## Chapter 1224 – Shurdick Great Desert

Giant weapon.

“What the hell is this, seriously?”

A single arm of a giant golem was preserved inside the case.

What kind of son of a bitch made something like this? It’s damn well-made, though? I was momentarily taken aback by the discovery of something I couldn’t have imagined, but yeah, it’s definitely possible.

After all, the Karga Kingdom uses golems too.
But this is excessively large.

Anyway, I don’t know why something like this is here, but I get the feeling it’s something important enough to be hidden in this underground area.

One arm… looking at it, it’s the right arm.

Does that mean this giant golem has all its limbs, torso, and head? If we gather them all and combine them, will some crazy Exodia be created? I’d need to bring Sama Joon to beat that.

“Okay, everyone, step back a bit! I’m going to get rid of this lid!”

At my shout, the women behind me moved away.

Now, I don’t care about this lid anymore.

ㅡGrip.

I grabbed the ridiculously huge lid.

ㅡWhoosh!!!

I turned my waist and swung the lid, throwing it to slam into the wall over there. ㅡCrash!!! The giant rock lid collided with the wall and broke in two, falling to the ground.

“You can come now!”

ㅡSwoosh!

I jumped and landed next to the golem’s arm.

“Hmm.”

I began a close observation.

It’s clearly artificial.

It wasn’t taken from some monster, but genuinely made. The pure white armor looked incredibly solid, and the artificial muscles and magic circuits that were faintly visible in the joints were also extremely elaborate.

The fingers were also five in number and quite detailed.

I’ve seen various golems in my life, but the size of this golem was far beyond the normal range. If completed, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was around 25 meters tall.

Did humans make this? Did the ancestors of the desert dwellers possess such immense technological prowess? Or was it made during the Idol War?

“Wow.”
“What… is this?”
“A giant golem’s arm?”

As I was doing that, they all came over. Karin and Liztina, and even Cloudi, were all wide-eyed with admiration.

ㅡFlap flap.

Hilde, with her wings spread, brought the mages over.

“…”

Risha and Winia were so surprised that they covered their mouths with their hands. Only Ari and Hilde maintained their composure. Ari just seemed to take it in stride.

“Hmm.”

Hilde’s face turned serious.

“Katt-nim. It’s that, right?”
“Yeah.”

This.

The Titan Empire might have actually existed.

This size and superior technology. Humans in this era wouldn’t even be able to imitate it. It might have been possible in the pre-Idol War era, but I don’t know much about that time.

At least, I wish I had a clue as to who made it.

ㅡTsupat.

“Father. Look at this.”

Ari held out the crystal ball. It was emitting an even more intense blue light. It seemed to be reacting to the arm.

“The World Tree seems to know about this.”
“Yes, Katt-nim. I think so too.”

That’s why it’s reacting like this.

It wouldn’t react for no reason.

Judging by this, is there some kind of energy source inside? This crystal ball wouldn’t react to a simple object. There seems to be some kind of power inside that arm.

“I never imagined there would be a golem like this…”
“Is it really a golem’s arm? Did someone just make it as a souvenir?”

Winia expressed her doubts.

“Winia. The crystal is reacting. That’s proof that they put some kind of energy source inside. I don’t think they’d make something like this for fun. There’s probably a really huge golem.”
“I see…”

There’s only one thought that comes to mind when looking at such a giant golem.

ㅡGiant weapon.

A giant weapon created to destroy something or to fight against something. This was clearly its arm. Whether it was the Titans or humans during the Idol War, they made this to fight their enemies.

“Hey, isn’t this really made by the Titans? The size is just right for that, isn’t it?”
“I think so too. How could there be such a big golem arm…”

Let’s assume that the Titans made this.

Why did they make it, and why did they hide it in this underground area? Of course, they would have made it to fight something, and they hid it to avoid being discovered. But judging from the circumstances, it seems the entire race went to hell before they could even use it.

That something… is it the god who destroyed the Titans? Or humans?

Whatever it is, it means it’s a weapon made to destroy gods or humans. In that case, it must be incredibly strong.

“Risha. Was there anything like this during the Idol War?”
“…This humble one is not sure.”
“Can you tell just by looking at it?”
“I can try to analyze it as much as possible while disassembling it, but since it came from the underground of these ancient ruins, wouldn’t it take a long time, or there’s a high probability that there’s nothing to find out.”

Risha was honest.

“Still, I would like to take a look.”
“I was planning to take it anyway. Take a look as much as you want.”

Hilde’s inventory exists anyway. It will fit inside, so let’s put it in there for now. But… if this is here, it means there are others.

If I have the chance, should I look for those too?

Of course, it’s not the main purpose.

It’s just a secondary goal.
The most important thing is not this, but the fragment of God.

“Ah, Cloudi. Do you know what was here before the desert?”
“…I don’t know such history.”

I asked just in case, but Cloudi didn’t seem to know anything about this either.

“Why is something like this…”

She looked very surprised.

Anyway, before putting this giant arm into Hilde’s inventory, we carefully observed it. We tried to lift it, checked the front and back, and bent the joints and fingers.

It was heavy.

And solid.

“But I think even big sis could just break it.”
“That’s right. Should we try a strength test on just this end part for a moment?”

Whether it was out of competitiveness, Karin and Liztina said such things. As expected, these big sisters like this kind of thing too much.

“There’s no need to try. You can break it all.”

This can be broken.

Because it’s in a state of suspended animation right now. If it was combined and in perfect condition, I don’t know, but since it’s just an arm, it won’t be able to deploy any defensive magic or anything. It will be easily broken.

