Versatile: Alternate World

Although the greatsword of Sigma is already pierced through the forehead of the Diamond Golem, that doesn't mean it was already over. The core is still intact and even if the Diamond Golem already stopped moving, that doesn't mean the golem will no longer move. As long as the core is still intact, it has a possibility to stand up again and fight.

The other girls decided to take this chance to seal its movements in case the removal of the core took a while and the golem revives. That way, they can take down the golem again in case it happened again. As for the guys, they climb up the golem and helped Sigma extract the core out of the forehead of the golem.

Due to the main reason that the golem is made from diamond, it took too long but the core is still intact that which made everyone extracting it frustrated.

"The extraction is not getting anywhere. As expected of diamonds, it is not easy," Bladeheart's father sighed.

"It was a wonder how Sigma-san managed to pierce this greatsword into the diamond forehead. Even the pickaxe is not doing quite well as it doesn't seem to do anything to it," Iron looked at the core's location a little bit more closely to check if there is a gap they can exploit to pull the core out.

"Got anything we can use to exploit?" Hagane asked while watching Iron trying to see anything like a gap of some sort.

"None. It was firmly attached to the forehead. If we want to pull it out, we have to chip off the sides of the core as much as we can."

"Is there really no other way?"

Sigma turned to look around before she spotted a big diamond part that was snapped after the scuffle between her and the Diamond Golem. It was big enough that they can use it as some sort of improvised tool if they attach it to something. She picked it up and tried to move it around if it was heavy or not.

"I heard that one of the methods to cut the raw diamonds to create various shapes is to use another diamond and cut off the diamond by following the lines that a diamond has. I don't know how that works but perhaps that can at least allow us to know how to do this?"

Bladeheart's father observed the diamond piece on Sigma's hand before he opens his inventory and pulls out a metal rod and some metal wirings.

"Give it to me. I might be able to make something on it. Don't expect too much though, I don't know if this is gonna work."

Sigma hands down the diamond and Bladeheart's father quickly put his hands to use. It took a few minutes before the item came out. It was an improvised diamond pick. Its tip uses the diamond and it acts as a makeshift pickaxe though it is pretty crude and it looks like one use and it will break.

After that, he traced the forehead of the diamond golem until he stopped on an obvious line of the diamond before hitting it with the makeshift pick.

CRACK!

To their surprise, the makeshift item managed to damage the forehead. It wasn't big but it was enough to make a difference from their worthless effort earlier.

"Alright, let's get cracking boys! If you can find one of those diamond pieces that Sigma found earlier, then bring it to me. I will make it a tool we can use!"

Due to Sigma's discovery, they slowly managed to chip off [The Star's Eye] out of the golem's forehead. As soon as the core was taken out, the body of the Diamond Golem started shaking.

"F*ck, I think it is collapsing, everyone! Move now before we fall down and injure ourselves!"

They were quick on their feet and before the body collapses, they managed to return to the ground and get out before the giant body of the Diamond Golem disappears and was reduced to dust.

And when the diamond golem disappeared, the coffin with locks and chains appeared once more but there are no tremors that occurred. It just appeared all of a sudden in the center of the room. The locks are glowing bloody red and it looks like it was consuming blood and used it to dye itself. It looks very ominous that just looking at it, makes anyone shudder.

"The coffin reappeared again!" Dolly pointed out the coffin and readies her staff, waiting to see what will happen to it.

"Is it another boss fight?" Topaz reluctantly pulls out her staff and readies to cast a spell whenever necessary.

"I am not sure what is happening but I can tell that the coffin is releasing malicious energy. As a cleric, it seems my job is very sensitive to this kind of thing," Chase also went to battle stance, ready to unleash his Caduceus.

Sigma and the others went next to them and observed the coffin before them.

"That coffin..." Sigma frowned seeing it. She already felt a disturbing sensation from it earlier but it just increased more when it reappeared before them. Not only that but it seems the locks on it seems to be rattling. More like it is ready to open up and unleash whatever was sealed inside. Her intuition never fails and this time, she clearly knows that whatever was inside of it, they are all not yet ready to deal with it.

"Everyone. Let's get out of here. We already retrieved the item we needed. Facing whatever is inside the coffin will only delay us in our quest to find the next items and I can tell that we are too weak to deal with it. Let's go before the locks of the coffin are unsealed."

The others nodded and left before the coffin can fully open, Whatever was inside the coffin, they no longer have any idea. But the decision of Sigma would ultimately be the one that saved them from failing the quest but that part will be told on another day.

Now, the group is up to the next task of retrieving another item, an item that will reveal what Almira is trying to create with all the ingredients.

(End of ARC 5)