The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 389: Puppets and Golems
"By the way, Junior Ryan, do you not have an intermediate combat puppet yet?" Alicia suddenly blinked her beautiful eyes, as if she thought of something.

"Well, it seems that I only have the Iron Combat Puppet now." Ryan thought about it and nodded.

In the past few days, Ryan has been spending most of his time in the school library. He has some understanding of 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 compared to the primary combat puppet - a small energy device.

With this thing, a mid-level combat puppet can, under the control of a wizard, suddenly release an attack with power similar to that of a medium to high-level ultimate power during battle.

"No wonder Junior Ryan was so hesitant just now, it turns out that he doesn't have a mid-level combat puppet yet." Alicia couldn't help but laugh.

"Audrey, Joseph, let's help together. Let's first help Junior Ryan make an intermediate combat puppet." Alicia turned and said to the two people beside her.

Joseph seemed to be in a dilemma, as if he wanted to refuse, but Audrey agreed immediately and said:
"Of course, this is what we seniors should do."

For Audrey, who vaguely knew Ryan's true identity, she would be willing to give her intermediate combat puppet to Ryan, let alone help with the production.

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

Seeing Alicia speak up, Audrey immediately expressed her agreement. Joseph could not help but nod reluctantly, but still muttered softly, "I didn't get such good treatment when I came here."

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

When Ryan was about to refuse, Joseph suddenly looked happy, as if he had thought of something, and suggested:
"Why not choose the Wrath Hammer Combat Puppet? It can perform the special attack 'Wrath Hammer Smash', which is extremely powerful. We made so many of them some time ago, and now we have two finished products in the warehouse. We can just add a small energy device."

Obviously, Joseph was trying to be lazy.

Alicia rolled her eyes at Joseph in annoyance and said, "Bah! What kind of suggestion is that, Joseph!"

"Brother Ryan should only be able to control an intermediate combat puppet now. Although the attack power of the Wrath Hammer combat puppet is good, its defense power is relatively weak. It is not suitable for a newcomer like Brother Ryan at all."

"Ryan, listen to your sister. When you can control two intermediate combat puppets, consider choosing the furious hammer combat puppet. Otherwise, choose the sword and shield puppet guard. Its offensive and defensive capabilities are relatively balanced and it has no shortcomings."

Joseph was rebuked by Alicia, and he did not dare to refute. He lowered his head and muttered:
"Judging from Ryan's physique, he should be a knight. He should be fast at moving and dodging. If he directly controls the Fury Hammer battle puppet, he might be able to achieve a surprise victory."

"Just hammer the battle puppet angrily." Ryan said after a moment of thought.

Since there is a ready-made one, that would be the best, because for him, it doesn’t matter which intermediate combat puppet he chooses.

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

Soon the group of four arrived at the warehouse of the Metal Department.

There were quite a few semi-finished combat puppets placed in a mess inside, and of course, there were more spare parts.

Since the Angry Hammer Battle Puppet was just completed a few days ago, it was placed not far from the warehouse entrance.

The Angry Hammer Battle Puppet is about three meters tall. Although it is less than one meter taller than the Iron Battle Puppet which is just over two meters tall, the sense of oppression is completely different.

You have to know that although Xiao Si was short in his previous life, the height difference between him and Dayao was less than one meter.

But when playing basketball, facing Xiao Si and facing Dayao, there are two completely different feelings of pressure.

"Brother Ryan, I happen to have a spare 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 Ryan.

"Just insert it into the slot on the puppet's back."

The energy device mainly contains a crystal, which was bred in the elemental energy pool within the school’s residence.

Of course, there is another higher quality source of crystals, that is, when elemental creatures reach extraordinary strength, this crystal will be produced in their bodies.

Moreover, the stronger the elemental creature is, the stronger the energy contained in the crystal will naturally be. At the same time, elemental creatures with different attributes will produce crystals with different properties.

Although the latter is more effective, and even high-level crystals are extremely powerful, their prices also increase exponentially.

"Well. Okay, thank you!" Ryan thought about it and took the small energy device that Audrey handed to him.

"You're welcome, junior." Audrey lowered her eyes, but she was quite excited in her heart, because she seemed to find that this famous 'junior' in front of her didn't seem so difficult to get along with.

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

"Well, Ryan is his junior, so naturally as his senior, I should show some appreciation." Audrey said with a flash of blush on her face.

And Audrey's expression had a different meaning to Alicia, who was standing beside her.

Alicia glanced at the two of them with her beautiful eyes, thinking, "It seems that this young and beautiful schoolmate of mine likes the new schoolmate Ryan very much."

"But my sister may not let you do that, right?"

After Ryan inserted the small energy device into the horizontal slot on the back of the puppet, he began to perform the activation technique.

"Activation!" Ryan deliberately controlled the speed of the lv4 activation technique.

As he chanted the spell and pointed his finger, the tall furious hammer combat puppet moved slightly, but since Ryan did not give any specific orders, the puppet remained in place.

However, what surprised Ryan was that if the previous activation technique performed on the metal dummy consumed one unit of mental power, then this intermediate combat puppet's consumption suddenly soared to about ten units.

