Chapter 1247
Anyway, the main force at Hidden Mountain Monastery are swordmasters—they barely care about alchemy. The weapons they use have nothing to do with alchemists; they're all forged by blacksmiths, and none require enchantments. Their Undying Aura naturally clashes with elemental power, so pure weapons suit them best.
Raymond led the way ahead, retracing the route they'd taken to get here. Any alchemical golem they encountered was instantly torn apart by Raymond and reduced to scrap metal—watching this, Leon's mouth twitched, but he said nothing. After all, they'd already gathered more than enough materials this time.
The mana reactors and combat systems they'd collected earlier were more than enough. These things contained plenty of secrets to study, and once they'd cracked them, making new ones wouldn't be difficult. No need to waste effort gathering more.
Ever since Leon discovered that this place might be connected to the alchemical golem base in the Furyflame Plane, he’d lost interest in these ordinary golems. There had to be deeper secrets hidden here—the golem technology was probably just a sideshow.
When Raymond violently tore open another alchemical array, they finally ran into a real blockade of golems.
Up ahead, according to the map, was the area where the final alchemical golems were assembled. Leon had already guessed there might be some golems still active here—after all, in the zones with power cores and combat systems, barely any golems could move.
Each area was just a collection of loose parts, but in the final assembly zone, you could probably find every component needed to build a complete alchemical golem. After all these years, who knows if the golems themselves have managed to create even more golems?
The moment the alchemical barrier was torn open, Leon instantly knew the answer...
At least a hundred alchemical golems of every shape and size stood motionless in front of the building, looking dead. Even at the entrance, two massive golems over four meters tall loomed.
The instant the alchemical array’s protection was breached, the two giant golems at the building’s entrance lit up—scarlet crystal eyes blazing. The unique aura of Sky Rank Alchemical Golems flooded out, and those flickering eyes even rotated, shining with unmistakable intelligence. These were both awakened, sentient Sky Rank Alchemical Golems.
Seeing so many golems, Raymond was stunned. Only now did it hit him—wasn’t there an alchemist nearby? Why brute-force everything? He’d already fought these golems before and knew how tough they were. Suddenly facing a hundred, plus two Sky Rank ones, even Raymond started sweating.
“Archmage Leon, be careful—these alchemical golems are seriously weird. The more of them there are, the stronger they get. Their teamwork is terrifying...”
Raymond hadn’t even finished speaking before Leon had already charged ahead. When he was thirty or forty meters away, Leon spat out a string of runic symbols, conjuring a cluster of Mage’s Hands radiating thick waves of mana. It didn’t look like some low-level support spell at all—the magic surging from it was more like an eighth-tier spell...
The Level-39 alchemical golems weren’t nearly as quick to awaken as the two Sky Rank ones. Only after those two woke up did they start rousing the rest.
No way Leon was letting that chance slip by. For at least three seconds, those Level-39 golems were basically defenseless, just waiting to be dismantled.
Dozens of Mage’s Hands, charged with massive amounts of mana, shot forward, targeting special energy nodes on the golems’ bodies. The moment the magic flooded in, each hand blurred into afterimages, racing across their surfaces.
In an instant, more than forty Level-39 alchemical golems suddenly exploded—like their bodies had just turned into piles of parts. Every piece was perfectly intact, though some were rusty, and it was as if each tiny part had suddenly become a magnet, repelling everything else around it.
The explosion was eerily silent, but the effect was shockingly dramatic—a heap of parts clattered to the ground, ringing out with a chorus of metallic clangs.
Behind Leon, Raymond—still gripping his black sword—was utterly dumbfounded, mouth agape as he stared at the forty-plus golems instantly reduced to spare parts. It felt like his entire worldview had just been upended...
My god, demons above, what am I even seeing? A bunch of Mage's Hands just ripped those powerful alchemical golems apart in seconds, reducing them to nothing but spare parts. What the hell is going on? Why did those alchemical golems suddenly explode into pieces?
Damn it, the Abbot was absolutely right. Even if we hide from the world, we have to go out and see what's happening outside from time to time, or we'll be abandoned by history. To preserve the Hidden Mountain Monastery's legacy, real strength is our only guarantee.
Alchemists out there have grown this strong? Terrifying. Forty of those bizarre alchemical golems would take everything I’ve got to handle, but this Merlin—who’s from some remote corner of Andalusia Kingdom—can dismantle forty in a heartbeat!
It’s horrifying. Just how well does he understand these alchemical golems? I vaguely recall our monastery’s alchemists joking about this being a terrifying skill. That guy must be an insanely powerful puppet alchemist.
If he could make thousands of these alchemical golems...
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Just thinking about it made Raymond shudder. His mind was flooded with visions of those alchemical golems swarming him, a thousand blades slicing him to bits.
Then the scene shifted—now it was countless blinding rays, vaporizing him in seconds, leaving only the Sword of Life’s Requiem to clatter to the ground...
Mages out there are getting scarier by the day. No, when I get back, I have to report to the Abbot. The mages conquering other planes have left us in the dust. If we don’t change, in a few centuries, we’ll be nothing but relics...
The Abbot said a new era is about to begin, and we must start reaching out to the outside world. Turns out he was spot on—no, reality is moving even faster than he predicted...
Honestly, even the Abbot wouldn’t believe a Ninth-Rank Title Archmage could have the power to kill me. This world is absolutely insane...
Raymond stared blankly, his face a tangle of emotions as he watched Leon’s retreating figure. His mind was a complete mess...
As for Leon, dismantling more than forty golems in one go was already pushing the limits. Instantly breaking down alchemical golems takes more than technical know-how and a meticulous understanding of every last rivet—it demands a massive amount of mana. The stronger the golem, the more mana it eats up.
Draining all his mana in one breath, he could only take apart forty or so...
But in a single second, Leon’s mana had fully recovered. Too bad—by then, the chance was gone. The remaining forty-plus alchemical golems had awakened, and the two Sky Rank golems struck at once.
One of the golems looked like a living blade, but instead of having the blade fused to its arm, it actually gripped it in its hand. That meant its attacks could be even more unpredictable. The blade itself was loaded with enhancement spells—Sharpness, Haste, Nullstone, Fortify...
The alchemical golem’s crimson crystal eyes flickered, and its body vanished from sight. In an instant, it appeared before Leon—two blades, each over two meters long, crossed and slashed at him. And as they swung, Leon saw every enhancement spell on the sword activate, even the Nullstone spell triggered instantly.
The golem’s body was also reinforced with Might, Haste, Hardened Shell, and Resistance Break—all activating at once. On its forehead, a Rule Rune flashed into existence.
That was the special ability it gained after advancing to Sky Rank. Each alchemical golem gets a different power, and it’s nearly impossible to predict what it’ll be until it’s unleashed.
Leon threw up both a Rule Rune Shield and a Four Elemental Shield. Mana surged around him, propelling his body as he flashed left and right, finally reappearing more than ten meters away.