Bab 21: Overcome
The team was dumbfounded to find that the Golem was still alive and regenerating its head.
'You can't be fucking serious?!!'
Mila thought,
'Shit!! I thought we only needed to eliminate the head to kill it!'
Mila thought about if they should continue fighting the Golem because, from the looks of it, the Golem would need to be destroyed with one hit. The only reason Mila decided to stay and fight the Golem was due to the possibility of them getting a good item or there being a passageway behind it.
'I could try to use one of my more powerful spells to kill it, but I'd be wasting too much mana.'
Mila was about to tell her team to retreat through the cavern's entrance.
Until she saw the Golem stumble and lean forward, and it was there; she saw Adonis stabbing his sword covered in red-condensed fire into the Golem's head.
Adonis had made a plan in his head on what to do and hoped it would work.
During Mila's spell "Earth Assault," Adonis used his Heavenly 2-star ki to run its side and then used 'Electric Flicker' to run up the wall. He saw Lena's strength and how she blew up the Golem's head, so he decided to stick his sword in the cavern's roof and see if the Golem was still alive. He saw the Golem still alive, he knew it was then that he should continue with his plan, the Golem got out of the Earth spikes and he knew it was the best time to attack. Adonis used Flame Blade, launched off the roof, and with his ki and power behind his fire magic, he quickly struck through the crystal; his fire was so powerful it spread within the Golem's head.
Adonis using "Electric flicker," ran off the Golem's head and began rotating himself mid-air, so when his sword sliced down the Golem's chest, it was easier to slash through it. Cutting his sword into the Golem's chest, he slid down the Golem's chest and continued to slice through the Golem's chest. He reached the middle of its chest and forcibly stopped his fall with his ki by sinking his feet into the crystal.
Adonis then used "Flame Pillar" on his sword and when the fire burst into the Golem's chest, it created a large web-like fissure across the Golem's body. Adonis jumped from the Golem's chest and was flying to the other end of the cavern.
"LENA! USE A WIND SPELL ON WHERE MY SWORD'S AT!!"
Although everybody was surprised by what Adonis just did, Lena snapped out of it and followed what Adonis said.
"Cyclone Drill!"
Lena stabbed her sword forward and a wind drill spinning at high speeds was shot toward Adonis's sword. It hit the sword directly pushing it deeper into the Golem.
There are special reactions to magic once one element met another. In this case, when wind magic meets more abundant or stronger fire magic; the fire magic consumes it and becomes stronger. When the wind drill was exposed to the powerful fire left behind, it was immediately consumed and set the fire off again.
The Golem's entire body burst into a flaming explosion and made the Golem collapse.
Adonis flew to the other end of the cave, and before he was about to crash into the ground he was caught by Lena.
"Oh...thanks for that Lena."
"I should be thanking you instead, Adonis. How did you think to do that?"
Lena put Adonis down and the rest of the team gathered, curious about the same thing.
"Uhm, well, it went like this..."
Adonis then explained his thought process. He didn't know that the Golem needed to be destroyed entirely to kill it, but went for it due to it being the most certain option. He thought that facing the Golem head-on would be too risky for him, so he ran behind it and struck the back of its head, so the Golem's attention would be on that instead of Adonis preparing the finishing blow. Instead of expanding more of his mana (Adonis is saying mana to his team since he doesn't want them to know he uses Anima) to kill it, he decided to go for the special reaction of wind and fire magic to end the fight.
After Adonis was done explaining his entire plan the entire team was surprised by Adonis.
"Wow, I didn't think you could think like that during a fight like this!"
Mila said, possibly the most shocked of the group due to Adonis not only being naturally strong, but he was also smart in highly tense situations.
"Well, I had time to time to think since I wasn't ordered to do anything."
"Oh, I guess your right about that..."
Mila decided to use Adonis more in this mission.
"Anyways, shouldn't we pick that up already?"
Adonis said, pointing at the glowing orb that created the Golem in the first place. Juniper being the closest went and put the orb in her spatial bag and gave it to Mila.
Barret and Adonis went to see if there was another path beyond where the Golem was, but there wasn't anything.
"Let's continue moving! Oh right, Barrett, give me your spatial bag with the Magic Crystals you got."
Although reluctant, Barrett gives his Magic Crystals to Mila. The reason the team was giving their spatial bags to Mila is that it is part of the Sect's rules that the team leader is responsible for all items gathered during missions. This rule was implemented after untrustworthy teammates that held the items, took it for themselves.
They went through the cave again and as they moved further in, the fewer beasts they encountered. This was the one thing weird about the Beast Land Cave, there were a lot of beasts in the middle of the cave, but the further you continue there were fewer and fewer beasts.
The team arrived at the furthest point anyone had set in the cave, but it was also a dead end. It was a huge cavern that had a small lake in the middle, it was filled with mana, perfect for people who have been in the cave for hours on end. But when they finally got there, hoping for some rest. They saw 6 people there already, lounging around.
It was the disciples of the Sky Mountain Sect.
"Shit..."
Juniper muttered under her breath, and the rest of the team felt the same way as her.
Jack noticed them.
"Oh! How nice to see you again, Mila and company!"
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