You know, the previous primary combat puppet - the iron combat puppet, consumed only about three units of mental power for its activation.

"No wonder there's a sentence in the notes of the Revitalization Spell: 'The duration and mental effort of the spell depends on the complexity and size of the object.'"

"It seems that for a wizard at the first level of atomization, even in the later stage, 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." Ryan thought to himself.

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

It was like there was an extra game controller in his mind. Before, there was only one button, but now, in addition to the big button of Hammering the Battle Puppet, Ryan could also feel a small button next to the big button.

Ryan knew that this small button should be connected to the small energy device on the puppet, through which he could release attack skills.

At this time, the system prompt suddenly sounded:
[You have completed the complete production of the Wrath Hammer Battle Puppet, and your understanding of the relevant aspects has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - Furious Hammer Combat Puppet]

[Your skill Hammer Battle Golem is upgraded, experience value +3]

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

In the past few days, he has been working on the production of the Angry Hammer battle puppet. Today, he has put the last piece of the puzzle together and naturally mastered the relevant skills.

"Brother Ryan, you are very skilled in the animation technique. Now that everything is ready, let's go to the training room." Alicia praised Ryan and said.

While passing through the corridor, Audrey, Alicia and the other three returned to the office and moved their intermediate combat puppets out.

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 Angry Hammer Combat Puppet are both combat puppets that tend to be offensive, while the Sword and Shield Puppet Guard, as the name suggests, is a puppet that tends to be defensive.

Audrey and Joseph are almost the same, each with a sword and shield puppet guard, plus an iron combat puppet with a shield installed.

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

But he is currently wearing the 'Robe of Concealment', and the strength he displays to the outside world is that of an early first-level wizard, and controlling a mid-level combat puppet is almost the upper limit.

"Boom boom boom!"

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

"Junior Ryan, let the two of us go first~" Alicia said with a smile.

"Well, how about letting Ryan and I go first?" At this time, Joseph on the side suddenly interrupted.

This is what he thought. Alicia's strength was obviously the highest, and Audrey's strength had gradually surpassed his since some time ago.

If Alicia and Ryan competed, then he would only be able to compete with Audrey, but losing never feels good, especially when losing to a latecomer.

But as for the newcomer Ryan, Joseph thought to himself that he should still be able to win.

"That's good." Alicia thought about it and felt that it would be a good idea to let Joseph go first.

After all, Joseph's strength is the weakest among the three, so this new Ryan student would not feel that the gap between him and others is too big, or even discouraged.

Ryan and Joseph controlled their puppets and stood in the middle of the field. Joseph smiled and said, "Brother Ryan, let's get started. If it doesn't work, you can admit defeat immediately."

Hearing Joseph's words, Audrey rolled her eyes speechlessly.
Although she didn't know how Ryan would win, she knew that Ryan would definitely not lose!
"Okay." Ryan nodded with a smile.

"Boom boom boom!"

As Joseph's mind moved slightly, the sword-and-shield puppet guard holding a sword and shield rushed towards Ryan quickly.

At the same time, the iron combat puppet beside him made a curve and attacked Ryan from the side and rear.

Of course, due to the detour, this iron combat puppet will not attack Ryan quickly, but Joseph's double-line control at the beginning directly exposed his intentions.

This is because they are aware of Ryan's weakness of only having one combat puppet, and they plan to attack Ryan from both sides.

"Joseph is such a cunning guy. Isn't this obviously taking advantage of fellow Ryan?" When Alicia saw this scene, she naturally understood Joseph's plan in an instant.

Faced with this situation, Ryan thought for a moment and then controlled the furious hammer combat puppet to rush towards Joseph's sword and shield puppet. At the same time, he controlled the puppet to hold the heavy hammer in both hands, as if ready to swing.

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

"What a pity! Junior Ryan is going to lose. As controllers, we must prioritize protecting ourselves when there is only one combat puppet."

She realized that although Ryan was incredibly talented, he was a complete 'newbie' when it came to puppet manipulation!

But Audrey said nothing, her beautiful eyes fixed on the center of the venue.

Facing a heavy hammer blow from the Angry Hammer Battle Puppet, Joseph controlled the Sword and Shield Puppet to quickly raise its shield to block.

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

Hmm? Is this the activation of the Rage Hammer Combat Puppet's skill 'Rage Hammer Smash'?

But it shouldn't be.

I didn't even feel the other party's energy fluctuations.

Joseph thought quickly.

This is actually because Ryan's activation technique is at a high level, coupled with his own mastery of close combat skills, so he can control the Angry Hammer combat puppet and exert excellent combat effectiveness.

Simply put, an ordinary wizard 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.

It's like in his previous life, only Takumi driving the AE86 could almost unleash the full performance of this car. Other racing drivers basically could not do this.

Naturally, this scene also stunned the two women.

"It seems that Junior Ryan is very proficient in close combat, otherwise he would not have been able to grasp the timing so well." Alicia frowned, thought for a while, and said.

