Chapter 93

Chapter 93 \n\n

Crest Forest / Sky

I, who was accompanied by the golems armed with black Obsidian Swords, and Clive with the female knights that returned to the front, confronted each other.

Clive seemed to be terribly upset because the barrier was unexpectedly destroyed. He couldn’t stand it anymore. But that’s not the only cause of the upset.

“Is that … really a golem?”

“Oh, it’s a pretty golem, but it’s a golem.”

It will be a little long but let me explain.

The foundation of this golem is the Black Clay Giant Statue/ Adamant Guardian. However, there is no sign of that anymore. When used in the battle with Touya, it looked like a rugged giant armor, but now it has been made compact to the size of a normal adult, and it is now mistaken for human wearing armor.

It was a bit of a downturn, but the performance has improved beyond comparison.

The first thing to notice is the wind mana stones mounted on each part. This stone creates a powerful wind by enclosing its magical power. Its power is enough to make the heavy golems float in the sky. Although it is an expensive ore because it is class A, it was Clotho’s “metallization” skill that solved this problem.

Metallization is a skill that changes the body into metal according to its skill rank. It won’t change unless it is a substance that the user has actually touched before, and once it reacheds S grade, anything can be reproduced by satisfying the conditions.

Clotho was exposed to the ores and metals that we saw in the store or discovered during our travels, expanding the range of metallization. Similarly, the wind prison stone was discovered while training Touya and the others in the Sea Dragon Cave and went into Clotho’s storage.

This is an advanced skill that can only be done by Clotho, who has the “split” skill. Clotho’s storage, which has been absorbed by “Gluttony”, also contains his own large body. It will not be full because it is S-class storage, but when it comes to putting out all of it, it will be outrageous.

The surplus body parts of Clotho are changed and fixed. This makes it possible to produce endless precious metals and ores. Not only this golem but also my blacksmithing work, Clotho has contributed very much from the shadows.\n

And the second feature of this golem is that it has skills. Normally, golems created by green magic do not have skills (except for golems that appear as monsters). Therefore, golems cannot benefit from their skills and must fight only with their innate stats and abilities. The problem was that even if you had a sword, there was no skill, and it would become a brute force battle method.

Then I came up with a method of inserting a soul into a golem.

Sara’s A-class black magic [High soul possession/Mind integration] is magic that integrates ghost-type monsters, such as spirits, into inanimate objects, such as corpses and armors. By possessing a golem in this way, the skills possessed by that soul can now be used in the form of a golem. It can possess even higher souls, but Sara says that the limit now is up to four. She complained, “I’m not good at manipulating soul magic!”. But there may be some restrictions around that, like my summoning technique.

Possession of the soul is effective only for souls who are friendly to Sara and those who agree, Rion, who has the friendship skill, is used as a mediator and negotiates with the ghost (Melfina acquires the translation skill necessary to interact with the ghost). The scene where the soul, Sara, Rion, and Melfina were negotiating silently was quite surreal.

That’s why we carefully selected a rational soul that fits the golem and continued to negotiate to avoid battle. It was a good match if they had the skill to fight by manipulating weapons, like a sword fight or spirit sword, and had fallen in the dungeon. Fortunately, it seems to be a great honor for such a monster to serve Sara an Archdemon, and the more rational ghosts are, the faster the negotiations are concluded. The souls possessed by these golems were chosen in this way.The possessed soul becomes Sara’s subordinate and grows by defeating enemies. It has been confirmed that the soul is safe even if the golem is destroyed. The stats themselves are based on golems, but the merit of improving skills is huge. Perhaps Sara’s subordinate means it is my subordinate too, and my experience value sharing was also applied completely.

There is also the secret ambition to form a golem corps with these four golems at the top, but that is still a long way off. Well, the explanation has become long, so let’s return to the scene.

“… Hmm”

Clive, as a Green Mage, probably has a deep knowledge of golems. If so, he’ll be wary of this flying golem, even if he can’t see the status because I am using concealment. He is pretending to be calm, but what does he think inside?

“Well, that’s okay. Kittens keep that wooden dolls occupied. I’ll beat that disturber.”

“You guys, let them know the difference in ability. Oh, don’t kill the women? I’ll release the fascination later. I’ll crush that self-proclaimed hero.”

The female knights pulled out their sword, and the golems offered their swords like a knight.

“If you defeat the doll, you’ll have to pick up Efil-chan.”

“Don’t say Efil’s name anymore with that lowly voice. Her name will be tainted.”\n“” ……… “”

The two smiled, but they were angry with each other.

“”Go!””

The command was given, the female knights scattered flying in all directions, and the golems chased with jets of air from their wind mana stones. A few seconds later, swords were ringing from around.

“Is it okay? It seems unusual, but that’s a golem after all. Those kittens are my confidants. They’re pretty strong, aren’t they?”

Does that mean that he also has an adjutant? Well, from my point of view, they all had a similar status.

“Why don’t you worry about yourself before you worry about others, self-proclaimed hero?”

“… That’s right”

Clive brushed his bangs that were annoying him.

“I’m kind and gentle, but you need punishment, huh!”

A pure white cane emerged from an empty space, and Clive unleashed a widespread wall of wind. The wall is approaching at high speed, pushing the range further.

(Did you take out the weapon from storage? If so…)

I asked Clotho to put together the Wand of the Wicked old Tree and the Mad sword Vortex Edge.\n\n“Ahhhhh!? No, it hurts!”

“Ah. Your handsome face is now ruined, isn’t it! …?”

I chased him in no time. I swung the cane at the person who forgot himself in pain. But it didn’t hit.

“Well, it couldn’t stand it …”

The heat in my head cooled down at once. The wand of the wicked old tree had broken as a result of the collision of the Helix Barrier and my magical power at the maximum value. I think it has exceeded the limit of durability.

The wand of the wicked old tree who had suffered as my partner for a long time. Well done. It had endured well until then.

“My, my face, you dare…?”

“Oh, that’s bad. I was going to let him die comfortably, but he told me to make him suffer more.”

I stored the damaged wand of the wicked old tree in Clotho.

“Huh!? What’s that, you’re mourning your equipment!? How disgusting!?”

It’s true that if you explode with anger, the people around you will be calm. I can’t forgive him, but he seems to be able to handle it more ruthlessly.

“You think that the Spiral Wind Wall/Helix Barrier is my special move!? Ahahaha! I’ll show you my S-class magic!”

“Well, I’m expecting it. I hope it’s stronger than mine.”

Later, I heard from Efil that my smile back then, was the most wonderful I’ve ever had.