Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 432

Chapter 430 Plant Mimicry: Green Dragon

Locke said to the steel golems: “Begin the test.”

Suddenly, the eye sockets of the ten steel golems cast red gazes at him, and red spots of light appeared on Locke’s body, indicating that they had locked their targets on Locke.

Alicia stood in the safe area in the test room. This green circle position represented absolute safety, and no golem would attack this green circle position.

Alicia said, “Locke, you have to be careful. The logic of fighting these mechanical alchemical androids is completely different from the logic of fighting human wizards!”

At the same time, what was beyond Locke’s expectations was that the ten iron golems, whose bodies were forged with fine steel, did not move as slowly as the apprentice-level golems, like sluggish giants. Instead, the gears on their backs turned, making a terrifying cold meshing sound, and then six metal exhaust pipes appeared on their backs.

In an instant, the six metal exhaust pipes spewed out huge amounts of hot steam, which smoked the ground and deformed it.

At the same time, the ten steel golems pounced forward like ten cars running at high speed on the ground. There were even rotating wheels under their feet, helping them to run at high speed and crash into Locke.

“Is this the first-stage golem created by the alchemist?” Before Locke could react, he was surrounded by ten golems. Those iron golems raised their iron battle axes and slashed at Locke. At the same time, there was an exhaust pipe behind the iron battle axes, which instantly spewed out astonishingly hot steam to increase the kinetic energy of the iron battle axes.

“Bang~”

As a huge explosion sounded, a pair of banana wings like green dragon wings appeared behind Locke – the Big Green Leaf Dragon Bird!

With a dragon-like roar, Locke flew in the sky and easily avoided the attacks of ten steel golems.

The botanical flying spell he currently uses is no longer the common banana wings, but the plant mimicry spell developed in collaboration with the botanical wizards of the Six Towers: Green Dragon.

Thanks to the excellence of the Great Green Leaf Dragon Bird itself, although this spell is designed very mediocrely, it still allows Locke to obtain almost the fastest mobility in the first ring stage.

Locke was flying in the air like a real green dragon, and the dragon’s might was spreading in all directions. However, the ten steel golems completely ignored the magical dragon might of this school of psychic science.

“A mechanical construct that can ignore the magic of the School of Illusion and the School of Psychic?” Locke quickly reacted. “The Mechani are a more advanced construct than these iron golems. Fighting them has indeed benefited me greatly.”

At the same time, the steam exhaust pipes behind the steel golems on the ground all pointed downwards, and at the same time, the two arms popped out of the steel glider mechanism, and they actually flew up from the ground. The red light in their eyes continued to aim at Locke’s body, chasing towards the target.

Locke didn’t care much about it. Although these steel golems could fly and transform into flying steel golems, their speed was too slow.

Locke flew with them in the sky for a while, testing the plant mimicry: the green dragon cooperated with the large green-leaf dragon bird’s flying limit ability, while observing the fighting style of these steel golems.

I saw a gun barrel exposed on the chest of these steel golems, which were constantly firing a material called [Vulcan Crystal] developed by alchemists in the air at themselves. Once this material came into contact with the air, it would turn into flames and cause an explosion, so it was used by alchemists as a weapon to complement the golem attacks.

Locke looked at the golem behind him, “Indeed, the logic of fighting these constructs is completely different. These constructs are not living beings, nor are they wizards.”

“Their defense relies on multiple layers of different magical materials on their bodies, using magic alloys and magic ceramic steel to simulate a wizard’s permanent defensive force field.”

“Their mobility comes from the mechanical transmission devices and magical steam transmission devices installed by alchemists within them. They should have a small solar alchemy array inside them, which burns fuel to drive these golems at all times.”

“Their offensive power comes from the power provided by the magical steam transmission device and the weapons mounted on their bodies.”

“In other words, these iron golems possess exceptional stamina, stable output, and robust defense. When fighting wizards, the key is to seize the opportunity and achieve victory quickly.”

“But these flying steel golems are the type that attack head-on and advance steadily. Fighting them will be a war of attrition.”

Locke took out some poison potions from the Star Ring and threw them behind him, but they were completely ignored by the golems.

“Immune to poison, immune to fire, immune to psychic damage, high armor, high resistance, but its mobility is straightforward, and its flexibility is slightly lacking. However, more advanced Mechanians may have solved this flexibility problem.”

Locke thought quickly. In this case, if the competition was against the Mekanians, then there would be no need to consider a large part of the poison magic in the botanical magic.

There is also magic that affects the mind, which does not need to be considered.

Locke thought for a moment and threw a bottle of rust potion behind him, but the potion had no effect on the iron golem.

Locke thought about it for a moment and understood, “Its surface armor is some type of magical ceramic steel.”

“It’s truly a difficult problem. It’s worthy of being the ultimate weapon of war developed by alchemists, and the subdivision of magic studied by a third-ring wizard throughout his life—golemology. It’s truly profound.”

Essentially, golemology is a magical version of robotics.

The number of new articles and results published in this discipline is increasing every year, and the discipline is becoming increasingly larger.

