Ship it all back!

—"Summon Shadow!"

A mass of distorted shadows gradually took shape beside Soren, finally forming a sinister humanoid figure.

Creatures from the Shadow Plane were rather unusual. As Soren's summoned creature, the shadow grew stronger along with him. The one he could summon now had yet to reach legendary strength, but it could still interfere with a few enemies without much trouble. The battle inside the Insect Hive was nearly over, and the restrictions on the number of golems had eased considerably. The main reason was that each Death Knell Beetle had a challenge rating of 7; alchemical constructs below iron golems held little advantage against them.

But!

That was also where the problem lay. As the low-level golems were eliminated in battle, the golems making their way over became increasingly difficult to deal with.

If a few iron golems had not been blocking the passage ahead, the adamantite golems behind them would probably have charged through already. Soren had little time left, because the adamantite golems had begun smashing the walls. They were using brute force to knock down the structures ahead. If they charged through as well, Soren would have a hard time keeping them all outside. All he could do now was hope the Fallen Witch would shut down the [Elemental Furnace] quickly. Without their energy supply, these golems would stop functioning.

—"Sword Momentum: Whirlwind Dance!"

With Soren's current strength, dealing with a few iron golems was naturally easy.

Still, if possible, he really did not want to dismantle them all. The golems of iron grade and above were relatively well preserved. If he could shut down their energy supply, every one of them could be shipped back to Port Nyanzaru.

Clang, clang, clang!

The adamantite golems finally charged through.

But to Soren's utter surprise, the slightly different-looking