Chapter 27 Part9 (2/2)

In the end, he steeled himself and placed his hand atop the core. Of course, the core was protected by an especially durable material, but if Lee s.h.i.+n Woo were to just let out his magic, it would reach the core immediately. That's how impressive the mana conductivity of the material was.

”Activate.”

He unconsciously spoke a word that was strictly unnecessary, and emitted darkness magic from his fingertips. A skeleton and a golem... normally, these two ent.i.ties couldn't easily be linked, but the darkness magic made it almost too natural.

[Activating...]

His powerful will was transmitted along with his magic, and the core seemed to prioritize its absorption; the core, which emitted a gentle light, vibrated like a heart suddenly pounding, and emitted darkness magic everywhere, filling each and every part of the golem's body.

[Checking to see if all parts can be activated...]

There was an operating 'organ' located within its brain, and its arms could attack in a variety of ways with magic while its feet had boosters that could increase its speed through magic.

Once that process was complete, a gentle green light radiated from the dark green, translucent golem. Despite being an inanimate object, it seemed to give off vigor that it didn't have before.

[...Activating.]

The golem spoke in a mechanical voice, and simultaneously, the golem's body bizarrely wriggled. This was the process of the core regulating all of the body's magic. And eventually, it slowly, very slowly stood up.

[Recognizing situation...]

The golem turned its head slowly and looked around. Because its upper body was 2 meters by itself, it had to look down to see Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Kratia. It was so overwhelming that Kratia instinctively grabbed her orb, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo kept Rem on standby.

However, that was honestly quite pointless. The moment it had turned its head and seen Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, it felt like the darkness magic he had released formed a deep link between them... and the golem spoke thusly.

[Master has been recognized.]

The moment Lee s.h.i.+n Woo heard that, it felt as though the tension had left his body. Kratia staggered and even fell towards Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, but fortunately, Jin caught her.

”...And who am I?”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo tried his very best to not act excited and asked. The golem's response came immediately.

[You are my master. Master, please give me a name so you can differentiate me from the others.]

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo clenched his fists. Kratia just remained vacant and was just waiting for him. In a calm voice, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo gave him a name.

”Rem Two... No, let's go with Erem.”

[Recognized.]

Regardless of whether it was Rem Two or Erem, his naming sense didn't involve an 's'. However, Erem happily accepted its name. 'But was it normal to give golems a name?', he thought and tilted his head. Then, a message appeared before Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.

[You have created the elite Lv6 Dark Emerald Bone Golem, Erem.]

[You have succeeded in creating a unique golem by stealing techniques from various places. These Dark Emerald Bone Golems, which were created with darkness magic as their foundation, not only possess high strength and can emit powerful magic, but have a high elemental resistance as well. But their greatest strength is their ability to draw in this world's darkness magic and store it in their bodies. Through that, there is a chance that they can become even stronger.]

[One problem with these golems however, is that they have no value as commercial products. They will be absolutely loyal to you, as you possess darkness magic.]

[You have acquired the t.i.tle, 'Puppet Master'. All stats have increased by 5. The Command skill's effect is increased, and the power of the darkness element increases slightly.]

He had somewhat expected this to happen. How could he not get a t.i.tle, when he had just created a golem. However, something that he hadn't expected was added on.

[Your strength stat has surpa.s.sed 1,000! You have acquired the t.i.tle, 'He Who Dreams of Giants'. Strength has increased by 10. Your body is evolving so that you can exhibit greater strength.]

”Huh!?”

It seems as though the five stat bonus from Puppet Master had caused his strength to surpa.s.s 1,000 and got him a new t.i.tle! When his magic had surpa.s.sed 1,000, his body had changed as well, so it was happening this time too.

”s.h.i.+n Woo?”

”Wait just a sec.”

Although it was a t.i.tle related to his future growth, his body didn't change dramatically, but his body had certainly gotten stronger so that he could exhibit more of his strength.

The feeling of his body being heavier and sharper wasn't bad. He was wearing armor, so one couldn't see what was underneath, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo could feel the changes.

'But Kratia told me that you would only get a t.i.tle like this once.'

He remembered clearly. At the time, she said that the first stat (strength, agility, health, or magic) to surpa.s.s 1,000 would come with a t.i.tle, and that t.i.tle would determine their level 5 'job', and the direction of their growth.

Therefore, he looked back at Kratia, but it looked like she had no idea what was going on... in the end, he decided not to say anything and move on.

'This is probably due to the Joker karma.'

”Well, I just got a t.i.tle from making the golem. Did you get it too?”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo feigned ignorance and asked. Kratia tilted her head and obediently answered.

”Yeah, 'One Who Walks the Path of New Magic'.”

”Nice. I'm sure we succeeded, so shall we finish making all of the golems? From Erem to Erem 277!”

”So you really are going through with that name...”

They had succeeded in making the prototype, so there was no reason to hesitate anymore. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Kratia activated the manufacturing equipment that had been standing by, meticulously scanned Erem, set the fine controls on the equipment, and added the materials.

”The initial activation will require my mana, so it's still a problem that I have to put my hand atop each and every one of them...”

”s.h.i.+n Woo, I'm activating it!”

”Yeah, go ahead!”

”Roger!”

Kratia's eyes s.h.i.+ned and activated the manufacturing process for all the equipment. The Dark Emerald Bones and the cores that were piled together like a mountain were placed into the devices one by one, radiated a blinding light here and there, and began the fusion to form the golems. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was antic.i.p.ating the moment that Erem Two was finished and gathered his darkness mana.

Unfortunately, no one knew that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was making an army that could threaten a part of the Empire.

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