Chapter 389: Puppets and Golems

"By the way, Junior Ren, don't you have an intermediate combat puppet yet?" Alicia suddenly blinked her beautiful eyes, as if she had thought of something.

"Well, it seems that I only have iron battle puppets now." Ren thought for a while and nodded.

In the past few days, Renn has been spending most of his time in the school library. He still understands the difference between primary combat puppets and intermediate combat puppets.

In addition to being larger and heavier, the intermediate combat puppet has one more important thing than the primary combat puppet - a small energy device.

With this thing, the intermediate combat puppet can, under the control of the wizard, suddenly release an attack with medium to high arcane power during the battle.

"No wonder Junior Ren was so hesitant just now. It turns out there are no intermediate combat puppets yet." Alicia couldn't help but laugh.

"Audrey, Joseph, let's help together. First, help Junior Ren get an intermediate combat puppet." Alicia turned to the two people standing aside and said.

Joseph seemed to have a troubled expression on his face, as if he wanted to refuse, but Audrey agreed and said:

"Of course, this is what us seniors should do."

For Audrey, who vaguely knew Ren's true identity, she was totally willing to directly give her intermediate combat puppet to Ren, not to mention helping to make it.

But the question is, is the intermediate combat puppet really useful to Lord Ren? Audrey couldn't help but glance at Ren.

Seeing Alicia speak and Audrey immediately agree, Joseph couldn't help but nodded reluctantly, but still muttered in a low voice, 'When I came, I didn't get such good treatment.'

"By the way, Junior Ren, which intermediate combat puppet do you plan to choose?" Alicia asked enthusiastically.

When Ren was about to refuse, Joseph suddenly looked happy, as if he had thought of something, and suggested:

"How about choosing the Hammer of Wrath battle puppet? It can perform the special attack 'Hammer of Wrath', which is very powerful. And we have made so many of them some time ago. Now there are two finished products in the warehouse. Just add a small energy device. alright."

Obviously, Joseph was trying to be lazy.

Alicia rolled her eyes at Joseph angrily and said, "Bah! Joseph, what are you suggesting!"

"Senior Ren En should only be able to control an intermediate combat puppet now. Although the Hammer of Fury combat puppet has good attack power, its defense is relatively weak. It is not suitable for newcomers like Junior Ren En at all."

"Ren, listen to your sister. When you can control two intermediate combat puppets, you can then consider choosing the Hammer of Fury combat puppet. Otherwise, choose the sword and shield puppet to guard. The offensive and defensive capabilities are relatively balanced and there are no shortcomings."

Joseph didn't dare to refute when Alicia yelled at him, he lowered his head and muttered:

"Looking at Ren's physique, he should be a knight. He should be able to move and dodge very quickly. If he directly controls the Hammer of Fury battle puppet, he might be able to win by surprise."

"Let's just use the Hammer of Fury battle puppet." Ren thought for a moment and said.

Since there is a ready-made one, it is naturally the best, because for him, it doesn't make much sense to choose an intermediate combat puppet.

In addition, he has been making this Hammer of Fury battle puppet for the past few days and is quite familiar with it.

Soon a group of four people arrived at the metal warehouse.

I saw a lot of semi-finished battle puppets scattered around inside, and of course, more of them were spare parts.

Since the Hammer of Fury battle puppet had just been made a few days ago, it was placed not far from the entrance of the warehouse.

The Hammer of Fury battle puppet is about three meters tall. Although it is less than one meter taller than the iron battle puppet which is over two meters tall, the sense of oppression is completely different.

You must know that although Xiaosi was short in his previous life, the height difference between him and Dayao was not even one meter.

But when playing basketball, facing Xiaosi and facing Yao, there are two completely different feelings of oppression.

"Junior Ren, I happen to have an extra small energy device here. You can use it first." Audrey took out a rectangular object the size of a brick but much thinner and handed it to Ren. .

"Just insert it into the slot on the back of the puppet."

The energy device mainly contains a kind of crystal stone, which is bred in the elemental energy pool in the school's residence.

Of course, there is another source of higher quality crystals, that is, after the elemental creature reaches extraordinary strength, this crystal will be produced in the body.

Moreover, the stronger the elemental creatures are, the stronger the energy contained in the crystals will naturally be. At the same time, the crystals produced by elemental creatures with different attributes also have different attributes.

Although the latter has better effects, and even high-level crystals are extremely powerful, the price has also increased exponentially.

"Okay, thank you!" Renn thought for a moment, then took the small energy device that Audrey handed him.

"You're welcome, junior." Audrey lowered her eyes, but she was very excited because she seemed to find that the famous 'junior' in front of her was not that difficult to get along with.

