I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 186 186. Magical Alloy, Cheerful Golem
The apprentices were completely unaware of Croix's dilemma.

They were busy shaping clumps of white mud, gradually building a white factory building from scratch.

I don’t know if it’s because they come from poor families, but they all have to go upstairs to repair the roof and walls.

Anyway, I am very skilled at doing it.

These white slimes are basically the same as the larger sizes of play dough.

Apprentices only need to spread it on the ground, then build it up step by step, and then use magic to shape it, and it will become stable and solid.

The most hardworking apprentice is... Jamie.

"This way!"

The apprentice, no, Jamie, who was already a first-level wizard, climbed to the top floor and while building, he shouted to his companions to bring up more materials.

The blueprint that Cloya gave him was as clear as a 3D model in his mind, every pillar, every beam...

It's really like playing with building blocks, he can always put each piece of material in the most suitable place.

With his hard work, the factory was naturally built quite quickly.

He felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment as he watched the tall building gradually take shape under the hands of himself and his partners.

This fulfilling joy made him work harder.

He carried baskets of white slime to a higher level. Magic power gathered at his fingertips, and strands of blue light wrapped around the white slime.

Floor, walls, ceiling...

He quickly became immersed in it, his movements becoming more and more skillful, and he didn't even notice that his body was messed up by the white mud.

He just looked like a worker who had been plastering on a construction site all day, and he didn't have the noble and reserved demeanor of a mage at all.

The other apprentices did not stop their work, but relaxed a little and started chatting:

"Brother Jamie really works hard."

"Brother Jamie builds the best house among us."

"Didn't the Master Mage say that he was going to let him design the underwater town?"

Although Jamie was the first apprentice accepted by Cloa, to be honest, his talent in magic... can only be described as average.

This was something that all the apprentices knew, but no one would laugh at him for it, because magic wasn't just about climbing up the ladder.

Kloya had told them more than once that if they had any interests or hobbies in potions, magic circles or other magical subjects, they must tell him as soon as possible.

The strength of a territory is determined by its combat effectiveness, but it is not the only factor. He does not want his apprentices to become violent spellcasters who only know how to fight.

……

Time passed by minute by minute.

An oval-shaped factory was finally completed.

Jamie and his apprentices excitedly reported to Croa: "We're done, sir!"

"Ah."

Cloya came back to his senses from the seaweed sofa formed by the fluorescent algae of the thirsty sea, shook his head and drove away the sleepiness.

He stood up, looked at the oval building not far away, which was twenty meters high and covered an area of ​​about one acre, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Well done."

"Each person will be rewarded with ten gold coins and three magic crystal flowers."

"Jamie, I'll give you an extra book about architecture. Please study it carefully."

"Thank you, sir!"

The apprentices saluted in unison.

"Get up and follow me."

After giving the reward, he ordered the Kabamon to be brought along and walked into the newly constructed building.

The style here is actually a very simple factory style. For now, it is at most a prototype of the outer shell. The real golem factory still requires a lot of processing and modification.

He walked straight down the stairs to the basement level, which was the area where he planned to refine ore for the Kabamons.

There is a huge pool here.

It is about five hundred meters wide and three meters deep.

The sea devil iron ore mined during this period of time was already piled up inside. The ores with a slightly bluish appearance piled up in the pool looked quite beautiful.

"All of you go down." Kloya said to the Kabamon, and fifty Kabamon jumped directly into the pool like dumplings.

They walked towards the sea devil iron ore, sniffed left and right, and then began to gnaw on the ore slowly.

"crunch~"

In theory, sea magic iron is actually very hard, but in front of these battle-hardened kabamon, it looks not much harder than blue candy.

The blue teeth filled with etheric magic repeatedly chewed the ore, injecting the magic into it while sending the ore into the stomach.

Now they naturally do not need to excrete the minerals, and their rumination ability can serve as a good substitute for excretion.

They chew and ruminate many times, and hammer the ore many times. By the time they spit out the ore, the originally hard sea magic iron has turned into liquid.

They spit the liquid sea magic iron into a pipe on the side, and the liquid sea magic iron quickly sank.

Upon seeing this, Kloya took out a magic crystal filled with etheric magic and gave it to several apprentices.

"You guys go put these magic crystals into the magic pattern array. You should have memorized the magic pattern, right?"

"Sir, we have memorized it."

After several apprentices answered, they walked to the magic pattern array at the end of the pipe and began to activate the magic array with the magic crystals in their hands.

