"Where were you two last night?" asked an elderly woman who stood outside a closed shop with keys in her hand.
"Um, out of the walls." The boy said.
The woman's eyes wander over the siblings (from chap 6), "I suppose a hunt?"
"Kinda." Replied the girl with her grip tight on the staff. "And did you know we were away?"
"Your debt collector visited last evening and this early morning as well. Asking about you two."
Hearing that both siblings shared a glance at each other. Back to the woman the brother asked, "And, what mood was he in?"
"The usual one you see."
The sister let out a sigh of relief.
In a low voice, she asked her brother, "You think we should return home? I'm tired."
What followed was a silence from all three. Her eyes wandered between the two, "I mean the inn! Why do I keep saying that?"
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A club crashed down onto Jerry's skull, smashing it into pieces splattering blood while the body fell to the floor.
Sovian turned around to the noise, the gears in her eyes turned slowly at the scene when she saw a golden golem standing above Jerry's dead body.
"What's a golem doing here?"
The golem roared stomping over Jerry and the ground with loud THUMPS charging at her.
"Jerry?"
She jumped back dodging an attack. The second hit came faster than the first. She caught it with her hands, letting go before the golem could pull her back.
It's slower than you, try charging.}
Two hilts sprouted out on each side of her hips. Two iron daggers with a fuller made of copper.
The gears on her body as well as those on the daggers turned, her body drastically slowed down before her body burst with energy dodging another attack.
Several cracks formed on the golem's body as she reappeared several feet away from it. Besides Jerry.
Her foot taps on his shoulder while keeping an eye on the golem.
"Hey, are you really dead?"
She asked the headless guy.
Tap. Tap.
"... This is taking way too long."
{The human has died.}
{Gateway protocol initiated.}
{Revival in progress.}
{...}
{He is slower than average.}
{Note: Weak constitution.}
[Oh, did I mention they can't see you getting revived? That blue is only visible to you.]
[Though it seems she's worried, Isn't that a good sign for you?.. Jerry…]
The cracks started to heal.
{The golem is starting to heal. Prepare for another burst.}
"Tch."
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The sister placed a glass of water in front of her brother and sat across from him. She rests her head on the table covered by her arms.
"Sera."
"Hm." the sister said.
"You, ever thought of switching jobs?"
She throws her head back, "Every second of my life. I hate what we do for a living. I just wanna get to bed and sleep or sign papers for wages."
Both dressed in new clothes were seated at what seemed to be a dining table. The elderly woman placed plates for them, steaming breakfast.
"Really? Anything in mind?" the elderly woman asked, to which the girl tilted her head…
"... What is there to do..? Dorian."
He shook his head, "Don't look at me, I'm as clueless as you."
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[Hey hey. Am I audible?]
"Yea?"
[Listen carefully, I know you can't see what's going on because except your brain nothing else has recovered.]
[Maybe it's taking this long because you're in someone else's dungeon but trust me when I say this.]
[That's a strong woman for you—]
"Shut up."
Away on the other side of the room instead of daggers, Sovian was using dual swords.
They glide in the air making cuts to the golem's body that heal. She drove the blade deep into its body, from varying angles.
"I can't find the core."
{Try getting behind it and slicing vertically.}
"I can't. It's spinning too fast."
The golem, although slow on its feet, was rather quick in rotating its limbs.
{Use the human as bait.}
Hearing that Sovian's gaze momentarily went in Jerry's direction, parts of the skull and brain had been reconstructed.
"No!"
She jumped back before the golem could fully cover the gap between them.
[Welcome back 🎉]
[How was your beauty sleep 😴]
"What's happening?"
[See for yourself.]
"MY EYES HAVEN'T RECOVERED."
He was still on the ground, his eyes still bleeding with a blood clot.
[No worries. TA DA 🧞♂️]
One of his eye sockets burst open with blood revealing a soft squishy eye behind it.
The golem dropped its weapon, glowing in a blinding light.
It's charging.}
"Is it self-destruct?"
{Could be.}
The golem roared and it shook the dungeon. It starts running towards her, accelerating with each step.
Sovian's own gears spin glowing bright, her body slowed and encircled by energy—
Suddenly two bony arms sprouted from the ground with daggers in them and shoved the blades into the foot.
From behind the wobbly sword struck the—
[ASS 🍑]
[YOU STRUCK THE ASS!!! 🔪🍑]
The Golem started forming cracks and it broke into pieces…
"..."
"..."
{The human has recovered.}
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Inside the inn, the two siblings stood before a door.
"Shouldn't we have told her about what happened last night?" Dorian asked.
She shook her head, "No no, she'll get hell worried."
He looked down at the floor, "Alright… Go get some sleep."
He went inside first.
She stood outside his door for a moment, shortly after going inside her own room.
Dorian sat on his chair by the window gazing outside. His head fell back and he closed his eyes. His chest rose and fell with each breath catching their rhythm…
"Last night."
He whispered.
He reopened his eyes, "I hope that golem didn't follow us this far."