Versatile: Alternate World

Deep within the cave that Sigma and the others have been exploring so far, one intelligent being that appears to have been dormant opened its two diamond eyes and started to blink after a thousand years of sleep. It started to blink for a few moments before it decided to slowly stand up. It slowly walks into the middle of the room where the light above is shining down. With the light shining down, the intelligent being is soon revealed under the light to be a golem made from Diamond. Still, despite being made from pure diamond, based on the situation of its body, it's not in its prime condition. Despite being made from hard material, once time passes, they are also susceptible to what we call time and everything will change.

"Rebooting...Resuming final task before dormancy."

The body started emitting smoke and it is producing some sort of cracking sounds. After that weird noises, the luster that seems to have faded from the diamond body of the golem has returned. The surface of the diamond also looked like it has been restored to its former glory. The golem started walking forward and the ground opened, revealing a small coffin that is sealed with various chains that seems to have been sealed with a hundred locks.

"Master. I will protect you until the very end, so please rest peacefully."

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Sigma and the others are still on the edge even after confirming the monster that they met outside did not follow them inside the cave. They should have been calm about that but with the monster not following them inside is a sign that a much stronger presence is currently residing inside the cave, waiting for them to see and meet. After resting for a bit, they decided to explore the cave instead of resting for the night. They would be calmer if the cave has been cleared before they go and have a good rest.

She is a cautious type and knowing that something is lurking in the cave makes her cautiousness very valuable. After dwelling a bit deeper into the cave's deep system, they soon found the enemies that blocked them from progressing further.

[Gold Construct]

HP: 500,000/500,000

Trait: Metal, Constructs, Living Weapons

[Silver Construct]

HP: 250,000/250,000

Trait: Metal, Constructs, Living Weapons

[Bronze Construct]

HP: 100,000/100,000

Trait: Metal, Constructs, Living Weapons

"Heads up everyone! We have enemies incoming! I don't see their levels but and they have decent amount of health but they are numerous in numbers!" Iron shouted as he is the one who is one of vanguards leading the group.

Everyone turned to look at the front and saw the countless constructs floating above them, ready to attack at any moment. They were diamond shaped metal trinkets with some sort of core at the very center of their body. Just like their names, they are classified from their color, the Gold Constructs has the highest HP among the attackers and the lowest is the Bronze Construct. Still, they are quite a lot in numbers, filling the road ahead of them with these little metal critters.

"Magicians! Fire!"

Topaz and Dolly immediately cast spells and fired it off to the group of constructs. There was a dull sound when they were hit but it was clear it exploded upon contact. But it didn't damaged the constructs in any way.

Seeing how the magic did nothing against the monsters, Sigma immediately pulled out her greatsword and charge into attack. For the first time, Sigma went to an attack without using her skills and uses her sword to fight back.

CLANG!

The metal constructs reacted with a different manner when Sigma attacked. Instead of bouncing off the attack like how they did it against magic, they instead turned to a different shape and the one that is currently engaging in a fight against Sigma turned into a buckler shape and blocked her strike. But even though the construct blocked it, damage appeared and it certainly made the construct hooked up on it.

Sigma quickly deduced the main weakness and resistance of the enemy.

"Everyone who uses magic, don't bother attacking the constructs! You all are wasting mana! They are immune to magc! Everyone who can use physical attacks! Charge and fight! They are weak to it! Attack them even if they defend themselves!"

And with that, an assault against the constructs begins. Thuds and metallic clangs rang out from the whole place and countless constructs fell. It took a bit of time but soon enough they have shut down all of the movements the constructs possess and they are now motionless and are now lump of metals scattered into the ground.

Bladeheart's father is the one who decided to check out the bodies of the constructs and soon pulled out the cores and handed it to Sigma.

"It looks like they are precious items that we can use if we salvage them from the dead bodies of the constructs."

The core looks like a shiny marble with some sort of energy swirling inside. SIgma checks out the description of the items and frowned when she reads them.

[Construct's Heart Bomb]

Info: Handle with caution! One wrong move and this item will explode like a bomb! A core that is supplying energies to constructs. Once destroyed or pulled out, the construct will cease to move though defeating it without directly interacting with the core is still viable. Can be used as bombs if thrown against enemies.

Note: Best used in pranks and exploding gifts. Will surely give a huge bang surprise to the one who will receive it.

"A bomb huh? That is convenient. We are indeed lacking some good exploding stuff we can use against the enemies. Alright, order everyone to gather up the cores. Please teach them how to take it out before it explodes, that way, we won't have any injuries, that way, Chase's burden is not that big."

Bladeheart's father nodded in response and teaches everyone on how to pull the cores out.

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The process repeats itself once they meet up with another group of constructs once more and just like earlier, they gathered up the cores and keep them for emergency. They might be useful in a battle but Sigma forbids them from using it just yet. It seems she is planning on using it against the boss later on but who knows.

Even though the cave is big, it is not as complicated and confusing as other caves does. It has a linear path and an organized hall that resembles more to a temple ruins rather than a cave's internal structure built within. It was just a mystery how it managed to be built inside a cave despite the fact that there are no signs that people have ventured here in the past and created it?

The process had just been a cycle of fight, explore, fight, and explore and it's just a rinse and repeat. By the time they have reached the place where a giant door is blocking their path they have already accumulated at least 3 sacks full of the Constructs core. They have gathered quite a lot of them that it is a bit odd that they haven't used it just yet to breeze through the battle they have done so far.

"Let's stop here and rest for the day. We have done quite a lot and we should't push ourselves too much. If it follows the same principle as the bosses in dungeons, then this door contains the item that we needed to get and the boss that we will be fighting to retrieve it.

Everyone sighed in relief when they heard that and they quickly pulled out the items needed to camp out. There are no more enemies around them and Sigma is now confident that they have all killed the constructs. And if her assumptions is correct, the only enemies that they might need to face are the enemies or enemy that might appear or spawn inside the big door.

Bladeheart's mother started cooking food for everyone. Since they cannot afford to log out, they decided to replenish their energies by eating the food in the game. Although questionable on how does that work, they are still happy that they can still enjoy food and feel full even in the virtual world.

Everyone is quite happy and relaxing while Sigma remained standing in front of the giant door, checking out on the patterns embedded on the door. It was very ancient that even her who is not a person who easily appreciates art can say that the symbols around it seems to have some sort of pull to her. It was like she is being lured to open it.

Still, Sigma can't help but get worried. Even though it was just a game, it was like they aren't in one anymore and she can easily feel that they seemed to have blended quite well into the game's environment. She can't help but feel that this game might just not be a real game but somewhat another reality. It was just a wild guess, but no one knows if Sigma has only did a wild guess indeed or something else.