"What?"
"You said he made Rune Golems?"
In a fairly quiet conference room atop the high wall, the tea Guo Chongguang had raised trembled violently, nearly spilling onto the floor.
He stared wide-eyed at Zhou Kang, who had come to report on the situation within the city.
"Yes. Lincon used Dark-Energy Ore to create seven Rune Golems called Longwind Colossi. After testing, each one possessed combat power beyond that of ordinary B-Rank ability users."
"I even specifically arranged for Dong You to fight one of the Longwind Colossi. He told me these Rune Golems would be of great use in defending the line."
Zhou Kang spoke methodically. He had spent all his energy on the Rune Golems lately and had long become immune to everyone else's shock at them.
Such methods, akin to those of a creator, had stunned nearly everyone.
What shocked them was not how strong the Rune Golems were, but the fact that they had been artificially created. That meant there was a possibility of mass production.
As he spoke, Zhou Kang seemed to see through Guo Chongguang's thoughts and shook his head helplessly.
"I know what you're thinking, Old Guo, but Rune Golems like these place extremely high demands on both their creator and their mastery of Runes. They also require enough of the right materials."
"To make these seven Rune Golems, Lincon nearly used up all the Dark-Energy Ore Essence stored on our front line."
Guo Chongguang asked, "Would ordinary Dark-Energy Ore not work?"
"It would." Zhou Kang gave an affirmative answer. "But according to Lincon, mid- to high-grade Rune Golems need sufficiently powerful energy cores in order to move."
"He also said that even those energy cores could not guarantee that the Rune Golems' power would last forever. Once the energy in the cores