Damion-"So by testing out the robot, I assume you mean fight it?"
Julius-"Yep"
Damion-"Are you sure? I don't want to break it"
Julius-"It's alright, I've got the whole thing memorized now so it will be easy to make more"
Voice-"Correct. From now on you can quickly create these golem robots using your technology skill and then animate them with your earth skill"
Julius-"Damion, are you ready for a test fight?"
Damion-"Sure"
Julius-"Okay my um, I guess I should just call it a robogolem right?"
Damion-"You could name it"
Julius-"I don't think i'm going to do that. I'll workshop what to call them later. For now though, robogolem attack"
The robogolem begins moving with the sounds of electric motors buzzing and hydraulic pistons pushing. The robogolem looks at Damion who has entered a battle stance. The robogolem then proceeds to rush towards Damion at the speed of a race car and Damion dodges out of the way.
Damion-"Not very fast, but still faster than a normal golem I think"
The golem turns around and swings its long arms at super sonic speed with Damion narrowly dodging the attack.
Julius-"It's travel speed is low but it's attack speed in much higher"
Julius(in his head)-"Although it's travel speed would be considered very fast in my world, that raises a question"
The robogolem swings its arms several more times at Damion. The extra elbows results in the strikes being whip like. Damion is having trouble dodging and has to block a couple of this hits.
Julius(in his head)-"A lot of people seem to travel faster than sound in this world but they aren't causing sonic booms everywhere they go. Why is that?"
Damion dashes backwards to avoid the robogolem's strikes.
Voice-"As I've said before, this universe's laws of physics vary from your own. This planet and its atmosphere are infused with magical energy that disperses energy and pressure to prevent mass destruction. Otherwise with how many powerful beings there are the world would be a wasteland if not outright destroyed"
Julius(in his head)-"So it's the same as how people's physical attributes are enhanced by magic except it's the surrounding area, interesting"
Voice-"Yes, for example the atomic explosion you created would have been dozens of times larger in your world than it was in this one"
Julius-"The atomic explosion you created, not me. I can tell I still have a lot more to learn about this world"
Damion is several meters away when the robogolem raises its hand to punch at Damion. It almost seems to hesitate as it struggles to choose between punching Damion or moving closer the swipe at him. Damion uses this opportunity to quickly close the gap between them.
Damion-"Dark skill: spacial unbinding"
Damion removes the space between the robogolem and the ground causing it to be slammed into the ground.
Damion-"It couldn't make up it's mind on what to do"
Julius-"It seems that the golem mind and the robot mind disagreed on what to do. The two mind's are out of sync which will limit its capabilities. I'll need to fix that"
The robogolem stands back up and resumes the fight. The robogolem uses the swivel on the torso to begin spinning rapidly. It then rotates the chest turbine upwards to push the air downwards to begin flying in the air.
Damion-"...what?"
Julius-"I gave the computer mind the ability to adapt in combat but I didn't think it would come up with something like that"
The robogolem dives towards Damion like a spinning top hovering several feet above the ground. Damion dodges out of the way again.
Damion-"What is this thing doing?"
The robogolem tilts itself backwards to change trajectory and dives towards Damion again. This continues multiple times with Damion dodging the attack over and over again.
Julius-"It's attempting to find the best attack strategy"
Damion-"And this is what it came up with?"
Julius-"The computer probably noticed the golem's interference with its earlier attack. Because of that, the computer is attempting an attack the golem couldn't interfere with by utilizing exclusively the electronic components.
The golem goes for another dive.
Damion-"Dark skill: air unbinding"
The air is separated from around the golem causing a thin vacuum around it. Due to no air going through the turbine, the golem falls to the ground.
Julius(in his head)-"I feel like Damion has a lot of potential with his unbinding skill that he doesn't realize"
Voice-"Damion's skill has a lot of potential"
The robogolem stands up again and activates the wheels on it's feet. With the air back around the robogolem, it activates its wind turbine and begins driving towards Damion. The golem part begins running with the legs causing the robogolem to trip and slide on the ground. Damion slowly sidesteps out of the way to allow the robogolem to slide past him into a tree.
Julius-"I think that's enough of the test. Robogolem, deactivate"
The robogolem turns off and its magic fades.
Damion-"Well, that failed"
Julius-"I clearly need to work on this some more. I'll get started on that right now"
Julius flies over towards the robogolem.
Julius-"Technology skill: renovation"
The robogolem begins glowing as Julius begins more work on it.
Damion-"I'll be here to help, and Joe too when he comes back"
Meanwhile Joe is on route to the explosion he heard. The closer he gets the louder the sounds he hears.
Joe-"What is causing all that noise?"
Joe is about to exit the clearing and then an orange beam passes over his head turning the tree behind him into ash. Joe ducks down as a response.
Joe-"That was close"
Joe looks forward and sees the battle taking place.
Joe-"What is going on over there?"
Joe focuses his eyes and sees the two battling"
Joe-"Wait is that? That's Adam and Elise!?"
Elise-"Evolved skill: sun's core!"
Elise creates a large ball of energy and throws it towards Adam. Adam raises his sword to slash through it.
Adam-"Evolved skill: crescent moon"
Adam slashes through the giant ball of energy.
Elise-"Evolved skill: Solar flare"
Elise creates a beam of energy that is launched towards her energy ball. As the ball is cut in half Adam's slash continues forward and cuts the beam in half. The two halves of the beam hit the two halves of the ball. They explode which launches Adam backwards into the ground. Adam sticks his feet into the ground as he flies backwards digging up rocks and dirt into the air.
Elise-"Evolved skill: shooting star"
Elise launches forward towards Adam. Adam blocks Elise's charge with his sword.
Elise-"Are you finished yet? You can still surrender"
Adam-"Of course not. You're small attacks are nothing I can't swat away"
Joe-"Hey guys"
Adam looks behind him to see Joe standing just a few feet behind him on the edge of the clearing.
Elise-"Oh hey Joe"
Elise backs away from Adam.
Adam-"Getting a little too close to the fight don't you think?"
Joe-"Well I was all the way over here. You just suddenly slammed down right in front of me"
Elise-"Dashing around at these fast speeds it's hard to stick in one spot"
Marigold-"It seems the human archer is here now"
Lucious-"So he is. That means the other two are alone now, that's very convenient for me"
End of chapter 54.