Wisps of blue light poured out from the ether magic crystal, gradually gathering into a substance similar to water flow, gushing out from the magic pattern array and filling the entire pipe.

They also soaked all the liquid sea magic iron refined by the Kabamon in it, and the latter "gurgled" with bubbles visible to the naked eye.

After the bubbles were driven out by magic, the color of the liquid sea magic iron became purer, changing from the azure blue of the sea to a little clearer, like the color of the sky.

"It's similar to what I thought." Kloya had been observing the changes in the liquid sea magic iron, and instructed the apprentices to slow down or increase the injection of magic power and the intensity of the impact.

This array is actually the magic array version of ore refining magic
The liquid magic power emitted from the magic pattern conversion is used to secondary filter the ore refined by the Kabamons, eliminating foreign magic power in the process.

This was Cloya's first time to perform a field operation, and he was not yet very clear about the control of magic output, so he needed to sense and consider it all the time.

Once he finds the most appropriate magic output intensity and records it, he can hand it over to his apprentices.

The clear blue water carried the liquid ore from the big pit where the kabamons were, through pipes to the small pool above.

Kloya came to the front of the small pond, picked up a piece and examined it, raising his eyebrows slightly.

This...it seems that it can no longer be called sea magic iron.

The special magic power belonging to the etheric world has completely permeated the liquid ore. In addition to retaining some basic properties of sea magic iron, it can be said to be another kind of material.

The most important thing is: the magic power of the etheric world remains active, which means... it can also be mixed with other metals.

"Well."

He thought for a while, took out several ores that could be used to make golems, and told his apprentices, "Test them carefully to find out how to combine these ores to make them the strongest and most conductive.

Don’t worry about the material, any material can be used, and if you can make the right metal, I will reward you.”

Now that the magic of the etheric world can blur the original magic of the ore, let's use it as a base to mix multiple ores and create an alloy.

There are many benefits of alloys. Mixing multiple metal elements together will be stronger than a single metal in terms of strength and magical conductivity, and may even produce some wonderful reactions.

The prices of some precious alloys are sky-high, and of course he wants to have his own special alloy.

"Yes!"

Several apprentices who had studied alchemy immediately began research.

They fed the remaining metals to Kabamon, and when these liquid metals appeared, they began to mix them with the basic sea magic iron.

During the mixing process, they are immersed in a pool of ether magic to ensure that these metals will not produce any rejection reactions under the suppression of ether magic.

This is the simplest way to make alloys, but also the most luxurious way to make alloys.

It can be said that this experiment was entirely based on the incredible properties of etheric magic. That was the magic of the etheric world, who could be as extravagant as Cloya to give unlimited amounts to apprentices?

There is no shortage of resources nowadays, and what he cares about is being able to use the resources to create visible benefits.

He is looking forward to seeing what kind of works the apprentices can produce.

Some things are born out of a flash of inspiration, such as the mixing proportions, techniques, and a little bit of luck.

……

Soon, alloys of various colors were brought to Kroya.

These alloys are extremely colorful, as the apprentices not only experimented with various minerals, but also added different magical materials.

The most outrageous one even cut his wrist and dripped blood into the liquid metal.

"..."

Cloya inspected them one by one, testing their hardness, magic conductivity, and corrosion resistance.

After testing them one by one, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Sure enough, this material made from the magic of the etheric world had a different magical quality. Although most of it was useless waste, as long as there was a small part of it that could be used, he would be very satisfied.

For example, this alloy made of sea magic iron, ultra steel and star crystal iron has a cold and hard steel texture, and there are some starlight twinkling on the surface.

Although it lacks the properties of astral crystal iron and its magic conductivity is terrible, even Kloya's magic power has difficulty flowing through it, but the fact that it is strong enough is a good feature.

Even hitting it with a heavy hammer will not cause it to deform.

Then it can be used to make armor and weapons for knight apprentices. Due to its extremely poor magic conductivity, it can even be used as a material to isolate magic power.

There is also a kind of metal made of aquamarine fragments, Canglang crocodile's blood, sea magic iron and sea silver, which has extremely good magic conductivity.

After Cloya tried to input magic power, the magic power slid over like a greased slide, and there was no loss in the process.

It's very good material.

Others have various colors, good stretchability, and even very fragrant smells...

Croa ordered the apprentices who made them to hand in the recipes and name them as Hanjiao Alloy No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3.

As for the alloy he finally chose to make the golem, it was beyond the expectations of all the apprentices.

