I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

Chapter 111 Mage Tower

When Fina saw Murphy looking over, she smiled and explained, "I heard that Mr. Murphy was collecting mountain cores recently, so I was wondering if you might be interested in different kinds of mountain cores."

This is the core of the Magic Crystal Mountain Range. I don't know if it will be of any use to you, but I thought I'd give it to you anyway.

Magic Crystal, as the name suggests, needs no further explanation.

However, in Murphy's memory, the formation of this thing was not simple.

It's not that a high concentration of magic power guarantees its occurrence; extremely strong external pressure and a nearby terrain with strong resistance to magic power are also required.

Counterintuitively, the area around the anti-magic stone is where magic crystals appear the most.

However, generally speaking, the scale of a magic crystal vein that can form a mountain core must be ridiculously large, and there must be a great many similar anti-magic stones around it.

There must be many beings with strong resistance to magic, so why can't the core of a mountain range be such a powerful object?

Therefore, the appearance of the Magic Crystal Mountain Core is definitely an extremely special case.

If I had to say, this thing might not be useful, but it's definitely rare.

Murphy took the mountain kernel, nodded thoughtfully, and then asked a question with some curiosity.

"Didn't you find the Magic Stone Golem?"

After hesitating for a moment, Fina decided to tell the truth.

"Hmm—yes, you may not have seen a magic stone golem. These golems are generally quite small. Even the high-level golems are only about the size of a human head, and the low-level ones are only the size of a fist."

She paused for a moment before speaking with a slight smile.

"It's tiny, and because of the magic crystal, it looks crystal clear and quite cute. So, generally speaking, many nobles, especially noble ladies, keep it as a pet at home."

After Fina finished speaking, she stole a glance at Murphy to observe his attitude.

After all, it's not really a good thing for someone of the same kind to be treated like a pet.

Murphy pondered for a moment, but didn't say much.

The Stone Golem race itself does not have any concept of shame.

Most stone people are dull-witted, spending their days either in a daze or idly wandering around.

They might be arrested, but they wouldn't even realize their situation and would continue doing whatever they wanted.

So as long as it doesn't directly harm the stone golem like the cave spiders do, Murphy isn't really that concerned.

"Oh, at least he's not dead."

Fina breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Murphy's words.

"So, what's the matter?"

Murphy glanced at the two people in front of him again and asked a question directly.

It didn't realize that the two people were rushing here to wait for it just to give it a thank-you gift.

Besides these, there must be other requirements.

Will had Murphy make custom-made heating equipment.

However, the time is not yet ripe, so Murphy is not in a hurry to rush into that kind of work.

Although it now has ideas, such as extracting cursed fuel from river water and then heating it.

This fuel is absolutely cheap, and it's efficient enough.

However, the cold wave was still far off, and Murphy thought that heating would be crucial at that time, so he considered completing it just before the deadline.

We should do as well as possible, and save as much as possible on production costs and fuel consumption.

Of course, there's something even more important: Murphy was actually thinking about whether he could get a bigger one.

If Murphy can take on the dam renovation project.

It wanted to first convert the dam into a giant cursed fuel extraction device, and then see if it could use the kinetic energy of the flood season for something.

It would be best to use the flood season and cursed fuel directly to heat the entire village, so that planting can continue even when facing a cold wave.

Ideally, all nearby river channels that might freeze in the future could be melted, which would also facilitate future transportation.

However, while Fina's idea was somewhat similar to Murphy's, it was also slightly different.

What they have in common is that both are related to architecture.

The difference lies in the fact that one is a measure for people's livelihood, while the other is more focused on high-end needs.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony with Mr. Murphy. Do you know about the Mage Tower?"

Murphy nodded, but then shook his head.

In Murphy's memory, the mage tower should be something from this generation.

In that era, artisans were generally referred to as research institutes or workshops.

Although it is similar to the Mage Tower in essence, if you have to say, the former is more independent and autonomous, and the rules inside are also different.

Research institutes and workshops, on the other hand, have unified standards.

"I know, but I don't understand."

Seeing this, Fina continued to speak.

"Mr. Roy is the male mage who is with us—he has a relative or friend who needs to build a mage tower and wants a skilled craftsman to help him, so he learned about your situation from us—and wants you to help him."

"I don't know much about the Mage Tower, so I'm not very confident."

Murphy neither refused nor agreed, but rather adopted a rather ambiguous attitude.

Fina understood that Murphy's lack of direct rejection meant there was a chance, but he was simply unaware of the specifics and therefore couldn't make a direct judgment.

"Don't worry about that. The mage tower already has a rough framework. It must have been reviewed by you and discussed with that person before it was finalized."

So she immediately spoke up, giving the situation a chance to ease tensions.

Seeing this, Murphy didn't have any intention of refusing. In any case, even if they couldn't reach an agreement in the end, it wouldn't be a loss to see what the mage tower looked like and broaden one's horizons.

However, thinking about this, Murphy suddenly had a question.

"The structure of the mage tower has been seen. Will there be any problems?"

The mage tower isn't a dam. Building a dam requires adapting to local conditions. Even if you copy the design, you still can't build it in a different location.

The Mage Tower is the essence of a mage's learning and enlightenment; how could it be allowed to be seen by others?

"I'm not sure about that. Theoretically, it should have an impact, but that person is a bit overconfident—maybe they think you wouldn't understand—"

Fina's expression was also a bit strange. After pausing for a moment, she finally spoke with a hint of helplessness.

Roy's relative was a true genius, exceptionally gifted in both magic and runic literature.

After thinking for a while, Fina finally decided to give Murphy a heads-up.

"That person is rather arrogant and aloof, but he's not a bad person at heart. Although you might feel uncomfortable around him, he doesn't really have any malicious intent."

Murphy nodded indifferently; wasn't he just as arrogant himself?

Generally speaking, Murphy's arrogance is not outwardly apparent, but rather etched into the cracks of the stone.

"I'll take a look and see."

Fina breathed a sigh of relief; actually, introducing Murphy to others wasn't for nothing.

Roy's family is undeniably wealthy, and that mage is a rising star and pillar of the family. Regardless of his future prospects, his financial future is certainly very promising.

The church also needs money, especially since they just received so many free medical consultations, and the cost of medicines was not a small amount.

The only request they made when donating money was to recommend an excellent craftsman.

Murphy is not only an excellent craftsman, but he also enjoys making things for people.

Why wouldn't Fina do this win-win situation?

Having achieved her goal, Fina smiled, turned around, and left first.

Fina left, but Will stayed.

Murphy glanced at them with some surprise. So these two weren't from the same batch?

"What?! Why are you carrying a wheelchair?"

Murphy's gaze fell on Will, but then suddenly stopped.

Will, who was perfectly normal just moments ago, suddenly found himself with a wheelchair on his back for some unknown reason or at some point.

For some reason, and at some point, a wheelchair suddenly appeared on my back.

Perhaps because he was so shocked by the contents of the small box, Murphy's first reaction upon seeing this was that Will wanted her to turn his wheelchair into a wheelchair girl.

"Uh, this is a bit complicated and might be difficult to explain—"

Will's facial muscles twitched incessantly, and after a moment of hesitation, he got straight to the point.

"This wheelchair seems to be evolving—"

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