Chapter 281
Chapter 281 Combat Ability Assessment
They sped through the streets.
The carriage afforded them a perfect view of the scenery outside.
Dark and moist caves, twisting and slanted wooden huts, tall fortresses of solid stone, alchemical castles full of mystical elements… everyone felt like they had walked into a city of fantasy. They could see mysterious and strange buildings everywhere along the streets.
There were plenty of people walking to and from some of the buildings. These places were extremely lively. On the other hand, some of these buildings were too scary and grim and there weren’t very many customers walking into them. There were even some buildings that had such bizarre designs that it was hard to even determine their purpose…
It was clear that the Silver Union hadn’t set any regulations on these lands after they sold them. If someone wanted to turn it into a shop after they bought it, it was their choice! Turn it into a warehouse? They could do as they like! There was absolutely no problem either if they wanted to temporarily convert the building into a haunted house!
As long as you paid your rent on time, and ensured that your business did not, in any way, compromise the Castle in the Sky, no one cared what you did on your own land.
This was probably the main reason for all of the peculiar architecture in the outer circle!
Combat Golem. Awakened Construct.
Three meters in height.
Made entirely with some sort of metal that gleamed a dark black color. The appearance of the golem was that of a knight’s. It had heavy armor, a shield in its left hand and a sword in its right. Its melee combat abilities were far superior when compared to ordinary magical statues and golems.
Basic Attributes: Strength 14 | Agility 9 | Physique 12 | Spirit 7 | ……
This was a combat golem that had undergone several modifications and enhancements. Not only did it have an immortal body made of magical alloy, it even possessed terrifying amounts of strength. However, the most troublesome aspect of the golem was its intelligence insane combat instincts!
Indeed, this cold and metallic golem made purely of magical alloy surprisingly possessed elementary intelligence. Calling such a thing a magical golem was a slight to its true nature. The more suitable name for it was a construct lifeform.
A construct lifeform that had undergone several construct awakenings. A construct lifeform that possessed elementary human intelligence. Of course, if it was able to raise its intelligence that much more, pushing its Spirit from seven points to eleven points, it would immediately go from a construct lifeform to a metallic lifeform.
A unique lifeform with metal for a body and elementium energy for blood- a metallic lifeform!
Construct lifeforms were still considered as servants of adepts. However, a metallic lifeform was of equal status to the adepts.
Ordinary golems couldn’t possibly possess intelligence. Their creators would have to mix in some powerful spiritual consciousness during the Construct Awakening to create a certain chance of the golem awakening to elementary intelligence. It wasn’t possible to create intermediate intelligence with any magical means known to adept-kind. The golems would have to slowly evolve and improve upon their intelligence to raise it to intermediate.
The Golem Knight shown in the image crystal didn’t just seem to possess elementary intelligence. It even seemed to have retained some battle techniques belonging to actual knights. This was a clear indication of the golem’s origin. The spirit consciousness that the opposing esoteric adept had awakened in the body of the Golem Knight was most definitely the soul of a high-grade knight.
Moreover, it would have to at least be a Second Grade knight!
It was virtually impossible to find such a powerful knight on the Continent of Adepts. The soul could only have come from a lesser plane.
Moreover, the enemy spared no cost or resources when constructing the golem. Even the shield and sword it held in its hands were rare, valuable products.
The heavy tower shield was mainly made using Mansordar Alloy, famed for its resilience and toughness. The magical resistant Star Iron was mixed into the shield, allowing it to have fearsome physical and magical defensive abilities.
The knight’s longsword was made purely of eternium. It might be slightly softer when compared to the Mansordar Alloy, but it was an extremely good conductor of magical energy. The sword made it very easy for the golem to cast its battle techniques. The edge of the sword had even been plated with a layer of adamantite, giving it basic Piercing and Armor Reduction effects.
Honestly, this sword and shield pair could already be considered as elementary magical weapons. They were so much more powerful than the usual magic-infused weapons.
Even Greem wasn’t as confident as he had been after witnessing the impressive performance of the Golem Knight.
Just the rare metals used in creating the Golem Knight would cost at least 70,000 magic crystals. If we were to include the time and effort put into its creation, along with the soul of the Second Grade knight, the golem alone would cost a 120,000 magic crystals at the very least.
The Second Grade Molten Giant Core that Greem had used in creating the Infernal Tyrant couldn’t possibly sell for more than fifty thousand magic crystals.
Even though Greem was reluctant to do so, he had to admit that his Infernal Tyrant didn’t seem to have a chance against the Golem Knight, even when considering his odds from every perspective and every angle.
Just the amount of resources spent on their creations was enough to tell of the massive difference in their abilities!