Chapter 171: Building A City Wall With The Body Of A Golem
[Congratulations, Master, for successfully fusing more than ten manors and more than 500 meteorites of peak gold-tier strength. The damaged silver-tier Blackmoon Castle has been upgraded to a platinum-tier city in the sky.]
[Platinum-tier city in the sky]
[Attributes: eight kilometers in length, five kilometers in width, and three kilometers in height. There are more than 1,000 residences with courtyards. The rest of the rooms include bathrooms, utility rooms, kitchens, and others. There are more than 500 rooms and countless flowerbeds and trees.]
[Effects: air movement (created by a platinum-tier meteorite, thus having the effect of floating and flying), accelerated training (increases training speed by 100%), indestructible (elites below platinum-tier would not be able to cause any damage to the buildings), and domain (suppresses hostile creatures within a 10-kilometer radius of the castle).]
[Additional skill: earth-shattering meteorite cannon (a thick barrel extends from the edge of the sky city and fires a meteorite-like cannonball to attack the enemy to cause an attack comparable to that of a platinum tier elite. However, the city in the sky cannot be moved when the attack is released).]
“Just as I thought, the meteorite came from the sky, and Blackmoon Castle has fused with the meteorite, which had the ability to levitate. It also comes with offensive magic.”
Watson looked up at the sky; he was happy.
If he had only fused with peak gold-tier meteorites, Blackmoon Castle would still not be able to float in the air. Watson needed a way to get the astrologer to engrave flying spells on it. He did say that the Giant Rock Golem Summon was the last spell he would learn that day. It was not a lie. He could ask the astrologer to do it without any spell.
If the astrologer knew what he had planned, he would be so angry that his beard would tremble.
The ma.s.sive mansion in the sky could no longer be described as a simple mansion. It was a small city that stretched for nearly ten kilometers. The city’s foundation was a meteorite base with dark red patterns; it flickered bright and dark alternately. The meteorite was the base of the city in the sky, and the main building was a gorgeous castle made from more than ten manors.
The castle was divided into three levels. The first level was the courtyard, and there were many flower beds and trees. Tall statues and fountains could be seen everywhere, and birds and b.u.t.terflies fluttered around the area. The second level was surrounded by many independent rooms, which could be used for the subordinates, relatives, and friends. The highest level was the main body of the castle, and the towering spire pierced through the clouds.
The entire sky city was solemn—it looked like a giant as it stood in the sky and looked downward with its cold eyes.
“Really? Is that city floating in the sky?” A Blackmoon Castle servant stood beside the tent as she looked at the bare ground in front of her and the ma.s.sive shadow above her head. Her voice trembled.
She had never seen a castle that could fly. She had never even heard of it, let alone seen it. It was truly a wonder.
“After Young Master Watson became the astrologer’s disciple, he could even make buildings fly in the sky! However, I have a question. If that castle flies into the sky, how do those who are not at silver tier go up?” A servant asked; he was shocked, and doubts arose in his heart.
“You want to go up if you are not silver-tier?”
The one who spoke was Martin, the former Mage Guild elder. He had a disdainful look on his face. “What can you do with that bit of strength? Enjoy the scenery?”
He was also looking at the sky but with a glint in his eyes. It was true that he hated Watson because of Audrey, but at the same time, he had to admit that Watson was too outstanding. If only he were the one who had created the city where he could stand and order people around; he could only wonder.
Every man wanted to be a hero. The city that Watson created had fulfilled all of his fantasies.
“The castle has been fused. Now it’s time for the wall.”
Watson had no idea what the others were thinking; he stretched his right hand outward. A World Tree brand spread from his palm, and he used it as a staff.
“The seven stars of the Pleiades that illuminate the east, the giant star that guides the west, the platinum star that runs through the north, the life star that blesses the south, and the stars that s.h.i.+ne with history, please listen to my call and descend at this moment. Earth-elemental platinum-tier spell, descend from the heavens, Giant Lava Golem, activate!”
As he chanted, the clouds in the sky were dyed red. Huge meteorites burned with a terrifying might as they descended and caused the earth to tremble even before they dropped.
The falling meteors twitched in mid-air as they changed their forms. Thick arms grew from the raging flames, and it caused the rocks’ outer sh.e.l.l to turn into fragments and peeled off. Next, there were two huge feet. The Lava Golem’s body twisted 180 degrees—a head with two horns and one eye and a thick and long tail grew out, respectively.
There were hundreds of meteorites, each of which turned into a lava golem. The lava golems were elemental giants. Their appearance was like a magnified demon G.o.d, and their bodies were wrapped in lava. Some people said that the elemental giants were not weaker than dragons during ancient times. However, the elemental giants’ fertility was too low, so there were relatively few of them.
