Chapter 669 Equipped Guard


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    Ophelia got an excited look on her face. "You know, if you gave the Golem a de with Life Leech, wouldn''t it heal you pretty well as it fought? The ones I have are kind of low quality at this point, and I was going to pass them on to the newbies, but I''m sure we can find some new ones for you."


    Karl nodded. "That''s a great idea. Maybe short des, given that the golem has stealth and high agility."


    Othello took out a long de and handed it to Karl. "That has life steal on it. Why not see how the Golem can do?"


    Karl nodded in thanks, and handed the de to the Golem, who held it in its hands awkwardly, unable to make a fist to hold the de with such long finger ws.


    Othello facepalmed. "Alright, I can see how this could be an issue. I''m used to Golems that have human hands, but this one and the Spider Golems are different."


    The Golem carefully handed back the de, but Karl still had an idea to boost itsbat performance.


    He equipped the Haint w on the Golem, which actually looked a little like an all-ck and scaly version of Overlord Leafa. Karl smiled as the weapon melded with the Golem, which now had ghostly glowing eyes, and leaked Ghostfire smoke from its mouth.


    "What sort of weapon is that?" Niall asked, shocked at the transformation.


    "It''s a Haint w. I obtained it in Newbon. It doesn''t have life steal, but it''s got a Soul Leech effect that''s particrly nasty, and it adds Ghostfire to all attacks, including skills.


    Normally, it''s a weapon that I would use myself, inbination with my bow particrly. But for the moment, I think it works quite well with the Epic Guard skill."


    "Should we see how it does while sparring against Ahmad''s Golems? If it''s an Epic Rank skill, it might be able to hold off his regr Golems for a while." Niall suggested.


    Karl shrugged. "No better way to test it. I don''t know what sort ofbat instincts it inherited, since I don''t have an actualbat style skill."


    Ahmad summoned his four standard Legionnaire Golems on the far side of the training room, and Karl gave instructions to his new summon.


    [Show us how you would defeat these targets. They''re golems, so go full force.] Karl thought.


    The Golems took abat stance, and the Guard vanished. It reappeared in a swirl of Ghostfire in front of one Golem, then leapt into the air, kicked it in the crotch and stabbed all ten long ws through the Golem''s eyes.


    [One Hundred Percent, it learned to fight from Cara.] Rae noted.


    She would have appeared behind the Golem.


    The Guard was already moving, raking at the leg joints of the Golems and dodging attacks with an rming level of agility, then periodically vanishing in a puff of pale blue-green fire. It would reappear behind another Golem and try for a new target.


    First, it tried to rip their throats out, then stab through the neck of the armour to their hearts. But the Golems weren''t living things, and going for the vitals of a Golem didn''t work.


    Finally, the Golems caught it, and sliced it to bits, causing it to dissipate and return the weapon to Karl''s possession.


    All four of the Overlord Rank Golems had taken significant damage during the battle, and Karl was impressed. Even Ahmad was shaking his head in shocked dismay. "Well, for a Golem that didn''te with a trained fighting style, I have to say that one is particrly vicious, and learns fast. If those had been living creatures, I suspect that your Golem might actually have been able to fight above its rank."


    Tabitha chuckled darkly. "I just can''t get over the fact that its first instinct was to kick the golem in the balls and w its eyes out. What sort of fighter are you, Monarch Karl."


    Thest was said with a bit of a sneer, and Karl threw up his hands in a cating gesture.


    "That''s not really on me. I enlisted my team of beasts for suggestions, and their suggestions helped shape our new Golem. I believe that Cara''s fighting style is the dominant one. She would definitely start a fight that way. I''m surprised that the Golem didn''t lick him as well."


    Ahmadughed. "I think it might have. Being so close, the smoke of the guard''s breath was surely touching my Golem, and your Guard doesn''t have an actual tongue."


    Cara smoothed her fur in pride, like she was styling her hair. Karlughed at her expression, and summoned the Guard again, with the Haint w equipped.


    It flexed a little, as if it remembered being dismembered, or wanted to do a systems check beforebat. Then it turned to Karl for instructions.


    [Just wait here. There are no threats.]


    Rae giggled. [You don''t need to be so detailed. Golems get what you want instinctively. If you focus, you should be able to tell where it is, the same as you can with us and the Bodyguards.]


    [I got that part. Well, at least we know the new spell works.]


    Rae considered it. [I need to learn that er. I could have a third Spider Golem.]


    Karl used [Follow Me, Little One] to transfer the knowledge.


    {Ipatible Target}


    Rae sighed. [Boo this system. I can use Golems, but not more golems? How does that make sense?]


    Dana nudged Karl. "Mind having your Guard spar with mine? I want to see how it does. I thought it was odd that the only skill yours was using was that movement skill. So, they might need time to adapt to using all their abilities."


    "Sure. Let me remove the weapon ovey. It doesn''t need the extra damage to keep up this time." Karl agreed.


    The Haint w was put away, and the Guard went from animated to calm, waiting in a ready position for orders.


    Dana summoned her Guard, in its ck leather and te armour. Then, with a mentalmand, the two Guards were on each other.


    Dana''s Demonic looking Guard fired off a flurry of de energy at its Dryad looking opponent, which dismissively swatted them away with [Disintegrate].


    "Is it just me, or did itsbat stylepletely change?" Ophelia asked, as the two Guards locked inbat, right before Karl''s began to use Rake to systematically dismantle its opponent into small pieces.


    Niall nodded in agreement. "I think it did. Maybe it was the influence of the Haint w? The additional skill? Or perhaps the merger with the weapon grants it a bit more cognitive function? It fights very methodically now, in the most efficient way." Dana sighed. "I have to say, with or without the weapon, that Guard is brutal inbat."


    She called back her Guard again, and the violet Demoness shook herself out in the same way as Karl''s had, as if checking for damage. It had to be a function of the spell, remembering previous fights to improve.


    "Alright, we have our answers. Now, we really can go to sleep. I''m sure there will be far too many questions for us all in the morning. Librarian, you can stay in my spare room if you would like." Lady Othello offered.


    "I will see you all tomorrow." The Librarian agreed, then left with the Pdin, headed back upstairs.


    [Now we have a new sparring partner for the trainees.] Rae cheered.


    [I don''t think they would survive that.] Thor reminded her.


    [We could put pool noodles on her ws.]


    [That''s terrifying in a whole different way.]