Lord Of Puppets Chapter 37 – Learning how to craft

"Ah.... So that is the problem.... I’ve was wondering why your golems sucked so much... The problem is that you lacked mana to train properly and experint." – said Ariava.

"YES" – the puppet written down.

"Hm.... I think I can help you with that."

"?!"

"REALLY"

"Yeb. I can."

"I may not look like it, but I do know art of [Magic Forging] and stuff, so..... Wait a bloody second."

"Do you have the [Mana Blacksmithing] skill anyway?"

"?"

"..."

"NO"

"..."

"Ah.... Welp, that also explains sothing."

"I did saw you use mana crystals in their rough form as cores.... Yea, I honestly should had seen that coming ages ago...."

"..."

"Okay. So let explain."

"Skills are sothing like manifestation of your own power and efforts."

"This is sothing you know, right?"

"You can acquire skill by practicing and developing yourself, causing the skill to be ford with your own efforts."

"From what I know and from what I can see right now, the golem crafting require skills called [Mana Blacksmithing]."

"This skill is related to [Blacksmithing]."

"Simple put, it helps you manipulating mana while forging."

"And this is sothing you would need for your golem crafting... Wait, what kind of skills you have anyway? Write them down."

"..."

[Na: No na]

[Race: Noble Puppet / Dungeon Master]

[Class: Golem Maker – Level 20 / Dungeon Master]

[Skills]

[Carpentry – Level 3]

[Sculpture – Level 3]

[Blacksmithing – Level 1]

[Golem Crafting – Level 3]

[Mana – Level 1]

[Self-Repair – Level 1]

[Affinity]

[Beginner Arcane Magic – Level 3]

[Beginner Earth Magic – Level 1]

[Unique Skills]

[Dungeon Master]

"Sheesh... If I’m being honest this is quiet pathetic.... Like extrely."

"Honestly, with your talent I would expected you to.... Well, develop way too much, but I guess the lack of information and your body were holding you back big ti.... Like too big."

"Still, you have [Blacksmithing]? So, you... Wait, how much do you know how to.... Well, craft?"

"..."

Puppet took out different tools and began showing the woman how it worked.

Breaking apart different blades.

Reassembling them.

Putting together pieces.

Creating weapons or parts.

"..."

(Wow.... This was... Extrely primitive....) – thought the woman.

(Still, I can’t really say it’s not bad... He knows how to put things together and how they... Huh. Actual this piece of trash is bit well made?) – thought Ariava as she inspected wooden club that had blade peace attached to it.

(I guess he may be inspected how joints and other stuff worked and tried to replicate it?)

"..."

(But again, this won’t work.... Damn.)

"Okay.... I guess I will have you teach you so stuff regarding crafting, if we want you to learn how to improve your core."

"..."

"CAN I USE THIS TO CREATE A BODY FROM THIS"

"Hm?"

"Oh, you an like use the tal?"

"Well, sure. It is possible."

"tal is way tougher than wood or dirt... But is way heavier and complicated."

"There are golems out there that are made out of tal... But for now, you should forget it."

"The biggest problem right now is your core."

"If we don’t make an proper one, you will be stuck, not being able to grow properly."

"You are special."

"Unlike humans, you can replace your body parts for the stronger ones and everything... But right now? Your body is straight up trash."

"I know you tried to make it "useful" and "deadly", but in reality its beyond pathetic."

"The blades here on your body? They are just rough ripped apart blades. They suck."

"They can cut, but if you crafted proper blades then it could have been way better."

"You need to learn how to craft a proper body."

"Dungeon can evolve and develop monsters, but in rough way.... Like evolving or mutating, but for you.... Sorry mate, but based on what you had told , you are in shitty situations."

"Golems don’t have ability to evolve."

"The wooden mannequin and human mannequin that was an developed version from it isn’t really... Well, its body is not good."

"I think the dungeon tried to initiate a living beings in nonliving way. Trying to make an object that tried to look "alive" ... But I doubt it could make sothing properly, maybe so of its developed monsters could end up being complete trash as well."

"The way dungeon doing things with your golems are primitive."

"Normally this primitive level works with other dungeons, if anything it work excellently since not only it could possibly allow the dungeon create stronger and different monsters... But for you?"

"The way the dungeon research works is pretty much useless and the human mannequin you had obtained was.... Well, it was pure luck if I’m being honest."

"If you want dungeon to create new monsters, you need to develop them yourself from the scratch."

