Chapter 176: Half-elf Maids

Su Lun’s standards for selecting maids never changed. His castle would later raise some Magical Beasts, Heatherway’s Laboratory would also move here, and all kinds of precious materials and Magic Items could not be managed by outsiders.

So ordinary humans were not suitable to be his maids. They had little strength, short working hours, were easily tired, had limited lifespans, aged quickly, and ordinary people could not get close to Magical Beasts or many Magic Items. Even if they did not actively attack, ordinary people would get hurt by the surrounding energies.

The maids he needed were diligent, capable, strong, and pretty. It was best if they were like Chris, who did not need a salary. Calculated this way, there were very few people who could do the maid work.

After the Half-elves joined the Territory, Grace also expressed to Su Lun her willingness to send several beautiful Half-elf girls to serve as his maids. According to the above standards, Half-elf maids were barely qualified.

After thinking for a long time, Su Lun had to admit that the offer was very attractive. Half-elf maids were not as good as Elves, but they were not far off. If Grace said they were beautiful, then their looks definitely would not be bad.

After an intense internal struggle, Su Lun finally made a difficult decision. In the end, he made up his mind and decided to accept these Half-elf maids.

After he said those words, the original two hundred Half-elf Archers were reduced to only one hundred. Su Lun almost regretted it to the extreme. That was one hundred excellent Half-elf Archers. Su Lun really wanted to slap himself at the time.

But considering that if he did not accept these Half-elf maids, the Half-elf tribe would feel uneasy. They would worry why Su Lun did not accept them. Was he dissatisfied with them? So, to reassure these Half-elves, Su Lun sacrificed himself to make the Half-elf tribe feel at ease.

Thinking of it this way, Su Lun felt much better. Look, for the stability of the Territory, I sacrificed my own interests. There are not many Lords like me who are so public-spirited.

It was rare to have rain today. Su Lun did not go out to work. He specifically slept in today. Last night’s battle was quite intense. Chris took three Plasma Cannons before surrendering. Heatherway had already fallen asleep long before. When he got up in the morning, the two had already left earlier. As soon as Su Lun got up, Angela and Annie, who had been waiting outside, knew.

They brought in the prepared water, towels, cups, and other items into the room. One used a soft Cotton Cloth towel to wipe Su Lun’s face, while the other prepared a water cup and mouthwash for him to rinse. Su Lun did not need to lift a finger the entire time.

The two Half-elf maids also wore maid uniforms. Their large maid skirts could not hide their tall figures. After some time together, they knew that although Su Lun was strict outside, he was quite easy-going inside the castle.

He was also very tolerant towards the maids. Even if they made small mistakes, they would not be punished severely, at most just a spanking. In comparison, the head maid Chris was much stricter towards them, making them fear her from the bottom of their hearts.

As Su Lun’s personal maids, Angela and Annie were both just adult Half-elves. Before coming to the Lord’s Castle, Grace had already given them some training.

They slept in the room next to Su Lun’s every day. They prepared the next day’s clothes and such before Su Lun woke up. At night, they could only rest after serving Su Lun to bed. Moreover, if Su Lun needed anything at night, they had to come immediately.

But Su Lun was usually very busy at night and had no time to call them. Of course, this was also partly because the two Half-elf girls were still young. Otherwise, Su Lun would have called them to help long ago.

During the day, they did not have much to do. Su Lun would inspect various parts of the Territory in the morning, and go to the Training Ground for training in the afternoon.

The two Half-elf maids would take breaks when possible. Of course, this did not mean they had nothing to do during the day. Su Lun set some training tasks for them. After adding these two little maids to the System army, Su Lun found their potential was quite good, so he had them train as well.

Su Lun had trained with the two little maids. He had to admit, Half-elves really had good talent. Their natural agility was a level higher than humans, and they had a basic dodge talent without any training. After training, their strength steadily increased. Su Lun checked through the System Panel; if they continued to intensify training, they would gain a new dodge specialty after some time.

After dodge training, Su Lun also took them to train in martial skills and strength. They had too many things to train. Whether as Half-elf Rangers or Half-elf Archers, in their initial state they possessed three talents: [Dodge], [Agility], and [Strength]. Every adult Half-elf had Dodge and Agility, but Strength required some time of exercise to master.

In many people’s impressions, Elves were not strong. Actually, this was a wrong idea. Whether Elves were strong or not depended on who you compared them to. Every Elf was a skilled Archer. Although the strength required for their bows was slightly less than for a Centaur Longbow, it was still not something an ordinary person could draw.

