Supreme Monarch

Tyler appeared in a large white room after forcing his way through the distorted space that was yet to recover from the force teleportation spell the ones that kidnapped Liz had used. There had been a bit of a time lag in his transfer here because he needed to destroy several layers of defenses along the way. Due to that, the person that had laid those defenses should already be aware of their destruction and thus, he expects to face a well-prepared enemy.

Although if that was all, there would be nothing for him to worry about as long as they don't grow cold feet and try to run away with Liz. It would be bad if they also tried to use her against him but he had a plan for that. He also couldn't approach this recklessly and needed to do his best in controlling his anger until he has confirmed Liz's safety.

Taking a look at his surroundings, he noticed he was in a completely white room with no windows and little to no ventilation. There was a large intermediate Magic circle carved on the ground that seems to be a teleportation circle. This must've been a teleportation transit that connects to various other key locations in the Brimstone family's region.

The room also seems to have its defenses against forced teleportation. Which was why he had found it a bit difficult to breakthrough. Of course, he already had a connection due to the spatial distortion so it was a lot easier than trying to forcefully teleport here on his own even if he was aware of the coordinates.

Upon his arrival, he had immediately sensed he was being watched but since he hadn't felt any presence near him, he judged it was some kind of remote viewing. His eyes traced the point at which that feeling came from and he just glared at it for a moment before deciding against doing anything to make whoever it was nervous so they don't take it out on Liz before he locates them.

He ignored the feeling and walked forward when suddenly the only door to the room was flung open and more than 20-30 metal or were they mechanical golems flooded in and surrounded him. Their design made them look like high-tech robots.

Their appearance had completely shocked Tyler as he didn't even try to stop them from encircling him. He had also failed to sense their presence as even with Spatial perception, he had only been searching for life forms and must've unintentionally ignored their existence.

The Mech golems all wielded high-quality weapons like swords and shields with a few of them wielding spears. Their movement was also fluid as though they were living creatures and Tyler could not help but be impressed as his anger was slowly calmed down by the thoughts he had next.

'I want one.'

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|FireBolt|

Without a chant, the horde of mechanical golems all cast the same spell as countless condensed balls of flames was hurled at Tyler from every direction. There was no means of avoiding the attacks and Tyler was surprised yet again. It was an amazing thing, the fact that robots could cast spells was not something he had even considered.

It seemed he had truly underestimated the resources of the Great Five and the moment he had stepped into one of their facilities, it felt like he had entered another world. Sure, this was kind of a blow to Tyler who had assumed the technological advancement brought by the heroes and reincarnates had not fully reached the demon continent.

Apparently, it would seem like the Great Five were hiding most of these advancements for their selfish purposes.

However, just because Tyler was impressed by the golem's ability to use Magic and surprised by the advancement of the Great Five didn't mean he was vulnerable to such attacks as Universal Barrier was already activated and non of their Tier 3 spells had any hope of penetrating.

As the Mech golems saw their ranged attacks fail, they immediately and without hesitation, switched tactics as they lunged at him in a tight formation that gave him no room to escape.

"What a shame."

If possible, he would've liked to keep these robots for himself but he didn't have any time to mess around and didn't plan on holding back. He would just have to settle for taking back their junks for Ragdek to analyze and reverse engineer. Perhaps with the help of Bungo.

•Spatial Vortex•

At his command and with Tyler at the epicenter. A tornado of spatial force was created around him as it dragged and rip apart most of the Mech Golems that attacked him first. The others seem to have realized the situation and had stopped their advance as they reassessed their strategy.

The Mech golems seemed to be quite calculating as they quickly abandoned any attack methods that didn't show results instead of just blindly charging into their doom. They then cast another fire spell at the spiraling vortex perhaps trying to destroy it although those attacks were just swallowed up by the gap in space created by the spiraling vortex.

Tyler sighed and canceled the skill as it didn't have the range he needed to take out the remaining 10 plus Mech golems. He used his magic bullets on them and only the ones wielding shields managed to survive. They charged at him once more and he quickly ended the fight with a few more Magic bullets that aimed for their cores instead of their heads.

With that, his welcoming party had grinder to a halt as he stored the bodies of a few of the mostly intact Mech golems for future purposes and walked out of the room. Using Magic sense and Spatial perception, he made a mental map of the facility and Tyler was amazed at what he found.

Not wasting time, he headed for where he had sensed Snow. Red lights were flashing in the halls as a voice continuously announced his presence and he prepared himself to face a well-prepared opponent but so far, only the Mech golems came at him. He cast a fireball spell but it seemed like they had high fire resistance and thus they survived his attack and used the same fireball spell on him as well.

This only served to piss him off more as he cast the same spell yet again and this time, the power behind it was too great and it completely obliterated the Mech Golems that were supposed to have high fire resistance although he had disregarded the damage to his mana body when using too much mana.