“Alicia, have the Full Metal Demon Hatching Workshop in the sky release some more golems. From level 2 to level 6, choose all Iron Golems, and select specialized flying types.”

“Only in this way can I better understand the combat characteristics of the alchemists’ golemology, the Iron Golemology.”

Alicia, who was in the safe zone, was stunned for a moment. “Release again? Isn’t this too dangerous?”

“No, I want to trust Locke. Then please bring out the complete Flying Steel Golem.”

She hesitated for a moment, but decided to follow Locke’s idea and release two hundred flying steel golems from the All-Metal Demon Incubation Workshop at once.

Suddenly, pipes appeared in the metal eggshell in the sky, and flying steel golems were released. The moment they fell to the ground, the mechanical gears in their bodies turned, and the solar refining array furnace continuously output hot steam. Those terrifying war golems made of various magical metals, which were four or five stories high, flew in the sky.

What’s more, what Locke cares about is that the two hundred golems this time form a complete golem legion with strict division of labor and cooperation.

Eighty iron golems of different levels are ground golems, eighty iron golems of different levels are specialized aerial golems in the shape of gargoyles, and there are twenty golems with some kind of magic cannon developed by alchemists mounted on their bodies.

There were also twenty golems that caught Locke’s attention. They seemed to be backup golems, with ten human-like hands holding various repair tools. They seemed to be able to provide support, assistance and repairs during the battle.

Locke looked at the complete golem army in front of him and felt the impact of a systematic war.

“The Flying Iron Golem Legion not only possesses exceptional durability, making it suitable for direct combat, but also has a strict division of labor, comprehensive tactics, and standardized parts. Any damage sustained in battle can be replaced with standard parts, further increasing their endurance.” Locke pondered, “This means wizards will be even more vulnerable in terms of endurance when fighting Iron Golems.”

“So, when it comes to combating these mechanical constructs, we need to take these characteristics into consideration.”

“but……”

Facing the flying golems trying to surround him, Locke’s magic pressure continued to boil and rise. Every banana leaf of the Big Green Leaf Dragon Bird was trembling, as if expressing joy. At the same time, a spiritual shadow of a green dragon appeared behind Locke.

When the plant mimicry is simulated to the end, it will simulate the original green dragon’s spirituality. What’s more, Locke really has the blood of a real dragon in his body. The spirituality in his blood overflows, strengthening this plant mimicry.

The green-leaf dragon bird is nourished and becomes stronger.

Facing the pincer attack from the flying steel golems, Locke shuttled freely among these flying steel golems, allowing them to constantly adjust their exhaust pipes in an attempt to chase him.

“Too slow. These large golems also have a disadvantage, which is that they are huge and not very flexible.” Locke looked at the twenty golems setting up magic cannons below. At this time, because he was mixed with the steel gargoyles, those golems were completely unable to attack him.

The fire crystals of those ground golems did not dare to fire at themselves.

“This army of flying golems would be vulnerable against highly mobile, miniaturized enemy forces,” Locke observed sharply. “But they’re built so large not because of design considerations, but because their mana steam and solar refining furnaces can’t be miniaturized, otherwise the power output would be insufficient.”

“Yes, if you want to get close to the energy of a first-ring wizard, you have to build it bigger and bigger, otherwise it will not be able to provide energy equivalent to the first-ring stage.” Locke looked at two of the level 6 golems. These two level 6 golems were almost as tall as a dozen stories, like giants. Every move they made could drive the air to the surroundings like a tide.

If an ordinary wizard used the flying method, he would most likely be disturbed by the air currents brought by the opponent, but the Green Leaf Dragon Bird could subdue all the winds, so it would have no effect on himself.

“To increase energy output, these golems can only increase in size. The energy core of a Level 6 golem appears to still be the Solar Refining Array furnace, but the transmission system is no longer hot steam, but instead uses some kind of high-temperature flame. This innovation in the transmission system has slightly reduced the tendency of Level 6 golems to become even larger, but there are still limitations.”

Locke quickly understood.

These golems essentially want to use golem science to simulate wizards, but are limited by energy and energy transmission, energy loss in the middle, and most importantly, the simulation of a permanent defensive force field, which results in the golems becoming larger and larger.

This is also normal.

A one-ring wizard is a transcendent of the race, and the technology for manufacturing golems must also overcome such a powerful force and gather together to simulate a transcendent of the race using engineering technology. The result is that the golems get bigger and bigger.

“By the way, miniaturization technology is nearly impossible for a golem at this stage. Even the works of a three-ring wizard in his youth during the one-ring crystallization stage couldn’t solve this problem.”

Locke pondered, “Although the Mekani are an intelligent race of constructed life forms that escaped from the laboratories of the Second Ring wizards, I imagine they are still quite large.”

“In terms of energy efficiency, golems have always been inferior to first-ring wizards. Therefore, it’s impossible to achieve a humanoid form as slender as a wizard.”

“So we can only increase the volume to compensate for the low energy utilization, high loss, and low transmission efficiency.”

