Sorcery Monarch

Chapter 79: The Power of Vitalization!

 

The completion of the first clay golem symbolized that Matthew now possessed the initial ability to create golems!

 

Where there’s one, there will be more!

 

"The clay golem succeeded, so the stone golem can’t be far off. Steel golems and diamond golems are calling out to me..."

 

Feeling quite pleased, Matthew murmured softly as he examined the clay golem he had personally created, nodding in satisfaction.

 

The finished clay golem weighed 500 kilograms and stood nearly two meters tall. It was gray-brown and relatively smooth.

 

With a broad chest, thick arms, and no neck, its roughly sculpted facial features gave it a rugged look.

 

Its facial features were merely decorative; the golem relied on detection magic to assess its surroundings.

 

Its limbs were thick, and its joints faintly glimmered with magical energy.

 

Its towering frame resembled the classic image of a big bodyguard that Matthew had imagined.

 

The entire body looked like an oversized clay toy.

 

But its stats told Matthew that this was a golem capable of killing.

 

Clay Golem

 

Type: Basic Construct (Max HP +10)

 

Height: 2 meters

 

Weight: 500 pounds

 

Challenge Rating: 4+

 

Abilities: Mental Immunity

 

Specialties: None Installed

 

Skills: Grapple Lv1, Heavy Blow Lv1, Physical Resistance Lv1 (Construct Trait - Physical Defense +2).

 

Attributes:

 

Strength: 18

 

Dexterity: 10

 

Constitution: 14

 

Perception: 10

 

Intelligence: 2 (Standby Time: 20 days, Active Duration: 48 hours, Combat Mode: 2 hours)

 

Charisma: 0

 

Luck: 0

 

Attack Power: 4

 

Defense: 4

 

HP: 28 +10/38.

 

Evaluation: A rigid meat shield.

 

Despite the lack of special features, Matthew was quite satisfied with the clay golem. Its strength of 18 alone was enough to fulfill many of his plans.

 

As for combat?

 

Matthew never intended to rely on the clay golem for fighting; it wasn’t worth the cost.

 

Training sustainable warriors was far more economical than constantly replenishing a clay golem’s mana and energy.

 

With the first clay golem completed, Matthew was ready to start the second phase.

 

Licking his lips slightly, Matthew turned his attention to the second arcane legacy—Vitalization Empowerment!

 

"Ding, do you wish to spend 1,000 experience points to use Vitalization Empowerment Lv1?"

 

One use requires 1,000 experience points?

 

Far from finding the cost excessive, Matthew was even more excited!

 

The more you invest, the more you gain!

 

Raising his staff to the clay golem’s chest, Matthew began to cast Vitalization Empowerment.

 

Suddenly, Matthew "saw" the entire structure of the clay golem's body in his mind’s eye, with its faintly glowing patterns representing mana nodes and the internal magical pathways.

 

As Matthew focused on the golem’s overall mana structure, he began to understand the roles of many mana nodes and power routes.

 

"This part is for enhancing its reactions..."

 

"These mana nodes are for balancing and adjusting its posture..."

 

"And this is the main energy transfer channel..."

 

Matthew eagerly analyzed the clay golem, absorbing the knowledge and seamlessly integrating the "Create Minor Golem" knowledge that had recently leveled up.

 

"Ding, magic item creation experience +1, current total: 62!"

 

"Ding, magic item creation experience +1, current total: 63!"

 

"Ding..."

 

After fully comprehending the clay golem’s internal structure, Matthew was surprised to find that his magic item creation experience had increased by 10 points, now sitting at 71.

 

That was more than he had gained from successfully crafting the clay golem itself!

 

Matthew quickly realized that one was merely understanding the result, while the other was understanding the process. Naturally, the knowledge gained was vastly different.

 

The benefits from Vitalization Empowerment hadn’t even been revealed yet, but Matthew was already delighted with the bonus.

 

If it worked for clay golems, could it also work for other magical items?

 

If that were possible, wouldn't the key mana nodes for various magical items be laid bare before him?

 

These greedy thoughts flashed briefly in his mind, but he quickly refocused on the present task.

 

Creating one clay golem had been difficult enough; it would be disastrous to ruin it now.

 

Matthew felt a faint sense that the clay golem’s abilities could be enhanced further, with the system displaying the improvements quantitatively.

 

"Vitalization Empowerment Lv1: Choose one enhancement option."

 

"It seems that as the level of Vitalization Empowerment increases, the number of enhancements will also grow."

 

"But I wonder, can the same construct be enhanced repeatedly?"

 

As he pondered, Matthew identified three possible enhancement directions for the clay golem.

 

The first was to enhance its intelligence.

 

In this world, intelligence often determined the amount of mana available.

 

This enhancement would increase its mana capacity, allowing the clay golem to cast more spells, sustain combat longer, and increase the power of its abilities.

 

The second was to enhance its wisdom.

 

Intelligence didn’t necessarily equate to wisdom.

 

While the clay golem could be classified as a construct lifeform, it had almost no wisdom—at best, it functioned at the level of a three- or four-year-old child, incapable of speech or meaningful interaction, leaving it rather dull.

 

The final option was to enhance its reaction speed.

 

Reaction speed referred to the processing rate of its thoughts.

 

To put it simply, it was like comparing the computing power of a manual calculator to that of a laptop.

 

This would affect how quickly the golem could process situations and commands, as well as its reaction time in combat.

 

As Matthew’s first experiment, this clay golem was a standardized tank—robust and powerful in combat.

 

He chose to enhance its intelligence!

 

This would extend its combat duration and slightly increase its combat strength.

 

After all, Matthew didn’t have the money or resources to build energy or mana-replenishing elemental cores.

 

Sustaining the clay golem’s daily consumption required him to regularly infuse it with mana.

 

Under Matthew's "gaze," surges of mana flowed into the clay golem’s energy core.

 

Blue magical light transformed along mystical paths, reshaping the golem.

 

Although Matthew didn’t fully understand the process, he made sure to memorize it, confident that as his knowledge increased, he’d be able to extract more from it.

 

The entire process lasted about three minutes. As the glow gradually faded, the already sturdy clay golem underwent a significant transformation.

 

Its height remained two meters, but its chest became even broader and sturdier. Square-shaped armor plates appeared on its grayish-yellow exterior.

 

What thrilled Matthew the most was the change in the golem’s stats.

 

Clay Golem

 

Type: Intermediate Construct (Max HP +20)

 

Height: 2 meters

 

Weight: 500 pounds

 

Challenge Rating: 6+

 

Abilities: Mental Immunity

 

Specialties: None Installed

 

Skills: Grapple Lv2, Heavy Blow Lv2, Physical Resistance Lv2 (Construct Trait - Physical Defense +4), Magic Resistance Lv1.

 

Attributes:

 

Strength: 18

 

Dexterity: 14

 

Constitution: 15

 

Perception: 12

 

Intelligence: 6 (Standby Time: 60 days, Active Duration: 108 hours, Combat Mode: 6 hours)

 

Charisma: 0

 

Luck: 0

 

Attack Power: 4

 

Defense: 6

 

HP: 30 +20 (Construct Trait) / 50.

 

Evaluation: A solid tank!

 

Matthew took a deep breath and couldn’t help but exclaim:

 

"Vitalization Empowerment is truly powerful!"