SGC | Chapter 38

Ryumin was so taken aback by my words that he couldn’t even respond.0002389ce1cc4062

“What are you…?”e1051b84d2aed927

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“Do you see the golem’s eyes over there?”4476a02a28377527

Two red gem-like things 0dc0711bfe were embedded in the 728e29ffe0 massive stone covered in 142fa16218 moss and dirt, making b4ae965e7d it easy to identify 1cc22f3649 them as eyes.43eaaf87ae3c80ed

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“I’m going to break those.”f4097f6a12168a47

“…What?”7ca0a31f2657258b

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Ryumin asked in disbelief.4dd2fdb266bb798c

“I know it sounds crazy. I don’t have much gate combat experience either.”7266f9bb0e0d08fb

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“….”e50a35e2e39cb65d

“But please trust me just this once. You know we don’t have time or any other viable options right now.”94e7ef71a993c823

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At that moment, b6ce928fab the golem slowly d72ce17849 but surely swung 4736f1eaad its arm towards fff6a324e3 us. Ryumin quickly jumped, 2a12afb14d holding me, to ff5b6f7774 avoid the attack.4659b4ce712fc139

The ground beneath us shook violently and collapsed. Even though we weren’t hit, the impact felt heavy.856f02c2d3356684

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“Kang Baram!!”2ec28a9061541b2e

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.9e21f17b05d29fe1

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“We’re fine, cough, we’re fine!”322d8e9cf0f10f0b

It wasn’t a family reunion, but we were scattered around a giant stone tomb.4bbfe0ee5bbf5a15

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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.7b0b11f130bdbd6e

I clenched and eaf114ba7b unclenched my fists, 719d323619 preparing to use 28917d6e8b my ability. As long 8172bf47a6 as Ryumin 57c9319dbf threw me 95fbfdc738 towards the b9f51752d0 golem, I 61f96cd702 could unleash c45b45eab3 my power f5b77fbcdd at any 90f1fff9a3 moment.dbed2c1d8aec1762

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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.”2512a754aca3ab2a

Ryumin’s eyes darkened at my words.5f28d0e839f7d1df

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Though it 24643f287d was generally 9b76066a31 called‘magic,’the power moving the be16c76390 golem was a combination 9fe7b5aa41 of summoning and controlling 5dd38ab61b techniques. The source of 563087c11c the magic could 52ff3653b0 be a person e94739db47 or a specific 7ec8ed33b1 place like a 9d7561b35e temple.c3f8b675932240bd

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.”3b55d129c5ece5b8

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So if 889873e13a we could 60257004bb destroy even 5598dccbea one of a2a81fed00 its eyes 37919d80cf to block 5d49f0d689 its vision, 252495f6d7 we could bfafe7e943 buy some c9b7df448e time to 04d4d1664a find and bf79c732d5 destroy the 4d72614c1b source.734a4d88d5a5a91e

After some thought, Ryumin nodded resolutely. However, his face showed some tension, as if he wasn’t sure if the plan would work.02cb4065ad78c542

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He shouted loudly to 4c44762dc3 Ye Ilhoo and Chae 18e2f43afc Goya.eedfebfc3f49385d

“Everyone, stop attacking for a moment!”8f80bde88ab227d0

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“What? Why!”e21e4a5eaa2a9c08

“Ch-Chunsik! Seoksam! Come here!”b96bb3c1b063f780

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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.07ab7b457ae08f10

“I’m going to break the golem’s eyes!”ed9614dc18f420ec

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My confident voice 2e4adf7bbd echoed through the b422a328d6 forest. After a brief acf6b466d4 silence, Ye Ilhoo df020964c5 and Chae Goya f17c9c1bdb reacted exactly as 2dede6e654 I expected.3539652bb1cc2f96

“Are you crazy?! What are you talking about?”2fafd5896f72f658

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“That’s impossible, hyung! It’s too dangerous!”49a231a7928badf0

I’m not crazy, and I know it’s dangerous. But if we keep going like this, it’ll take too long.3efe0ae6118a2518

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Having informed the two, fc77165ef6 I asked Ryumin, ignoring 9b66137f7a whatever fuss they might c7d73e759d make.6e292c04ca7fb6d5

