5 hours pass and the monsters on the cliff haven't moved, we have patched everyone up and those incapables of fighting are sent home while the 4 monsters watch, it made us nervous as there was no movement from them. Guild Master, Mister Gi, platinum adventurers and my party along with 2 other party making us 20 as we kept watch on the monsters on the cliff.
Gi is restless, "Still no movement, even after 5 hours. Are they waiting for something."
Adventurer runs over, "Guild master, we've sent the injured away."
Guild Master turns to the adventurer, "Good job, how many people are left?"
Adventurer answers though trembling, they are watching. "C…C…C…Currently 800. But most of them are D to A rank."
Guild Master nods, "That's good news, you may leave." Adventurer leaves quickly, guild master continues to speak, "800 with most of them being in D rank to A rank, that's not a bad number."
Gi still doubts, "You think we can win with that number against those monsters?"
Guild Master, "*Sighs* Honestly I'd like to end the raid and not fight that thing but, if it gets to the surface, it will cause a lot of trouble. We'll have to fight it here and defeat it."
The Platinum adventurers' female mage, "It's 800 against 4, I think we can win with that number." She looks convinced.
Guild Master gives a wry smile, "I hope so." He shouts across the room, "EVERYONE! GET READY!" all the adventurers ready themselves in battle stance ready to fight, then something strange happens. The monsters who've been sitting there this entire time start moving, they start descending the cliff by running down on a steep cliff leaving afterimages.
Gi starts to cast a spell, "Darkness descends on the earth." A storm forms in the dungeon as he continues, "I beseech the earth to move." 5 magic circles appear above the 4 monsters "Lightening descend upon the earth and smite my foes down. LIGHTENING STORM." Lightening falls around the 4 monsters in about a 30-meter radius, "1 more time. Fire of the sky, heed my command. I summon you, dance on the earth and lay waste to it. FIRE STORM!" another 5 magic circles surround Gi as it breaks (Activates) and a fire storm form in the thunder storm as now pillars of fire fall and dance on the ground as lightning strikes the 4 and they are caught in the midst of it all.
NOTICE: PERSPECTIVE SWITCH TO GUILD MASTER
The adventures fire a lot of spells as it hits them as I lead the charge, the monster that seems to be the leader opens its mouth and tries speak but then stops as it holds its throat, the other 3 monsters protect it but the leader monster seems to be in shock.
Guild Master's thoughts, "It seems to be intelligent, now that I'm drawing near, I can see it's humanoid. I…Is it actually trying to communicate? Maybe there's a way to resolve this peacefully. I have to stop everyo- " A spell lands on the monster leader as the other monsters turn and look at it, it was a piercing attack as the leader seems to be bleeding. The monsters exude a terrifying aura as 1 makes a sword and charges towards us but the 2 remain to support the leader.
Guild Master's thoughts, "Damn it, it's impossible to resolve this now." The monster with the sword charges at them, "I'll have to defeat this one as quickly as possible. I'll use my martial ski- WHAT!?" the monster jumps over them as it turns mid-air, it was about to land within the adventures but then it starts to walk on air as it charges to the back of our forces.
I try to warn Gi, "GI!!! DAMN IT!" I turn around and jump really far back as I'm close to the monster.
Gi starts chanting a spell, "I call forth the air of the sky, be my wings and let me reach the sky. FLIGHT!" GI lifts off the earth as he flies but the monster is about to pursue when I'm right behind it.
I activate my skills, "Martial art. Giant's punch!" I punch the monster in its back *CRACK* as it's blown away to the ground and slides on its face.
I feel pain shoot through my hands, "Damn it, my hand is broken from hitting it. That's not flesh, it's like rock or even metal."
Gi flies over to me, "Guild Master, you're hurt. Goddess of life, hear my voice and provide healing onto your subjects. HEAL. Are you alright?"
I stand straight as I look at the monster, "Yeah, that thing. When I punched it…..it didn't feel like hitting flesh, it felt like hitting a rock or metal."
Gi is surprised, "You mean that's a golem?"
I affirm his claim, "Yeah, and the one their protecting must be their master."
Gi is even more surprised, "But I've never seen a golem like this before, golems are normally bigger and slower."
I thought so too but this golem is nothing like the ones I've seen, "Yeah, if not for my skills I might not have caught up to it." *BOOOOOM* an explosion occurs behind them as the 2 monsters stop protecting the leader and attacks, by now Gi's spells had ended.
I turn to Gi, "Let's deal with this one then before the others."
Gi nods with a smile, "I just hope they can hold on for us." The golem stands on its feet as it cracks its neck, it stares at Gi then at me, it gives a creepy smile then it jumps but not far up as turns its leg behind it and it stomps on the air. It flies towards us with incredible speeds.
