—That’s right! The pollutant in Mia’s body is quite severe; only a Mage-level potion can remove the corrosion from her spiritual energy!"
I stated with conviction.
—Those are the only two thods I can think of, but I’ll also ask my ntor later!"
These two thods were the best options offered by the biochip, and I believed that not even ntor Miguel could co up with anything better.
—An Official Mage?
—1000 magical crystals? I’ll get them!" Mia’s eyes filled with determination as she clenched her fists.
I let out a small sigh and began to get dressed. Well... at this point, everyone in the room was naked and still covered in sen.
I picked up a damaged vial and handed it to Mia.
—How did you know that?" She looked clearly shocked.
—From your body’s reactions. It seems that the energy particles react more strongly at midnight, which is also when you feel the most pain!"
I explained calmly.
—Mia! Why didn’t you tell this?" Olivia’s eyes filled with anger once again.
—You’ve already done enough!" Mia replied.
The three girls left behind remained in absolute silence.
—And now?" Sophia was the first to speak.
—This is completely beyond our reach because of our low aptitudes. Acquiring magical crystals to buy a bone marrow purification tonic is more realistic!"
Olivia pondered. —If the three of us pooled our resources and asked so of the others for help, we would have..."
She doubted her own words.
The acolytes spent every magical crystal they had on knowledge or items to strengthen their own powers.
No one would simply waste them.
—No! I want to fully advance to Official Mage!"
Mia declared slowly, her words filled with determination.
—With my ntor’s blessings, the defense of this puppet body is much greater than that of an ordinary person. My magical resistance isn’t that bad. I should take on more missions and earn the resources needed to advance! I can’t hold them back any longer..."
She forced a smile.
—Why? Why did it turn out like this?" Olivia shouted.
Sophia quickly hugged her. It seed the two had been close friends for a long ti.
Following the plots of the novels from my previous world, shouldn’t I be rushing to sell a few devices to earn enough money to pay for Mia’s treatnt? And at the sa ti advance to Mage and seek revenge for her and things like that?"
I let my imagination run wild as I walked.
Too bad this is reality! Mia and I can’t even be considered friends, just strangers who occasionally had sex and saw each other a few tis.
Giving her a small, damaged vial of healing potion was already my limit, and that was only because I had raped her a few tis.
"As for the magic crystals, I don’t even have enough for myself, so how could I possibly give any to them? You must always pay the price for your own actions!"
My gaze turned cold as I left the dormitory.
I would not do anything more for Mia.
From now on, she would have to rely on herself.
I walked toward my engineering laboratory, my mind boiling with thoughts about everything that had happened recently.
As soon as I stepped through the door, I closed it behind , isolating myself from the rest of the world.
I needed a mont to organize my thoughts and focus on what truly mattered.
Becoming stronger.
I walked to the central table, where I picked up the book I had previously bought from Victor.
["Automaton Golem Construction Manual"]
I placed it on the table, but before opening it, I sat down in the chair and sighed.
Too many things were happening at once, and I needed to stay focused.
This crazy world of magic and war did not forgive the weak.
Besides the book on automatons, my eyes fell on the chanical armor suspended on the nearby stand.
There were several upgrades I needed to implent in it.
An integrated jetpack would be essential, as well as improvents that would allow it to operate in deep waters.
They were ambitious projects, but absolutely necessary.
Then I turned my attention back to the golem book.
Without wasting any more ti, I issued a ntal command to the virtual laboratory.
—Begin extracting information..."
["Beep!"]
Instantly, my eyes lit up as the biochip activated.
["Titan, a physical construct with powerful magic at its core."]
["It is a magical automaton."]
["It is made using mystical materials, such as the Magic-Repelling Steel of the Universe’s Master Materialist. Its main characteristic is resistance to elental attacks."]
["Golems are artificial, self-moving objects created by mages."]
["Titan was the most powerful among these golems."]
["The most defining characteristic of these Titans was their resistance to elental attacks."]
["In other words, only golems with resistance to elental damage could be called Titans. Due to the great power of mages, this resistance made the Titans incredibly powerful."]
["However, being able to resist elental damage did not an that the Titan was the best weapon for a mage."]
["This ability only made the Titans immune to spells directed straight at their bodies."]
["For example, casting a fireball at the ceiling above a Titan to collapse it onto them, or using an Acid Pool spell to make the Titan fall into it."]
["Both were highly effective against Titans."]
["Not to ntion that all Titans possessed only basic intelligence. They could only follow simple commands, which was their greatest weakness when facing intelligent lifeforms."]
["Furthermore, Titans were not completely immune to elental damage, as using a specific elental spell could have a unique effect on certain types of Titans."]
["By properly understanding their weaknesses, it was fairly simple to fight a Titan (Note: Basically, they are not immune to all elents, only to so)."]
["Thus, golems were chanical living organisms with imnse strength, created through magic. The most significant difference between them and other golems was their power, which made them seem full of vitality."]
["Golems received their magical life force from an elental soul, which was usually of the mud elent."]
["The process of creating a golem involved capturing a soul and binding it to an artificial body. It would then rge with this specially prepared vessel and obey the will of its creator."]
["Golems had no mind of their own and would do nothing unless their creator specifically ordered them to."]
["They followed simple and precise commands and were incapable of executing complex strategies or tactics."]
["The creator could only control a golem within a radius of 60 ters and had to be able to see or hear it. If no new command was given, the golem would generally do its best to carry out the last command it had received. Of course, it would fight back if attacked."]
["If the creator was not near the golem, they could give it a simple pre-set command to guide its movents or allow it to follow soone else’s orders. However, as the creator, they could always override the other person’s control at any ti."]
Sohow, once I started reading the book, I was instantly captivated by its contents, barely able to pull myself away, and I finished it in one sitting.
Golems were truly incredible!
Leaving aside advanced steel golems, even the lowest-level mud golem could challenge a peak Rank 2 acolyte and an early Rank 3.
In other words, only a well-coordinated group of high-level combat professionals had a chance of defeating a mud golem.
(Of course, that was if those acolytes were not monsters with extrely powerful affinities, like Brenda, who could manipulate space.)
As guardians of mages, Titans and other golems were far more reliable than human guards because they were absolutely loyal.
The downside was that the cost of a Titan—or any other golem—left speechless.
Take the lowest mud golem as an example: a mud golem, without any additional magical equipnt, weighed 600 pounds (Note: 272.15 kg), stood 8 feet tall (Note: 2.43 m) when fully upright, and was almost entirely made of soft clay.
This type of mud golem would suffer no damage from bladed weapons, but so heavy weapons could inflict physical damage on it.
The base cost for this type of Level 1 golem was in the hundreds of magic crystals.
As for a Level 2 golem, which ranked above the mud golem, its base cost reached the thousands of crystals.
And a Level 3 golem cost an astronomical sum in magic crystals.
This was only the base cost before taking market supply and demand into account.
If it were warti, these golems—highly suited for battlefield use—would have their prices doubled, and people would still pay for them.
If a minor lord purchased three to five mud golems, which were Level 1 golems, and placed them in his army, they could gain a significant advantage when fighting rival lords.
Therefore, if I could beco a golem creator, money would no longer be a problem for !
Unfortunately, creating a golem required not only a large quantity of unique materials, but also extraordinary craftsmanship and the ability to forge soul vessels.
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