THE BOUND SOUL
"Swisshhhh"
Suddenly, a wide slash formed like a curved blade rushed forth from my broken sword. To my surprise, the conjured slash broke one of the limbs of the Phantom of the Dark Realm.
The Phantom of the Dark Realm realized I had a weapon that could harm it, so it quickly ran away.
"The Phantom is quick to run", I said to the others.
"It will return with more help. The Phantoms are not solitary in nature", Emperor Tian told me when to my shock and horror the broken limb of the Phantom transformed into energy which was readily absorbed by my teacher, the magical shroud.
"What is happening here?" Ratatouille asked.
The energy of the Phantom's broken limb nourishes my teacher.
"Your strength is recovering from the magic of the phantom?", I asked my teacher and speculated.
"Yes, the dark magic of this realm could replenish my tattered soul. Hunting these dark beings is useful to me", he replied to me.
"But I can't fight many of these Phantoms at once if they returned with more of them", I complained to him.
Before I could raise my sword again, it cracked and broke. The last conjuration was more than the decrepit weapon could handle.
I've lost the only weapon that I had which could deal with the Phantoms of the Dark Realm.
"Damn, the bloody sword broke", I said.
"Hey, you broke my sword. It's not easy for me to find something useful here in this bloody place", Ratatouille complained to me for breaking his loot.
"Now, what are we going to do?" I asked.
"You must repair the sword", Emperor Tian told me.
"How do I repair the damn broken sword?" I asked them.
"Why are you asking us, you are the Master artificer", Ratatouille told me and reminded me.
During my journey to the kingdom of Arrakis, I've learned how to craft artifacts using my magic.
"But I don't have an artifact crafting plan", I replied to him.
"Ask Sara, she knows every magic in the Ten-Kingdoms", Ratatouille told me and reminded me again.
Sara scanned a copy of almost every magical work in the libraries of the Conjurer Court and the Knight Templar Academy. She may have a copy of an artifact plan that I could use.
"But Sara is not here", I replied to him when I thought about something.
I took out earphones from my stash and put them on my ear. Sara gave me earphones which contained processors that contained a database of all the magic books that she obtained.
"Find me a suitable artifact plan to rebuild the broken sword with the use of these ingredients", I asked my earphone as I brought out several magic ingredients.
"The Broken Sword of the Knight Order" "Sword of the Apostle" "Night Stones" "Shields of the Apostle" "Full Mithrium Armor" "Demon Body Armor" and others.
I laid out many treasures that I've collected which have the potential to be ingredients of artifact crafting. My earphone analyzed the ingredients and proposed a crafting skill suitable for use.
Fortunately for me, there was such a skill in my database that could incorporate the ingredients that I made available.
"What the hell are you trying to make, all these ingredients don't make sense", Ratatouille told me and asked.
"I don't know the reason, but this crafting skill accepts many of these different materials", I replied to him.
"You are making another Frankenstein again", he said to me.
"As long as my Frankenstein can fight well, it's fine with me", I replied to him.
Then I proceeded with the crafting without delay. The Phantoms of the Dark Realm would probably return soon and in number.
"Crafting: Knight Laceration of Order"
"Here I go", I said to them as I prepared to craft a weapon.
"Casting Forging Flame: Three Form Fire"
I cast a forging flame that erupted around my ingredients, containing them in its fiery embrace. Soon, the essence and magic of the ingredients were ripped from them by the force of my forging flame.
"I didn't expect you could create a forging flame at this intensity", Emperor Tian told me with surprise and admiration.
I conjured the constellation from the crafting map given to me by my AI powered earphone before the ingredients merged to form something.
Soon, a large cloud appeared around the ingredients before the crafting was complete.
"What did you craft? A kettle with no ears?" Ratatouille asked me, anticipating that my crafting would result in an abomination.
However, to our surprise, a knight wearing full golden armor appeared from the conjured cloud.
"I thought you were making a blade, you made a golem knight instead", Ratatouille said to me.
"That is not possible. I couldn't cast my Rainbow Enigma flame anymore so it's impossible for me to create another golem", I replied to him.
I once used to be able to create magical golems, or magic puppets with human characteristics. But I lost that wondrous Rainbow Enigma flame which was the only magical flame that could create golems after I repaired the chaos in my templar sky.
"What the rat said is not far from the truth", Emperor Tian added to my surprise.
"I crafted a golem again?" I asked in surprise.
"Not a golem, but a puppet with a soul that is bound to you", Emperor Tian told me.
"A bound Soul? I don't remember putting a soul into the crafting", I replied to them.
Then the golden knight walked toward me and bent his knees pledging his eternal allegiance to me.
"Can he talk?" Ratatouille asked.
Suddenly, we were shocked when the knight spoke.
"Yes, I can. Master, how shall I serve you", the knight replied to me to my surprise with a familiar voice.
"You can talk. Who are you?" I asked the knight.
"I am Alpha", the knight replied to me.
"Alpha, as in my Malevolent Slave?" I asked Alpha.
"Yes master. I was attracted to the crafting conjuration and when the crafting ended, my Malevolent soul is bound to the artifacts before transforming into this form", Alpha told me and explained.