After obtaining the Fatbox, Rhodes completed the mission of the ruins of the Custer Plateau, for which he obtained the Plane Key and the blueprints for the Construct Guardian in addition to a great deal of experience. The reason why I chose this mission before was to go to the constructing guards, after all, in the upcoming war, there is no life, and the brave and strong constructing will be the best choice to defend the fortress. Otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted the second awakening of the Seven Loves, and went to Custer's place. However, when the reward was in hand, Rod realized that this was a little different from what he had imagined.

Originally, Rhodes thought that the so-called construction guard blueprint was to add the template for building the construction guard in the guild building system after completing the task, so that as long as he spent a little money, then everything could be done. In the end, what ended up in the hands of Rod was a completely embodied drawing. It contains the production process and process of the construct body series, and after the design drawings were started, Rod realized the true meaning of this reward——— although he did not slander in his heart that since the guild construction system can even do such an unscientific thing as a flat high-rise building, he has to take such a double standard as a realistic route in the construction of the construct guard, but the system is only a system after all, and here Rhodes can't find a GM to complain about anything. Luckily, he is not inexperienced in this regard——— it is necessary for major guilds to explode design drawings or something in the game and then hand it over to professional players in the production department to deal with, so after Rhodes got the blueprints of the construct guards, he immediately thought of Labis.

"Construct guards?"

Hearing Rod's answer, Labis's eyes widened in surprise, and then she cautiously reached out and took the scroll handed by Rod, and then the girl leaned against the door frame to open the scroll, carefully looking at the record on it. It was only at this time that Labis finally showed her side as a descendant of the Alchemy Elf Belchemus clan, the panic she had just now. The timid girl disappeared in the blink of an eye. At this moment, Labis's eyes swept intently from the scroll in front of her, and at the same time, her right hand quickly rolled over the drawings, and her mouth whispered to herself, her eyes flashing with the brilliance of seriousness and wisdom.

Rhodes didn't interrupt Labis's thoughts, he stood with Marlene and Christie, watching Lapis's right hand move between the shapes drawn on the scroll, the strange geometric patterns and the headache-inducing number equations, and the girl's eyes moved back and forth like a computer, as if a scanner scanned all the information on the drawings into her head.

Until a moment later. Labis closed her eyes and let out a long sigh, then she raised her head again ——— saw Rod, Labis's calmness and agility just now suddenly disappeared, and in his place was the usual alchemy elf——— who looked up cautiously. With a nervous gaze, he looked at the three people in front of him.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Lord Rhodes, I accidentally ..............."

"No, it's okay."

Rod waved his hand, interrupting Labis's apology, and then he looked at Labis with a serious expression and spoke.

"You've seen this build, what do you think?"

"It's a very comprehensive build-up blueprint. While some places may be a bit cumbersome, it's still very valuable. ”

"Good."

Hearing Labis's answer, Rhodes nodded in satisfaction, and then he spoke.

"So, Labis, I want you to spend the rest of your time making these Construct Guards, as much as possible, how about that? Are there any questions? If you need any materials. I can get Marlene to provide. Of course, taking into account the cost. I want to choose as simple and inexpensive materials as possible. ”

"This ..............."

Hearing Rod's words, Labis tilted her head, thought carefully for a moment, and then she grimaced. Then Labis looked up a little uneasily, and looked at Rhodes with resignation.

"This ......... Yes, I'm sorry......... Lord Rhodes, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it........."

"Huh?"

Hearing Labis's answer, Rhodes was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Labis to give him this answer. What's going on, isn't the Construct Guard something made by an alchemist? In addition, Labis's own current strength is not weak, how can she not do it?

"What's going on? Are there any difficulties? ”

"This ......... This one......... This ..............."

Under Rod's gaze, Labis "this" for a long time, and then the girl may find that she really can't do it, so she can only bow her head helplessly, close her eyes and answer.

"I don't know how to forge magic metal........."

“………………………”

Just because a scientist can build a nuclear reactor on his own does not mean that he can build an intercontinental nuclear warhead on his own.

Rhodes is having the same problem right now.

