An Astonishing Discovery

Meanwhile.

On the third floor of the Wizard Tower in the Shadow Plane, a race-against-time battle had just ended.

Soren's chest rose and fell sharply. A heap of torn-apart metal parts lay before him, along with a Magical Energy Mobility Device that was still largely intact. The alarms had stopped, but residual Arcane Energy leaped through the air in bursts of electric sparks. Behind him, Goria and the Fallen Witch had stopped casting spells. Vivian had suffered a minor injury, leaving a charred patch high on her chest.

"Are you all right?"

Soren rushed over and cast Greater Restoration. Vivian's injury was not serious, but she was precious to him, and he did not care about wasting a spell on her. The battle had been perilous. The Magical Powered Armor had proved even stronger than he had imagined, with a Construct Level of around 30. Only an Arcanist could create Constructed Life of that level. It was a terrifying opponent capable of challenging an old Red Dragon.

Soren had beaten it through a trick.

Before the fight began, he had Vivian cast Time Stop. As the God of Half-Elves and Rogues, Soren was immune to the spell.

That gave him an immensely powerful opening.

It was not enough time for Soren to destroy a mighty Magical Energy Armor made entirely of exceptionally tough steel. But he was strong enough to wreck the Energy Transmission Devices around the Wizard Tower before his opponent activated.

Every Golem needed energy to run.

The stronger the Golem, the more energy it needed. Cutting off the Energy Supply System in advance greatly weakened the enemy. In the end, Soren had not even dealt the finishing blow. After roughly three minutes of fighting, the powerful Golem had run out of energy and shut down.

That was