The Max Level Hero Has Returned!

Shriek!!!!

-Kahh!!

But that was enough to bring chaos upon the stupid monsters.

Shriek!! Squeak! Squeak!

Ignoring the goblins that were screaming and scattering, Sniper’s ultra-long-range sniping targeted only the big ones. The ones that had broken formation in a panic weren’t important enough to care about.

Then, Juggernaut, the mid-range golem, and Tanker, the defense golem, blocked the pathway after recognizing Rinne’s command.

Clang! Clang!!! As Tanker held up a thorny shield and blocked the way, Juggernaut\'s hand speedily rotated like a minigun and began bombarding the monsters with magic bullets.

Whirr!! Boom boom boom!!

The magic bullets were bolts of energy that had been treated with weight, speed, and precision magic. Each bullet wasn’t powerful, and the firing speed wasn’t OP like the minigun that Davey knew, which shot out six thousand bullets per minute. Juggernaut was only able to shoot out about five hundred at best, but the advantage was that one bullet wiped out about three or four monsters since he had added penetration to the magic as well. The firing speed had only increased because Davey had formed the numerous barrels by splitting a magic stone that had a very OP level of power output; it was an excellent improvement compared to when it took about a second for each bullet to fire.

-Kyahh!!

Kaw kaw

!!

Davey couldn’t help but feel satisfied by even this.

“W… What is…”

“Sir Davey… What in the world did you make…”

Winley and Yulis looked absolutely shocked. They watched the new golems, which worked for mass slaughter at a larger scale than Megatron.

“What is with the firepower?! Was it not simply just energy bolts?!”

“It’s not that magic was enchanted, but various magic was mixed, to be exact.”

“That’s not possible…”

“It’s a machine. Like how a tool does what a human cannot do, and how a magic circle does things for us.”

“It’s common knowledge that it is impossible…”

“Man, I keep telling you that common knowledge can be broken at any time.”

Yulis seemed to keep forgetting the fact that the golem was concentrated with vast magic knowledge. Of course, the extreme overload that came with the firepower was being reduced by rotating it like a minigun…

-But the output is decreasing incredibly. It needs to be charged quickly.

There was still room for improvement.

Boom!! Boom!! The Tanker was blocking the narrow path and Juggernaut was mercilessly bombing them with mana bullets from behind.

The monsters, which were scattering in panic, squeezed through somehow and attacked the golems… But they were unfortunately unable to do any major damage to their extremely durable armor. It was partly because the golems had become large as Davey had squeezed in various functions into them, and also because Sniper had blown the head off of all the large monsters, which had strong, single blows, that got close.

Eventually, some of the monsters began to squeeze between the two golems and pass them. Of course, Rinne had something planned in case they did that.

Whirr!! Whirr!!

Squeak!!

Slice!!

Kaw!

Puma, the golem with a large dagger specialized for moving and mobile attacks, and Megatron, a perfect fit for an electric saw, began moving.

“Sir Davey, calculations show a large number of monsters escaping. Rinne, thinks that she must participate.”

“Alright. Run wild.”

Rinne wouldn’t be taken out by the monsters since she was actually more durable than the five other golems despite her small physique. She dusted off her flowy skirt and summoned strange pieces of equipment onto the back of her hand, saying, “Close-range combat chosen. Type Lightsaber. Highly valued.”

Click!! Mana began flowing out of the equipment that was on top of the back of each of her hands as if it was made with the [Aura Blade] in mind. At the same time, she began to flap the small wings on her back and flew into the middle of the monster herd to bombard them with bombs.

Boom!!!! The situation following the intense explosion was a mass slaughter that was only fit to be described as a total wipe-out.

Surprised by Rinne’s sudden intrusion, the monsters naturally tried to fight back, but…

Clang!! They backed away as if they instinctively felt fear as they couldn’t even scratch her weak-looking skin, let alone stop her. She excluded the ones that were scattering in fear and continued to blow up the ones that were listening to orders and marching on.

“Oh my… What is that…”

“To make a sword by stupidly clumping mana together…”

Winley and Yulis stared down at the battlefield in awe.

“Honestly, I don’t even understand her.”

There was a reason they were called the ‘Stone of the Sage’ and ‘Deus Ex Machina’.

Davey’s honest feelings represented the current situation; even the most powerful golems needed time to charge after using a large amount of energy, and their armory would sometimes be crushed. However, Rinne was unstoppable like she was trying to show off the fact that she was a true, complete golem.

When some time had passed since Rinne came into battle as she forcibly broke the monsters’ formation, the monsters began scattering all over the place and running away like they were no longer under command. Davey didn’t bother going after them since they were running in the opposite direction of the territory, but there was a need to set a time to get rid of the remaining ones.

