Chapter 280: Chapter 280 – Development - Part 6.
<<The time went by and the production of the golems was finished.>>
<<The promised batch of the golems, alongside the trade golems were finished.>>
<<The soldiers of the empire came and personally took the golems with them after confirming all the details.>>
<<And in turn, I received the promised construction materials.>>
<<So far? There was really no incident or problem.>>
<<I mean, I did expected at least some problems to pop up.... But nothing?>>
<<Huh...>>
<<...>>
<<Still can’t get over this "quiet"....>>
<<But anyway, I will have to stop overthinking about it nonstop.>>
<<As soon as I’ve received the materials, I began the construction.>>
<<And.... Well? The days just went like this.>>
<<I mean.... Just like this.>>
<<...>>
<<Man. It was really weirdly quiet.>>
<<I mean, I was still researching and training with Porai, making improvement to the dungeon as well as golems, while at the same time getting stronger... But still...>>
<<...>>
<<Am I really overthinking it?>>
<<Am I panicking because there was no proper "danger" for long time?>>
<<...>>
<<Yeah... This is the simplest explanation.>>
<<I don’t even need to theorize or complicate things.>>
<<The answer is so simple that I straight up discovered it from get go.>>
<<...>>
<<Still... I think I should keep my guard up no matter what.... It can be relaxed, but it needs to be up no matter what.>>
<<Who knows that can happened?>>
<<....Just in case, I had the dungeon produce few more detection golems in case... I really don’t want anything random and dangerous to happened now of all the times.>>
<<But, even so, everything was peaceful so far.>>
<<...>>
<<But then again, I was proven wrong.>>
<<Invaders.>>
<<They were caught and exterminated by my golems.>>
"They are definitely not from the empire.... Maybe they are the part of the group that tried to sneak in before?" – said Porai as the golems had brough in the remains of the murdered invaders.
"Beastmen.... All of them. Specifically cat beastmen."
"Hey, why didn’t you had your golems bring them in instead of killing them?!"
{"I’ve tried to. But by the looks of things, they weren’t weak enough for golems to capture without doing any harm."}
{"For example this man. It seemed to had been captured by the golems, but he must had bleed out to death while being dragged here."}
"Tch.... This sucks."
"..."
"You need some golems that can specializes in capturing people mate."
"But for now, we need to report it to the empire."
<<These people were without doubt spies.>>
<<And... There is good chance that these people may had come here because of the "reaction".>>
<<They may had seen the trade of golems and materials going on, forcing the spies to make a move.>>
<<However, we had already our trap set for them, the detection golems.>>
<<With them, we were able to capture the spies.>>
<<But how many?>>
<<That is the question.>>
<<How many of spies had went into the territory? Maybe some managed to avoid the detection? Or maybe these ones that my golems had exterminated were just unlucky people?>>
<<There is good chance that they had already obtained some info about me and escaped.... Which is extremely likely.>>
<<...Not only that, a timing.>>
<<It wasn’t that long since the first trade happened.>>
<<And yet they were already on the move?>>
<<There are two possibilities.>>
<<First – These new spies weren’t related to the trade and had this kind of random timing.>>
<<Second – They were nearby on a standby.>>
<<Either of those options are very likely.... But if it the second option, then there is a chance that they have some kind of base... Or "helpers", a traitors of empire.>>
<<...>>
<<I’m scared.>>
<<Still, Porai said that I shouldn’t delay the construction of the military force.>>
<<She said that if I wish to strength the security of the whole territory, I need that army no matter what.>>
<<And she wasn’t wrong.>>
<<Delaying the construction of that military base was the worst possible move.>>
<<So, with that said, I continued the construction.>>
<<While I was at it, I was also making more golems for the empire, in order to trade them for materials.>>
<<Beside that, I also managed to somewhat gotten better at using metal magic.... But still, it will really take long amount of time before I could use it.>>
<<As my classes and skills....>>
<<Well, they are growing, to say the least.>>
<<My of my classes that I have as well as changed to are crafting type classes.>>
<<The ratio of the crafting and battle type classes aren’t really balanced at all... But then again, the better I get at crafting, the stronger army and the stronger body for myself I can create.>>
