Lord Of Puppets-Chapter 161 – New yet old monsters.

<<Honestly, the main experiment, the elemental golem and the skill granting experiment is nowhere near finished.>>

<<But again, I was able to improve my crafting skills and let them reach a new level.>>

<<In case of something happening, I’ve decided to come up with some new golems types.>>

<<The new golems, Earth Golem Champion Prototype is quiet good, for a prototype.>>

<<I can mass produce them as my basic frontliners AND they can both take as well as deal a hit.>>

<<However, variety is good.>>

<<And the earth golems alone won’t do it.>>

<<Quantitate IS good and it can beat sometimes something of much higher quality...>>

<<However, beside quantality, I also need quality.>>

<<Not only that, but having variety will make enemy have harder time to adapt.>>

<<Anyway, I’ve got to the work and I’ve started everything doing from the ground up.>>

<<Staring off with iron.>>

<<Why iron? Why not steel or magic metal?>>

<<Well... I need to improve my craft.>>

<<Relying heavily on materials proven me that it cannot FIX everything.>>

<<I need to get better at crafting.... >>

<<I NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO BRING OUT THE FULL POTENTCIAL OF MATERAILS!>>

<<And not materials alone.>>

<<Like with machines that doesn’t use magic, if you change their parts, their structure or even make some minor changes, their actions and abilities may change.>>

<<Some may end up becoming faster, while some may have more power behind their movements.>>

<<I needed to understand it all from ground up.>>

<<I needed to restart.>>

<<And honestly?>>

<<It was a great idea.>>

<<With the whole research of trying to make that brand new golem core that can produce earth mana AND can be vessel to hold a special manmade skill, my crafting ability skyrocketed.>>

<<Honestly, I was bit surprised on how fast I’ve managed to make some solid progress.>>

<<Obviously I still encountered a lot of different errors alongside the way, just like usual.>>

<<And it is not like the first golems were perfect or anything.>>

<<But I could tell.>>

<<I could tell that I was getting better at it.>>

<<My current understanding on crafting the golems as well as its parts has reached a noticeable high level.>>

<<Well, there was also some.... Problems.>>

<<The mechanical based golems and magical based golems were.... Very different.>>

<<My technique focuses on using both of these methods into one, so it does take me quite a while to make proper parts for each specific golem that would not only fit, but also show the best form of results.>>

<<And here are the 3 brand new golems I’ve made.>>

[Iron Puppet Soldier Golem – V 2.0]

[Iron Knight Golem – V 2.0]

[Heavy Iron Ballista Golem]

<<There are all 3 brand new golems types I’ve came up with.>>

<<The first golem, the new version of the puppet soldier is.... Well, even though it was made from ground up, I still took some inspiration from their previous models.>>

<<Appearance wise? They look very similar in form of a build, but their outside layer and weapons are not the same, so you can tell by just looking at them that they are different.>>

<<In performance, they are just simply better in every area: attack, defense and speed.>>

<<Not only that, but I’ve also granted them this.>>

[Basic Empowerment: Body:– Level 1]

<<It is... A basic version without restrictions.>>

<<Obviously without restrictions or downsides, the power of the skill I could grant to the golem would become much weaker.... But hey. It is better than nothing.>>

<<And now? The knight golems.>>

<<And Oh boy... These new ones are much different compare to their previous models.>>

<<I’ve realized a main problem with my golems.>>

<<Speed.>>

<<Some of the adventurers that my golems fought were not only able to outrun them, but also easily dodge their attacks and then counter attack, without even getting hit once by my golems.>>

<<For crying out loud, I’ve even saw my knight golem getting destroyed by a much weaker opponent who could just keep up dodging and stacking up a damage until the golem got destroyed.>>

<<This was.... A fatal flaw.>>

<<I’ve needed to increase THAT golem speed by a lot.>>

<<Obviously, I don’t think I can make a golem fast enough that can move like those B-rank adventurers.... I’ve tried to.>>

<<Or more exactly, I could make somewhat fast golem, but there will be a LOT of problems.>>

<<Honestly, I’ve thought about how to make that new knight golem stronger in that area.... But I also knew I couldn’t really sacrifice its power or defense for the speed.>>

<<So instead I did this.>>

<<I increased their power in all the areas.>>

<<Their entire design is far superior compare to the soldier puppets.>>

<<Joints, golem core, artificial mana organs as well as both its weapons and armor are on the different level.>>

<<All 3 aspects I’ve been aiming for, the speed, power and defense has been increased.>>

<<Especially the speed.>>

<<It is not extremely fast, but it should be fast enough to at least scare or have a good chance to land a strike on those fast moving adventurers.>>

<<To top it all off, it also has the skill [Basic Empowerment: Body:– Level 2].>>

<<Now? The downside.>>

<<I’ve improved this golem by a LOT.>>

<<And I mean it.>>

<<I’ve put a lot of time into creating this golem as well as a lot of care.>>

<<But at the same time, the creation cost of this golem increased significantly.>>

<<Probably I won’t be able to make a lot of these golems.... But again.>>

<<Sometimes quantity beats quality, but sometimes the quality beats quantity.>>

<<It depends on the circumstances.>>

<<As for their design as appearance? Well, they are noticeable bigger compare to the puppet soldiers, just like the previous models... And their outside appearance is also different, but that is it.>>