He took the inconspicuous gray alloy from a short apprentice who was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old and announced:

"I named it Reef Golem Alloy."

"From now on, this alloy will be used mainly to make golems."

Everyone was confused, and the apprentice named Matt was even more bewildered. He never expected that he would be chosen.

Because this alloy is the least impressive among all alloys, its magic conductivity, strength, and ductility are completely inferior to other alloys.

In comparison, it is simply mediocre.

But some people immediately thought of the reason why Croa made such a choice.

Cloya glanced around and said to Jamie, "You look like you figured out why I chose this alloy. Tell me about it."

Jamie nodded and said openly, "I guess it's because this alloy has the most comprehensive properties. The other alloys are too extreme."

"That's right." Croa praised, "It is for this reason that you must remember that the golems we are making now are the most basic golems.

This kind of golem does not require any special characteristics, but it must be stable and simple. In the world of magic, simplicity means stability."

He glanced at the apprentices again and said, "Of course, it doesn't mean that the alloy you made is useless. It can also be useful if used to make other things.

Since they are already extreme, you should think about how to make them more extreme.”

The apprentices were not fools. They all understood what Cloya meant and nodded thoughtfully.

After educating his apprentices, he ordered them to start making this Hanjiao Golem alloy. After making enough for a golem, he took his apprentices upstairs.

At this time on the first floor, the earthworms had already moved over a number of long workbenches, a total of six.

The apprentices stood in front of the workbench one by one, and in front of each of them was a piece of Reef Golem Alloy and a blueprint.

Above are the independent parts drawings.

Kloya carefully divided the golem's limbs, body and head into six parts, and assembled them after they had made these individual parts.

"Just start making it. If anyone feels it's a bit strenuous, just say so and quit."

At Cloya's command, the apprentices began to make parts enthusiastically. During the process, he patrolled and pointed out what the apprentices did wrong.

……

Five hours later, the first batch of parts was ready.

Please note that here fifty apprentices worked together to produce only six usable parts. The success rate is actually very low.

There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, they had not received any systematic courses on magic pattern making and they just memorized it by rote.

Croa was able to turn them into workers who could skillfully make golem parts in just five hours, but he could not let them learn the knowledge contained in the golem's magic patterns.

This is a task that will take him a lot of time to complete.

He took the parts to the second floor and found a few apprentices who were interested in the golem to watch how he assembled it.

In order to let them see clearly how he made it, he slowed down his movements, the magic pattern connections between parts, and the drawing of the core magic pattern circuit...

The apprentices all cherished the opportunity to watch Croa making the golem, and each of them was very careful and serious.

He slowly pieced the body of the golem together. Although the golem sold by the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce was in human form, it was just a human form.

Looks more like moving armor.

It seems that they also know that the more something is not human, the more it resembles a human, the more terrifying it is. If it is real to a certain extent, it is fine, but the problem is that if it is too real, it will greatly increase the cost of the golem.

"Do you all understand?"

Cloya disassembled and reassembled it three times before he finally assembled it completely.

"Sir, the magic pattern here..."

"Its limbs ..."

"What did you inlay?"

Several apprentices asked the questions they had accumulated one by one, and Cloya gave them answers and guidance one by one.

After they all had no problems, Croix placed the core diamond raspberry into the core at the heart of the golem.

Then the magic power was infused in.

It immediately stretched its limbs and stood up, jumped off the spliced ​​platform very nimbly, and then ran happily in the empty second floor.

There is absolutely no dull and stiff feeling like the golem that has just been made.

Several apprentices stared at each other with wide eyes.

The corners of Cloya's mouth couldn't help but twitch. Although he had expected that there might be some changes after installing the raspberry, he didn't expect it to be so excited.

But it is understandable. It must be very happy that it suddenly turned from a raspberry into a golem that can run and jump.

So Cloya just let it run wild over there, and after a while, he waved his hand and said, "Come here!"

The golem immediately ran over. Although it had no eyes, one could sense the admiration it had for Croix.

"Try to carry these materials."

Kloya pointed to the ore piled nearby, and the golem immediately started to move it, easily carrying a basket.

Then came the second basket, the third basket, the fourth basket...

Each basket of these ores weighed a standard 100 kilograms, and it was not until the tenth basket was moved that it finally began to feel unable to hold on.

This means that its maximum weight is one thousand kilograms, or one ton.

It's pretty good, after all, it's just the basic version of the Power Golem.

The next step is to continue producing more golems.

Take advantage of this time to develop well.

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(End of this chapter)