novelraw Chapter 121 : Chapter 121
Chapter 121 : Chapter 121
Chapter 121: 0.31%
WHOOSH-!
The Guardian Colossus’s giant axe swung down through the air.
A strike aimed precisely at the crown of my head.
CRASH-!
A massive impact sound echoed throughout the interior.
The floor split, sending debris flying, and heavy cracks spread out like spiderwebs.
‘This is real, seriously.’
Just before the axe touched my head, I rolled my body to the side to dodge.
Even so, the shockwave spread out, making my eardrums numb for a moment and my legs tremble numbly.
Guardian Colossus.
The sentinel of the mountain and the final shield of this altar.
Although its appearance was molded from wood, its outer skin composed of magic power was harder than any metal.
With a body size reminiscent of a small building, the axe blade alone that the guy swung was twice my size.
It was literally overwhelming.
At the moment I was examining the guy’s appearance.
WOOSH-!
The axe was swung heavily.
Clearly, there was sufficient distance between the guy and me.
However, after the guy swung the axe, my body was suddenly floating in the air.
Just the wind pressure created by the axe sent my body flying.
‘Isn’t this unreasonable……!’
Turning my body while flying, I barely planted my feet on the wall.
Feeling the spicy shock rising from my legs, I looked down at the Guardian Colossus.
The guy immediately gripped the axe straight and radiated an aura to rush at me.
‘It’s trying to keep pressing me.’
I had experience catching the Guardian Colossus a few times in the game.
There existed a play where one enters the sanctuary by consuming the Elixir of Total Transformation and then releases the transformation.
Because there were rewards obtainable by defeating the Guardian Colossus itself.
But that’s a story inside the game.
I had absolutely no plan to fight the Guardian Colossus right here and now.
Fighting this guy was nonsense.
Overwhelming weight, yet grotesquely fast speed.
On top of that, a monster equipped with special techniques.
In the game, it was a place reachable only after becoming much stronger, so I fought just for content.
‘What do I do?’
Thinking about it again, it’s a crazy situation.
If there is a system like Stigma, shouldn’t it at least display a warning?
I glanced at the Mimic.
I tried to put emotion into the eyes looking at him.
If you’re a system, have some kindness, you damn bastard.
But the Mimic, as expected, didn’t care.
Rolling his eyes here and there, he was just floating towards the ceiling like a sea otter.
An attitude as if completely uninterested in the crisis I’m experiencing.
‘Damn it.’
I didn't expect anything in the first place.
In the end, I have to solve the twisted matter myself.
Currently, the fundamental problem is one thing.
If I could run away, none of this would matter, but I can’t run away.
As long as the fact that I am an intruder is revealed, the door won’t open.
It became completely sealed.
In the first place, this Altar of the Sanctuary itself was a structure meant to imprison intruders.
A place designed so one cannot escape outside when an intruder appears.
And the one directly dealing with that intruder is exactly this Guardian Colossus of the Mountain.
‘And above all, this time I am the intruder.’
Fights until now were usually situations where time was on my side.
The Mystery Hall terror, the terror at Hero Land, were all like that.
I was in a defending position, and as time passed, heroes would come to rescue.
I could fight a battle of endurance within that belief.
Actually, I held on like that and eventually got rescued.
But now?
It’s the complete opposite.
Time is no longer on my side.
Rather, the more time drags on, the worse the situation will become.
Even if I endure long, other guardian entities will flock in to aim for my life.
‘How did it end up like this.’
How could things turn out this way?
Normally, by now I should have thrown my body into the portal and been walking somewhere on Hallasan.
Climbing straight up to the summit.
That was my plan, and it was flowing fine just a moment ago.
‘To be treated like a lazy virus and then get my identity busted.’
It’s absurd.
‘It’s not something to take lightly.’
The Guardian Colossus’s attack rushed in again.
I kicked off the ground and threw my body to the opposite side of the guy.
BOOM-!
Another shockwave ringing the air.
Along with a ringing in my ears, my skin tingled numbly.
