Lord Of Puppets

"Explosions?!" – shouted the man with long bladed axe as the hood and mask which was covering his head ended up taking massive amount of damage, to the point where the man to just take off the destroyed equipped as it was beyond repair.

(It was magic damage?)

However, the destruction of this piece of clothing made the man’s face completely visible, revealing him to be the leader of the Brutes: Gerald.

"!"

(Who is this guy!?) – thought Porai as she instantly noticed the long-bladed axe wielder’s face reveal.

(No wait... How the hell he came barely scratched from this?)

(I saw him taking a direct hit just now.)

"..."

(Ah, I get it. The clothing that got destroyed. It must had been some anti magic equipped....)

(And if that is the case, then they were fully aware of the bombs that Thauma used once before.)

"Tch."

(I wasn’t expecting to get hit directly like that with explosion of magic.) – thought Gerald as he saw how badly damaged his protective equipped was, to the point it had lost all of its function.

(But the hell was that in the first place?)

(We had no data about long range magical attacks.)

(But that wasn’t magic.)

(Something flew at us... Bomb?)

"THEY CAN LAUNCH BOMB AT US! BE WARE!" – shouted Gerald as he looked around and noticed his team was still in perfect condition.

"..."

"Bastards." – said Porai.

(All of them had protective equipment that was meant to deal with explosives.) – thought Porai as she continued observing the battlefield from above.

"Hey! Wan! Is the spell keep going?!" – shouted Gerald to the younger brother.

"We still have few more moments! But only if we keep going!" – replied the younger brother named Ware.

"Den! What about your magic?!"

"I’m ready to fire it... But should I instead focus on defense instead?"

"Do it!" – said Gerald as he tried leading his group forward once again, while the two other groups tried to do the same.

The enemy lost their momentum by the barrages of explosives, making them much slower... But obviously, they were still not giving up as they began running once again, while the crossbow golems unleashed their barrages once again.

However, the invader’s defensive power did not dropped at all, as they were still were moving forward.

(Motherfucker. All of them had magic oriented defensive equipment.) – thought Porai.

(Still, do they really think that it will be all?) – thought Porai as the group of soldiers were almost ready to fight the golems head on.

However, as they ran, the golems suddenly moved aside, letting a large number of hound golems run towards the incoming groups, including also the 6 boss type hound golems, which included some of the newer version of the golems.

"Shit! Incoming!" – shouted Gerald as the group got ready for close range combat.

(Fast moving golems.) – thought Gerald.

(They are probably sacrificial tools that are meant to keep us in the zone where the long-range golems can just bombard us.)

"DON’T HOLD BACK! FORCE YOUR WAY THROUGH AT ALL COST!" – shouted Gerald on top of his lungs, unleashing such loud voice that the other groups could hear him.

All three groups contoured their charge, and even when the hound golems smashed their bodes into them, the group didn’t stopped.

Obviously, they were slow down.

The massive beasts of metal were not really something you can just knock away with no problem.

They were enduring many of the strikes.

And they were truly no real beasts.

They had no fear of death or even emotions.

They were just a tools that fallowed.

And even when half of their bodies are destroyed, they will keep fallowing the order.

"FUCK! THESE BASTARDS AIN’T LETTING UP!" – shouted the female human hooded figure was she was using thunder magic to keep the golems at bay, but they were keep going, even when they took a direct hit.

"These bastards are doing suicide charges!" – shouted the female human hooded figure as another wave of bolts came flying, but the older brother, Den unleashed his water magic to create a massive wall of water to block off the incoming projectiles.

"BOSS! PERMISION THIS AIN’T LOOKING GOOD!" – shouted Den.

"KEEP PUSHING! IT IS DESPERATION RIGHT NOW!" – shouted Gerald as a hound type boss golem appeared and rammed into Gerald, forcing the massive muscular blade to use his axe to stop the giant jaws from biting off his head.

(Dungeon boss monster!) – thought Gerald as suddenly, the sides of the creature transformed, revealing 6 blade limbs with sharp spear like tips, which all were thrusted towards the man.

