Rise of the Crusader

Chapter 33: [Bonus chapter]

“Now!!!!!!!”

Dwayne drew his bow and shot one of his arrows. The arrow had a silver tip, and unlike the others, which had only little effects on the golem, this penetrated its hand.

BOOM!

A second after, the arrow caused an explosion on the golem’s hand. But that still wasn’t enough to destroy the hand of the golem or even break Levi out of the golem’s hold.

The arrow was still stuck in between the golem’s hand when golden flames suddenly emerged around his hand. It wasn’t only the golden flames, and hovering above the golem were about five huge birds holding onto a cylindrical paper which were also brought to life.

The bird let go of the pieces they were holding onto, and when they moved closer to the three-headed golem, they exploded.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

.....

“Dieeeee!!!!!!!!!”

Melinda leaped, then stretched both palms forward, and bones began to shoot rapidly from her hand. She aimed them towards the golem’s hand, and a second after Melinda appeared, a figure with long blue-tinted silver hair, and a body was wrapped around with bandages appeared.

The figure was none other than Sylvia. Sylvia tightened her grip on the katana she was holding onto, and she slashed it towards the three-headed golem’s arm at full force.

“Arrrghhhhhhh~!!!” The angry roar of the golem rang out afterward, as the katana sliced off its hand.

Levi had already passed out from being squeezed tightly by the golem, and when the arm of the golem fell off, he was still in an unconscious state. He was, however, soon picked up by one of the huge birds in the area.

“Move back!!!!!” Elisa’s loud voice suddenly sounded.

However, before the students in the surrounding could react, the three-headed golem struck several punches forward.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Those attacks were delivered at the full strength by the three-headed golem, and despite the student’s attempt to evade the attack, they were unable to. It was only Sylvia that didn’t suffer greatly from the attack.

Sylvia was able to avert from the attack, but even then, her left hand broke down. Sylvia’s mouth was oozing out with blood, as for Xavier, Melinda, Elisa, and Becky, they were left in a much more severe state.

It would have even been more terrible than that, but Jackson swooped in and carried them to the walkway.

Apart from Camille who was taking care of the other golem, Raphael, Sylvia, Dwayne, and Aliyah were now the only four who were standing on the rocks.

The four of them stared at the three-headed golem that was a few meters away from them, and a deep frown could be seen on their faces.

“It is very strong!” Sylvia said. She then stared at the three teachers who were also staring at them with a rather amused look on their faces.

There was complete certainty that even if the entire class were to perish in the hellfire domain, the three teachers still wouldn’t interfere. Apart from the academy orders, to the teachers, their death would mean that they weren’t fit to be members of the division in the first place.

Sylvia, who was usually cold towards others, glanced at Raphael, Dwayne, and Aliyah before then saying, “How do we take care of it?!” Sylvia asked.

However, there was no response from she asked questions, and instead, the three of them kept staring at the golem in front. It was only until after a few seconds that Dwayne’s voice rang out.

“I have six more silver tip arrows, I suggest we recreate what occurred earlier, but this time around, let’s finish the golem once and for all,” Dwayne said.

Sylvia heaved a deep breath before she then tightened her grip on the katana in her hand. Dwayne had already brought out three arrows with silver tips, he was to about have the three of them on his bow, when Raphael spoke.

“It’s not going to work!” Raphael uttered in complete confidence.

Sylvia and Dwayne glanced at one another before one of them said, “Why do you say so? And if that isn’t going to work, do you have another plan in mind.” Dwayne said.

“The plan is great, but the attack behind it is too weak,” Raphael exclaimed. He then stared at the three of them in the area, and said, “I say, it shouldn’t be until we are all on the brink of death before we bring our aces up our sleeves.”

“Believe it or not, none of you will get the chance to do that. It’s either now or never.” Raphael stated.

The expression which was on the faces of Dwayne and Sylvia changed, even Aliyah who had kept quiet couldn’t hide the surprised look she had on her face.

Sylvia stared at the three-headed golem that dipped its arm inside the sea of flames, and was glaring at them, before then saying, “I guess you’re right.” As she spoke, she began to loosen the bandages which were on the right side of her face.

Sylvia skillfully removed the bandages even as she took them off, it was only the right side of her face that was showing and nothing else.

Though the scars which were on her face brought a bewildered expression to appear on Raphael, and the other’s faces, it wasn’t much when compared to when they met with Sylvia’s eyes.

Sylvia had violet eyes with concentric circles that spread over her eyeballs. “Wha-What!!!!” Sylvia exclaimed in a cold voice, seeing how they all staring at her.

Raphael was the first to avert his gaze from Sylvia, he then moved his eyes towards Dwayne and Aliyah, who were not that far from one another.

Dwayne clenched his hand into tight fists before he then pulled out one of the arrows in his quiver. Apart from the silver tip arrows, the previous arrows which Dwayne had been using were all black, however, the one he pulled out of his quiver this time around was gold.

While Dwayne didn’t utter a word after he brought the gold arrow out, the three of them got the message clear. Raphael’s lips curved into a devilish smile, and he said, “What about you?!”

Aliyah started at Raphael for a moment before then saying, “I need to make close contact with it before I can make a move.” Aliyah replied.

“You must also have something,” Dwayne said, glaring at Raphael.

Raphael nodded his head, ‘A small price to pay for immunity’ Raphael mumbled. He then took off the black shoes he had on and rolled his pants up.

“Hmm” Dwayne’s eyes twitched, his mouth opened slightly when he saw the move Raphael made after he rolled his pants to the knee.

Raphael took a step forward, and he came in contact with the flames. At first, the flames enveloped his feet, but after a few seconds, something strange began to occur. The flames which were around Raphael began to decrease in intensity.

