First-level Monster Summoning Spell

The puppet factory resonated with a low rumble that echoed ceaselessly.

The immense magic-powered crystal forge buzzed and trembled intensely, emitting a blazing orange-red light through the cracks of its tightly sealed lid.

The entire factory was filled with a scorching atmosphere, with a heat so intense that even a novice knight couldn’t withstand for long.

Yet, Su Nan stood unaffected, his expression calm as he stood before the workbench.

On the spacious workbench lay an already completed iron golem shell.

The surface of the pitch-black metallic body was covered in densely packed enchanted runes.

As Su Nan placed the soul crystal into the groove on the golem’s chest, silver light quickly spread along the enchanted lines, streaming over the entire body like a flowing brilliance.

In the next second, the iron golem abruptly sat up, leaping off the workbench with a thud, standing upright in front of Su Nan.

Noticing the iron golem’s robust physique, Su Nan nodded in satisfaction.

“The iron golem crafted from black steel is indeed a notch stronger than ordinary steel.”

“Even against Hocchi, this iron golem should be able to secure a victory.”

A qualified iron golem, in addition to being indestructible and immensely strong, possesses dark vision, immunity to all mind-affecting effects, poisons, sleep, paralysis, confusion, suffocation, and more, unafraid of pain or death.

It also holds high resistance to most elemental damage effects.

For instance, resistance to fire burns, lightning paralysis, dark curses, shadow corrosion, among others.

It is aptly called a battle behemoth!

Even in a formal wizard’s tower, an iron golem can rank high within the mid-to-high tier guard sequence.

For Su Nan’s currently forming small base, it’s more than sufficient to serve as the ultimate guard sequence.

As for higher-tier golems, besides lacking qualified soul crystals, his current [Puppet Refining] level is also insufficient.

“The iron golem is indeed a fine guard, but the key materials for its construction are a bit hard to find.”

Apart from the metallic materials forming the body, the iron golem also requires silver, gold, crystal, and other materials for enchanting rune inscriptions.

Ultimately, the overall cost approaches eight hundred gold coins.

This is excluding the value of the soul crystal.

When factoring in the soul crystal, the cost of an iron golem definitely exceeds one thousand gold coins.

“Currently, I don’t have a second soul crystal, so there’s no way to craft a second iron golem in the short term.”

“Or perhaps try using gems as the soul core to refine a lower-performance, stripped-down version of the iron golem, and then synthesize?”

An idea suddenly sparked in Su Nan’s mind.

If that works, then even without soul crystals, he can still refine iron golems.

However, doing so would consume a considerable amount of black steel.

“Or synthesize with a gem-made soul core to see if it can replace the soul crystal?”

“In any case, it’s worth a try, let’s schedule it on the to-do list for now.”

Su Nan added this plan to his to-do list.

The list recorded his daily plans and arrangements.

Meditation, potion-making, refining black rock panthers and golems, cultivating magical plants, blood replacement for the hidden dragon, crafting magical weapons. Each day was practically filled to the brim.

Fortunately, wizards can use meditation as a substitute for rest, negating the need for sleep, otherwise, he really wouldn’t be able to keep up.

“It’s a relief that those three little ones have almost learned everything. In a few days, I’ll arrange for them to settle in the base, to handle simple tasks like cultivating magical plants and extracting lunar flowers, so I can free up time to craft magical items.”

Due to being overly busy, the plan to create twilight-grade magical items has yet to be scheduled.

“Speaking of which, the materials ordered through the Foxfire Merchant Guild should be arriving soon.”

It’s worth mentioning that the reason his schedule lacks spell learning is because most
In the past half a year, Su Nan has already mastered all the first-circle spells he could learn.

This includes 【Disguise Self】, 【Prismatic Aura】, 【Feather Fall Spell】, 【First-Level Monster Summoning Spell】, 【Silent Phantom】, and 【Comprehend Language】.

So far, he has mastered a total of twelve first-circle spells.

For a Level 2 Wizard Apprentice who has been recently promoted for less than two years, this quantity of spells is truly astonishing.

However, after this, Su Nan no longer had additional first-circle spells at hand.

Although the Fox Fire Merchant Guild has been gradually collecting various books for him according to his commission,

their spell books are very few, and occasionally those they have are mostly zero-circle spells.

More than half of the first-circle spells that Su Nan currently knows came from the spell books left by his master Aimi.

“As expected, to truly succeed, one must rely on a wizard’s legacy.”

Su Nan thought of the Tower of Stars, one of the three major wizard legacies on the Starlight Continent.

He didn’t know where the Tower of Stars actually was.

“Speaking of which, both the Tower of Stars and the Star Kingdom have ‘stars’ in their names. Could there be some connection between the two?”

After pondering for a moment without results, Su Nan shook his head and stopped worrying, instead contemplating another matter.

“The base is too large. Even with three apprentices joining, many places still lack manpower. More helpers must be found.”

Su Nan has long had a solution for this problem.

And it just so happens to be related to the two first-circle spells he recently mastered.

That is, 【First-Level Monster Summoning Spell】 and 【Comprehend Language】.

【First-Level Monster Summoning Spell】 is also known among wizards as ‘Level 1 Helper Summoning Technique’.

Many wizards use this spell to summon some creatures from other worlds to assist in their experiments or to help manage their base.

After all, compared to spending a lot of time and energy cultivating apprentices, summoning otherworldly creatures is undoubtedly quicker and more convenient.

But this method is not without its challenges.

Firstly, the summon targets of 【First-Level Monster Summoning Spell】 are uncertain.

There are multitudes of otherworldly creature species, and 99% of them cannot meet the requirements of a wizard.

To summon a suitable otherworldly creature, one usually needs hundreds or thousands of attempts.

Secondly, there is the issue of language communication.

During the spell’s effect period, the spellcaster can achieve mental communication with the summoned creature through the spell link, not needing to deal with communication issues.

But if they want to keep the otherworldly creature, communication becomes a problem that must be solved.

However, this is an easy fix, and 【Comprehend Language】 is prepared just for this.

With this spell, communication with otherworldly creatures is not a problem.

Moreover, in the future, one can create a magical item that permanently holds the 【Comprehend Language】 spell and have the summoned otherworldly creature wear it, eliminating communication barriers.

Lastly, there is the matter of contracts.

Turning an otherworldly creature into a helper requires ensuring it will not betray.

Further, it involves their loyalty.

Therefore, signing a contract becomes the only choice.

Even if one does not sign a slave-like blood pact, at least a cooperative vow contract is required.

How to persuade otherworldly creatures to sign such a contract is a problem wizards must consider.

Of course, if one is ruthless enough, they can use violence to force otherworldly creatures to sign a blood pact.

Some wizards have even used this spell to summon otherworldly creatures as experimental materials, giving 【First-Level Monster Summoning Spell】 another nickname: ‘Level 1 Resource Summoning Technique’.

However, the downside of doing so is also clear. Under the influence of the summoning laws in other worlds, otherworldly creatures basically won’t respond to the summoning of these wizards in the future.

“I also have magic coins that can summon otherworldly creatures and can be used together with 【First-Level Monster Summoning Spell】.”

“Hope I can summon a few useful helpers.”

Su Nan added another item to his schedule list.