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jerks in the mansion.
Kang Seung-hyun and his party descended the stairs and arrived at the basement made of red bricks.
“Is this a red brick house too?”
The basic interior was not much different from the Spencer family mansion, but it didn’t feel that old because it had been sealed for a long time.
“Something is messy.”
“It’s full of all kinds of junk.”
The interior of the cellar was full of inward doors, cloth-covered boxes and unknown items.
‘That’s…’
Among them, the most noticeable is the left wall.
It consisted of a red clay tablet with inscriptions densely engraved on it.
[A great being who loved Tracotti.]
[I leave a record about ‘Wizmel’ here.]
Looking at the clay tablets lightly, I could see that they were all related to Wismel.
“It’s a thing left by the Spencer family ancestors.”
Pengrill, who inherited the position of the head of household, found a sealed basement switch while cleaning out the head of the house.
Since he was one of the leading geniuses in his family, he
would have easily broken the seal and found this clay tablet after coming down the stairs.
“That’s why I couldn’t bring it to the Spencer studio…”
“If you’re using the entire wall as a record, it’s going to be difficult to move it easily.”
Pengrill moved all the other materials to the Spencer workshop, but he couldn’t move this huge clay tablet, so he seems to have removed all his employees and replaced them with puppets to keep out outsiders.
“Let’s see what it says.”
Kang Seung-hyeon examined the clay tablet.
[If Wismel-sama returns someday, I will not forgive the Doll Workshop for erasing his existence.] [
I decided to betray the Doll Workshop in order to be forgiven by him in order to protect the Spencer family.]
The first of the clay tablets In the part, the reason for betraying the workshop was written in verse.
“In other words, he betrayed him because he was afraid that if Wismel was revived, he would be ruined.”
‘As expected, betraying the doll workshop is a family history.’
In the end, the reason why the previous family head desperately stole the data was not because of religious beliefs toward Wismel, but because he was afraid of being punished.
[Wizmel is a guardian deity worshiped in Tracotti]
[He is the progenitor of the Tracotti puppeteers.]
[He bestowed grace on the Red Forest with the power to manipulate the earth…]
Below that is Wismel It was all kinds of records about the existence and achievements of Wismel after he disappeared.
“Looking at the similarities with the contents found in the doll studio, it seems that the materials were secretly copied and recorded in the studio.”
“Then, is there any reason to see more of these clay tablets?”
“Ah, here’s new information!”
Rebecca, who was examining the clay tablet, exclaimed in surprise.
In one corner of the wall, there was something written that hadn’t been seen in the doll workshop.
[Myth of Tracotti]
[The goddess loved the forest and loved all creatures in the forest and wanted to protect them.] [
However, taking care of the forest by herself is time-consuming and laborious.] [
Goddess contemplating [The clones born in this way built
a village to serve the goddess in the middle of the forest, and later got the name ‘Tracotti’.]
In other words, the founder of Tracotti is Wiz . Mel’s body.
The people of Tracotti village were not just believers, but Wizmel’s descendants.
“Oh my God… that it was Wismel-sama who created our village.”
“So, did the people of Tracotti inherit the power of the gods?”
“Perhaps? Well, since they are the descendants of clones created by splitting a small part of Wismel’s power, only traces remain.”
But with this, we can understand why only the Tracotti people do not get lost in the Red Forest.
Although it was only a trace, it was because he had inherited Wismel’s power.
“Then the doll studio is a bunch of immoral bastards.”
“A knife on the back of my parent and teacher…”
This information could not be found inside the workshop, as if the doll studio had exhausted itself and erased it.
It seemed that he couldn’t bear to leave it because it was so unreasonable.
“Looking at this, I think I can understand why Pengril resents Camar and the doll studio so much and is obsessed with Wismel.”
“Serving Wismel… is it the ancestors’ turn for the Tragoti people? I’m mad at you for not letting me do that.”
“Even so, things aren’t normal right now.”
Seunghyun Kang looked around the basement.
Now that the investigation of the clay tablets is over, the only thing left is the room heading inward.
“So what’s over there?”
