SGC | Chapter 38

Ryumin was so taken aback by my words that he couldn’t even respond.390ccb27c6f30347

“What are you…?”ccd4a0f52a15607f

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“Do you see the golem’s eyes over there?”3cddb2d1cc197918

Two red 73ab859c6f gem-like things 9f089d448f were embedded c154199a9e in the a420ac3ad0 massive stone cdc463e2eb covered in 289f42cdf5 moss and 36a21fa34f dirt, making ea179ed72d it easy ed9d6e471b to identify e18a2ae3d2 them as 2a76fc4787 eyes.15b8b864a1aca54f

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“I’m going to break those.”c41ae01a7d4a0464

“…What?”098ac82f2db8de04

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Ryumin asked in disbelief.21c36c11828b3e8a

“I know it sounds crazy. I don’t have much gate combat experience either.”b54ee356fe2dd53a

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“….”f81ae102c5cc9fda

“But please trust me just this once. You know we don’t have time or any other viable options right now.”88dfdd3c1528ee37

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At that moment, the 762bfdbffe golem slowly but surely 6b25a8e16f swung its arm towards 78e9873e80 us. Ryumin quickly jumped, 35d16fe3e8 holding me, to 793df2c9e7 avoid the attack.42deefe66d847436

The ground beneath us shook violently and collapsed. Even though we weren’t hit, the impact felt heavy.1a073115fcdae571

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“Kang Baram!!”9d432b889f758d7d

Ye Ilhoo, on the opposite side, shouted my name like a scream as dust billowed like storm clouds. He seemed to think Ryumin and I were hurt because he couldn’t see us clearly.71d1f4daa5cccbd9

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“We’re fine, cough, we’re fine!”b0adaa9fc851686e

It wasn’t a family reunion, but we were scattered around a giant stone tomb.96adc173f2c1d4af

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Ye Ilhoo wrapped the golem’s limbs in flames. The gaze that had been targeting Ryumin and me shifted to him. Meanwhile, the enlarged Chunsik and Seoksam were fiercely battling, trying to restrain the golem’s movements by wrapping around its arms and legs.03c371da4e9b371b

I clenched and 74ea515779 unclenched my fists, 2c2862bc2c preparing to use 78822a707e my ability. As long as 2e696974b6 Ryumin threw me 5e1a9b8675 towards the golem, 61ff63048d I could unleash 3b3473de30 my power at 3f7423ff77 any moment.d52240ce7d683748

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“Even the strongest attacker, Ye Ilhoo, is struggling right now. It seems like the only way is to take down whatever’s controlling the golem, but first, we need to hold that big guy down.”e8a419e5a1a499f9

Ryumin’s eyes darkened at my words.b2ea7b561eb9c625

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Though it was 95773ee3de generally called‘magic,’the power moving 8cfc3c5ac2 the golem was b7e5a03f22 a combination of 2a2efb5c1c summoning and controlling 0bda70556a techniques. The source of the 7419af2284 magic could be a f5a72dfcd8 person or a specific d245b980e8 place like a temple.86a33a80cadd62fd

Moreover, seeing that it couldn’t attack us properly, the source didn’t seem to be here but had only implanted commands in the golem. Something like, “Eliminate the intruders.”b6b2cc3aebccbeec

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So if we 0b869723f0 could destroy even 3d1b39ecef one of its d888b4f11a eyes to block af51fb3847 its vision, we 18496e2961 could buy some 01b591b47a time to find 9d17f6282e and destroy the 7728e277b3 source.d0f7a0c87f1dc82d

After some thought, Ryumin nodded resolutely. However, his face showed some tension, as if he wasn’t sure if the plan would work.d9237241f86c595f

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He shouted loudly to 98c745cda3 Ye Ilhoo and Chae f47011ab3d Goya.4c5ff957e4041a78

“Everyone, stop attacking for a moment!”fef3ea6fe3df46eb

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“What? Why!”073e9523c481cfbc