<<In other worlds, crafting type classes are somewhat pseudo battle type classes for me.>>
<<...>>
<<Still, I will need to obtain pure battle classes.>>
<<And I have 3 targets.>>
<<[Weapon User]. [Advance Earth Mage]. [Metal Mage].>>
<<[Weapon User] is a weapon type-oriented class. However, unlike other specific weapon type classes, like [Swor User] or [Bow User], the [Weapon User] is an all rounder type, a class that boost performance of all the weapons type skills.>>
<<Obviously it does mean that focus on a single weapon type is way less effective, but still, this class is perfect for me, since I not only use my own body as a weapon, but I can also add hidden weapons to it OR have some special weapons stored inside of [Pocket Space].>>
<<The [Martial Artist] was also a choice, which boost the performance of "body" attacks.>>
<<But in my case with my body, the [Weapon User] would be superior option.>>
<<As for magic... I think developing both earth magic and arcane magic will be still crucial.>>
<<Arcane magic is best when it comes to magic related crafting in the first place.>>
<<While earth magic is my best weapon in magic category.>>
<<And the [Metal Mage]? Two reason.>>
<<Metal magic seems like a good extra weapon for me, since my body is already made out of metal.>>
<<But most important, the healing.>>
<<Healing is something I need to acquire at any cost.>>
<<Regular healing magic or potion are not working for this body, so if I wish to survive in terms of recovery, I need to acquire the metal magic no matter what.>>
<<...>>
<<I’ve been also wondered about getting [Space Mage].>>
<<According to what Ariava once told me, the space magic can be used in more than just creating pocket spaces or using it for teleportation.>>
<<That weird distortion of space that I can do? That makes only things look distorted?>>
<<Apparently that thing can be weaponized.>>
<<And few other things.>>
<<...>>
<<I’m still interested in space magic.>>
<<If anything, I’m EXTRTREMLY interested in it.>>
<<...>>
<<Not only that, I need it for my plans.>>
<<In order to create that self-healing energy ability, I would need my golems to carry around special items with [Space Bag] item skill, allowing them to have some extra materials on hand, which they can use to heal up.>>
<<So, I’m trying my space magic regularly in order to make that plan possible.>>
<<And that is pretty much it.>>
<<I didn’t really obtained any special skill that needs a big amount of attention.>>
<<I did obtained few new skills... But they pretty much just were simple powering up skills, nothing more.>>
<<And pretty much? It was once again repeat for the passing days.>>
<<...>>
<<Okay. It was weird.>>
<<I mean... It was already more than half a year since the contract was made.... And yet... Nothing?>>
<<No sabotage.>>
<<No attacks.>>
<<Just... Nothing?>>
<<I mean, we are not counting here the spies.>>
<<But still....>>
<<...Am I really going crazy because how "quiet" it is?>>
<<I’m trying to somewhat calm down... But I can’t.>>
<<Everything was going.... Perfectly for more than half year, nonstop....>>
<<Which is->>
"Dude." – said Porai.
"You had been saying this stuff way too fucking often now."
"I mean, seriously! You need to fucking relax!"
<<Apparently, I’ve had been repeating myself regarding this question over and over again, for already a whole month.>>
<<And apparently this pissed off Porai, since I was asking the same question way too many time, even when she answered me several times, providing each detailed answer, which were different, but at the same time always came to the same end.>>
"You really and I meant REALLY! Need to learn how to fucking just give up on thinking over every single small thing... I mean it. For your own good."
<<She isn’t wrong.>>
<<I’m thinking too much... And I could tell it how my mind was getting tired by these questions.... But still.... I couldn’t get them out.>>
<<Even when it was "quiet", I still asked myself these questions.>>
<<"Enemy attack?">>
<<"What about empire sudden betrayal?">>
<<"A new enemy? Who?">>
<<I’ve asked myself questions nonstop.... Some random, some connected.... But all with no solid answer, since.... Well? Nothing was going on.>>
<<Peace.>>
<<All this time?>>
<<Peace.>>
<<No chaos.>>
<<No disturbance.>>
<<Just a solid flow.>>
<<My personal growth continued completely unbothered.>>
<<And as the days would go back, the military base has been finished.>>
<<The.... First part of the second phase was completed without any problem?>>
<<....>>
<<Huh....>>
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