Lord Of Puppets-Chapter 158 – Towards the breakthrough – Part 3.
<<The first stage of the project has been finally archived!>>
<<With all the research I’ve had done, I’ve had confirmed that it IS possible to grant the golem special abilities.>>
<<The abilities in questions are more like item skills.... Very similar in the nature.>>
<<However these skills apply to the golem whole being, instead of just their cores.>>
<<Well, applying those abilities is not necessary easy either.>>
<<Simple put, just like regular item skills, there are conditions, affinities, vessel ability, materials and all other stuff.>>
<<From what I could tell, they share these characteristics when it comes to bestowing ability to the golem as a whole, giving them a skill, does mean that I have to fulfil specific conditions.>>
<<Be it with the core or with the golem body.>>
<<So, I can’t just every single possible skill into the golem body. There is a limit of what I can add.... However, this "ability" will boost the golem potential further.>>
<<I could make golem body revolve around these abilities OR I can make special skills ability that revolves around the golem body.... Or just make it like where both the body and ability relay on each other.>>
<<Still, it will take time.>>
<<And not only because I’ve only just archived the most basic version.>>
<<But because of the item skills.>>
<<This ability of bestowing ability/skill to the golem directly isn’t something easy.>>
<<Honestly, it is far more complicated than just bestowing regular item skill to the object.>>
<<Not only that, I’m still quiet.... "Weak", in area of bestowing skills onto the objects.>>
<<I can bestow some very basic low level item skills onto the objects, but nothing extremely impressive or anything. Simple effects, nothing ground breaking, like for example giving a sword a skill that allows it to absorb magic and sent it back. Just simple enchantments that increases attack power of slashes or bashes. This stuff.>>
<<And the ability as well as knowledge to bestow item skills is extremely crucial for the skill bestowal for golems.>>
<<So my ability to only bestow the very basic skills made things for my research.... Bit problematic.>>
<<Truth to be told, I’ve completely stopped doing any form combat training besides learning and improving my personal magic.>>
<<I should aim to at least somewhat improve my body.... But no.>>
<<I need to only focus on crafting and researching.>>
<<Every single hour of the day I’ve been doing exactly that.>>
<<For months I had been doing this exact thing... However, so did those bastards outside.>>
<<I don’t know what the state of the war currently is, but I can see it coming closer to me... At some points I saw large groups of people walking around, sometimes they were close enough for me to tell, while sometimes they were too far away for me to guess who they were.... However.>>
<<I saw an army walking nearby.>>
<<I only could take somewhat a proper look at only small portion on them, since they were probably using the main road... But the fact remains that I saw them.>>
<<I couldn’t exactly tell from what kingdom they were, but based on the direction they came from... I guess they were elves.>>
<<And they completely ignored me.>>
<<I guess they truly only care about the war right now and don’t have time or maybe resources to use to deal with me.>>
<<Either way, this war didn’t shown any sights of ending yet.... Well, from my perspective.>>
<<Again, lack of information.>>
<<Still, I have peace for moment.>>
<<As for the research?>>
<<Well........Em...Yea....>>
<<As stated before, learning how to bestow skills onto the object isn’t easy... And my own research not only rely on it, but also expands on it.>>
<<I was making progress, but it was very notable slow.>>
<<Not only that, that ’bestowal ability onto the golems themselves’ is a brand new area for me that I’ve never did before AND I don’t have any information or books about it... So I have to learn everything from the scratch, build up theories as well as conduct experiments in order to obtain understanding about it... There are also a lot of questions I will be asking myself during this research. The questions that I need answers for in order to progress.>>
<<And as I would progress further, so would do the research, as a brand new paths would open up, which would show me new possibilities.>>
<<However for now, I’ve just focuses on the simple area and goal.>>
<<Empowering the earth golems.>>
<<Each of my researches are aimed at that.>>
<<And this was a good call.>>
<<I’ve already have a good amount of experience when it comes to both using and handling earth element.>>
<<And I’ve already made the extremely simple earth elemental item skill as well as ability... So, I have some proper base for it all.>>
<<But obviously all of it would take time.>>
<<And oh boy, it did.>>
<<Even when working for 24 hours a day, there was often no progress whatsoever.>>
<<And even when I did made a progress, I ended up straight up creating multiple new routes I can take.... Which I also didn’t knew which one I should take.>>
<<There was also the thing regarding the cores... Sometimes I needed to change materials, while all together create a brand-new core from the scratch.>>
<<...But honestly? This isn’t the first time it happened.>>
<<I mean, each time I’ve experiment, I did experienced hardship and all sorts of problems.>>
<<Or sometimes I just all together couldn’t make any form of progress for noticeable amount of time.... But then again, what other research I did before didn’t had same form of struggle?>>
<<I know that there is also a war right outside, but at this point I’ve decided to completely ignore its existence in order to pay full attention to the project.>>
<<And it was worth it.>>
<<Since I’ve finally created this new golem.>>
<<This guy is pretty much a standard model golem made out of earth.>>
<<However, his offensive and defensive power has reached such point where it did obtained ability to "KILL" people.>>
<<And he is just dirt and stones!>>
<<But he can go further.>>
<<I did needed to then only focus on my item skills and even improve my art of crafting in order to advance, but from what I could after doing so many experiments? I can tell that it is just around the corner!>>
<<And it just matters of time before I reach it.>>
[Meanwhile: Elven kingdom – capital city.]
