Lord of the Time: I Can Reincarnate Infinitely

"Not with me here."

The muscle on Dunn's calves became pronounced as he pounced on the golem with his own ferocity. He was determined to stop the damned golem from hurting the children. Not within his watch, at least.

Unbelievably, the mini-golem turned around with an uncanny timing and Dunn's blade only slid on its arm. Then, its foot turned into a phantom and hit Dunn on the shoulder.

Dunn let out a grunt of pain as the speed of the mini-golem also surprised him. He pushed the foot of the golem away with all the strength he could muster and swiftly delivered a devastating punch to its chin.

"Fuck!" Dunn retracted his fist in pain and opted to use his blade... But once again, it just slid on the golem's arm. It was as if the golem could read Dunn's movement. "What the hell is going on!? Is this fuck an expert fighter!?"

The battle raged on, the mini-golem always managed to parry Dunn's slashes and counter-attacks perfectly. Not only that, it even copied Dunn's fight style with the blade with an uncanny similarity. From movement, micro-positioning, form, angles, and degree of force application. The golem copied them and it almost made Dunn spit a mouthful of blood. He felt irked for some reason. It was as if he was fighting himself.

"You damn copycat!" He didn't know how the golem was doing it, but he was annoyed now.

Clifford and Andre witnessed the scene and didn't know what to say because they were also dumbfounded. It felt magical, seeing how an Apokalip could copy its opponent's style in a matter of minutes.

"Is it because of its weird eye?" Clifford muttered.

Andre scratched his chin in deep thought. "You mean it increases the golem's learning capacity?"

Clifford nodded. Exclusive content from m,v lem|p,yr

I'm just blindly guessing, but it might have enhanced its visual acuity and perception, helping it see the tiniest details about its opponent's movement in slow motion. That would explain the reason why it can learn Sir Dunn's fighting style."

"What amazing eyes." Andre couldn't help but look at the three tomoes on the golem's blue pupils that constantly kept rotating.

Cliffors observed the battle and looked at Luna and Fatty, who already had covered quite of distance. With that, they don't have to worry about the golem going for their friend. He couldn't but feel speechless and said:

"Say... Why do you think the golem was targeting Fatty?"

With a bit of hesitation, Andre tried to think of any reasons, but he couldn't think of one, so he just shrugged.

"Probably because he wasn't pleasing to the eye?"

Hearing this, Clifford almost stumbled. Then he looked at the ongoing battle. Dunn and the golem were fighting with the same movement and ferocity. It was as if a person was battling against his reflection in the mirror.

"Say... Do you think we can help?" Andre grimaced. "If Sir Dunn lost. We are absolutely fucked. You know that, right?"

Clifford groaned under his breath and spoke:

"Do you really we could offer any help with our puny strength? Sorry to say this, but we will only get in his way. Johan is right. We aren't strong enough yet to fight an Apokalip. Still, I'm wondering what Tier is, this small one. After all, it wasn't as strong as those big ones, but it has such magical abilities."

...

Half an hour passed. Fushigiro destroyed the core of the golem with one of his soft fists.

Tamasai, on the other hand, stopped playing around. He just punched the two golems he was facing once, and they exploded into a pile of debris. Such a huge damage wasn't something the enhanced regeneration the golem's possessed could endure. Tamasai didn't bother to find the core.

Unfortunately, no one was able to witness the scene because every one of them was tired and busy recovering.

Just like that, the last hurdle of the Quincy Mountain Range was solved. Now, they only need to go down the mountain and proceed to the Spider Town. The last challenge that they have to pass. Fight the Tier 8 Spider Queen and its minions. Of course, if they manage to not wake up the queen, they don't have to fight her.

With that, the members of hunting gathered with each other. Then Luna and Fatty came to their side. When the members saw Fatty's sorry state, they immediately knew that something was wrong.

Jin, Caleb, and Rina went where the battle between Dunn and the mini-golem was happening.

Dunn suffered skin trauma, black eyes, and bruises on his body. His clothes were torn in some spots.

The three-meter golem, on the other hand, was still fully intact.

"What's happening here? Why is there another golem?" Caleb chuckled as he saw the small version of Golem fight Dunn with the same moves. When he saw the Golem's pupils, he was surprised and felt that it was a bit similar to Sharingan's appearance. Albeit blue, not red.

Fushigiro crossed his hands on his chest. "You guys... Help him."

Just as Jin was about to join the battle. The mini-golem released another icy breath on their way. Fushigiro and Caleb used Deka Step to escape the range of the attack. Jin and Rina ran away.

When the icy breath disappeared, they saw the mini-sized golem running far away from them.

"It seems that the golem was smarter than the bigger ones we fought. What a peculiar creature." Fushigiro said as the golem's silhouette faded from their sight. He turned his head at Andre and asked:

"Can you elaborate on what happened?"

Andre didn't dare to refuse and immediately told Fushigiro about the details. From how it appeared and attacked Fatty, the ability to breathe a wave of ice, the ability to copy the battle style, and its weird pupils.

"Really? It was trying to kill Fatty?" Fushigiro frowned and gave Fatty a look of doubt.

Why would a weird golem attack an inconspicuous fat kid?

"I don't know why that rock bastard was trying me," Fatty said hatefully.

"Forget it." Fushigiro sighed. "Let's rest now. We need to recover our energy as much as possible. Who knows if there are other mini-golems like that on the other side? We need to be prepared."