Spectacular World

Golark's Trap

Golems were common monsters in most games. A while back, Armin had gotten into this MMO called Ever-Victory, which was some typical online fantasy game, and the class he picked had the ability to summon golems. She had watched him play it a few years back before he grew bored of it and got a life.

Most of what she knew about golems actually came from the villain known as Golark. Golark was the first Calamity to ever appear directly after the Shadow. He had been a powerful threat, able to create an army of golems, but in the end, he lost to the four Lords. It was this battle that showed the world that the Lords could revive and return, as this had been the first ever time they all died, all falling to the Shadow, yet reappearing years later to fight the threat known as Golark.

Golark had been assigned the position of a Calamity level threat since he had nearly wiped out humanity, but that had been a long time ago when humans were still recovering after the loss of the old world. Golark was likely no longer a Calamity level threat, should he ever return for some reason. The four Lords had managed to take him out easily enough back then, and it was this battle that truly made them become heroes in the eyes of the public and caused their legends to be passed down all the way to the present day; that was now.

All of this was currently going through her head because the golems happened to look a lot like the ones Golark was said to have summoned. Due to how long ago it was, pictures of Golark and his army didn't exist, but some people had drawn what the golems might have looked like based on statements and history.

These golems were strikingly similar, being forged entirely out of bits of gray stone, looking like a series of pebbles and rocks that had somehow come together into the shape of a person. They lacked heads, instead being mostly spiky, and they weren't fast, but there was a bunch of them. The one that had exploded earlier was also in the middle of putting itself back together. Slowly but surely, they were shambling forward.

"What are those things?" Alexander asked in shock; he sat alone on the wagon now as he watched the creatures shuffle forward.

Cora had gotten out of the wagon, much like her brother, and was doing her best to guide the donkey back. "They're weapons created by Magnolia Tree." The girl looked angry for the first time since they had gotten to know her. She was hissing and a little red in the face. "They've been creating more of those things, and they've been attacking all the villages around here. Orange Tree has been totally torn down and is no longer on the map because of these things."

Cinder watched the stone creatures with a bit of interest. "And you're just now telling us about these things?"

"Sorry." Nikos winced a bit. "I keep forgetting that you guys aren't from around here. Honestly, though, we weren't expecting these things to appear like this. There usually aren't this many. Magnolia must be stepping up its game, which isn't good for us." The boy launched an arrow from his bow, but it didn't slow the golems down even a little.

"Lycaon." Kevin formed a face on the shoulder of Cinder's suit and called out to his new wolf friend. "Back up. Don't let any of these things near you."

Lycaon let out a loud bark as if he could understand Kevin and backed up alongside the wagon. Druid, who still rested on the wolf's back, kept thrashing around and screaming, though it came out muffled due to the gag that covered her mouth. The woman was glaring down at the rock creatures and clearly knew something about them.

Cinder reached up to where her bag had been, the Shift suit twitching and moving alongside her body as it formed a few tendrils off of her arm and drew her sword. "You ready?" She asked her suit.

"Nope. But let's get this over with, anyway." Kevin grumbled.

"That's the spirit."

"You seriously owe me a bunch."