(Dammit! What is going on here?!) – thought the knight as he started fighting the puppet soldiers while still suffering from his injuries.

(Golems?!)

(Are these things by any chance those 'golem' monsters?!)

(Fuck! I've never seen one before, I can't fucking tell!) – thought the knight before knocking away multiple soldier golems, before then having a hound golem pounce on the man, knocking down.

The construct beast tried to bite off the man face over and over, while accidently stepping on his wounded stomach, making the man groan in pain, before moments later the man mustered enough to kick off the beast, knocking it away, before then using [Sword Art: Smash Slash], decapitating the creature with a slash that had enough power to break the golem's neck.

"…"

(Something isn't right.) – thought the knight as he looked around.

(The golems were supposed to be mindless, yes? Like undeads, YES?!)

(So how they trapped us?!)

(I mean, sure! I get they were waiting and all, but these weird dog things appeared way too perfectly!)

"!"

(Is there something commanding them nearby?!) – thought the knight as he tried spotting anything like a leader amongst the golems, before then getting confronted by a golem knight with axes who swung at the man with his blades over and over again, forcing the man to block incoming attacks.

[ {Sword Art: Smash Slash} + [Dash] ]

As soon as opening showed itself to the man, he quickly counter attacked by getting underneath the golem left arm and then landing a critical hit on golem's armpit, damaging the knight golem and making it noticeable harder for it to move.

"!?"

(Wait, no blood?!) – however, the effectiveness of the attack didn't bothered the knight, instead he was shocked about the fact that the knight in front of him was a golem.

"The hell is going on here?!" – said the knight before then dodging the axe attack from the golem knight, but instantly stopping as the pain from his wounds stagnated him for a moment.

"…What?" – however, right as he stopped, he saw his men, getting surrounded by the golems from all directions.

(Something isn't right…... Something is seriously wrong here!) – thought panicking man as he realized that more and more golems started moving towards the battlefield.

(We outnumbered them easily!)

(But now?!)

(Just how many of those things are there?!) – thought the man as he then realized he was surrounded by the golem hounds.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"Weird." – said nobleman as he took out a pocket watch.

(It already been sometime since they entered the forest… Like an hour ago.)

"Hey. Did you find anything?" – asked the nobleman as he opened up his carriage door.

"No sir…. We found nothing." – replied bear beastman knight who was guarding the carriage alongside few soldiers.

(You told us to fucking look around like what? 3 time already since they left?) – thought annoyed bear knight.

(I mean, for crying out loud, just how paranoid you are?)

"But what about Arthur? Did he…."

"No. He is still in the forest." – said the knight before nobleman could finish speaking.

"Considering how we didn't even get a word, there is a good chance that there is something there…. Bandits or a horde of the wolves."

"They maybe too focused on fighting to even have a chance to send a messenger."

"B-but everything is alright…. Right?" – asked the nervous nobleman.

"Probably." – replied knight.

"I mean, if there was something, he would desperately have send some soldiers to- "

"!"

"Hey! Somebody is coming out of the forest!" – said the soldier as he spotted somebody slowly walking out of the forest.

"HEY! WHO GOES THERE?!" – shouted the bear knight as the figure that was walking near the forest edge suddenly stopped, before then raising up its arm, extending it forward, revealing a crossbow.

And right in the next moment, a wave of crossbow bolts was suddenly fired in volley at the soldiers, piercing their bodies before they could react and almost hitting the nobleman if it wasn't carriage door protecting him.

"!?"

"ENEMY ATTACK!" – shouted the bear beastman before moments later a group of hound golems ran out of the forest and began heading straight towards the soldiers.

"!"

"MOVE IT! COACHMAN!" – shouted nobleman to the carriage coachman. who was even without nobleman command was about to have the horse move.

The carriage started moving immediately, not even waiting for the other soldiers to try and get on.

(Ambush?! What is going on?!) – thought the panicking noble as the carriage started being chased by the hound golems.

"SHIT! SPEED UP! SPEED THE FUCK UP!" – shouted the nobleman as he saw monsters were about to attack the carriage.

"I'M TRYING TO! THE HORSES NEED TO GAIN UP SPEED!" – shouted the carriage coachman as one of the beasts was about to leap at the carriage back…. But just in time, the carriage managed to build up speed, managing to get out of the beast range and then quickly gain a safe amount of distance from the creatures.

"…"

"Thank fucking god…." – said the relied nobleman as he fallen on the carriage floor from stress.

"Are we safe?!" – asked panicking coachman who didn't dared to look behind him.

"Yea! We are faster than them!" – replied nobleman.

"…"

(NO WAIT! THE HELL WAS THAT?!) – thought the nobleman as he started panicking and sweating once again.

(What were those creatures?!)

(Were those things that chased us wolves?!)

(What about the ones that shot at us?! Who were they?! People!?)

(But what that really a wolf?! I mean, when it got close…. It did not looked like wolf at all!)

(What was that thing?! Who were the people that were shooting at us?!)

(Or maybe they were monsters?! Like goblins or orcs?!)

"Shit!"

"Get out!"

"GET US THE HELL AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!" – said the nobleman.

The nobleman alongside his coachman had managed to escape from the monsters that tried chasing after them... And unfortunately, they were the only ones that managed to escape.

The soldiers that were guarding the carriage? All slaughtered.

They were either shot down by the golems or swarmed by the hound golems.

As for the small army of soldiers that went into the forest?

They met fate far worse than soldiers outside the forest, as the remains of the soldiers were scattered throughout the forest.

They were all killed.

And only 4 people really managed to survive this onslaught... Or to better describe their situation.

