Lord Of Puppets-Chapter 185 – Golems’ Counter Attack.

"HEY! WHAT IS GOING ON?! WHY IS THE ALARM RIGHT NOW?!" – shouted the guild master as she runs up to the soldiers and knights as the entire camp was currently getting waken up.

"Enemies! The golems are on the move!" – replied the party member A of the Silver Talons party.

"Suddenly, all of the golems inside of the forest became active and started doing formation, before then starting off their march!"

"Shit! A night raid?!" – said the guild master.

"How many?!"

"I don’t know! Since I needed to run away as soon as possible to inform you!" - said the party member A.

"However, based on what I did saw, there is good chance that good chunk of the golems are coming here! If not most.... Or maybe even all."

"Fuck!" – said the guild master as she started looking around the camp.

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"Okay! We were aware and prepared for such possibility! All of you! Get to the positions!" - shouted the guild master as the entire atmosphere in the camp instantly changed.

(Honestly, I was starting to doubt that the attack would ever come.... But why now?) – thought worried guild master.

(If the leader of the golems is really very intelligent being, then why did they repeated the same tactic 3 times in a row?!)

(Were the planning on having us let our guard down? Is this the reason why are they doing a night raid right now?)

"Tch."

"So they are really not some mindless bastards." – said the guild master.

"Remember! Stick to the plan!"

"Mages that can use earth magic! Build up defensive walls now!"

"Potions! Ammunition! Get them already on the standby!"

"In case prepare the carriages!"

"If the situation turns for the worst, we are making run for it!"

"YOU ALL HEAR ME!?"

"IF WE CAN’T WIN OR IF WE WOULD END UP GETTING TO MANY CASULTIES, WE RUN!"

"OUR MAIN PRIORITY IS SURVIVAL!"

"IF YOU END UP TOO INJURED, BACK THE FUCK AWAY AND DRINK POTIONS OR HAVE THE HEALERS HAVE A LOOK AT YOU!"

"IF YOU FUCKING GET THAT, THEN DO YOUR FUCKING WORK!" – shouted the guild master as both the adventurers and the soldiers began all making their preparations for the upcoming massive scale battle that would soon commence.

And while they were making their preparations, the leader of the Silver Talons party was still in the forest, observing the army of the golems from the shadows.

(Damn... This was bit sudden, if I may say.) – thought the leader of the Silver Talons as he watched from the top of massive tree branch as the golems gathered up and moved in synchronized way.

(This ain’t way the beasts walk.)

(It resembles more a way soldiers do.)

(The earth golems at front.)

(Fallowed up by the wave of foot soldiers and knights equipped with long range weapons.)

(A solid way of doing things.... A military like.)

(That isn’t some random made up formation.)

(The dungeon master knows his stuff.)

"..."

(But something is clearly off.)

(They maybe like a heavily armored soldiers, but they are not really THAT slow.)

(So why are they marching as such slow pace?)

(I’ve seen these golems moving and I can tell that they are intentionally moving slower.)

(But why?)

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"Oh.... Fuck." – said the leader of the Silver Talons as he stared down at the massive six-legged creatures in the heavy armor and spikes, whom wielded in front of them a massive wall like shield, as well as had a giant ballista going through their entire body.

(I couldn’t get a proper look before.... But those are ballista golems?)

(Still.... They do not look like the sketch at all.)

(....But they are here... And there is a lot of them.)

(I’ve heard they killed some guy who put up multiple layers of the defense.... And yet he still died.)

(Those who got hit with this thing and survived still ended up taking a lot of damage....)

(This will be problematic.)

(Honestly, with their attack power they could be used in sieges.)

(It will be problematic battle......)

(And maybe even more, depending on whenever or not the dungeon master is controlling these things directly or not.)

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(Oh.... Those ones.... Look like bad news.)

The massive army marched through the forest as the echo of their steps echoed throughout the entire place.

While that was happening, the adventurers and soldiers were setting up their preparation.

They light up torches stands near the forest’s edge in order to obtain somewhat better vision, as well as started using earth mages to set up small walls of earth in front of the camp.

Upon finishing up their preparations, every single person in the camp took their positions, awaiting any sight of the golems.

The atmosphere was tense.

