Chapter 292
“Mo Na’s here, Mama . ” Responding to my call, Mo Na came running towards me with little Cinderel following closely behind . The moment she came up to me, she leaped into my embrace and hugged me tightly, stubbornly refusing to loosen her grip at all . As she did so, she blissfully rubbed her tender face against my own…’I swear, she just loves to cling to me so much . ’
“Woof woof woof . ” Cinderel stood on both her little paws while clutching adorably at my shins . As she did so, her puppy dog eyes would give a pleading look that went straight to my heart . How could I reject such cuteness?
With two little fellows to placate for the time being, we ended up standing there for a long while till the rest of our wandering companions came back from their respective strolls .
After briefly explaining the situation to them, I left in search of the weapons factory with Mo Na, No . 3 and Big 4 .
The castle had three main pathways running through it, one led to the main hall, the other led to the garden and the last led to, if I wasn’t mistaken, the so-called weapons factory .
The existence of this factory was made known to me by Lucifer’s clone . He mentioned that the golems were all stored there and while he didn’t mention how many there were, it should be quite a number . In all likelihood, these abyssal golems were probably a gift left for the person who awakened him…well calling it a gift wasn’t exactly accurate either .
After all, Lucifer’s goal was to destroy the world . In that case, helping me, the person who so happened to ring the bell on the world, signifying its doom, was only to be expected .
Even his core, the feather of Lucifer, was given to me . Thank to that, my bloodline evolved into that of a Fallen Angel’s…in fact, my bloodline was, strictly speaking, more noble than most Fallen Angels; normal Fallen Angels only had the blessing of Pride on them while I had three .
Ferti’nier once told me that there were Devils who possessed two sins as well . Such Devils were often more powerful than those that only had one . In that case, a guy with three sins like me couldn’t be weak!
As I was busy musing to myself, our entourage reached the bottom of the palace which was more like a basement than anything else . Because the entire palace was carved out of a mountain, it wouldn’t be wrong to call it a cave either .
Thanks to their inherent size, Nola and our two Cerberuses could only wait outside for us . Thus, our party consisted of No . 3, Big 4, each taking the front and back respectively while Mo Na and I stayed in the middle . In order to avoid any potential accidents, I decided to bring the Black Blood Queen Ant along as well . As of right now, she was leading the way through the palace .
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Bringing her along served two purposes . One, with her acting as our vanguard, anywhere she safely crossed would most likely be safe and devoid of traps . Two, since the golems were made of ant poop, it would be a lot more convenient to have her sniff them out . After all, her nose was rather sensitive and sniffing out poop should be an easy task for her .
Ever since I evolved into a Fallen Angel, the queen ant became absolutely subservient to my commands . To her, I was a master to be worshipped; she dared not have any rebellious thoughts at all .
Throughout the tunnel-like hallway, there were sporadic lit braziers lining the cave walls, acting as illumination for us and the tunnel . As I quietly followed the lead of the Black Blood Queen Ant, I tightly gripped the Gem of Authority in my left hand while my right held onto Mo Na .
The tunnel itself was rather straightforward and it didn’t take long before we found the weapons factory . To be honest, finding the factory itself wasn’t at all difficult because the entire road was littered with golems . Before entering, I would often worry about the possibility of a trap along the way . After entering and seeing how many golems there were inside however, I realized that it was an unnecessary worry on my part . Every ten steps we took, we would come upon a guard post manned by a contingent of golems . Every five steps we took, we would come upon a patrol of golems . With such a fearsome army guarding the place, was there even a need for traps?
Furthermore, with how powerful the golems actually were, would traps even make a difference to an opponent whom the golems couldn’t defeat?
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From a glance, I could tell that the golems here and those outside were all of the same model . Even their movements and appearance was basically the same except for one striking difference: those in the factory weren’t damaged at all . Based on that, it was easy to conclude that they had never encountered any opponents at all .
Even now, I still had no way of confirming whether or not the golems possessed something similar to memories . Whatever the case, they never once stopped the queen ant from proceeding forward and instead let her pass naturally . Us, on the other hand, were given a much more wary welcome . Their eyes would lifelessly stalk our every move at which point I would raise the Gem of Authority for them to see .
Upon looking into the gem, the gem itself would emit a strange red light, the kind that flashed past as if it was a scanner .
Once that happened, the golems who were probably about to pounce on us just moments ago immediately became docile as if they were guard dogs whom I had raised from birth . They would stand there silently and await my command .
“That stone is so cool, Mama! Mo Na wants to have a go too . ” Mo Na swung my arm back and forth and mustered the most adorable voice in her arsenal to ask for that stone .
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By now, I had basically uncovered all the functions of this gem . For example, I could use it to flash the golems a red light signal which would make them obey my command . On top of that, I could hand over authority to someone else temporarily . If I were to hand over command rights to Mo Na temporarily, she could go around subjugating golems in my stead . Furthermore, even after all that, the command of those golems would still rest with me . As the temporary user of those golems, Mo Na only had the right to use them, not command them .
The transfer of command rights was only temporary . I could, at any time, decide to withdraw those rights since the gem itself was bound to my soul . As long as I was still around, this authority would never leave me . Also, I discovered that I could actually allow Mo Na to control the golems without actually handing her the Gem of Authority .
However, the one drawback to that would be if she encountered any stray golem who still wasn’t put under the command of the gem . At that point, the golem would attack Mo Na as always .
Truth be told, the fact that these golems were still functional after 80 000 years was truly astounding .
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the ancients humans were amazing . After all, these Abyssal Golems were modelled after the work of the ancient alchemists .