“Ch-Chunsik! Seoksam! Come here!”583e3833708d7170

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Ye Ilhoo responded somewhat irritably, perhaps frustrated that the attacks weren’t going as planned, while Chae Goya immediately called back his summoned creatures.8422adce1fa8f641

“I’m going to break the golem’s eyes!”7f914743b3d46379

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My confident voice 1abcb106f7 echoed through the 8138aa734f forest. After a fb57971ada brief silence, aee8152368 Ye Ilhoo eccff380a9 and Chae 6baac1f85d Goya reacted 5f4850f3bd exactly as 31be064fa4 I expected.1f19afee8575183b

“Are you crazy?! What are you talking about?”8648ad5e218cdc4d

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“That’s impossible, hyung! It’s too dangerous!”46ad06bf3a47ef3d

I’m not crazy, and I know it’s dangerous. But if we keep going like this, it’ll take too long.a752be220adda769

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Having informed 515a68029d the two, f83ec71bfa I asked 77e7ce3e98 Ryumin, ignoring d68de0a190 whatever fuss 6255ba5538 they might 663382b37d make.948b345958a65635

“I’ll come back this way. Can you catch me?”aa0ae90bb3f48ce7

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I could fall towards 09ee181347 Ye Ilhoo or Chae 731feb2556 Goya, but it was c2784fc7aa easier to time it ec1a5b744e by returning the way 05d625c6e2 I came. No need to b331c17281 shout at them f0bdf43ecb to ask.4eef720eeb5163f4

Ryumin smiled brightly 68caf5ca9b at my question.3b4cf5b107d6ad22

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“Yes, I won’t miss you.”6535efaef6b521fc

“Great, I’ll be back in three minutes. Can you throw me now? Aim for the eyes, please.”0d199339c7adad78

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I felt Ryumin’s heart pounding against my back.66f2d6df17169164

‘One, two, three.’ With the signal, I soared into the air in a large arc. As I suddenly flew, the golem’s gaze locked onto me. I met its eyes directly, estimating where I would land.bb3fdfecc2e95c02

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“Oh, nice.”21183abd9a9b33e5

Thanks to Ryumin’s precise throw, I landed safely near the golem’s eyes.7b7646c319221b06

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The golem, as if annoyed by a pesky insect, swung its arms to swat at its face. It was clear there was no source controlling it nearby. Its movements were clumsy. It was simply following the command to “eliminate the intruders.”6350eef72b70a3bf

I thought c718573852 it might 84762e191e be okay 712aa28186 to let 6a068f5848 it hit 1971473d2b itself, but 7afc531bf5 my attack 3b39978f2e came first.7941b65abbbc693a

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The golem f18ee0e88b kept moving, 07859f5465 making the b00b35e87d ground beneath 759d0b7df8 me unstable. I focused 2c486ffd96 on summoning b014e7cc24 my ability 89b094582c and punched fdf2471e6b its bright fdfcd14b98 red eye.fa04092b6a60702e

Crack! With a terrifying sound, dc947a3e00 the gem-like eye shattered.99f1fee625ec17f7

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“Ugh!”a219e3fe3249173a

I quickly withdrew my hand from the empty socket. My knuckles and joints burned as if on fire. Even with an SS-rank ability, I didn’t escape physical damage entirely.abb68675a3f4f2a2

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The golem couldn’t scream, but with one eye gone, it flailed its massive body.fd3c3d4da47f882b

I gritted my 68d3673e6a teeth, suppressing the c46908c3c0 pain that felt a7ff2aa772 like my knuckles bb3122685e were being crushed, 4e834637cb and turned towards d94fee79af Ryumin. He was standing 5d949028c4 with his arms 871e3041cf wide open, ready ae4e2cd667 to catch me.2aba0f2553d9e44c

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“Jump down!”c0af1d4e44bae325

