Versatile: Alternate World

My hands still feel a little numb. I managed to heal it up by dousing it with Splash HP Potion but it didn't take away all of the residual pain I felt after tanking the laser. If I didn't tank that laser, we would be dead before we can go back and attack it again. I can guess that this golem has its whole body full of those lasers so destroying one alone will not halt its operations.

"Hit the core with everything you got! Don't stop beating it!" Sigma shouted as she released multiple spears to throw from where she was standing into the core.

The cannon hits hard but we need to destroy this thing before it starts another attack and I don't like it. As much as I want to farm SP, it's better to farm SP in a much easier way than to risk myself here. Changing my weapon into the Magic Sword form, I fly toward the core as fast as I can. Before I reached the core, I disabled my flight ability, forcing me to fall to the core in gravity. Using that to increase the force of my attack, I stab the sword to the core.

CLANK!

The Versatile Weapon bounces back and failed to penetrate the core. I already expected that but I didn't lose heart and aimed it at the center of the core where a hole was present.

CHAK!

The penetration of the sword is enough to only fit the tip as the hole is not big enough but that should be fine as that isn't what I am aiming to do.

"[Earth Fissure]!"

CRACK CRACK CRACK!

Multiple cracks appeared on its core and I saw the HP fall from 4 million to 3 million very fast. However, it only stopped there. I soon realized the reason why HP was stuck on that number only.

"[DAMAGE RECEIVED EXCEEDING THE SAFE NUMBER. ACTIVATING EXECUTOR MODE.]"

KA CHUNK!

I immediately pulled out my weapon and jump away from the core. It's metal platings that cover its whole body fell to the floor and revealed its exoskeleton. It was something I didn't expect to see as the golem itself is filled with sharp rotor blades all around it. The laser points are also there and just like what I expected, it is filling all over its body, making it very dangerous for us if we get close.

"Hold on guys! It's gonna move again! Just like before, please hold on for a little bit while I try to stop it from moving once more!"

As Alain shouted, the golem started to move once more and all of the rotors on its body started to spin. The lasers didn't fire this time around but the Tetrahedral Golem started to divide itself in multiple parts, sizes as big as a large flat screen television and each has one rotor on each sides of its body. Only one of these divided golem parts hold the core but compared to the rest of the divided parts, this is the only one that doesn't have any rotors present. The only unique thing that made it different from the others is that it is carrying the core alone.

However, its not the going to be as easy as I sounded it to be. Sure, it divided itself, but it divided itself in dozens which is able to guard the piece carrying the core. It's not going to be easy to break through it without dealing with its rotor blades first.

"Bladeheart! Sparrow! Try to see if you can sneak past them! I will try to hold them off using  my chains. I know it wouldn't help much but try to see whether you guys can deal and sneak and get to the core," Sigma stood her ground and controlled her chains to intercept the rotors.

Both of us nodded in response to Sigma's plan. It's not a guaranteed success but it gives us what to do at the moment. Since the lasers are not being used, might as well try to defeat the core trying to isolate itself.

CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK!

The chains tried to stop the rotors, putting them in place but the chains are slowly getting overpowered by the rotors. Sigma gritted her teeth as she tried to keep them from moving past the chains themselves.

"Now's our chance!" I signalled Harmless Sparrow and we both bolted from where we stand and rush under the divided parts of the golem and headed straight to the core. I activated the Versatile Weapon's ability, [Blood Weapon] as I charge in before pulling out a bottle of XXL HP potion and chug it down like it was some kind of juice.

As we get close, I waited for the timing for my skill to activate. Harmless Sparrow is also doing her thing too, charging flames on her sword. It wasn't the [Phoenix Drive] she uses, but a different one and only a single target skill, [Dragon's Wrath].

"BURN AND WITHER TO MY FLAMES! HAAAAH!"

BOOOM!

Her sword successfully strikes through the core, reducing half of its HP immediately. However, we are still not yet done, I am still not done with my attack.

"Shadow dragon, I know you are listening to me right now. Lend me your strength and allow me to borrow that appetite of yours! [Devouring Hunger]!"

The Shadow Dragon emerged from my Versatile Weapon, licked a few times before it merged to my weapon, and became a massive blade of jaw.

"DEVOUR!"

GRAWWWWRR!

CHOMP!

The core resisted the mouth of the Shadow Dragon and even though I am not seeing it having shown any actions except for the other parts, just now when the Shadow Dragon tried to devour it, it made a move that stops the devouring process from happening. I still managed to inflict damage against it but it wasn't clearly enough to devour it which sucks but I can only have it deal damage for now.

The Core's HP fell to a whopping 1,000,000  and stops at that exact number. When I found out about this, I immediately drag Harmless Sparrow back before the parts with rotors return to the piece holding its core. If we didn't move, it might have crushed us and cut us to pieces as our flesh fall to the grinder.

"SH*T! I almost got mushed to corned meat! You saved my *ss, Bladeheart!" Harmless Sparrow wipes off the sweat.

"Be careful next time. We can't afford to let our guard down."

"Alain-san! Is it still not done yet?!" Sigma shouted to Alain who is still busy.

Perhaps due to how focused Alain was on his work, he didn't hear a single word Sigma shouted to him. He is eagerly trying to finish up every single thing on his own accord as he furiously type everything and pushing buttons here and there on the computer.

"Looks like he won't be able to answer our questions! We shall focus on our problem first then. Everyone! Let's go all out and beat this scrap metal up!" I swing around the Versatile Weapon that the Shadow Dragon merged with who is currently licking its lips while salivating from the sight of the core.

The golem reformed itself again. However, it no longer formed itself into a Tetrahedral Golem that is towering above us. It seems it used up most of the metals it has on its body to create a thicker armor around the core. An armor enough to cover the core without it getting exposed. It's thick enough that the towering giant has been reduced to a size of a wheel. However, it is packing up lots of armor around it that it is still big enough.

"Bladeheart, how the heck are we even gonna destroy the core if its covered to the brim?! I don't even see an opening of sorts that we can exploit to destroy it!" Harmless Sparrow scratches her head.

"If we can't see a gap of its defense, then we make one ourselves. Bladeheart, are you in?" Sigma asked.

"Good plan. If the enemy doesn't have a weakness then we make one for it!"

Harmless Sparrow can only shake her head after hearing what we just said. Still, she didn't run away from it. No matter how ridiculous it may be to her, she can't just stop there, not now that the boss is already in its 1 million HP threshold.

"Ugh, f*ck this. If the boss is going to this path, then we shall bring it to them!"

I ready my weapon. Although the metal surrounding the core might have lots and lots of metallic layer, that doesn't mean it cannot be torn apart. Machines can be destroyed, they can be overloaded and they can break to pieces before giving its little function. However, one thing is for sure, no matter how powerful this golem is, I can't afford to lose here, not now, not ever.