The Magical Path Of The Wizard With A Biological Chip

It was impossible to create the equipment needed to summon a Clay Golem in Leon’s room. So, he left and ran to the Alchemy Laboratory located on the third floor of the tower.

After paying three Knowledge Points and thirty gold coins, Leon was allowed to use the most sophisticated alchemy station available for three hours. This was nearly half of Leon’s savings, so if he didn’t have the highest success rate for this first Golem, he would never have been willing to spend so much money.

The floor was clean and tidy, and the walls were smooth and shiny. Wooden shelves lined the walls, holding all sorts of items. There were labeled containers for all commonly used magical materials, and Elementium rods used to detect the Elementium characteristics of an item. There was a complete set of metal armor used to test the strength of a magical item...

In addition to all that, there were many items whose purpose Leon had no idea about.

But Leon didn’t care about any of that. What interested him most was the gleaming Magical Alchemy Station at the center of the room.

Metal chains hung from the ceiling. A glowing stone was attached to the end of each metal chain. Eight metal chains; eight glowing stones. They formed a perfect circle around the Alchemy Station. With this, the operator could focus entirely on creating a magical item without being disturbed by shadows.

These were essentially magical versions of astral lamps!

And the Alchemy Station was, in fact, a magical version of an industrial workbench.

The Alchemy Station was an 8 x 4-meter object with some elevating platforms and indentations on its surface. It was covered with mystical equipment beyond the imagination of ordinary people. To be precise, the station’s surface was divided into sixteen work areas, each capable of performing a specific crafting task.

For a master alchemist familiar with the crafting process, they would be fully competent with all this equipment and able to conduct a well-planned experiment seamlessly. But for someone new to this Alchemy Station, it might take several days just to get used to this magical equipment.

However, this was not an obstacle for Leon, who relied on the Chip’s help.

"Chip, start scanning this Alchemy Station. Analyze the procedures for a crafting experiment!"

"Beep!"

"Mission created…"

"Commencing scan…"

When a flashing blue light appeared in his eyes, all the equipment placed on the Alchemy Station, as well as hidden magical mechanisms and formations within the Alchemy Station, were scanned by the Chip and stored in Leon’s mind.

Combining the previously analyzed data with the on-site scan task, the equipment placed on top of the Alchemy Station was quickly stored in the Chip’s database. Then, they were projected onto Leon’s retina.

Now, whenever Leon looked around the Alchemy Station, whenever a strange or mysterious item came into his view, a clear annotation would appear next to it.

In simpler terms, the Alchemy Station was an amalgamation of many of Earth’s forging and crafting machines, all merged into one convenient platform.

A magnifying glass was mounted on a movable mechanical arm. It didn’t use the same concave-convex lens as he had on Earth but rather a glass engraved with a special magical formation. Leon had chosen the highest-standard Alchemy Laboratory, so this glass could give him a magnification power of 300-500x.

If he had chosen a regular Alchemy Laboratory, perhaps the maximum power of the magnifying glass would only be 150x.

This was so important because, when creating most magical items, microscopic engraving was necessary. Typically, in a specific region of the magical item, it would be essential to engrave some independent but highly interconnected magical formations. Some experienced alchemists could even engrave more than a hundred magical formations on a fist-sized ruby crystal.

As a beginner, Leon was not capable of accomplishing this, but he only needed to carve seven magical formations into a thumb-sized demon core.

The Summoning Rune was mandatory, as it was the most integral rune necessary to summon the Clay Golem. It was found in every magical summoning item.

The Elementium Body Construction formation was also essential, as it would weave the magical forces of this world to construct an Elementium body for the Golem. His current design was to build a body of soft clay.

The Mental Control System Imprint was the most important among all the formations because, during the crafting process, Leon had to leave an imprint of his own soul on the formation. This would make the Clay Golem obey his commands.

To allow the Golem to freely control the constructed Elementium body, the necessary energy nodes and circuits would also have to be carved, as they directly affected the mobility and combat capability of the Golem. Obviously, he couldn’t afford any mistakes with them.

Of course, Leon did not understand these highly complex runes, but, fortunately, he had the Chip, which helped him complete the design and optimization. Therefore, all he needed to do was follow the plan established by the Chip.

But even with that, the difficulty of Leon’s work was still beyond imagination.

Over the past six years, Leon had conducted only a handful of alchemy experiments and had only performed some common experiments, like purification and Elementium extraction. Honestly speaking, he was still a novice in the field of alchemy.

But today, he had no resources for a trial, because he only had one demon core!

If he failed, his dreams of an army of Golems would be shattered.

...

