Wain and Erza reached the end of the passage; it was a massive, stone gate. Erza intuitively sensed danger from it and prepared for battle.


    "What shall we do?"


    "Of course, go forward, I doubt there''s anything on the way back." Erza said, "You open the gate, and I''ll cover you."


    Wain nodded. He knew he was weaker and needed to trust his safety to another person, but he didn''t worry about it. Normally Wain wouldn''t have agreed to this, but he and Erza had a specific rtionship. She would do anything to save Wain in case of danger, and that yed into his favor.


    Crackling.


    The gate slid with a creak, and a mighty wind burst out of the crack. Wain couldn''t even stay on his feet, and Erza caught him.


    "Are you okay?"


    "Yeah, but what was that?"


    "I don''t know..." Erza shook her head.


    They walked forward and found themselves in a vast room, a huge golem in white, heavy armor stood in the center of it. On the walls were round white bs, the designs on which shed with blue light.


    "Do we have to kill it?" Erza asked, and her aura began to intensify.


    "Wait." Wain put a hand on her shoulder, "Don''t forget our main goal, to put the stone sword on the altar. Maybe we can just go around it, or the altar is in it."


    "Okay."


    Erza stepped forward, and a click was heard. Erza looked under her feet and saw the pressure te she had stepped on.


    "Fuck."


    Crackle.


    The golem''s eyes lit up, and he looked at Erza and slowly raised his hand. Erza prepared to defend herself, but suddenly the golem''s palm lit up, and he looked at Wain, and a beam flew out of the golem''s hand, heading to him.


    Erza reacted instantly and repulsed the beam with the back of her palm. It flew off into one of the bs and destroyed it, and several cracks appeared in the golem''s armor.


    "Damn..." Erza muttered, looking at the burn on her palm.


    ''If that beam had hit me, it would have made a hole in me.''


    "Bastard!" Erza eximed, and several dark spheres appeared around the golem. They exploded, and the energy of darkness consumed the golem, and it gradually dispersed.


    "What?" Erza was shocked as her powerful attack did not leave even a scratch on the golem.


    The golem stepped forward, and the ground trembled as it slowly walked toward them.


    "Our attacks don''t seem to be able to prate its armor. We need to destroy the bs, and when the brawl subsides, attack." Wain said, pointing at the walls.


    "Got it." Erza raised her hand and created several dark spheres next to the bs, and they exploded. However, the tforms remained intact.


    "Hmm? My attacks weren''t strong enough?"


    "No, we need to aim the golem beams at the tes." Wain said and ran toward one of the bs. Dark wings erupted from his back, and he jumped high and hooked his arm on one of the bs.


    "What are you doing?" Erza eximed anxiously. She knew that Wain would not be able to survive a beam hit.


    "Don''t worry. It''s okay."


    Wain clenched his hand into a fist, and electrical discharges appeared over the golem. They turned into a powerful pir of thunder, which fell on the monster. This attack didn''t hurt the golem, but now it turned its attention to Wain.


    The golem''s eyes glowed, and another beam flew from his hand.


    Wain pped his wings and jumped off the b at thest moment. There was an explosion behind him, and the b shattered into many pieces, and several cracks appeared on the golem''s shoulder.


    Erza realized what Wain''s n was and did the same.


    The golem didn''t try to attack them in any way other than energy beams, and over time the number of bs decreased significantly. The golem wasrge and invulnerable, but slow and clumsy. Wain and Erza dodged all attacks with ease, and the golem''s armor was alreadypletely cracked.


    "Great, just a little more." Erza said, looking at the two remaining bs on the opposite walls.


    She jumped on one of them, and the golem fired again.


    "What? Why didn''t it break?" Erza looked at the b in surprise. The beam definitely hit it, but instead of shattering like the others, the bpletely absorbed the beam''s energy.


    "I don''t know..." Wain muttered. He felt that something bad had happened.


    Whooooooosh.


    The bs suddenly began to spin and glowed red. The golem''s eyes changed and became like two crimson mes. The golem became much faster and ran at them.


    Bam.


    The golem approached Erza and lifted his leg high. He put it down, and the ground shook.


    Erza''s eyes narrowed, and she quickly bounced back, the golem''s leg swept in front of her face.


    "Damn! He tried to crush me!"


    Erza became angry and created three crosses of fire. It headed for the crack on her chest, but the golem swung its arm and destroyed them.


    Wain frowned. The situation was not on their side, they easily got rid of the previous bs because the golem was slow, and their actions helped them, but now everything had changed.


    The golem ran after Erza and, like a troubled beast, iled its arms, trying to reach her. Erza dodged, but she was a meter away from being crushed by the golem''s giant leg each time.


    She tried to fight back or somehow stop the golem, but it was like a man trying to move a mountain.


    Wain could have helped Erza, but he saw no point. While she was a distraction, he was looking for a way toe out of this situation victorious.


    ''Hmm, past bs were invulnerable to our attacks, but now...'' Wain thought, and a phantom kite tail appeared above him. It copsed on one of the bs and shattered it.


    Wain smiled but then frowned as the shards glowed and fully restored the b.