“I’ll come back this way. Can you catch me?”b0fa6e92fb237be5

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I could 2aa307dffa fall towards 51cbc8cdca Ye Ilhoo da886772c2 or Chae 4e60c72bea Goya, but 37320b5c33 it was 1cd1eff621 easier to 2d3973a955 time it 947ac0e6d7 by returning f26e1be5e2 the way 854f1e2785 I came. No need to shout 85b3c33d77 at them to ask.be430b3e9a9287a0

Ryumin smiled brightly at 5bc9178565 my question.9f8c69b4e072c4b0

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“Yes, I won’t miss you.”a70ea693dcf80e36

“Great, I’ll be back in three minutes. Can you throw me now? Aim for the eyes, please.”4c4cb61835a2b230

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I felt Ryumin’s heart pounding against my back.3636602626650769

‘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.9b83813d5055d1b8

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“Oh, nice.”56724516c36fd5dc

Thanks to Ryumin’s precise throw, I landed safely near the golem’s eyes.b1ac8cf0bf36acfc

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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.”d3d8b1d2fe4efcae

I thought 59086142ba it might feaea3d933 be okay 349415cefa to let bf00794137 it hit 7230f22ce1 itself, but f67a57000e my attack d7150b1189 came first.29966ab6cd383213

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The golem 838ee860ef kept moving, bbef51324f making the a4384e470e ground beneath b4a53b1570 me unstable. I focused on summoning a889cb85b0 my ability and punched 8db09ab4b1 its bright red eye.1eb297abbfede7bc

Crack! With a 685bbe1bb3 terrifying sound, 7cf6e3f83e the gem-like e9543c66a6 eye shattered.bf98958087eb40c6

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“Ugh!”f6a6f81fb78edf75

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.fe163201beae4c5a

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The golem couldn’t scream, but with one eye gone, it flailed its massive body.0a4f65177f24984a

I gritted my 4b688a3b67 teeth, suppressing the 26bdf7bcc0 pain that felt f9c8e35a5c like my knuckles d9571258b2 were being crushed, 7ca891d7fc and turned towards 74605a4fb4 Ryumin. He was standing 7c8673e5ed with his arms 28977340bd wide open, ready dfdb9af432 to catch me.16f441a9dba4aec9

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“Jump down!”dfed0c986e5f55f1

His pretty face 0a49c9226e was filled with 9b15d5a428 urgency. I had no intention 23e51442be of staying on the 32b7252ee4 unstable golem any longer.d8a52b2344463c69

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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.832efd2083b49af7

As I fell, 6056b98c18 branches and leaves 2dbfe11f8f scratched my cheeks b1ef157a99 and arms. I crossed 4a04c964e4 my arms 44402e8299 to protect 8e8ff7e0f3 my face 77565520fc from being 5723d70c9c poked. Soon, I felt my 8281e3e476 body collide with something 055f0cb046 and then be pulled f912697a9b upward.6d6a0ed075c2de65

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“Ugh….”bb32f7e23a9a69ae

My back e837c550e5 hurt terribly. I opened b4c25ac28d my eyes 7f85a5aff3 with a e17fe1853b grimace, and ba3c19de44 there was 7f0b20412f Ryumin looking 21f69ec9a8 down at cbdd1f34ca me with f446393e8c relief, holding 4feb2861ad me securely 0cdf997713 in his 9e49fc9526 arms.49ce5cf6b0635b19

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“Are you okay? Any injuries?”d8ba8d2124108fe1

“Not really… I think I’m fine. You caught me perfectly. Thank you.”264f1061ef258e9c

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“Of course, I had to catch you, Baram.”9539fa58519c42bf

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.a0e1c84f7576d04a

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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.3d8dae7356fc6d7e

I had a clear dbda6259f6 intuition.d1089c0b437c3222

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“…It’s going to the source.”b614f7b1db148953

“The source?”ec7cfefbc5dd7857

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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.”0376ab8410d43535

This was also something I had studied in <You Can Master It in a Day! Encyclopedia of All Monsters★>.2f1fccf015c40061

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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.”c02a718d8bb882b1

I continued calmly.67c1d3a2d983374a

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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….”d08b1dc5e1d97b15

Meanwhile, the golem staggered e4134ae4b6 again, swinging its arm 135bb96dcf more accurately towards where fe18146fda we were. Ryumin quickly scanned the a4710b6e02 surroundings and dashed into 8c5ecf0baf a cave in the f632058d01 middle of a cliff.a4d36e81538a56b0

