Witch, don't be so lazy

Of course, it didn't take long for her to find out.

The Black Steel Golem has certainly been upgraded in terms of material, and its weapons have also evolved. In addition to the giant sword and hammer, it also uses terrifying alchemical weapons, such as the black hole hand cannon.

The power of the shells is amazing, it feels similar to the specialized fireball spell, and it can be fired continuously.

Unfortunately.

Even if it is a monster, if it can enter the Tower Academy, there must be something extraordinary about it.

The special thing about sea slugs is very simple. One is the scale of their magic power, and the other is their marine spirituality.

then.

In the bewildered eyes of the crowd, it shook its emerald green horns and opened its mouth to release a terrifying water cannon - sorry, Encore was not sure of the official name of the spell, he could only feel the pure numerical value.

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!

Hit five times in a row, more powerful than the opponent.

It was clearly just a slug that was less than one meter long, but after defeating the artillery shell, it knocked the heavy and tall golem to the ground, and an obvious dent appeared on its surface.

What's even more exaggerated is that it still has nearly two-thirds of its magic power, and it is recovering at an astonishing speed, and it may be fully recovered in a few minutes.

However, the slug had no intention of continuing to fire, and instead sprayed out a large amount of concentrated acid.

For an instant.

The golem made a "sizzling" sound, like a squid on an iron plate. Its outer shell was corroded, gradually revealing its core and complex mechanisms. It began to suffer severe damage from the joints and lost its ability to move.

Finally, a volunteer passed the first round of testing.

"'Exploding Water Cannon', 'Invasive Acid', and 'Blessing of the Waves' are the three old tricks passed down by their tribe. The moves are fixed, but they are truly useful. If there is a large amount of water, the magic power will be even stronger, and the recovery speed will be further increased."

Xiao Hui began to explain diligently again.

An Ke turned her head and looked at the girl next to her: "She looks like a low-profile version of Sister Momo, in ocean form!"

Before Momo could answer, a voice sounded beside her.

"Compared to Miss Momo, he's still far behind. Guling is simple-minded and has few skills. Moreover, he has become what he is today entirely due to luck."

Mina walked over with a smile.

The two people and the gecko have different focuses.

"What a unique name, it sounds like a sea slug."

"Luck?" X2

Obviously, the first one is Momo, and the last two are Xiaohui and Anke.

"Well, it agreed and called out like that."

Mina first answered Momo's confusion and then gave a complete introduction.

"By chance, Guling fused a small piece of the remains of the Kraken, the 'Kraken'. Although he didn't gain the core spirituality, his magic power, life energy, and elemental affinity increased significantly."

"It fled inland from the forces of the Abyss, eventually retreating to a lake near Moss Town and falling asleep. It seems it woke up from hunger four months ago, devoured all the plants in the lake, and drained all the magic power. Eventually, adventurers in the town discovered its abnormality. I happened to be nearby and took it away."

"Fortunately, despite its innocence, its intelligence is still acceptable. The background check was fine, and it successfully passed the extraordinary creature test. The application to the academy has also been completed."

······This works too.

An Ke blinked her eyes. Besides feeling that high-level creatures were truly full of treasures, she was also surprised that there was a magic test specifically for extraordinary creatures. It was amazing. She wondered if the proportion of cultural subjects would be even lower.

"I've taken alchemy classes before, but I've never had the chance to observe the golem assessment at the Queyu Workshop. I wonder how difficult the subsequent tests will be? Do Miss Momo and Mr. Xiaohui think Guling can pass them all?"

Mina asked with a smile.

"If the method is too simple, the second round of testing will be quite difficult."

Little Gray carefully considered his words and explained concisely, "Each round of testing, while the target level remains unchanged, the cost will continue to increase, allowing for targeted specialization."

No more words needed, I understood immediately.

The same is true.

As the staff stepped forward to retrieve the black steel golem and communicated with Xilan who was in charge of the operation, the metal door opened after a while.

The appearance of the giant beast made the students of the Royal Academy scream, "How can there be such a golem?" "It looks almost like a rhinoceros beetle."

It was a beetle golem, or you could call it a rhinoceros beetle golem.