"Well, I think so." Audrey answered perfunctorily.

At this time, Joseph came to his senses and he was obviously not able to accept this result.

When Joseph saw the furious hammer battle puppet controlled by Ryan taking this opportunity to rush towards him quickly, he immediately decided to use the special skills of the sword and shield puppet.

"Sprint!"

As the small energy device's fluctuations flashed by, the three-meter-tall sword and shield puppet took rapid steps and chased after the furious hammer combat puppet.

Seeing this scene, Joseph's confidence returned.

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

He saw that the iron combat puppet he had arranged earlier had rushed to a position less than 20 meters behind Ryan.

At this time, Ryan smiled slightly, and then ordered the Angry Hammer Battle Puppet to activate its skills.

"Furious hammer strike!"

I saw a three-meter-tall fighting puppet waving a huge two-handed war hammer in its hand, suddenly exerting force to accelerate, and a black arc flashed by!

"boom!"

Immediately, a deafening sound of metal clashing was heard!
The sword and shield puppet that had just launched a sprint from behind and caught up, although he tried his best to raise his shield to block, was still hit by the angry hammer, and flew out, falling heavily seven or eight meters away.

"grass!"

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

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

Facing the blow that had just been delivered to the battle puppet, Joseph had no intention of trying again.

"Huh? You're not going to fight anymore?" Ryan was a little surprised.

According to his understanding, even if the puppet gets close, the wizard still has many ways to deal with it, and the battle is far from over. For example, he can use innate witchcraft or witchcraft that restricts movement, and the battle can continue.

"Brother Ryan, generally speaking, if you let a mid-level combat puppet get close to you, you'll 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 practical enough.

"Tsk tsk, junior brother Ryan, I didn't expect your puppet control ability is so strong? Come, let me try you this time." Alicia said with a charming smile.

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 would almost fail to win against one.

"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 Junior Ryan?"

"Me? Forget it." Audrey immediately shook her head and said.

After a few more days, Ryan became more and more proficient in controlling the Fury Hammer combat puppet to fight, and his understanding of puppet combat became deeper.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of an intermediate combat puppet is roughly equivalent to that of a peak great knight who has mastered the elementary secrets. Of course, it is superior in strength and defense, but slightly less flexible.

In this regard, Ryan can easily defeat him even without transforming.

He has not encountered a high-level combat puppet yet, but he thinks it should be the same.

In other words, unless he was making a war golem, it wouldn't make much sense for improving his combat power.

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

However, speaking of golems, Ryan couldn't help but think of the replica giant axe golem guard he had defeated in Welsh County before.

As a captive, Olena had given him a copy of the relevant production drawings that were later discovered.

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

Inside Mogaro's office.

Ryan asked his mentor Mogaro about some information about the giant axe golem.

"Oh, you mean the replica giant axe golem guard."

Mogaro certainly had an impression of this. He thought for a while and then said:
"Well, although the opponent copied the Giant Axe Golem according to the blueprint, we evaluated it and also referred to the records in ancient books. The combat power of this replica Giant Axe Golem should be only about 60% of the original one."

"Sixty percent?" Ryan asked doubtfully.

"Well, to put it simply, the power core of the replica, no, to be more precise, the energy device, is too different from the original."

"Power core?"

"Yes, the other party uses a large energy device instead of the Hellfire Crystal to drive it, but in this case, the witchcraft attack of the Giant Axe Golem cannot be activated."

“In addition, the difference in power between the two also forced the makers of the cult to reduce the size of its casing design.”

"Otherwise, according to the records in ancient books, the giant axe golem guarding the ancient Black Flame Temple is eight meters tall, far from the replica's height of about five meters."

"That's it." Renn nodded.

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

But soon, Mogaro waved his hand and said, "I'm old, and my memory is not very good."

Ryan looked at Mogaro, guessed vaguely, and said: "Teacher, if there is anything difficult, you can tell me directly."

"Yes, I will. Thank you!"

That night, at Ryan's new residence.

Major General Tatia came to visit again secretly.

"Mr. Ryan, you are now free to arrange your schedule, including leaving the imperial capital. However, the headquarters is currently clearing out some traitors, so it is not recommended that you accept any missions within the headquarters. Once you accept them, you may be exposed."

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

"Oh? Was it because of the last incident that exposed it?" Ryan raised his eyebrows, and several figures flashed through his mind in an instant.

Tatia nodded and smiled:

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

The next evening.

Bishu Construction School, inside the metal training room.

Ryan, Audrey and the other four once again exchanged their experiences in puppet control.

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

"If you only have one combat puppet, it's best to choose a sword and shield puppet guard. It can protect your safety and also has decent attack power."

Looking at Alicia's serious expression, Ryan smiled and said, "Thank you."

Although Ryan 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 schoolmate and was truly doing it for his own good.

"Oh no!"

At this time, a male wizard apprentice of the Metal Department suddenly ran in in panic and said:
"Lady Alicia, my lords, something bad has happened. I just received news that something has happened to Lord Trevor who is stationed in the Raging Flame Canyon!"

(End of this chapter)