Boom! Boom! Boom......
Countless steel-hard rock spikes jutted rapidly from the ground—piercing or blasting away Swordsman Golems one after another.
In an instant, the Swordsman Golems suffered heavy losses......
After several rounds of combat, this wave of Golems was mostly eliminated.
But things were far from over.
Click! Click! Click......
Watching even more Golems surge around her, Hulim Heyerar raised the Seven Luminaries once again.
“Come on......”
......
Deep in the dungeon,
Boom——!
A massive wave of light erupted from a central figure, spreading in all directions. Every Golem in its path was sent flying far away.
Most of them lost functionality in this single attack; the few that could still move climbed up relentlessly, continuing to close in on the intruders.
Whoosh!
A beam of light streaked from the front,
instantly blowing a leading Golem to smithereens.
Immediately after, more beams followed.
Boom! Boom! Boom......
After a series of explosions,
the dungeon fell silent once more......
Staring at the scattered Golem remains,
Hulim sighed.
“Finally got rid of this wave.”
“But there are way too many of them......”
“Little Semiris——”
She fished the little fairy hiding in her clothes out and placed her on her head.
“Huh? Are they all gone already?”
Little Semiris peeked around from atop Hulim’s head, scanning the surroundings.
“This wave is done, but there are probably plenty more ahead.”
“By the way, why are there so many Golems here? How many waves has this been now?”
“Hehe~!”
Little Semiris scratched the back of her head awkwardly.
“I didn’t have much experience when building this place. I didn’t design many traps, so I just stuffed a bunch of Golems in instead~! But don’t worry, Hulim—the destination is almost here——!”
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“Is that so......”
“So how many more are there ahead?”
“Uh...... W-well, maybe... half left?”
“......”
Half left?!
You call that “almost here”?!
......
After half a day’s struggle,
Hulim—having spent a great deal of time and energy—finally reached the end of the dungeon.
“......We’re finally here.”
Gazing at the ancient, heavy black gate in front of her, Hulim let out a sigh of relief.
Click, click......
But she couldn’t rest yet—swarms of Golems were still chasing behind her.
Hulim turned to face them.
“You really are persistent......”
Hum——!
The Seven Luminaries blazed with dazzling light once more.
Boom——!!!
A column of light swept across the area,
and the pursuing Golems fell like dominoes, one after another......
More than ten minutes later,
not a single Golem remained standing—only piles of debris littered the ground.
Hulim carefully sensed her surroundings, confirming there was no movement before finally relaxing slightly.
She sat down directly on the ground, not in a hurry to enter the gate.
For inside, guardians lay in wait.
She needed to first restore her physical strength and mental energy to full capacity.
That way, once the guardians were activated, she could better handle either fighting or retreating.
“Little Semiris, are you sure they’re all dormant? What if we go in and find them active?”
Deepest within the dungeon, the sealed Philosopher’s Stone was guarded by three Combat Golems known as “Annihilation-Type.”
Like the Golems they’d encountered earlier, these were said to be crafted by ancient dwarves at the peak of a bygone era—their magnum opus, immensely powerful, and the key to the ancient dwarves’ dominance during that age.
Since they were relatively easy to obtain as top-tier combatants back then, and could exist for eons in dormancy, Semiris had “borrowed” a few to place in this dungeon as guards.
In other words,
these Golems didn’t belong to Semiris.
Beyond setting their orders to guard the Philosopher’s Stone, she couldn’t directly control them—she might not even fully understand their operational principles......
But according to Little Semiris, the three Annihilation Golems were usually in a dormant state and wouldn’t be easily activated.
If they were careful, they could approach the Philosopher’s Stone without alerting them,
and take it directly.
Even though the Annihilation Golems would activate immediately once the Philosopher’s Stone was taken, their goal would already be achieved. They could retreat without fighting—after all, the Golems couldn’t leave the dungeon.
“Aww, of course not!”
Little Semiris said confidently.
“Leave it all to Little Semiris! I have a way to open this gate without waking them up!”
Unlike the dungeon where the main body of the Seven Luminaries was sealed, there were no special passages here—only the main gate for entry.
If Little Semiris’s method worked, they should be able to retrieve the Philosopher’s Stone smoothly without incident.
After some time,
Hulim—having fully recovered—stood up.
“Ready, Little Semiris. Let’s go in.”
“Okay~!”
Little Semiris clenched her right fist and raised it to the sky, then darted toward the gate.
“Little Semiris will open the gate right away~!”
Flying in front of the gate,
Little Semiris cast a spell.
“Fairy Silence Domain~!”
A dim barrier spread out from her, instantly engulfing the entire area around the gate.
She then turned around and waved at Hulim, gesturing for her to come over.
Hulim stepped forward. The moment she entered the Silence Domain, all sounds around her vanished.
“There’s actually such a magic?!”
Hulim was astonished.
Is this a fairy racial magic? She wondered if any of the regular seven magic elements could achieve such an effect......
Unable to hear anything, Hulim could only judge Little Semiris’s intentions through her actions.
At that moment, Little Semiris unfolded another magic array in front of the gate.
Hulim watched as the gate trembled, then slowly slid open to both sides. But thanks to the Silence Domain, the loud noise that should have accompanied it was completely muted.
Once the gate was open, Little Semiris waved Hulim inside.
Understanding her gesture, Hulim cast various stealth magics on herself, then followed Little Semiris into the gate.
However, neither of them—enveloped in the Silence Domain—noticed something.
Among the broken Golem debris, half of a Golem’s body was trapped under other wreckage. Its eyes still flickered with intermittent red light......
And those eyes remained locked on Hulim’s figure.
At the moment Hulim stepped through the gate,
the flickering red light in the Golem’s eyes suddenly stabilized. Its functionality briefly returned in its final moments!
With its last remaining energy, it lifted its only intact arm and pointed toward the inside of the gate.
Hum!
A magic array unfolded in front of its right hand......
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