Chapter 71: Level One Summoning Helper Spell

In the puppet factory, a deep rumbling echoed endlessly.

The massive mana crystal forging furnace vibrated violently, and the closed lid emitted a fiery orange glow from the gaps.

The entire factory was filled with a scorching atmosphere, with temperatures so high that even a squire would struggle to endure for long.

Sunan, however, was unfazed, calmly standing at the workbench.

On the spacious workbench lay the completed shell of a steel golem.

The black metallic body was covered with dense magical runes.

As Sunan placed the soul crystal into the recess in the golem's chest, a silver light rapidly spread along the runes, flowing throughout its body like light.

The next second, the steel golem suddenly sat up, leaped off the workbench, and landed heavily on the ground, standing tall in front of Sunan.

Sunan surveyed the golem's imposing physique and nodded in satisfaction.

"A steel golem made from Blackstone Iron is indeed superior to one made from ordinary steel."

"Even against Hodge, this steel golem would be more than capable of winning."

A qualified steel golem, in addition to being virtually indestructible and immensely powerful, possessed dark vision, immunity to all mental effects, immunity to poison, sleep, paralysis, confusion, suffocation, and more. It remained unperturbed by pain and fearless of death.

It also had high resistance to most elemental damage.

For example, it could withstand fire burns, lightning paralysis, dark curses, and shadow erosion, among others.

It was truly a battle behemoth!

Even within the wizard's tower of a formal wizard, a steel golem could rank among the mid to high-tier guards.

For Sunan's currently developing base, it was more than sufficient to serve as the ultimate guardian.

As for higher-tier golems, he currently lacked the required soul crystals, and his [Puppet Crafting] level was insufficient as well.

"The steel golem is indeed an excellent guardian, but the key materials for its creation are rather hard to find."

In addition to the metallic materials forming its body, the steel golem also required silver, gold, and crystals to inscribe the enchanted runes.

Ultimately, the total cost was close to 800 gold coins.

And that was without accounting for the value of the soul crystal.

If the soul crystal were included, the cost of a steel golem would easily exceed 1,000 gold coins.

"I currently don't have a second soul crystal, so I can't forge a second steel golem in the short term."

"Alternatively, I could try using gemstones as the core for the soul, creating a lower-performance truncated version of the steel golem and then synthesizing it?"

An idea sparked in Sunan's mind.

If this worked, he could create steel golems even without soul crystals.

However, doing so would consume a significant amount of Blackstone Iron.

"Or I could use a gemstone-made soul core for synthesis to see if it can replace the soul crystal?"

"Regardless, it's worth a try; I should add it to the agenda."

Sunan quickly added this plan to his schedule.

The schedule outlined his daily plans.

Meditation, potion making, forging Blackstone Leopards and golems, cultivating magical plants, blood transfusions for the Hidden Dragon, and crafting magic-imbued weapons—his days were nearly filled to the brim.

Fortunately, wizards could substitute meditation for sleep and didn't require rest; otherwise, he truly wouldn't be able to keep up.

"At least those three little ones have learned quite a bit; in a few days, I can arrange for them to move into the base. I can assign them simple tasks like cultivating magical plants and extracting Silver Moon Flowers, which will free up my time to create magic items."

Due to his busy schedule, his plan to manufacture faint-glow magic items had yet to be initiated.

"Speaking of which, the materials I requested from the Fire Fox Trading Company should be arriving soon."

It's worth mentioning that there were no spell studies on his schedule because, over the past six months, Sunan had mastered all the first-circle spells available to him.

These included [Magic Disguise], [Seven-Colored Aura], [Feather Fall], [Level One Summon Monster], [Silent Illusion], and [Comprehend Languages].

So far, he had mastered a total of twelve first-circle spells.

For a level 2 wizard apprentice who had only been promoted for less than two years, this amount of spells was quite impressive.

However, after this point, Sunan had no more first-circle spells available to learn.

Although the Fire Fox Trading Company was gradually collecting various books for him, the number of spellbooks was scarce, and those that were available were mostly zero-circle spells.

More than half of the first-circle spells Sunan had mastered came from the spellbooks left behind by Amy's master.

"Indeed, becoming prosperous relies on wizard heritage."

Sunan recalled the Starry Continent's three major wizard heritages, particularly the Tower of Stars.

He wondered where the Tower of Stars could be located.

"By the way, both the Tower of Stars and the Starry Principality have 'star' in their names. Is there any connection between the two?"

After pondering for a moment without arriving at a conclusion, Sunan shook his head and decided not to dwell on it, instead focusing on another issue.

"The base is too large; even with three apprentices joining, many areas still lack personnel. I need to find some additional helpers."

Sunan had already formulated a solution for this issue.

Moreover, it happened to relate to the two first-circle spells he had recently mastered.

That was [Level One Summon Monster] and [Comprehend Languages].

[Level One Summon Monster], known among wizards as the "Level One Summoning Helper Spell."

Many wizards use this spell to summon otherworldly creatures to assist them in experiments or manage their bases.

After all, compared to investing significant time and effort in training apprentices, summoning otherworldly beings is undoubtedly much quicker and more convenient.

However, this method isn't without its challenges.

First, the summoned targets of the [Level One Summon Monster] spell are uncertain.

The variety of otherworldly creatures is vast, and over ninety-nine percent of them won't meet a wizard's requirements.

To summon suitable otherworldly beings, one would typically need to try hundreds or even thousands of times to achieve success.

Secondly, there's the issue of language communication.

During the spell's effect, the caster can communicate with the summoned creature through telepathy, eliminating any communication barriers.

However, if the goal is to have the otherworldly being stay, communication must be resolved.

Fortunately, this is manageable, as [Comprehend Languages] was prepared for this purpose.

With this spell, communicating with otherworldly beings will not be an issue.

Furthermore, Sunan could create a permanent magic item with the [Comprehend Languages] spell to equip the summoned creatures, ensuring there would be no communication barriers.

Lastly, there's the contract issue.

To turn an otherworldly creature into a helper, one must ensure it won't betray.

In a more profound sense, loyalty is crucial.

Thus, signing a contract becomes the only choice.

Even if it's not a slave-type blood contract, it must at least be a cooperative oath contract.

How to persuade otherworldly beings to sign a contract is something wizards must consider.

Of course, if one is ruthless enough, they could use violence to force the otherworldly being to sign a blood contract.

There have even been cases of wizards using this spell to summon otherworldly beings as experimental materials, leading to the [Level One Summon Monster] spell also being nicknamed the "Level One Resource Summon."

However, the downsides of this approach are evident; under the influence of the summoning rules of the otherworld, there will likely be no response from otherworldly beings to these wizards' summons in the future.

"I also have magic coins, which can also summon otherworldly beings, and they can be used in conjunction with [Level One Summon Monster]."

"Hopefully, I can summon a few useful helpers."

Sunan added this new plan to his schedule as well.

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