"There is no other way."

"However, enough about bodies, since right now we need to focus on sothing important."

"Core."

"You already know it, but you and your golems need it to operate."

"Without proper one, you won’t do anything... Or you may just shut down."

"Mana is source of power, but for you it is also source of life."

"..."

"Wait.... One of your skills is [Mana], right? How did obtained it?"

"CLASS CHANGE"

"I see... So, you have obtained this skill automatically after the class change.... Then how about your mana? Did you felt like you had bit more after you obtained the Golem Maker?"

"YES"

"..."

(Then is possible for this guy to develop his mana vessel?) – thought the demon woman.

(Normally it should not possible, since golems don’t have a ability to grow their own mana vessel... But he had obtained [Mana] skill, which proves he can be affected.... This is worth experinting on!)

(If this really works then the potential that this thing has would drastically increase!)

(But for now we should focus on the core.)

"Huh..... You know, when I look around, I can tell that your dungeon has changed a lot." – said Ariava.

"The path is not only much wider, but I’ve also saw so glow stones along the way..... I guess you couldn’t properly deal yet with night vision problem, yea?"

"YES" – replied Thauma.

"GOLEMS BASIC VISION ISN’T GOOD, BUT I WAS ABLE TO SOWHAT IMPROVE IT. BUT DARKNESS ISN’T GOOD YET. WILL TAKE TO DEAL WITH DARKNES."

"Hm..... Well, it will allow your golems to fight more properly, but at the sa ti it will also end up causing you problems." – said Ariava.

"Since the invaders will also have bit of vision out there..... But overall, it maybe a worth investnt, since you can make a bit cheaper golems that doesn’t have..... How expensive would be golems with night vision?"

"h. Once you get there, you will tell ."

"But anyway, I have so nice news for you."

"You are going to the war."

"..."

"WHAT" – the puppet replied.

"Welp, I’m not talking about joining war between the two kingdoms... But instead a war among the dungeons."

"I don’t think I’ve told you, but you are not the only dungeon here in the area."

"There is a second dungeon in this forest."

"The beast type dungeon."

"And right now, this dungeon is also growing and expanding."

"I’ve hindered that dungeon growth for so ti, but it and you will have to face off eventually."

"If you and that dungeon wishes to expand, then obviously enough one would need to be destroyed."

"And that will be your war."

"And before you even ask, no. I won’t help you out in that war. You will have to defeat that dungeon on your own."

"The reason why I’m telling you that is simple."

"You."

"This dungeon."

"And all monsters in this dungeon."

"They are useless."

"They can be categorized as F rank monsters, and not even high in the rank either."

"The only real dangerous thing is the dirt golem with its rough power, but its defense is beyond pathetic as it easily crumbles apart."

"I’ve get what you an about growing stronger and with the dungeon not changing at all, but this is truth."

"If I’m being even more honest, the town did not needed reinforcents at all, they panicked and lacked informations."

"The only reason why they saw you as high level threat was simple."

"You caught them off guard."

"But that is it."

"If they cald down and assess the situation more thoroughly, then they could had hunted down your golems without taking any real loses."

"But apparently they wanted to minimizes the loses..... And it was also winter ti so it was sowhat understandable."

"It may had taken them a lot of ti, maybe even weeks, but they should had been able to sowhat deal with random golems until the reinforcents arrives to deal with the rest of the golems alongside the dungeon."

"And I’m going to be bluntly here."

"If you didn’t caught them off guard, the results would be much more worse for you."

"You need rough power."

"Tricks alone won’t do."

"And to see if you are "Strong" enough, you will face off against the beast dungeon and try and destroy it."

"And here is my opinion right now."

"You will lose."

"..."

"IF YOU KNOW I WILL LOSE THEN WHY FIGHT" – asked puppet.

"Now, now. Calm down and listen."

"You and this dungeon possess.... "Special potential". An potential that could be sothing really sothing interesting in the future."

"But that said potential is also hindering not only yours but also the dungeon growth by a lot."

"Simple put, you have extrely slow start and you are still nowhere near the real starting line."

"But once you reach the starting line, we would need to see how good you truly are."

"We will need to start you would look like after we do sothing after the slow start of yours and this would be also a best experint."

"And this is sothing you desperately need."

"If you want to survive now and in the future, you need to show what you got."

"And by the way."

"If you want to complain or sothing, deal with it."

"I’ve already made decision for you."