Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2000

Chapter 2000 Harmony of Dissonance (Part 2)

Unlike common enchanted objects, Golems needed to move around, follow orders, and choose the best spells to use according to the instructions they received.

Fueling even a limited artificial intelligence required a massive amount of energy that no number of crystals could provide during a fight. Golems would lose power as they fought and needed a long time to recharge unless provided with an energy source like an array.

The fourth set of runes prolonged their autonomy in battle and reduced the time they needed to refill their mana reserves.

The fifth and the sixth set would respectively absorb part of the kinetic and magical energy that would hit the Golems during a fight, turning them into a protective energy field.

The seventh and eight set had similar properties but different functions. The former would carry Lith's and Solus' telepathic orders in a form that the Golems could understand while the latter replaced the nervous system.

Even though the Spirit Crystal worked as a brain, it still needed a way to operate the body it was given. Having Lith's strategical cunning and experience was pointless if the Adamant lacked the physical abilities to put them into practice.

The eight set of runes' purpose was to ensure that the Adamant body and the power core would answer the Spirit Crystal's commands with the speed of thought. If done correctly, the Golems would have an unparallel magical and physical prowess.

Not even a violet cored Awakened would be able to match the efficiency of a creature with no need to weave spells and the durability of purified Adamant. The only weak points of regular Golems were their short autonomy and the fact that they blindly followed orders.

No matter how complex their power core of how detailed an order was, a construct's lack of creativity made it predictable while its inability to adapt to the opponent limited their fighting prowess once the surprise effect was lost.

Turning the Spirit Crystal into a memory crystal resolved these issues. By granting the golems part of Lith's mind, the crystal would make their attack patterns unpredictable.

The ninth set would cloak both the power core and the rune formations, making it impossible for any regular Forgemaster to study them. Any good mage knew that they had to protect their secrets before selling their pieces.

In a Golem's case, things were even worse. If during a battle they ran out of power, nothing would stop an enemy from snatching and studying them in the safety of their lab.

Sure, the Golems couldn't be stored inside a dimensional item nor would they lose their imprint, but it would still be a huge loss for Lith.

It was the reason the tenth and last set of runes not only worked as a tracking spell but also constantly provided the tower with the dimensional coordinates of the Golems in real time.

'I wish I could go for some kind of self-destruct mechanism.' Lith pondered. 'Too bad that it would also cost me the Earth Root and all the materials. At least this way I always have a chance to retrieve the Golems and even if they get stolen, they can still recharge over time.'

Once Lith was done weaving the final rune, the entire surface of the Golems was covered in glowing violet glyphs that yet had to merge with the metal structure just a few millimiters below them.

Before finishing the procedure and making it irreversible, Solus used the tower's mana sense along with the Eyes of Menadion to study the interaction between the runes and the mana circulatory system.

She and Lith had found the perfect theoretical position for the ten sets, but there was no telling if they had failed to take something into account. Keeping so many strings active at the same time without letting them seep into the Adamant was a mammoth task, but Lith endured in silence.

Solus took her time, letting the Eyes complete their analysis and then comparing it with her own readings.

'Dammit, we didn't consider the mana pressure exerted by the crystals. Even with the Earth Root channelling their power, they still create small distortion fields for the nearby runes that compromise-'