Chapter 283: Chapter 283 – Nice working together.
<<Welp... I’m going to say this straight.>> {{Info: Porai is monologuing}}
<<Thauma is already a special being.>>
<<I’ve been working alongside Thauma for months now.... And his growth is... Special per say.>>
<<It is not like he naturally talented in everything he does.... No if anything he sucks in many areas, just like anybody.>>
<<However his determination to improve and change is straight up allowing him to somewhat climb over obstacles.>>
<<He ain’t perfect.... But he is shaping himself nicely.>>
<<Not only that, I first hand now have full understanding of his dungeon.>>
<<His dungeon is a perfect reflection of him.>>
<<Which is somewhat terrifying.>>
<<I honestly don’t doubt... Nah. This isn’t a real dissuasion.>>
<<This guy will become a real monster in the future that people will fear.>>
<<Heck. I even bloody helped him.>>
<<The guns that this guy make are already somewhat deadly. He even started making some golems that can be used in firing squad.>>
<<And there is another fucking part about this thing here.>>
<<The Forged Skills can be given at the golems at birth, with the help of the dungeon core.>>
<<And the same rule apply to his Item Skills.>>
<<He can make special guns equipped with item skills, allowing the guns to somewhat boost their performance.>>
<<However, that is also a problem.>>
<<Since obviously, he is making weapons.>>
<<Rip off the weapons from the golems’ hands and then use these weapons yourself.>>
<<So yeah, that is the problem.>>
<<But there was a simple counter for it.>>
<<Just make so that the weapons are part of golem’s body.>>
<<Thauma is already using that counter himself, by straight up fusing the weapons with the golem’s body, making it much harder for anybody to use, unless they make special modification to these weapons.>>
<<It could somewhat prevent some people form using these golems weapons.... Still, they still have a chance at using these, which is annoying.>>
<<But by the looks of things this isn’t some problem we can easily deal with.>>
<<...Still, the Forged Skills gives him the edge, since they are tied to the "being".>>
<<So they will be never able to rob those from the golems.>>
<<Speaking of the Forged Skills.>>
<<Thanks to Thauma’s teachings, I was finally able learn Forged Skills.>>
<<And this alone opened up a brand new widow for me.... A "ocean of potential".>>
<<The Forged Skills... Fuck me.>>
<<I CREATED MYSELF FEW SKILLS!>>
<<Ability to influence not some specific part of a body, but an entire being!>>
<<Ariava wasn’t wrong.... If Forged Skills become public, it will definitely cause a war to occur.>>
<<We still don’t know a lot about it, we are barely scratching a surface and we still are researching how to make a proper good stuff, instead of just skills that barely have any influence.>>
<<One of the more scarier Forged Skills that I saw so far? It is that restoration skills that Thauma’s earth golems are using to restore themselves.>>
<<I wonder how would it work for living beings? Just absorb any flesh and blood?>>
<<For the vampires, it would be a fucking bullshit.>>
<<Vampires can devour blood in order to boost their own restorative abilities.>>
<<But what if you could make a forged skill that work with that blood draining ability?>>
<<What if you could create a Forged Skill, which could work together with vampire own blood devouring ability to just create a way to instantly heal any and all wounds instantly?>>
<<It would practically make vampires immortal.>>
<<You could make a freaking army of vampires that will not die no matter what, as long as their opponents are made out of flesh and blood... A straight up cheating army.>>
<<The possibilities are.... Overwhelming.>>
<<And this isn’t all.>>
<<Thauma thought of something, which made things just... Well? Way more chaotic.>>
<<Reverse.>>
<<Thauma is using Learned Skills and Item Skills’ knowledge for his Forget Skills’ research.>>
<<But he is also doing it in reversal, using the Forged Skills’ research to boost his Item Skills’ research... And it freaking works, I tested it myself.>>
<<Thauma is... Curios and imaginative.... Honestly, he is good to have around when it comes to research.>>
<<I like that guy... I really do.>>
<<And I see his value, not just the golems and the Forged Skills, but all the other stuff too.>>
<<Honestly, if Ariava didn’t adopted him, I may had done it myself... He is just THAT good.>>
<<And he is still not fully developed! He still have problems, a lot with some more specific basic stuff... But still!>>
<<...Ah, I’m just going to shut up now since I feel like I’m going in circles.>>
<<Simple put, he is good and I like him.>>
