Chapter 61: Clay Golem

    Jorton was very efficient, delivering the materials Su Nan needed the next day.

    Su Nan immediately had the workers move the materials to the temporary laboratory that had been built, and then set about preparing to create the first golem.

    The main material for a clay golem is clay – a type of soil with very little sand, but high in clay content, making it difficult for water to pass through. It also has good plasticity.

    To create a clay golem requires approximately 0.5 tons of clay, plus a small amount of silver, crystal, and most importantly, a soul core.

    The lowest level clay golems can use gems as soul cores, but this results in golems with extremely low intelligence, capable of performing only simple tasks.

    For example, cleaning an area, carrying things, or hitting someone.

    In his previous life, Su Nan had created many clay golems. Now, revisiting his old craft, he quickly became familiar with the process.

    After half an hour, a clay body about 2.5 meters tall had appeared on the wide workbench.

    Its face was rectangular, without a neck. Its chest was wide and strong. Its thick arms extended from its shoulders down to its knees, its fingers were short and thick, but quite flexible. Its legs were only one-third the length of its body, with wide, flat feet.

    The clay golem’s chest was still open, revealing the complex magical inscriptions inside.

    Su Nan placed the engraved gem inside, then closed the cavity and began to chant the spell.

    The final step in creating a golem is to activate it, to give it life.

    As the spell echoed, the surrounding energy particles suddenly became active, gathering from all directions at incredible speed, rushing into the clay golem’s body.

    Elemental magic from the earth vein node flowed in as well.

    Under the influx of energy, the clay golem’s body gradually changed. A vitality completely different from that of a flesh-and-blood life form was being born and growing within the clay body.

    The whole process lasted for over ten minutes.

    Then the magic gradually subsided, and the energy particles gradually returned to calm.

    Sussus!

    The clay golem on the workbench suddenly moved. Then its large, sturdy body sat up, its stiff face staring blankly at Su Nan.

    “It’s done.”

    Su Nan’s face lit up with joy, pointing to a box nearby.

    “Move the box outside.”

    “Yes, master.”

    The clay golem responded with a dull voice, then jumped down to the ground with a thud.

    Its movements were slightly clumsy, but it quickly adapted and moved the heavy box outside with ease.

    Su Nan nodded silently.

    Clay golems were very useful laborers. They were also very energy-efficient.

    Su Nan had also considered many solutions to this problem.

    For example, extracting blood from the Infiltrator Dragon.

    The Infiltrator Dragon’s bloodline concentration was far higher than that of ordinary Black Scale Lizardfolk.

    It alone could provide more blood materials each month than the entire group of Black Scale Lizardfolk captives.

    However, after much thought, Su Nan ultimately rejected this idea.

    If he continued to extract blood from the Infiltrator Dragon, it would inevitably greatly reduce its bloodline concentration enhancement speed.

    This was unacceptable to Su Nan.

    Helping the territory grow was important, but his own strength improvement was equally crucial.

    Ho Chi’s appearance had served as a reminder.

    Although the current Starlight Continent was an Elemental Desert, there were many hidden powerful individuals.

    A mere one-ring legendary knight like Ho Chi had forced Su Nan to consume nearly thirty rune gems to eliminate him. If a more powerful enemy appeared, he might not even be able to escape.

    Therefore, for his own safety, his strength improvement could not be slowed down!

    After careful consideration, Su Nan finally came up with a feasible solution.

    That was to find a substitute for lower-grade dragon blood potion!

    Considering the future expansion of the Blackrock Cavalry Corps, this substitute must be able to be mass-produced and also be inexpensive.

    This ruled out potions.

    After much thought, Su Nan finally set his sights on magical plants.

    Although there were no magical plants in his memory that met his criteria, that was fine. If they didn’t exist, he would cultivate them himself.

    With the Synthetic Magic Cube in his possession, he had a natural advantage over other wizard apprentices in cultivating new magical plants.

    “I already have some ideas about the potion. Give me some time, and I’ll figure out a way to solve it,” Su Nan said.

    Kei had great trust in his younger brother. Upon hearing this, his expression immediately relaxed.

    Then, Kei suddenly remembered something and asked Su Nan, “You said before that you wanted to recruit apprentices from the territory. What’s that about?”

    “After this place is built, there will be many places that require specialized personnel to maintain. I plan to train them myself and see if I can find some potential wizard apprentices.”

    Hearing the last sentence, Kei immediately perked up.

    Blackstone City had been able to rapidly develop and ultimately retake Shining Light Territory because of Su Nan, a wizard apprentice.

    Facts had proven how important a wizard apprentice was to the development of a territory.

    If the territory could produce a few more wizard apprentices, that would be a tremendous blessing!

    Thinking of this, Kei immediately patted his chest and promised to handle everything for Su Nan, ensuring it would be done perfectly.