Bound and Broken: An Isekai Adventure Dark Fantasy (Melas Book 1) by V.A. Lewis (autobiographies to read .TXT) 📕

first construct managed to take a swing at him. He just barely managed to roll under the greatsword, when my magic circle finished forming.

I pointed at the construct, and an orb of energy flashed through the air at it. The magical missile impacted its back, and exploded.

The construct recoiled for the briefest of a moment, then slowly stood up straight and directed its attention to me: nothing more than a small chunk of its back blown away.

It was at this moment, I noticed the features of the construct— both constructs, actually. They were both mostly gray, except for a red glow in their stomach. But they were only gray in the dark room. Maybe, if there was more light, they would be another color. A brighter gray. Something like… silver.

Ah, they are made of metal.

I had the epiphany, then the iron golem charged at me.

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Karna had heard of golems before. He was told that the Dwarves were especially good at making them, and even using them as a substitute to soldiers as a way to minimize casualties in war. However, Karna had never actually fought one, let alone ones made of metal. They were expensive. They were powerful. And suffice to say, he did not know what to do.

The Goblin loosed more piercing shots at the spear golem. The arrows jutted out of its chest, as it swung at him, but he was too fast.

Karna slid in between the golem’s legs, and the spear struck against the wall. The golem had its weapon wedged as the Karna fired his first explosive shot at its back. Metal parts blasted off its side, but it was unfazed. It continued struggling to pry its spear out, as Karna shot another arrow at its head.

Half of the golems head was blown apart now, and Karna grinned triumphantly at his victory. He was about to turn around to help Sena, when the golem jerked. In one swift motion, the golem pulled out its weapon and swung at the Goblin with the butt of its spear.

Karna leapt backwards, and was immediately faced by a barrage of stabs. The golem was thrusting wildly at him! He dodged the flurry of attacks as he backed up.

The Goblin reached for his belt and ducked under a sideways slash. The golem pulled back for a stab, and Karna deflected it to the side with his dagger. In that instant, he closed the distance to the golem and slashed its sides.

A small cut formed where Karna struck, but nothing else happened. Why won’t you die?! The golem kicked him. He flew back and rolled before he came to a stop.

Karna was picking himself up, when the golem stood over him. It raised its spear to finish him off—

And a magic missile struck the golem in the stomach. The golem reeled back, giving Karna the chance to quickly move away and pick up his bow.

His ears perked up as an annoying high pitched voice called out, "Aim for its stomach! That’s where its core— the mana crystal— is!"

Melas gestured at her own stomach, before running from the other iron golem. Sena sent arrows at its abdomen from the side, attracting the sword golem’s ire.

Karna blinked. "I— got it," he said, as he pulled an arrow back.

The spear golem charged at him, and he loosed an explosive bolt at its stomach. But it saw the attack coming. It turned to the side, taking the blast on its shoulders instead.

"Tsk," Karna clicked his tongue, and began to circle the golem firing a volley of arrows. He was switching between regular shots and magical shots since the golem could not block all of it.

It could only block some, and was tripped up by the harmless arrows that bounced off its armor alternating between the powerful enchanted ones that blasted it apart. The golem raised its spear out and spun.

Karna saw this, and he ducked underneath the swing. He ran up to the golem as he drew an arrow, loading it for an explosive shot. The golem raised its spear, ready to thrust it at the Goblin—

And missed.

Karna jumped up in the air as it stabbed the ground. He aimed his bow at the golem’s core, and loosed. This time, it could not react.

The explosion blew apart the mana crystal powering the iron golem. Without an energy source, it simply slumped over, and slowly collapsed on the ground.

Karna landed next to the fallen construct, and breathed a sigh of relief. What about the other one? He spun around, only to see Melas and Sena standing over the fallen golem— its mana crystal also destroyed.

They were both panting heavily. But they won. And yet, when Karna looked at the golem— at Sena’s broken bow— he could only think of one thing. He walked up to the two of them.

Melas smiled at him. "We did it—"

"What were you thinking?!"

She paused. "...me?"

"You nearly killed us you idiot! Why did you do that?!"

The Human girl frowned. "Are you being serious?"

"Yes!" Karna shouted in frustration. "Why would you just destroy—"

"Ok, first of all, I just saved your life," Melas spoke over the Goblin’s rant. Then she pointed to the side. "Second, I didn’t even do this, he did."

"What?"

"Yes. He did. And before you accuse me of lying, why don’t you ask him?" She folded her arms. "Go on."

Karna narrowed his eyes. "...Sena. Did you do this?"

"I— uh…" The other Goblin shuffled his feet. "Yes."

"And I told him not to. But he didn’t listen. So how is this my fault?" The girl glared at the both of them.

Karna felt his anger turning into embarrassment. He felt… foolish. And her stare did not help with that feeling. She was tapping a finger on her elbow, as if she was expecting something. Like an