Chapter 15: Let’s Move Everything Back!
2015-12-31
Author: Zhushe Floating Tower
—— “Summon the Shadow!”
A twisted mass of shadows gradually took shape around Soren, ultimately becoming a dark humanoid figure.
Creatures from the Shadow Plane are somewhat special; their strength increases with that of their summoner. Currently, the summoned shadow does not yet reach legendary strength, but it can still interfere with some enemies without issue. The battle in the hive is nearly over; the number limit of Golem Puppets has also decreased significantly. Facing a single d*ath Bell Beetle with a challenge level of 7, Alchemical beings below Iron Golem do not maintain much of an advantage.
However!
This is where the problem becomes troublesome; low-level golems are being eliminated in battle, making it increasingly difficult to deal with the incoming Golem Puppets.
If it weren’t for a few Iron Golems blocking the passage ahead, the incoming Diamond Golems would have already charged through. Now, Soren doesn’t have much time left, as the Diamond Golems have already started to break through walls. They rely on brute strength to knock down the building in front; if the Diamond Golems charge in, Soren would truly struggle to keep them all outside. Right now, he can only hope that the Fallen Witch can close the Elemental Furnace quickly; if the power supply is cut off, these golems will halt their operations.
—— “Sword Intent: Whirling Dance!”
With Soren’s current strength, dealing with some Iron Golems is naturally quite easy.
However, if possible, Soren genuinely prefers not to dismantle all of them because the Golem Puppets above Iron Golem are relatively well-preserved, and if he can cut off their energy supply, they can all be transported back to Modo City.
Clang clang!
The Diamond Golem eventually charged in.
But what Soren never expected was that this particular Diamond Golem, which looked somewhat different, could actually block his attack and, taking advantage of the defensive opening against Soren’s strike, launched a counterattack.
“Defending while attacking!?”
At that moment, even Soren was extremely surprised, involuntarily retracting his curved blade slightly.
Artifact-level weapons also possess substantial destructive power against Diamond Golems. The Diamond Golem in front of him surprisingly was an extremely rare Golem Puppet that had grasped a Specialty ability.
Defending while attacking!
This is a combat specialty that only higher-level Arcane Guardians and Arcane Power Armors can master.
During the Arcane Empire era, in order to enhance the combat skills of Golem Puppets, Grand Archmages began analyzing the techniques of Melee Professionals and then attempted to implant these techniques into the core of Golem Puppets through a method similar to data transfer. This led to the emergence of a batch of Golem Puppets capable of obtaining Specialties; their proportion during the Arcane Empire era was also not very high, and the few Soren had encountered were merely rare exceptions.
“It’s best to capture it alive!”
A Golem Puppet mastering Specialty abilities has astonishing research value. Soren chose to attack the enemy’s weak points rather than directly destroying them.
It’s best if this Diamond Golem loses its ability to move.
Zzzzz.
A series of electric sparks flashed, and a small explosion occurred in the external crystal pipeline, shaking the laboratory behind them.
About a minute later.
The Fallen Witch’s voice came through, seemingly a bit excited: “The Elemental Furnace is shut down. However, these Golem Puppets will take a while longer to cease operation.”
Energy transmission is cut.
Many low to mid-tier golems in the surroundings began to stop functioning, with some Clay Golems and Stone Golems even shattering entirely.
The event lasting for thousands of years had significantly deteriorated them. After the last activation energy dissipated, many Golem Puppets showed signs of cracking.
However, Iron Golems and above were hardly affected.
Most of the damaged ones were Clay Golems and Stone Golems. These two types of golems are not of excellent quality, while the main force, Diamond Golems, were entirely unscathed.
“Zzzzz!”
The pale purple crystals in the ancient ruins flickered like a dying light bulb. As the energy within them faded away, the nearby Diamond Golems’ movements slowed down and eventually stopped completely.
Did it work?!
Soren slowly retracted his curved blade, then dispelled the summoned Shadow.
The Fallen Witch stepped out, her stunning face still carrying remnants of excitement; perhaps due to her heightened emotions, her cheeks were slightly flushed. After coming out, she immediately hugged Soren, then, feeling a bit awkward, said, “Great!”
“The Elemental Furnace is very intact. We just need to fix it up a bit.”
“How did you find this place?”
“With what’s provided here, maybe I can replicate an energy supply device of the same size.”
Soren’s expression was somewhat awkward, but he quickly regained his composure.
“A bit of coincidence!”
He did not elaborate too much on his plans and immediately said, “Let’s move everything here back first. This ruin isn’t stable. Plus, there are quite a few bugs; it could collapse at any time.”
After the battle of the golems, this ruin will definitely collapse.
Currently, although it hasn’t collapsed yet, with the Elemental Furnace shut down, Soren doesn’t know what will happen next.
