Golems Are Tools

Just as Wade had expected, constrained by the competition theme of "coping with extreme environments," most competitors who chose to make golems performed poorly. Either they failed to complete them, or their creations displayed obvious flaws during testing.

For example, there was a turtle-shaped golem designed to withstand high pressure. It moved so slowly it was despair-inducing; simply waiting for it to crawl to the designated spot had the audience yawning nonstop.

Then there was another competitor who had imitated the jellyfish golem Wade had used in the league. The intention was for it to float in corrosive poisonous gas or liquids while using its tentacles to perform delicate operations.

But the Jellyfish Golem's several tentacles hung from its body like streamers, completely impossible to control. Its only virtue was that it managed to remain afloat.

There was also a crocodile golem that could change its color and shape according to its surroundings. Yet the colors it transformed into were similar to the environment while being utterly different at the same time—roughly the difference between real nature and a cartoon.

Compared to these people, Karl Claister was actually the best-performing competitor. At least... if a few more wheels were installed underneath, his golem might truly have had a chance of completing the task.

Wade was conscientious as well. Whenever he commented on a golem, he would first affirm the idea, then point out its problems, and finally offer directions for improvement or correct certain spells and magic scripts.

The imagined provocations and challenges never appeared. Every competitor who received his comments wore an expression of sudden enlightenment, as if the trip had been well worth it.

At the same time, certain shadows that had always clung to Wade's reputation, such as—

"No one could possibly achieve this much at such