Chapter 37: The Tin Knight and The Mysterious Underground Labyrinth (6)
While the Tin Knight was simply delighted that a new boss had appeared, in fact, this was an optional battle that could have been avoided if they had simply tried to avoid it.
After all, the orders received by the Wood Golem... the guardian of this underground labyrinth, were as follows:
「Maintain the seal so that the sinner cannot awaken, and continuously drain her power.」
「If a person who has gone through the proper procedures reaches where you are, help them to subjugate the monster.」
「But if someone who hasn’t followed the procedures forcibly reaches there, defeat them. Under no circumstances should they come into contact with the sinner.」
If the Tin Knight’s party hadn’t attempted to force their way through using the cheat key “Key of Opium”, the Wood Golem and its subordinates would have become strong allies rather than obstacles blocking their way.
But at the same time, this was also a meaningless assumption.
Given the Tin Knight’s and Dorothea’s personalities, they were the type of people who would rather breakthrough using unorthodox methods and fight one more time than go to the Adventurers Guild to find out the “proper method” of conquering this labyrinth just to avoid one battle. Moreover, one of them wasn’t even human, neither in body nor in mind.
If we had to pick someone, Adelaide’s personality would have suited that orthodox route, but unfortunately, she had little say in matters such as these.
Therefore, the Wood Golem rampaged without hesitation.
To fulfill the last order left by the Golem’s master.