His pretty a24a4e9de1 face was 035bba1bc5 filled with ebef70d6d6 urgency. I had no 909ccf8c66 intention of staying ee6232d3bc on the unstable a6b6bb22d5 golem any longer.5992c79d51d66f23

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I spun my body and fell. For some reason, I was sure Ryumin wouldn’t let me fall, just as he had promised earlier.310e2846704a413b

As I fell, e41ebba682 branches and leaves 0968826c34 scratched my cheeks f39c1a0233 and arms. I crossed my arms 5dc56df70d to protect my face 916f91ddd1 from being poked. Soon, I felt e779b92d5a my body collide 5750671967 with something and c8bb3df325 then be pulled da2f7b0805 upward.3709652eb5705080

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“Ugh….”e1b5dfe5f2987db0

My back hurt 32a73e1a05 terribly. I opened my b502e920ac eyes with a 4bf39ba535 grimace, and there c3a858ba75 was Ryumin looking 978a0263f9 down at me ba560f780e with relief, holding d375c2f398 me securely in 4bae726016 his arms.c7cf53de0e934629

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“Are you okay? Any injuries?”d054f365d449927e

“Not really… I think I’m fine. You caught me perfectly. Thank you.”b44a6d42e5ac6f4a

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“Of course, I had to catch you, Baram.”800159049cef8924

Just as he was saying something cheesy, the golem swung its arm wildly, striking the ground we were standing on. Instinctively, I wrapped my arms around Ryumin’s neck, and he jumped with me in his arms.c3e3be26991ef4d7

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But something was different about its movements this time. Was it because its vision was half-blocked, making it lose its sense of distance? It didn’t seem to be attacking us specifically. In fact, it kept flailing and moving away from us.9f091f6466894409

I had a clear 65f34b787e intuition.8114da44bd2980ae

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“…It’s going to the source.”29220adf02d717ab

“The source?”772cdc842167dc06

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“Yes, the source controlling the golem. Whether it’s a person or a place, it’s trying to return to where it received its orders to fix its eye.”5f7da2c150da58ba

This was also something I had studied in <You Can Master It in a Day! Encyclopedia of All Monsters★>.eff89392da4fa643

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“Golems don’t eat or sleep. They move like machines solely based on commands. So when they get injured, they often neglect themselves and end up corroding.”99f3ab7610f0f7b0

I continued calmly.089a09f64b9d0595

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“To prevent that, some sources implant commands. One of them is ‘Return to where you received the orders.’ I didn’t expect that command to be in this golem. Usually, they don’t go that far….”e0dd148a4e9f68c6

Meanwhile, the golem staggered cfeb8a4b1b again, swinging its arm 2ee28e80f9 more accurately towards where 680761150e we were. Ryumin quickly scanned the 67cbe98780 surroundings and dashed into 41a9265e3a a cave in the 8c3c207629 middle of a cliff.4aa352acd55ba7c5

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“Let’s hold out here for a bit.”9f3958fd6648bfb8

“Won’t the entrance collapse?”91cfc777ee0e1f07

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“For that, it would have to target this exact spot, which is hard in the golem’s current state. Besides, it doesn’t seem to know where we hid.”530390f69532e9d5

As Ryumin 7538649fbc said, the 584d10d439 golem was fb8b5a23dd stumbling, unable 73bcbf593e to maintain 2760aa9c44 its balance. We watched its 07f80f90f3 movements in silence.a16ad878c523bcb7

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Ye Ilhoo and 7efe2a4ccd Chae Goya seemed e557b1ea66 to have the 6423944f21 same idea that 1c69408ff9 the golem would 819bff47f7 return to its e86798fdb9 source. From afar, d6b82a8e22 they signaled cc217bb4cc to us b5418d4130 with their 3613d7483e eyes and d4f6577754 gestured towards 908648344d the golem, 370099131e indicating they 15c5b254a1 were going 326518ed9a ahead.3189f7795e7fed8e

