I'm the Only Totem in Another World - Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Totem Golem （5）

I unilaterally smashed the Centipede Infected while occasionally checking behind me.

It wasn’t that I was adjusting my speed so that my followers could keep up.

Kkiruru…

As if they realized they couldn’t win, the bastards scattered.

To think they’d only run away after more than half of them were destroyed. Maybe because they’re bug bastards, their judgment is slow.

━ Don’t chase them.

It would be too much of a hassle to chase them all down and kill them, so I decided to let them go for now.

The Magic Stones are the priority.

━ Let’s come back and exterminate them later.

Now that I know the entrance is narrow but the inside is wide, I can just send the warriors.

Hundreds of armed warriors should be able to wipe them out without any casualties.

Anyway, this cave… it’s so spacious it could be called a dungeon.

The treasure map, no, the Magic Stone map that Beatrice gave me didn’t indicate it was this big. It just said it was deep.

Well, things must have changed after 200 years. Or maybe the Centipede Infected came here after the Paladin left and dug the cave further.

I went all the way to the end of the cave where the Magic Stones were supposed to be kept.

Ah, I see the chest. It’s three times bigger than an average coffin.

I opened the chest and checked the Magic Stones. Considering they’ve been here for 200 years, they were preserved in pretty good condition.

It must be thanks to the unique environment of the cave.

━ I’ll carry it.

The Golden Sun Tribe doesn’t have anyone as strong as Rake or Kanto.

I lifted the chest and tried to get on Solid&Heavy’s back…

Uooreu…!

Hmm. He’s struggling. I guess he can’t carry the Magic Stones too.

You bastard, you’re just solid and heavy, but you have no strength. You’re no different from a fat pig.

After getting off his back, I put the chest on my shoulder and walked.

The Totem Golem is basically a work golem. 200kg is nothing to it.

I looked at my followers. All five of them looked quite tired.

The Strengthening Tattoo blessing has ended, so now they’re no different from slightly trained ordinary people.

━ You can ride on its back.

I offered Solid&Heavy to the followers who had been covering my back.

“Ah… Thank you.”

Grace, who had a hesitant expression on her face after seeing Solid&Heavy’s vicious appearance, was the last to get on.

His back is so wide that there’s still space left even with five people on it.

We came out of the cave with the Magic Stones.

Hmm. Since there’s nothing to do on the way back, should I check the community?

[Using the President’s Power: Princess Dina-ssi! Watch me defeat the demons!] （1）

[Fallen Power Knight: They say a mage who has reached a certain level can block the demons’ coordinate transmission.] （7）

[Valkyrie: Oppas~ Kyria’s evening broadcast tonight~!] （12）

[I Trusted the Monkey Man but: But how do you get a mage companion? Do you get them from gacha?] （5）

Nothing special.

Oh. The user who bragged about repelling the Demonic Energy and planting trees posted a new message.

Should I take a look at this?

[Even Wildflowers: This is embarrassing to say…

But I haven’t eaten anything for two days.

I’m so hungry…

Would anyone be willing to share some food?]

This person is in trouble too.

I checked the comments, wondering if I could help.

━ Comments ━

[Brahmanda: Where are you? Don’t tell me here, send me a private message.]

The reply came an hour later.

It seemed like the important thing was discussed in a private message.

ㄴ [Even Wildflowers: Thank you so much! I’ll make sure to bring some seeds when I come!]

ㄴ [Brahmanda: It’s okay. I’ll just go since it’s close. We have to help each other out as fellow Earthlings.]

That’s a relief. It was resolved amicably.

Brahmanda. He’s a friend of the Level 7 Paladin Abraham who died in Tibera from the Dark Cloud Demon.

He tried to stop Abraham, but he failed.

During Siu’s suicide attempt, he said he couldn’t bear to see any more users die and cheered for Princess Dina. When Karon insulted me and I chased him out of the community, he expressed his gratitude.

Seeing him trying to save another user, it’s like…

Should I say I feel a true sense of ‘humanity’?

A line from a movie comes to mind.

‘It’s more important to defend what you love than to destroy what you hate’, or something like that.

Ironically, I remember that movie becoming the target of hatred and receiving devastatingly bad reviews.

Well, whatever. As long as the meaning is good.

I returned to the Golden Sun Tribe’s headquarters, receiving embarrassing praise from the warriors.

“I’m glad to be living in Malak-nim’s era!”

At this point, they’re practically cringe generators.

I placed the chest containing the Magic Stones on the altar.

