Hellmode ~Gamer Who Likes to Speedrun Becomes Peerless in a Parallel World with Obsolete Setting~ Vol. 9 - Chapter 456 - Merle's wish (2)

A cube similar to those found in dungeons floated in front of rle, though a bit smaller.

'I AM TAM-TAM.'

Tam-Tam repeated his na, sounding slightly hesitant.

'Well, he was just a puppet until recently, so don't expect too much. Eventually he'll grow and mature.'

"Ohh!!"

Tam-Tam could only talk with loose words for now.

(This Magic Board…or Magic Cube has slots for Stone Slabs on every side.)

Allen decided to call it Magic Cube.

'There's 5 slots on each side, so it can fit a total of 30 Stone Slabs.'

Digragni seed to notice what Allen was thinking.

The Magic Board only had space for 20, so the Magic Cube had 10 more.

"Ohh! It's following around!!"

As rle moved, the Magic Cube floating above her head followed her.

"Alright rle, we have a lot of things to test. Call Tam-Tam."

"Okay!"

"Hey Allen, are you doing that right now?"

Dogora ca to them, hearing that Allen wanted to test Tam-Tam's capabilities.

"Of course. It might take a while though."

When Allen said his experints would not take long, that usually ant a few hours.

If he said it would take a while, an entire day could pass.

He wanted to know exactly what it ant for Tam-Tam to have a soul, and they had many new Stone Slabs. There was a lot to research.

"Let's go back to the other floor then, I want to train my Skills."

Dogora said he wanted to train more as he ate the food from his magic bag.

"Ah, I see."

'Seriously.'

rus frowned next to them.

"Hm? What's wrong, rus."

'No, it's nothing.'

If Dogora wanted to train, that ant rus would also have to help with that.

They left the boss room and returned to the last floor.

The ceiling there was more than 100 ters tall too, so it offered enough space.

"Commandant, did it go well?"

"Yeah, we defeated him."

"Ohh! Incredible, you defeated the Dungeon Master."

People from the armies were waiting for them outside.

They knew the party would challenge Digragni after defeating Gordino.

The hero Helmios was busy arranging the eting, so he was in Latash.

Kiel was currently in charge to lead the Hero's Army.

"Alright then. Let know if we need to change our strategy again soon."

"Thank you, Dogora."

Dogora turned around and waved his hand as he went to train with Allen's summon.

He was going to continue training until he passed out of exhaustion.

Then soone from the armies would co pick his sleeping body and bring him to his bed.

A short ti later Digragni appeared there too.

Many were seeing him for the first ti, so they got nervous.

'rle, this has the sa function as a magic bag, don't worry about changing Stone Slabs.'

He gave rle so advice.

"Huh? Ohh!!"

Clank clank

(She doesn't have to look after a bunch of cubes then. Actually, this might be even more useful to change Stone Slabs mid-fight.)

The cube's components began to move, spreading out. There was a dark mist in the center.

It looked just like Allen's Inventory, and rle put all her Stone slabs inside there.

'rle, try switching Stone Slabs with your mind.'

"A-alright, Dungeon Master Digragni."

'Hey, stop being so formal.'

"O-okay, Digragni."

Digragni insisted that those who won had no need to be formal.

Whirrrrrr

Clank clank

The Magic Cube began spinning and expanding, taking out a Stone Slab and equipping it.

'Mhm, it's working perfectly. This is the first ti I built sothing like this. Now, call Tam-Tam.'

"Alright. Tam-Tam Descend!!"

'YES, MASTER RLE.'

"Ohh!!"

One of the cube's faces began to glow, a magic circle appeared on the ground, and Tam-Tam erged from it. Tam-Tam looked the sa, even when brought from the Magic Cube.

"rle, do you notice anything new? Let see Tam-Tam's stats."

"Okay!"

Whooom!

Tam-Tam's stats appeared in glowing text on its crystal.

[Na] Tam-Tam

[Nature] Sentient Puppet

[Ability] H

[Pilot] rle

[Rank] Hihiirokane

[Strength] 25000 1000 3600

[Mana] 25000 1000 3600

[Attack] 25000 1000

[Endurance] 25000 1000 3600

[Agility] 25000 1000

[Intelligence] 25000 1000 3600

[Luck] 25000 1000

[Functions] Strengthening (1), Inventory

[Nature Progress] 0 / 10000

(Tam-Tam has grown a lot. Thank you very much.)

There were multiple new stats for Tam-Tam, and its current Nature seed to be Sentient Puppet. Strengthening (1) was added to its Functions, and all stats had increased by 1000.

Its Inventory was for Stone Slabs, just like Digragni had said.

Underneath its Nature, Ability was listed as H.

That seed to indicate how far Tam-Tam had grown, according to its Nature Progress.

(Nature Progress is going up really fast. Is it like experience that goes up with Mana spent?)

It seed like for Nature to change, it was necessary to spend Mana like with Skill Experience.

[Mana necessary to move a golem (per second)]

-Iron Golem 1 Mana

-Bronze Golem 2 Mana

-Mythril Golem 3 Mana

-Hihiirokane Golem 5 Mana

[Mana spent when using a Giant or Goliath Size Stone Slab]:

-Giant Size Stone Slab 2x

-Goliath Size Stone Slab 3x

-Giant and Goliath Size Stone Slabs simultaneously 5x

Tam-Tam had both a Giant and Goliath Size Stone Slabs equipped, so rle used 25 Mana every second. Nature Progress was going up by that sa amount.

'Now let explain how to use the Stone Slabs I gave you.'

"Okay!"

(He's being quite kind now. That helps make things faster.)

