CHAPTER 106

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Christmas had passed, and I couldn't help but smile at the memories I had of the jolly celebration. Nat's first real Christmas, Emily's smile, it just warmed my heart to know they were happy, to see them smile, truly smile.

Funny how things change, from a guy in the forest to a dad that is friends with a cyborg, a superspy, the Nordic God of Thunder, and the supreme sorceress. 

But enough about that.

Now, it was time to progress.

[Crafting LV 29]

Soon after Christmas ended, I poured all my time into one thing, and one thing only, improving my crafting skills so that I could have the army of golems I needed, that earth needed. Which had been easier thanks to my alliance with Nidavellir, the buffs the alliance gave in things related to crafting and such were incredible, but also confusing.

I mean, why didn't the alliance with Asgard, or the alliance with the Ancient One give me anything?

Perhaps it was a matter of chance, who knows?

But to be entirely honest, I am glad I got the buffs with Nidavellir, instead of the other two, while a buff in combat-related arts or magic would've been nice, crafting was what I needed, it was a more versatile buff in the great scheme of things.

Which is why I was currently in Nidavellir, learning under the King of Dwarves, Eitri.

"You are putting too much ore into the mix," Eitri sighed, as he approached.

"The instructions you gave me said I needed that much," I replied with a sigh of own, "If you allow me to absorb that book, I can learn how to craft this polearm in an instant," I added.

"No," Eitri shook his head, "To be a master in this art, you have to put your heart into it, no shortcuts, those are for the ones that finished the race without cheating."

"Then why did you give me so many books the first time I came?" I asked the Dwarf King, I mean, why give me a ton of knowledge, I already absorbed if you are against such a thing.

"To put on you a teachable level," Eitri chuckled, putting one of his fingers on my head, which made me feel like I was on Attack on Titan, dwarves my ass, "You learned a lot with your power, but you still lack the heart, the feeling you need behind your work."

"I suppose," I sighed with just the hint of a smile, "I mean, you are the best crafter I know,"

Eitri narrowed his eyes at me, "I am the only crafter you know,"

"What about the guy that brought me to your throne room?" I asked.

"He was a guard," Eitri rolled his eyes, "But yes, you are right, I am the best, and because of that, I know best."

"Ok, but let me finish this, I already started anyway," I chuckled, as I continued to work on the polearm I had been assigned to work on.

[Crafting has leveled up!]

[Crafting has leveled up!]

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By the end of the day, my crafting skill had leveled up to [Crafting LV 35], meaning it was time to craft my first golem, a clay golem, currently the only golem I could craft, besides the most known one, the stone golem.

With a sigh of anticipation, I selected the ingredients from my inventory and started the process, two minutes later, the process had been completed, and a new item had appeared in my inventory. [Clay Golem - S] 

"Well, here goes nothing," And so, I activated the item, bringing to life my first Golem ever, the golem was big, around four meters tall, and looked like a lion on two feet, but not like a normal lion, like those seen in Japanese art.

[Clay Golem S - LV 10

HP: 1000/1000

MP: 150/150

EXP: 0/100%

Description: Golems are magically created automatons of great power that follow the will of their creator without a question for they have no will of their own, the strength of a golem can vary even within their own kind, two golems of the same kind and level can have vast differences in strengths, the better the material, the stronger the golem will be, F being the lowest rank of crafting and S being the best one, this rank will appear beside the name of the Golem. 

This is the weakest type of Golem, a clay golem.

Golems can level up, becoming stronger than when they started, some golems start at a higher level, with the weakest starting at level 10.]

"Level ten, but can level up, I wonder," I hummed, imagining taking the big guy to a dungeon or two, that for later, now it's time to craft a stone golem.

Once again, I repeated the process this time with the stones, and two minutes later I had a new item on my inventory. [Stone Golem - A]

"Come forth, the Rock!" I chuckled at my own joke as I activated the golem, soon after, a massive five meters tall behemoth appeared, his appearance was shockingly like that of a knight, a very big knight with no face but rocky armor.

[Stone Golem A - LV 25

HP: 7500/7500

MP: 950/950

Skills: Harden, Reflect, Recover.

EXP: 0/100%]

The golems could learn skills? Well, this is getting interesting.

[Harden = It increases the golem's defense by a 200%.]

[Reflect = It reflects all physical damage for a five-second duration as long as the golem has the minimal level advantage of 5]

[Recover = When the Golem's hp drops below the 10% mark, he will dig into the earth to recover, but this will only happen if the golem has backup, if the golem is fighting alone, he will prioritize dying to protect its creator.]

"Holy shit," I whistled, "Those are better skills than the ones I had at that level," I chuckled, this was definitely the right call, with an army of these, Thanos would be nothing but a nuisance, I mean, imagine the possibilities, a vibranium golem? An adamantium one? I could hardly wait to test every possible golem.