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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Mod7
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I had disabled the Colossus, but there was no treasure chest. It was just a gate to the demon world, after all.
Who would hide treasure in a gate?
We left without entering the demon world. There was no point.
The exploration was over.
I returned to my apartment to find it in ruins.
There were clear signs of a struggle, a gaping hole in the wall suggesting a battle had taken place.
But that wasn’t the problem. Hessia was gone.
“Hessia?”
I called out her name, my heart pounding.
I saw the broken window and realized that Janet must have jumped out with Hessia.
I jumped out the window and immediately sensed a barrier. There was another space beyond it.
My Combat Intuition told me so.
I drew my sword and swung it. I felt something give way, like a thin membrane tearing.
It was a double-layered barrier.
‘Any barrier can be broken with enough force.’
That’s what I had learned in class.
The problem was, I had almost no mana left after powering up the Colossus.
I summoned the Colossus from my shadow.
“Break this barrier.”
The Colossus nodded and slammed its fist into the barrier repeatedly. The seemingly impenetrable barrier shattered.
And through the opening, I saw Hessia, Janet, and Lien. And Kanion, along with the Dark Spirit King.
Kanion’s body was covered in burns, but I recognized him. I quickly understood the situation.
‘That bastard… he’s become a villain.’
And he had attacked Lien, Hessia, and Janet. They were like family to me.
‘And he was careless enough to get burned by Hessia’s breath.’
Even though he was the one who had attacked first, I was furious. He had crossed the line.
“Attack.”
I gave the command without hesitation. The Colossus’s fist slammed into Kanion, crushing him.
But the Dark Spirit King moved to protect him. It was a massive, shadowy figure with eyes and a mouth.
It was a Spirit King. I couldn’t be careless.
“Put me down. And eliminate those two.”
The Colossus nodded and gently set me down on the ground.
“Ethan! Ethan…! Waaaaah!”
“It’s okay, Hessia. I’m here.”
Hessia ran towards me, tears streaming down her face. I hugged her and patted her back, then turned my attention to the Dark Spirit King.
It was a formidable opponent, difficult to damage without mana.
Arthur had defeated it with his golden mana in the original story.
The Dark Spirit King extended a shadowy tendril towards the Colossus, protecting Kanion. It moved with incredible speed, like a projectile. The Colossus countered with its fist.
Bam!
The fist crushed the shadowy tendril like clay. The spirit was flattened against the ground.
“H-how?!”
Normally, a dark spirit would simply disperse and reform, its physical form intangible, like a Logia-type Devil Fruit user in One Piece.
But the Colossus was made of Adamantium.
And Adamantium nullified magic. The Dark Spirit King had taken the full force of the blow.
The Colossus, without hesitation, kicked the flattened spirit. It let out a pathetic shriek.
―Gyaaaah!
The darkness coalesced into a ball and bounced off the barrier like a ball, then crashed to the ground, creating a cloud of dust and debris.
“Get up! Get up, you useless Spirit King!”
The Dark Spirit King, flattened against the ground, looked like a slime. As it tried to reform, the Colossus kicked it again.
Bam!
The spirit crashed against the barrier, then fell, its impact shattering a nearby building.
It didn’t matter. This was all happening inside the barrier.
“What the…!”
Kanion’s legs trembled. He could barely stand.
“Ethan! Undead, spirits, swordsmanship, and now a giant golem! Who the hell are you?!”
Kanion’s eyes were bloodshot, his voice filled with rage. I shrugged.
“I don’t know, asshole. I don’t even know who this Ethan is.”
Kanion gritted his teeth and turned to his spirit.
“Get him! Kill him!”
Dozens of shadowy tendrils snaked out from the spirit, wrapping around the Colossus.
The spirit had taken the form of a giant kraken. It was a colossal monster, rampaging through the city.
Unable to dodge, it had switched to a more aggressive tactic.
The Colossus struggled, its limbs bound by the shadowy tentacles. It grabbed one of the tentacles and ripped it apart.
The severed tentacle fell to the ground, writhing like a worm. The Colossus crushed it beneath its foot and roared.
The ground trembled. The two giants, locked in combat, looked like something out of a kaiju movie.
