Witcher's Atelier

Dear readers, there are many different opinions about the origin of the golem, but after summarizing various opinions, Jalababa from Banard tells you that the original golem may not have been created by a powerful wizard or elf sage, but by a simple dwarf living in Maribor, a brickmaker named Bonaventilla Sesto.

The fateful moment occurred at the beginning of the last century, when the persecution of non-humans in Maribor was at its peak, and elves and dwarves were accused of bringing deadly infectious diseases into the city.

Although an investigation report pointed out that the culprit was a man named Matteo, who worked as a handyman at the Golden Goose Inn, was responsible for serving meals and cleaning toilets, but he only washed his hands once a month, and he didn't wash them thoroughly.

However, this could not reverse the gradual persecution of non-human races. At first, there were only looting of stores, arson and occasional gang fights, but later the violence intensified and eventually turned into a brutal massacre.

The city guards didn't care and let the mob murder more than 300 dwarves and elves in three days and three nights, including Bonaventilla Sesto's entire family.

The grief-stricken dwarf was determined to take revenge! He chose a thunderstorm night, made a ten-foot-tall humanoid statue out of clay, carved the names of his family members on it, slit his throat while roaring and cursing, and sprayed blood on the statue.

So the original golem was awakened, and it began to walk around the city and crush every human who appeared in front of it.

The dwarf brickmaker exceeded his revenge on the persecutor. The statue he created killed nearly five hundred humans before it was destroyed, including the mayor and all members of the city council. In the end, the soldiers of the city garrison used slingshots to defeat it.

The Mage Council later investigated and found that Bonaventilla actually had a hidden magical talent. Although he had not received any training, his strong emotions before his death awakened the dormant power and created a new spell.

After several modifications and improvements, this spell can now be cast without sacrificing one's life. Golems can be seen guarding laboratories, libraries and palaces all over the continent.

Excerpted from "The Origin of Constructed Organisms" by Jarababa of Ban'ad

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Staring at the huge black shadow in the depths, Yarpan Zigrin exclaimed, "Son of the Goddess of Creation! What does this thing eat to grow up? No...does it need to eat?"

Zoltan. Ziva scratched his temples. "No wonder the miners tried to collapse the tunnel. They actually dug out this kind of thing... Wick, how do we deal with it?"

"This thing is called a golem, a constructed creature created by magic. It cannot be dealt with by numbers. They are extremely powerful and obey orders. They do not need food or water. They are ideal servants or guards. When they perform the latter duties, they can easily crush all enemies of their creators.

To do this, you don't even need to use weapons, because a heavy punch from a golem will shatter even granite. No shield can stop such power, let alone a sword. Whether they are made of rock or steel, their defense is very strong, and once they are provoked to fight, they will never stop until they kill their opponents or are crushed to pieces." The witcher did his duty and introduced the characteristics of the monster in detail.

Angouleme made a face at Victor, "Don't keep saying these useless things. It doesn't look like it's afraid of our weapons. Do you have special sword oil?"

Took out the potion and drank it all, then took out the sword oil and sprinkled it with sigh frost, "There is this 'constructed biological oil' that can increase the lethality, but it's too dangerous to fight it in close combat. Don't be deceived by its size and think it's slow. Its punches are so fast that they're scary. Next is the professional field of the witcher. You go back and prepare a few 'mine explosive packs' first. I'll play with him here alone."

The team member did not refute the leader's instructions. She believed that she could actually participate in the battle, but if she didn't leave, the dwarves would definitely not leave. As Wick said, there is no need to let friends take such risks. Let professionals do professional things.

In the dark mine, Angouleme was seen pulling and dragging, and three dwarves including Zoltan, Yarpan... hurriedly left. Victor, who was left alone, turned to face the huge golem approaching.

He chose to stay and challenge alone not because he was brave but reckless, but because he intended to verify the newly developed combat technology. Besides, even if they can't do it, they can delay time and let the dwarves prepare explosive packs. Their mining explosives are a secret recipe passed down from their ancestors, and they are enough to satisfy their hunger.

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The golem ran closer and it could be seen that it was made of rock. Although the painting style looked more delicate than the "gargoyle", it did not have magical abilities and could not flash and teleport. It only had pure physical attacks.

