Science/Magic

0The process of making a golem was more complicated and troublesome than Bloed expected. It was completely different than constructing a robot.     

The next step after carving the parts of the golem was carving the magic circles. This part was pretty easy. With Bloed's knowledge of magic circles plus the help of his eyes and ESP ability, he managed to carve the magic circles perfectly on his first try.     

Toby and Diodora were completely astounded after seeing that. They could not help but look at Bloed as though they were looking at a monster.     

Even though they could do the same, they had years of experience on it, while it was Bloed's first time doing this.     

Regina, on the other hand, smiled proudly, finding their reactions normal.     

It was her master, after all. He was that outstanding.     

The second step was easy for Bloed. But when he reached the third step, Bloed finally met a problem.     

He could not construct the mana pathways.     

He knew the concept, but he did not know how to do it.     

To create the mana pathways, it was necessary to use soul power (psychic energy) to guide mana inside the golem pieces and use it to create several 'veins' through which the mana would travel from the core to the different pieces of the golem.     

The problem, though, was that Bloed did not have mana.     

Bloed sighed silently.     

"Is anything wrong?" Toby asked with a surprised expression. "Could it be that you did not understand something? Should I explain it again?"     

"No, I understand. It's just that…" Bloed smiled wryly.     

It was not as though Bloed could tell him that he could not use mana.     

Furrowing his brows, he thought for a moment before looking at Toby.     

"Why don't you explain the next step first?"     

"Huh? S-Sure."     

Although confused, Toby proceeded to explain the next and last step.     

Installing the mana core.     

"Usually, the mana core is put in the torso of the golem, although technically you can put it anywhere. What is important is that the core is connected to the main magic circle and the mana pathways. Moreover, you must make sure that the mana pathways can transmit the mana to the limbs and the remaining magic circles unobstructed. As long as you can do that, the golem should work."     

Bloed nodded in understanding and fell silent.     

Then, he took a mana core out of his storage ring. It was something he got from one of the D-Rank monsters he had hunted after he left the exiled lands.     

"H-Huh? W-Wait! Y-You must make the mana pathways first! T-That is dangerous!"     

But Bloed ignored the flustered Toby and put the core in the center of the golem.     

Immediately, he used his psychic power to activate the mana inside.     

"Careful!"     

Toby jumped back, expecting an explosion or something like that.     

But to his surprise, nothing happened.     

Startled, Toby looked in Bloed's direction only to open his eyes wide in astonishment.     

Bloed was using the mana inside the core to build the mana pathways!     

That was the answer that Bloed got after thinking for several seconds. If he did not have mana, he only needed to find something that did have it and use the mana inside it to construct the pathways.     

Bloed knew that psychic energy had the ability to handle mana. Unfortunately, his mana talent sucked, but even so, if he focused, he should be able to control a bit of mana.     

Thus, he tried to control the mana inside the core and build the mana pathways with it.     

Something like this was very difficult. He had to be careful that the mana did not lose control as he extracted it from the core. It was much harder than the normal method.     

Fortunately, his attempt was successful.     

However, it was not so easy as Bloed thought.     

Because controlling mana was terribly hard.     

Even with the help of [Enhanced Brain Capacity], his blue eyes, and after using his entire focus, he had the feeling the mana in the core was about to lose control!     

However, Bloed did not give up.     

He was decided to make it work.     

One second, two seconds, three seconds. He continued controlling the mana carefully, using it to open several mana pathways in the wood pieces and connect the pieces and magic circles together.     

Finally, after five long and excruciating minutes, Bloed finished.     

"Huh…" Letting out a long sigh, Bloed stopped urging the mana of the core and released the golem.     

Immediately, mana rushed out of the core to the mana pathways, traveling through the entire body of the golem and activating the magic circles on it.     

One second later, the entire golem lit up with a dim blue glow.     

"It's done…" Bloed said with a soft smile. He had succeeded.     

But then, he realized something strange.     

For some reason, Toby and Diodora were looking at him as though he was a monster.     

Furthermore, Liu Ying, Aya, Sara, and Gina, who had arrived at the workshop and some point in time, were looking at him the same way.     

"… What happened?" Bloed could not help but ask.     

Diodora was the one to answer.     

"How in the hell did you do that?"     

"Huh?"     

"The mana. How did you control it like that?     

"??? Did I do it wrong?"     

"N-No… Quite the opposite, that was amazing! It's my first time seeing someone with such fine control over mana before becoming a demigod. I would have understood if it was your mana, but you used were manipulating external mana… That should be impossible!"     

Bloed was stunned. He looked at Toby, Aya, Sara, and Gina in confusion, but they just looked at him in a daze.     

Diodora frowned and stared at Bloed before looking at the golem. Finally, she let out an amazed sigh.     

"Mr. Bloed, you are the person with the greatest talent for mana I have ever met. How did you do that?"     

'The hell!?'     

Bloed was completely speechless.     

Since when did he awaken his talent for mana?