According to the strategy book, the Silver Golem, the floor boss of the eight levels, is inscribed with the creator's inscription on the tetramorphic Silver Golem.
　That inscription is also called Kentrion.
Level 25.
　This is one level lower than the Mithril Golem I fought in Delvenbro's Demon City.
　In contrast, my Level is 36, so if you're not careful, you'll be in for a real treat.

　I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that the Mithril Golem was a special case, but the golems that are made of precious metals and magical metals have an incredibly high resistance to magic. I'm not sure I've ever seen such a thing before.
　I'm sure you'll find that the magical creatures (guardians) in the ancient ruins of Alaverna are all designed and manufactured to have extremely high resistance to magic. I'm not going to be the only one who's been in the same boat for a while now.

　The only reason I've been able to easily kick out the gargoyles and iron golems I've encountered along the way is because the level difference between us was more than 20, and as expected, I was able to crush them with ease.
　However, the level difference between me and Kentrion was 11...and a silver golem, a precious metal. Furthermore, it is a special weapon with an inscription, designed during the era of the old magic empire.
　The magic resistance is tremendous. I'm not sure if I could believe my eyes when I saw the status listed in the strategy book.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

　I look around at Ramsey, Crim, Ted, Rudd, and Mud one by one.

'-- we can win!

　Yes, if you're prepared to be on your guard.

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　Heavy and light - filled with contradictions, the unique footsteps of Kentrion approaching.
　Krim and I heard it in the middle of a street of houses.
From a map transcribed from the Strategy Book, we selected the narrowest possible street in the vicinity and waited there with Gladius.

'Here he comes, Lord Crim.'
You don't need to warn me, I know that when I hear footsteps. Do you really think I'm that worried about you?

　Krim, who had read my inner thoughts, smiled happily and said, "It's been decades since I've been casually cared for by someone else. He also looked a little happy to see me.
　Krim is a level 18 'monk'. It's a higher level than most of them. If you're worried about her, you'll usually be worried about yourself first.

Well, I'll say thank you. And don't worry about it. I've been through a lot and I'm not too old to be afraid to risk my life now.
It's okay. That was unnecessary.
Han!　It's completely unnecessary!　And while I'm at it, if I may ask you to do one more thing and stop caring so much--
What do you get?
Isn't it about time you stopped being a crim 'sir', ma-na-na-na-na-na-na?
'Yes, sir. Crim.

　We smiled at each other.
　Just then, the Kentrion revealed its massive frame.
　It turned in our direction and blasted at us from the end of the street.

"Gladius!

　At my signal, my trusty partner also shook his massive body and stepped forward.
　I dared to stand up to the rushing Kentrion.
　Kentrion would not be able to avoid this and advance. That's why I chose the narrow street as my point of engagement. However, Kentrion's nature does not allow him to bypass the houses standing on either side of him by destroying them.
　Gladius took advantage of the design of his thick, low center of gravity physique to catch Kentrion's assault with a perfectly solid body.
　It is a rivalry between the strength and power of the giant golems, but if it is a power game, then Gladius is still the winner.
　And then Krim and I cast a flurry of spells to support them with enhanced magic.

"Moura-a-nou-a-ware pre-nun...
"'Blessed art thou,' says God. 'Bless thee...'
Si tilt-ren-e-no-genk-tilt-ha...
"God said. 'Thou art under my protection'...
'Koon un i kar kel kel noo e sis...'
'God said. 'All that threaten thee shall fear my majesty, and shall shun thee...'...

　As a practitioner of magic, I've been practicing spell chanting for a long time. It's a good thing that you can't get away with it, because no matter how powerful your magic is, no matter how powerful your magic is, if you can't trigger a spell at the critical moment, you're powerless.
　It's a good thing that you're able to get the most out of this. Is she a practical thinker like me, or is she old, or both? She's a very dependable old woman!

　I used a strengthening spell to imbue both of Gradius's fists with destructive magic, increasing his status in Strength and Speed.
　The Mithril Golem, Gradius Mk-II, has a ridiculously high resistance to enemy attacks, weaknesses, and state magic compared to the first Steel Golem, but it also has the disadvantage that it doesn't take well to my enhanced magic.
　However, it goes without saying that it's definitely better to do this than to do nothing at all.

　The monk's use of enhanced magic such as Breath, Divine Armor and Divine Shield is limited to increasing the target's defense and survival abilities.
　However, for this reason, they are more effective than the Magic Armor and Magic Shield learned by wizards. Moreover, it doesn't matter if the target is a human or an all-missile golem, it will have the same effect.

　I'm sure you'll find that the properties of a wizard and a monk are that much different, even if they are the same enhancement magic.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what kind of enhancement magic is used to support Gladius, and we've discussed beforehand which one to use.

　After receiving Kentrion's rush, we stopped each other's feet, and Gladius, who had been firing gut-to-gut blows between heavyweights, finally got the upper hand due to our buffs.
　The pair of fists of Gladius are more effective in dealing damage than the great sword wielded by Kentrion's upper body in youth form and the spear wielded by his upper body in maiden form, but the pair of fists of Gladius are more effective in dealing damage.