"Huh? Audrey, small energy devices are not cheap. You can exchange one for 100 contribution points! Why are you so generous this time?" Joseph couldn't help but look at the other party in confusion.

"Well, Ren is a junior. As a senior, I should naturally express my feelings." Audrey said with a blush on her face.

But when Audrey's expression fell in the eyes of Alicia who was standing aside, there was something different about it.

Alicia glanced at the two of them with a pair of beautiful eyes, and thought to herself, 'It seems that this young and beautiful junior girl from home seems to like the new junior classmate Ren. ’

‘But my sister may not let you? ’

When Ren inserted the small energy device into the horizontal slot on the puppet's back, he began to cast the activation spell.

"Activation!" Renn deliberately controlled the speed of activation at level 4.

As he whispered the spell and pointed his finger, the tall Hammer of Fury battle puppet moved slightly, but because Renn did not give any specific orders, the puppet still stayed in place.

However, what surprised Ren was that if the activation spell previously performed on the metal dummy consumed one unit of mental energy, then the amount of mental power consumed by this intermediate combat puppet suddenly increased to about ten units.

You must know that the previous primary battle puppet - the iron skin battle puppet, the activation technique consumes only about three units of mental power.

"No wonder, there is this sentence in the notes of the activation spell - 'The time of execution and the consumption of mental energy depend on the complexity and size of the target.'"

"It seems that for a first-level atomized wizard, even in the later stages, the number of intermediate combat puppets that can be controlled at the same time should not be too many. Three or four should be the limit." Renn thought to himself.

In addition, Ren also discovered that the connection between his spiritual sea and the Wrath Hammer combat puppet was more complicated than the previous primary puppet.

It's like there is an extra game controller in his mind. Before, it only had one button, but now, in addition to the big button of the Hammer of Fury battle puppet, Renn can also feel that there is a small button next to the big button.

Ren knew that this small button should be connected to the small energy device on the puppet, through which he could release skill attacks.

At this time, the system prompt suddenly sounded:

[You have completed the complete production and learning of Hammer of Wrath combat puppets, and your relevant understanding has been improved! 】

[You have learned a new skill—Wrath Hammer Combat Puppet]

[Your skill Hammer of Fury Combat Puppet has been improved, experience value +3]

Ren was slightly stunned at first, but after thinking about it, he understood.

In the past few days, he has been making the Hammer of Fury battle puppet. Today, he is equivalent to putting together the last piece of the puzzle for this production, and naturally he has mastered the relevant skills.

"Junior Ren, you are very skilled in the activation technique. Now that everything is done, let's go to the training room." Alicia praised Ren and said.

When passing through the corridor, Audrey, Alicia and the other three people returned to the office one after another and controlled and moved their intermediate combat puppets.

It was seen that Alicia was the strongest, controlling two intermediate combat puppets, namely the sword and shield puppet guard and the heavy sword combat puppet.

The Heavy Sword Combat Puppet and the Wrathful Hammer Combat Puppet are both offensive combat puppets, while the Sword and Shield Puppet Guards, as you can tell from their names, are defensive puppets.

Audrey and Joseph are almost the same, each is guarded by a sword and shield puppet, and an iron battle puppet is equipped with a shield.

Of course, Renn can do the same as Audrey and even control more puppets.

But he is currently wearing the 'cloak of concealment', and the strength he shows to the outside world is that at the early stage of a first-level wizard, controlling an intermediate combat puppet is almost the upper limit.

"Dong dong dong!"

Several battle puppets were controlled by everyone and came to the empty training hall.

"Junior Ren, let's go first~" Alicia said with a smile.

"Well, why don't you let Ren and I come first?" At this time, Joseph on the side suddenly interjected.

This is what he thought about. Alicia's strength is obviously the highest in front of him, and Audrey's strength has gradually surpassed him since some time ago.

If Alicia and Ren competed, then he would have to compete with Audrey, but the feeling of losing is not that good, especially if he loses to a latecomer.

But only the newcomer Renn, Joseph thought to himself, he should still be able to win.

"That's fine." Alicia thought for a moment and thought it would be a good idea to let Joseph go first.

After all, Joseph's strength is the weakest among the three, and he will not let the new Renen student feel that he is too far behind him and others, or even be discouraged.

As Ren and Joseph controlled their respective puppets, they stood still in the middle of the field. Joseph said with a smile on his face: "Junior Ren, let's start. If it doesn't work, you can admit defeat immediately."

Hearing Joseph's words, Audrey on the side couldn't help but rolled her eyes speechlessly.