(Oh, that is nasty!) – thought Gerald as he managed to push back the massive beast golem away, overpowering it before then stepping away, dodging some of the blade limbs, but not all of them as two managed to somewhat graze his sides.

The hound boss golem once again ran towards the man, aiming to rip him apart with his blade limbs, his claws and his fangs.

[Axe Art: Mountain Climber]

However, Gerald countered by swinging his axe upwards, unleashing a devasting strike that not only it manage to stop the boss monster’s attack, but also push it back as well as deal massive amount of damage to the creature’s face, to the point where its lower jaw of the creature had bit of trouble with functioning.

"?!"

(OH! WHAT THE FUCK!?) – thought Porai as she observed from above.

{"Porai. I can’t see from the ground what is going on. Can you tell me what is happening?"} – asked Thauma via its messenger golem, as the dungeon master could not really tell what was happening with the third group because of the rampaging chaos.

"The guy with the axe... I think he maybe the enemy leader." – said Porai with bit of hesitation.

"He is fucking over your newest boss hound golem."

"At this rate he will destroy it all on his own." – said Porai as she the fight between the boss monster and the leader of the brutes... And the difference in power was noticeable.

This new boss monster, it was an upgraded version of the hound boss golem.

All of its stats has been noticeable increased and it was even given additional blade arms which were also far more flexible and faster then previous ones, making the sheer volumes of attack be truly alarming.

...

But he didn’t cared.

Despise his massive build, Gerald was noticeable fast.

And most important, strong, as ever strike he had connected had managed to deal an alarming amount of damage.

But that thing had no fear, as it continued fighting, trying to bite down the man once again with its damaged jaws.

But again, Gerald’s axe was able to stop the bite and even managing to somewhat damage the golem’s mouth further as he swung his axe in counter attack.

However, the bite wasn’t the only thing that was launched.

The 3 blade arms launched themselves at the man, aiming for the concentrated blow in one spot.

"!" – but Gerald saw attack coming and used the palm of his hand to block the attack.

The blades sunk into the man’s palm... But something wasn’t right.

They barely sunk deep in, only bits of the tip sunk it into the man’s flesh.

And before golem could try do to a fallow up attack, the man with single hand swung his massive axe, smashing right into the blade arms from below and bending them from the impact, which ended up making the blade loose and allowing the man to free his hand.

But again, the beast didn’t cared about the damage and fear, as it ran up the man, aiming to get him by unleashing a hidden pole spear piked from within its mouth, aiming to pierce the man’s chest.

But Gerald managed to use his axe’s blade flat side to block off the attack, but not completely as he ended up receiving a wound on his chest.

"..."

(Okay, I get that he somehow blocked the attack just now, but the fuck is with this guy’s muscles?!) – thought Porai as the boss monster retracted its hidden weapon back into its mouth and tried leaping into the man once again.

"!"

"ORDER THE NEW-"

[Axe Art: Wrecking Axe]

Before Porai could order Thauma to have the boss monster retreat, it was too late.

Gerald swung his axe, unleashing such powerful strike that landed at the side of the golem’s face, dealing such massive amount of damage that the whole head of the boss golem bended, before then knocking to the side, causing the golem’s entire body to smash into the ground.

"..."

"This isn’t technique." – said Porai.

(The battle arts he had been using... Every single one of them were... Simple?!) – thought alarmed Porai.

(Power, power and power again.)

(Even the one where he countered the projectiles, he just used brute physical force! That was it!)

(He is fighting like a fucking brute right now, somewhat like berserker?!)

(But at the same time, he know exactly what he is going.... Wow.)

(He is... Dangerous... Too dangerous.)

(And I don’t think he is still going all out.)

(Yeb... This is bullshit.)

"Thauma." – said Porai.

"Listen to me carefully."

"The guy with big axe that has a long ass blade?"

"Kill him."

"He maybe a B-rank in terms of strength."

"You fucking hear me?"

"KILL THAT FUCKING BRUTE OF AN ANIMAL!"