I stand before Gi as I ready myself to block it, "WALL OF EVULGENCE" my body hardens as I sense Gi giving me a blessing (Buffs) and ready to block an attack I cannot see. *BOOOM* I'm hit in my chest very hard as I cough blood and he slide back with Gi still flying.
The golem speaks, "Impressive, I never expected you to be this strong."
Gi is shocked, "You can talk!"
'Golem' starts to walk to us, "No I can sing."
Gi humps as he takes a potion, "Hmph, you think just because a golem can talk, you're so smart."
The 'Golem' speaks, "I'm not a golem."
This surprises me a lot, "Then who are you?"
The 'Golem' seems to brush its hair from its eyes, "I'm an automaton."
Gi and I are surprised, we couldn't mention its name properly. "Aurosalon!"
The Aurosalon tilts its head, "The word I said never had the letter 's' in it, are you really that stupid. Automaton, A, U, T, O, M, A, T, O, N. Automaton."
I reply to it, "Automaton huh." I used a skill that gives me great speed as I aimed to punched it with Gi firing lightening at it. Automaton moves towards me as I open my eyes wide in shock and Automaton kicks me away. Automaton makes ice spears and fires it at Gi who makes a shield.
I land on my back surprised it could see me after using my skill, "How…How can you see me?"
Automaton gives a smug grin, "It was obvious you were planning something, not to mention your speed. You're too slow." Automaton flickers as he appears looming over me, scaring me greatly as it's about to stomp me into the ground. But an adventurer appears with a spear and thrusts at Automaton. Automaton catches the spear between its fingers, pulls the spear along with the adventurer, grabs his head and smash him into the ground, turning his head into paste as his blood falls on my face.
More adventurers start to gather around Automaton trying to surround him.
Automaton speaks in an eerie voice, "ABYSS MAGIC > ABYSS LIGHT BEAM." Automaton points 2 fingers over his shoulders as a beam of light comes out but then he swings his hand in a 180 degree to his other shoulder slashing all the adventurers withing 10 meters of Automaton in 2. I watch in horror as my people slaughtered, I couldn't even move to save one of them.
I stare at the bodies around me, "H…H….Ho…How is this- " I couldn't finish as I hears it speak.
Automaton stretches his hand, "ABYSS MAGIC > ABYSSAL ELEMENTAL FIREBALL." Balls of fire appear around Automaton about 13 and fires around Automaton, rather than the fireball exploding, it moves around from one person to another as anyone hit has a gaping hole through them, those with defensive skills and magic all died in 1 hit.
Gi descends as he tries to stop the fireballs, "Why are you doing this?"
Automaton taps what seems to be clothes, "I need a change of clothes so I'm looking for a clothes store." Everyone around Automaton thought, 'HUH!!!' but then Automaton laughs, "Hahahahahaha, you hurt my master, so I want you dead." He jumps and appears before Gi,
Gi is startled as he tries to protect himself, "NA- "*BOOOOM* his head is blown off with a punch as his headless body falls down, the adventurers fire spells at Automaton but he vanishes with an ice sword in his hand. He swings it as those hit by the sword are turned into ice sculptors and fall into pieces, he raises his hand and releases streams of fire like a dragon's breath burning the adventurers to ash. I'm filled with fear as my mind goes blank, I can't think of anything as the people around me are massacred while Automaton stares right into my eyes, I stand on my feet as fear makes me take a step back.
Automaton then speaks to me, "Do you regret attacking my master?" Everyone around us is already dead leaving only me and it, it speaks. "My master was happy to see people but what happened? Master is attacked when you give the signal for us to meet, we assumed your shout to 'get ready' was for us to meet, but you attack us when we did nothing wrong. I've learned a lot from this." He looks over me to the battle behind me making sure his 'master' is safe.
My voice shakes, "W..Who…..a….are….y..you…people?"
Automaton looks back at me, "Us? We're nobodies, we're just...travelling." Automaton starts walking towards me, "I sense EP movement around you, what might it be?"
My thoughts, "It must be my teleportation scroll, it must have activated when I lost heart." and I speaks, "EP? What's that?"
Automaton tilts his head, ".... I'll just kill you." He moves quickly and swings his ice sword down as a magic circle appears beneath me, Automaton jumps back and throws the ice sword at me. I feel it stab my ribs as I vanishes with the sword.
Automaton lands tilts his head, "So that was an escape skill, or was it magic, or artifact." He continues back to where the main fight is happening.
I appear before the guild building with an ice sword piercing my right rib close to my waist. The effect of turning targets into ice is nearly gone since Automaton wasn't supplying it with energy due to distance.
A female passerby notices me, "AAAHHHHH!." People gather to see the me in a horrible condition as I faint. Healers gather to help him as much as they can. The Ice sword became a treasure for the adventurers' guild as it was kept as a treasure, it would have been a wonderful sword if only it could be wielded without freezing the wielder.
[AU: INFO
- Well, he is one of the lucky ones.
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