Lord Of Puppets-Chapter 167 – Forged Skills And Item Skills.

Chapter 167: Chapter 167 – Forged Skills And Item Skills.

<<....Okay. So...Hm....>>

<<Nutshell version. These soldiers could be here, but in not such great numbers.>>

<<That would mean that they can easily traverse the elven kingdom.... And that in turn mean that the elven kingdom has already fallen.>>

<<The main culprit behind it could be Gorijy kingdom.>>

<<If they really did it, beating the elves as well as the two other kingdoms.... Then that only means that this Gorijy is truly dangerous.>>

<<And if they were to win this war, they would be my new "owners".>>

<<Now there is also the chance of war ending much sooner... It honestly depends on the two other kingdoms.>>

<<Will they fight? Or will they give up?>>

<<Either way, I guess I have really hellish road in front of me.>>

<<...>>

<<I’m scared.>>

<<I’ve fought and survive.>>

<<I’ve fought and survive.>>

<<Sometimes I got lucky, sometimes I got unlucky.>>

<<I’ve almost died few times as well... With the last one with adventurers being the most terrifying experience I’ve had so far.>>

<<But this? Is this the real ARMY?!>>

<<Even if that army would had been filled with nothing but weaklings, I would had never stood any form of a chance!>>

<<....And if I were to become high enough threat to the kingdom as whole, would they sent THAT kind of army after me?>>

<<...Still, it could be consider as a blessing in disguise.>>

<<I was planning on making some changes to the forest in order to turn it into a base for my golems where they would be at the advantage against the invaders... But now that I’ve seen that army, I will have no choice but to scrap that plan.>>

<<If I make too big of a mess, I will attract too much attention.>>

<<...>>

<<I’ve returned to the work.>>

<<I honestly don’t know if I can become strong enough to take on that army... But obviously that doesn’t mean I can at least find some ways of surviving encounter with them.>>

<<...>>

<<Month went by once again.>>

<<And some of my experiments started reaching the final stages. Soon I will be able to produce some proper combat models.>>

<<...However, things were obviously peaceful.>>

<<I saw these soldiers sometimes coming by from different directions.>>

<<And all of them were from Gorijy kingdom.>>

<<The presence of any other soldiers has completely disappeared... Which is worrying, to say the least.>>

<<Still, none of them shown and directly interested in the forest and to make sure they wouldn’t get curios about checking it out, I’m ordering all of the golems to stay near the dungeon and be as far away from the forest’s edges.>>

<<The fourth month went by after I’ve captured these soldiers... And things on my end... They were good.>>

<<The size of the dungeon has noticeable increased after the last attack.>>

<<Not only that, but I’ve managed to final make it.>>

<<The fully functioning earth golem.>>

<<This one, is exactly like the last earth golem in appearance wise, expect for its size and mass, nothing else changed, it is still made out of earth alone.>>

<<But on the inside? Its core has been completely remodeled.>>

<<Like before, that core does posses build in arterial mana organ, but a one with higher performance value.>>

<<Not only that, I’ve put a special reinforcement layer on top of it, which works as the additional defense layer in order to protect the golem.>>

<<This is obviously to make sure that the core do not get destroyed.... But more specifically, for the golem as whole not to die.>>

<<Why?>>

<<Because this new golem can only be killed by destroying or removing the core from its body.>>

[Earth Golem Champion]

[Skills]

[Lesser Empowerment: Body: Earth – Level 6]

[Absorption Restoration: Earth – Level 2]

<<It took me over 10 months, but I did it! I’ve mastered the entire basic level of item skill creation!>>

<<And I’ve managed to not only create a base for my research, but also develop the understanding as well as knowledge on how it works and how to use it!>>

<<I’ve did it!>>

<<And this new Earth Golem Champion is a proof of that.>>

<<It does still need a lot of work, but it works!>>

<<Its offensive power and defensive power increased.>>

<<I’ve did made a Earth Golem Champion with [Empowerment: Body: Earth – Level 1], instead of [Lesser Empowerment: Body: Earth – Level 6].>>

<<However, this one has something I was desperately aiming for.>>

<<Something I needed one of my research to succeed at.>>

<<A healing ability.>>

<<[Absorption Restoration: Earth – Level 1].>>

<<This skill is simple. Absorb "earthly" materials in order to restore itself.>>

<<This skill... Well, it is way more demanding to say the least.>>

<<But the effect? Worth it.>>

<<With this, these new golems can not only deal some proper amount of damage, but also posses a survivability!>>

<<The only way to destroy this golem is to completely destroy the whole body, removing the core from the body itself OR destroying the core itself.>>