Looking at Labis with a sad face, Rhodes opened his mouth, and then realized that he had made another mistake, after all, in the game, the forging of magic metal is not difficult for professional players in the production department, and there will be such a group of people in every guild, so in the game, Rhodes only needs to send the drawings down, and then the people below will figure it out themselves. But now it's different here, there aren't any full-time production players in the Starlight Guild. And originally, in the game world, the aborigines who could forge magic metal were extremely rare, which fed a large number of player craftsmen.

"How many people do you need?"

"This ............... According to Lord Rhodes, if I want to build without interruption, there are a total of 150 parts and processes in the construction body, which means that at least 50 craftsmen are needed to help me cast the parts and props I need, and they must be highly skilled, because the internal structure of the construction guards is very delicate, and the slightest mistake may be wasted.

"That's ............"

Hearing this, Rhodes decisively gave up this idea, he did not have a craftsman who specialized in casting, in the days when he first arrived in Deep Rock City, Rhodes once knocked a magic craftsman shop from the Keller family, and also received three or four craftsmen who could craft magic weapons. But Rhodes also knew very well that these craftsmen were not very skilled, and if it weren't for the unique forging table in the shop, I am afraid they would not have been able to create any decent magic weapons. By their skill. It's impossible to create the parts needed to build the guards, not to mention the fact that the manpower is so poor.

"Isn't there any other way?"

It seems that the idea of building an ideal constructed garrison army is going to be put on hold indefinitely for the time being, but Rhodes is not reconciled, it is like a person who wins the jackpot, even if he doesn't buy a car or a house, there is no problem with eating a few bowls of beef noodles and not grieving his stomach. So how does the existence value of this thing be reflected?

"Uh-huh....................."

Labis grimaced, frowned, and thought for a moment before she spoke.

"It's not like there's no way to ..............."

"Oh? What's the solution? ”

"That's right, Lord Rhodes."

As soon as she talked about her specialized subject, Labis immediately became energetic again. She picked up the scroll in her hand. Reopened and flipped through a few pages, only then did I point to one of the pages.

"Frankly, Lord Rhodes, with our current manpower, it is unlikely that we will be able to build a proper structure. However, we can build some relatively simple constructs......... For example, the stone golem ........."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Rhodes immediately remembered the trouble he had encountered in that fog dungeon before leaving the Twilight Forest with Mace and Lijie——— gargoyles were indeed a type of construct, but for a while Rhodes forgot about it.

"Is it something like a gargoyle?"

"Yes. Lord Rhodes. ”

Labis nodded hurriedly.

"This kind of structure is relatively simple, as long as a skilled craftsman carves according to the drawings I have drawn, the rest of the part ——— build the loop, and I can do this by activating the core. However, the disadvantages of this type of golem are obvious, their actions are relatively simple, and they are unable to carry out too complex commands. At the same time, it is too fragile compared to metal structures..............."

"But what about the core?"

Hearing the core, Rod couldn't help frowning. He knew very well how difficult and expensive soul cores———— especially artificially created ones, could be.

"There's no problem with that......... The Berchems possess the art of artificially creating soul cores. I'll use this technique as well, though. Maybe it's going to be more expensive........."

"How much will it cost?"

At this time, Marlene, who was standing on the side, finally couldn't help but ask, after all, after Rhodes left the fortress, most of the money consumed by the entire Starlight Guild was here in Labis. If Anne is a veritable king of big stomachs, then Labis is the "big stomach king" who can eat the guild poor in another sense.

"This ..............."

In response to Marlene's inquiry, Labis lowered her head, stretched out her hand and calculated, and then answered.

"To make an artificial soul core, it will take about five times as many materials as the previous Elemental Emblem........."

"Five-fold ?!!"

As soon as Labis's words fell, Marlene involuntarily screamed, and then she hurriedly stepped in front of the two, waved her hands incessantly, and looked at Rod seriously.

"Rod, this is absolutely not going to work! Five times is too high, and the current Starlight Guild can't afford to consume it at all! Maybe we should think of something else............"

Rhodes did not respond to Marlene's words, instead, he frowned and thought hard for a moment before raising his hand to signal Marlene not to speak for the time being, and then, Rod raised his head seriously and looked at Labis.

"Isn't it okay if it's not an artificially created soul core?"

"Ah, ordinary soul cores are fine, too."