　This Gladius Mk-II is also a battle golem forged with the Twin Fist Spirit, a composite item dropped from Delvenbro.

''Twin Fist!

　At my command, Gladius activates the Skill.
　He raises both of his unbalanced, rugged fists and sprinkles his right side with hot air and his left side with cold air.
　Then he slams his left and right fists together.
　With an uncommon impact, Kentrion's huge body, which is several sizes larger than Gladius, shakes from the base.

　I'm going to prepare an attack spell to bring it to a close.
　But Kentrion is not going to be left unattacked either.
　The upper half of the body in the form of an old man raises his staff high. I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.

It's a good idea to have a good time.

　Although it's only a faint scratch for me at level 36, Krim's damage was serious. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of your time in this area.

　The old man's upper body rests on the bulk and he is about to unleash his next thunderbolt at us.
　The--.

I'm not a wholesaler, you know!

　Ramsey speared at the right time.
　No, a horizontal "spear" might not be correct. Because what he was using was a crossbow.
　Moreover, he was sniping from the second floor of a private house that Kentrion could never touch.
　As expected of a legendary adventurer. Ramsey's skill was solid, and he expertly hit the staff that Kentrion raised.
　The damage he dealt against the level 25 Silver Golem was negligible, but he was able to blur the aim of the lightning strike. It was aimed at our rear guard, and it was deflected in a different direction.

　The upper half of Kentrion's old man's body persistently tried to aim at me and Krim, but each time Ramsey sniped his staff with his crossbow, deflecting and nullifying the lightning strike.
　A crossbow is not inherently capable of continuous fire due to its structure.
　However, Ramsey and the triplets, including Ted, had one of these, and by using them in rotation, they could shorten the interval between shots.
　That's right, while Ramsey readies one of his guns and aims and fires, the triplets each desperately pull a hard string to load a new arrow.

　This sniping to block the Kentrion's lightning attack and the four-stage crossbow rapid-fire were both conceived by me and finally developed with the help of the experienced Ramsey, who gave me some fine-tuning advice.
　Of all of Kentrion's attack methods, this lightning strike is the most troublesome, and it's a winning strategy that I prepared in anticipation of that.
　It fell into the picture, beautifully.

''You've won!''

　I dare to make a big statement.
　If I was fighting solo like I had been, there was no need to do so, but now I felt it was necessary. It occurred to me that I could inspire my friends.

　At the same time, this is a message to Krim.
　It's as good as winning now, he said, so just go into a safe house and chant your magic from there.

　Indeed, if one of them isn't out in the street, Kentrion will lose sight of the intruder and run off again to somewhere else (the Guardians won't determine that it's an intruder if it's just Gladius the golem).
　Then the only person who can play the role of going out and fighting is me, who is high on the 'level'.
　But the stubborn woman was not willing to let that happen. I'm sure you'll find that a lot of the magic of the monks has to be touched for it to be effective," she said, refusing to give up standing next to me.

　Even now, Krim snickered and rejected my far-fetched suggestion of retreating.

'If you've won, there's no need for me to turn tail. Right?

　Then he patted me on the back as hard as he could and cast Cure Paralyze, a spell that requires contact.
　The damage to me from the lightning strike is insignificant, but Krim carefully heals me from the very mildly bad status of numbness I was experiencing.
　Thanks to the devoted heel of this stubborn but compassionate monk, the first woman I ever met, we will never lose a battle.

Well, it's your turn, Magnus!
Yeah, I'm on it. I got it.

　I prepare my attack magic again.
　It's not just one or two shots, it's a series of preparations.
　Thanks to the cooperation of everyone here, including Gladius, I'm able to focus on everything I do.

　Now, it's time to settle this!

　I'm sure that Kentrion's magic resistance is high, but it's nowhere near as high as that of Delvenbro, the best level 40 monster in the world.
　Then there is no reason why my magic, which defeated the Demon Fist General, should not be able to defeat Kentrion!

"Si tilt on noo-el!

　I devastated the Stone IV, which has the Blowing Attribute, and I didn't stop until I crushed Kentrion.
　I didn't stop until I crushed the Kentrion.

Yes!　We won!　We really did win!
Magnus!　You're a real, ridiculous wizard!
I have to take my hat off to him.
No, it's all thanks to everyone else that we won so easily.

　The triplets leapt out of the house and raved about it, to which I replied frankly.
　In the meantime, Krim has been shrewdly picking up the drop item, Ancient Alavana Refined Silver, for me to collect. I'll have to ask Bazelph to synthesize it again at some point.
　Ramsey, on the other hand, was mute. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

'Let's go,'

　I put my hand on his shoulder and Ramsey also responded with an affirmative nod of the head.
　And this old man never again looked back at his former companion's avenger (Kentrion).