Chapter 173 Puppet Golem

Edward and Thomas, the two wealthy young masters, handed over checks signed by their names to Joan.

With the two hundred gold coins in hand, Joan was in a happy mood. He ate something casually in the cafeteria at noon, and then went to the grocery store to buy medicine.

The surrounding service facilities of the campus where the Alpha branch is located are very complete, and they are all shops with students as the main customers. In addition to large and small restaurants, there are also grocery stores that sell stationery and alchemy potions.

The raw materials of the insecticide are nothing unusual. Joan spent 7 gold coins at the grocery store to buy them all, and spent 3 gold coins to buy three large watering cans, which are the kind of device used to water flowers.

Back in the dormitory, Qiao An prepared the potions in the attic, put them into watering cans, and dissolved them with water. He picked up a watering can and shook it to fully mix the medicine with the water, then turned around and walked to the corner, aiming at a cockroach walking leisurely and spraying it.

A faint green smell was diffused with the water mist, and the cockroach seemed to have been hit by a sap, and died after two convulsions.

Joan was very satisfied with the effect of the insecticide, so he went downstairs with two watering cans, sprayed the open area twice, then turned around and asked Thomas and Edward to come and smell it, to see if they felt any discomfort.

"Fruit-flavored essence was added when preparing the medicine, so as not to smell too pungent." Joan introduced.

"Well, the smell is very fresh, a little bit of lime." Thomas nodded in satisfaction.

Edward is prone to allergies, so he carefully approached the watering can and sniffed lightly, his complexion changed from solemn to gentle: "It's a mixture of lemon and mandarin orange, it smells good, at least it won't make me suffer from rhinitis."

Joan carried two buckets of insecticide to the kitchen on the first floor, planning to start killing the most pest-intensive kitchen first.

At this time, the door opened, and a short and fat man came in, with his hands in his coat pockets, and he looked at the arrangement of the living room with great interest.

Joan, Edward, and Thomas stood up quickly and greeted in unison: "Good afternoon, Master Rawls!"

"You're welcome, let me see how you've settled down."

Rawls took the tea cup handed by Edward, took a sip of water, turned to look at Joan, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Joan... why are you dressed like this? I thought it was a little maid sent by the Chap family or the Gates family!"

Joan pulled off her turban embarrassingly, and when she was about to take off her apron, Rawls waved her hand and said with a smile, "Put it on, it looks pretty, what are you guys busy with?"

"Joan is an expert at killing insects and rodents. We are waiting to see him show his talents." Thomas replied with a smile.

As soon as he heard that it was "insecticide", Master Rawls immediately became interested and asked Joan to bring him the insecticide to smell, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"The formula is not bad, and the insecticidal effect must be very good, but remember to open the window for ventilation after spraying. Breathing the residual smell of the medicine for a long time is not good for your health."

Joan nodded and took down the instructor's instructions.

"Just now you said that you want to eradicate rats. Is there any good way?" Rawls asked.

"I plan to use spells to exterminate rats." Joan explained his plan to the teacher, "Level 1 monster summoning has a magic power limit of 5 energy levels, and can summon a horse at most. If the same magic power is used to summon cats, at most I can summon 10 cats at the same time. I have 4 spell slots. If all of them are used to prepare this spell, I can summon up to 40 cats every day and send them to the basement to catch mice. Enough for each cat to catch one mouse, and this lasts up to a week to catch all the mice in the house."

"I've said it before, cat fur can make me allergic..." Edward couldn't help complaining in a low voice.

"You don't have to worry about that, cats summoned by magic will not shed their hair." Rawls said with a smile, "Joan's method is indeed feasible, but it's too troublesome. I just have some free time this afternoon, so I'll help you get rid of it." Rat."

Rawls got up and paced to the window, and blew a loud whistle with his little finger in his mouth. The echo reverberated over the campus.

Not long after, a similar whistle came from the castle-like teaching building opposite—as if responding to Rawls' call, a tall and thin figure walked out of the gate of the castle and walked quickly towards the dormitory .

Joan saw the man wearing a servant's uniform and a cap through the window, and thought it was Master Rawls's manservant. It wasn't until the man came close that he realized that he was very tall, seven feet long, with a walking posture. It looks very stiff, giving people a stereotype of mechanical operation.

"Dear master, Kino is at your command."

The tall and thin man stopped at the door, took off his hat and bowed deeply to Master Rawls.

When Joan, Thomas, and Edward saw this man's face, they all exclaimed in unison. It turned out that the other party was not a human being, but an exquisitely crafted puppet. If it hadn't been for the rough wooden skin, stiff face and facial features carved with a carving knife after approaching, it would have been almost fake.

"Is this an animated puppet, Master Rawls?" Thomas asked curiously.

"This guy is more advanced than an activated puppet." Edward observed the puppet carefully and concluded cautiously, "It looks like a 'wooden golem'."

"That's right, this is a wooden golem made by myself, and I even named it Kino."

Master Rawls showed a smug smile.

"Kino doesn't have real intelligence like human beings. He can't think independently and can only do some simple tasks, but he is absolutely loyal. As long as it is what I tell him, he will complete it according to the requirements without complaint. Ever since he got Kino , my lab is always swept clean."

"If the wooden golem has no wisdom, how can it still talk?" Joan muttered in wonder.

"The parrot is not very smart, can't it still learn how to speak?" Master Rawls asked with a smile, and then gave a further explanation.

"'Golem' is a general term for a large class of constructs. Some are simple and some are complex. The most advanced golem has self-awareness and independent thinking ability. In addition to the body structure being different from that of humans, the mind is even smarter than humans. Unfortunately, My ability is limited, and I can't create intelligent golems. At most, I can only create low-level golems like Kino without intelligence. Fortunately, I got inspiration from the research results of artificers, and installed some Special modules allow them to acquire new skills, including understanding and using simple sentences."

Master Rawls walked up to Kino and patted his chest lightly, as if a certain magical password had been activated. There was a sound of gears running in the wooden golem's belly, and a small drawer popped out of his chest. A row of metal flat boxes the size of a palm and as thick as a comb are neatly inserted.

Rolls pulled out a metal flat box numbered 06 from the slot and handed it to Joan.

"This is the 'clockwork box' that is programmed into the basic common language conversation skills. Put this box inside the construct and make it resonate with the elemental spirit that gives the construct vitality, so that the construct can learn the most Basic language skills."

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