Then, Rinne returned with the golems that were all crushed in. Not caring about her tattered-up clothing, she reported to Davey with a bright voice, “Rinne, checking the survival of nearby monsters. No threatening monsters found. Recommends increasing output through Sir Davey’s praise.”

Davey thought that Rinne was just somewhat useful in battles against someone strong, but she definitely had talent in mass slaughter. He couldn’t help but hollowly chuckle when he saw her expressionless yet strangely delighted face.

49. The Capital of the Lyndis Empire

Aeria El Lyndis was the youngest princess of the Lyndis Empire and the only half-blood beastfolk of the royalty members. Unlike other members of royalty, she had never had a meal with anyone else for more than three years. Not only meals, but she hadn’t shown her bare skin to anyone except a few ladies-in-waiting. It was bewildering that a member of royalty, who were people from a divine bloodline, was hiding her bare skin and wearing a mask and gloves to escape everyone’s attention, but it was just common to Aeria for the past several years as she was suffering from a disease with symptoms too horrendous for others to see. The disease she had caught was the Blood of the Demon, otherwise known as the ‘Melting Acceleration Virus’.

The disease wasn’t known to the public, but it was an horrendous disease that couldn’t be cured once it was caught. This disease caused disgusting blue spots to appear on the body and body temperature to randomly go up and down. It would make the patient unable to move and they would have to worry about dying every day. However, she was different from everyone else who had this disease; she was completely fine and could live like a normal except for the fact that she had blue-black spots on her body. Her temperature was normal, as well as her other organs, muscles, and fat. She was a little thin from growing tired of living with the disease, but that was unrelated to the disease and was just a result of her not eating.

However, not a single part of her pale and innocent appearance she had that excited her for her future when she was younger was left. On top of that, since ideologies of considering beastfolk to be lowly were still left in the Lyndis Empire, her position in the palace was unspeakable. People even cursed the king in secret, so it was obviously much worse for a princess with a terrible disease.

This was why Aeria wore a mask and gloves. She never took off her unsophisticated yet modest dress that covered her entire body, and she spent about two years at the Holy Empire since the Emperor of the Lyndis Empire had ordered her to.

“C—Can…I really be cured?” Aeria asked with a glimpse of hope.

A man with a strict expression nodded. “Yes, a lot of lives were saved with this treatment at the Ordem Territory. Most were treated successfully, and they were able to move on.”

“Ahh!” Aeria’s quavering voice could be heard.

Aeria had suffered for so long, and the hardest thing about this disease was about herself. Humans had a desire to look after their body and become beautiful, and this was true for Aeria as well. She was a little girl who, ever since she was younger, had dreamed of meeting someone who loved her and wanted to only show them her beautiful appearance. Recently, she had a small wish to find the man she had briefly encountered on her way back from the Holy Empire. She had tried to find him through a reliable source, but black hair was common in the continent and it was even more common in the western continent. Other than that, all she remembered was that he was a mage and smelled faintly like dogwood… Of course, she couldn’t go to him even if she was able to find him now since her appearance was ugly enough to make most frown in disgust.

“You will definitely be cured. Furthermore, it seems like His Majesty is thinking of opening a grand celebration for your birthday since you are becoming an adult.”

The celebration was to solidify Aeria’s position at the palace even if she was a beastfolk.

Aeria began to sound a little excited. “Right. I…really want to get better.”

“Leave it to me. I will make sure that Your Highness will be able to attend the ceremony without a mask.” Baron Gorneo, who had a strict expression, smiled faintly. It looked like a nervous smile at a glance, but it had a way of comforting people.

Hidden behind her mask, Aeria smiled as she happily dreamed of being cured and meeting the man she was looking for… However, despite the promise of Baron Gorneo, who had come to treat her, she was unable to escape the hell that was suffocating her.

* * *

After the secret danger to the territory had passed, the secret vampire did not attack again. However, since Davey had to defend now, all he wished for was a hint or something like that.

“I need a red magic jewel to make a temporary magic stone.”

A red magic jewel, otherwise known as a Red Moon. It was a unique jewel that was even more red than a ruby.

This was what Davey was stuck on: now that he had created various kinds of golems, he had to make cheaper units that could be mass-produced. With Surtr’s mana crafting method, it was impossible to make something that could perform similarly to the magic stone in a short amount of time. However, Davey had pride as a craftsman; he believed that he couldn’t make a mana stone golem, which was just an ordinary golem and was also limited in the period of use. He had to use a golem with a magic stone that was much higher quality than mana stones and could recover its strength on its own at the very least.

It was pretty cheap to train people, but no number of royal guards would be as valuable as a single golem. Davey couldn’t cast buff magic spells on them forever.

He came to the conclusion that he needed to make a golem with at least one or two magic stones, but the problem was that it was difficult to obtain them. It meant that he had no choice but to make it himself, but…