Chapter 32 Strange golem, new arrivals
---Katherine's pov---
This is just a dream, right?
A golem with exquisite designs along with its large frame was catering to her needs even to go as far as bringing a few horned wolves that even the nearby groups would struggle to kill, was treating me very tenderly.
I looked at this strange scene of a large armored golem acting like a nice older brother that was giving me a bowl full of warm food unlike an hour ago where it literally just treated the three psychos as playthings before making their bodies disappear somehow!
Which made me kinda scared of it.
I mean don't get me wrong.
this treatment I am getting is heavenly, almost to the point that I wouldn't care about anything else.
But the bloody scene of earlier and that loud object that it used still left an unforgettable first impression!
Despite the warm food, what will eventually come was quickly directing my thoughts elsewhere, the barrier around the church had been destroyed, this place surely won't be the best place to hide anymore since someone will eventually try and check the place.
that will bring some bigger problems, mostly from the bounty hunters and the bastard of a father of mine.
He's the only one I could think of that would do such a thing with the pretext to make his kids stronger...
During my struggles to survive, I found out about more things than I'd like, my other older siblings that I learned about became his greatest enemy some of them even joined the humans I never understood what he meant by eks-pii or what it did for him but apparently, he can get a lot from his own kids even more so the stronger they are.
As my thoughts delved more into this a kind voice called out to me... something that I haven't experienced in a very long time.
"Katherine? is something wrong?"
This Large golem was sentient as it acted rather similar to a human as my reflection was shown on its mirror-like face I shook my head then answered with a smile.
"No, nothing is wrong, I was just thinking about future problems as this place isn't as safe anymore."
The golem then did something similar to a.. chuckle? then asked.
"Heh, really? are you sure that isn't the opposite with me here?"
I frowned at the hidden meaning of those words, so I assumed that it was getting rather cocky after dealing with those weaklings, at the same time made me ponder on...
just how strong was this golem?
Regardless I'll trust that voice again as hopefully, this golem was really going to be my greatest ally as the voice said it would be.
But still, why does this golem feel weird compared to the ones I have seen in the past?
Upon finishing more than half of my bowl, the golem started making a strange noise with something that whispered 'tactical options available' before it brought out that long stick, it was a sign that something was wrong but it turned to me then did a 'shhh' gesture with its grayish finger close to its face before disappearing!
While I freaked out at first but Then I heard the sound of some people talking... their words were.
"Hey is that trash real-umph"
The voices became whispers after a muffled 'shh!' but thanks to where she was the whispers still echoed letting her hear some parts of what was said.
"damned---you-----hear us-----head-------- lot---- gold"
I first thought of the golem but it wasn't here before a dreaded thought slipped into to my mind...
It had abandoned her?
No! No! I mustn't think of such things!
I still moved to hide with some of the debris made from the collapsed roof of the church that leaned into one of the corners where the floor sunk in just enough for me to hide my whole body as I closed my eyes and prayed that I wouldn't be found...
Completely forgetting about the burning campfire that flickered with the increasing coldness of the area.
---3rd person pov---
With the darkness of the night hiding their figures, The group consisted of 11 people with the natural traits of demons nearly perfect bodies other than their horns being deformed or broken which was why they had been abandoned if a demon's horn is deformed or harmed in it would make it harder for a demon to use any magic of the higher rank than the 3rd tier.
They were dressed in furs and rags with some light armor made to resist the cold season, with rusted weapons hanging off of their waists and backs, as their breath could be seen thanks to the sudden drop in temperature within an hour.
The amount of gold placed on the girl's head was enough for most of them getting a chance to move away from this place and live a better life but if they focused on splitting it with a few people they may be able to bribe a human healer into healing it despite the friction between both races.
The leader was a lean framed former mercenary with long white hair and yellow eyes with only one of his horns broken leaving him as the person capable of using magic within the group one of the reason's why other Groups stayed clear of them.
Except for a certain trio that was even more stilled at using making than him.
upon entering the church, which used to have a barrier that prevented anyone from entering, there was an odd clicking sound before one of their people at the back suddenly grunted as he turned into a demonic pancake!
everyone drew their weapons before something large and armored had appeared in a bizarre manner on their flattened friend!
it was hard to see its full body thanks to the darkness of the night but ten blades slid out then hummed from the assailant's hands before the people nearby and some that were a good distance away attempted to fire arrows, throw poisonous darts, slash away with rusted weapons as the following things happened.
The arrows did nothing other than bounce off of the assailant same could be said about the useless darts, before the figure gained a red glow, the men and women nearby slashed, hacked, chopped whatever you want to call it, at the adversary that finally spoke as the rusted weapons crumbled upon impact.
"Really? after all that? you guys failed to even remove 5 points?"
Who could blame them, metal was hard to find in their lands and rusted junk that they used as weapons were weaker than iron thanks to how degraded they were and with the constant upgrades Jack had received from assimilating enemy armor to using upgrade points it could be said that his defenses were harder than steel!
Seeing that the person was unharmed after attacking together, they quickly assumed that the person in front of them was a stronger demon possibly just like them, but that didn't make them feel any better as the strong made their own rules, meaning that it was more than likely that they will die!
The leader of the group was the only one that managed to speak at this moment as he asked in an aggressive manner.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?"
they panicked with varying reactions, bracing themselves as they clenched what was left of their weapons, the few magic users readied their spells, archers and ranged weapon users readied their arrows or darts, some of the hopeful women at the back of the group tried to flutter their eyes and exposed more skin hoping that maybe their bodies can help preserve their lives as it did work before so there was a chance that it would work again just that this time they made sure to try from a distance as their current leader who they previously used it on had killed more than half of their former group before enjoying himself.
Jack readied himself to test out the magic spell as the recent upgrade he had gotten from the three bodies before opened up another option that was related to magic, however, the suit still lacked the information to properly integrate it into his body even with the books that were in the young girl's living area.
As for whether if it could harm him, he wanted to reduce their numbers before trying it, thus with his high-frequency claws ready, he began the bloody assault as he answered!
"your killer~"
As he did so, the lower part of the mask opened up to show a bone-chilling grin as steam came out forming an illusion to the onlookers making the grin seemed unnaturally...
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