<<Anyway, beside learning and improving himself at nice pace, Phantasia already started off setting up the first part of the creation of the city, creating enough golems for both construction and protection of the construction side.... It took some time, but again, there was still no problem... Which was now worrying me.>>
<<I’ve talked with Korwan about this "peace".>>
<<By now we should have some trouble... Sabotage or something.... But according to him, the other nations are really in trouble.>>
<<Simple put, Ariava is making terrorist.>>
<<Like she is manipulating people, turning some people into terrorist, while also using commoners to turn on nobility.>>
<<She also destroyed one of the main mines that were used to produce weapons for the terrorist, by straight up causing monster stampede.>>
<<As I’ve listened more and more.... Wow... I was bit scared to say the least.>>
<<I mean, what she alone?>>
<<Did she really caused ALL of that chaos by herself?>>
<<I’m.... Getting even more scared of her.>>
<<And I’m getting scared of one different thing too!>>
<<According to Ariava, the war still could happen???>>
<<Seriously... I just.... No. No! Just fucking no....Seriously... I really think empire should just conquer these idiots at this point... I get that they want to be peaceful and what not, but what the hell are these idiots are doing is beyond retarded at this point.>>
<<....Maybe that is why they are also so willing to make a deal with Thauma, the empire I mean.>>
<<When the first part of preparations was over, the second part came, securing the materials for the construction of the city.>>
<<And again, the empire didn’t really raised any problems or concerns.>>
<<If anything, they were more then willing to do the deal.>>
<<Maybe they want to really expand their military strength and prepare for the war?>>
<<...>>
<<Then if this is the case, then the chances of somebody not just sabotaging this place, but just straight up attacking it and aiming to destroy it are somewhat high.>>
<<Good thing that Thauma finished this military base in time through... Still, who know what sort of person they could sent?>>
<<...Maybe A rank adventurers?>>
<<I know how dangerous people with A rank adventurers are.... They could really wreck this place... And in directly combat between them and Thauma personally, Thauma wouldn’t stand a chance.>>
<<Honestly, I think it is a good thing that I’m here...>>
<<...>>
<<Still, we need that city.>>
<<Even if we don’t have any main uses for it yet, we can still use it to defend this place, which is something we desperately need.>>
<<Once the first batch of the product golems were made and the materials were received, the construction of the city had begun.>>
<<There were no real major problems when the construction began.... There were only smaller problems with Thauma having to fix some of his construction golems, since he made them somewhat wrong for the job.... But pretty much it was just pure peace.>>
<<Still, with the current construction speed it will really take sometime to finish even making the massive fortress wall that will defend the city.>>
<<However, as the months would go by, everything would still stay peaceful.>>
<<The construction of the city would advance and honestly speaking? It was looking somewhat nice.>>
<<It was nowhere near finished and it really still couldn’t defend itself yet, but again, it was a nice and solid progress....>>
<<...And the empire was still taking the payment in golems.>>
<<Are they really aiming to go to the war?>>
<<This is honestly the only logical explanation on why they are still obtaining these golems.>>
<<...>>
<<Still... I’m not letting my guard down.>>
<<If they are really preparing for the war, then so the other nations must also somewhat be doing their own preparations.>>
<<However, it is obvious what they would try to do before war would even start.>>
<<They would aim to destroy this dungeon.>>
[Current location: Capital city of Warmur – Royal castle.]
"Is this information correct?" – asked the human male who stood over 2 meters tall and was starting out of the window.
"There is no doubt about this sir." – said the hooded man as he was bowing his head.
"The empire has truly allied itself with a dungeon, making them their official ’friends’."
"Not only that, it seems that the dungeon is producing a golems that are being directly transferred over to the empire, boosting their military power."
"..."
"And you are 100% sure about this?" – asked the towering man.
"Yes sir. All of our agents are reporting the same thing... It is not some information either. Our top agents confirmed it too." – replied the hooded man.
"Tch."
"Then I guess we will have to do something about this." – said the towering man as he turned around, revealing his long brown beard and hair, alongside his greenish eyes.
[Noble of Warmur kingdom – Duke Karol Dun]
"I guess we will have to do something about this dungeon... Don’t we?"
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