They should had wished to die that day instead of being dragged right into the dungeon.

"…"

(Good. I've won.) – thought Thauma who was using helmet like device with a single giant binocular, which was sticking out of the left side of the mask.

(All enemies had been eliminated.) – thought Thauma as a monkey like golem with orblike face was observing the remains of the soldiers.

[One way see share vision set – Version 1.3 – A.K.A OWSSVS]

[Inventor: Thauma]

[A magic device that allows to share vision between two objects: The helmet – the golem head.]

[The helmet part of the device allows the user to see what does the golem head sees.]

[However, the device has multiple problems.]

[The first problem is range.]

[The golem head cannot be too far away from the main device or it will cause the vision link to be shuttled down.]

[The golem head uses extra amount of mana, requires additional build in within the golems which allows the golem to increase the mana reserves.]

(It took me months to finish making this thing…. But I did it.) – thought Thauma as it was inspecting the helmet.

(Still, it is really not a finished product.)

(Because of how deep the dungeon core is underground, my range to the outside world is very limited.)

(The scout golem cannot move too far away from the dungeon…. Meaning that my vision is still extremely limited.)

(However, this is a step forward.)

(I at least SEE more than before.)

(I can now at least get better understanding of the situation and everything!)

(…)

(Still, there is also problem with command.)

(I can use hound golems to quickly move around, but even so it takes them some time to leave the dungeon.)

(Maybe before focusing on expanding the range of this device, I should instead focus on adding a function which would allow me to rely my orders to the golems outside?)

(But how would I do that?)

(Should I make some sort of golem with entire special made body, which would allow me to establish link for much wider distances? While also... Hm…. It maybe could work.)

(But that can wait…. For now, the current situation.)

(These soldiers that just came here, they were exactly the same as the ones from before.)

(It is unfortunately that the golems killed most of the soldiers that came here this time…. But if I decrees aggression level, there was a chance that they could destroy more golems or they could had escaped…. Honestly, it is better to kill them than let them escape.)

(Anyway, I need to get to the bottom of this.)

(I haven't time yet to interrogate the people that got captured before.) – thought Thauma as it left its room and began wandering through the long hall like structure, before then opening one of the doors, entering what to be appears to be a prison with multiple cells.

"SHIT! HEY! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN THE RESUCE ISN'T COMING?! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEANT BY THAT?!" – asked the locked-up man as he shouted at the cell on the opposing end.

"Isn't this simple... He will kill us." – said one of the deserter soldiers that were captured before.

"He isn't going to let us leave…. He told us that he will let us go... But the first guys that were here…. They were all killed." – said the man as he started crying.

"A-as soon as t-they stopped being useful! They disappeared! T-they! THEY!"

"…"

(Shit! The fuck is going on here?!) – thought the man as he realized he couldn't communicate anymore with the man who had mental break down.

(We were only here to investigate the forest and find out whenever or not it had either monster or bandits hiding inside of it…. But as soon as we stepped inside the forest, we were surrounded by the monsters and wiped out….)

(Not only that…. This is dungeon, isn't it?)

"Fuck! We need to break out!" – said the soldier.

"Hey! Don't you have some magic? Or maybe- "

"!"

"IDIOT! BEHIND YOU!" – shouted beast-human prisoner as Thauma suddenly appeared outside the cell, scaring the human prisoner as he turned around.

"…"

"You are coming with me." – Thauma took out a piece of paper and pointed at the man next to the cell bars.

Thauma headed towards the cell doors and began opening them…. But he was doing that, the prisoners suddenly gave each other a silent signal using eye contact.

As soon as Thauma opened up the cell door, the prisoners instantly jumped towards Thauma, with the mages unleashing blast of fire at the puppet, instantly engulfing the puppet in flames, before moments later the trio of beastman tried charging at puppet.

(Even without weapons, we should be able to take down-)

However, just as the trio of beastmen were about to strike the puppet, the puppet used all 6 of its arms to punch each of the beastmen, landing a critical hit that knocked to the ground all 3 men, before then unleashing {Earth Magic: Earth Strike}, creating a blunt pillar attack that struck duo of human mages, striking them right in the chest with so much force that some of their ribs broken from the impact.

However, while this was happening, the last prisoner, the beast-human tried to go right past Thauma, trying to desperately escape, only for two of the puppet arms grab the man leg, stopping him instantly in place, before then swinging him around and making him smash right into the cell bars.

"…"

Thauma began walking out of the cell while still holding the man, but right as he was about to leave, one of the beastmen that got knocked down had gotten up and tried going after the puppet in order to save his friend.

{Arcane Magic: Magic Missile}

However, Thauma just fired off a small blast of magic, hitting the man and knocking him down once again, before then pointing with its arms at the remaining prisoners, straight up warning them to not to move or they would also end up getting blasted with magic.

"M-magic?" – said the human mage who was coughing up a blood.

(This thing can use magic?! And how was it?! How the hell it casted magic so fast?!) – thought the mage as it observed Thauma dragging the injured beast-human outside, before then locking up the cell door.

"Oh…. Shit. What have you done?" – asked the scared soldier across rebellions soldier's cell.

"Fuck me…. He is gone." – said beastman soldier with a missing eye.

"?!"

"G-gone? What do you mean gone?" – asked the injured human mage as he crawled towards the cell bars.

"Did you really fucking thought we didn't tried to escape?!" – asked the panicking beastman soldier who was missing an eye.

"Do you fucking know what he did to us when we tried to escape without permission!?"

"He made a 'example' out of some of us…. Right in front of everybody here."

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