Hey people. Finally got around to making a list of all the golems getting used. Let me know if you want a certain one added in though, i'll do my best to add it in.
Raigar had arrived at the small village a few hours after leaving. There had been a rogue ninja but Raigar hadn't bothered to chase him down.
The village was quiet. In truth it was only there to stop people from going into the aesthetic court, so it was always quiet.
People glanced curiously at the new group. It was unusual for visitors here, even more so for one who was closer to the seven foot mark rather than six; with no less than three golems in tow.
"Follow until We are at Sayaka's house. Then wait in the back yard in powersaver mode." Raigar instructed. The golems made affirmative sounds so Raigar took off in the direction of his wife.
The door was closed and rather than walk right in as he had been told to do so many times, Raigar knocked on the door.
It opened in a moment or so and Sayaka's father stood.
"you again? How many times must I tell you, just walk in you foolish skyscraper!"
Raigar had to hide his grin then. The old man was all bark and no bite.
Raigar stepped inside and removed his boots.
Morning hit. Raigar knew he should have gone back after a few hours but time had just flew by.
Calling to the golems Raigar hurried out of the village. The ship was around two hours away, but that was walking; jogging would only be around an hour.
Turning a corner something bowling into the warrior.
Raigar stood to apologize when a mouth snapped forward in a snarl.
The knight servant slashed at the werewolf golem driving it back.
Rising to his full height Raigar drew out his massive sword in his right arm. A second werewolf leapt at him, but only connected with the shield on Raigar's arm, a solid hit that sent it flying.
The knight servant and Ruby butterfly stepped back to back with him. Looking for the Marlin glaive he saw pieces of it around. It had been in the back acting as rearguard and obviously paid for it. In his rush Raigar had foolishly charged into a trap.
"Come then!" he roared, to bolster his confidence more than anything. Golems had no real moral.
The two wounded werewolves were joined by an additional four. They spread out. Growling behind him caught his attention but to take his attention from his front would be foolish.
Two of the werewolves came on fast, with a third between them in mid planted his foot and heaved his blade around. Is crashed into the first one shearing it cleanly into two separate lumps. The middle golem lost a shoulder and was knocked down while the third was clipped and tossed aside.
"Ruby butterfly, burn them!" Raigar cried. The fire golem obliged launching a blast of heat at the downed golem.
The knight golem shifted to cover their backs and slashed at two Sabertiger, both jumped out of range.
Two werewolves started to circle while the other two held back. Ruby butterfly let a gout of flame fly out at one of the flankers, making it snarl and skip back. Raigar used one of his long range ether based attacks blast the two hanging werewolves back, dealing out heavy damage against the wind users.
The knight servant grunted as sharp teeth clamped onto it's left leg, but managed to shield bash the other tiger. Hacking down in two solid strikes it killed the first tiger, severing it's head cleanly.
Ruby butterfly used a healing spell on the knight servant, keeping it online long enough to slash the tiger again, driving it away. While doing that though, its shoulder left Raigar and it's own back open to the flanking werewolf which leapt at the opening. The other two weounder werewolvers leapt as well but Raigar smashed the ground loosing a barrage of rock and earth ether to blast them back dropping them for good this time.
Ruby butterfly fell forward with the werewolf on its back, clawing and snarling.
Spinning around Raigar slashed at it, a hard swing that cleaved off the top half of the werewolf dropping it in a pool of ether and sizzling core material.
The last Sabertiger leapt at the suddenly broken formation to be caught on the knight servants shield and pinned down. The sword was thrust deep into its core material ending the fight.
With a look at the broken golems and flickering fires around the area Raigar left at a walk. Lady Karin would understand, and if not, then at least he would arrive in one piece.
Raigar saw the ship after another hour of walking. The main turret gun on the prow was powered up and turned to aim at him with alarming speed.
Before anything more could come of the gun though it returned to its normal position powering down.
"Raigar! What took you so long!" Karin demanded.
"My apologies."
"what happened to you?" Makoto asked. He had noticed the smell of burnt clothing and his eyes wandered on the golems, lingering on the still partially damaged knight servant.
"I believe the trip to speak with Kyoto is no longer necessary. On my return from Sayaka's village a group of golems made an ambush. There were six werewolf golems and two sabertigers."
"Get onboard then. No time to waste." Touya remarked.
Then went straight back the way they had come from. Once the ship reached Junk city they stopped.
"We should split up for this trip." Touya voiced. Surprised looks returned the question.
