Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Level 1 Summon Helper Spell Puppet Factory, the low rumbling sound echoed endlessly. The giant Magic Energy Crystal forging furnace hummed and trembled intensely, emitting a fierce orange-red glow from the cracks of its tightly sealed lid. The whole factory was filled with a scorching atmosphere, the intense heat would be unbearable even for a Knight Apprentice. Sunan, however, seemed oblivious as he stood calmly in front of the workbench. On the spacious workbench was placed a finished Steel Golem shell. The surface of the pitch-black metal body was covered with densely packed Enchanted Patterns. As Sunan placed the Soul Crystal into the groove on the golem’s chest, the silvery sheen quickly spread along the Enchanted Patterns, flowing throughout the entire body like streaming light. In the next second, the Steel Golem suddenly sat up, jumped off the workbench, and landed on the ground with a thud, standing upright before Sunan. Examining the majestic body of the Steel Golem, Sunan nodded in satisfaction. "A Steel Golem made with Black Stone Iron is indeed stronger than ordinary steel by a margin." "Even facing Hodge, this Steel Golem is enough to win." A qualified Steel Golem, apart from being indestructible and immensely powerful, also possesses dark vision, immunity to all mind-affecting effects, immunity to poison, sleep, paralysis, confusion, suffocation, and other effects, unafraid of pain, unafraid of death. Furthermore, it has high resistance to most elemental damage and its additional effects. Such as fire’s scorch, lightning’s paralysis, dark curse, shadow’s erosion, etc. Definitely worthy of being called a battle beast! Even within the Wizard Tower of an Official Wizard, a Steel Golem can be ranked in the mid-to-high tier guard sequence. For Sunan’s current base that has just scaled up, it more than suffices as the ultimate guard sequence. As for higher-tier golems, besides lacking suitable Soul Crystals, his current Puppet Refining level is also insufficient. "Steel Golems are indeed excellent guards, it’s just that the key manufacturing materials are hard to find." Besides the metal materials for the body, the Steel Golem also requires Silver, Gold, Crystal, and other materials for Enchanted Rune drawing. In the final calculation, the total cost approaches eight hundred Gold Coins. This is even without calculating the value of the Soul Crystal. If the Soul Crystal is accounted for, the cost of a Steel Golem definitely exceeds one thousand Gold Coins. "Right now, I don’t have a second Soul Crystal in hand, it’s impossible to refine another Steel Golem in the short term." "Or perhaps I could try using Gemstone as the Soul Core to refine a low-performance castrated version of the Steel Golem, before synthesizing?" Sunan was struck with inspiration. If this works, then even without a Soul Crystal, a Steel Golem can be refined. Though, doing so would consume a significant amount of Black Stone Iron. "Or use a Gemstone-made Soul Core for synthesis, see if it can replace the Soul Crystal?" "Regardless, it’s worth a try, first arrange it into the schedule list." Sunan casually added the plan to the schedule list. The list contained his daily planned arrangements. Meditation, potion making, Black Rock Leopard and golem refining, Magic Plant cultivation, blood replacement for Hidden Dragon, Demonized Weapon manufacturing... every day was packed to the brim. Luckily, Wizards can substitute rest with Meditation, not requiring sleep, otherwise he truly wouldn’t manage. "Fortunately, the three little guys have learned almost everything, I’ll arrange for them to move into the base in a few days. Then, simple tasks like Magic Plant cultivation and Silver Moon Flower extraction can be handed over, freeing up my time for creating magical items." Due to being overly busy, the plan to create Micro-Light Level magical items has yet to be put on the schedule. "Speaking of which, the materials commissioned from the Fire Fox Chamber of Commerce should be arriving soon." It’s worth mentioning that the schedule list doesn’t contain spell learning because, in the past half year, Sunan has mastered all the Tier One Magic he can learn. Including Magic Disguise, Seven-Color Spirit Light, Feather Fall Skill, Tier 1 Monster Summoning Skill, Silent Illusion, and Comprehend Languages. So far, he has mastered a total of twelve Tier One Magic. For a Wizard Apprentice who advanced less than two years ago, this number of spells is astonishing. However, after this, Sunan has no more Tier One Magic available. Though the Fire Fox Chamber of Commerce has been gathering various books for him according to his commission. But among them, Magic Books are few and rare, and those occasionally found are mostly Tier Zero Magic. The Tier One Magic Sunan currently holds, more than half were left from Amy Master’s Magic Books. "Indeed, building a fortune still relies on wizard inheritance." Sunan thought of the Starlight Continent’s Tower of Stars, one of the three great Wizard inheritances. Who knows where the Tower of Stars is ultimately located. "Speaking of which, both the Tower of Stars and the Starlight Principality have ’Starlight’ in their names, could there be a connection between the two?" After a momentary fruitless contemplation, Sunan shook his head and stopped dwelling, instead pondering another matter. "The base is too big, even with three apprentices joining, many places still lack manpower. More help needs to be recruited." Sunan had long considered a solution for this issue. And it just so happens to be related to the two recently mastered Tier One Magic. Which are Tier 1 Monster Summoning Skill and Comprehend Languages. Tier 1 Monster Summoning Skill is also known as ’Tier 1 Helper Summoning Skill’ among wizards. Many wizards use this spell to summon some Otherworldly Creatures to assist in experiments or help manage their bases. After all, compared to spending a vast amount of time and effort training apprentices, summoning Otherworldly Creatures is undoubtedly faster and more convenient. However, this method was not without its difficulties. Firstly, the target of Tier 1 Monster Summoning Skill is uncertain. There are countless kinds of Otherworldly Creatures, and over ninety-nine percent cannot meet a wizard’s requirements. To summon a suitable Otherworldly Creature, trying hundreds or thousands of times is basically necessary and very difficult to succeed. Secondly, there’s the language communication issue. During spell activation, the caster can mentally communicate with the summoned creature through the spell, not facing communication problems. But leaving the Otherworldly Creature behind necessitates resolving communication issues. This problem, however, can be easily solved, as Comprehend Languages is prepared for this purpose. With this spell, communication with Otherworldly Creatures becomes no issue. Moreover, a magical item with persistent Comprehend Languages Spell can be crafted in the future, worn by summoned Otherworldly Creatures, thus removing communication barriers. Lastly, there’s the issue of contracts. To make Otherworldly Creatures into helpers, ensuring they don’t betray is paramount. To speak further, their loyalty. Thus, signing a contract becomes an inevitable choice. Even if not signing slave-like bloodline contracts, at least a cooperative Oath Contract is necessary. Persuading Otherworldly Creatures to sign contracts is a consideration wizards must make. Certainly, if ruthless enough, violence can force Otherworldly Creatures to sign bloodline contracts. Even some wizards have summoned Otherworldly Creatures to use them as experiment subjects, giving Tier 1 Monster Summoning Skill another nickname: Tier 1 Resource Summoning Skill. However, the downside of this practice is obvious; under the influence of summoning laws from other worlds, no Otherworldly Creature would respond to such wizards’ summons in the future. "I still have magic coins, which can summon Otherworldly Creatures, used together with Tier 1 Monster Summoning Skill." "Hope to summon several useful helpers." Sunan added another arrangement on the schedule list.