Chapter 30 (1/2)
By the time Luke arrived, the giant storehouse had huge piles of rocks and trees.
On one side, there was a large box, which contained the Arzen and other magic stone materials, including the end-of-life ores.
“The rock is very hard. The quality of wood is very good too…”
“These are the finest materials that are used to build forts and castles. We always bring in only the best.”
In response to the assessment done by Luke, the executive of the Hades Co. spoke with pride.
The Hades Co., which did trade in the underworld, chose that name to make their creditors feel death. It was much smaller than Alon but was very famous as it was known to be very faithful and thorough.
They also stop by once in a month to sell daily necessities to Rakan’s manor.
“But, where are you going to use them? Are you maybe trying to repair the Devil King’s castle?”
“You don’t need to know that. How much was it?”
“That will be 50,000 pesos.”
The executive gave out a receipt.
“It’s more expensive than I thought.”
“Hahaha, you said it yourself. We only give our customers the best quality. In addition, we all need to live…”
“Okay. I’ll check it out.”
Luke handed over the 50,000 pesos and sent back all the merchants. He later went into the underground workshop with the box containing the magic stones.
Energia.
It was a power plant that supplied mana to a machine or a device.
There was one in the Magic Tower or the laboratories, the Arzen cable along with the magic stones, and the complex magic circles.
In some ways, it was similar to the core engine that was inside the Gigants; the only difference was their size and power.
In the past, Luke’s Energia was so powerful that he was able to create and operate a Golem legion.
“It has been a very long time since I have touched this.”
With heartfelt emotions, Luke began to touch the Energia.
Once the components were selected, they were either broken or needed to be replaced. The metals and the materials purchased through Hades Co. were productions of the identical parts.
“Huhu, my workmanship isn’t so rusty.”
His body had changed, and the black magic circle had fallen down to 3 circles, but his experience and knowledge were still there.
He made the parts in a relatively short time and put them back.
After reassembling the Energia, he used some light magic.
Kiiing! Kiiinggg? Iiiing!
With huge screeching sound, the Energia began to work.
500 years had passed, but it began to wok like a brand new one.
The first movement of the laboratory’s mana was supplied to the Teleporting Circle from the Energia.
The light from the Teleport Magic Circle was going out to the studio, and soon the stones and trees in the warehouse began to be summoned.
Kung! Thung!
Chiiing!
The machinery of the lab began to move automatically and the production of the golems started.
The stones and trees were trimmed from the trunk and branches, and the finished parts were engraved with magic circles by tools with flame magic.
During his time as Saymon—Luke—used to automate all the Golems with the machines in the lab.
It was so he could mass-produce things with minimum manpower, but he couldn’t do this process forever.
In addition to the common materials such as stones and wood, the golems were made of precious magic stones and some other magic materials.
And processing those magical materials required elaborate and careful work, and that was something that couldn’t be done using the machines.
Hades had a small number of magic materials that were needed for the Golems, and the amount of Golems that could be made was just 20.
“Let’s not rush. I need to do it one after the other.”
A lot of things couldn’t be done at once.
No matter how urgent the task was, rather than rushing for the results, things had to be done gradually. That was how he wouldn’t fall behind because of unexpected problems.
Once satisfied with the working workshop, Luke moved to a secret lab and began practicing dark magic.
In the evening, when Luke had returned to the manor, Hans was there nagging him.