The Fallen Witch was also aware of the urgency and immediately said, “I’ll go set up the Teleportation Array now.”
“Later, let Gloria bring the Golem Puppets over to transport these things back.”
“Eh?”
“There are actually so many golems here? They all seem to be well-preserved! We might be able to take them back and repair them!”
Before them were numerous golems.
Excluding the damaged Golem Puppets and those in the hive, there were dozens of Iron Golems right in front of them, including three Diamond Golems.
The golems in the hive can’t be saved.
Once they stop functioning, the bugs won’t just let them be, and Soren isn’t sure how many can be preserved.
Time is of the essence.
The Fallen Witch immediately began preparing the magic circle, while Soren started collecting Golem Puppets.
The Elemental Furnace is too massive; it needs Gloria and the Fallen Witch to work together to dismantle it and transport it back, then reassemble it.
Half an hour later.
Gloria’s figure appeared here, followed by a group of transporting Golem Puppets.
Temporarily opening a Teleportation Array isn’t too difficult; the resources consumed are definitely worth it. Gloria’s expression was quite surprised at this moment, but she quickly became excited and started working. The first batch to be transported were those pale purple crystals, which have very peculiar energy storage and transmission effects, followed by many parts of the Elemental Furnace. Not a single thing that could be disassembled and returned was overlooked.
During this time.
The bugs launched several attacks against them; there were still plenty of d*ath Bell Beetles in the hive, but they were quickly resolved by Soren.
Clay Golems excluded.
Stone Golems excluded.
Flesh Golems excluded.
Iron Golems considered.
Diamond Golems have the highest priority.
Soren completely ignored the Clay Golems and Stone Golems, beginning to search for traces of Diamond Golems throughout the underground ruins, then figuring out how to move these large ones to the Teleportation Array.
All other golems are not as valuable as Diamond Golems, so Soren naturally needed to choose the most valuable ones.
Unexpectedly.
In a certain location in the hive, Soren discovered a Dragonbone Golem, but unfortunately, it had already been dismantled by the bugs.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
The group had nearly emptied the ruins of all valuable items; during this period, they also found the corpses of the Eastern Dance Maiden – d*e’s companions. These individuals weren’t so lucky; aside from a few who managed to escape, others had all died in the hive.
“The Golem Puppets did not leave the underground ruins.”
“Then according to the historical trajectory, the Sword Saint who ended the Golem War probably won’t appear nearby, right?”
“Who knows if that’s good or bad!”
The Golem War was prematurely ended by Soren, and the trajectory of this legendary event began to deviate.
According to the original historical trajectory, although the Golem War caused considerable losses, it brought benefits to many factions, such as the Northern Witch Council and the Wizard City Alliance.
They extracted quite a bit of Alchemical technology from these golems left over from the Arcane Empire era.
It should also include things related to the Elemental Furnace.
Because.
In the later stages of the Saint’s Cataclysm, the Wizard City opened an energy shield that completely enveloped the entire city; given the current level of Alchemy, this is virtually impossible. (Note: The energy consumption is too high.)
The Alchemical technology here has been monopolized by Soren.
He had little reason to allow the Wizard City to research it. Perhaps due to Gloria, he would collaborate with the Witch Council, but other factions wouldn’t have the opportunity to share in it.
During this time.
Gloria and the Fallen Witch were responsible for dismantling items, while Soren was in charge of transporting things back.
In the end, the entire Alchemical laboratory in Modo City couldn’t accommodate everything; it could only be moved to the Wizard Tower near the Shadow Plane.
Soren wasn’t very knowledgeable about the gains in Alchemy.
He only knew that the two witches brought back a large number of crystals, devices, and wiring; they also spent over a day drawing blueprints of many damaged areas in the ancient ruins.
These blueprints resembled Spell Models, with densely packed spell nodes that would make an ordinary person feel dizzy at first glance.
They drew over a hundred blueprints before finally concluding the work.
Soren was tasked with counting the number of Golem Puppets; after completing the sweep of the ancient ruins, as a laborer, he transported back 9 Diamond Golems, 127 Iron Golems, 215 Stone Golems, and 72 Clay Golems.
Flesh Golems were completely destroyed.
Other special golems were basically just remnants; the damage ratio for Clay Golems was too high. Although their numbers were the largest, not many could be taken back.
These golems cannot be activated for now.
They must wait for Gloria and the Fallen Witch to adjust their operational modes that were set during their creation before they can be activated. In the short term, these Golem Puppets will just be ornaments.
If the Elemental Furnace cannot be replicated successfully, Modo City will not be able to provide the energy to keep them operational.
Even if there is that much energy, they might only be able to activate a portion at regular times.
………………(To be continued ~^~)
