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'Puppets, constructs, created by powerful Wizard Power, elemental automatons. They use a special mysterious substance to refine anti-magic steel from the Prime Material Realm. Their greatest characteristic is that they are resistant to elements. '
— Lilo? … …
Automatons were usually created by wizards.
Constructs were mostly created by wizards and were unnatural objects. Puppets were one of the most powerful products. The biggest characteristic of puppets was that they were resistant to elements. In other words, only those with the ability to reduce elemental damage could be called puppets. It was precisely because wizards were powerful that the ability to reduce elemental damage was so powerful.
However, the elemental damage reduction did not mean that the puppet creatures could become mages. The elemental damage reduction only made them immune to spells that targeted the puppet creatures themselves. For example, using a fireball to smash the ceiling or using Acid Bog to trap the puppet creatures in an acid swamp would be very effective against them. Moreover, puppets had low spiritual force and could only listen to simple orders, which was their weakness against intelligent life.
In fact, puppets were not completely immune to elements. Specific elemental spells would have specific effects on specific puppets. Making good use of their weaknesses would make it easier to fight against puppets.
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Puppets were powerful mechanical creatures created by witchcraft. They were different from other automatons in that they had the power to live. Puppets gained magical life from an elemental soul, which was usually an earth elemental. The process of creating a puppet would tie the soul to an artificial body. It would fuse with the specially prepared container and obey the will of the creator.
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Puppets had no intelligence. Unless the creator gave them an order, they would not do anything else. They would only listen to simple and clear orders and could not accept complex strategies or tactics. The creator of a puppet could give orders within 60 feet of the puppet and under the condition that the puppet could see and hear. If there was no order, the puppet would do its best to carry out the final order and fight back if it was attacked.
When the creator left, he could give the puppet creature a simple command to manage its behavior, or he could make the puppet creature listen to another person's command. However, the creator could always command the puppet creature to only listen to him, thus taking back control.
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For some reason, as soon as he received the book, Grim seemed to be engrossed in it. He flipped through the pages in one breath, unable to put it down.
Puppet creatures were good stuff!
Not to mention the high-grade Steel Puppets, even the lowest-grade Clay Puppets had the basic challenge level of a Senior Apprentice. In other words, only a party of Advanced Combatants with the right combination of classes could defeat the Clay Golem.
As a wizard's personal guard, puppets and runes were far more reliable and loyal than those hired with money. However, the price of puppets and runes was also staggering.
Let's take the lowest level Clay Puppet as an example. A Clay Puppet without any witchcraft equipment would weigh up to 600 pounds (about 600 kilograms). When it stood up, it would be 8 feet tall, and its entire body would be carved out of soft clay. This type of Clay Golem didn't fear the damage of sharp weapons. Only certain heavy weapons could inflict sufficient physical damage on it.
This Clay Puppet's base price was 21000 gold coins. As for the Stone Golem, which was slightly higher than the Clay Puppet, its base price was 55000 gold coins. The Steel Golem, which was slightly higher, had a base price of 80000 gold coins.
This price did not even take into account the supply and demand of the market. In times of war, the price of these puppets, which were extremely suitable for killing on the battlefield, would not lack buyers even if their prices doubled. As long as a small lord could purchase 3-5 Clay Puppets and add them to his army, he would be able to gain a huge advantage in battles against the surrounding lords.
Hence, if he could successfully become a puppet maker, then money would no longer be a problem for Grim!
It was a pity that creating puppets not only required a large amount of special materials, but also an extremely high level of crafting skills, as well as the ability to create soul weapons. If Grim's innate elemental affinity was with the dark element, perhaps he could extract the souls of some humanoid creatures and easily create a soul weapon that could bestow a puppet with basic intelligence. However, he had an affinity with the fire element, so there was no way he could take this shortcut.
Grimm could only ask the A.I. Chip to temporarily store the contents of the [Puppet Creature Creation Handbook] for future research. Meanwhile, he began to research the new functions of the A.I. Chip.
As the incantation that was slow and full of magic rang out, Grim's extended right hand lit up with a bright magical flame, wrapping his palm and a portion of his wrist within it.
