Suhlen didn't feel good about missing out on five hundred thousand Kinnar. If he knew Keaton's head was so expensive, he would have left him with a whole body. Too bad it was too late.
The potions in front of him weren't very useful. He was going to destroy the disgusting stuff like corpse oil. The other poisons were pretty good. As for the plague potion, Suhlen hesitated for a bit and decided to keep it. It could be used on the enemy.
As a matter of fact, if the plague potion was discovered in time, it wouldn't be easy to destroy a city. As long as there were priests and wizards who could purify, dispel, or detoxify the poison, it could be dealt with. It was a surprise attack.
The explosive potion was pretty good too. It had a large area of effect and was very powerful. If it could be mass-produced, it would be invincible on the battlefield. It was much more powerful than grenades. If he could get the secret recipe and build a grenadier squad, he would be invincible on the battlefield.
Or, he could ask the harpies to carry the potion and bombard the target with carpet bombing. The effect would be enough to flatten a city.
Suhlen picked up a bottle of explosive potion and asked, "Hathaway, can you derive the recipe for the explosive potion?"
"The recipe for the explosive potion? That's a bit difficult. I'm not sure how long it will take. " Hathaway replied as she flipped through the book, "But the cost of this explosive potion isn't cheap. You'll have to be prepared if you want to mass-produce it."
"Don't worry, it's just money. Northern Battlefront City is full of money now. " Suhlen said generously. After annexing Orlando, the gray dwarf, Northern Battlefront City had more than ten million Kinnar residents. On top of that, they were earning a few hundred thousand every month. It wouldn't be a problem for them to buy a duchy.
"Alright, I'll do it. But I suggest you recruit a few alchemists and wizards. I have too much work to do right now, and my time is limited," Hathaway said.
Suhlen looked at Hathaway's lab and nodded, "You do need to recruit more alchemists and wizards."
"It's just that Northern Battlefront City is too secluded right now. It's not well known among wizards. I'm afraid it's going to be hard to recruit wizards." Suhlen said with a headache. Although the Northern Citadel was developing well, there weren't many people who came to join. Even those scholars were forced by Suhlen.
"Do you have any good suggestions?"
"Most wizards are short on money. Hire them with money." Hathaway felt a little helpless. Many wizards were otakus. If they were not doing experiments, they were doing research, or they were meditating and practicing spells. The only reason they were willing to serve the nobles was money.
"Alright, that's all we can do." Suhlen felt a little helpless. In fact, he had something that could attract a large number of wizards, and that was Mithril. As long as he spread the word, a large number of wizards would come knocking on his door in less than a month. However, if that happened, Suhlen might not even be able to keep his silver mine.
"Then I'll go first." Suhlen put away the potion and was ready to leave.
"Wait, I'm going to make a stone golem. Can you help me?" Hathaway said.
Suhlen had experienced the power of a stone golem in the trial space before. Each one of them weighed a few tons and had thick skin. Although they were a little slow and had no magic attacks, they were still very useful on the battlefield. Otherwise, wizards wouldn't have made them into a regular army.
As for the stronger steel golems, Hathaway still couldn't make one. They required a large amount of soul crystals to be activated. Suhlen only had a few pieces, and they were obtained from killing the Necromancer Keaton. If he wanted a large amount of soul crystals, he had to cultivate them himself. The other way was to go to the bottomless abyss.
Cultivating them himself was too bloody, and Suhlen didn't consider it. This kind of thing was only done by some wizards during the Witch King era. Later, the Witch King era disappeared, and this kind of thing was listed as a taboo. Now, the only way he could think of to get a large amount of large soul crystals was to go to the bottomless abyss.
As long as it was an elite-level demon, one could obtain a large piece of Soul Crystal after killing it. If one killed a high-grade demon, one could obtain a Legendary-level Soul Crystal and even the divine power of the demon. Of course, it was very difficult to do so. The Arcane Kingdom once invaded the abyss, and those powerful arcanists drove the Floating-Space City into the abyss.
It caused the fall of several abyss demons. It was also in those wars that the gods began to fear the power of the arcanists.
As for cultivating large soul crystals, this kind of thing was the devil's forte. They would lure greedy people through contracts, and then use various methods to lure the contractor to fall and set up various traps. It was said that after suffering, there was even a chance to get a legendary soul crystal. Of course, this statement had not been confirmed.
However, the devil lured people to fall, let them be immersed in their own desires, and then harvest their souls. The probability of getting a high-quality soul crystal was very high. It was said that the method of cultivating soul crystals during the Witch King era was learned from the devil.