Locke noticed that he had not even started fighting with these golems, but during the battle, the auxiliary golems were quickly replacing their joint parts.

“That’s right. Because they’re so large, the joints are under too much load, causing rapid wear and tear. Because the joint technology isn’t advanced enough, these golems lack flexibility.”

Locke swung the dragon’s tail and used the botanical magic [Plant Mimicry: Dragon’s Tail] developed by his own research group. Suddenly, the dragon’s tail made of fake wood automatically extended and lashed at a flying steel gargoyle like an iron whip.

The gargoyle was suddenly knocked to the ground.

At the same time, Locke threw out some seeds of wire grass, which were scattered by the wind at the joints of the golems. As Locke chanted the spell, all the wire grass grew wildly in the joints of these giant steel-constructed life forms, so that the flexibility of these golems was further reduced, and the workload of those repairing the golems suddenly increased.

“The Mechani’s records do often describe them as being enormous and requiring mechanical joint replacements. It seems the Mechani also share the shortcomings of these iron golems.”

After all, the Mechani people’s original technology came from the technology of manufacturing iron golems.

At the same time, Locke flew towards the sky, and the ten diamond succulents that were hovering behind him like discs also fell down automatically and began to rotate in a circle.

“The testing is almost complete. Under the pressure of these Level 6 Flying Golems, the Great Green Leaf Dragonbird’s limit data has been perfectly tested. It’s time to try the defensive magic [Photosynthesis] I developed for the Golden Eye Grass, as well as the Mayfly Bomb and the Same Breed Branch I developed for the Diamond Succulent.”

The ten diamond succulents madly absorbed the surrounding light elements and poured them back into themselves. Because of Locke’s spell, they were connected to each other, so the original scale of the elemental backflow was multiplied tenfold.

Ten diamond succulents were combined into one plant, and because of the special properties of the light element’s backflow, its strength was increased tenfold, not just slightly. If other elements were to flow back, the effect would definitely not be so good.

In an instant, a huge light explosion turned into a mushroom cloud.

The powerful light explosion became the only ray of light in the room, and a large number of golems were directly blown away.

A stream of air hit the ground and the wall, and a defensive barrier automatically rose in the safe zone to protect Alicia. Alicia also covered her eyes with her hands and felt the ground as if an earthquake had occurred.

“Locke… the power of your spell is truly exaggerated. Wait a minute, Locke, you’re still within the blast radius. Are you okay, Locke?”

At that time, Locke was flying in the air, with a golden eye grass in front of him, which turned into a golden magic mirror and blocked his way. The golden eye grass was surrounded by a photosynthesis spell model, which actually blocked the strong light explosion just now and absorbed the light in it.

As Locke chanted the spell, the ray of light suddenly fell to the ground again and hit the damaged golems that were still able to move.

Suddenly, one golem after another exploded.

The entire golem army was destroyed.

Locke exhaled lightly, and a look of fatigue flashed across his eyes.

In this test, he gave it his all except for not bringing out a few of his trump cards.

Fortunately, whether it is Diamond Succulent, Plant Mimicry: Green Dragon, or Photosynthesis Magic, the effects are very good.

Moreover, he also gained a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of mechanical constructed life forms.

As a weapons designer, this is very important.

Locke stretched out his hand to summon back those diamond succulents. These diamond succulents were already half-destroyed due to the overly powerful force. If they were not dealt with, they would soon wither and die.

The all-metal demon hatching workshop in the sky quickly dispatched a large number of small non-combat golems to start recycling parts and quickly repairing them in the hatching workshop.

Therefore, no matter how many golems Locke and Alicia destroy here, it doesn’t matter as they don’t have to pay compensation.

Locke used the universal strengthening frequency of the magic co-frequency cultivation method to slightly strengthen the ten diamond succulents, and then quickly transplanted them into his druid ring, ordering his forest sanctuary to share nutrients with the ten diamond succulents to prevent them from withering and dying.

“Alicia, I’m almost done with the testing. You’re right, fighting these iron golems is truly meaningful. It’s taught me a lot about constructed life forms.” Locke said to Alicia, “It’s your turn to test now.”

Alicia looked at the mess and gave a wry smile. “Locke, you just destroyed all the Iron Golems in the Fullmetal Demon Incubation Workshop. Since we can’t use Iron Golems for now, I’ll just practice with the Flesh Golem.”

Locke nodded and said, “Alicia, I’ll be leaving now. I have a project to do. It’s about your grandfather.”

“I’m afraid there won’t be enough time today.”

Alicia nodded in understanding and said, “Okay.”

At the same time, the dwarf alchemist in Joseph Golem’s shop felt the ground shaking. He immediately looked up at the room upstairs and asked, “Is it so exaggerated?”

“The vibration even reached the entrance of the store on the first floor.”

“The wizard that Miss Alicia brought this time…as expected, my initial impression was correct. He is very dangerous.”

“Aren’t all botanical wizards gentle and kind? He’s an outlier, and looks even tougher than an alchemist like me.”

(End of this chapter)