Thanks to Digragni's willingness to teach, what everyone thought would take a day had been shortened drastically. Sothing had changed Digragni's attitude.

[The Stone Slabs given by Dungeon Master Digragni]:

-Exoskeleton Strengthening Stone Slab (Skill Na: Digragni On)

-Drone Stone Slab (Skill Na: Pentapod)

-Positron Cannon Stone Slab (Skill Na: Grand Laser)

-Short Range Movent Stone Slab (Skill Na: Teleport)

-Radial Shockwave Attack Stone Slab (Skill Na: Round Burst)

'Get inside Tam-Tam first. You can only use Grand Laser if I'm there with you.'

"Got it!"

Pentapod and Grand Laser could only be used if Digragni On was also active.

rle went inside Tam-Tam.

'Rember to shout Digragni On! You got it?'

Saying that, Digragni vanished from there.

He told rle to equip the Exoskeleton Strengthening Stone Slab and to use the Skill.

"Got it. Digragni ooooooooonnn!!"

rle shouted while raising her fist inside Tam-Tam's crystal.

Zoooooooooooom

A magic circle appeared on the ceiling and Digragni appeared from within it.

(He was here just a mont ago though.)

Allen felt like they were going a bit too far with theatrics.

Digragni's body began to split into many parts, which then clung onto Tam-Tam.

"That's incredible! And that's why it's called Exoskeleton Strengthening. rle, let us see the stats too!!"

Allen stopped questioning the theatrics quickly overtaken by a different emotion.

Digragni's Adamantite body had covered Tam-Tam, leaving only so small patches exposed.

Their appearance alone made Allen feel like they were incredibly strong.

The crystal shone and displayed the stats for Allen to see.

"Wait, ohhh! Tam-Tam's stats have gone above 100000!!"

rle was also getting excited seeing those numbers. It was almost hard to believe.

[Na] Digragni On Tam-Tam

[Nature] Sentient Puppet

[Ability] H

[Pilot] rle

[Rank] Hihiirokane

[Strength] 100000 1000 3600

[Mana] 100000 1000 3600

[Attack] 100000 1000

[Endurance] 100000 1000 3600

[Agility] 100000 1000

[Intelligence] 100000 1000 3600

[Luck] 100000 1000

[Functions] Strengthening (1), Inventory

[Nature Progress] 8200 / 10000

'How do you like that? But this uses a lot of Mana, so be careful about that.'

"Ah, you're right."

Tam-Tam was consuming 250 Mana each second now, even though no Skills were being used.

'Now try creating Pentapods.'

"Okay. Co out Pentapods!!"

rle shouted loudly while striking a pose inside Tam-Tam's crystal, which began glowing.

Five figures erged from the light.

[Na] Pentapod

[Strength] 50000 1000 3600

[Mana] 50000 1000 3600

[Attack] 50000 1000

[Endurance] 50000 1000 3600

[Agility] 50000 1000

[Intelligence] 50000 1000 3600

[Luck] 50000 1000

[Functions] Repair Energy, Cannon Transformation

rle stepped out of the crystal to talk with Allen.

"This is incredible. Tam-Tam can heal itself now. You'll be invincible, not even debuffs will work."

Debuffs could not be applied to golems, but buffs also did not work.

The only way to make a golem stronger was with Stone Slabs, which granted plenty of stats.

'At the cost of a lot of Mana. Hm? Tam-Tam's Nature is about to change!'

"Huh? Tam-Tam?"

Nature Progress had already reached 10000.

[Na] Digragni On Tam-Tam

[Nature] Sentient Construct

[Ability] G

[Pilot] rle

[Rank] Hihiirokane

[Strength] 100000 2000 3600

[Mana] 100000 2000 3600

[Attack] 100000 2000

[Endurance] 100000 2000 3600

[Agility] 100000 2000

[Intelligence] 100000 2000 3600

[Luck] 100000 2000

[Functions] Strengthening (2), Power Output (2), Inventory

[Nature Progress] 0 / 100000

Tam-Tam's Nature had been changed to Sentient Construct.

The added stats had gone from 1000 to 2000.

A new Function nad Power Output (2) was also added.

But there was no change in appearance.

'[Power Output] makes a golem's Skills more powerful.'

Digragni explained the new Function.

"Ohh! Tam-Tam got stronger."

'YES MASTER RLE. TAM-TAM STRONGER.'

Tam-Tam still spoke with broken words, but rle had sothing to say back.

"Tam-Tam, we're partners. You don't have to call master!"

'UNDERSTOOD. PARTNER RLE!'

"Good good."

She was starting to understand why Digragni also did not like excessive formality.

Being able to communicate like that made rle feel even closer to Tam-Tam.

"Thank you for explaining everything, Digragni."

rle was starting to teach her cool poses to Tam-Tam.

Digragni detached from Tam-Tam, and Allen spoke to him.

'This is the least I can do. I've never given a soul to a golem before. I'll answer any questions about my Stone Slabs too, so just call whenever you want.'

It was possible to talk with Digragni if the Exoskeleton Strengthening Stone Slab was equipped.

"Thank you for being so kind."

Any sort of help was welco, but Digragni seed quite delighted to teach them.

'I'm a construct built by Isiris. But I still believe there's a soul in my body.'

Digragni placed a hand on the crystal on his chest as he spoke.

"?"

Allen was confused hearing that.

'Yes, that's right. I have a soul too.'

(Ah, I guess that's sothing he always thought about.)

Digragni had been moved when rle asked for Tam-Tam to have a soul, just like him.

He was completely serious about that topic, watching rle and Tam-Tam striking poses together.

It was like seeing proof that his choice had been the correct one.