just like the feeling of being full of vitality."
You feel the corners of your mouth twitch violently.
"But seriously, how did you get together?"
Seeing the golem looking very curious, you hesitated for a moment, but still told the story of you and the sad wind.
Something is unexpected. You thought that the Golem would taunt you, or even act like a female mage, disapproving the story of you and Sad Wind and trampling on your feelings, but he didn't. Like a young man who loves to listen to stories, the burly golem sits beside you obediently and listens to you tell the whole story.
"Well, you're a male, aren't you?" He asked suddenly, and although you didn't understand it, you nodded.
"Although as a man, I don't understand the two of you...... But for this love, I will bless you two well! ”
"Wait, you say 'as a man'?"
This quote gets you to the point.
"yes, didn't the wizard tell you?" The golem put his hand on his chest and opened a gap in his sturdy steel armor, revealing what was inside, causing you to gasp.
"Well, it's pretty anyway, my soul."
The golem said casually.
You finally understand why a mere construct, but with enough mind, like an ordinary person, to be able to chat and talk, without the slightest sense of disobedience, it turns out that this is the case......
Soul prisms, the tricks of the devils and demons, to pump out a person's soul to make this currency of the lower planes.
"Actually, before I became a golem, I was a baker, and I was just trying to get some food about the Dark Regions, although I couldn't eat it anymore...... Ahem, don't look at me like that, well, I'll admit it, before the bakery, I used to be a ranger who loved to fight vampires. ”
As if nothing happened, the golem made of steel in front of you told the uncomfortable truth.
provoked a powerful legendary wizard, although he was an innocent, he was extracted from his soul and refined into a soul prism, enduring inhuman pain, and was stuffed into a golem after being remembered by the wizard, and was sent to the dark region without return.
In any way, it is enough to be called a legendary story, of course, in a negative sense.
"You seem to approve of me being with Sad Wind?"
"Of course, I know what true love looks like." A soft light flashed in the gem's eyeballs: "It's like my relationship with her, it's so good......"
"She?"
"Well, my wife, if you don't mind, would you like to hear my story with her, although not as personal as you......"
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PS: Carvin...... After agreeing to stuff the golems in the group into this extra, I don't know where to start the pen.,It's hard to stuff it in.,Just think of it as an elder on the road of love (cover your face.
PS2: The second episode of the Imperial Capital Holy Grail Strange Tan is out...... The old man Lancer Li Shuwen was angered by Yizang, and he didn't need to fight people to death, and he went directly to the opposite door to climb the mountain, and Yizang also died, and promised to go to Hualien one-on-one...... The old man is also really powerful, although the assassin and Lancer are different, but the Chinese martial arts A+++ instant output can exceed the EX (conventional) level, the circle is absolutely invisible, the air swallows and destroys the slave connection, the complete state is the same as the human form in a dozen seconds, and the tiger can climb the mountain hard and exert force from the earth...... In addition to the fact that the modern Heroic Spirit is almost a little bit in the fifth dimension, it is already a first-class or even super-first-class level, and the young L-rank Li Shuwen was able to kill Berserker Beowwufu and was boasted of by Shi Jiang...... Are the Eight Extremes of the Moon World all monsters?