Watching the flame burn calmly in his hand, the A.I. Chip's mechanical voice sounded in his mind.
[Bzzz … … A complete spiritual force model has been detected. Would Host confirm whether to solidify it? Note, this will consume 2 points of spiritual force and 50 points of Profession experience!]
The same notification had appeared when he was patrolling outside the tower. However, he was in a dangerous place at that time, so Grim did not dare to experiment recklessly and chose to ignore it. However, today, he wanted to see what this so-called solidification was all about!
"Confirm!" Grim said.
[Beep. Solidification mission begins … … Estimated time of completion: 12 hours 27 minutes 13 seconds … …]
Following the A.I. Chip's notification, Grim's mind trembled. He could clearly feel that a portion of his spiritual force had disappeared for no reason. After checking his stats again, he found that the Profession experience column on his personal data had dropped to … … The 614 points of Profession experience was all that Grim had gained in the past 6 years. This included years and years of bitter meditation, countless failures in casting spells, countless times under the dim candlelight, copying obscure magic books, and the dangerous yet necessary magic experiments … …
It had to be said that Grim in the past was a little useless. He had been an acolyte for 6 years, but he had only accumulated half of the required Profession experience to become an intermediate acolyte. His only life-saving spell was the Burning Hand spell. As for the second spell he was learning, 'Flame Arrow', he had only just gathered the prerequisite knowledge and was still a long way from being able to successfully cast it.
Based on the analysis of the data, his body's innate talent was considered low among the acolytes in the tower. It was no wonder that he had not become an intermediate acolyte after 6 years.
However, this was the Grim of the past!
With the help of the A.I. Chip, he had a new lease on life. All the difficulties in front of him could be overcome.
Solidifying the Burning Hand's spiritual force model took up most of Grim's attention, which made him feel a little tired. In this situation, it was no longer suitable for him to practice spells or read books that consumed his spiritual force. Thus, Grim decided to lie on his bed and start a deep meditation.
As he meditated, Grim slowly calmed down. His breathing became slow and steady, and his consciousness was completely immersed in a strange and strange world.
The originally silent room became even more spacious and quiet, as if everything around him had suddenly quieted down. The feeling of his body became more and more blurry. It was as if he had fallen into a giant marshmallow, and everything that his body could sense was getting further and further away.
Finally, his consciousness, which was no longer bound by his body, suddenly entered a strange world.
It was a world of light.
All sorts of colorful lights danced in the sky, filling up every inch of space that he could sense.
Perhaps the intrusion of his spiritual consciousness had alarmed these erratic and mindless light spots, the entire strange world suddenly became somewhat different from before.
Grim's soul, which carried his consciousness, began to wander aimlessly in this world of lights. Wherever he went, the different spots of light seemed to have their own consciousness, displaying completely different behaviors and actions.
Some of the red light spots seemed to welcome Grimm's arrival. All the red light spots that approached Grimm's consciousness rushed into his soul like birds returning to their nests, bringing him a bit of warmth. Some of the colder lights, such as blue, grey, black, and white, were obviously moving away from him.
Some of the more neutral lights, such as purple, green, and khaki, did not reject or welcome them. Only when Grim's consciousness touched them would they slowly merge with him. The whole process was peaceful and peaceful, and there was nothing unnatural about it.
Grimm's consciousness slowly wandered in the boundless sea of light, passively accepting the light spots to fuse with him. Out of curiosity, Grim could not help but direct the light to approach some of the white lights. His arrival had undoubtedly caused the white lights to go berserk. The white lights that were drifting aimlessly just a moment ago were now scrambling to escape from this area.
Grim finally could not take it anymore. Under the strong guidance of his consciousness, the colorless and transparent soul suddenly stretched out an octopus-like spiritual tentacle and stabbed into a slightly larger white light.
The white speck of light suddenly exploded and turned into a torrent of spiritual energy that flowed into Grimm's soul. Different from the warmth he felt when the red dot fused with him, the pale-white dot gave Grimm the feeling of coldness and deathly stillness.
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