> [ERROR ROOM 003: Initiating Divine Integrity Check...Unsynchronized.]
"What the hell does divine integrity mean?!" Kaito yelped.
"Means it likes you messy," Seren murmured, lips twitching.
A crack split the floor. From it emerged the Lustbound Sentinel—tall, elegant, curves like polished stone wrapped in silk and sin. Glowing eyes, runes on her thighs, and a very unreasonable chest to waist ratio.
"Oh no," Kaito whispered. "It's got hentai physics."
He knows a lot about those.
The golem moved fast.
Lyria dove in, sword first. The first strike hit, but with little to no effect, the second ricocheted off it's enchanted skin.
"Back off!" Lyria shouted, slicing through the tendrils reaching for her.
Seren summoned a warding rune, but the golem's silk wrapped around it dissolving it with a hiss.
"She's absorbs spells too," Seren hissed. "Kaito! Don't touch her directly unless you're trying to get molested by a statue with built in kinks."
"Not on purpose!"
He doesn't actually hate the idea.
He dodged a lash of glowing ribbon. It lashed toward his legs—Lyria grabbed him, yanking him away and shoving him into the wall.
"Stop looking at her tits," she growled.
"They're glowing! I have a UI pop-up over them!"
> [Target Lock: Core Between—]
Kaito slapped the interface.
The golem summoned spectral copies of herself—two, then four. Each moved with identical motion, seduction and lethality.
Seren froze. "Mirror units."
"They are all real?" Lyria asked.
"One is. But the rest will still wreck your soul."
"Like your dating history?" Lyria muttered, and charged.
Lyria struck one illusion, solid. It countered with a whip of hair turned steel.
Kaito cast [Distract Self]—which, unfortunately, triggered a [Shirtless Confidence Surge].
His shirt vanished.
"Oh, come on!"
"Temples like symmetry," Seren said, casting a fire spell. "If your stats are unbalanced, the system compensates. Apparently with nipples."
"Mine are very symmetrical!"
The fireball hit a golem—absorbed.
And redirected to Lyria.
She stumbled, briefly stunned. One of the golems advanced hands glowing, silk unraveling.
"No," Seren shouted.
Kaito sprinted.
He tackled the golem mid way slamming it into a pillar. A pulse of violet energy rippled out.
It moaned.
> [System Sync: Erotic Impact Bonus Applied.]
The remaining golems shuddered.
"What are you?!" Seren gasped.
"Stupid," Lyria spat, dragging herself to her feet. "And stupidly lucky."
Seren's eyes narrowed. "He's more than luck. That hit wasn't brute force, it was divine feedback. He's syncing with their core signature."
"Which you enjoy watching," Lyria snapped.
"Oh, please," Seren said, voice sweet. "You act like he's your sword to polish. But I'm the one who can actually help him understand his system."
"I don't need code. I've got instincts."
"And heat," Seren said, stepping closer. "You reek of it."
They were inches apart. Sparks danced between them, not magical. Personal.
Kaito, still half-crushed beneath a semi-moaning golem, raised a hand weakly. "Um. Maybe less girl on girl murder while I'm dying."
Lyria turned back to the real golem, now pulsing with unstable energy.
"Distract her," she said.
"Which her?" Kaito wheezed.
Kaito Kissed it.
Hard. Fast. No tongue.
It was the only distraction he could think of.
The golem froze.
The illusions shimmered.
Seren laughed. "Oh. Oh that's just petty magic. She's reacting to territorial hormones."
Kaito's system glowed. The golem's core flickered.
"Now!" Lyria roared and threw one blade.
It pierced the exposed crystal heart.
The golem moaned loud.
The arena went silent.
The golem's heart cracked open with a sound like a tree splitting under frost. It slumped forward and fell, crushing a section of the temple floor beneath it. A deep tremor rolled through the ruins, setting dust and shattered stone adrift in the still-charged air.
Kaito lay in the debris, half-naked, breathing hard.
The arena went silent.
"She kissed me," he lied, arms raised
Lyria's eyes flared.
So did her blade.
And Kaito, with a whimper, rolled over and pretended to be unconscious.
> [Trial Complete: Temple Fragment – Magic Sync +5 | Passive: Seductive Distraction unlocked]