Chapter 183 – Dream of the Demon God (3)

The old mages who had been waiting for the group were much stronger than the mages the group had captured.

Unlike the young mages, they used proper magic to some extent. They even blocked the Prince and Daniel’s attacks with shields.

However, the problem was that they were too old. Their mana and stamina were too insufficient.

The shields couldn’t last more than a few seconds, and the attack magic ended after just one or two tries.

The mages collapsed on their own before the people could rush in.

Thanks to that, Sun-woo’s group and the villagers armed with pickaxes and hoes could only awkwardly stare at each other.

These were people who had been ruled by mages for a long time. They had never seen mages become neutralized so quickly like this.

“Are these all the mages?”

After confirming the young mages subdued by Sun-woo again and the mages who had collapsed from exhaustion after rashly attacking, Daniel asked Sun-woo.

“Let me see.”

Sun-woo utilized the earth spirits and his transcendent senses to check for people with different mana amounts than ordinary people.

Checking internal energy amounts and mana amounts was a slightly different matter, but confirming mages this weak was a piece of cake.

“There are a few remaining in the big building, and there are people hiding in the surrounding houses. Are they thinking of ambushing?”

Sun-woo stomped one foot down strongly.

Kuwoong!

A sudden vibration spread out centered on Sun-woo, and

Kwagwagwang!

Several houses sank straight into the ground just as they were.

“Now they won’t be able to ambush. The ground here is weak, so it’s easy.”

The houses didn’t collapse but sank deeply into the ground maintaining their form.

The group looked at Sun-woo with bewildered expressions.

And the people who had been surrounding the group screamed and fled to their houses.

The pickaxes, hoes, and spears they were holding rolled on the ground, and the sounds of barring doors and blocking windows echoed from house to house.

“At this rate, it’ll be difficult to get help.”

Daniel shook his head hearing the occasional crying of children.

The Prince also had a very gloomy expression. He was always someone who received people’s cheers, so there was no way he would like this atmosphere.

“I’ll step forward and try to persuade the people. If I show the goddess’s power, the people’s fear will subside.”

“No!!”

“Please”

Van Shingwan’s opinion was rejected by everyone’s opposition.

If he had said it normally as praying it would be one thing, but seeing him about to hold a stick and step, there was no one in the group who would allow it.

“More than that, it seems the fight isn’t over yet.”

After pressing the mages’ pressure points and moving them to one side, Sun-woo looked at the large building with a troubled expression.

“Are more mages coming out?”

The group looked at Sun-woo with puzzled expressions. The skill of the mages here couldn’t endanger the group. There was no reason for Sun-woo to make such an expression.

“The mages are doing something, but the opponent they’re fighting seems to be different.”

Along with Sun-woo’s words, the ground began to shake again. Everyone looked at Sun-woo in surprise, but Sun-woo shook his head.

“I didn’t do it. It’s vibrations coming from that building.”

Kugugugugung!

As he said, it was vibrations from the old dome-shaped building moving.

Kkigigigigik!

Noises like metal that had been stopped for decades moving continued to echo, and stone powder and dust fell heavily from the building.

And the closed dome gradually began to open.

[Hahaha! Even if you bastards are demons who came from outside, we have the messenger of god that our ancestors left us! The legacy of the Magic Empire! The gloriously named ‘Formula Number 314’!]

The voice of the mage who had run into the building was heard from the building’s direction.

And as the dome opened, a giant golem revealed itself from inside.

“What is this, some kind of National Assembly building launching!”

Everyone in the group seemed surprised by the golem that appeared from the dome, but Sun-woo was even more surprised in a different way.

The golem grabbed the wall of the opened dome building with its hands and jumped outside the building.

Kung!

Indeed, a legacy of the Magic Empire.

The golem with a height of three stories maintained its balance even after jumping down from a height equal to its own height.

The golem standing before the group had a height of about 10 meters and a body made of metal.

If only it looked a bit more streamlined, it would have looked like a cool robot from cartoons, but the golem before their eyes looked like a collection of metal chunks.

“Moving the messenger of god! Are you crazy! It’s something that shouldn’t be moved at will!”

The old mage who had been shoved in a corner with pressure points pressed shouted toward the appeared golem.

[Now is the time to move it! They are the very demons spoken of in legend! They came here to awaken the demon god! We must use the messenger of god to kill them!]

“You can’t decide that on your own! This should be decided by the Magic Round Table Council!”

[It’s because of such armchair discussions that this situation happened! I was pushed outside by your machinations, but now I’ll kill the demons and create a proper Round Table Council again!]

The group became bewildered by the suddenly started war of words between the old men, but they quickly came to their senses. After all, the golem before their eyes was an enemy that had to be defeated.

“Please.”

Alda’s spirits immediately poured flames toward the golem, and the Prince and Daniel ran to the golem’s legs and swung their swords.

Puk!

Kang! Kang!

The flames spewed by Alda’s spirits hit the golem’s upper part, and the Prince and Daniel’s swords wounded the golem’s legs, but unfortunately, their attacks were ineffective.

The flames succeeded in slightly melting the golem’s surface, but it soon returned to normal, and the swords swung by the Prince and Daniel only left marks like mosquito bites on the golem’s legs.

And even those wounds recovered back to normal.

[Kuahahaha, this messenger of god has self-repair capabilities like god’s power. No matter how much you bastards attack, it’s meaningless! Go! Formula Number 314!]

Along with the mage’s words, the golem bent its waist and slammed its fist down toward the Prince and Daniel in front of its legs.

Kung!

Fortunately, it wasn’t fast, so the two summoners could dodge, but their faces changed in surprise at the sudden attack.