“Is that so?”

Whatever, it would be interesting to assemble all of this.

“Anyway, I think.”

Liztina said.

“Rather than being made by humans from the pre-Idol War era… I think it’s possible that the Titans really made it.”

Everyone nodded slightly at that.

“Ah, but I don’t believe all of Hilde’s strange speculations?”
“Strange speculations! I only inferred based on reason and rationality!”
“That’s true, but there’s a devilish way of thinking in there.”
“That can’t be!!”

Anyway, it’s one of the two.

The theory that the Titans made it, and the theory that humans from before the Idol War made it. Both are plausible. Let’s think about this slowly.

“But if we gather all the other parts of this golem… can we assemble it?”

When Cloudi said that.

“That would be kind of fun.”
“It seems possible.”

Everyone nodded.

“It would be an incredibly large war machine. I wonder how strong it would be.”

I wonder too.

“Anyway, Katt-nim. Let’s put it in my inventory for now and take a look at it slowly later?”
“Yeah. Let’s do that.”
“But I have one concern, after all, my inventory is using that. The dimension on the outside, right? If we put something with this kind of energy in it, I wonder if there’s a possibility that it could be identified.”

That’s true too.

We talked about it once before.

“Then it would be a bit dangerous.”

The heretical lich is currently tearing holes in dimensions. If we put this in and the location is identified, it would be very troublesome.

“Wait a minute. Ari. The crystal closer.”
“Yes.”

I reached out and stroked the armor of the golem’s arm.
The crystal was emitting an intense light.

While looking at it.

ㅡSwish.

I feel the energy.

And.

ㅡCrack!

I tear off the armor.

“Ah! Katt! What!”
“Oh!”
“It’s okay. I’m just thinking of taking out the energy source inside.”

The armor is torn off. Well, it’s not like I’m going to enjoy wealth and fame with this. I’m not going to control a giant robot either. So it doesn’t matter if it’s a little damaged.

As I dug through the artificial muscles like that.

“This is it.”

An object that seemed to be the energy source came out.

ㅡWhoa.

It was a bluish-glowing icosahedral jewel. It was about the size of a chubby can of Coca-Cola, and it was inside a transparent tube. There were mechanical covers on both ends of the tube, and tubes were connected to those covers.

ㅡTteudeuk.

I removed it as naturally as possible. As it was a mechanical device, it was designed to be removed and reattached.

ㅡHwaaaaaaak!

When I brought it close to the crystal, an even stronger light was emitted.

“It seems to be reacting to that.”
“Yeah.”

I got this out, so it’s done.

“Hilde. Let’s put that golem arm in the inventory. It’ll be okay since I took this out.”
“Ah, yes! But I think Katt-nim will have to hold it.”

That’s right.

I immediately handed the energy source to Risha, and I put the golem’s arm into Hilde’s inventory.

***

“A unique energy.”

After finishing the work, I quietly examined the energy source. I felt a very unique energy from this. It’s neither mana nor divine power. And it doesn’t feel like a fragment of God either. It’s a kind of energy I’ve never seen before, what is this?

I don’t know, and it’s strange.

Perhaps the guy who created something like this was definitely a crazy madman who was obsessed with paranoid delusions stemming from severe abuse in his childhood, and only pursued his own thing. Such guys inevitably become serial killers… There’s no way the guy who created this destructive weapon is a normal guy.

Americans planned the cursed project called the Manhattan Project and scattered the nightmare of nuclear weapons in this world.

It’s an open secret, but there was intelligence that about 60% of the nuclear scientists who participated in the plan at the time had ridiculous perverted sexual desires. They developed nuclear weapons while eating breakfast and lunch, and after leaving work, they indulged in nightmarish perverted sexual desires that ordinary people could not even imagine, and gained creepy inspiration for nuclear fission.

Perhaps the guy who made this golem of destruction is definitely that kind of madman.

“This kind of energy… This humble one has never felt it before either.”
“It doesn’t feel like the power of the devil either!”

Not only me, but everyone felt that way.

“What was it? The power used by the lord of the other world didn’t feel like this either.”

Come to think of it, I caught and killed that too.
As Karin said, the energy at that time is not felt either.

“It’s a completely new energy. Winia. Are there any human mages who use this?”
“No. Absolutely not. I would have known if there were.”

That’s right.

Anyway, it’s an unknown power.

“I can feel a strong energy. It seems like there’s enough power to move a large golem.”

That’s right.

Is this how they charge the energy for one arm?

“Can’t we use this somehow?”

I think while holding it. This is not something I can absorb. It’s not like I gain power by drinking oil. Can I disassemble it and make something? I have no choice but to entrust this to Risha.

Still, it was a good harvest.

ㅡSizzle.

The World Tree’s crystal ball is still shining.

“When is that going to turn off?”
“Just put it in the bag.”
“Yes.”

Ari immediately put the crystal ball in the bag.

ㅡThe blue light of the World Tree’s crystal ball.

It proves that the World Tree knows the identity of this. What is this… The World Tree will definitely know about the Titans. The World Tree must be an ancient being. It must know.

That’s why it reacted.

Or maybe this is also a human weapon made from something like a fragment of God. There are many possibilities. There’s no way that the only powers in this world are the ones I know.

“Anyway, Titans.”

The ancient race of Titans shrouded in mystery.

Their history or existence, which had been an otherworld’s history that didn’t matter, felt quite important. If the Titan Prince’s words and Hilde’s speculation are true, it means that the World Tree becomes an entity that cannot be completely trusted.

“…”

In that case, the World Tree sap that he gave me becomes very suspicious.