"HOW DOES THAT MAKE BLOODY SENSE!?" – shouted elven king as he slammed his fist against the table.
"MONTHS!"
"NOT FUCKING DAYS OR WEEKS! BUT MONTHS!"
"HOW!?"
"They are already one foot in the grave! So how are they keep going!?"
"..."
"We had already destroyed few of their cities and our forces have started slowly dominating the fight..." – said general Vorj W’wawor through the orb like object that carried over the man voice.
"Oh, how can I fucking trust the words you are speaking right now!? Last month you told us you are at the brink of victory, but here we are! Another fucking month!" – shouted pissed off king as the elven nobles cowered, trying to not make an eye contact with the furious ruler.
"But sir! This time is different!" – said the general through the magical sphere.
"The Garmfon are no longer able to hold their position!"
"Not only that, we started winning direct confrontation them much more often now!"
"It seems Garmfon have truly exhausted all of their cards they had!"
"This is true sir.... The beastmen assault around the broader started weakening and right now we are no longer even receiving any form of assaults." – said elderly nobleman.
"From what we can see, the Garmfon kingdom is truly running out of options."
"It is true!" – said panicking general.
"..."
"Then better fucking do it." – said annoyed king.
"And stop slacking off."
"Y-yes sir!" – replied the general as the call then ended.
"..."
*Sigh*
(He is really mad.) – thought general Vorj W’wawor as he sat down on the safe.
(I’ve promised him twice that I would beat them in ’this month’, only for me to twice fail at keeping my word.)
(If I fail at beasting this kingdom in this month, it will look extremely badly for me!)
(But how was I supposed to expect these savages to be still able to fight?!)
(This should had been an easy victory!)
"..."
(Not only that, I cannot exactly tell that we were spied on the entire time.)
(We did increased our security and this somewhat did the job.... But somewhat the Garmfon kingdom was still able to lay trap for us!)
(How?!)
(I’ve even dealt with any of the traitors that we had! I’ve personally murdered their asses! But instead of being thanked for dealing with the traitors, they are accusing me of "slacking off"?!)
(But still, how are these bastards predicting our movement!? We had dealt with spies and traitors! So, there shouldn’t be anything else here!)
(SO WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?)
(Hell! The only reason why I didn’t reported the fact that they were spying on us was because I would be the one held responsible for it all!)
(It is just better to say they overpowered us than admit that I was outsmarted by these bastards.)
(If I want to keep my position, I can’t let anybody know about this slip up.... Or those hyenas will try to take away my position from me.)
"...."
"But it doesn’t really matter at this point."
(No matter how they are getting information about us, it doesn’t matter anymore.)
(Since these bastards had finally hit their upper limit.)
(It was quiet easy to tell.... The soldiers of the Garmfon kingdom no longer have any strength to spare!)
(They tried acting tough, but their bodies finally hit their limit!)
(And now? Not only they are no longer able to put up a proper fight, but their frontlines are collapsing without causing us any real problems anymore!)
(Hell! This castle and the city which should had been some form of a challenge, were instead easily taken over by us! That fucking bear even needed to run with the tail between his legs in order to not get hunted won like the rest of his men!)
(And once they do.)
(The Garmfon kingdom will fall.)
...
...
It was just as the man described.
Currently, the kingdom of Mowiorano was the one winning the war.
Garmfon kingdom may have more experience when it comes down to the war and better trained soldiers.... But their exhaustion that was tormenting them for so long?
Well, it never went away and as the war continued, the exhaustion would just pile one.
And right now, the Garmfon kingdom military forced reached the breaking point where they could no longer fight properly without taking a single moment of break.... And that was when the elves struck.
At their worst, the Garmfon kingdom was attacked by the elves and this did not end well for them.
The elves destroyed the frontline forces of the Garmfon kingdom, finally forcing the frontline between two kingdoms to start moving towards Garmfon kingdom.
The forces of the Garmfon kingdom tried keeping the frontline intact in order to stop the elves from pushing forward... But again, exhaustion.
As of this very moment, the elven army has once again clashed with the forces of the Garmfon kingdom.... And conclusion was quiet expected at this point.
Garmfon kingdom’s army suffered a massive lose.
The frontlines were now completely shattered, allowing the elves to start not only pushing right into the Garmfon kingdom, but also start taking over the large portions of the land which originally belonged to the Garmfon kingdom.
And like that?
The Garmfon kingdom which just had recovered their freedom was now facing a threat of destruction.
If the Garmfon kingdom don’t turn the situation around... Then this ’destruction’ may soon become the reality.
