Golden Experience

Here in Tore Forest, angels are no different from flocks of swirling clouds.

This is because there are Vespa units left as intercepting forces and newly created Meganeurons.

Although Meganeurons have a dragon-like overall shape, they are not dragons. Perhaps because of this, they have the ability to [Soar] but lack [Sky Drive], and they do not possess breath attacks. They haven’t acquired magic skills either, so they can only perform physical attacks.

However, their overwhelming STR results in powerful physical attacks, enhanced by size adjustments. The sturdy exoskeleton likely contributes to their formidable attacking power. Angels hit directly by their body collisions become like insects stuck to the windshield of a car.

Fortunately, angels disappear leaving drop items, preventing Meganeurons from getting dirty. Otherwise, it would have been a gruesome scene. My senses may be numb, but even at this point, it’s distressing enough.

The fact that monsters fight each other leads to the creation of such scenes. I strongly hope the game designers consider ethical codes a bit more in the game design.

When conducting verifications and such, the complaint about the rarity not settling down was not anticipating battles with angels like these.

It is because the situation of murky gems falling from the sky is annoying.

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“…To easily handle those angels that have plagued the countries of this continent for years, even. Indeed, it’s as expected of the one who has become our master.”

“Don’t flatter me too much, Stanislav. Recently, there haven’t been many damages on the human side, and it seems there were records indicating that. In the not-so-distant future, disasters like angels might be downgraded to regular occurrences.”

Of course, whether the archangels will behave peacefully in such a scenario is uncertain.

Taking out the Alchem Extractor from the inventory, the question of whom to summon for the experiment arose.

The summoned being would serve as the experimental subject.

Without regard for the one being injected with the characteristics, if you are the one being extracted something from, you will die, and your body will not be left behind, according to research records.

This does not seem to be a lenient specification, such as that if one uses one’s subordinates, they will eventually revive.

If that were possible, it would mean extracting infinite traits and abilities from a single target, and the injected side would become infinitely stronger without needing experience points. That’s simply implausible. It’s not about game balance; even if that were the case, the former Spirit Lord who created this wouldn’t have been defeated by anyone.

For me, it was confirmed that the one who created an artifact within this rare category was the former Spirit Lord.

“First, we need to verify if those who couldn’t be made into fusion materials can be used as materials.”

For that, the Adamant Series would be tested.

The most numerous, Adamant Arms, were summoned.

Considering the name, the Alchem Extractor could be seen as an alchemical extractor. Thanks to the magical functions as an artifact, it seemed to provide the mysterious alchemical solvent and the skill [Extraction]. No other skills or items were needed for using this artifact.

Aside from the artifact, all that was required were the material and the base.

The Adamant Arms, as the material, were prepared.

Next, we would need a base.

If extraction could be done from Adamant Arms, it would likely be related to racial traits like [Armor], [Shield], or [Sword].

The [Armor] trait, similar to [Scales], nullified extremely small damage. The difference was that the nullification value was set higher than that of the scales.

[Sword] and [Shield] were traits added when Adamantite reincarnated into Adamant Arms.

The weapons they had when they were Adamantite were supplied. When they died in the royal capital, they used Adamas chunks dropped at that time to create swords and shields, distributing them.

When they reincarnated, these equipments were also absorbed, sublimated into racial traits instead of equipment, becoming an integral part of their bodies. These traits of [Sword] and [Shield] meant they possessed swords and shields as living weapons, as the names suggest.

If it were possible to transfer these traits, it would be desirable for the base to be someone without armor, scales, or weapons.

No, thinking rationally, it would be odd for someone to be equipped with armor and weapons while being naked. In essence, it didn’t matter who it was.

Suddenly, a clean-looking rock at the edge of the square caught their eye.

Not a clean rock. It was a dormant Mithril Golem.

Come to think of it, they had planned to let it grow if they could obtain a lump sum of experience points, intending to assign it to the defense of the Hiers capital.