Archery was physically demanding work. Without enough strength, one could not draw the bowstring at all. In a medium-intensity battle, an Archer might shoot thirty to fifty times. Without enough strength and stamina, it was impossible. The same was true for Half-elf Archers. Their strength was relatively weak only when compared to other professions of the same level.

Those Half-elf Archers were all physically strong, not slender as one might imagine. It was just that Elves were naturally highly agile, so they preferred to choose professions that utilized their strengths. Therefore, there were few Warriors among Elves, but many Rangers, Archers, and Druids.

“Lord Su Lun, Miss Heatherway asked you to go to her Laboratory after you get up,” Angela said while helping Su Lun arrange his clothes.

“Hmm, I know. Does Heatherway have some new product again?” Su Lun nodded and reached out to pinch Angela’s soft, pink cheek.

Annie brought over the prepared breakfast. The breakfast was plentiful: a large piece of carefully cooked roast meat, a portion of oatmeal porridge, and several fruits. Su Lun finished the breakfast quickly, then rode his horse away from the Lord’s Manor towards Heatherway’s Laboratory.

When Su Lun arrived at Heatherway’s Laboratory, Heatherway was flipping through books. On the experimental bench, over a dozen thick books were scattered messily. Without looking up, Heatherway searched for information while controlling two pens to write and draw in a notebook.

“You’re here.”

“What are you doing?” Su Lun asked curiously.

“I’m preparing to make a Clay Golem. I’m currently recording and organizing information,” Heatherway said casually.

Su Lun was somewhat surprised. “A Clay Golem? You can make a Clay Golem now?”

He knew that only high-level Alchemists could make Clay Golems. After their skills matured, they would try to make Stone Golems. To make an Iron Golem, one must reach the level of an Alchemy Expert. As for the higher-level Legendary Tier Golem Puppets, one needed strength equivalent to an Alchemy Master and a Legendary Wizard. Basically, all Wizards also practiced Alchemy. A Legendary Wizard was often also an Alchemy Master.

“I think I should be able to, so I’m going to try,” Heatherway said seriously, looking up. “Also, my Laboratory is still missing an assistant.”

“Alright. Is there anything I can help with for making the Clay Golem?” Su Lun nodded.

“Help me design the appearance of the Clay Golem, including detailed data for each part. This is the basic data for the Clay Golem.” After handing some materials to Su Lun, Heatherway buried her head back into her work.

Clay Golems were actually not very powerful. After all, just hearing its name, you knew this thing was made of clay. Its strength was roughly equivalent to a Knight Commander. Of course, if it really fought a Knight Commander, as long as the Knight Commander wasn’t foolish enough to fight it head-on, the Clay Golem would definitely lose.

The weight of a Clay Golem was six hundred jin. Its body required one thousand jin of clay to make, and various rare magical materials needed to be added for processing. The clay used to make a Clay Golem must undergo special treatment to become magical clay before production could begin.

Making the body of a Clay Golem required mastery of level 15 pottery and carving skills. This was not difficult. Su Lun’s Territory had various craftsmen. Intermediate pottery and intermediate carving skills were not hard to find. He even had master-level carving skills here.

To make a Golem Puppet, one must master the spell specialty [Craft Construct]. This ability was not difficult to master, and Heatherway had already learned it. Legend has it that some skilled Wizards even built Golem Production Lines to mass-produce Golem Puppets.

The cost to make one Clay Golem was twenty thousand Gold Nar. The most expensive material was the core of the Puppet Golem, the Soul Crystal. If purchasing from a Wizard, one Clay Golem would cost at least forty thousand Gold Nar. Therefore, generally only Wizards could afford these Golem Puppets.

Following Heatherway’s requirements, Su Lun designed the body of the Clay Golem, including its limbs. Since it was to be used as a laboratory assistant and for organizing the laboratory, it did not need much combat ability. It needed more for various assistance tasks, and the Clay Golem’s arms and hands needed to be sufficiently dexterous.

Because Su Lun had Mechanical Mastery, he was very familiar with various machinery. He made some improvements and optimizations to the original Clay Golem design and created a new set of plans for the Clay Golem.

After the design drawings were completed, Heatherway began making the Clay Golem. First, she mixed the clay for the Clay Golem into magical clay. Then, she had two craftsmen who mastered pottery and carving skills make the body of the Clay Golem according to the drawings. After the body was made, Heatherway still needed to carve the runic construct on the Golem’s body.

Just like the bones, blood vessels, muscles, etc., inside a human body, the runes were like the Golem’s blood vessels distributed throughout its body. The main materials for carving the runes were silver, refined copper, Magic Gem powder, and other materials.