Chapter 49: Twilight
He got back on his feet, taking his stance again. This time, the golem didn’t wait for him to be ready; it charged at him, its feet slamming into the ground, making the cave shake.
It threw a full-powered punch at Riven, aiming at his head, but Riven was prepared. He cast Flame Wall, and the fist slammed into the wall, decimating it, but giving Riven enough time to get away. He moved to the side very fast and ran behind the golem.
The golem swung its fist backward. Riven dodged and pushed forward, then used Flame Arc, slashing from a few meters away from the golem.
The flame arc hit it right in the chest, but besides one step back, the golem had very little reaction to the attack.
’I knew it was strong, but I didn’t think it was that strong,’ Riven thought. Now that his attack had not worked, he retreated to try again, but the golem grabbed him before he could go far and tossed him into a wall.
Riven slammed into the wall, and everything went black for a moment before light returned. When he looked, he saw that he was down on the ground with a puddle of blood near his head, more blood staining his mouth.
He cleaned his mouth and got back up. He picked up his sword again and pointed it at the golem. This fight was not going anywhere, but he had to give it his all if he was going to survive here and take his brother out.
The golem was not supposed to be on the first floor of any dungeon, even higher-level dungeons. It was a guardian, usually guarding something very important deep in the dungeon.
The golem saw that Riven was back on his feet, so it attacked again, rushing in like a bull. It threw a punch, wanting to smash him into the ground.