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Chapter 17 - Chapter 17: That Thing Can Talk?!

Saiba runs and swings at the Golem. He lands a hit, but it deals no damage as the sword bounces off of its hard body. Saiba tries and the same thing happens. He jumps back to think of a new plan. Argus takes this opportunity to slowly waddle over to Saiba and slam both arms down while growling,

"Ground Pound!"

Saiba manages to roll away due to the slow speed of the attack. Although Argus is very strong and durable, it sacrifices his speed and dexterity. Surprised, Saiba, shouts,

"It can talk?!"

The attack leaves two cracks in the ground. Saiba dashes away even more to create more distance between him and Argus as he brings his sword up and begins to gather Dark energy.

Argus stomps over to Saiba, creating small tremors with every step. The Golem takes too long as Saiba swing his sword down and shouts,

"Crimson Strike!"

A wave of crimson light appears and hits Argus straight down the middle. The room flashes with a crimson glow which temporarily blinds anyone in the vicinity.

As the light clears, the rocky beast can still be seen standing. He only suffered an average crack down his upper body and about twenty percent of his HP was lost. Argus roars and holds both hands out in the air. Rubble starts to accumulate forming into a large boulder. He raises his arms and throws the large rock at Saiba while growling,

"Boulder Toss!"

Saiba is barely able to dodge to the side as the rock grazes him, leaving a cut on his left arm. He hops back and comes up with another plan. He brings his arms up and quickly brings his arms back down. This releases a smaller, slower moving crimson wave. He shouts,

"Mini Crimson Strike!"

He then brings his arms back up, this time gathering more Dark magic than before. He brings his arms down and shouts,

"Mega Crimson Strike!"

This time, it's bigger and faster than usual. The two waves are travelling straight towards Argus' arm. The larger catches up to the smaller one as it begins to push it into the Golem's arm. Saiba shouts,

"Dual Crimson Strike: Mini and Mega!"

The room fills with crimson light once again. It clears and reveals Argus standing there, but his left arm is sitting on the ground, separated from him. He lets out a low growl as he loses an additional forty percent of HP.

The cave walls start to break down and fly towards Argus as he roars,

"Stone Regeneration!"

The cave pieces all form an even bigger version of Argus's arm as he growls once more. Saiba is at a loss for what to do. He sees Argus slowly sinking into the ground. Before completely being swallowed, the stone monster growls,

"Cave Fusion!"

He has now become a part of the cave itself as his arm sprouts right under Saiba and grabs him. Saiba tries to get out, but the grip is too tight. He gets thrown against the wall as he hits it and falls on the ground. He leaves a dent in the wall and takes a good amount of damage.

Saiba slowly tries to get up, but then the ground starts to shake, making Saiba off-balance. Rubble starts to fall from the ceiling as Saiba expertely manages to dodge and deflect the falling projectiles. The shaking gets even stronger and even bigger pieces are falling now.

Saiba somehow dodges a few before getting trapped under a pile of rubble. He tries to get out, but the shaking reaches its peak while Argus shouting,

"Rocky Tremors!"

The rubble pile grows and Saiba is nowhere to be seen.

Lily takes a peek inside and sees that the bottom layer of the cave is now just boulders and rock pieces. She calls for Saiba but there's no answer. Saiba is trapped under the rubble and lying on the ground as he's slowly losing consciousness.

He whispers quietly,

"What do I do now..."