"if i remember correctly, then the pinnacle rocks are very close to here, no more than an hour walk. Half of us should go and check this supposed prison, a quarter goes out to re supply and then the last quarter, stays with the ship." Touya explained.
"So long as I get to stay by you Touya!" Makoto declared stepping closer to his long time man crush.
Touya stepped back a few feet; feigning having his shoelace come undone and bending to re tie it.
"I think we need to check the pinnacle rocks. If there were still golems running crazy from there, people would be going crazy right?" Karin countered.
"We should eat before deciding." Atsuma suggested.
"We have very little information, so anything to go on is more than we have." Touya replied ignoring Atsuma.
The argument began to heat up until Touya stopped with a perplexed look on his face.
"We came from behind us. Junk city is to our right, there is supposedly only collectors to the left. So what is kicking up that dust cloud to the left?"
Everyone looked slightly startled to see the cloud. It was a large one, much bigger than even the gunboat had kicked up.
"New plan. We take the ship and check that out. I think wherever the rampant golems are coming from, it's that way." Atsuma said.
"Everyone but Karin, Atsuma and myself, go and gather the supplies. Take all the golems to make it go faster." Touya stated.
Not even Makoto whined about the bluntness of the order.
After only the three people remained Touya looked at them both.
"you guys said a sage lived close right? You visited her on your previous journey."
"Ya there is a sage, just north of here." Atsuma supplied
"This sage, Would she be willing to help us make this ship more resilient to attack?"
"She might. She seemed kind of, well picky."
"With the ship, how long will it take to get there, and back?"
"Not long. She has a tower that can be a pain to get up though."
A few minutes passed as Touya mulled it over.
"No we don't have the time to spare. We should just continue going forward."
Minutes ticked by and everyone else came back. One by one their loads were unloaded and secured below deck.
"From here to the pinnacle rocks. Then from there to where though?"
"The next tactical step would be a cautious advance." Raigar suggested.
"Okay. So I think that only people should go to the rocks; golems are staying with the ship. Objections?" Touya asked looking around.
"Won't we be swarmed by sheer numbers?" Raigar put in.
"doubtful. We don't have core material. If my memory is correct, the golems that came back destroyed all had damage done mostly to that area, almost by a sniper type golem."
"So this golem uses guns?" Atsuma asked scratching at his head.
"No it mans they aimed for the weak spot. We don't have such a massive weak spot that binds out being together." Makoto replied.
Within the hour the ship was stopped with all the golems on deck and combat ready.
Everyone was in their normal traveling clothing with an additional backpack on. The report on the rocks were vague on how deep they were so it seemed a good idea to expect to be inside a while.
The group walked down the pathway to the main entrance. Instead of seeing the huge double doors sealed shut, they saw them opened all the way.
Gunfire erupted around them.
"Lady Karin!" Raigar cried, he jumped in front of her and bore the brunt of it for the two of them.
Touya raised up an enchanters shield to block the bullets, with Makoto raising his own right beside, Both aiding to shield Atsuma.
A dust cloud was raised from the flying lead, and then the gunfire stopped.
"Crowberry golems. Little machine gunners." Raigar noted lowering his shield. He had taken the most damage but thanks to his own affinity for the earth element as well as his ethereal armour, he barely felt any bruises forming.
"Once the dust settles hammer them. Ranged attacks." Makoto said. He drew out a pair of his spinning blades, ready to throw them once he saw a target.
Nodding, everyone readied their own attacks.
The dust cleared and the path still looked clear ahead of them, but ahead behind the pillars on each side were the golems. Six in total. The three on the left made sounds and the guns fired off their range finding rounds.
Those three got slammed by aqua spears, startling them. Right after the last spear hit two spinning blades decapitated all three, neatly and quickly finishing them.
The golems on the right fired off a few shots but then Raigar's earth attack shook the ground around them jarring their aim. Atsuma launched a flare wave toasting one while Touya let loose with a torrent of his own water, finishing them off.
"That was a nasty surprise." Atsuma stated.
"That explains the knights report. That would have chased them off good, but from the report they made it sound like more enemies than that." Karin voiced.
Walking along they stayed closer together. Raigar and Touya followed by Atusma and Karin with Makoto in the back.
Soon the gates were right in front of them.
"Wait." Touya said. He picked up a rck and chucked it into the gate. Before it landed a lance split it.
"I think, this area has a few surprises for us." Makoto reasoned. A dozen gale lancers glided out along with a Lapris Magira.
"What are we waiting for? Lets rumble!" Atsuma whooped charging ahead, fists raised.
Sorry it took so long ot update. Lifes been ah. Busy.