He had also met a few demons along the way and while they didn't seem like actual combatants, he killed them all the same as this entire facility would be destroyed either way so there was no point in keeping them alive just for them to escape and report this to anyone else.

Although that may have been too late already it matters not at this point.

Heading further down to the lowest level of the fortress, he faced many more Mech golems but had opted to use his sword this time as he seemed to be wasting too much mana on his fireball spells and that was starting to affect him a little. He coughed a mouthful of blood but didn't let his limitations hold him back as he forged ahead and continuously shatter one Mech golem after another even though he only had a single arm.

With the use of his blade's skill that could easily shatter the Mech golems to scrap mental. It didn't take long for him to arrive at his destination. Although along the way he had made a quick pit stop to retrieve something he had sensed earlier that only taken a minute as he was nowhere.

It was the place his Magic sense and Spatial Perception has confirmed Snow was in. Her energy level was also extremely low but he was just glad she was still alive.

The heavy metal doors that protected the room she was in had been locked and seemed to be tightly shut but when Tyler tried to open it again with a little bit of force, the entire door just came off its hinges. It must've been faulty or something but Tyler wouldn't complain about that.

Entering the room that reminded him of an advanced laboratory back on earth, he saw something unexpected. There was ice everywhere as most of the demons here that wore lab coats had been encased in Ice, clearly already dead. Looking further into the room, he confirmed that there were only three people still left alive.

Several Mech Golems had been torn apart by ice spikes and some had been crushed in the ceiling by ice pillars but only a single one remained, it didn't look like all the others as it was a mix of black and red and fought like a trained martial artist instead of a robot although his fighting style was wild and untamed.

It was currently engaged in a fiercer fight with Snow who didn't seem to be in the best of state as her outfit was torn and she had scratches all over her body while the Mech golem didn't seem to have been damaged as it bounced on its feet like a nimble boxer. It evaded or just frankly disregarded her attacks and countered with precise strikes that were easily penetrating her defenses as one could tell that she literally had no energy to even stand on her feet much less fight.

There was also a demon with glasses hiding in the corner of the room as he watched the fight unfold with a rigid expression but one of anticipation of the golem's victory over snow who was panting but had an expression oh pure fury as she coldly glared at the demon that hid in the corner with disdain. Annoyed at the fact that she couldn't get to him even after expending all her remaining mana.

With the current state of the lab, it was fairly easy for one to guess what had happened here especially since she was supposed to be their captive. Being able to resist their hold and almost nearly destroy her captors was an impressive feat. But judging by her current state. It was unknown what the hell these demons had done to her.

Her energy was almost completely gone but she still stood firmly as he desperately tried to evade the Red Mech Golem's attack. At some point in time, she had even stopped using her spells as it seemed she could no longer even cast the most basic spell yet she did not give up.

Her normally emotionless face was currently plastered with anger as she glared daggers at the demon with glasses at the corner of the room. However, the golem in front of her would not let her get close to him as it continued to attack her in a roundabout manner in a twisted attempt at torturing her.

One could only imagine what they had done to her to make someone like her that rarely felt any emotions so angry. It didn't matter how much she was attacked, she refused to fall as that would put Liz in danger. She desperately clung tightly to her consciousness because her failure will only result in the death of the one she was born to protect. Her only duty in this life was to keep the original persona of this body safe, killing those that hurt her was her life's goal and she had already allowed two of such individuals to getaway.

The fact that she also couldn't kill the last one remaining had stirred an emotion of anger within her. Something she had never felt before. However, feeling alone could not save her as the moment her stance wavered a little, the Red and Black Mech Golem moved in with nimble steps and lighting speed that she was unable to comprehend in her current state.

It closed the distance in an instant and energy from its core wrapped around its claws for the first time as it laughed a devastating attack at the vulnerable Snow. An ice wall that was as thin as glass was erected with the little amount of mana Snow had left but even she knew that this was not enough. She had continuously pushed herself even in captivity and had managed to escape but it looked as though her life would end here.

She panted heavily as the ice wall was shattered, and a fiery claw pierced through the air at her neck. If she could split into two in order to save Liz she would do that in a heartbeat but unfortunately, this was as far as she could go.

However—

The claw that pierced through the air faster than the speed of sound was stopped only a few inches from her neck by an invisible force. For a moment, she had been unable to comprehend what had happened but her eyes soon traced the source of this barrier as she saw a man standing there.

This was the very same man that she had met once in the forest and according to Liz's memories, he was currently her master. Did he really come here to save her? That was something that had never even crossed her mind as this was the enemy's fortress and one would not just charge into a fortress for a single subordinate.

However, there were no other reasons why he would be here as he walked straight towards her, completely disregarding the Mech golems and the Demon noble hiding in the corner. His eyes looked at her in a gentle light but the oppressive aura that had surged out of him the moment he had blocked that attack had rendered everyone speechless.