Clay Golem's Tet

For now, let's call you Tet. Nice to meet you, Tet

When I offer my right hand to Tet, the clay golem, he shakes my hand in return.

It looks like a golem with its lower body collapsed, but it seems to be surprisingly intelligent. Since his body is made of clay, I thought the clay would stick to my hand when I shook hands with him, but to my surprise, that didn't happen. In fact, I think the moistness of the clay felt good

Well, today we're going to explore the forest. Vanguard please

Tet, who was silent, saluted and pretended to be looking for something, until he found a wooden stick. Then, when I swing it around with the golem's strength, it snaps and breaks, probably because the tree was rotten after it rained. Tet looks kind of sad...

Um, Tet, do you want a weapon?

Hearing my words, his head fell vertically

Um, then[Creation] Sword!

What I created was an iron sword.

The blade is a short sword made of thick raw material that is not very sharp, but Teto looks happy when he holds it. If you try cutting a nearby tree, even if it's not sharp enough, the power of the golem will scrape the bark and the sword will dig into it. It's probably more of a blow than a slashing attack

Well then, let's go this time

As soon as I said that and moved on, a goblin appeared just like yesterday

Tet, please!

At my command, Tet clashes his sword with the goblin's club, and uses force to knock the goblin down. When the goblin stopped moving, I used Wind Cutter to calmly deal with it and defeat it

Okay, that looks good

Just as I was thinking that there was little danger for me, Tet thrust a dull sword into the heart of a dead goblin and gouged it out.

It wasn't a very pleasant sight to see, but it seemed like he had found something

Tet, is that a goblin magic stone?

When I asked that, Tet tried to hand me a goblin magic stone the size of the tip of a little finger. However, it would be troublesome to be handed a magic stone that was bloody and covered in pieces of flesh

Um... you can do whatever you want Tet

When I say that, Teto takes it into his body from what looks like his head

Eh, is it okay to eat?

I'm worried, but Tet gestures as if he's okay.

I learned later that beings such as golems and automata can absorb the cores of defeated monsters into their own cores and grow their intelligence and abilities.

However, since magic stones are the most valuable thing in subjugating monsters, ordinary golem users do not give them magic stones.

Above all, the amount of magic stones required to grow a golem's core is extremely large.

Also, when the golem's core is damaged for some reason and stops functioning, the magic stones that have been absorbed into the core will be destroyed.

It takes a large amount of magic stones to regenerate a damaged core, so the more it grows, the higher the operating cost and the more difficult it becomes.

For this reason, golem users do not let their golems grow

I can create magic stones with my [creation magic], so if you want them, I'll give them to you

Go!?

So, he spoke!? Ah, ahahaha, Tet can now speak

It's funny how Tet is so short and they make each other so loud, and I start to cry because I get to talk to someone for the first time in a while. I may have felt surprisingly lonely in my survival life in the middle of the plains

And it occurs to me that this is where I calmed down

Tet, it would be difficult to gouge out the heart with a dull sword like before, so I'll give you a knife. ``Creation knife!''

What I imagine is a knife that is reasonably sharp and can be used for demolition.

When Teto receives this, he takes it seriously and incorporates it into his body.

While thinking that maybe it was hidden inside that body, Teto and I proceeded into the forest and defeated the monsters.