<<Mana.>>

<<A mysterious energy that is present everywhere and in anything.>>

<<By itself it is pretty much just there….>>

<<But with right knowledge and experience, you can somewhat manipulate the mana.>>

<<One of the ways of manipulating it would be creating a "gateways".>>

<<Those so called gateways are known as "affinities".>>

<<Upon creating a affinity or having one from the birth, you are able to transform mana into specific element which you can control.>>

<<You can use your mana to turn into a pure element of mana, arcana element or turn into earth element.>>

<<But then comes handling of the said magic.>>

<<How do you use? How do you shape it?>>

<<Will you use it create a blast? Give it a specific function? Or maybe give it a form?>>

<<There are many ways of using magic.>>

<<Now what about crafting?>>

<<Well…. It is far more complicated.>>

<<Metals, woods and rocks can have mana.>>

<<But can you harness it? Or maybe inject object with mana?>>

<<Well…. This is possible, but there is form, shape, application…. Well, there is a lot.>>

<<When it comes to blacksmithing and mana, it is like…. Well, a lot of things.>>

<<Depending on which crafting method you are using at the time, the effects and results will different.>>

<<Sometimes it is like putting a spell the moment the hammer strikes, or sometime it like you are wielding one or more hammers at the same time made out of magic where you have to time your timing.>>

<<Or sometimes you have to hit back against your hammer, from within the object you are forging.>>

<<Maybe when you carve you need to try and inject mana in sometimes calm or sometime violent way… But controllable non the less.>>

<<Or maybe you need to coat the object with your mana and harden it while also trying to strike it with hammer, in this kind of process you need to make sure that the mana coating isn't falling apart, because if it does even for moment, the entire process is destroyed, even when you have almost reached the end.>>

<<Forging weapon while using mana for forging isn't a easy task AND you need to have experience in both mana control and in blacksmithing.>>

<<If either areas are lacking, then forging with mana at the specific level may be impossible.>>

<<As for the alchemy, well, it is the same problem…. But also, much different?>>

<<Simple put, the precision, power and control is much more problematic and higher difficultly.>>

<<And the difficulties in different areas varies depending on the method you are using.>>

<<A world that should be used would be…. "Mentally draining", correct?>>

<<What about alchemy and blacksmithing combined? Well, there are several problems when using both of them together… Simple put, it is like multitasking different things at the same time.>>

<<Now, is it possible to use mana crafting and mana alchemy on top of both of these at the same time?>>

<<Yes…. But once again and the difficulty would end up increasing.>>

<<Not only that, but the level at which you can do the said task would depend on all four different masteries of the art.>>

<<Mana blacksmithing, blacksmithing, mana alchemy and alchemy.>>

<<I can speak from experience and this stuff is truly hard.>>

<<But that is when it comes to also basic.>>

<<If you want more magic focused craft, the elemental craft…. It is whole another thing.>>

<<Honestly speaking, I wasn't doing a lot and there are few good reasons why.>>

<<My elemental mastery of magic and amount of mana I can handle.>>

<<There is also the problem with my base talent when it comes to blacksmithing and such.>>

<<From the information that I have on me, the way of applying different form of "specific" abilities or mana forms.>>

<<Simple put, it is possible to apply a special ability to a item.>>

<<For example, you can apply ability known as the "Item Skill" into the object.>>

<<Item skills are man made form of skills that are manifested within the object by the craftsman hands.>>

<<For example, most common known item skills are [Sharpness], [Defense] or [Attack].>>

<<[Sharpness] is self-explanatory, it boost the sharpness of the object, while the [Defense] and [Attack] as the name suggest would do thing that they name point at, boosting object natural defense or boost their attack power.>>

<<However, there is a limit of how many skills the object can obtain and what kind of skills it can use.>>

<<And there is a elemental bestow.>>

<<This is bit similar to the personal mana path.>>

<<Simple put, just like you have to create your own affinity with your own two hands, you need to create a "element" within a object. A attribute.>>

