Chapter 76: Complications
The blazing spell made a grating sound as it clashed with the golem’s fist, encountering far more resistance from the Green construct than it had from its lesser brethren. Percy felt a sharp ache in their back, the torque threatening to rip the ethereal wing to shreds. But it held somehow, digging into the material inch by inch, the dark metal slowly parting under the burning blade.
More ambient mana surged to repair the axe. Sadly, the same couldn’t be said about Gabe’s own mana, his core already dry. The wing gradually reverted to blue, much of its power gone. Gritting his teeth, Gabe didn’t give up.
With a final push, he sent the upper chunk of the golem’s arm flying, before delivering a diagonal slash to its torso. The axe had lost a lot of its heat and momentum, but it still managed to dig halfway through the construct’s chest before crumbling into wisps of blue.
Exposed and at the golem’s mercy, Percy braced for impact, fully expecting to get pounded to a pulp the very next second. Gabe must have thought the same, as he closed his eyes, preparing for the worst.
But nothing happened.
They reluctantly opened their eyes to see the golem’s colossal frame still looming over them, unmoving. The green lines on its surface were already dark.
‘Holy shit! I thought we were done for!’ Percy said.
His host only nodded in agreement. While they’d failed to bisect the golem as intended, the final slash had still been deep enough to put it out of commission.
Yet...