Chapter 197: Subduing The Golem
However, it is not the small one that worried the incubus. What worried Alros is the 10 large one. With their larger size, a single strike would kill scores of his monsters like a bug. To prevent such thing, he took their attention, getting close and personal.
His other B-rank monsters did the same, each battling against a Super Golem, as he would call them. Thankfully, they are slow with relatively low intelligence. Unfortunately, they are strong, a single attack being more than enough to badly injured, if not outright kill him, much less the squishier monsters.
All of his monsters currently engaged in a guerilla fight with the monsters, trying to wear them down. The only one that could hope to do any significant damage is him.
His strength is overwhelming, more than enough to destroy a part of the Golem, as can be attested by the Golem in front of him. Multiple fractures appeared all over it, with both hands are gone, leaving only rocky stumps.
Even the core began to get expose, his incessant attack doing great damage to the monster. However, the incubus knew it is not enough. He need to do more if he hope to defeat them.
Preparing himself, Alros propelled himself towards the core, avoiding the clumsy swing. He soon get close enough, in which the incubus slammed his hammer above the core, wrecking it.
The holes in it is enough for him to get inside. Once he did he began to increase his strength using his Demonic Aura. At that moment, he could feel himself getting unbelievably stronger.
Each one of his punch could shatter cinder blocks, as can be attested by the Golem, as it began to move frantically, trying to shake the demon inside.
Being inside the Golem make it harder for the Golem to eject him, in which he continue to break the stones around it, before soon, a hole big enough for the entire core appear. He grabbed the core, being gentle enough to no squeeze it, fearing he would destroy the entire thing.
It took some time, but he manage to dislodge the core from the rest of the rocky body. But when he did that, the rock around him began to tremble. Realizing what will happen, the incubus quickly pulled the core and her away from the splash zone.
He soon find himself landing besides the Goblins, who immediately fretted over him. He pushed them lightly before handing them the large core.
"Get them into the pool," the Goblins nodded before trying to pull the core, with no results. A Hobgoblins notice it and took the core himself.
Alros pretend to not see it, and instead, focus more on the remaining Super Golem. He is the only one that could harm them, without killing them that is.
He decide to look at them, hoping to find the monsters weakness. Soon, he realise something.
"If I can do it like that, it might work," he exclaimed.
He then flew towards the Super Golem the Arachne Matriarch was fighting. Realizing his presence, the monster about to ask him something when he flew towards the part that is the shoulder.
With a mighty roar, he slammed his hammer towards the shoulder, breaking it but not enough to dislodge it. However, he had expected such outcome.
"Wrap and pull!" he ordered. The Arachne Matriarch understood his order and quickly do as he said. When she finish wrapping the broken arms, she threw the thread towards the Hobgoblins.
With a heave, they pulled the arm, dislodging it. The same occur on the other arm, followed by the legs. In the end, the Super Golem is a floundering monsters, limbless and at the mercy of the Goblins, will surround and break the rock around its core.
A wicked smile formed on the incubus's face, as he is ready repeat the feat.
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The battle took nearly three hours more, but by the end of it, none of his monsters died. At most, they, the Goblins and the B-ranker monsters, are exhausted from doing their parts.
Alros is also tired, but he has another job to do. He head towards the pool, where the floating Golem Core can be seen. He put his hands on one before sending a burst of mana.
A demonic mark appeared, signalling the fact it is now under his command. The demon turned towards the rest of the Core, all of them seemingly aware of what occur despite not having eyes.
They trembled as he come closer, ready to subdue all of them.
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"That took a while," he sighed, taking a breather. While subduing the Regular Golem is simple enough, not easy, but not hard either, the Super Golem is another story.
After all, the Super Golem is on a whole new level. It took him a long time to subdue one of them. By the time he finish, half an had passed, and that is just the first one.
It took him two days to subdue all of them.
"At least they would be useful," he exclaimed. He need to get them rocks enhanced with mana to make them into a more powerful Golem, but he had no doubt by the end of it, he would be able to turn them into deadly killing machine.
"Looks like my time here is done," he had already did everything he want to do in Hexun Cavern, though, his interest in the Duchy itself is still there.
After all, the Duchy is famous for its alchemical product, from various potions to countless products. So, while he will leave the Hexun Cavern, he would be traveling through the Hex Duchy.
Though, now that he think about it, pulling them from the Cavern would be too soon.
-x-
"You want us to what?" the Arachne Matriarch asked in disbelief. As for the Lamia, she looked like a kick puppy. Then again, he did told them to stay inside the cavern for a bit longer.
"I want you to hunt down the adventurers inside. And I also want you to catch the female adventurers. If you able to do as I said, I will reward all of you," the two Matriarch seemed to contemplate the idea before reluctantly nodding.
The incubus let out a sigh of relief. He had been worried that they will not agree. Though, that does not mean he would leave them without a way to assuage their relief.
He opened the system space, before ordering a few things. The two Matriarch looked at him in bewilderment.
"What are you doing?" the Arachne Matriarch asked.
"Let just say I am going to make your stay more bearable,"