There were many materials for the Rock Golem, from the general Granite Golem to the top Obsidian Golem. The difficulty of construction was different, and the price was also very different.
An ordinary Rock Golem cost 50,000 to 60,000 Kinnar, while an Obsidian Golem cost almost 100,000 Kinnar. The Obsidian Golem's magic resistance and physical resistance were not comparable to the general Rock Golem. In terms of magic defense, even the Steel Golem was not as good as it.
The Rock Golem that Hathaway built was an ordinary Granite Golem, and the soul core only needed a medium-sized soul crystal. Suhlen had more than 30 of this level of soul crystals, all of which were contributed by the Necromancer. Speaking of which, this Necromancer was really a good person. Not only did he give them EXP and equipment, but he also gave them books, knowledge, and materials. He was simply the captain of the transport team.
The materials for the Rock Golem were now available in the Northern Battlefront City. The high-quality granite was directly sent to the quarry, and then the carvers would carve it. The process of making a Rock Golem was not too complicated, and it was not too difficult for the two who already had experience in making Clay Golems.
The creation of the Rock Golem could be divided into three parts. The first part was the construction of the body parts. This step could be done by taking them apart. Fortunately, the Northern Battlefront City had a large number of carvers, and Suhlen was relieved to let them carve it.
The second part was the assembly of the body parts. This step was like piecing together a toy model, completely piecing the Rock Golem together. Of course, when piecing together, they had to pay attention to the runic array inside the Rock Golem. The third part was the casting and activation. This part required Hathaway to cast the spell.
She had to activate the soul center of the Rock Golem, and at the same time, she had to activate the life construct.
In fact, Suhlen had considered whether he could set up a production line for Rock Golems in the future. As long as the production line was started, he could mass produce Rock Golems like an assembly line. He was not the first to have this idea. In the era of the Floating City, in addition to a large number of Wizards living in each Floating City, there were also a large number of Rock Golem legions.
These Rock Golem legions were produced using the assembly line method. This was also why the Arcanists in the era of the Arcane Empire could rely on the Rock Golem legions to beat the demons who had always relied on the human wave tactic to the ground. After all, the birth rate of demons really could not keep up with the production rate of Rock Golems.
A Rock Golem was about three meters tall and needed about three thousand pounds of rock. After carving, the weight would be slightly reduced. Of course, there were also some large Rock Golems that weighed up to several tons.
The main craft of making a Rock Golem was carving, and it required the use of magic essential oils and runic matrices. The carving craftsmen would solve the problem of carving. As for the runic matrices, they needed Hathaway to carve them.
After carving the runes, they also needed to use gemstone powder, magic alloy, and other materials to completely integrate them into the body of the Rock Golem. This step was also very important. Gemstone powder and magic alloy could be said to be the most expensive things in the Rock Golem, apart from the soul crystals.
Suhlen optimized and modified some parts of the Rock Golem according to the principles of mechanical control. Finally, the Rock Golem was assembled. After the assembly was completed, it needed to be activated with the soul crystals and cast the spell to activate the life of the construct.
Although all this was very simple, Suhlen and Hathaway were busy for five days to make a Rock Golem. The two of them went back and forth between the lord's castle and the laboratory almost every day. It took three days just to carve the runes and improve and optimize the energy transmission system, and two days to carve and assemble.
The carving of each part of the Rock Golem was done strictly according to the dimensions given by Suhlen. The head, torso, and limbs were all made separately. The advantage of this was that even if the carving was broken, it was easy to replace. All the parts of the Rock Golem were made into standard parts, and it was more convenient to assemble the Rock Golem.
After the parts were made into standard parts, it was very easy to repair the Rock Golem. If a part was broken, it could be replaced directly. As long as the soul core was not damaged, the Rock Golem would not die. This was also the preparation that Suhlen made in advance to try to build a Rock Golem factory in the future.
After the final assembly was completed, Hathaway took a medium-sized soul crystal and began to activate the Rock Golem. She also cast the spell to activate the life of the construct. Suhlen had not figured out how to replace these steps. If he could not solve this problem, the Rock Golem factory in Northern Town would need a group of wizards who specialized in activating Rock Golems.
Powerful elemental energy burst out from Hathaway's body, followed by a throbbing of the soul. The soul crystal turned into a purple soul energy and merged with the Rock Golem's body in an instant, and finally calmed down. At the same time, the Rock Golem moved in an instant.
Ding! "The host has participated in the production of Rock Golems. You have obtained more information on magic technology. Your magic technology experience has increased!"
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