The flames greatly lost their vigor, and they soon died down. There were still flames in the area but, they kept a distance from Raphael, seeing how he put off a portion of the flames.

“You’re able to use your absolute decay through your legs also,” Sylvia muttered.

Raphael flashed a light smile at her, he was about to speak when a powerful roar rang out in the surrounding. “Rrrrrrrrhhhhh!!!!” When Raphael and the others raised their head, they were startled to see the form which the three-headed golem took.

Apparently, it hadn’t only been the four of them that showed their aces, even the three-headed golem did so. The three-headed golem had flames covering its body all over, even its head included, and the hand which was cut off earlier was recreated.

“Dwayne will cover the long-range attack, while the three of us will handle the close-range.”

“That gold arrow should only be used when we have created the right opening,” Sylvia said, and without any delay, they made a move.

Raphael, Aliyah, and Sylvia dashed towards the three-headed golem who was also coming at them, and a few seconds for them to clash, Sylvia’s loud voice sounded. “Dwayne now!” Sylvia yelled at the top of her voice.

The arrow was already in place, and when Dwayne heard Sylvia’s loud voice, he let go of his grip on the arrow.

PEW!

The arrow moved at an incredible speed, and in merely the blink of an eye, it appeared close to the three-headed golem. The arrow was about to strike at the golem when Sylvia’s eye suddenly glowed, and a change occurred.

Raphael and the arrow had swapped positions.

Sylvia moved and grabbed the arrow which was in the position where Raphael was and stared at Raphael who was now heading towards the three-headed golem.

“Rrrrrhhhhh!” The fact that the flames did not affect Raphael made the three-headed golems view him as a different level of threat than the rest, and when it saw him coming forward, the golem struck out a full-force punch right away.

PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW!

Feeling the might that was contained in that punch, Raphael’s eyes twitched, he was about to lower his body, when he was again replaced by one of the silver tip arrows that Dwayne fired.

The arrow met with the golem’s fist, and it was obliterated instantly... Meanwhile, Raphael found himself beside the golem. Raphael pushed his body forward and landed on the golem’s body.

“Rrrrrrhhhhh!” The three-headed stomped its feet on the ground heavily, as it found the feeling of Raphael running about its body frustrating.

Sylvia heaved a deep breath, seeing how the flames around the body of the three-headed golem were being put off. Sylvia stared at Dwayne and said, “You have to use the remaining two silver tip arrows, and when I call for it, you use the gold one.” Sylvia said.

“Are you ready?” Sylvia asked as she stared at Aliyah. Aliyah nodded her head and the two of them moved.

Raphael continued to elude from the golem’s attempt to shake him over its body, with his biggest advantage being his pace. And after a few minutes, he was able to put off half of the flames on the upper part of the golem’s body.

Sylvia suddenly leaped and slashed her Katana, only to be met by the monstrous punch of the golem. She, however, reacted very quickly and swapped her body with the silver tip arrow that had just been shot.

And when Sylvia assumed the position of the arrow, she yelled, “Dwayne now!”

As Dwayne brought forth the gold arrow and launched it towards the golem, Sylvia also slashed her katana at full force, meanwhile Raphael stood on the golem, and placed both hands on its shoulder.

The golem had been so engrossed in getting rid of Raphael and Sylvia that it paid no attention to the white-haired woman who had just appeared before it, and the gold arrow that was fired.

It was only until the arrow appeared in front that the golem struck a punch, but it was however too late, as the arrow moved past the punch and pierced right through its body.

“Move away right now!!!!!!”

Raphael’s eyebrows furrowed when he heard Dwayne, the decaying was already taking place in the golem’s body, but it wasn’t as fast as it anticipated. He, however, chose to leave, as the decay was going to spread all over.

Sylvia moved backward as well.

BOOM!

A loud explosion sounded soon a few seconds after the gold arrow came into the golem’s body, The damage created a huge hole in between the golem’s body, but the golem was still on its feet.

As the golem staggered forward, both hands and a bit of its body had crumbled, as a result of Raphael’s power, but even so, it still hadn’t fallen yet.

“Wait!” Sylvia was about to move when Raphael spoke decisively.

Sylvia frowned when she heard Raphael, she then raised her head, and seeing the white-haired figure that was standing on the golem’s body, her mouth opened slightly. “Sh-She... She is going to do it.” Sylvia murmured.

Aliyah, who was on the golem, gently placed her hand on the golem’s neck, and her gold eyes suddenly turned black completely.

A few seconds after Aliyah’s eyes went black, she collapsed and was about to land on the flames when a rock appeared in her place.

Sylvia gently held Aliyah, and after a moment Aliyah opened her eyes, and this time around it wasn’t black. Instead, it had returned to its usual color.

.....

“Thank you” Aliyah muttered.

Meanwhile, Raphael suddenly moved his gaze away from Aliyah to the golem, who was on its feet. “Kneel!” And a second after, Aliyah’s voice rang out, and the three-headed golem knelt immediately.

The three-headed golem did as she ordered right away... Its huge body knelt down.

“Eliminate yourself!” Aliyah suddenly said, and just like the command, she gave earlier, the golem did as it was told. The molten rocks which it was created off began to fall off one after the other from its body, and in merely a few seconds there was nothing left of the golem.

CLAP! CLAP!

After the golem was taken care of, a loud clap suddenly reverberated in the surrounding. “That wasn’t so bad. But, sadly, that’s going to be all over now.” The muscular man said.

“Have a wonderful day!”

“Sigh... If we had known it was going to be this much interesting, it should have been two of that three-headed golem that should be here.” As the stainless-steel door opened, the lean man said in a displeased voice.

He, however, was greeted by the angry glare of the students in the surrounding, before the students then walked out of the training ground.