I Parry Everything: Volume 8 [Parts 1 to 9] by Nabeshiki

Author:Nabeshiki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, fantasy, adventure, action, adult protagonist, OP protagonist, strong female lead, Multiple perspectives
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

Chapter 158: I Parry Some Golems

“That tablet is rather small. Melissa, could you enlarge the image for everyone to see?”

“Of course. A moment, please.”

At Rashid’s behest, Melissa fiddled with some kind of control mechanism on the office’s desk. In the blink of an eye, the image being shown on Kron’s board was displayed across an entire wall of the room.

“Oh?” For once, Rashid’s cynical, ever-present smile disappeared. “That’s a rather substantial force. To think they’d send such an army as an opening move...”

Now that the image was larger, the figures in the sand were easier to see. Kron was right—they were golems.

“Rashid, are they the same kind of golem you brought to the beastfolk village?” I asked.

“More or less. But the City Forgotten by Time’s golem allotment only numbers a thousand or so, including the ones stationed on constant guard duty. That force must contain at least ten times as many.”

“Are you sure? They’re hard to make out with all the sand.”

“Yes. And unfortunately, when two forces of equal quality clash, numbers decide the outcome. We won’t stand a chance if we use golems alone.” For someone apparently on the back foot, Rashid still looked relatively unbothered.

“Why are they attacking us in the first place?”

“I can’t say for certain, but I suspect news of this establishment’s change in ownership has already circulated Sarenza. The wealth of treasures gathered here has attracted the eye of some rather unsavory elements, especially now that they aren’t under House Sarenza’s protection.”

“So basically...they’re bandits?”

“One could call them that, yes.”

“I’m not so convinced,” Lynne interjected from behind us, a skeptical look on her face. “I find it hard to believe that mere bandits would possess such a sizable force of golems. The maintenance cost alone would be exorbitant.”

Rashid smiled at her. “Nothing gets past you, does it, Lady Lynneburg? I shall be candid, then—I suspect my younger brothers supplied the golems.”

“Your...younger brothers...?”

“Yes. Or House Sarenza, at least. No one else possesses them in such numbers.”

“Then why did you call them bandits?”

“Because, while my brothers do own those golems, they would never admit to attacking with them. At most, they would claim the constructs were stolen from their warehouses. House Sarenza’s word holds enough sway that even absurd falsehoods can be spun into truths. Treating this oncoming force as thieves is a clean way of avoiding future complications.”

“That makes sense. But why are they here?”

“To take my life, first and foremost.”

“They wish you dead?”

“Indeed. As you know, Sarenza’s inheritance law grants me preferential heirship to all of House Sarenza’s assets on account of my being the eldest son. There is no end of people in this country who would profit from my death—my younger brothers first among them.”

“Is that so...?” Lynne turned troubled eyes back to the golems being shown on the wall.

“I hoped to depart early to prevent this, but they must have come to a decision quite quickly. As always, I am appalled by my brothers’ lack of restraint. If only they had waited, I would have gone to them.

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