The golem didn’t seem to intend to stop its movement there and raised its other arm again, but

Kwang!

It flinched back from a tremendous impact.

“It’s really sturdy.”

Sun-woo landed in front of the golem and brushed off his hands.

He placed his hand on the golem’s chest and burst out ganggi, but only managed to push it back… Of course, the golem’s chest caved in, but it returned to normal soon after.

[Ugh! Y-your attack is also useless. The messenger of god is invincible!]

It seemed the golem was a piloted type. The golem was fine from Sun-woo’s attack, but the pilot seemed to have received a shock.

“Punches don’t seem to work, so shall I try cutting?”

Sun-woo drew his sword from inventory and pushed internal energy into the sword. The sword shone brightly and the light gradually lengthened.

Kung, kung.

This time it seemed Sun-woo was the target as the golem rushed toward Sun-woo.

However, there was no way Sun-woo would take such a slow attack.

Sun-woo jumped onto the golem’s arm striking toward him and swung the elongated sword aura toward the golem’s arm.

Gyagyagyak!

“Did it cut?”

There was considerable resistance, but the sword aura succeeded in cutting off the golem’s arm.

However, Sun-woo, who had retreated far away, was displeased.

Instead of falling to the ground, the severed golem’s arm clicked back onto the shoulder again.

“So it’s not an ordinary golem.”

He thought it was mass-produced because it had a formula number, but it was still a golem properly made to protect this facility.

[Y-you bastard! What are you! But the messenger of god is absolutely fine!]

The golem was fine, but the mage riding in the golem seemed quite flustered. His stammering showed he hadn’t expected to be attacked this much.

After that, the Prince attacked with magic imbued in his sword and Van Shingwan tried casting a divine curse, but they couldn’t damage the golem.

“Magic resistance, blocking holy attacks, and infinite recovery. If properly used, even I wouldn’t find it easy to handle.”

Sun-woo was also a bit surprised. He reflected a little on having ignored it after seeing the remaining mages.

“But the mage moving it is in that state.”

If it was a golem of that level, it surely had proper attack magic built in, but all it was using was punches and kicks.

The only magic it barely used was strengthening magic on the ground where the golem stood.

[Huff, huff, e-everyone surrender, surrender! Then I’ll, huff, kill you nicely.]

Moreover, the mage riding it seemed to be running out of stamina. At this rate, if they just avoided it, it seemed like he would collapse on his own soon.

However, Sun-woo decided to finish it around now.

“Shall we finish this now.”

Already several houses around had been smashed by the golem.

Meanwhile, the group of mages whose pressure points had been released, along with Yeonhwa and Van Shingwan, were working together to evacuate people.

Sun-woo stood on the boulevard far from the golem and casually gave the golem the finger.

The mage riding the golem didn’t know what Sun-woo’s action meant, but he realized he was being mocked and charged toward Sun-woo.

[Stay there! If you get hit just once, just once, you’re finished!]

A quite desperate voice echoed, but Sun-woo had no intention of granting his wish.

Sun-woo activated a trap for the first time in a while.

Kuwoong!

The middle of the path the golem was running on sank down. A giant pit with a diameter over 10 meters appeared right in front of the golem.

The strengthening magic made the ground solid so the golem could stand even on dirt, but that was only possible if the ground existed.

[Uwak!]

Kuwang!

Along with the mage’s scream, the golem was stuck upside down into the pit.

Dust spread everywhere, and a moment later, only the two legs of the golem stuck upside down were visible outside the pit.

“It’s really sturdy.”

Even though it was stuck upside down, the golem had no damage at all. The mage riding it just passed out.

Sun-woo moved the earth and just buried the golem.

Two metal pillars ended up standing in the middle of the village boulevard.

“There’s probably something like an oxygen tank, right? If not, whatever.”

Sun-woo brushed off the dust on his clothes and immediately headed to the dome building.

The fact that a golem from the magic age was moving meant this facility was still operational. It seemed he should hurry and disable the magic circles before something else came out.

***

At the same time.

On the Horizon ship that Sun-woo had ridden, a celebration party was taking place.

The captain and his gang had overcome all difficulties and returned to the ship with relics and treasures.

“Drink just a little! If those guys show signs of returning, we have to clear everything!”

“Wow! Captain, you were amazing! How did you know monsters couldn’t enter that broken building?”

“That’s! My ability accumulated over many years! You guys just need to follow me! Now, when those people come, let’s leave this island and live luxuriously!”

“Wow!”

At the captain’s shout, the crew cheered.

The captain had reason to boast.

Thanks to his quick judgment, they could enter the ruins avoiding the monster, and in the underground of the half-destroyed ruins, they could discover various ancient magic equipment and precious metals.

They could have explored more, but the captain and crew, frightened by the monster, returned to the ship and held a simple drinking party to celebrate.

However, a simple party held by pirates couldn’t end simply.

It seemed difficult to escape the island without being caught by the group.

The old navigator shook his head watching the captain and crew running wild with excitement and looked at the sea full of storms and clouds again.

A moment later, he witnessed an amazing sight.

Kukung!

The clouds were wildly distorting and being torn apart before his eyes.

At the sight that looked like a battle of gods, the navigator unconsciously recited a prayer, and soon saw a giant black shadow bursting through the clouds.

Kuaaaang!

It was a giant black dragon with red eyes.

Though bleeding in places, the dragon whose majesty was not diminished burst through the clouds, shrieking, and flew toward the center of the island.

The party was over.

The captain and crew, who had seen a dragon for the first time in their lives, stared at the departing dragon with blank faces.