<<This golem was the base! This golem was the fruit of my research!>>

<<It isn’t the end, but just a beginning!>>

<<A starting line that I’ve made!>>

<<...>>

<<And with it, the new age of golems will come to my dungeon!>>

<<I’ve obtained it!>>

<<The means of evolution!>>

<<Upon obtaining this "seed of evolution", I’ve immediately focused more of my time on this research.>>

<<I’ve wanted to remodel the whole dungeon once again.... Well, not all at once, since research will take time, but I will implement good enough changed into the dungeon.>>

<<I’ve planned on giving the dungeon a solid evolution.>>

<<And for myself as well.>>

<<Speaking of myself, I’ve was and I’m still doing a research on my own body regarding these item skills and forged skills....>>

<<Oh right, the [Forged Skill], is the term I’m using on these abilities I’ve given my golems.>>

<<Anyway, first thing first.>>

<<[Forged Skills], work on me.>>

<<I’ve made a test body that uses these Forged Skills and it worked perfectly for me!>>

<<I’ve also tried few different things with Item Skills. This is one of the experiments I was also doing at the same time. I was doing it in order to not find out if I can use it to empower myself, but to also obtain necessary data for the Forged Skills research.>>

<<Anyway, experiment with Item Skills.>>

<<For example, I’ve forged a blade and then empowered it with the skills, before then attaching the said blade to my own body.>>

<<I didn’t obtained the skill or anything.>>

<<However, the blade itself worked completely fine, as did it item skills.>>

<<But! There are problems.>>

<<It is... Different in a way, to one person wearing a armor and another having the armor fused onto their bodies.>>

<<A strain in a sense is formed.>>

<<I’ve made a body armor that is a "part" of the golem.>>

<<I’ve bestowed item skills onto that armor, simple enchantments, before then assembling the golem and using the said made part as one of the key components.>>

<<The flow of energy within that piece of armor was... Weird.>>

<<It maybe because of the fact that the armor by itself posses some of its own mana as well as functions that are separated from the golem as whole.>>

<<I’ve repeated the process several time, making different parts and weapons, trying to find out upsides and downsides.>>

<<And here are the few things I’ve found.>>

<<The energy flow CAN work normally, depending on what I’ve made.>>

<<For example, the golem with blade arm.>>

<<The forearm of the golem was replaced with a enchanted sword blade.>>

<<The blade was attached to the joint, which was connected to the upper arm.>>

<<Results? Golem was working perfectly fine.>>

<<There was really nothing attached to the golem blade arm part that needed special attention and the joint that was attached to the blade was working perfectly.>>

<<However, some of more important parts that had item skills, like head, entire legs, entire torsos or entire arms, these areas had some problem because of the Item Skills energy flow disruption.>>

<<I could deal with the disturbance by adjusting the golem’s body to deal with it, meaning that the problem itself wasn’t completely unavailable.>>

<<And there were also ways of making the problem not appear at all.>>

<<For example, making the parts of the body with just simple function and no special function.>>

<<Like armor.>>

<<I can just put it as a separated layer onto the golem’s body.>>

<<The main chest, the one with all the controls and what not.>>

<<And the front part, acting like the regular armor that is being worn by the warriors or a "shell".>>

<<Golem can lose this "shell", but it won’t hinder the golem’s life whatsoever.>>

<<Still, there are some cases where these parts needs to be "MAIN" parts, which does put me in some annoying situation, since I would need to make adjustment to each body part in order for the item skill part to have no problem.>>

<<...>>

<<Now here is the question.>>

<<Does Forged Skills and Item Skills work together?>>

<<This is the theory that got me EXTREMLY curios!>>

<<Is it possible? I mean, even though they are skills and they function somewhat similar way AND they are both man made, with also possessing similar nature.... They are also 2 different things completely.>>

<<This new research I only started recently.... But results?>>

<<Was worth it.>>

<<They DO work in harmony.>>

<<The Forged Skills affect the entire golem’s "existence", not just specific part, but entire "them".>>

<<Honestly? I’ve thought there would be a massive scale disturbance between the two, just like Item Skill parts had some problem with the golem’s body.>> 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

<<Or maybe it is other way around?>>

<<Maybe there is a disturbance but is too weak to be spotted?>>

<<I mean, so far, I was using only weak skills, both Item Skills and Forged Skills.>>

<<What if I do make some power skills? Will there be a form of rejection of some kind?>>

<<What if I make 2 skills with similar function? Will they just "work together"? Like their effect stacks on top of each other?>>

<<There is a lot of stuff I need to explore in that area of research.... But it will be worth it.>>

<<Since it TOO will become another form of evolution for the dungeon!>>