Re: Evolution Online-Novel

"Did it fail?" Liam clenched his fist and looked at the dust clearing after the explosion, but before that could happen…

THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!

Something huge and heavy sounded, followed by a rumbling metallic sound.

And the next instant, right in front of his eyes, a giant structure started expanding. More importantly, this structure was completely made of orichalcum through and through, with its metallic exterior emitting the signature golden glow.

"Damn." Liam gulped as he watched the big lump of gold in awe. The six spheres of orichalcum that he had painstakingly compressed had expanded and were still continuing to expand.

These six spheres that looked like lumps were also starting to change in nature, little by little. They started separating out whilst still being connected.

Soon, the right two formed something akin to the right arm and right leg. The left two formed the left arm and left leg. The center one formed the torso, and finally, the top one formed the head.

The big growing lump had finally taken the shape of a golem!

And it did not stop there. The structure was still growing and expanding. It was now almost five times the size of Liam. 

More importantly, the individual parts of the golem had now become more pronounced, only the head remaining vague. It was pretty much just a blob just like the torso, whereas the hands and legs had some outlining of fingers and toes.

While Liam was carefully observing this transformation, suddenly, something else caught his eye. 

At first glance, it looked like all the spheres had fused and become parts of the same golem, forming the head, limbs, and torso, but when he looked deeply, this did not seem to be the case.

Though they had fused together, they were also separate at the same time. In each of these limbs, there was a small but distinct swirl of mana that almost looked like a mana core.

When Liam tried to focus more on this swirl of mana, he noticed that the thing was constantly pulling in the mana from the atmosphere. It was at a very small rate, but it was definitely happening.

"So this golem has 6 cores?" Liam mused out loud.

As if answering him, a system notification popped out. At the same time, the golem also stopped expanding.

<Ding. Forging Successful>

<Ding. Low-Grade Orichalcum Golem has been created>

<Ding. Six Cores of the Golem have stabilized>

<Ding. The grade of the Golem has been updated>

<Ding. The purity of the Golem has reached the maximum>

<Ding. The grade of the Golem has been updated>

<Ding. The mana conductivity of the Golem has reached the maximum>

<Ding. The grade of the Golem has been updated>

Liam's gaze followed the long list of notifications, and he finally landed on the one that mattered.

<Ding. Low-Grade Orichalcum Golem has been created>

<Ding. The Golem is now ready for binding>

"Heh." Liam grinned as he tiredly walked over and raised his hand. He then nicked the tip of his finger with his teeth, drawing out a drop of blood.

He then placed this drop of blood onto the right leg of the golem, commanding the thing wholeheartedly. "From now onwards, you obey me."

Immediately, Liam felt a rumbling sound in his mind. His eyes widened as he saw the drop of blood disappear, and a faint connection to the gold giant in front of him appeared in a corner of his mind.

If he paid attention to it, he could feel the huge thing in front of him to some extent. "Go stand over there." He commanded, and the golem immediately responded.

"Pick up the fox." He gave another command, and once again, the golem walked over to Luna and swiftly picked up the little fox, making Luna giggle loudly.

Kyuuu! She happily loosened herself from the grip of the golem and ran all around the giant, inspecting it from all angles as if the whole thing was meant to be her new playmate.

Liam ignored the little fur ball and opened his system interface to check the main thing, the golem's level!

<Ding. Do you wish to name the golem?>

"Golem 1," Liam quickly replied and swiped the screen away.

Right after that, the next screen flashed in front of him, and this had the full details of the golem, including the level of this golem which was a…

"Level 100?"

Liam blinked, unable to believe what he was seeing in front of him. He took a deep breath and looked over the details of the golem carefully from top to bottom.

<Name: Golem 1>

<Description: Six Core Orichalcum Golem created by an inexperienced Grandmaster>

<Level: 100>

<Health: 1000,000>

<Mana: 1000,000>

<Strength: 200>

<Dexterity: 200>

<Agility: 200>

<Auto Skills: Punch, Kick, Toss, Stamp, Mad Rush, Stampede>

<Status: Can be upgraded>

Ha Ha Ha! Liam's grin widened as he studied these unbelievable stats. "This is actually level 100, stronger than me!" He walked over to the giant and patted it proudly.

"How did you learn all these skills, by the way?"

The recipe did not particularly talk about any skills and only mentioned his mental connection and his mana signature. As long as he infused enough of his mana into the golem, he would be able to command it freely.

However, these listed skills were something new.

Also, Liam couldn't help but notice that they were somewhat similar to the skills of the golem he had owned back in the game.

He thought about this some more, and the only possible explanation was something bizarre. While creating this golem, or rather infusing the mana, he had subconsciously thought about the two golems back in the game.

Could that have resulted in these so-called auto skills?

"Well, never mind. This should be easy enough to figure out once I make the next one and the next one and the one after that!" Liam grinned.

And… Growl! Luna roared in excitement.

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