Leon stood in front of the Alchemy Station for almost fifteen minutes without moving an inch. In his mind, using a simulation, the Chip was repeatedly showing him the procedure for creating the Golem core. It only stopped when he could vividly recall every detail.

Leon, after standing still for over fifteen minutes, finally moved.

From his waist pouch, he took out a bar of Magic Black Iron and tossed it into the crucible. In the next second, he sent his spiritual energy to the controlling magical formation of the Alchemy Station. A cracking sound was heard as an Elementium fire ignited beneath the crucible.

If he worked without this magical alchemy station, he would need to create his own Elementium fire to heat and melt the Magic Black Iron. Throughout the entire process, he would have to maintain a stable output of Elementium fire for more than fifteen minutes; otherwise, it would not melt properly.

And now, with the help of this Alchemy Station, he only needed to activate the hidden magical formation beneath it, and the equipment would automatically heat and melt the crafting material according to the temperature and time he set. And while waiting for the Magic Black Iron to fully melt, he could take the time for other preparations.

This alone fully demonstrated the benefits of using a Magical Alchemy Station.

After carefully placing the core taken from Sinbad’s head on top of the Alchemy Station, Leon adjusted the magnifying lens to an appropriate position and the correct power level. Only then did he start preparing the equipment for microscopic carving.

The tool used for microscopic carving was a special magical item. Depending on the strength of the magical energy injected into it, this tool could produce a heat beam similar to a laser as fine as a mosquito’s leg. This heat beam was specifically modified and adjusted by the master Alchemist. Although it was small, it excelled at cutting.

Not to mention those commonly used magical metals, even Grade Eight Gold, Refined Subterranean Iron, and Kryptonium Steel, which were all unique metals with hardness beyond the imagination of any ordinary man, were easily carved by this heat beam.

What Leon needed to do now was use this equipment to carve the seven required magical formations into the thumb-sized core: one summoning formation, one mental control system imprint formation, one Elementium life-granting formation, four energy nodes, and some additional energy circuits...

All of this was easier said than done. Leon calmed his mind, then leaned forward and placed his eyes above the magnifying lens, finally starting on the project he had been preparing for.

Under the 300x magnification power, the thumb-sized crystalline core became a massive object, its surface entirely covered by coarse bumps. Following the Chip’s instructions, Leon controlled the magical formation, adjusting the core to the perfect position and angle. Only then did he activate the heat beam.

A heat beam, only a tenth the width of an ox’s hair, hit the core, turning the spot red and soft, gradually creating a recess the size of a quarter of a human hair. After that, Leon moved the heat beam with his spiritual energy, slowly traversing the core’s surface. As this happened, a narrow, straight line appeared.

Everything, from the beam’s position to the depth of each cut, was marked in different colors in Leon’s mind. All he needed to do was control the heat beam with his Spirit energy and draw according to the layout and speed given by the Chip, meticulously completing this highly focused task.

One by one, magical runes, which looked like scribbles, were engraved in a cross-pattern and surrounded by magical formations. All four corners were left empty so he could carve the necessary energy nodes and create an energy circuit in the center to connect them all...

After an hour and a half of concentrated effort, all seven magical formations were interwoven onto the core’s surface, forming a flawless magical formation as a whole.

The first step had been completed.

The next step was to connect these magical formations, which also required patience and precision.

The microscopic carving only produced the outlines of these magical formations. Magical energy would never flow through these recesses by itself, so a medium was needed that could respond to magical energy and allow it to flow freely.

This medium was the Magic Black Iron that had been melted into a liquid form.

Of course, if it were a wealthy official Mage, the medium would be replaced with Mithril. But Leon did not have such resources or money, so he could only use Magic Black Iron, which was what he could afford.

Although using it would cause significant energy loss as it conducted magical energy, for a simple Clay Golem that did not require advanced crafting skills, it was more than sufficient.

Thus, Leon had to endure another hour of spiritually exhausting work. Though he was only using a tiny bit every second, after an hour of constant expenditure, blue veins began to appear on his forehead.

With the help of the magical formation, Leon slowly poured the melted Magic Black Iron into the grooves carved by the heat beam. He had to be careful not to leave cracks or let anything spill outside the marks. For a Beginner Apprentice, this extremely difficult task was simply a powerful miracle that seemed impossible to achieve.

But with the powerful Chip’s assistance, Leon truly turned this impossibility into reality.

When the last thread of the Magic Black Iron liquid fused into the groove, Leon cut the magical formation, pushed the magnifying lens aside, and silently looked at the Golem core, which was now floating atop the Alchemy Station. At that exact moment, his mind was reeling with thundering waves, and he felt like he was being torn in two.

His first Golem was complete!

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