CH369 Iron, Heat and Fury
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Alex quickly stopped Grandmaster Ironhost before he could speak further.
"You don't have to do this. I'm more than happy to help."
Grandmaster Ironhost's eyes lit up. "You mean it?"
"Yes." Alex nodded, a genuine, elated smile on his face. "You're right to come to me. Others may not understand your son's genius, but I do. Maybe even more than him, in fact."
He walked over to Sugud, who had calmed down after his mother's consolation.
"What gave you the idea for this? Were you trying to modify golems, or were you looking for a roundabout way of producing Magic Armours?" Alex asked.
"Golems?" Kaylyn looked at Alex in confusion.
Golem creation was a branch of Alchemy, where magical materials and an alchemical matrix were used to craft constructs that mimicked living beings.
The most common were Earth Golems, often used as avatars during risky experiments due to their resistance to poisons, toxins, and other unseen hazards.
