Chapter 421 Hugo

>SHWUUUUUSHHH<

In the blink of an eye, we teleported away from where we were at the Elf Capital.

Space warped and our distance with the Western Border closed in a flash.

Appearing out of the distortion in the air, I looked at both sides to observe the reaction of the Elven beauties.

“W-whoahhh… it feels so amazing! Do it again!” That was, of course, Lemi’s response to the wonderful effects of Space Magic.

I felt a warmth permeate my heart.

‘Is this what fathers feel when they show their kids something cool? I’m so happy right now!’ My warm smile didn’t cease as I watched Lemi’s cute face.

The fact that she was clueless about my love was a bit hurtful, but her obliviousness had its cute side.

“Ahh, I just can’t get used to this,” Freya murmured, looking around her.

She seemed to be in an awfully terrible mood. While I understood that she felt threatened by Lemi’s presence, or was probably jealous of the way I was focusing on her cousin, there was nothing I could do about it.

Freya liked me, but I didn’t feel the same—or rather, I couldn’t.

From my experience with women, they tended not to take a sincere ‘No, I’m not interested’ well.

If I rejected her now, the results would be unpredictable—but definitely devastating. Since I still needed to be on good terms with the Elves, and Freya was a very important member of her race, I couldn’t exactly push her away now.

At the same time, I was also intent on giving any sign that I was interested. Hopefully, she would get the hint and lose interest in me quickly.

“Whoah… i-is that them? They’re a lot!” Lemi exclaimed, looking at the landscape beyond us.

We were currently levitating, a good distance from the ground, and marching steadily in our direction were our enemies.

I could see the earth tremble, and a terrible chill filled the air.

Waves of Miasma ascended the skies, causing it to appear dark and stormy.

“Don’t worry. You guys are safe with me.” I pulled both girls closer.

“Eeeep!” Squeaky sounds leaked out of both of them, but it was probably from fear.

‘As long as I’m here, nothing will happen to them.’ I smiled, somewhat finding it cute that my daughter was shaking in my arms.

As for Freya, it wouldn’t be good to neglect her.

The trauma she experienced with the Demon Beasts when I first met her seemed to be manifesting as she was also shaking while in my grasp.

She seemed to be mumbling some things, but it was probably to calm herself.

‘It’ll be inconvenient fighting with them by my side. So, why don’t I just do this instead…’

Instantly, a large Magic Circle appeared on the ground directly underneath me, and I summoned something from my special storage space.

“Look closely, Lemi. You too, Freya. I’ll show you guys what a Golem is useful for.”

After practicing many things, there was one field of Magic that I took special care not to neglect.

Construct Magic.

I used it to create various models of Golems and Automatons.

While I was fond of using Automatons quite often—and even succeeded in creating a masterpiece—Golems were pretty fun too.

Since I was the one giving them commands and controlling them remotely, it almost felt like a game.

And so, before I realized it, I ended up making the Ultimate Golem.

“W-whoah! What’s that thing? It’s easily sixty meters high!”

“A-amazing!”

Yes, it was very massive.

“Hugo. Activate.”

Instantly, the hulking being that appeared from the Magic Circle whirred to life.

It was colored black and white—having a smooth bodily structure.

I used only the best of minerals and ores to construct this Golem, so it had a flawless body.

Having a giant humanoid figure, a blade strapped to its back, two blasters locked on both hips, and several other gears located inward and outward, it was the perfect machine.

This Golem stood at the pinnacle of Magic Engineering.

That was Hugo for you—the ultimate Golem.

“Let’s go inside.” I tightly grabbed both girls and made my way toward the open contraption in the massive Golem’s head.

“W-what?!”

“We’re inside the thing?”

Both Elves shrieked in surprise, looking at the foreign area with both surprise and amazement.

“You guys should sit anywhere.” I smiled, loosening my grip on them.

The control room in Hugo’s head was similar to a mini house

Having several ores inside to serve as sources of illumination, there was even a relaxation center in the form of a lounge

However, that wasn’t the main spot.

I walked ahead of the girls, and they followed after me almost as soon as I ventured forward.

After passing through a small corridor, we arrived at the Command Center.

There was a total of five chairs present, but two were located at the forefront.

Before us was a screen that displayed everything that went on outside through the highly powered lens of my Golem.

It could zoom in, zoom out, focus, target, home in, and do several other things.

‘I really went all out with this thing.’ I gave myself a secret thumbs up.

I sat on the chair at the center, and both girls chose the seats that were closest to me.

We were automatically strapped in as we sat. The belts were sturdy and comfortable, so it wasn’t a bother.

“Huu… display controls,” I said, and suddenly, a board full of tons of buttons and levers popped from underneath.

The table was a command board that controlled the Golem from within.

‘I can control Hugo without this. I don’t even need to be in this room to do that…’

But, the reason I still chose this method was simple.

“Lemi. Freya. Want to have some fun?”

I was with guests, after all.

With these buttons, one could make Hugo do whatever they desired, but I didn’t plan on taking all the fun for myself.

Both girls easily caught my drift and nodded energetically. It pleased me that they were also in the mood.

From the screen, I spotted the flabbergasted army of the Demons. Compared to Hugo, they looked awfully small.

Their expressions also showed the kind of despair I liked the most.

“Now, then… what shall we try first?”