Chapter 782: The Birth of a Golem, Its First Steps After Its Creation (1/2)

Day 189 - 4:23 PM - Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Province of Quezon

The last days of the barrier were already coming. It was already a month since the world changed.

While it would not be surprising that the barrier just vanished without warning as it had been waning for a few days now, it was still holding on.

It might be that the Observer and the Eyes tried to make a few days leeway. This thought was just speculation, however. Fourth or any other Eyes never made an appearance since the day the world changed to confirm it.

As far as everyone in the base was concerned, they were now ready to face the upcoming events. Yesterday, Louis and the workers finished building the outer walls. Everyone cheered as they watched the finishing touches of the walls, more than doubling the safety of the entire base. As it had been expected, Louis and the workers worked more efficiently as they got used to building the walls, and it was finished even faster than expected.

With the outer walls finished, it could be seen that the residents of the base had more confidence in surviving this dying world.

Aside from the walls, there was another good event that happened.

The amount of radiation outside the barrier was practically gone. Even regular people could go outside without experiencing the side effects of radiation. It showed that even if the barrier had yet to vanish, people could already travel outside. Of course, that was if they could wave through the dangers that they would need to face upon leaving the barrier.

In fact, there were signs of radiation in the air thinning. There were more and more instances that animals were seen near the vicinity of the Mountain Base. Furthermore, not all the animals were that were seen were mutated. Some were animals that had never been seen on Earth, or at least, in the [Mortal Dimension].

It was a mystery where these animals went during the time the radiation was high. However, it was a bit nice to see non-hostile creatures wandering the mountains.

And today, another good thing happened.

”DONE!”

Inside the subdimension of the Night Everred Spirit Tree, Mark's voice echoed loudly.

After about three weeks of research, trial, and error, Mark's efforts finally bore fruit.

At the side, both Annica and Berrak also watched in anticipation. Even Illia and Chimetrice were present, considering that they were more familiar with actual golems than everyone else present. And to say, the two were both amazed at the current situation.

In the lost era, creating golems was not something that could be done in a few weeks. It was even more impossible if one started from scratch. Yet, Mark achieved something that the people of the past were never able to.

Yes, Mark relied on the research started by the [Black Duendes] and the Creator and used the broken golem and the floating vessel as a basis. However, even with that, Mark's current achievement was still outstanding.

Mark stood in front of his first creation.

Following his tastes as an Otaku, the golem had a rather unique design.

It was a humanoid, less than five feet in height, with a rather feminine shape. Yes, it was a female golem. In fact, Mark did not hesitate to make it look human. He even used the skin-like [Blood Metal] from Miracle to make the skin of the golem.

If one did not know, they would think that what stood in front of Mark was a human. Well, if they looked from afar. If one was to look closely, the clothing of the golem was a part of its body, although detachable. Furthermore, the clothes were made of different kinds of [Blood Metal] stiched together.

”Annica, one last check before we activate it.”

Mark called Annica as they began the final check of the circuits inside the golem.

Stretching his hand towards the back of the golem, Mark released his [Magical Energy] into its circuits.

At the side, Annica observed the flow of [Magical Energy] inside the golem.

”It's all good! Everything is flowing perfectly!”

Annica exclaimed, making Mark remove his hand.

”Then, it's the last step.”

Mark said as he held out an orb in his hand. He then walked towards the front of the golem.

”I still can't believe that you had a working [Golem Core]. Three at that. Even the Creator only had five of those, which he had to sacrifice many of his creations to obtain. All of them were broken now, though.”

Alia spoke, to which Chimetric agreed.

Mark was not paying attention to Illia, however. He was focused on the final step of bringing this golem to life.

The [Golem Core] in Mark's hand was, of course, one of the gifts they received from Bathala. Specifically, this one was the [Golem Core] that Iola received.

That was Mark's goal for making a female humanoid golem. Since he was making golems for his three daughters, he asked them what they preferred to have. Both Miracle and Abbygale gave their requests. The two little girls wanted something similar to pets. However, Iola did not seem to have any preferences. Just like Keeper, she was not choosy and was fine with anything given to her.

And since that was the case, Mark made something that Iola would definitely need.

With those thoughts, Mark pressed a button on the center of the golem's chest. It opened the chest of the golem, revealing a spherical indent surrounded by several circles of mechanisms with different [Magic Circles] carved unto them. The mechanisms then separated, opening enough space where the [Golem Core] could fit into.

Mark then put the [Golem Core] into the space. It began to glow brightly as the mechanisms began to close. Then, the glow from the core slowly spread to the [Magic Circuits].

Taking his hand away from the chest of the golem, everyone watched it close.

Like the tests, Annica observed the flow of [Magical Energy] across the golem's body. And like the few tests before, she did not see anything going wrong.