Although she doesn't know how Ren will win, she knows that Ren will definitely not lose!

"Okay." Renn smiled and nodded.

"Dong dong dong!"

As Joseph's thoughts moved slightly, he saw the sword and shield puppet guard holding a sword and shield, and rushed towards Renne.

At the same time, the iron battle puppet next to him made an arc and attacked Ren's side and behind.

Of course, due to the detour, this iron battle puppet would not be able to attack Renne quickly, but Joseph's two-line control at the beginning directly exposed his intention.

This is taking advantage of Renn's weakness of having only one combat puppet, and intends to attack Renn from both front and back.

"Joseph is such a cunning guy. Isn't this obviously taking advantage of Junior Ren's!" When Alicia saw this scene, she immediately understood Joseph's plan.

Faced with this situation, Ryan thought for a moment and then controlled the furious hammer battle puppet, rushing towards Joseph's sword and shield puppet. At the same time, the puppet controlled the heavy hammer in both hands, looking ready to swing.

"Huh? This is not a good response. Once the only puppet is entangled, it will be quite passive." Alicia shook her head and sighed.

"It's a pity that junior Ryan is going to lose. As controllers, we must give priority to protecting ourselves when there is only one combat puppet."

She saw that although Ryan was talented, he was really a pure 'newbie' in puppet control!

However, Audrey said nothing, and her beautiful eyes were fixed on the center of the venue.     "Ding!"

Faced with a heavy hammer swing from the furious hammer battle puppet, Joseph controlled the sword and shield puppet to quickly raise the shield to block.

Blocked! Joseph's face lit up. Just when he was about to let the sword and shield puppet entangle the opponent, he suddenly found that his sword and shield puppet was actually knocked back several steps by a hammer.

Hmm? Is this the skill of the furious hammer battle puppet, 'fury hammer heavy attack', activated?

This shouldn't be the case.

He didn't even feel the opponent's energy fluctuation.

Joseph thought quickly.

This is actually because Ryan's activation level is high, plus his own mastery of close combat skills, so he can control the furious hammer battle puppet and exert excellent combat power.

Simply put, ordinary wizards can only exert about 60% to 70% of the combat power of an intermediate combat puppet, but Ryan can exert more than 90% of the combat power.

This is like in the previous life, only Takumi drove the AE86 to almost exert the full performance of this car. Other racing drivers basically can't do this.

This scene naturally made the two women stunned.

"It seems that fellow student Ryan should be very proficient in close combat, otherwise, it would be impossible to grasp the opportunity so well." Alicia frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said.

"Well, it should be." Audrey answered perfunctorily.

At this time, Joseph came back to his senses, and he was obviously not very accepting of this result.

Seeing that the furious hammer battle puppet controlled by Ryan took this opportunity to rush towards him quickly, Joseph immediately decided to use the special skills of the sword and shield puppet.

"Sprint!"

As the fluctuations of the small energy device flashed, the three-meter-high sword and shield puppet took a quick step and chased the furious hammer battle puppet.

Seeing this scene, Joseph's confidence returned.

Because if the sword and shield puppet can catch up and entangle the opponent, then the victory will still belong to him.

I saw that the iron battle puppet he had arranged before had rushed to a position less than 20 meters behind Ryan.

At this time, Ryan smiled slightly, and then ordered the furious hammer battle puppet to activate the skill.

"Furious hammer heavy strike!"

The three-meter-tall battle puppet waved the huge two-handed war hammer in his hand, suddenly exerted force to accelerate, and a black arc flashed by!

"Boom!"

Immediately, a deafening sound of metal collision sounded!

The sword and shield puppet that had just sprinted from behind and caught up, although he tried his best to raise the shield to block, was still hit by the furious hammer and flew out, falling heavily seven or eight meters away.

"Fuck!"

Before Joseph could control the sword and shield puppet to stand up again, he saw that the furious hammer battle puppet had rushed to several meters in front of him, and at this time, his iron battle puppet was still seven or eight meters away from Ryan.

"Brother Ryan, I give up!" Joseph's face turned pale and he shouted immediately.

Facing the blow of the furious hammer battle puppet just now, Joseph had no intention of trying it again.

"Hmm? Don't fight anymore?" Ryan was a little surprised.

According to his understanding, even if the puppets got close, the wizards still had many ways to deal with them, and the battle was far from over, such as innate witchcraft, or witchcraft that restricted movement, and the battle could continue.

"Brother Ryan, generally speaking, if you let an intermediate combat puppet get close, you basically lose." At this time, a fragrant breeze approached, and Alicia slowly walked to Ryan's side and explained.

