[scene : Colt thinking mid-flight]
I learned about the wasteland continent in my travels with Alexander. As the name suggests it's a wasteland with no signs of water or plant life , well , water won't be an issue… magic, baby.
The problem is.. the soil itself, they say it's so unfertile that nothing can grow there.
[grin]
Except… they didn't ask me to try.
This is the knowledge acquired from the nobles I mentioned before.
Common people know it's a place to fear, a distant land with no purpose, nobles know what's in there and they're not careful with this knowledge because they believe it's impossible to get there..
And with this world's decayed Naval progress, I agree.
They say giant monsters like giant ants or centipedes roam there, not to mention the "unknown golems"… they know about rock golems and sand golems in the main continent..
However, apparently, there are new types of golems here that they can't handle, or maybe it's just not worth it, I mean who's crazy enough to go there??
I'm the exception here.
*The wasteland continent appears in sight, as Colt gets closer, the barren land, becomes visible*
We're finally here…
*Lands, looks around, dark colors, no trees in sight, not even dead ones, just rocks*
Let's see what you've got, wasteland continent
*Colt touches the soil, senses the atoms in its composition and some on a deeper level*
No way
*Colt digs a hole using earth magic, drops down, touches the soil again*
What could this be doing here?!
*Colt flies out of the hole and rushes somewhere else*
*Colt keeps digging holes in several places*
[scene : Colt sitting where he landed, by the sea]
This is insane!! These discoveries can change this world for good..
The "wasteland" is a frickin' treasure trove. It's full of every element needed for technology: copper, silicon ,titanium ,aluminum, iron, tantalum, you name it , it's here
Except for uranium and plutonium and the likes, I couldn't find those anywhere.. though I'm just beginning to explore this place.
Which is good.. good luck destroying the world now… assholes.
It also has every jewel: rubies, diamonds, you name it, and there is a lot.
I've only seen the scientific side of things.. what about the magical?
*Colt uses magic sight*
*The air filled with high amounts of mana.. enough to be clearly visible as a purple-black spacy fog*
This is insane !! What the heck??!!!
It was never this dense in the main continent, even in areas where no humans lived…
This could mean one of two things..
Either this place is naturally richer with mana, or that humans regulate the flow of mana somehow.
Of course! YOU MORON, that's the origin of the centipedes or the ants, they're exposed to ridiculous amounts of mana so they mutate into the monsters we know!!!
No wonder!! The closer to the city or the town you get the weaker the monsters.
What about the golems then??
*Suddenly, the earth shakes, Colt turns around to find a shining golem behind him*
I had to open my big mouth.
*Dodges a punch*
Colt : "Easy there big fellow, why don't you take a nap?"
"graviol"
5 times gravity
*The golem drops to the ground, starts to shatter.*
Colt : "Now then , your color, that overall silver look…"
*The golem keeps shattering until a red orb inside it appears.*
Colt : "Ah , here's you core."
*Colt uses earth lance.*
*The core shatters, the remains of the golem are still.*
With the core shattered it's dead, now then… time to take a look..
*Colt grabs a shard, carefully examines it.*
It can't be!!
"atomic sense"
It is!!!
The golem… it's made of… PURE SILICON.
What the heck !!!
Wait, let's try something..
*Colt takes a shard of silicon , imbues it with a boatload of magic power*
I'm pouring a lot into this.. I wonder what will happen???
*Suddenly ,the shard turns red, floats away ,forms itself into an orb and around it.. a new silicon golem is formed from seemingly thin air.*
*Colt bounces back.*
*The golem tries to attack.*
"graviol" , 5 times gravity.
Colt [laughing hysterically] : "Ahahahaha, I never thought this would actually work!!! I got silicon from magic!!! I could manipulate atoms, but this!!! This is a gold mine!!!"
*The golem shatters, Colt finishes it.*
And since taking them down is so easy, I am basically the king of metal
THIS… CHANGES… EVERYTHING
*A giant centipede appears from underground.*
*Colt turns around.*
[ evil smile]
Colt : "I was waiting…"
"static"
Colt : "Just stay there like a good little insect."
*Colt calmly walks to the centipede, touches it.*
Colt : "Ah, hard natural armor eih? Well if I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead. However…"
*Starts siphoning its magic.*
*The giant centipede gradually de-mutates into a regular small one, after that, Colt holds it as it squirms*
Colt : "It worked!! But I'm a little greedy, let's mutate you again…"
*Supplies the same amount of magical power he siphoned*
*The centipede shrieks in agony but does not mutate until after a few seconds from when the magic was fully supplied*
Interesting !! so there is a certain threshold, I need to pass to mutate a being or create a golem..
[internal evil grin]
This.. is gonna be fun.