“For our weak tribe, for the glorious Malak-nim who descended upon this land…”

Along with Priest Bojak’s mumbling, the chest was delivered to Totem No. 1 in Symphony.

My mission with the Golden Sun Tribe is complete.

I turned my head and looked at each of the people in this tribe, my followers, one by one.

Barbarians and civilized people, adults and children, warriors, men and women.

Some had solemn expressions, while others had smiles full of pride.

Who could see these people as NPCs in a game?

━ I’m proud of you all.

I’m not really a god, nor am I their parent, but I felt that way.

I was grateful that they hadn’t lost hope in this desperate situation and that they relied on me.

Emotional words or lectures wouldn’t be necessary.

━ If you need anything, anytime is fine. Pray. I’ll send it to the altar.

A cool guy doesn’t talk too much. I stepped onto the altar without looking back.

“We will await your return, Great Loa.”

I hear the sound of knees hitting the ground.

Ah, this makes me have to look back.

Chieftain Tur said that while kneeling, and soon everyone was kneeling.

The sight of people surging like waves is quite impressive.

While everyone was kneeling with their heads bowed, Grace closed her eyes with her hands clasped together.

━ …

“This is more familiar to me.”

Grace, who slightly opened her eyes when I looked at her with a puzzled expression, chuckled and said.

I was startled. I thought she was going to aggro again by praying to Ishtania.

I waved my hand a few times and transferred my consciousness to Totem No. 1.

I see the Metal Golems transporting the Magic Stones and Harry fiddling with the Golem Controller.

━ How are they?

“Their condition is good overall. We should be able to use them all.”

That’s a relief.

━ How many more do you think we need to gather?

I asked how many more Magic Stones we needed to gather to activate the Giant.

“We’ll need to gather them at least eleven more times.”

So that means we have to recover most of the Magic Stones Beatrice left behind?

This is driving me crazy.

Giant, this thing is a complete Magic Stone-eating machine.

Ha. But if it eats Magic Stones well, it should be able to take down two or three High-ranking Demons by itself, right?

If it can’t, our Tribal Federation is bankrupt.

Ah, it’s not even bankruptcy.

If the Giant can’t defeat the Shadow Demon in the first place, this is the end for us.

━ Do we need that many?

“That’s the minimum requirement to keep it moving for at least five hours.”

Since the distance from Polaris to Symphony is quite far, we have to consider the time it takes for the Giant to run here.

Five hours… We need at least that much.

Well, Harry probably knows better than me about this kind of thing.

━ Alright.

More than anything, today’s work isn’t over yet.

I hear a knock.

━ Come in.

Rachel entered the meeting room with a civilized warrior.

It’s the lord’s chamber of Symphony and also the meeting room where my altar is located.

“I heard you returned, so I came.”

Rachel greeted me politely, bowing her head.

━ Is it something important? If not, get to the point.

I’m planning to rest a bit and then go looking for Magic Stones.

“I’ll get straight to the point.”

Rachel said she had been using scouts to gather information about the Shadow Demon’s movements.

She said she borrowed the scouts with Denzo’s permission, who is currently in charge of the warriors in Kanto’s absence.

“The Shadow Demon is steadily spreading Demonic Energy and approaching Symphony.”

She said that more than a third of Tibera, where the demon is located, has been swallowed by Demonic Energy.

It’s faster than I thought. Its specialty must be spreading Demonic Energy.

The process of transforming a planet other than Earth to resemble Earth’s environment and ecosystem to make it habitable for humans is called terraforming.

What the Shadow Demon is doing is similar to that… Devilforming… That sounds lame.

Anyway, I wonder if this guy is a High-ranking Demon optimized for that kind of work.

“If this speed is maintained, it is expected to cross Symphony’s regional line within a month.”

One month. The time limit has become clear.

We have to gather all the Magic Stones within 30 days and awaken the Giant sleeping in Polaris’ underground research lab.

━ Alright. Thanks for the information.

“Then I’ll take my leave.”

Ha, this damn world doesn’t give me even a moment’s rest.

━ Call Priestess Paya.

I asked one of the warriors guarding the altar.

“Yes, sir!”

It was before coming to the Golden Sun Tribe. The Priestess of the Ashgrey Fog Tribe informed me that the totem was complete.

Let’s retrieve the Magic Stones from there first.

“Malak-nim! Did you call for me?”

Paya entered the meeting room.

━ I’m going to the Ashgrey Fog Tribe.

Morning Tent Erection Knight, the community user that Princess Dina and I rescued, lives in Linea, where the Ashgrey Fog Tribe is located.

Let’s go see how Siu is doing.