Water Magician

Chapter 32: Golem Nest

Chapter 32: Golem Nest

The two walked along the wall.

After walking for about two hours, the wall gradually became lower.

“The wall is getting lower little by little but it still seems impossible to climb.”

“It’s difficult. Perhaps it will work out if we don’t rush and keep going like this.”

The height of the wall was getting as low as 30 meters, but it still seemed difficult to climb.

(It feels as if the wall was gouged out by a huge laser. Maybe a Light-Attribute Magician can use that kind of magic.)

No one answered the question that was raised in his head.

But even if he did voice it out, no one would be able to answer it either.

After walking for about another hour, the wall suddenly ended.

“Is the wall finally over?”

“So the other side of the wall was not a forest, but grasslands.”

As Ryo commented, the grasslands spread out as far as the eye could see, apart from some rock masses that were about a meter high.

It was a significant change, given that they had been walking through a dense forest until they hit the wall.

“The outlook is good, but ... well, it doesn’t matter either way. We have no choice but to head north anyway.”

“Then, let’s go.”

It was around the time after they set foot in the grasslands and walked for about 30 minutes.

Kakin

Abel, the vanguard, pulled out his sword, swung it, and slashed something that had flown over.

“...... Stone?”

Abel murmured.

With that as the trigger, thumb-sized stones flew toward Abel from the front.

He avoided them or knocked them down with a sword and squinted forward.

He saw it firing a rock from about two meters away.

“”

A wall of ice created by Ryo formed in front of Abel.

Abel, who no longer had to worry about the stones due to the Ice Wall, looked even more intently.

“Ryo, this is bad. We seemed to have entered a Rock Golem nest.”

“Golems have nests?”

Ryo, the rearguard, ran up to Abel.

“Adventurers call the place where golems appear in large numbers, 『Nest』. Apparently, that is the case here. It’s my first time experiencing it too.”

Even with knowledge of it, there were times when it didn’t help.

“That rock-like thing is a Rock Golem?”

“Yeah, that’s it.”

“I thought that golems would have hands and feet more like humans ...”

Ryo’s knowledge came from Earth.

Even though there was no historical fact that there were golems on Earth.

A 『golem』 is a moving mud doll that originally appeared in Jewish folklore.

Well, housing a soul in the soil and moving it or making it from a person, they remained in myths and folklore all over the world, so perhaps there used to be golems on Earth ...

“Oh, those that are moved via alchemy have that shape. I’ve heard that there is a country in the west that has a golem squad. But, naturally occurring golems have various shapes ... I guess the golems here formed from those rocks.”

As soon as Abel said that, he turned around and slashed with his sword.

Kakin.

Golems were firing stones behind too.

“”

Ryo created an Ice Wall behind as well.

“Now that I think about it, there were such rocks in the place where we passed by. Did they wake up?”

After saying that, Ryo generated Ice Wall 10 layers in the sky one after another, dropped them, and pressed them against the ground.

Ryo noticed.

Only the Rock Golem that Abel kicked down had stopped moving since then.

“Abel, I’ve defeated 11 for the time being.”

“11? Hn? But there were 12?”

“Yeah, the one that Abel kicked down first had stopped moving.”

Ryo said and pointed to the golem that Abel kicked down.

“Yeah ... it certainly isn’t moving.”

After dispelling the defensive Ice Wall, the two of them approached the toppled golem.

Abel touched the golem with the tip of his sword but there was no reaction at all.

“Why did it stop moving...?”

“Maybe it stopped working due to Abel’s terrific kicking technique. Abel should stop being a swordsman and become a grappler!”

“What is a grappler? In any case, it wasn’t such a great kick.”

Abel’s kick was more of a knock-down kick rather than a damaging kick.

It was a push with the sole of his foot ... almost like a professional wrestling kick.

Against a human opponent, just kicking the solar plexus would deal damage, but such a kick would not deal any damage to a golem made of stone.

“Perhaps ...”

Ryo crouched down and carefully examined the lower part of the Rock Golem, which was originally in contact with the ground.

He was hypothesizing if the golem was supplied with some sort of energy from the ground and could only receive it with the lower part of the golem.

The source of that suspicion was the non-contact smartphone charging technology.

He remembered wondering on Earth if he installed that technology on the floor or the walls of his house, he wouldn’t need a power outlet for home appliances ... when he saw the golem that turned over and stopped moving, his mind went to that.

On the golem ... there was certainly something.

“Abel, look at this.”

Ryo showed Abel the spot.

“Is that ... a magic stone?”

A small glimpse of a yellow magic stone was visible from the part where the golem was originally in contact with the ground.

“Should we dig it out of the golem?”

“Yeah. But a Rock Golem is tough. My combat art Perfect Pierce could do it but ...”

“It’s okay, it will take some time but there is a spell that is just right for this in Water-Attribute Magic. ”

A spell that he thought wouldn’t be useful for defeating Rock Golems, but would be just right for dismantling, even if it took some time.

Since he didn’t know how big the buried magic stone was, he carefully scraped off the surrounding rock.

After about 10 minutes, he succeeded in retrieving the magic stone.

It was a palm-sized yellow magic stone.

“This is ... pretty big.”

It was a shocking magic stone even for Abel, who had defeated countless monsters and gathered countless magic stones.

The value of a magic stone was determined by its size, color, and shade.

The larger the size, the greater the value. Generally, stronger monsters have larger magic stones.

The colors had their corresponding magical attribute. Red for fire, blue for water.

And the shade depends, in general, on how long the monster lived since it was born, the duration, and its experience. The more experience it has, the darker it becomes, and the darker it is, the higher the value.

“The size is perfect. The color is yellow, so it has Earth Attribute. Its shade is also surprisingly dark. It probably defeated the monsters that intruded here for a long time.”

Abel said while looking at the golem’s magic stone.

“Ooo, so this is the loot for this battle. Abel should carry it.”

“Me?”

“Yes, since my clothes don’t have pockets.”

“O-oh.”