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“Let’s hold out here for a bit.”c4317324e0dacf44

“Won’t the entrance collapse?”a897b0908604a376

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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.”f38e2c133623b388

As Ryumin c79b2570d6 said, the 266fe80c2b golem was 6865b03d5f stumbling, unable 9a8a2e9e1a to maintain 7249438e02 its balance. We watched its movements de75d108a9 in silence.b1ff86968a1f92a9

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Ye Ilhoo and Chae e85a59d3ae Goya seemed to have c7e059db88 the same idea that ed832db460 the golem would return 177fe7d468 to its source. From afar, they signaled 197a8a5dad to us with their f357accdbe eyes and gestured towards f442c0ba88 the golem, indicating they fb31279e96 were going ahead.f52fefb7654be41a

I nodded to 9f122902a4 them. Once the distance increased, e1f6473397 I planned to join 2e648b614c them and carefully follow.c5280f01d918f613

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“You can put me down now.”aa788fe1a2393f22

“I don’t mind holding you a bit longer.”a6b5d96a43d91676

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“Come on, put me down.”12ab474f56e44194

Ryumin reluctantly f963480a68 moved closer, bda55a0648 and I 1e37b65ff5 gently pushed 55d2ab7117 his pretty d8f044fca7 face away.00e3ba3196a3ac44

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Safely on 0a39421a4b the ground, 6ec6b41ed5 I let a6f083e8e6 out a dfc482ab07 sigh of bc11b7e765 relief. Things had gone 058102a514 well, but it 138cbc7a75 could have been f11dabf521 a disaster. The delayed relief made 30ce7b5f5d my legs tremble.b27d91ca580c91d8

But there was a90a3c6021 no time to 0f9e65ba0a rest. Ye Ilhoo and 04b4559821 Chae Goya were 1c57db7612 already following the 4fdf433bc5 golem. We needed to move 45f5d3212e too.7b947824975a5f01

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But then.aeddc1e14ddee619

“Huh…?”7a1a8a0bd55ab605

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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.c20d8b11487beb6a

“There’s a barrier here.”fed085b5a8df4a25

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“A barrier?”a960e074435ab5c2

He tapped the air 26eb371f0d where I had stopped, ff4cb6322c and a transparent barrier c6e6009231 vibrated. The area where bf67e9635e his fist touched 69a8b78fd4 shimmered with rainbow 410ba5753c colors like a 0e97952ebc hologram.f45f671afc4b00d4

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“What is this…?”237d5c0f1b57bd41

He seemed as 40f6c8c788 bewildered as I b26c72e51c was. Suddenly, Ye Ilhoo 2cdb654d77 and Chae Goya b73602bf22 popped their heads 19107fb440 over the cliff.4df788ba446174e2

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Ye Ilhoo frowned b58b1a9a50 and asked gruffly.dbe927f96aa0ad8a

“Why aren’t you following?”fc4b6f23a2c86cf7

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“The golem?”291ca1cb74fef771

“We sent Chunsik and Seoksam after it, so we won’t lose it. Don’t worry.”3ac8c64c2ab11cdc

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Sending just our f9c52b07e9 cute Chunsik and 8def9570dc Seoksam after that 2347ca8e17 terrifying golem made 01bae9a56a me even more 4634211989 worried.4204a1eb16412594

“Come out already.”b38ff7856f37c4bf

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Ye Ilhoo 993a34e596 tried to 24710a77f0 step into fbb8120452 the cave 0f9cfecf1c to pull a8ad7bb15d me out. I quickly stopped him.07ae100c0e301571

“No, don’t come closer!”ebfabd30b308c830

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Soon, Ye Ilhoo also 2e5b5280f6 bounced back against the 1a0320e640 barrier.f592a8702e5e9688

“What is this?”2dece3b71f6adf2a

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Ye Ilhoo 241c74e2bf growled in 1b24591801 a threatening e8fe662d33 voice. Well, it seems like…b14fec0f5a13d3e5

“It looks like Ryumin Hunter and I are trapped here.”c04aebd83337f7d7

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At my words, both a14a1c73ca of them looked like 9d72c460e3 they had bitten into c66c472bf8 something sour.e2cff2a830781eb9

But what could c717ed9774 we do?707f0076efc3f3a3

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That’s how it is, guys.adee8da7550c34f1