Is a guy called Guardian Colossus allowed to do this?
Didn’t they say this place is precious to them? But rather, he is destroying this precious place himself?
Such complaints might leak out, but they are meaningless.
Slowly, the compacted floor and wall were reconstructed.
Like shape-memory alloy, the dented spots flattened back to original, and scattered fragments gathered as if fitting a puzzle.
This altar itself is a system equipped with self-repair function.
The reason the guardian rampages without hesitation was also here.
The reason it doesn't hesitate at all in eliminating me.
“Phew…….”
In the midst of that, I realized quickly, that calculating how things ended up like this is meaningless.
Furthermore, that the process of finding bad points of the situation one by one is conversely eating away at my morale.
‘Let’s focus. The way to survive, think only of that.’
Since things already happened, what’s important is how to move now and how to solve the situation.
I steadied my mind while gripping the sword.
At that moment, a wooden spear caught my eye.
SWISH-!
Human-type guardians who were at this altar before me.
Naturally, they too had recognized me as an intruder.
One by one, they rushed towards me.
‘Seven guardian soldiers, one Guardian Colossus.’
I scanned the enemies quickly.
If time drags on, enemies will increase.
That would be the worst.
SLASH-!
I immediately cut down one guy rushing in front of me.
Right after, two guys rushed in.
I kicked one guy away and cut off the arm of the other one to make it drop the spear.
It was right after that.
BANG-!
Scattering fragments, the axe embedded into the floor.
The guardian that had fallen after being kicked by me was crushed just like that, its body destroyed.
Ironically, the guy’s body didn't liquefy.
In other words, reconstruction didn't happen.
‘If destroyed by the hands of the Guardian Colossus, is it disposal without reconstruction?’
If so, one plan disappears for now.
The idea to intentionally get destroyed by the Guardian Colossus’s hand to activate reconstruction once the guardian mimicry cooldown fills up.
‘Meaning using reconstruction is impossible.’
In the end, defeating the Guardian Colossus was the best option.
Strength naturally filled my molars.
The battle continued.
The Guardian Colossus’s axe compacted the surroundings whenever there was an opening.
Even without allowing a direct hit, just grazing transmitted shock.
The minutely accumulating damage was at a level that couldn't be easily ignored.
‘Head-on confrontation is impossible.’
The guy’s armor has no gaps and is very hard.
Current me can absolutely not cut it directly. Even if I use Yaksha Style, it would be impossible.
Stalling for time doesn’t work.
Inducing suicide using reconstruction doesn’t work either.
Head-on confrontation like this doesn’t work either.
Then the remaining method is only one.
Hitting the guy’s insides directly.
‘I have to make it open the armor.’
Use the guy’s pattern.
The Guardian Colossus is an automaton system created by the mountain.
Even the line it spat out when trying to kill me earlier was like that.
— System error detected. Processing abnormal entity.
An existence acting according to specific patterns.
Ultimately, there is a high possibility it will show the pattern from the game that I know.
And when this guy judges that it cannot catch the opponent in close combat, it has a pattern of opening its hard armor and switching to wide-area annihilation mode.
Ultimately, it means I have to move like crazy to make all of the guy’s attacks futile.
THUD THUD THUD-
The Guardian Colossus stomped its feet slowly and spread the giant wings on its back wide.
Wings surrounded by magic power vibrated minutely.
WOOSH-!
Simultaneously with kicking off the ground strongly, the guy’s body soared high.
It dug in roughly towards me.
The axe blade adding momentum in the air flashed and rushed at me.
I immediately lowered my body and rolled forward.
A stinging wind brushed right past the back of my head.
CRUNCH-!
The guy who flew like that planted its feet on the wall immediately.
Hooves heavy like stone dug deep into the wall.
The guy utilized the recoil as is and flew in once more.
As it reached near me, the guy’s giant body began to rotate.
WHIIISH-!
The axe with added centrifugal force was swung 3 times consecutively.
Surrounding air was also torn apart fiercely.
“Kugh.”