<<I didn’t add any form of hidden or extra weapon to puppet soldiers or the knight golems.>>

<<I wanted to keep these two golems design simple and effective.>>

<<Honestly, the hidden crossbow design was good.... But there are also downsides to it.>>

<<Maybe I could make some sort of different long range hidden weapon?>>

<<Maybe a one that can fire off iron needles? Or maybe have a golem that can fire off their hand like projectile?>>

<<...>>

<<Nah... Let’s keep it simple....Although.... The ability to fire off a hand as a projectile could catch the enemies off guard.>>

<<Maybe.... Hm.... I will keep it in notes. Maybe in future maybe I will add it to one of my golems.>>

<<The Heavy Iron Ballista Golem.>>

<<This golem is a combination of two golems.>>

<<The tank golem.>>

<<And the ballista golem.>>

<<The tank golem main function was to act as a shield to take on any powerful attacks coming in the golem’s way.... But they also acted as a body guards for the ballista golems.>>

<<And the ballista golems? Well... They had powerful and destructive force behind their shots, but the enemy was too scared of them, to the point they made sure to focus on them with all of their might.>>

<<The ballista golem defense wasn’t necessary low, but it wasn’t necessary low.>>

<<Its main function was the pure power behind each ballista shot.... But I guess I would need to change them.>>

<<So, I’ve thought about this.>>

<<What if I combine the two golems together?>>

<<And this is the results.>>

<<This golem is a six legged golem, with each of its legs not only being covered in heavy layers of armor, but also spikes that could counter anything that would ram into the golem.>>

<<The golem’s abandonment is where the massive twin armed ballista is located.>>

<<This new ballista power is WAY more powerful compare to the previous design.>>

<<It can not only easily shatter magical barriers, but even shields and full sets of armor.>>

<<And I’ve tested this weapon by firing it at them.>>

<<It truly posed a devastating power.>>

<<And to make sure that it can defend itself from the front, I’ve added a shield wall right in front of the golem, which had an opening for the ballista bolt to pass through.>>

<<Any form of frontal attack against this golem will prove fruitless.>>

<<And in case of enemy going past the shield, I’ve added a two sets of extra-long arms equipped with swords blades poking out from the top of their forearms.>>

<<It can somewhat survive by fighting itself in the close range.>>

<<As for the skill? [Basic Empowerment: Body:– Level 2].>>

<<Now? The downside.>>

<<And a massive one at that.>>

<<This golem, is extremely heavy and slow.>>

<<When it comes to the movement speed, this golem takes extremely long amount of time to traverse small distances.>>

<<Well no surprise there.>>

<<I gave it extremely heavy armor, massive shield wall and even giant ballista.>>

<<Not only that, but the golem can run out of the bolts, so I needed to have an extra special golem to be created that can carry extra bolts or can gather the fired one in order to help out the ballista golem reload.>>

<<The cost of this golem is.... Humongous.>> 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

<<No surprise there.>>

<<Still, this is a powerful weapon that I will be using.>>

<<As for the other golems that I’ve made before?>>

<<I’m going to scrap their designs.>>

<<Giant and cavalry golem, both of my boss monsters aren’t that good.... Or more exactly, they can be easily countered and outsmarted.>>

<<Giant was a good idea, but I will need to completely redo it from the start and take way different approach.>>

<<Same goes for the cavalry golem.>>

<<Idea was good.... But the current design is a proper failure.>>

<<As for the hound golems and the hunter hound golems? Well... They are good... But only in the open space.>>

<<In my current dungeon layout is a form of long corridos... These golems are at the heavy disadvantage.>>

<On the outside world they are extremely good, but inside of the dungeon? They are not very good.>>

<<Honestly? I don’t know if I will keep producing them, unless I will make some drastic changes to the dungeon interior.>>

<<So yea, here are 3 new brand golem models I’ve made...>>

<<They are good and I’ve already started their production.>>

<<But there is problem with the bosses.>>

<<I need them to do their job AND be strong enough to take on the invaders.>>

<<I will need to come up with brand new ones to take the previous ones posts.>>

<<...>>

<<...>>

<<That is what I’ve planned.>>

<<But as I’ve finalized the heavy iron ballista golem project and was about to start working on the bosses, I saw them.>>

<<An army of soldiers moving alongside the main road.>>

<<At first I’ve thought nothing of it, since they were clearly not going towards the forest.... But then I saw it through the eyes of my scout golem.>>

<<Their armor.>>

<<Its design was completely different.>>

<<It wasn’t from neither Garmfon kingdom or the Mowiorano kingdom!>>

<<Not only that, I saw it.>>

<<Their flag.>>

<<A brown colored banner with a symbol of the turtle.>>

<<This banner.... It wasn’t from neither Garmfon kingdom or Mowiorano kingdom as well!>>

<<I’ve looked through the information I’ve had and even interrogated the prisoners about it.>>

<<And I’ve found something extremely worrying.>>

<<The flag of the turtle on the brown back round.>>

<<This is the symbol of the kingdom by name of Miorio.>>