Formation: Dragon Killer\nâSo, what are we aiming for here?â
âIsnât it obvious? Weâre getting this golemâs humongous eye!â
It was probably a cheap move, but Nero had no intention to go against it . It didnât seem to be its weak spot though, but it was still better than trying to punch through the metallic armor which completely covers the golem, making it like an iron castle .
Right at that moment, the golemâs head was facing them, possibly to see their newly arrived intruders . The crimson light shining through the lens was inorganic and mechanical . However, they could not help but feel the power hidden in it .
Without hesitation, Kai dashed away from the golemâs shoulder at full speed, still under the effects of his martial arts, aiming for the golemâs single eye . Nero followed him one step behind him âno, it would be more precise to say he was half a step away from Kai .
Even for an ancient golem of this size, the eye was only a mere ten meters away from the shoulder . There was no doubt that the two of them could make that distance in an instant as if carried by the wind . Even without the aid from the harbinger skeletons, the chimera army wouldnât have been able to block their path at all .
âTake this! âUltima Slashâ!â
Kaiâs âBuster Swordâ shone brightly with an aura that looked as if it was wrapped in blue flames as he raised it over his head . Kaiâs martial skill was quite straightforward, but still quite dreadfully fast and strong . Swords are ideal for using martial skills .
The blade, which fell upon its target like a blue meteor, struck right in the middle of the golemâs shining red eye . \n
ââŠWhoa! Itâs hard!â
Kaiâs yelling came right after its attack .
In his head, Nero wouldnât even have gotten the chance to do anything, because his own attack would have split the golemâs head in half . But what happened instead was that the attack didnât even cut through the eyeâs lens .
The lens over the golemâs single eye seems to have been made of brittle glass at first glance, but it actually was a refined ancient material . In other words, it could not be reproduced in modern times, and yet it boasted great performance, being a light, hard, and beautiful material .
Perhaps the lens had been refined to that degree in order to protect the eyeball, which must have been more fragile than the golemâs body . It was by no means your average weak spot .
âThat should be enough for me to break through it, Kai . â
Therefore, Nero had no complaints about Kaiâs attack .
A vertical scar-like line was left on the lens on the spot where Kai had hit it with his sword . Thatâs where Nero pointed his Spirit Sword âWhite King Cherry Blossomâ which he held in his right hand .
Normally, that sword would shine in silver light, but at that moment it was wrapped in a dazzling white light due to the martial skill imbued in it .
ââBeheading Gleamâ . â
Neroâs two most used martial skills are âFlashâ and âInstant Flashâ . The former was best suited for short-range attacks, while the latter was used when he needed to attack from a longer range . Particularly, Neroâs opponents would usually meet their ends the moment he used âInstant Flashâ to cut them down from afar with the unmatched accuracy and tremendous force of light . \nNero himself considered his âInstant Flashâ to be the best way for him to deal with small fry, which is why that martial skill is his forte .
However, the two martial skills that Nero had thoroughly trained in Avalon day and night since childhood were âLone Flashâ and âBeheading Gleamâ . To be more precise, those two techniques werenât taught by any swordmaster, but instead were based on incomplete techniques taught by a shrine maiden that had been working at the Temple of Pandora âThe Society of Fireâ in Avalon Royal Castle for 300 years . The martial skills, which he then named âLone Flashâ and âBeheading Gleamâ, were arguably superior to his âFlashâ and âInstant Flashâ .
The âLone Flashâ used to slice off Greed-Goreâs shell was superior to his âInstant Flashâ, so the âBeheading Gleamâ he was using against the golem was definitely a superior sword martial skill than his âFlashâ .
Nero realized that he had yet to master that skill since it still takes him some time to use it . However, once he finished, he created a tremendously powerful sword of light .
The pure white shine of his sword gleamed, carving through the golemâs lens . His horizontal strike overlaps with the vertical scar Kai had left on it before, making a cross pattern on the lens .
The lens, which was much thicker than it seemed to be, shattered into pieces the moment the cross was cut .
Then, as its remains came crumbling down, Nero drove his sword into the eye .
ââCrimson Lotusâ . â
That was one of Neroâs Blade Skills, the Force Edge âCrimson Lotusâ . As its name suggests, his blade casts a bright red light, much like Kaiâs âBuster Swordâ .
This Blade Skill is not used for slicing or chopping down an enemy . Instead, it specializes in complete destruction by overheating its target until it bursts into flame . \nUsing the momentum of his âBeheading Gleamâ, Nero took his sword in his left hand and used his âCrimson Lotusâ to attack the unprotected eye .
The burning blade sank deep into the shining red eye . Its red light started flickering, indicating that at that moment it had ceased functioning as a camera .
ââRiot of a Hundred Flamesâ . â
Neroâs last attack was an exclusive Blade Skill . His blade itself turns into a massive explosion of fire, befitting his class name, âLord Knightâ .
The golemâs single eye slowly began to lose its color, and the deep crimson radiance of âCrimson Lotusâ started to emanate from it, almost as if it had absorbed all of the eyeâs red light .
By the time the red light had started turning to white, both Nero and Kai left the golemâs head .
Still under the effects of âSonic Walkerâ, both of them use their superhuman jumping ability to leap back to the castle walls by stepping on the nothingness of mid-air once again .
The golem had been advancing while being under attack, so there was no need for using the Blackbird as a scaffolding since the golem was closer to the castle walls .
However, even with those incredible abilities, they werenât able to get back to the corridor on top of the wall and instead landed on the vertical side of the wall itself .
Not surprisingly, the Rank 5 Lord Knights stand on the side of the Galahad castle walls as naturally as ever . For those capable of using such dashing martial skills, there was little difference in effort between walking on the academyâs corridors and walking vertically on the castle walls .
After making sure he had successfully landed on the side of the wall, and that Kai didnât mess up and fall and was, in fact, standing right next to him, Nero looked up and saw the golemâs face bursting into flames . \nâRiot of a Hundred Flamesâ, which is derived from âCrimson Lotusâ, is the simple effect of causing an explosion, which is not different from a regular Fire Magic attack . However, even though thereâs a magic skill that produces the same effect, its execution, casting, and activation are different .
Nero was looking for an instantaneous explosion, so he came up with a way to amplify that effect by chaining a hundred ignitions together within his âCrimson Lotusâ .
The hundred detonations were triggered as soon as he was done activating his skill . A hundred lights could be seen lighting up on the golemâs face just before the wave of explosions began .
Naturally, it was not safe to trigger such powerful explosions right after stabbing the target with âCrimson Lotusâ . The time before the chain of explosions start can be controlled by changing the skillâs execution speed . One could say this effect is like a âMagic Fuseâ used to control the time before the hundred explosions are triggered .
That way, the blade stuck in the golemâs eye by the effect of âCrimson Lotusâ changed into a series of explosions at the exact time set by Nero, destroying the eye in the process . No, rather than just the eye, itâs probably safe to assume that the explosions disabled other functions of the golemâs head .
They couldnât see anything past the black smoke that resulted from the explosions, so they canât tell just how much damage was done to the head . But at least they can see that it wasnât enough to stop the ancient golem . The golemâs legs, big as two ancient trees, were still carrying it forward .
âFinish it off, Charlotte . â
Nero was just talking to himself, but her childhood friend had reacted as if she had heard him . At that very moment, there was a flash of red lightning on Galahad Fortress . \nââLightning Spadaâ!â\n