Chapter 214: Conclusion of the First Match
It"s not the first time I"ve seen Kayla"s golem. When I returned to human world, before coming here, Kayla practiced controlling this golem with me as the sparring partner. Since she"s trying to defeat a Werewolf, she used me as a practice target since my speed is quite comparable to the Werewolves. Though I don"t know if they are still hiding their power or not at the time.
I can say that Kayla can control the golem smoothly now. But the price for that is the ugly appearance of the golem. It"s just giant tube-shaped earth, on top of another tube, connected to the giant tube-shaped body.
For the sake of improving endurance of the golem and the smoother control over the golem, she has to sacrifice the look. I"m not talking about the beauty of the golem"s appearance, but other things like joints for better movements of the golem as well, the reach, and yeah, maybe the looks as well.
Kayla can learn that later as she grows stronger. But now, her goal is to defeat the Werewolf in front of her. So, she doesn"t need to care about her golem"s appearance.
She can do what she should only be able to do when she reached extreme level while still in intermediate level thanks to the wand. When we asked Sam"s appraiser, Jeremy, about the wand again, he told us that this since its function is to manipulate earth, using the wand to create golem is the best choice.
…I already know that, I just asked him for a confirmation.
The biggest flaw about this golem is the mana consumption. If the fight prolonged, Kayla would lose without a doubt.
"Roy, don"t you think that I can do that as well? Becoming a giant robot like that with you controlling me? I want to do that!" Victoria asked me to do the same.
"I don"t know what a robot is, but I"m interested as well. But you can"t become that big, right?"
"I alone can"t do it. But if I have a lot of clones, I should be able to do it now! So first, I need to be able to increase the number of clones I can make."
"How will you do that?" I asked.
"Just like before. Let me kill a lot of enemies so I can grow more. Don"t worry about it. This time, I can control if I want the experience I gained is for me or for you. And you also will have another summon, right? You can ask that monster to fight for you while I improve myself." Victoria explained.
Well, as long as I don"t have to wait for too long to reach advanced level, I guess I can agree with her plan.
"So, what"s a robot?" I asked.
"It"s… something like that!" Victoria pointed at the golem Kayla controlled.
"Oh…"
So, Victoria herself unable to explain what a robot is. Maybe first, is because she doesn"t understand it but it"s quite common in her world. Second, she"s respecting my lack of knowledge of her world.
In any case, I want to try making another giant golem I can control just like Kayla"s. As for the appearances… I"ll leave that to Victoria. I bet she has another wish-fulfilment thing she wanted to turn herself into.
Back to the battle between Kayla and Jack. Jack has transformed into a hairier version of himself. His wound has recovered, and he became faster and stronger. His claws are sharper. Now he doesn"t need to care about crashing on another earth wall again. Jack can break through that wall now.
But… now he has self-recovery ability, isn"t it hard to win a fight against a Werewolf? How did some Aura user able to defeat Grandpa Werewolf?
"You"re wondering on how we can be defeated, right? Don"t worry, our self-recovery ability is not omnipotent. We can"t do that forever."
Grandpa Werewolf seems to have noticed what I want to ask about and informed me about their self-recovery skill.
"Does that ability only work when you"re in that form?" I asked.
"Yes." Grandpa answered simply. I guess he won"t answer any more than that. This grandpa knows how to keep his abilities as secret. But for self-recovery, I guess since every Werewolf has the same skill and I will witness another one after this, he doesn"t mind telling me about it.
The fight continues. Kayla"s golem keeps enduring Jack"s attacks. And every time a part of the golem is cracked or broken; Kayla would recover that part.
While Jack seems impatient to break through Kayla"s defense. He keeps moving fast while dodging Kayla"s attack. Although the golem"s movement is smooth, it"s not good at quick movement. So, Kayla can only defend. As for Jack, he can only attack and dodging the golem"s attack. He keeps attacking again and again, and keep moving as to not getting hit, while not caring how tired he will be.
