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< Snowy Night >
The Iron Golem’s fist and my fist collided head-on.
-Kwaaaaang!
The impact of the collision sent my body tumbling more than ten meters. The weight difference was unavoidable.
Unlike me, the iron golem stood firm in its place.
However, the guy’s condition could not be said to be all good.
Unlike my left arm, which was intact even though my bones were tingling, the golem’s right fist was half-crushed.
The golem looked back and forth between his fist and mine. For a moment, his eyes glowed even redder.
[Intruder risk level readjustment···.]
Hey, I don’t think you really need to do that.
[Activate self-recovery function.]
Slurp.
The Iron Golem’s crumpled fist returned to its original shape, and even became thicker.
I looked at the guy with a bewildered expression.
“Don’t you think your setup is a bit weird? Do you only do one of the two: magic or science fiction?”
Instead of answering, the iron golem charged at me.
Thump thump thump thump!
Considering its enormous weight, the Iron Golem wasn’t very fast. Like a matador facing a fighting bull, I waited until it got close and then dodged to the side.
At that moment, the Iron Golem twisted its body to the side, and the thrusters on its back spewed fire.
The iron golem suddenly appeared before my eyes and swung its fist.
-Hoooooooooo!
A fist as big as my torso passed over my head.
I lowered my body down and, in that state, dug into the embrace of the iron golem.
Wooooow!
I injected the mana gathered in the gauntlet on my left hand into the guy’s chest.
-Kwaaaaang!
The iron golem was thrown backwards and only stopped after hitting a wall.
I took a big bite, but my expression wasn’t very good.
“It’s so f*cking hard.”
Even though it was a decisive blow, the golem was able to get back up again without any problems.
To hit properly, you have to aim for the head… but realistically, it wasn’t easy.
[Intruder risk level readjusted···. Higher weapon functions disabled.]
The golem’s two fists, which had been shaped like iron fists, transformed into spears and began to rotate like a drill.
Wheeeeeeeeeeing!
The way you say it is also like that, at this point I think it would be more appropriate to call it an artificial intelligence robot rather than a golem.
The Iron Golem lunged at me again. The dent in its chest from my attack had already been almost completely restored.
I grumbled while rubbing my tingling left arm with my right hand.
“This is still too much.”
The attack just now wasn’t at the gauntlet’s maximum output.
It wasn’t even the maximum output, I think it was only about 10%.
But even just 10% put a significant strain on my body.
I knew it by instinct and experience.
If you pull out more than 15% of your strength, your arm will break.
If it’s over 20%, your left arm will be shattered.
I didn’t even want to think about it any further.
I have no intention of using it.
-Wheww!
The golem’s spear passed by my face by a span.
As the attack passed, a large gap appeared in the bastard’s side, but I didn’t bother to aim for it and instead stepped back.
If I was willing to risk losing an arm, I could easily destroy this guy.
But is it really necessary to do that?
A fierce fight where flesh and bone clash.
The victory achieved at the end.
The words are nice.
I’ve seen many superhumans fight like that and get injured, get sick, and eventually become disabled.
Nine out of ten of them became alcoholics or turned to drugs.
There were also cases where people blamed the world for forgetting their sacrifices and ended up becoming criminals.
They taught me many lessons.
Life is thin and long.
Stay healthy and don’t get sick.
Fight only fights you can definitely win.
Kwakwakwakwakwang!
A revolving window passed me and pierced the wall. I dove sideways.
Boom! Boom bang bang bang bang!
The iron golem chased me, leaving the cave in ruins.
But I observed the guy’s attack patterns as I tried to get out of there.
At the same time, I was running simulations in my head.
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What if Wang Gu-ho ties that guy up, the kid melts him with fire, and I finish him off at the right time?
A pleased smile appeared on my lips.
“Can be cleared safely.”
Now that I had collected enough data on the bastard, I thought it was time to head home.
By the way, the kid must have eaten and is sleeping by now, right?
I don’t know if I brushed my teeth properly before going to bed.
I backed away, putting some distance between us. I thought I could break down the wall and get out, depending on the situation.
[Analysis of intruder behavior patterns. 80% chance of escape]
As if it had sensed my intentions, the Iron Golem quickly approached me, its back thrusters shooting fire.
I slowly slowed down my retreat, keeping my left fist close to my side.
Woof woof woof!
Gauntlet output 10%.
Crackle, crackle-
Here’s the wall force.
This should be enough to keep you from following along for a few seconds.
At that moment, a plump snowflake flew between us.
[Stop fighting!]
Tears welled up in the terrified, chubby eyes of the little girl.
The guy flapped his short arms and blocked the iron golem that was rushing towards me. Then he shut his eyes tightly and shouted.
[Nununmon! The Great One is our friend! Don’t fight!]
“That idiot···.”
I frowned and ran forward.
But the iron golem was faster than me.
I was waiting for the guy to come while I was backing away, and he was running towards me.
Soon the chubby-eyed idiot will die.
