104 Chapter 101






 Introduce the children to the inn.
 There were any number of rooms left over, so I let the children freely choose their own rooms.

 As I looked at them in the corridor, I noticed that they were fighting for a room here and there, and Camilla's cheeks relaxed.

''........Like a god.''
'Not really. I can only do it in the capacity I've been given.

 I look at Camilla-san as I answer.
 Camilla looked at the children, her mouth relaxed.

'I'm glad you all seem to be having fun,'
Yes, I'm glad you liked it.
That's right. Lelius. You said you could make a golem too, didn't you? Are you okay with that?
''Oh, I was wondering about that too. Can I go make it?
'Yeah. I'll go watch it with the others when I'm done, too.
I understand.

 I left Camilla, who smiled modestly, and went out of the house.
 ........Now, how will they make the golem?
 I put my magic power into creating the golem.

 And then a letter appeared in front of me.

 Golem!
 muscle strength
 physical strength
 nimble
 magical power

 ...What's this? Even with accessories and such, come to think of it, there were things that enhance these things.

 Now I own those skills as well.......but what is it with the golem?
 I nodded my head and touched the letters.
 Then, it came out to ask me to put my magic power into it.

 ........I see. Let's try it for now.
 As I put the magic power in, the muscle power stopped at 397.

 .........Is this the end of it? Next, I noticed that I was trying to put my magic power in order: strength, agility, magic power.......
 All the other abilities stopped at 1.

 Creating with this...is indeed. Maybe this number is an indication of the golem's ability value.
 The higher the number, the stronger that value is, and the lower the number, the weaker it is....

 I'm going to rebuild it once. ........This time I stop my strength at about 100 and put all my magic power into my physical strength.
 The number stops at 298.

 ........I see.
 I don't know if it's a limit due to my current level of blacksmithing, but it seems that the total number I can assign to the golem is 400.
 And it looks like it needs to be at least 1.

 Let's just try to make them all at 100.
 I was instructed to choose a location for the golem, so I decide on a nearby garden.

 A magic circle appears and the golem appears.
 It's a golem made of rocks about the size of an adult.
 You can see a black shadow on its face, and its two yellow eyes are shining.

''Gogogo.''

 Golem growls. He looked at me.
 He looked like he wanted some sort of order.

"Well I'd like to see what it can do. How about you hit the ground?
"Gogo!

 The golem raises its fist and swings it down.
 The movement would be, well, normal.
 The fist that the golem swung out, gouged out the earth.

 ........it was quite an impact.
 I, who was standing nearby, had my body shaken by the impact.

''Great. Thanks, stand by for now.
"Gogog.

 The golem waited there as he was told.
 ........You can make this just by consuming magic power?

 However, the amount of magic power consumed is moderately high. This one, just like the house, is dangerous in terms of magic power to mass-produce it.

 I'm going to infuse the magic power to start building another one.

 Let's make it 50 or so for a test run, shall we?
 I wanted to find out how much of a difference in ability based on numbers would be.
 This time I'm going to make up a golem 2, which is all 50.

 It's smaller than the one I just made. I think the difference is about the same as an adult and a child.

At worst, I don't care if it gets destroyed.
"Gogog.
"Gogog.

 The golems shake their fists out.
 .........Naturally, Golem 2 collapsed.
 .........As expected, it was impossible.

 As I approached the collapsed Golem 2, it seemed that I could revive it if I put my magic power into it.
 Furthermore, it seems that I can tweak the numbers here as well.
 For now, I set everything to 100 and rebuilt it, and Golem 2's body became one size larger and stood up.

''....I see. Can you use magic?
"Gogo!
"Gogo!

 Both nodded.

'Give it a try, will you? Towards a place where it won't do any damage, you know?
"Gogo!

 The golems pointed their fists at the sky. From there, a mass of white magic power was released.
 ...probably unattributed magic.

 If we strike, we'll sustain some sort of injury.

 I'm gradually learning about the making of a golem.
 Strength, stamina, agility, and magic.
 I think muscle power is for offensive strength, physical strength is for defensive strength, agility is for speed, and magical power is for magical attacks.

 And I can freely assign 400 points to this, right?
 There are human guards in the village now.
 It would be much easier for everyone if the night watch and such were left to these golems.

''........Can you give them skills or something?''
Gogo!

 The golem nodded persistently.
 ........Seriously?
 He tried to grant a skill. With the level up, the skills I've acquired so far have already been released.
 .........If I'm going to make him watch, visual enhancement would be good.
 It's a skill that allows you to see your surroundings from a bird's eye view.
 I'm going to give it to the golem to try it out.

".........What do you think?
Gogo!

 The golem pointed to something as if it were reacting to something.
 ........There were children who were hiding in the house and looking at us.
 

'Wow ... it's a golem!
'Wow...... Lelius, I can even build a golem!

 The children came out of the inn, along with Camilla.
 The golem looked in that direction and moved its head lightly. Maybe he's making a conversation.

 
 That's a very grateful existence.
  That was what I was wondering about.

''Relius, how is it?''
'Camilla. The golems are quite strong and powerful. ........So, I'd like to test them to see if they'll work against the Souishi demons for a bit, is there a place outside the village where I can easily see them?
'I don't know if it's easy to see, but if I walk out there I can probably fight somewhere.
'All right. Well then, I'd like to go try out the golem for a bit, so can I go outside for once?
''Then ... Lelius. I'd like to find out if the other children can use Lelius's sword to defeat the Souishi demons. ........Can you help me with that too for a moment?
Okay. Let's go then.
Yeah. Bard, I'm going outside.

 Camilla called out to me and a young man came over.
 He looked nervous and bowed to me.

'My name is Bard! My divine weapon, I'm seriously incompetent, and I'd be happy if you could lend me your sword, Relius-san!
Yes, of course.

 I make the sword and give it to Mr. Bard.

"...It's a nice sword. It's light and comfortable in the hand. It's as if it were my own divine weapon.
It's like the swords I make seem to be able to adapt to their opponents when I make them with them in mind.
That's ... convenient.

 Bard sheathes his sword and puts it on his hip.
 Then we left the village.