“I hope it’s an empty warehouse over there…”
Rebecca muttered awkwardly.
I don’t know the exact reason, but there was a gloomy aura on the other side of the door.
“Let’s go in first.”
Kang Seung-hyun and the others entered the door.
Dirt, paint and fragments of broken dolls were scattered all over the room.
“Did they make dolls here?”
“I don’t think so…”
The moment Kang Seung-hyun said this,
it rustled!
rattle!
A golem in the form of a four-legged beast jumped out with a loud sound from inside.
At first glance, it was a golem made with the motif of a cat and, among other things, a seungnyang.
“What is this!”
“It’s a golem!”
“It doesn’t seem to welcome us.”
Snuggle Geek!
Snuggle Geek!
The wild golem howled wildly at the three of them and attacked them fiercely.
“Everyone take out your weapons.”
“okay!”
Kim Ho-jeong swung her golden glory at Seung-nyang’s golem.
“go away! Whoa!”
grasp!
Golden glory struck the wild golem’s head.
Since it was originally a tool specialized for digging, it was not difficult to break the golem made of earth.
Intercepting device!
But even with his head smashed, he didn’t stop and attacked.
Because it was a doll that felt no pain.
“Why isn’t this dying?”
“The golem won’t stop moving until the core is destroyed!”
“Where is the nucleus?”
“It’s different for each producer…”
“No, then how do you catch it!”
Kim Ho-jung screamed and swung his golden glory once more.
Parbat!
However, the wild golem did not fall for the same trick. He avoided the attack with light movements and rushed toward Kim Ho-jung.
Fuck!
“Keep it!”
“Kim Ho-jung Tanker!”
Kim Ho-jung missed the golden shovel and fell backwards.
Kim Ho-jung did not get up right away, as if the damage was quite large.
Intercepting device!!!
After dealing with Kim Ho-jung, the wild golem changed its target and rushed towards Rebecca.
“It’s more troublesome than I thought.”
At that time, Kang Seung-hyeon stopped Seung-nyang’s golem.
‘I can find out the location of the nucleus by examining it with the [Observation Eye]… but is there any reason to capture it that way?’
Kang Seung-hyun picked up the golden glory that Kim Ho-jung had dropped and
[incision]
Pasaaaaa!
Seungnyang cut off the golem’s leg with a single blow.
The core in the body was not damaged, so the function did not stop, but it was impossible to move as all the legs were smashed.
“Are you both okay?”
“Whoa…”
“Cut off all 4 legs… with just one swing of the weapon!”
“It’s okay to see you talking well.”
Kang Seung-hyun brushed off the soil on his body and returned golden glory to Kim Ho-jung.
“I lived thanks to the teacher. I took 10 years…”
“There’s a golem over here too!”
Looking at the place where the wild golem jumped out, we could find a variety of golems, from completely destroyed ones to relatively intact golems.
“Here, this golem is a goat and a roe deer. Although it was smashed.”
“There are also mice and rabbits in that corner.”
“They are all animals that can be easily seen around Tracotti.”
Like the wild beast golem, all the golems seen nearby were golems made with wild beast motifs.
“It seems like everything was made by my brother… but why did he make it?”
“Okay? Because you like animals?”
“That’s why my brother doesn’t like animals. To put it bluntly, I hate it.”
Rebecca approached the beast golem.
“I always make humanoid golems, but I rarely make animal golems.”
Trek. Trek.
When the mouse and rabbit golem met eyes, they quietly backed away to hide, and the wild dog golem lowered its body low and snarled and alerted it, showing similar behavior to real animals.
“What… are you attacking again?”
“I think it will still be fine.”
Other golems didn’t attack easily, perhaps because they saw that the wildcat golem was smashed. Rather, it seemed that he was slowly avoiding Kang Seung-hyun and the others.
‘He behaves like a real animal.’
This is an aspect that cannot be seen in normal golems.
Kang Seung-hyun opened his mouth thinking about the appearance.
“Rebecca, are these guys Ego Golems by any chance?”
“Uh… I guess that’s right.”
Rebecca nodded in agreement.
