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Summoning Circle
I wonder if it’d let us summon Livyatan during battle?
But wait a bit. Something’s strange.
“The external pattern still disappeared, though… Hmm?”
When I looked closely, Ar-niisama’s right hand only had the inner part of the summoning circle appearing.
And it was also drawn little by little as if it was carved by time.
“Could it be… charging time?”
Inside fighting games, if we were to save up on some time—called as the charging time—we’d be able to draw out a signature move.
I wonder if the summoning circle on the back of Ar-niisama’s hand was the same thing as that?
The outer circumference of the summoning circle was slowly rising to the surface there, as if the hand of the clock was advancing.
Which means—
“Ar-niisama, perhaps, once the summoning circle has appeared completely, you’d be able to summon Livyatan, or so I think.”
“…A semi-transparent window appeared just now. Water Lance, Aqua Breath… These are Livyatan’s attacks, huh?”
“If you were to summon Livyatan, you’ll be able to use their attacks.”
“I see. Is that so? But first, with this sword—”
Ar-niisama had clad his sword in his magic and was facing against the golem who was about to emerge from the crevice any time now.
Frank-san also stood ready so that he would be able to fight whenever needed.
“Frank.”
“What is it, Gramps?”
“The guardian golem may not be able to be destroyed.”
“What do you mean?”
“In the legend, that’s not just an ordinary golem, it was said to be an ancient artifact. If it were true, then it might not be able to be destroyed by human powers.”
I nodded at Priest Rou’s words.
“Certainly, it quickly recovered after an attack just now.”
I see, it was an ancient artifact, so I wasn’t able to defeat it.
Hearing that, Frank-san scratched his corn-like hair.
Luan wasn’t there at the moment, so he was able to scratch it to his heart’s content.
“…If that’s the case, how do we go about defeating it?”
“About that, you see, you’re the one who’s been an adventurer for many years, so shouldn’t you know more? Is there no way to defeat it?”
“Even if you say so. …Let’s put aside whether or not we’d be able to defeat it by fighting it with all our might, we can only try now, don’t you think? –It’s coming out right now, what a timing.”
Frank-san, who was talking with Priest Rou, then lowered his waist and took a stance.
“For now, let’s receive this fellow. Surging Fist!”
Frank-san attacked the golem with his killer technique, Surging Fist. It was the technique that defeated the giant Armored Insect back at the Graham village, and it was an attack that transmitted waves through one’s body, the tougher the enemy, the more damage it’d receive.
So, I don’t think that the golem will have the time to regenerate with this attack, but…
Receiving the attack, the golem staggered a little bit.
However, his body shone in silver in an instant, and it walked again as if nothing had happened before.
“Oi, oi. It wasn’t effective at all, was it?”
“—I’ll try next.”
Virna-san readied herself with two thin swords that she wielded with both of her hands.
“I can’t see any weak points… If that’s the case, I should defeat it by attacking many times over.”
“That’s right, let’s go.”
“Yeah.”
Amanda-san and Ar-niisama also used their magical swords to attack the golem.
Although the golem was made of crystals, it didn’t mean that we couldn’t damage its body at all. Little by little, the three’s swords managed to scrape the golem’s body.
But each time the golem’s worn-out and breaking body shone, the damaged body was restored.
Frank-san and Noir also participated in the battle, but no matter how much damage we managed to deal, we couldn’t defeat the golem.
I should also aim at its head—
“Wind Arrow!”
The wind arrows attacked the golem.
But the golem shone in silver and was restored again.
“…Not good. It’s not effective at all.”
Even if we attacked it like this, we still couldn’t defeat it…
As expected, it was just like what Priest Rou said, we might not be able to defeat it for real…
“I see. If the magical crystals were really its source of power, no matter how damaged it gets, it will be restored, huh?”
Priest Rou put his hand on his chin as he stared not at the golem, but at the direction of the crack.
“Hm. Then, we should just seal it once more. …Frank! Help me out!”
“Did you come up with a good idea, Gramps?”
“I’m thinking of sealing it again. If you and I were to do it, then we should be able to manage it somehow.”
“You’re as sloppy as always. Anyway, let’s go inside that crack, then.”
“No, there’s no need for that.”
In response to Frank-san’s suggestion, Ar-niisama shook his head. Then, he put up his right hand to show it off.
“Let’s summon Livyatan. Let’s settle this in one go.”
Livyatan’s summoning circle that was on the back of his hand was in perfect form, and it was shining now.