After all, it has double-arc shield horns and its body is also that of a beetle, but it has six-toed steel claws and is also equipped with tracks.

It is even bigger than the Black Steel Golem, but it is a little shorter because it is lying down.

"Hmm? What a novel design!"

An Ke's eyes lit up and he looked at Xiao Hui.

The latter quickly responded, "The reason regular golems are humanoid is entirely due to the worship of the Giant Kingdom. In other words, in order to adapt to the giants' bodies and provide them with suitable labor, the first golems were born."

"Therefore, due to tradition, the romantic sentiments of some creatures, and to facilitate operator adaptation, ordinary golems are humanoid. However, if one seeks specialization and true combat, the alien golem is the most suitable choice."

"'Bone Hammer Beetle Third Generation Balanced Type'. As for what modifications and innovations this one has undergone, I'm not sure yet, but judging by the surface coating and joint structure, it's likely related to waterproofing, shockproofing, and corrosion resistance."

The answer is well-reasoned and logically clear, from historical reasons to modern development. Teacher Xiaohui, who used to be a teaching assistant, is extraordinary!

His eyesight is also extraordinary. Although he is not sure, he actually hits the mark perfectly.

This time the sea slug chose props, a blue crystal and a ball. The former replenishes magic power and the latter provides water.

Its attack was more violent than last time.

The moment the ball was broken and rain fell, the "exploding water cannon" rolled up the rain and blasted it out!

However, in the astonished eyes of the onlookers, the rhinoceros beetle golem just endured it. Apart from the glow of its shell and legs, slight vibrations and retreat, it seemed that there was no other damage.

Anko's mouth opened slightly.

Momo also followed with an “Oh oh”.

Only Xiao Hui seemed to be muttering and remembering a bunch of obscure but impressive professional terms such as "ball bearings, multi-point hinges to disperse pressure, side sliding to disperse impact, vibrations transmitted to the ground", etc.

It was obviously impossible to simply take a beating. Following the instructions of the operator, the two pairs of legs at the back of the rhinoceros beetle lifted up, and the shells on both sides were also opened, revealing countless "honeycombs" shining with cold light.

Before Miss Anke could even utter the word "Ah?", a brutal metal storm had already poured out.

Besides her, the faces of the new students at the Royal Academy were filled with questions, some asking, "Is this magic?", others, "Isn't alchemy too amazing?", and others, "What kind of magic is that? How did he get through?"

That's right.

Despite the alarming roar of the alchemical firearms, Guling was not knocked down.

Because its body became transparent in an instant, like melted water, melting into a pool of emerald green, greatly reducing the kinetic damage.

Rather than "Blessing of Waves", Anke prefers to call it Water Transformation Technique or Elementalization.

Of course, this is not an invincible skill.

Because with a burst of metallic mechanical sounds, the round shell of the rhinoceros beetle opened, revealing a long, thick black tube, with complicated flame spells and a group of red magic crystals underneath.

There is no doubt that this is an extremely powerful magic bombardment from the School of the Sun.

The moment the blazing light lit up, seeing that the dark green water had not left the attack range, Mina intervened without any hesitation.

I couldn't see her casting movements at all, I could only sense a huge magical power and the terrifying waterspout that suddenly rose on the stage.

Intercept, engulf.

The flames made a muffled sound in the waterspout, and then heavy rain fell, and a layer of water accumulated on the stage was ankle-deep.

"It's okay, after all, this is not your home turf, but I don't like things that look slimy and spit acid. They feel disgusting."

Staring at the little slugs that had reassembled, Xilan curled his lips and gave a passable evaluation. It would have been even better if it hadn't been for the subsequent vicious comments.

She paused, looked around, and finally shouted in one direction,

"Is there anyone else brave enough to come up and give it a try? If not, I'm leaving."

For a moment, the whole place fell silent.

Everyone followed Xilan's gaze and stopped at Anke.

obviously.

Not only An Ke would observe the surroundings, but other people would too. Although her appearance did not directly cause any commotion, she was actually one of the undisputed focal points.