The Colossus charged, its fist slamming into the kraken’s head. The kraken’s head caved in.
It tried to restrain the Colossus with its tentacles, but the Colossus simply ripped them off, one by one.
“Wow… so cool…”
Hessia’s eyes sparkled with admiration. Even I, a veteran of the military, felt a surge of excitement.
My childhood dream was coming true.
The severed tentacles merged back into the main body.
The kraken, realizing it was no match for the Colossus, transformed into a dragon. It looked like a Black Dragon, with its massive wings.
But the Colossus didn’t hesitate. It punched the dragon in the face.
Bam!
Two fifteen-meter tall giants were fighting in the middle of the city.
I had no regrets, even after depleting most of my mana.
The dragon crashed to the ground, crushing several buildings.
Crash!
As it struggled to get up, the Colossus’s fist slammed into its body.
“Fly! Fly, you useless lizard!”
Kanion screamed, his voice filled with rage. The dragon’s tail wrapped around the Colossus’s leg, tripping it.
The Colossus fell backwards with a deafening crash.
The dragon, seizing the opportunity, shook its head and lunged, its jaws open wide, ready to tear into the Colossus.
Could even Adamantium withstand those teeth?
My worry was unfounded.
The Colossus caught the dragon’s jaws, its massive hands gripping its upper and lower jaws.
They struggled, their feet digging into the ground.
Then, the Colossus took a step forward and ripped the dragon’s jaws apart.
It wasn’t just its jaws. The Colossus tore the dragon in half, like ripping a piece of paper.
And with that, the Dark Spirit King was defeated.
The severed head of the dragon fell to the ground, twitching. Spirits, like demons and Demon Kings, could be killed.
The twitching stopped.
“No…! No! This is impossible!”
Kanion collapsed, his face contorted in despair. He had been fighting even before I arrived.
‘It’s a shame… With the Dark Spirit King, I could have created a transforming robot…’
I thought about the possibilities, but I had to focus on the task at hand.
The devastated city, Lien’s mangled body, my destroyed undead army, and Kanion.
“I’d love to torture you and give you to the assassins as a plaything, but…”
But seeing Hessia’s terrified face, I couldn’t bring myself to imprison him. And I didn’t want to resurrect him as an undead.
Hessia wouldn’t like that.
“Ethan! Ethaaan—!”
Kanion struggled to his feet, his sword pointed at me.
“Hessia, go home with Janet.”
“B-but…!”
“Go. Be a good girl.”
“O-okay!”
I didn’t want her to see this. Janet took Hessia’s hand and led her out of the barrier.
“Ethan! This isn’t over!”
“No, it’s not. So don’t think you can die so easily.”
He charged at me, his sword raised. Our blades clashed.
But he was exhausted, his spirit defeated, and he had already lost to me once.
He was no match for me.
I raised my sword and brought it down in a swift, vertical slash. His sword flew through the air, landing a short distance away.
“You went too far.”
My eyes narrowed. My blade sliced through his body diagonally. Kanion collapsed.
“Runtar, cauterize the wound.”
Kanion looked up at me, his eyes wide with fear, his breath coming in ragged gasps. A small flame appeared on his chest.
He screamed.
“If Lien can’t be repaired, you’ll suffer the same fate.”
I walked over to Lien. His red eyes were dim. If he had only lost a limb or two, he could have regenerated them.
He could have simply held the severed limbs against the wounds.
“Rise.”
I used my Necromancy. I didn’t have much mana left after powering up the Colossus.
But it was enough to heal Lien.
Lien absorbed my remaining mana, and his severed limbs reattached themselves. The light returned to his eyes. He stood up, his halberd in hand.
“Lien… are you okay?”
“My lord… I almost failed to protect Hessia.”
I bit my lip. Lien knelt before me.
“Please… kill me…”
“Don’t say that. I’m glad you’re okay. Let’s go home.”
I sighed and looked at the Colossus. Lien also looked at the giant.
“A new family member.”
“Yeah, a new family member.”
“What’s its name?”
I grinned. I had been debating between “King Kong” and “Evangelion.”
“Obelisk.”
It seemed like a fitting name. The Colossus roared, as if acknowledging its new name.
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Lmao the golem can use haki.
Obelisk the Tormentor?