Chapter 27 Part9 (1/2)
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[Dark Elemental Bone]
[A bone gem with all the unnecessary elements removed, and contains the essence of pure darkness mana. It is a never before seen treasure that can contain a much larger quant.i.ty of magic than its appearance might suggest.]
”Nice. A lot more was removed than I expected, but now I'm done processing the raw materials.”
”The cores are ready too.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Kratia had spent a few days after returning to base processing the materials, and would finally be able to start producing golems.
Looking back on it, it seemed like it had taken so long to get to this point, but it had actually taken less than a month. He hadn't been able to hunt much, but there had been so much to do, going from here to there, so it was obvious that it felt like it had been so long.
”Pauls, you did well. Form your groups and go out hunting again. Ah, and don't forget to report if you find a mine.”
[Whenever you call us, we will come.]
s.h.i.+no Rendu, who had become more dependable than when he was human, said his goodbyes and left with the Pauls. Almost 1,000 troops had left in an instant, so it looked like the base was completely empty, but there were still hundreds of golems left.
”You guys go too. You know what to do if you meet a Steelworker, right?”
[Only you are our master.]
He said his farewells to the golems which had their minds tampered with by Rem. He left behind 10 golems in order to manage the winery and produce the wine. As they continue to do their job, they'll make big and small mistakes, and eventually become specialists in making wine.
Ah, the Silver Golems were on standby for now.
[Paul Zero, you're not done yet?]
”Now's the important part, so just keep watch.”
[Ooh, then I'll come by to play when you're finished!]
The Dryads, who didn't know that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was leaving the winery as soon as he was finished, returned to the vineyard. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Kratia then began to produce golems in earnest.
They called it making golems, but they already had everything mapped out, so all they had to do was follow the plans in order and make the golems. Normally, just inserting the raw materials and the core in separate facilities was enough to manufacture a golem, but he needed to try doing it once manually.
”Ah, there's a partial flaw. Kratia, wait a sec.”
”Guu, as I thought, it was a problem with the knee joint... I'll fix it right away. Wait just a sec.”
”No. Let's get rid of this and instead, use the magic in the raw materials to fuse it.”
During the manufacturing process the two engaged in a conversation that Jin couldn't understand once more. However, he decided that he wouldn't leave this time. Since he wanted to at least be there when Lee s.h.i.+n Woo created his first golem.
Fortunately, the errors in their plans weren't too big, so they could progress without much issue. There used to only be a core at the center of the worktable, but in no time, there was a body attached to it, and then limbs as well, which was quite the spectacle.
”Done. The legs are moving.”
”But is the core's AI ok like this? You don't need to imprint anything else?”
”We have the darkness mana. Look.”
Perhaps because the Dark Elemental Bone's very birth was affected by Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, it naturally absorbed Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's darkness magic.
It looked as though the golem would be fully loyal to Lee s.h.i.+n Woo before it was even finished... Kratia just sulked a little bit.
”But I'm making it with you too.”
”Then come back after you've learned how to use darkness magic.”
”Kuuuuu.”
From the very beginning, Kratia had been interested in manufacturing golems, not taking owners.h.i.+p of them.
Honestly, in the process of studying the magic applied to golems, she had increased her knowledge of magic theory beyond her imagination, so she did achieve her objective, but...
”It feels weird. It's like the feeling a mother has when her baby, that was born through a joint effort between parents, only follows the father around, rather than the mother.”
”Did you have a kid in your original world...?”
”No, I didn't! I'm talking about our kid, ours!”
”!?”
The process went smoothly. It felt like it wouldn't go this smoothly when Arema Steelworker made golems. The speed at which the golem's magic, which had fused with the darkness magic, circulated incredibly fast, and the connection between the core and its body was quite solid.
”It'd probably be hard to use the magic in a different way.”
”It doesn't have that ability, and it wouldn't be efficient. Since these are weapons for combat.”
”Then... I think it's done. s.h.i.+n Woo, the a.s.sembly's done.”
They'd only started building the golem less than an hour ago, yet there was a 4 meter tall humanoid golem laying atop the worktable.
Though it was a similar height to the level 5 Iron Golem, its abilities were incomparable. At least in terms of design.
”Will it really move...?”
”It'll definitely move. I'm more worried about whether this thing is a level 6 or not.”
”We used a level 6 core, so it should be. ...The raw materials and the process were perfect, so it could be an elite as well.”
He couldn't help but shake. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had only focused on a singular goal: creating a golem. However, if they actually succeeded in creating a golem, then their status would change in an instant.
That's because he would be able to control hundreds of level 6 elite golems, ent.i.ties that made even the other heroes nervous.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo softly closed and opened his eyes. His heart was pounding, and he wanted to sigh, yet he couldn't as he didn't have any respiratory organs. Not having any means of breathing never hurt so much.
”s.h.i.+n Woo. ...Try activating it.”
”...Alright. I'm doing it.”