After all, anyone who can appear here, even if there are some differences from the image on the photo stone, can still be confirmed to be the little hero of Asda City who has become famous in recent months.

"Everyone is looking at little An Ke, are you going to come up?"

Momo looked like she was enjoying the fun.

“…Is there any reward?”

An Ke looked at the terrifying steel monster. This was only the second round, and she didn't dare to imagine what the third round would be.

If it's too difficult and there's nothing good to come of it, she doesn't want to waste her efforts.

"Well, if you forge an alchemical weapon at the Queyu Workshop, I can cover the processing fee for you once... It depends on your needs and the raw materials you provide. If the manufacturing process is more complicated, and Momo helps you hire a master, you can usually save tens to hundreds of thousands of gold coins, sometimes even more."

The first half of Momo's sentence was not very attractive, but when faced with the second half, Miss Anke, who has always been frugal and thrifty, had to become serious.

If I can get the raw materials later, wouldn’t it be like getting something for free?

How could Mammon resist such tempting words?

then.

Stepping on the still slightly wet rocky ground, Anke entered the testing ground.

The other party's voice sounded in my ears:

"It seems you're the real deal, not some ridiculous scholar, right?"

Half provocation, half expectation.

This is the feedback given by the spell "Empathy".

In response, Anke just smiled sweetly:

"You'll know soon enough."

Chapter 16: Try Your Best

"Really? Then your display of the Flame Demon Sword had better be worthy of its legend, not some circus fireworks display."

Facing the girl's smiling face and confident answer, Xilan remained noncommittal. While grinning and revealing his sharp fangs, he spoke as harshly as ever.

There was only a little time for communication, because when the volunteers came on stage, a new black steel golem made its grand appearance.

It is not only a humanoid golem, but also equipped with a hand cannon, and is made of real black steel. It feels completely worthy of the title of "youth version of Iron Man".

Even though the sea slug was defeated very easily just now, for an average second-level wizard, especially one who comes from a self-taught background and does not master powerful spells, this golem is a wall of despair that cannot be crossed.

Since Encore came on stage, the crowd suddenly became agitated.

"Is it coming? The handsome Flame Demon Sword! Miss Anke, can you smash the golem into pieces in one go? Give that vicious and arrogant gloomy female ghost a good lesson!"

"It's hard to say. Don't be so half-baked. Can you learn more about her? She's not easy to beat."

"What do you mean? Do you look down on the descendant of a great hero? You're not like those brainless haters who think Miss Anke is useless without the Flame Demon Sword Saint, are you? If she hadn't inherited the Flame Demon Sword's sponsorship, why would Sutur choose her?!"

"Heh, I think you're a complete fake fan. So let me ask you, what are the special properties of the Flame Demon Sword? Does it restrain flesh-and-blood monsters with powerful vitality? What about golems? Are Black Steel Golems afraid of fire? If you don't understand, then stop making a fuss, okay? Aside from some elemental life forms, the Flame Demon Sword is most afraid of alchemical creations!"

"Yes, you haven't given it much thought. Why was Mr. Sutur so unknown before his thousand-mile raid to slay the Rock Mountain Dragon? Compared to other extraordinary mages in Black Rock City, his Flame Demon Sword wasn't good at handling alchemical artifacts, and he had no advantage against the Earth School either. Consequently, his strength didn't quite match his fame."

"Ah? No wonder that woman spoke so arrogantly! But what should we do now?"

"There are still props to use, you have to believe! Come on, Miss Anke, you must defeat that abominable female ghost!"

Everyone talked at once, and soon reached a consensus, and even started shouting to cheer the girl up.

Of course, such an ignorant conversation would only happen among freshmen at the Royal Academy.

The staff of the nearby Queyu Workshop and the third-level mages naturally had special thoughts and opinions.

For example, thunder.

Although he is a necromancer, as an elite of the City of Winter Bone and an assistant teacher at the Tower Academy, he has a wealth of knowledge and experience.

However, he didn't think that the other party would be unable to deal with even a Black Steel Golem.

It’s not that what those students said was wrong. After all, it is indeed not easy for the School of the Fiery Sun to deal with the School of the Earth. This is a fact recognized by spellcasters.