Battle With The Boss

We had arrived at my master’s workshop.

A massive tower towering in the wasteland.

On its first floor was a teleportation portal.

The magic circle was worn and malfunctioning. I repaired it with white chalk.

“That should do it. Alright, everyone step on～”

I brought the slave girls into the circle. Placing my hand on the ground, I poured in mana.

Flash…! Red light enveloped us, and the scenery changed instantly.

We had been inside the tower, but now we stood on its rooftop.

A powerful gust blew through, scattering our hair.

When I slowly opened my eyes, a flower garden spread before me.

“Waaah…! So pretty!”

“…Amazing. A garden at this height.”

As Zenith said, colorful flowers bloomed everywhere in a magnificent garden.

Yet I didn’t think “beautiful.”

“That slacker…”

“…? Lady Seyi?”

“It’s nothing. Zenith-chan, let’s go to the workshop. That small hut over there is master’s workshop.”

A brick hut stood at the back of the garden.

As we approached—

A magic circle appeared in the garden center, and… a maid appeared.

Pink short hair, bangs covering her left eye.

A petite woman.

“Hmm? What is that?”

“A golem. A super high-performance maid golem personally made by master.”

Honestly, she looked human.

But horn-like antennae extended from her temples.

And she lacked human motions—no breathing or blinking.

“Cherge… long time…”

The maid—Cherge—pulled two guns from her skirt. Machine guns. Ugh.

“Toka-chan, protect us!”

“Understood!”

Toka instantly moved before us.

“Dragon Circle Slash!”

She spun her spear at high speed.

Meanwhile Cherge raised her two machine guns and fired at us.

Gunfire rained down at incredible speed.

“Eek!”

“…Lady Seyi. That is your master’s golem, correct? Why attack you, his disciple?”

Zenith asked. The answer was simple.

“She handles master’s care. To her, anyone but master doesn’t matter. Even disciples are intruders.”

Still… what to do.

Well, we have no choice.

“Guh! My lord… I can barely defend against her attacks!”

“…Those guns exceed imperial firearms in fire rate. Yet ammunition should run out… but it doesn’t.”

Zenith is well-studied.

Also, guns were rare in my time—are they common 500 years later?

“She uses Construction Magic.”

“…Construction Magic?”

“Simply put, she creates matter from mana. As long as mana remains, bullets keep forming. And she has infinite mana.”

“…That’s impossible…”

“It exists. Nicholas Flamel’s masterpiece. The Ultimate Golem. A humanoid with power beyond humans.”

No way those slender arms should handle twin machine guns.

Only possible because she’s a constructed doll.

“Ghh… we’re being pushed back!”

Toka held well. That maid robot is strong. She hunts ancient dragons normally.

“No helping it. Toka-chan! Protect Zenith and the others. I’ll handle this.”

“B-but…”

“It’s fine! Trust your master.”

She hesitated, wanting to protect me.

But she nodded.

I darted out from behind Toka.

Honestly I’m bad at fighting—actually bad at exercise.

I underhand-threw a potion at Cherge.

I aimed my left arm at the potion.

I know your habits. Precision auto-shooting is your strength.

But precision automation is also your weakness.

Crash! White smoke rose.

Smoke Potion. A chemical smoke screen.

Gunfire stopped. Naturally—she attacks only recognized targets.

But master’s golem wouldn’t ignore this situation.

Even without sight, bullets resumed.

“How can she shoot without seeing!?”

“She detects heat! Keep guarding!”

I already prepared.

Crash! The second potion struck her head.

A thick white liquid spread over her.

“Glue Potion. Basically adhesive.”

The liquid fixed her joints. She froze stiff.

Soon the smoke cleared.

“Did we win…?”

“Amazing, big sister!”

The slave girls ran over.

Zenith examined Cherge.

“…When did you throw the second potion?”

“When I deployed the smoke. In heat-detection mode she tracks living things but not objects.”

Potion bottles have no body heat.

I threw it high during her mode switch.

“…You neutralized the enemy with minimal action after analyzing its performance. Impressive.”

“Nah, thanks to everyone’s help. Thank you.”

I hugged the slave girls. They smiled happily. Cute.

Now then… time to scold the robo-maid.