In the sky above Galarc’s royal capital, Sora and the other golem were darting through the sky in a complex route. Their speed had long surpassed what the human eye could follow with the naked eye. Each time they flew within range of each other, their fists would collide, creating shock waves across the sky.
A direct fistfight with a golem would normally be a suicidal act. A human body would be flattened by a single blow—even a grazing blow could end a life. Especially since they were flying about faster than the speed of sound. The wind pressure of the golem flying past was enough to kill.
That’s why Rio and Aishia, who had their physical bodies enhanced, slowed their speed the moment before making an attack. They flew at near supersonic speeds, but only made minimal turns out of consideration of the burden on their bodies.
However, as a disciple of the Dragon King, Sora’s traits allowed her to fight the golem in close combat while maintaining that supersonic speed. That was, her dragonkin form. Sora was able to materialize her spiritual dragon body around her physical body.
A dragon’s body was the strongest body in the world, acting as a suit of armor to protect oneself. Its skin was resistant to all kinds of magic attacks, and at the same time was hard enough to deflect all physical attacks, sharp or blunt. Furthermore, it dramatically increased the physical strength and speed of the person beneath the armor.
“You’ve sure got guts directly facing Sora, disciple of the Dragon King!” Sora yelled.
She currently had horns growing from her head, wings growing from her back, and other dragon parts scattered along the rest of her body. Her overall form remained humanoid, but she clearly looked like a dragonkin.
But the armor of the golem directly facing Sora could also be said to be the strongest in the world. It had specs capable of overwhelming most opponents with the strength of its armor alone.
Be it in close combat, ranged combat, or against an army, the golem could deal with anything. The title of the ultimate weapon of the Seven Wise Gods wasn’t just for show. The fact they were evenly matched with Sora, a disciple of the Dragon King, was proof of that.
“Take that!”
At the very least, when it came to hand-to-hand combat, Sora had the upper hand. As they flew around at high speeds and exchanged blows, she was able to land her particularly strong hit in one spot. Sora’s blow overwhelmed the golem, forcing it back and off-balance.
“Hey hey hey!”
A flurry of punches flew from Sora’s fists. The golem’s sturdy armor became dented through physical force alone. Despite losing its balance, the golem attempted to punch back, but Sora caught its right arm, left arm, and both wings in turn. Then, golem’s tail twisted to stab her.
“Hmph!”
Sora bent the dragon tail she was so proud of and slapped the golem’s tail away.
“You’re not the only one with a tail!”
She opened her small mouth as wide as it could go. An intense light swirled in front of her mouth and was released as a destructive ray. The breath attack crackled like an electric current as it shot straight forward. It was terribly powerful; just like the strikes that Rio and Aishia had used to blow apart the golems’ bodies, the highly compressed energy was almost out of control.
Everything from the golem’s chest and up was swallowed by a thick beam of light. Its armor began melting the moment it came into contact, and the light pierced through the golem’s body soon after. The upper half of its chest was cleanly erased, leaving only its arms, abdomen, and lower body remaining.
“Heh.” Sora snorted in triumph and retreated, discarding the golem’s separated arms.
However, the repair process had already begun. Particles of light gathered and formed the shape of the lost body parts.
If this guy is the disciple of one of the Wise Gods, the master may be nearby. If they are, it’ll have an endless supply of magic essence. There’ll be no end to this fight. Ugh, how annoying. Sora sighed in her head as she crossed her arms and waited for the golem to repair itself.
“Hey golem, which Wise God is in charge of you? What reason does your master have for causing a commotion here?”
Instead of making a counterattack, Sora mouthed off at it.
Naturally, the golem didn’t reply. It had long since finished repairing itself, but it seemed to have learned that Sora couldn’t be easily defeated with close combat. It refrained from charging recklessly.
“You lot are as hard to read as always—do you even have a will of your own? At any rate, you should be able to understand Sora’s words. In fact, your master should be able to speak through you. You’re listening nearby, aren’t you? Come out already!”
Sora had once fought Lina’s golem disciple. It had been at Lina’s request—since she wanted to collect combat data—so she was pretty familiar with the workings of a golem. Assuming one of the Seven Wise Gods was controlling the golem, Sora attempted to gather information through conversation. However, the golem remained silent, eyes glowing eerily.
“Tch, piece of junk!” Sora huffed.
Is it possible this thing isn’t a disciple? It was a lot easier to fight than Sora expected...
There was something that felt off. As far as Sora could remember, the golem disciple of Lina’s she fought had much higher combat abilities than this. She could vaguely remember being told that golems could only use their full potential once they became disciples of the Wise Gods.
Maybe the one who activated this guy isn’t a Wise God? But then who...?
There was no end to her questions, but there wasn’t enough information to make a conclusion. In the end, Sora gave up on thinking.
“Whatever. Maybe your master will appear if Sora keeps beating you up. If you don’t want to get sick of being defeated by me...”
Sora sighed in exasperation and swung her arms as though she was warming up.
“You better prepare for the worst!”
She charged at the golem. But at that moment, the golem released light energy that wrapped around its entire body. Sora came to a sudden stop.
“Hah, trying to use an aura to harden yourself?” she said with a smirk. “Well, Sora can do that too.”
She released a light that converted essence into energy and wrapped it around her body like the golem.
“Let the beating begin!”
Sora charged towards the golem and resumed the battle.
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