The adventurers already fought these golems few times to get somewhat a decent picture of their foe’s abilities.

They knew the "deadliness" of their foes.

But even so, they stood their ground.

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"INCOMING!" – shouted cat beastwoman, instantly alarming the adventurers.

"FIRE!" – shouted the guild master as without any form of hesitation gave the signal to the adventurers to fire.

And just like that, the adventurers began firing their attacks, unleashing a volleys of arrows and magic, just as the earth golems started poking out their heads, which resulted in these golems just getting bombarded right in their faces.

However, even as the golems were getting bombarded, they were not stopping.

They kept walking forward, no matter how much damage they had taken.

Even as their bodies tore apart, they did not stopped.

But why should they?

They are not living beings in the first place.

"Shit! They are not stopping!" – shouted panicking mage.

"IT DOESN’T MATTER! THEY ARE TAKING DAMAGE!" – shouted the guild master.

"THEY ARE GOING TO USE EARTH GOLEMS AS THEIR MEAT SHIELDS"

"ONCE YOU TAKE THEM DOWN, WE CAN ATTACK GOLEMS BEHIND THEM!"

"SO DON’T HOLD BACK! DESTORY THEM!" – shouted the guild master as another volley of magic shots came flying, hitting the earth golems, which caused some of the golems’ bodies to collapse, causing them to be stopped in tracks.

However, the remaining golems did not cared about their fallen comrades, as they just stepped over their remains or the yet still active golems.

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"The bigger ones are coming!" – shouted the cat beastwoman as the giant earth golems made their appearance.

"THEY ARE ALSO MEAT SHIELDS! SHREAD THEM TO PIECES!" – shouted the guild master, ordering the mages and arches to once again start off their volley of shots at the hostile monsters... However, this time the damage that they had inflicted was noticeable lower compare to the last barrage.

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"Enemy defense is higher than those smaller ones!" – shouted the cat beastwoman.

"Tch! Hey! Let us in! We can’t waste ammunition like this!" – shouted the giant knight as he and several warriors got ready to fight.

"NO! NOT YET!" – shouted the guild master.

"The enemy long-range units have yet to show themselves! If you rush in like idiots, they will fucking murder you all on the spots!"

"Just wait until they get right next to us!"

"Got it?!"

"Don’t go on your own!"

"Well I don’t know about that mate!" – shouted the dwarven knight as the golems were coming and closer to the camp, alarming the adventurers.

(Shit! I’ve thought it would be enough, but I guess I was wishing for too much!)

"THROW THE BARRLES!" – shouted the guild master.

"You heard her! Throw them!" – shouted the dwarven knight, ordering the knights to pull out several barrels, before then kicking them and causing them to roll down the hill, gaining up speed before then reaching the end up the hill and continuing rolling at top speed towards the golems.

"FIRE!" – shouted the dwarven knight as the soldiers fired burning arrows at the barrels that just rolled right underneath the golems.

And right as the burning arrows pierced the barrels, a reaction occurred.

A massive chain of explosions that blew up the earth golems, which ripped apart the earth golems bodies or just straight up killed some of the golems.

"Prepare the next wave! We may need to use it again!" – shouted the dwarven knight.

(Gunpowder barrel.) – thought worried guild master.

(I did ordered few just in case of emergency.)

(And by the looks of things? It was the best idea!)

(However.... I wasn’t planning on using them so early!)

(These giant earth golems originally stood behind, guarding the dungeon, while the smaller ones were the ones giving the chase... And by the looks of things, I can see why.)

(Their defense seems annoyingly higher than the small ones.)

(Not only that, but because of the fact that their bodies are bigger, we need to rip apart more chunks of earth in order to reach the bloody core!)

"THE SECOND WAVE OF GOLEMS ARE APPROCHING! THIS TIME FOOT SOLDIERS AND KNIGHTS!" – shouted the cat beastwoman as more golems started leaving the forest.

"Tch!"

"We still haven’t dealt yet with the first wave." – said worried guild master as she took up her mage staff with a green like gem attached to it tip.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU IDIOTS WAITING FOR!? KILL THE FIRST WAVE! NOW!"

"UNLESS ALL OF YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH BOTH WAVES AT ONCE!"

"GET TO THE FUCKING WORK ALREADY!"