<<And this is much different compare to just using elemental enchantment magic where you just temporarily bestow powers or elements to the object.>>

<<By the way, there are object that do posses natural form of mana and such.>>

<<Like they may posses high affinity for mana or magic.>>

<<Or may straight up possess their own element.>>

<<For example, in the book about blacksmithing and crafting said that if I were to use a horn from the fire bull, I would be able to create a sword that possess natural fire element.>>

<<So…. This is the very basic information about crafting that involves magic, mana, elements.>>

<<Well…. Basic.>>

<<Details are much wider and longer… But this is basic…. And that is to show that crafting isn't about just some simple swinging hammer around and making stuff up.>>

<<Anyway, with that out of the way, work time.>>

<<My experiment is about applying the said item skills or elementals attributes into the golem, core, allowing the golem made out of earth to have increased performance…. But that isn't it either if I'm honest.>>

<<I mean, what I want to make is a golem with "nature" of its own.>>

<<Like the entire earth golem is special…. An alchemic fusion? Or maybe special materials?>>

<<What I'm trying to search for is a combination.>>

<<Something that will allow me to…. "Evolve" the un-evolvable monsters? Something like this?>>

<<In a sense, I don't know what I'm looking for, nor I know what I want…..>>

<<It is just theories and guesses based on my experience from crafting and earth magic combination that I've had been practicing.>>

<<Still, before I even start experimenting, I need to learn how to bestow skills and elements to the items.>>

<<I've already learned how to use mana during crafting, allowing me to boost the performance of the item.>>

<<I've also practiced using mana with alchemy as well as alchemy blacksmithing.>>

<<In all of those areas I've already understood the basics.>>

<<But bestowing skills and elements onto the objects…. Uff.>>

<<This is way different compare to those basics…. Like nothing alike in some ways.>>

<<Just from the first few attempts at bestowing either skill or attributes to the item, I've realized that learning how to do either of those things will take somewhat long time.>>

<<Honestly…. This made me falter…. Since I didn't realized how much time I have left until the next attack…. I've tried reviewing my options here and there… But in the end, I've decided to stick with this research.>>

<<However, in between I would also try to make some new changes to some golems or just came up with the new golem designs altogether.>>

<<Having a variety of different golem types would definitely make dealing with them much more problematic.>>

<<…And like that…. Days went by.>>

<<So far? The enemy army did not appeared.>>

<<I spotted few people going around… I think they were scouts.>>

<<I could had sent some of my golems to go after them, but they were either beastman, who I know are much faster physically compare to the humans, or they were ridding either horses or these lizard creatures.>>

<<Sending my golems would only waste time, since they would just run away.>>

<<But still, I did placed few golems at the edge and ordered them to attack if anybody dared to venture too close to the forest.>>

<<As for me?>>

<<Well, research as I've expected was bit slow, but I was making some reactions, especially in the elemental interaction.>>

<<They were going smooth to say the least.>>

<<Maybe it is all because of my high mastery over the earth magic I've had built up as well as my affinity for it? There is also the fact that I did already combined my crafting knowledge and earth magic before in order to create my own spells.>>

<<….Still… There is something off.>>

<<More days went by and the next attack didn't came.>>

<<What is going on?>>

<<They KNOW that I can grow stronger AND that the more I kill and use as sacrifices, the more dungeon shall growth…. So why are they not here?>>

<<With the last lose they had suffered, they not only lost a lot of people, but also a lot of somewhat bit stronger people AND all of their equipment.>>

<<They are aware of it…. Weird.>>

<<I've asked some of the prisoners about some stuff… And they are aware.>>

<<They are aware of the fact that my golems cannot heal by themselves. That they are objects.>>

<<Hell, a lot of those half-destroyed golems are still out there and they are easy kills.>>

<<THIS IS THEIR CHANCE RIGHT NOW!>>

<<…>>

<So why are they not taking it?>>

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