Lamine and Genji also got up and ran in the opposite direction hoping to confuse the guardian golem.
Reyner did his best to dodge, but his shield got hit a few times. His arms tingled with every hit and a visible dent could be seen in the shield. Grey made sure to keep Reyner healed, but seeing his man get hurt made him upset.
"When is this thing going to stop?!" Genji yelled as he ducked under one of the arms and ran for his life.
It had been spinning for three minutes but there were no signs of it stopping.
After another minute, it finally stopped and walked itself toward the middle of the room. Its eyes slowly turned back to their original black color.
"Micah, Felicia, hit the core now!" Grey didn't want to give the guardian golem any more time to move.
Micah shot out two arrows one after the other while Felicia shot out three more. Each time, the golem stepped back but didn't fall.
The core didn't crack at all but it was clearly stunned.
"Keep shooting until it falls!"
Micah and Felicia shot the golem one after the other for four more rounds. Finally, the golem fell on its back, its core facing the ceiling. Still not a crack in sight.
Grey dashed over with Genji, Lamine, and Andrea and they assaulted the golem without stopping but it still didn't show signs of damage.
"What do we have to do to kill this thing?" Grey annoyingly stabbed at the core but couldn't break it.
He stepped back for a moment to look at it. He thought back to all the hints and remembered the one on floor 30. To find the helmet, one must reach out their hand and summon the light. He realized those hints weren't there for nothing.
"Andrea, use your Light magic around your sword and slash at the core until it breaks!"
Andrea looked at his sword and then back at his hand. "What? How do I do that?!"
"Imagine your sword as an extension to your arms, coat your magic around the sword. You need to pour your magic in and around the sword like you would your own body! It's the same principle."
"Hurry, we don't have much time!"
Reyner was utterly exhausted from grabbing most of the aggro. If they continued, he and Felicia would eventually run out of MP and Micah would also run out of arrows. This would make battling extremely difficult.
"Extension, pouring in, coat..." Andrea mumbled to himself as Genji, Lamine, and Grey hit the core to prologue the stun.
"I got it! Everyone, move out of the way." Andrea shouted as he readied his sword. He coated the sword with his Light magic and it turned into a large sword made of light!
"Take this, you crazy bastard! Eat my Light Shattering Strike!"
It was the most cliché name Grey had ever heard, but when he saw the giant light sword he knew it would get the job done. He could ignore the name of the skill even if it made him cringe.
Andrea slashed down at the core and it instantly shattered, as the name proposed. With the core gone, the golem that was about to get up went limp and collapsed on the ground for good.
Just like all the monsters in this labyrinth, it disappeared leaving behind a few items.
Since Andrea defeated the golem, everyone let him pick up the items. The first item he picked up was the guardian golem's core. It was much larger compared to the others. It was also a very beautiful dark purple color, rich with magic. The second item was a tower shield made of the same metal as the golem. It was a silvery grey with tan rims. It also had a magic crystal in the center.
Lastly, he picked up a lump of metal. It was probably the material the golem was made out of. He couldn't check to see what it was so he had to wait to go into town.
Andrea gave the tower shield to Reyner, as he had no use for it. He asked Grey what they should do with the other items and was told to hold on to them.
"Alright, now that we beat the guardian golem... where's the helmet?" Andrea asked as he looked around the center of the clearing. There was nothing. At the end of the hallway, they could see the teleport crystal but that was it.
"Use your light magic. This place is too predictable." Grey replied as he sat against the wall near the hallway leading to the teleport crystal. He wasn't physically tired, he was just mentally exhausted. Micah and Reyner sat next to him, not saying a word.
Andrea, with the limited amount of MP he had, summoned a ball of light and waited.
Nothing happened for a good 20 seconds.
"So that's it?" Andrea muttered in disappointment.
As soon as he said that, the ground underneath him began to shake, causing him to jump back. When he looked up, he saw a pillar with a helmet on it. Before he could say anything, the floor around it began to shoot upward, making him run for his life.
Grey only watched at a distance but felt it was pretty funny to see Andrea run away like a headless chicken. Genji, Lamine, and Felicia were also nearby watching the scene unfold in front of them, chuckling to themselves.
"Stop laughing at me! This isn't funny at all!" Andrea cried out aggrieved.
After a while, the floors finally stopped moving. It was in the shape of a pyramid with the top cut off. There was a set of stairs in front of Andrea. At the top, a light shone on the helmet. It was floating in midair. The helmet was white and gold, just like the other colors of the Holy Relics.
Andrea looked over at Grey and saw Grey prompted him to go grab it, so he cautiously walked up the stairs. There were no railings, so he felt one wrong step would make him eat shit on the way down.
When he finally got to the top, he went to grab the helmet but it flew past his head and plopped itself on his head. Oddly enough, the helmet was a perfect fit.
At that moment, System 225 chirped in.
[*Chirp chirp* Congratulations, Grey, for completing the side mission: Find out the mysteries of the Labyrinth. You have completed all the missions available. Would you like to stay in this world?]
'Yes, please. Thank you, System 225."
[It's no problem at all. Enjoy your stay in this world.]
After Andrea got the helmet, they left the labyrinth and reported the completion of it to the Adventurer's Guild. The city celebrated for a week and many parties were excited to try their hand at the completed labyrinth.
After getting the Holy Relic, the lower floors changed, making it possible for those who weren't Heroes to complete it.
When the celebrations ended, the group left the labyrinth city and went to a hot spring to celebrate their survival and victory!
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Lille: Yayyy! Mission Accomplished once more! ٩( ᐛ )و
GrandpaMarky: Writing battle scenes is just as hard as writing smut scenes. XD I hope this battle scene had enough action in it but wasn't too fast?
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