Even for me, it was an overwhelming attack.
It was dodgeable at first, but the gust created by the preceding second attack shook my balance.
The last strike cut the air right next to my ear.
The ringing tinnitus was more intense than ever.
‘That was dangerous.’
The guy pressured with speed and weight my body increasingly couldn't react to.
Whether reading my bewilderment, the Guardian Colossus positioned itself in front of me and swung the axe roughly, delivering continuous attacks.
‘Did it notice I’m weak to continuous attacks?’
Every time the guy’s axe blade grazed the floor, fragments flew and vision shook.
In the end, what’s needed right now is speed.
‘Electric Shock.’
BZRT-!
[Pain: Electric Shock]
The moment current swept through my whole body, burning pain seared my nerves.
At the same time, my mind snapped awake and my vision opened clearly.
Every single movement of the Guardian Colossus began to be seen clearly.
Muscles moved softly, continuing smooth evasion movements.
SWISH-! SWISH-!
Continuous attacks that lasted for quite a while, when I dodged all of them, the Guardian Colossus hesitated.
The guy stood as if frozen and looked down at me.
“Wooooooo-”
The guy started making a crying sound.
I couldn't understand, but it seemed somewhat unsatisfied.
And right after that.
BANG-!
The Guardian Colossus exploded the strength of its lower body and jumped high.
The guy soaring as if to reach the high ceiling.
‘It’s coming.’
The next action was drawn in my eyes.
The guy fixed its feet on top of the axe while pointing it downward.
I immediately scanned the surroundings.
A soldier-type guardian that had fallen nearby just now came into view.
I picked the guy up immediately and threw it to one side sharply.
At that moment, above, the Guardian Colossus had finished preparations for descent.
The guy who took a thorough stance slammed down vertically just like that.
It’s not an attack dodgeable by simply throwing one’s body.
Because it is a tremendous area-of-effect attack that slams down after setting a target.
That is why I threw a guardian.
[Shadow Chase]
Heat boiled up from my lower body.
Vision shook and flipped in an instant.
That instant of closing and opening eyes.
I was already standing behind the guardian I had thrown in advance.
And on the opposite side, the spot where I was originally standing.
BOOOOM-!
The Guardian Colossus fell just like that.
An impact ringing the entire sanctuary burst out.
‘If I were there…… I would have been crushed to death.’
Seeing the green mush created on the floor gave a somewhat eerie feeling.
The reality that I am crossing the line of death rushed in.
Fragments and dust mixed together filled the air like smoke.
As the dust fog gradually began to clear, the guy’s figure was revealed again.
The guy’s head took on a faint blue light.
‘It’s the signal.’
The guy raised the axe high.
Then, drawing a circle like a clock hand moving, the axe pointed downward.
From 12 o’clock to 6 o’clock direction.
WHOOSH-!
That moment the axe pointed downward drawing a vertical line.
Without hesitation, the guy embedded the axe deep into the floor just like that.
VROOOM-!
Then a violent resonance burst out.
Vibration spreading fiercely like a mountain echo.
It sucked in the magic power of this space rapidly.
[Scorched Earth]
The Guardian Colossus’s ultimate technique that wipes out any intruder at once.
The Guardian Colossus’s chest armor deployed up, down, left, and right, and strong blue light leaked from inside.
Internal energy fused and began to emit tremors right before explosion.
And at that moment.
I didn't back away.
I had no intention of dodging either.
This timing when that guy opens its armor itself to explode energy.
Because right now, this moment, was the guy’s only ‘weakness.’
Before the guy gathers all energy to scorch the surroundings.
I was waiting for that fleeting moment.
‘Hundred Night Yaksha.’
As I kindled my will, my right arm twisted, spreading cracking sounds.
Distorting joints and screaming nerves.
Following that, bizarre power filling up.
It was when I was experiencing the familiar change.
[Hundred Night Yaksha]
[Body Transformation: 0.31%]
‘……What?’
This, was it mimicry?
Looking down at my arm, I froze for a moment.