I already had a picture in my head of the golem’s massive body rushing at me, crushing my plump eyes.
I calculated the fight and prepared for the next situation.
[······.]
But the tip of the golem’s spear stopped.
The iron golem, which had stopped in front of the chubby eyes, repeated the same words like a malfunctioning machine.
[Not a target for removal. Not a target for removal. Not a target for removal. Not a target for removal.]
Only then did the chubby little girl open her eyes and shout.
[Nununmon! Don’t fight! You and I are both my friends! We are all friends!]
[Not a target for removal. The target for removal···.]
I don’t know what happened now, but I didn’t miss that gap.
“Get out of my way!”
WHEEK!
He grabbed the plump, snow-eyed golem by its tail and threw it to the side, then hit the golem in the face with his fully charged left fist.
The output is slightly increased, by about 12%.
-Kwaaaaaaaang!
This went in 100% correctly. The golem’s body swayed violently and fell to the floor.
-Koosh!
I immediately climbed onto the chest of the fallen golem.
“If it goes on like this, things will be different.”
I originally planned to hit it once and run away, but the iron golem lying beneath me was practically defenseless.
[Man! Don’t hit me, Nun-Nun!]
A chubby, snowy bird flew in from behind and shouted, but I ignored it.
“Let’s talk about this later.”
My punches rained down like a shower on the Iron Golem’s face.
-Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
And after a while, I shook my hands and got up.
In front of me lay a completely incapacitated iron golem.
[Eww! Nununmon!]
The snowdrops came rushing in and started crying in front of him. I sighed, rubbing my cold fists.
“He’s not a living creature. He’s a magical doll called a golem.”
[No! Snow-Nunmon is our friend! The man killed Snow-Nunmon!]
The chubby-eyed man was blaming me. I made a look of indignation.
“He attacked first? Then I should have died?”
[That’s not it, but…. Nununmon! You can’t die! Get up!]
[······.]
The Iron Golem did not answer. One of its eyes was shattered and had lost its light, while the remaining eye alternately flickered light in and out.
Swish, swish.
The damaged parts of my body were slowly regenerating, but at a rate that I didn’t have to worry about.
This golem was the culmination of extremely high-level magical engineering technology.
It wasn’t a grand soul, but it was clear that he had some degree of self.
I don’t know what happened between this guy and the Snowballs, but that might be why he stopped punching in that situation earlier.
For me, I was just lucky,
In the end, luck is also a skill.
“Hey, Golem. Isn’t this enough proof of your qualifications?”
At my words, the Iron Golem’s eyes lit up clearly one last time.
[Trial···End···.]
The golem’s chest opened vertically, and a small box popped out from within.
I received the box and opened it right away. Inside was a black key with a mysteriously rippling pattern.
“Okay. I checked the items.”
As I nodded, the iron golem made a noise as if it was straining out the last of its strength.
[Mission···Completed···.]
One eye that was barely blinking lost all its light.
[Move···Stop···.]
As soon as the light completely disappeared from the Iron Golem’s eyes, the Eye-Eyes began to wail loudly.
[[[Nununmon-!!]]]
‘Nununmon’ means ‘sacred steel’ in the language of the Nostalgic Continent.
It looks like these guys even gave the golem a name and played with it.
I sighed as I watched that ridiculous melodrama.
“Stop it and let’s go home.”
The chubby-eyed boy looked back at me with a face that said he couldn’t believe it.
[The big guy is not our friend anymore! A friend doesn’t kill a friend!]
“That’s why you didn’t kill him.”
[What, what are you talking about?! That’s a lie!]
I held out my right hand to the chubby, startled little girl.
Let’s talk in simple language these guys can understand.
“You just fell asleep. I can wake you up again.”
The chubby snowdrop put its tail on my palm, and I cheered when I saw its tail turn green.
[Really-!!]
[[Nununmon is alive-!!]]
The excited Snow-Eyes quickly circled around the fallen Iron Golem.
“These mood swings are real···.”
I shook my head and lifted the giant body of the snow monster to look at it.
“Ugh. It’s a bit heavy… but I guess I can carry it somehow.”
[[We’ll help you too!!]]
“That’s a given.”
An iron golem made with this level of magical engineering technology would never have been possible with today’s Earth technology.
But if you take it and study it well, you may be able to reboot it.
I don’t know about other people, but [the creator] has a superhuman personality.
Jang Young-shin That little kid. He’ll probably run to the new toy with his eyes lit up.
“Well, this is just a bonus anyway.”
I placed the Snowmon back on the ground and walked to the wall on one side of the cave.
The wall was so strong that it barely suffered any damage during my fight with Nununmon.
There was a mural painted on what appeared to be a myth of some dimension, but it wasn’t very important.
I inserted the key I received from Snowmon into a small hole in the wall.
Kikrik. Kikrik.
The key turned on its own, and the wall split open with a heavy noise.
I walked into it.
Here, there was the ‘otherworldly power’ that I had come to seek in preparation for the disaster.
ⓒ Ganjjajang
