"Dammit. This is annoying! Why the hell did they declared the war out a blue like this?" – said pissed off soldier in the bar who was trying to get drunk.
"Now, now. I know you just want to go screw it all…. But the guy in charge here is pretty scary. I've heard that he murdered the last soldier that got drunk under his watch." – said the worried man with dog ears.
"Honestly, the situation is quiet far worse that you can imagine."
"I think he was called "overworking soldier" …. Weird nick name." – said the man with dog head.
"He is…. A guy that is taking his job as soldier too much and says that others needs to be like him…. He is extremely annoying and too loyal."
"Oh, fuck me. This guy? I've heard about bullshit he did…. Damn… I want to go home." – said the human soldier who wanted to get drunk.
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(I guess conflict had spread through both kingdoms, eh?) – thought Ariava who was had transformed into elderly man and was spying at the soldier in the bar.
(Kingdom of Marok and kingdom of Garmfon were enemies for ages…. And honestly this is way messier than I had thought.)
(I guess even if I didn't made the whole "wiped out by enemy invaders", they would still think that the kingdom of Garmfon did it.)
(….. By the looks of things, the war this time may not just end with small skirmishes but until either of the kingdoms are fully wiped out.) – thought Ariava as she got up and started walking out of the bar.
After exiting the bar, Ariava began walking through the streets of a town, before then entering nearby alleyway before then disappearing into the shadows of the night.
(Still, it just matter of time before Thauma would end up facing either one of the kingdoms.) – though Ariava as she got out of the town before then flying away.
(The Rabbit town was so called "perfect" starting location for adventures.)
(However, in the strategic point of view during the war, that location sucks big time.)
(It can be easily attacked while not offering the same thing in return.)
(In short it's dead zone.)
(However, adventurers can be turned into soldiers and some weak ass ones can be used…. So, it just better to destroy the settlement and not let enemy have it.)
(But if one side were to conquer territory around that specific place, then they could think about restoring that place and using it for their own gain….. And the gain of getting that kind of hunting area would be massive during war time for the newbie soldiers training.)
(So, yea, that guy is running out of time.)
(Still, I wonder how things would go for him in the upcoming test.)
Ariava in the cover of the night flew through the skies, before then arriving at the dungeon.
Upon arriving at the dungeon, the demonic woman began exploring the dungeon without being bothered at all before then arriving at the dungeon master room.
"Hey. You here?" - said Ariava as she started wondering through the room, spotting how the once empty room was now filled with many different things like workshop or even door leading to Ariava private room.
"!"
"Ah, there you are." – said Ariava as she spotted Thauma in its human like body, wearing the blacksmith gear.
"So, how are the things doing?"
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"Yes." – the puppet took out the piece of paper it had in the pockets.
"Huh? Then let me see what you did?"
The puppet took the demon to the workshop, where it then took out and gave an weirdly shaped sphere like object.
"…"
(Yeb…Its mana item….. The shape is pretty much…. Well, it does look like shit, but the amount of mana inside of it is decent.)
(I guess this guy is managing to handle the art of mana crafting pretty decently.)
(However, the learning process took way too long.)
(Welp, this guy also needed to learn hardships of making mana item, so I've really couldn't just do everything for him…. Still…. He is good.)
(His crafting skills got way better than before…. Honestly, I think he should had started off as [Blacksmith], but oh well. He can change his job later on.) - thought the demon woman as she took out a sword and began inspecting it, before then swinging it around and then rushing towards nearby dummy, striking it with the weapon.
"…"
"Yeb."
"This is good."
(It did took him sometime…. Well, it always take time to learn how to craft…. But by the looks of things his crafting ability reached this level, eh? He could even probably open blacksmith and sell weapons with his skill.)
(Normally to learn how to properly craft it takes around…. Well, it takes some time to do very basic stuff, but it could take years for the person to master art of blacksmithing…. He ain't master, but he can't really be called just a newbie with his skill.)
(But that guy also learned how to mana craft quiet quickly…. It is probably because of this guy oppression.)
(He doesn't need to sleep or eat, he just work and practice all the time, even when I'm not helping him.)
(Honestly, he should had been able to learn mana crafting quiet quickly, but obviously he lacked enough mana to practice it nonstop.)
"Your normal crafting skills are pretty good and mana crafting skills are… Somewhat average."
"Still, you should get better once you get proper core, eh buddy?"
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"Ah, you don't need to write, I already know what you about to ask."
"Yeb."
"It is time for us try to and make you an proper core!"
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"Okay…. Let's see if this one will do the job." – said Ariava as she watched Thauma put the core into the golem puppet.
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The puppet golem activated and started moving around.
"…"
"Mana reaction is good so far and I don't see any problems…. Order it to act widely."
The dungeon master tilted it head before issuing new commands, ordering the puppet golem to do many different things, ranging from attacking, picking up weapon or even running.
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"Heh..."
"There are somewhat unstable reactions here and there…. But I don't see any anything extremely dangerous…. Deactivate the golem and take out its core." – ordered Ariava while the dungeon mastered fallowed the order and took out the core.
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"There is… No problem at all!"
"There are bit unstable reactions, but bit tweaking out will do... And we did it."
"This is the golem core."
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"Then can I put inside of me?" – asked the puppet.
{{Info: Thanks to the Ariava teaching, Thauma was now able to write much more better than before.}}
"Nope." – replied Ariava.
"This one, is for the most basic golems and stuff."
"This stuff is nowhere near enough your level."
"But you can use this."
"Use this core to learn and improve the design and deal with the flaws, while also find ways of making it much more stronger."
"And once you do all of this, you will get the core you dreamed off….. And just to add something fun." – said Ariava as took out different kind of mana stones from her pocket space and put them on the table.
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"Interested, are ya?" – asked Ariava as Thauma approached the table.
"Consider this as little gift of mine."
"I don't want you to have some half assed core and slow down your growth anymore."
"I'm somewhat sick and tired from waiting so much…. So, here is what we will do."
"We will make you an brand new body."
"And core powerful enough that would work with that body AND have more than enough mana for you to start practicing magic for real."
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