However, it is said to be an abnormal ego golem with no magic power.
“Somehow, I thought he acted too realistically for a golem.”
“That’s what Harvey said.”
“It looks like Pengrill studied the ego golem here.”
Of course, all the Ego Golems abandoned in the room were unstable and unfinished failures.
If it was a completed ego golem, it would have been moved to Spencer’s workshop rather than abandoned here.
“For now, let’s ignore this side and take a look inside.”
Kang Seung-hyeon and his party approached the back of the room.
There was a desk with some old notebooks and notebooks on it, and a kiln for baking dolls was installed
.
“Hee-ik…!”
The carcasses of all kinds of wild animals were strewn about.
Not one or two, but dozens of them.
“What is all this!”
“It is so terrible. How could you do this…”
Kim Ho-jeong and Rebecca, who witnessed the scene, stepped back in amazement.
‘Is this also Pengrill’s work? Why did you do this?’
Kang Seung-hyeon calmly inspected the corpse of the mountain beast.
Some died peacefully as if asleep, while others were terribly disfigured.
‘huh?’
Kang Seung-hyeon, who was examining the corpse carefully, found a dead seungnyang among them.
“Everyone, take a look at this.”
“why? Why animal carcasses?”
“This corpse looks exactly like the Seungnyang Golem we fought earlier.”
“Oh my gosh… is it real?”
Kim Ho-jeong looked at the corpse with a confused face. The face of Seungnyang’s corpse resembled that of the golem he smashed earlier.
“Have you seen this and made it? That guy has really bad taste! Upset!”
“It’s the same with the other golems.”
Not only wildcats, but rats, rabbits, wild dogs, and goats, the same animal corpses as the golems I found earlier were scattered all over the room.
“I think I brought it as a reference when making golems.”
“Did you make it so difficult to be a golem…”
“Oh no. My brother rarely makes animal golems, but… It is so skillful that it can be made without capturing animals.”
Rebecca couldn’t understand.
Pengrill is a human who can make a golem with just one picture and doesn’t like animals very much.
“Then he said he did this for another reason…”
“Sir, there is a notebook here. Shall we read it?”
“note?”
“Ah, this is my brother’s handwriting.”
“Let’s read it.”
The notebook lying on the desk was Pen Grill’s handwriting.
[I want to surpass Master.]
As soon as I turned the first page, this sentence appeared, so it was clear that it was written by Pengril.
[I want to perfectly reproduce the ego golem.]
[However, it is easy to replace the body, but it is not easy to replace the mind.] [
I have tried hundreds and thousands of times, but it has failed to contain the will using magic.] [
I have tried to Can’t I even imitate it?]
At the beginning of the notebook, Pengril lamented that things didn’t work out.
[Succeeded in making the Ego Golem.]
However, from the middle of the notebook, the contents changed.
A sentence appeared saying that the golem was successfully created.
[The problem is very unstable, so it breaks quickly even with a slight impact…]
[Needs more research…]
There is no problem so far, but
on the next page, there is a very unpleasant sentence written on it.
[It was impossible to make a pseudo-soul no matter what, so I used already made materials instead.]
[At first, it was discarded because of a severe rejection reaction.] [
After that, I made a doll with clay mixed with parts of the body, and the rejection reaction was greatly reduced.]
“Ingredients already made? What is that?”
“Mixing parts of the body…?”
Kim Ho-jung was still puzzled, but Rebecca’s complexion turned blue when she realized the truth.
“I can’t believe these golems…”
“I’ll try disassembling them.”
Kang Seung-hyeon grabbed the fragments of the broken Seung-nyang golem and [disassembled] it.
Dig!
Light emanated from the fragments, then returned to its material state.
The moist clay and paint for dyeing unique to the Red Forest.
Soft chunks of meat and white powder.
Then, a strange glowing figure appeared.
“what’s this?”
“…the soul of a creature.”
“what?”
“This crazy bastard made a doll out of the soul of a normal animal.”
In other words, the beast golem created by Pengrill was a terrible creature that did not have an ego, but was nothing more than a doll possessed by a ghost.