I can see Kayla inside the golem"s head. She"s sweating a lot, but she still keeps calm and see the situation.
Jack"s speed has slowed down since he moves around a lot, but he didn"t seem to care about it. The chance for Kayla to win will come soon!
Finally, when Jack"s speed slowed down considerably, Kayla makes her move!
She swung the giant earth golem"s right hand and hit Jack with it. The punch hits Jack! Jack was blown away to the wall on the right side of the wall where I"m standing.
Then Kayla"s golem chased after Jack. It"s not faster than a Werewolf, but since Jack is still recovering from that hit, Kayla can reach him before he moves. Then Kayla swing the golem"s hand back, and pushed it forward to where Jack is.
That"s right! She didn"t throw a punch, and just pushed Jack to the wall. Then she keeps the golem"s hand pressing Jack to the wall.
I can see that inside the golem, Kayla makes her move. She didn"t stay in the head of the golem, but moving down to the body, and to the hands that"s pressing on Jack.
While being pressed, Jack pushed the hand back. He"s stronger than the golem which Kayla no longer control. Kayla instead manipulating the inside of the golem so she can move freely inside.
As Jack pushed back the golem"s hand, from the palm of the golem, a hole opened and Kayla comes out of it. With the rapier in her hand, she thrusted it toward Jack"s body and makes multiple stab wounds.
Kayla is sweating since she consumed a lot of mana. She must have exhausted a lot of her mana, and that"s why she changed into a melee.
Jack who is busy pushing on the golem"s hand, unable to defend himself and get stabbed again and again. Maybe because he"s tired that his self-recovery ability doesn"t work well. His wounds are still recovering, but at a slower rate.
Then finally, as the wounds stopped recovering, Kayla attacked again multiple times, and finally stopped her rapier in front of Jack"s throat.
"Ugh… I lost…"
Jack finally surrendered. The first match is over with the human race"s victory.
"Good job, Kayla!"
"We won!"
"MASTER! KAYLA WIN! MASTER! MASTER! LOOK!"
"I"m looking, I"m looking. She"s grown so much. She"s a genius after all. Not as much as Angela, but still a genius." I said.
We are so happy with Kayla"s victory.
"I"m a genius? You can praise me more, you know?" Angela turned c.o.c.ky hearing my praise.
"I mean in magic. In everything else, you"re an idiot."
"What was that!?"
While Angela trying to complain, the audience finally snapped and cheered loudly. Some of them even louder than Jewel when she"s shouting.
"Awesome!"
"Humans are strong!"
"Good job, Jack! But she"s better than you!"
The Werewolves doesn"t seem to care that they are losing. They are just more interested in seeing the battle. They throw praises after praises to Kayla who won, as Kayla and Jack shaking hand in the arena.
"Nice fight. I gained a lot of experience thanks to you." Kayla said.
"Yeah, me too. I never thought that magic is so amazing. It"s a shame that I can"t use magic, but I still prefer a head-on fight anyway. I hope we have another chance to fight." Jack replied.
That"s one down. Two to go!
Seeing the atmosphere, Albert just watching everyone"s reaction. Then he suddenly had an idea.
"Roy! Are you thinking what I"m thinking?" Albert asked me.
"Of course! I will win my fight against the grandpa!"
"Not that!"
"So, you think I"m going to lose?"
"That"s different! I want you to win, but I"m not talking about that!" Albert seems to be not in the mood for jokes. I guess I"ll answer him for real.
"I know, I know. You"re thinking of creating a fighting compet.i.tion, right? I have thought of it ever since Grandpa Werewolf asked me for a duel." I said.
"So, you understand. I"ll make preparation after we return. Hopefully, I can start the event in two years. That should be when you started going to college, right?" Albert asked.
"But I"m going to a medical school, though? Not a magic school."
"I can take care of that later. For now, let"s enjoy the duel."
…is he already preparing to give me more works two years later? Isn"t it too soon?
Since it"s Albert, he must have thought of giving me a lot of work already. Seems like my peaceful life is still so far away from me.