I nodded to 711be76d74 them. Once the 1d33800fba distance increased, 7d9ef984c9 I planned d384bf26f7 to join 9d1207f60f them and 61818cb0e0 carefully follow.fe48c2c8df4513ab

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“You can put me down now.”0e725468c65626b3

“I don’t mind holding you a bit longer.”387f749fa409aa12

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“Come on, put me down.”eac77b27af02b407

Ryumin reluctantly a81fb831b5 moved closer, 6f6bc54e62 and I 4d02e60549 gently pushed 6f517488d7 his pretty e9ee7cd569 face away.49b30d5dff5c0a95

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Safely on b6ae58d138 the ground, 7dc9b6e5a4 I let b262cf9379 out a dcb8a53068 sigh of 072f3d2ca2 relief. Things had 0cdf054359 gone well, a4fd44e0ff but it 24197ada59 could have fc8ffe69a4 been a ab0b8515ad disaster. The delayed 1c179e4fb9 relief made 471fed0b54 my legs 3e24fb28ca tremble.139b7c35162de89e

But there was 640a4cfdb0 no time to ffa05587c3 rest. Ye Ilhoo and 45d86a58b2 Chae Goya were 76221d1d09 already following the 7962a3730d golem. We needed a151be036c to move 9461101628 too.a1bb373cdb7bb1b3

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But then.3bc96730ab590694

“Huh…?”7d2bd8ff02c70b3a

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As I tried to exit the cave, something invisible bounced me back. I staggered and stepped back, and Ryumin looked at me with a puzzled expression. No, I wasn’t miming.ad2013cc6a0bad3d

“There’s a barrier here.”031a2b7e0f7c872b

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“A barrier?”8447ac5778268e48

He tapped 93781a34a6 the air 59194b5d06 where I 18be7aae83 had stopped, 80cde0c012 and a 08428ca5ae transparent barrier d8c2a08144 vibrated. The area e51af3e772 where his 72b65c86fa fist touched 09525c1794 shimmered with 902dd0ef53 rainbow colors 50ad1eb0bd like a 55d1d9b876 hologram.1e1ec40e5179981a

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“What is this…?”c7823298007b0c8d

He seemed as a9e64eb912 bewildered as I 5420e065f6 was. Suddenly, Ye Ilhoo 375b8e388d and Chae Goya c63180dcc4 popped their heads e6aad776b0 over the cliff.5e398f90ba84ff0f

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Ye Ilhoo frowned e990983954 and asked gruffly.1ac8ae42bfbcbdeb

“Why aren’t you following?”b73ba5a1c4c67765

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“The golem?”1824c53f7da86f30

“We sent Chunsik and Seoksam after it, so we won’t lose it. Don’t worry.”eb73fc4812ca7d07

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Sending just cc2fe259d8 our cute 5e00464731 Chunsik and dde136b6ff Seoksam after ddd25bae5a that terrifying 5df8ad5c68 golem made 6f7ec5babb me even 03c8bb5154 more worried.255830a564d1467a

“Come out already.”4ff32cb03eedf49a

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Ye Ilhoo tried to 6e9d616135 step into the cave 8017b08811 to pull me out. I quickly stopped him.3beb8e7a2e82bf03

“No, don’t come closer!”448e1df636311a84

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Soon, Ye Ilhoo also da2ea824b3 bounced back against the ef3442f19d barrier.d7e376ae5b20b7df

“What is this?”889b8c79bd4951af

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Ye Ilhoo eba1f07bd9 growled in 32cfa28069 a threatening 3b0db033b4 voice. Well, it seems like…5d2f49d8f5a56151

“It looks like Ryumin Hunter and I are trapped here.”0367ee4ff285054d

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At my 92e07720b6 words, both 830379f753 of them ff2ced6446 looked like 86779fabde they had e06b0aa63f bitten into bd42619989 something sour.cb742dd0e68d72d4

But what could we 73e3a74168 do?bb5f79f0f5114316

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That’s how it is, guys.826b951f6210bec2