I hurried to the prize room.
The shockwaves coming from outside had gotten a lot more disorganized. Was Huntress fighting Sword Maiden?
I did not know the power level of Huntress. Even if she was strong could she hold back Sword Maiden and her two aides alone?
Sword Maiden is an Irregular. Although her powers have yet to bloom at this point in story, she should already be crazy strong.
But thinking more, I realized I could do nothing about it. I could only leave it up to Huntress to hold everyone back.
By the ti I ca out of my thoughts, I reached my destination.
I pulled the security access card that I took from the Enma-rank man's corpse and tried to see if the door was working.
"As I thought I have to destroy the door to enter."
The security functions were down thanks to the loss of power supply. This locked the door forever.
The problem was, as an Iota-rank awakener, I was too weak to break this door.
I doubt even that security captain could put a dent in it.
But I wasn't completely helpless. I was aware of the possibility of such a thing happening and prepared for it.
I brought out the rope from my ring and tied it around my waist. Then I passed its free end to the baby golem.
"Can you pull back when I give you the signal?"
-Gru
The baby agreed happily.
I placed both of my arms on the door and concentrated. As I was about to begin, I felt the smug stare of baby golem on .
I looked back.
-Gru?
"…Nothing, just wanted to see if you were ready."
-Gruuu –Gru
My lips twitched at its remark, but I tried to ignore them.
-Gruuuuu –Gruuu –Gru
But I finally couldn't ignore his constant smug tone.
"I did not cry! It was only you who was crying!"
I agree that I lost control of my emotions a bit back then, but I sure didn't cry!
The baby golem exaggeratedly sighed and spoke.
-Gruuu –Gruu
"What do you an by you understand? No, it's not okay! I did not cry!"
No matter what I said, the baby golem continued its act of superiority.
I took a few deep breaths to calm down, and an idea popped into my mind. An evil smirk fell onto my face as I thought of how to get back at it.
"I thought of the perfect na for you. Since you always cry how about 'Crybaby'? Doesn't it –"
-Bang!
A piece of rubble flew a few inches away from my head at high speed and crashed into the door behind .
I looked back and then ahead.
-Gru?
The baby golem was already holding another piece of rubble.
"Hahaha…it was a joke, a joke. Let's get out of here quickly and give you a beautiful na."
'I think I shouldn't joke around with its na.'
I felt a cold sweat running down my back as I saw the debris baby golem threw, broken into fragnts from the impact.
Laughing, I tried to ignore the cold stare coming from the baby golem.
I secretly smiled and got back to my work.
Placing my palms of the hand on the door, I readjusted my breathing.
What I was going to attempt to break the door was easy, but not easy at the sa ti.
I channeled both Nether and Ether and fused them into the door.
As the two energies seeped into the tal, I began the fusion.
It only took a few seconds to form perfect [Zero]. However, this wasn't my goal.
Slowly, I made sure it retains the property of [Zero] while destabilizing it.
A few minutes passed, but I was still in the process of making the perfect ratio to lt the door.
A thin line of sweat ford on my forehead, and I was reminded of the ti when I only focused on manipulating and learning about these energies.
Destabilizing it wasn't very hard. It was even easier than having nether and ether produce an explosion.
The issue was the fact that only a poorly stabilized [Zero] contains the property of corrosion. It works like acid and imdiately corrodes anything that cos in contact.
The rate of corrosion is faster than what Nether can achieve individually.
However, it also flares up when it is produced. The destabilized [Zero] might splatter on .
I was creating it inside the tal door so that the explosion only lts the door and doesn't reach .
Giving the baby golem the rope was a precaution in case I ssed up and the power of the outburst was higher than anticipated.
I didn't let my focus waver as I continued. I didn't want to experience being dozed in a pool of acid again.
Sizzzle-
The tal door started lting.
The hole slowly opened in the door. The molten tal slid down due to gravity and the speed of corrosion increased.
I was about to pull my hand back when the bubbles ford in the molten tal suddenly burst.
It happened so abruptly that I wasn't able to react. Fortunately, the baby golem reacted when it heard the sound of bubbles popping and pulled back.
-Bang!
My body crashed into the wall. The baby golem had pulled with too much force.
My body scread in pain from the impact. My bones were creaking with every movent, but it was better than having my skin lt and my organs spill out.
I patted the baby golem and cald it down.
This wasn't the baby golem's fault, but mine. I had noticed the bubbles late. If the baby golem hadn't pulled so strongly, I might have gotten into danger.
If it was a mont later, then the destabilized [Zero] would have landed on .
Watching how it was crying because it crashed into the wall, I sighed.
It was acting like this and then it would throw rocks at for calling it a crybaby.
The door kept lting as the destabilized [Zero] ate its surface. It took a few more minutes, but the corrosion died down.
I stepped inside the room through the hole that was half my height and twice my width.
Even if it was small, I couldn't complain. Controlling the output of destabilized [Zero] was even harder than perfect [Zero] and the risks it carried were even bigger.
The room was empty save for the altar at the center.
There was an enormous magic circle carved on the floor, which was presumably the last security asure to protect the prizes.
However, it wasn't excluding any light. It wasn't working.
"Thank you, Goliath Unit. I couldn't have done it without your cooperation!"
I was even more excited when I saw that all three prizes were still in the room.
"Where did she even go? She activated so traps and went sowhere else?"
It wasn't impossible. Isabell was clumsy and as she had to go through rooms and not the passage to reach here, she might be having a hard ti navigating through an unfamiliar route.
"Let's not think about that."
I hurried to the platform and saw all three prizes.
A scroll at the center, a purple vial, and an oval-shaped black orb.
"This orb must be the reason behind the Goliath Units intervention."
The skill wasn't very important. They wouldn't know about the recipe for Resurrection Elixir, so going by process of elimination, this orb must be their goal.
As I thought about the orb, my hands kept moving.
I picked the skill scroll.
The skill was [Unique] rank. It could earn a hefty sum if I sold it. However, money wasn't the imdiate problem for , as much as was my lack of powerful moves.
If this skill worked in tandem with my art, then I would have a lot more freedom.
The skill scroll shined for a mont before dissolving in the air.
[You have learned [Multiply [Unique]]
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[Multiply[Unique]]
- Increases the number of your attacks by 5 tis. Doesn't work with physical attacks.
- Energy cost for the extra attacks is reduced by 50%.
Cooldown – 5 minutes
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I read the skill description.
"Doesn't work with physical attacks? My weapons are made with ether so it should work with my art."
My cheeks relaxed, and I couldn't help but feel excited.
It works! It works with my art!
I was about to pick up the purple vial containing 'rmaids Tears' when I felt sothing cold touch the back of my head.
"How are you here? Since I triggered alarms, the guards should have known about intruders and ambushed you. How did you reach here before ?"
Standing behind was Isabell, with her sniper pointed at my head.
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