"Are there any requirements in terms of force? Or rather, the properties of the core of the soul? ”

"This ............... Of course, the stronger the strength of the soul core, the better, but in terms of attributes, I don't think there is any special significance, because the Golem itself is made of stone, and it cannot perfectly extend the attribute power in the soul core like a metal structure. Except for the soul core that is particularly powerful, I'm afraid that the Statue of the Golem can't reflect the attributes of the soul core.

“…………………”

Hearing this, Rhodes paused, and then he reached out and took out two soul cores from his spatial pocket. This is exactly what Rhodes had obtained from the hapless Death Knight and Necromancer when he was attacked on his way to the City of Eagles. Later Rhodes kept them. Originally, he planned to find a time to wake them up as summoning elves, but now hearing Labis's words, Rhodes had a new idea in his heart.

"How about these two soul cores?"

"These two .................."

Labis took the soul cores of the two poor creatures from Rhodes and took a closer look.

"These two soul cores can be used to build powerful Construct Golems, Lord Rhodes."

"Good."

Hearing this, Rod relieved his heart, and a plan suddenly appeared in his heart.

"So. What if the strength of these two is weakened to one-tenth of the soul core? ”

"Hmm............... If it's 1/10th, it's unlikely to reach this strength, but it's no problem to use it to power the Golem for a normal level of attack and defense. ”

"Good!"

Hearing this, Rod finally made up his mind, and he stretched out his hand. He patted Labis on the shoulder.

"Then, I'll leave these two soul cores to you first, you can see what kind of golem you can make them into, and when you've made a sketch, give it to Marlene. Marlene, once you get the sketch, you give it to Shanna, and let her take care of the stonemasons in Deepstone City to buy and carve it, and declare it that this is the decoration that our guild needs for the new fortress, no problem. ”

"No problem. Rod. ”

Hearing Rod's words, Marlene nodded and relaxed. As a deputy specializing in financial management, Marlene is of course very aware that this will reduce expenses much less than before. Of course, although the stone required to construct the golem will definitely not be of the same ordinary color, but fortunately, as the origin of the ore and stone, the price of Deep Rock City in this regard is quite low, and if you buy it through the Keller family——— the quality will also be guaranteed at least this is much cheaper than those magic gem crystals that are almost sky-high!

And at this very time. Suddenly. Christie, who had been standing quietly next to her, gently tugged at the corner of Larod's coat and noticed Christie's actions. Rod couldn't help but turn his head and look at the girl next to him, and then saw Christie holding her drawing board with both hands, raising her head, and looking at Rod quietly.

“……… So......... Rod......... Let me design it......... Those Golems? ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Rod couldn't help but be stunned, it was the first time he had heard such a request from Christie's mouth. But Labis and Marlene didn't seem surprised.

"I think that's a good idea, Lord Rhodes, Christie is very good at designing things, and this elemental badge was designed for me by Christie?"

"Is there such a thing?"

Hearing Labis's answer, Rhodes was really surprised this time, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand, and looked at the element badge in his hand again——— the design is exquisite and chic, but it shows a bit of atmosphere and the unique unity of the group, which is very suitable for being worn by the group organization and recognizing each other. And it is easy to start with, and it is easy to change the form, so there will be no awkward feeling......... Although Rod was not unaware of Christie's good drawings before, even if he was a layman in this area of design, he knew that craft design was not very different from ordinary art painting.

But why would Christie suddenly want to do this?

“……… Christie......... I want to help Rhodes do something......... Do something for everyone........."

The girl raised her head, and her clear eyes of different colors looked at Rhodes quietly, as quiet as a lake.

“……… What do you all say about Christie......... Very well taken care of............ However, I feel that there is something I can do for everyone......... I like you all and I want to help you out........."

“…………………”

Rod looked at Christie in silence, and what he saw in the girl's eyes was a sense of strength, bravery, and responsibility that did not match her thin figure. After staring at Christie for a moment, Rod smiled, then he crouched down, looked into Christie's eyes, and reached out casually, gently stroking the girl's long silky hair.

"So, can I ask you? Christie? ”

“……………… Well! ”

Hearing Rod's answer, Christie smiled happily and nodded vigorously.