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A Hero Tale: Jeff

Jeff's grasp on the rogue Choofa was loose. It felt like a small pom-pom, or an over sized dandelion. It squeaked and squealed as Jeff tossed it away, and landed nearby, looking deflated as if it was severely injured.

then, a high pitched chanting began to follow him from behind. If he turned around, he would notice the two earlier caves releasing several pink Choofa into the gorge. They fluttered towards him like little clouds, and prepared to attack.

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The golem wasn't nearly afraid. It simply stood up straight, moving its core far out of Jenso's reach, and allowed him to punch at air. It then used both of its sword-like arms to slash at Jenso with a cross-shaped attack.

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Chapter 24

_{Ice Golem Class: Offensive Mauler}

The long legged Golem Rushed at Jenso, stomping heavily and lashing out much quicker than his earlier opponents. The difference in speed and technique was insane! This golem was certainly meant for combat. Those other golems seemed like workers by comparison.

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Jenso peered through the somewhat transparent doors, but could only see vague outlines of what appeared to be the same massive golem that attacked him earlier, and a few human-sized figures. One of them was colored differently from the others, though.

"Share the location of your trinkets, now," A monotonous voice ordered, followed by a sickening sound of shattering ice. A human scream sounded out. More of a grunt, actually. Jenso recognized that tone, though.

But before he could act, another golem approached him from the staircase. This one had thin limbs, and is core was embedded in the chunkiest part of its body, which stood over 15 feet off the ground, suspended by two lanky, jagged legs. The golem had two spear-like arms that were equally jagged, and no real head, but regardless of its appearance, the nasty thing looked like it wanted a fight. Another grunt-like scream tore across the upper floor. There was no doubt about it now!

Paulie was in trouble!

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~ End Of Chapter 23 ~

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The second golem fell to pieces in an instant, and Jenso was finally free of pursuers. But just where was he in the fortress? And where was Paulie? As the second Golem fell, sounds echoed from down the main hall. Jenso could see the faint outline of a staircase behind a wall on his left, and a supremely massive door on his right.

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The golem reeled back and its face-plate of ice cracked wide open revealing its flashing weak-point, just like its ally. For a moment, this golem-hunting shtick might have seemed too easy.

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Jenso Soared through the air, outmaneuvering the Golems at ever opportunity. With a single punch, Jenso struck at the golem's core, shattering it like glass. It wasn't very strong when unguarded, as it was made apparent. The golem's icy body then fell to pieces. The second golem turned to face Jenso slowly, unable to react in time to the hot-headed warrior. This called for backup.

The second golem's core started to flash for a few moments, but it didn't move while this happened.

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Jenso's punch did nothing to move the Golem's arm, but it left another imprint on the side of the golem's appendage. The damaged golem then backed away, and began to reseal its face-plate as quickly as it could manage, but the heated strike from earlier had made it pretty difficult.

The golem that Jenso just hit then turned and tried to crush him between his hands.

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Jenso's strike pushed the golem back less than a foot, but the resulting damage cracked its face-plate of ice wide open and exposed its yellow core. The other golem then flanked its ally and Jenso, aiming to grab Jenso and pull him off of the other golem.

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Jenso's kick didn't do much to upset the Golem's balance, and his leg slammed back down. The golem spun around and raised its hands up into a hammer-fist stance, and brought them both down towards Jenso with immense force.