As for the summoning spell that humans used, it was pa.s.sed down from ancient times. Even though it could not allow the elemental giants to transform fully, it was enough to use a part of their power.
For example, hundreds of lava golems had landed on the ground at that moment, and each step left a deep pit with green smoke and black soil. The sound of their footsteps was like gongs and drums that resounded in people’s hearts.
There were thousands of people in the city in the sky, including the Blackmoon Knights, who had transported the meteorites from the broken manors. None of them dared to breathe in front of those lava golems. They could only watch as the hundred-meter-long lava giants walked out in an orderly manner. When they reached a place about ten kilometers away from the city in the sky, they laid on the ground quietly, one by one, closed their eyes and fell into silence.
Like dominoes, the lava golems laid down one after another.
Soon, all the golems disappeared. A circle of high walls that stretched over ten kilometers appeared on the ground in their place. It was similar to the previous Blackmoon Town walls, but they were taller and looked even more majestic. The walls were more than ten meters tall. Boiling lava flowed from above and melted into a red river outside the city wall to form a natural moat.
A sulfur-smelling fountain had penetrated the ground inside the wall, and a few hot springs appeared there.
The astrologer’s body was soaked as he crept out from one of the hot springs; he brushed away the beard on his face. He grumbled gently, “I have fallen into a pit for no apparent reason; such bad luck! Watson may be right; it might not be a good idea to go out today.”
The astrologer calculated for a while, and his attention was attracted by the wall made of lava golems.
“Watson is such a prodigy. Each lava golems is comparable to a platinum-tier elite and can play a significant role on the battlefield. However, he used them as a wall? Furthermore, he improved the summoning spell that I taught him. Every time I taught him a spell, he improved it. It’s simply too unbearable.”
“No, even if it’s not suitable for me to go out today, I still have to leave. My heart can’t take it if I were to stay here.”
Then, the astrologer climbed out of the hot spring and used a fire-elemental spell to dry the water on his body. A magical array appeared by his feet and made him disappear.
The people in Blackmoon Castle were even more shocked than the astrologer.
The Blackmoon Knights looked at the city walls with shocked expressions on their faces. It was no wonder Young Master Watson had only allowed them to collect meteorites for the past two days; he told them not to clean up the broken walls of those ruined manors. It turned out that he had already thought of that.
Even though Blackmoon Town only had one Sky City and a circuit of walls, it was already more magnificent than it had ever been. After all, there was only one person in the entire kingdom who could make a castle fly into the sky and use a platinum-tier spell to summon lava golems to act as walls. Perhaps even the king could not do the same thing.
Thousands of servants widened their eyes and opened their mouths as they felt the temperature around them rise. They subconsciously wiped the sweat on their foreheads—they were both hot and scared.
Blackmoon Town had been destroyed in the battle. They thought that it would take a few months to repair it. They did not expect Watson to fix it in a day. They only needed to add more buildings within the wall. They were proud; the floating city in the sky was like a G.o.d’s residence. The lava at the bottom of the wall was like h.e.l.l.
G.o.ds and demons, heaven and h.e.l.l—they had them all in one place. It was such a spectacle. They believed that everyone would envy them when they told people that they lived there. They feel honored to work for such a powerful young master.
“Let’s rebuild Blackmoon Town. I will summon enough rock golems for you to use. You will need to tame them and use their bodies as the foundation for your manor. You will get ten points for every golem you tame; you will also get the right to choose your living s.p.a.ce. Please work hard to tame more golems, everyone! I shall look forward to your performance.”
Watson raised his hands toward the ground on both sides. One by one, giant rock golems dug through the soil and drilled out from the ground. Their huge bodies were up to 100 meters tall; they made the humans around them look so small.
The rock and lava golems that he summoned were made of magic, after all. They needed him to cast spells to maintain them continuously. He would not be able to handle the transfer of magic every day. At that moment, he was a little exhausted. However, as long as those elemental golems fell into a deep sleep, it would not matter. The sleeping elemental golems would not consume any energy.
He had a very simple idea. In the past, he thought that if he built an adequately formidable city wall, he would be able to defend against external enemies. He had changed his mind. No matter how tough the city wall was, it was still lifeless. Those elemental golems were alive. The next time someone wanted to invade them, he would let the Blackmoon Knights awaken the golems to fight against the enemy together.
If someone tried to destroy their city walls, they would awaken the sleeping golems instead. Perhaps they could ask those invaders how they would feel about it. Would they be scared out of their wits? Watson smiled as he thought about that.