Due to complete forgetfulness, it didn’t grow, wasn’t assigned, and ended up becoming a small rock as a decoration in the square.

“Come forth, Mithril Golems.”

The decision for the base was made: Mithril Golem.

If this experiment went well, they could finally give it experience points, let it grow, and assign it to the Hiers capital.

At this time, many players were visiting that capital. There should be plenty of opportunities for it to shine.

“Alright, come in, all of you.”

The Alchem Extractor resembled two large flasks side by side.

One flask would contain the material, and the other would contain the base.

The skill [Philosopher’s Stone] could automatically adjust the size based on the material’s size. However, what about this Alchem Extractor?

Fortunately, both flasks were of a size that had no shortage of space to accommodate the Adamant Arms. The Mithril Golem was no exception.

There seemed to be no issues for this experiment.

Similar to the [Philosopher’s Stone], the flasks created ripples like water surfaces, forming round openings without a hitch, engulfing both the Adamant Arms and the Mithril Golem.

With this amount, it might be possible to handle characters somewhat larger using the magical and mysterious power of the artifact.

“─Then. Alchem Extractor, activate.”

《The familiar [Adamant Arms] will be lost. Is that acceptable?》

This strong statement about being lost was heard for the first time. It likely meant an operation that genuinely couldn’t be reversed.

“…Yes.”

The flask containing the Adamant Arms then shimmered, and the Adamant Arms inside melted into marble, as seen with the [Philosopher’s Stone], flowing through the crystal tube connecting the flasks.

The Mithril Golem in the flask emitted smoke from nowhere, filling the flask. The presentation was outdated, yet it brought a sense of novelty.

Soon after, the flask on the Mithril Golem’s side opened, and a golem emerged from within.

However, it wasn’t the small figure that existed until a moment ago, only reaching up to the waist.

It was an impressive golem with a solid build, standing at the height of an average human.

The color remained the same as the original Mithril Golem, a platinum or magical metal color, to be precise.

The only difference was the height and the jet-black light armor covering its entire body.

The light armor closely resembled what the Adamant Arms wore. Although there seemed to be a bit more defensive coverage there, if someone said a different person of a different body type was forcibly wearing the same armor, it looked like that kind of design. It was somewhat amusing.

In its right hand was the sword that the Adamant Arms had, and in its left hand was a shield.

The race remained Mithril Golem, but as racial traits, it possessed [Armor], [Shield] and [Sword], with all its ability values significantly increased. It seemed like a portion of the Adamant Arms’ ability values had been added as is. The increase in STR and VIT was tremendous, but MND and INT hardly rose.

As a result of this, the total experience points were judged to have increased, and it rapidly grew.

The significant increase in size was originally a specification of the golem. Even if this were applied to a human, they wouldn’t grow larger.

“As for the coloring, a platinum body with jet-black armor looks very cool, but the body type, well… In any case, is it okay when the stomach and such are hardly protected?”

According to the emotions conveyed by the Mithril Golem, it seemed to be fine. Moreover, Adamas wasn’t particularly compatible with magic, making Adamas swords unsuitable for casting spells. Come to think of it, Adamascientia also didn’t use an Adamas-made wand. They accidentally let it reincarnate with the World Tree’s wand and became unable to remove it due to fusion with it.

As for how the exposed abdomen was related to this, in essence, the new Mithril Golem’s magic seemed to emanate from its stomach.

“Oh, I see. Well, if that’s the most rational for you, then it’s fine.”

The Mithril Golems were a total of nine, so there were still eight left. In terms of ability values alone, this New Mithril Golem rivaled the Adamandux and, with the ability to use both a sword and magic along with durability, it could be considered a force stronger than the Dux individually. Keeping them around wouldn’t be a loss.

As both practice and an experiment, nine New Mithril Golems—named Mithril Golem Adamashroud—were created like this.