Referring to the method used by the sorceress Xi'er to block the giant octopus, Victor mobilized his magic power and slapped the ground with his palm, "Yarden!" Bright blue runes took shape, and a circular slow-speed barrier with a radius of five yards was stretched out.

The next second, the statue affected by the seal was obviously slow in movement, and the heavy punch was easily dodged, hitting the ground with a rumble.

Victor's mouth corners rose, the experiment was very successful! The "Yarden Seal" that was directly ignored by the gargoyle last time has an effect on the golem of similar size this time. Next, before the rune disappears, it is just a live target with toes cut off.

The silver sword Tan Shuang slashed at the knees, and each sword took off at least a small piece of gravel, while the golem kept punching and hitting, causing tons of damage to the air.

Next, the witcher turned in circles while adjusting his magic power, preparing for the second test. The monster's roar shook the dust off the top of the tunnel.

Finding an opportunity, he suddenly stepped back a few steps and slapped the ground with his palm, "Yarden. Binding Seal!"

This seal was taught by Geralt when dealing with a giant octopus monster. It was used to fix the octopus tentacles. Victor wanted to try to see if it could completely bind heavy monsters after being improved and amplified.

The three-dimensional rune took shape in a very short time. The next second, the golem hit him with a thump, and Victor rolled away immediately, not being beaten into a meat pie by the heavy punch.

"Crack! Sizzle! Crack!" The effect of the Arden Binding Seal that hit the golem was not as expected. It failed to successfully block its movements and could only make it slow down. And it was tied too tightly, and it was broken free in a few seconds.

Using the Arden Seal to slow down again, Victor took out "Patrice's Magic Potion" and drank it to enhance the power of the seal, then ran away to increase the distance and test the last new seal.

The magic power flowed according to the will, and the bright blue light shone in the palm. Thanks to Ms. Philippa Ehart for her enthusiastic sponsorship.

"Arden. Magic Turret!"

Five fingers spread out and hit the ground, and the dazzling three-dimensional rune slowly took shape, the brightness far exceeded the ordinary Arden Seal or Binding Seal. A few seconds later, a flash of lightning from the bright center directly hit the chest of the golem, leaving a scorching mark, causing the golem that had rushed to the front to shake slightly.

Although it was only a very small brake, it was enough to make Victor clench his fist in joy. It could have an impact on such a powerful monster and cause a slight killing. The power of the magic turret should never be underestimated.

Although this move still has many shortcomings, such as being very mentally exhausting, and entering a short period of emptiness and fatigue after casting. Or the limited amount of ammunition, one shot per second, and the rune disappears after five shots. In addition, the condensation time is much longer than the binding seal. Even with his excellent magic sense, he cannot do it instantly. He must run out of a few seconds before using it.

In short, there is still a lot of room for improvement.

But the witcher is already very satisfied. Basically, it is too easy to cheat people with this hand seal alone.

The next battle entered garbage time. Slowing down, rolling, and chopping the knees were basically uneventful. It was either that the golem's knees could not hold up and collapsed first, or that Victor chose to turn in due to lack of physical strength.

After a while, the victorious alchemist put the "Obsidian Golem Heart" and a piece of arm into the herbal bag. The former can be used to make a very good blizzard potion, while the latter has good void properties.

In the evening, Victor walked out of the mine and wanted to go home to rest. Because of his achievements in slaying demons and exorcising demons, he was surrounded by cheering bearded friends to the "Black God Pot", including Zoltan, Yarpan, Cecil and Angouleme. Dozens of people fought in a round-robin battle until he couldn't stand it and fell drunk.

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In his sleep, he vaguely said, "Did I forget something!?"

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When he woke up the next morning, as a legendary mutant witcher, Victor was full of energy and vitality, regardless of the excessive alcohol last night, but he felt as if he had forgotten something not very important. Unfortunately, he really couldn't remember it, so he had to put the confusion behind him.

Continuing yesterday's action, today it's time to find a suitable "source of magic" to save Saskia. After kicking Angouleme, who was still sleeping in the living room, the witcher went out alone.