Is it a routine?

This is not enough for actual combat.

"Tsk tsk, brother Ryan, I didn't expect your puppet control ability to be so strong? Come on, let me try you this time." Alicia smiled charmingly and said.

After a fierce battle.

In order to avoid being too prominent, Ryan reluctantly "failed", but the intense battle process still shocked Alicia.

She didn't expect that two puppets fought against one, and she almost couldn't win.

"Brother Ryan, if you enter the middle stage of the first-level wizard, I will definitely not be your opponent."

"By the way, Audrey, don't you want to compete with brother Ryan?"

"Me? Forget it." Audrey shook her head immediately after hearing this.

After a few more days, Ryan became more and more proficient in controlling the furious hammer battle puppet to fight, and his understanding of puppet fighting became more and more profound.

In fact, the combat power of the intermediate combat puppet is roughly equivalent to that of the peak knight who has mastered the primary secret. Of course, it will be better in strength and defense, but slightly less flexible.

In this regard, Ryan can easily defeat it even if he does not transform.

He has not encountered the advanced combat puppet yet, but he thinks it should be the same.

In other words, unless he makes a war golem, it does not make much sense for his combat power improvement.

However, in the library, there is a lot of basic knowledge about puppets, but there is much less relevant knowledge about war golems.

However, when mentioning the golem, Ren couldn't help but think of the imitation giant ax golem guard he defeated in Wales County before.

As the person who captured it, Olena had given him a copy of the relevant production drawings that were later discovered.

Renn still remembered that his mentor Mogaro, as well as the clay and rock puppet masters in the school, all came to Munster and studied the structure of the giant ax golem guard for a while.

Inside Mogaro's office.

Renn asked his mentor Mogaro about the giant ax golem.

"Oh, you mean the imitation giant ax golem guard."

Mogaro was certainly impressed by this. He thought for a while and said:

"How should I put it? Although the opponent copied the giant ax golem according to the drawings, we evaluated it and also referred to the records in ancient books. The combat power of this imitation giant ax golem should be only about 60% of the original version."

"Sixty percent?" Ren asked doubtfully.

"Well, to put it simply, the power core of the imitation, no, to be precise, it is the energy device. Compared with the original, there is a huge difference."

"Power core?"

"Yes, the opponent uses large energy devices instead of hellfire crystals to drive it, but in this case, the witchcraft attack of the giant ax golem cannot be activated."

"In addition, the difference in power between the two also forced the cult's creators to reduce the design of its casing."

"Otherwise, according to ancient records, the giant ax golem guarding the ancient Black Flame Temple is eight meters high, which is far from the imitation's height of about five meters."

"That's it." Renn nodded.

Just as Ren was about to leave, Mogaro suddenly stopped him and said, "By the way, Ren, you"

But soon, Mogaro waved his hand before hesitating and said: "I am getting older and my memory is not very good."

Renn looked at Mogaro, vaguely guessed, and said: "Teacher, if you have any difficulties, you can tell me directly."

"Yes, I will. Thank you!"

That night, Rennes new mansion.

The female Major General Tatia once again visited secretly.

"Sir Ren, you are now free to arrange your itinerary, including leaving the Imperial Capital. However, the headquarters is currently clearing out some moles. Therefore, it is not recommended that you take on tasks within the headquarters. Once you do, you may be at risk of exposure."

"Of course, this process will not last long. The cleanup work should be completed in about half a month to twenty days." Tatia said.

"Oh? Is it because the last incident was exposed?" Renn raised his eyebrows, and several figures flashed through his mind in an instant.

Tatya nodded and smiled:

"Yes, some of them will be adjusted in their duties even though there is no direct evidence to be sent to the military court. Regarding this, I would also like to thank you for bringing out many of them this time."

The next evening.

Bishu Construction School, metal training room.

Ren, Audrey and the other four people once again exchanged their experiences on puppet control.

"However, your tactics just now are still a bit too radical. When we control the puppets to fight, the most important thing is not to let the enemy get close."

"If you only have one battle puppet, it is best to choose the sword and shield puppet guard, which can not only protect your safety, but also have good attack power."

Seeing Alicia's serious expression, Renn smiled slightly and said, "Thank you."

Although Renn disagreed with this, he did not refute it.

Because he could feel that when Alicia said this, she was speaking from the perspective of a senior and sincerely doing it for his own good.

"It's not good!"

At this time, a male wizard apprentice from the metal system suddenly ran in in panic and said:

"Ms. Alicia, ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry, I just received news that something happened to Mr. Trevor who is stationed in Raging Flame Canyon!"