As Victor prepared to leave the city along the cobblestone road, he already had a goal in mind, which was the "Dream Crystal", a unique product of the Man-faced Demon Bird's nest.

His good friend, the Viper School witch hunter Letho, once said: "Most monsters don't really hide treasures in their nests, but Man-faced Demon Birds really like shiny things."

There are many types of Man-faced Demon Birds, and the common point is that they are all kleptomaniacs, but some only steal dreams instead of gemstones. The dream-stealing tribe likes dreams full of strange emotions, such as nightmares that are dreamed every night. Man-faced Demon Birds will turn it into a crystal collection, and the stolen person will be free from nightmares. In this case, it can be said to be a gift.

And "Dream Crystal" is an item that releases powerful magic. Some warlocks who desire dream crystals will even raise Man-faced Demon Birds and then steal their spoils after dawn.

For Saskia, it was lucky that there was a nest of human-faced demon birds near Vergen. Mayor Cecil even posted a bounty notice. According to the investigation information, monsters did not have the habit of stealing gems, so it was certain that this group of demon birds belonged to "dream stealers".

Entering the demon mist, Victor walked briskly. Although he did not have the assistance of Angouleme, his alert extraordinary five senses could still save countless unnecessary battles. Anyway, even if he was defeated, the war ghost would get up again soon.

Various fighting cries came from his ears one after another, the nose was filled with the sweet smell of magic, and his eyes were in the mist... There was actually a human falling not far away. Judging from the wound on his back, he must be dead and could not die anymore. But the robe and tall hat looked familiar.

Walking to the corpse and squatting, the witcher turned him over. It turned out to be the priest Orkon, the squire of Prince Stannis. His face still showed the fear and panic before death. It seemed that he wanted to sneak through the demon mist, but unfortunately he was caught by the monster before he escaped and was stabbed in the back.

When I met with Prince Stannis yesterday, I didn't see this priest. Judging from the direction of travel, he was going back to Vergen from the north of the Pontar River.

The question is why did he go to the north of the Pontar River? There was nothing left there because of the disaster, only the Kaedwen military camp and the mobile technical college that did business with soldiers.

So did the priest go to exercise? Or...?

There was no obvious sign of decay on the body, and it should have been less than twelve hours since he died. Thinking that Orkon might have some unfinished wishes or letters he wanted to submit, Victor, who was full of the light of righteousness, kindly helped him check his body.

However, unfortunately... after searching for a while, there was nothing useful, no secret letters or messages before death, just a dead body.

It felt like a treasure chest, but it was empty when opened.

After putting the body back in place, he noticed two lines of shallow footprints next to it. Victor guessed that someone took away his things when passing by, but the footprints blurred and disappeared not far away, so he had to give up.

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After walking for a while, when Victor was about to pass through the fog, he was surprised to find the second body. Like Priest Orkon, he was also stabbed in the back when he was about to leave successfully.

The body was a completely unknown stranger. This unfortunate survivor looked like an ordinary Vergen resident, but how could an ordinary resident try to pass through the fog at this time.

Compared with Priest Orkon's treatment, the witcher tried to explore the other party's will or secret letters again, but unfortunately the situation did not change, and there was still nothing meaningful left. It is worth noting that his hand once held something, and then it was pulled open.

In short, the two corpses before and after proved that the demon mist could stop the army, but could not stop the enthusiastic exchanges between the north and the south. How many spies are active? Only God knows the answer.

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Put aside the troubles and do what you should do first.

After passing through the mist for a while, he walked in the direction indicated by Cecil. Because of the need to steal items, the place where the human-faced demon bird lives is usually not far from the human community, so it is not difficult to find the monster.

When Victor saw the remains of humans and animals, rocks covered with bird droppings, and feathers on the ground, he knew that he was close to the nest of the human-faced demon bird.

Approaching cautiously, looking at this group of "dream stealers" from a distance, they are not much different from ordinary human-faced demon birds, with the same ugly appearance, the smell of rotting corpses and bird droppings, and the cry that makes people stand on end.

As Lambert said, even mice that can live happily in feces and garbage are unwilling to approach the nest of the human-faced demon bird.

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