Chapter 222

“Alcandeum Golem?
When Ming Hu saw the message, he couldn’t help but be a little surprised. Not because it was a golem. What surprised Ming Hu was the word that preceded it: alcandeum.
“If it’s Alcandeum…
You once sold a Demon Star to Rakuza, the Demon King of the 9th Demon Realm, for 500 kilograms of Alcandeum. Ming Hu opened his inventory. He found the alcandeum tucked away in the corner of his inventory and checked its information.

A legendary metal, harder than any other metal in Middle-earth, it is both physically and magically resistant. It is said to be untouchable by human power.
Alcandeum was a legendary metal, a Legendary ranked material item, and a metal that could not be handled by human power due to its high physical and magical resistance.
“You’re making a golem out of this?
You’d have to open the recipe to find out, but the word “alkandeum” is in there, so obviously you’d need it to build the golem.
“If you need my help, I’ll be there, hehehe.”
At Nerfai’s words, Ming Hu closed his inventory and smiled.
“Yeah, I’ll see you later, ha ha.”
With that, Ming Hu exchanged a final greeting with Nerfai, then greeted a few of the smiths he knew and left the forge.
Sigh
After exiting the forge, Ming Hu turned around and looked back at the forge. After gazing at the forge for a few moments, Ming Hu turned back around and began walking out of the palace.
“Let’s see what it takes to make it.
Ming Hu opened his inventory and pulled out the recipe he had received from Nerfai.
“Yikes.”
Opening the crafting book to see the ingredient items needed to craft an Alcandeum Golem, Ming Hu couldn’t help but be impressed – there were so many different types of items needed to create such a thing.
“How many are there… One, two, three…”
Ming Hu started counting how many different types of items he needed.
“…You need 120 types? That’s amazing…”
The Alcandeum Golem required a whopping 120 different items to craft, and that’s not all.
“This isn’t something you can make in one sitting…”
The 120 items were needed to build the Alcandeum Golem, not to power it up, which required a secondary task.
“…”
Seeing what he needed for the secondary task, Ming Hu was speechless. Ming Hu’s brow gradually began to furrow.
“…can you make this?”
The first task, which required 120 items, was a cuddle. The secondary task was not comparable to the primary task.
“Five hundred of the finest spirit stones…”
For the secondary task, he needed 500 top-grade Spirit Stones. This was no problem, as top-grade spirit stones are very expensive, but not so much for Ming Hu. The real problem came next.
“100 six-circle wizards? Are you kidding me?”
The second phase required 100 sixth-circle wizards to work with 500 top-of-the-line spirit stones. It’s easy enough to buy the stones, but mages are a different story. Gathering 100 six-circle wizards was impossible, no matter how much money you had.
“A month…”
Even if you did manage to gather all 100 6-Circle Wizards, the work wasn’t done immediately. It took a month, and the instructions said it would take 100 Six Circle Wizards working steadily for a full month to finish.
That was the moment.
“Wait a minute.”
With a sudden thought, Ming Hu stopped walking and started looking through his inventory, and soon he pulled out a hammer from his inventory and checked the item information.

Restrictions: Strong Smith
Physical Attack Damage: 50
When crafting an item, has a 100% chance to bring the crafted item to life. (Hammer is destroyed when crafting an item.)
Hammer of Life. When crafting an item, the hammer’s life is transferred to the item you craft.
“The hammer of life… if this is it.”
In the first task, the golem is completed. The secondary task is to imprint a magic circle to activate the finished golem. But what if the primary task gives the golem life?
“I don’t think we need a secondary action.”
It seemed to move on its own without me having to do any secondary work.
“I’ll make it after I finish the quest.”
Ming Hu decided to craft an Alcandeum Golem immediately after completing the quest and placed the hammer and recipe in his inventory. After placing the hammer and the recipe in his inventory, Ming Hu muttered to himself as he looked at the mark of the item Black Nail sitting at the top of his inventory.
“I’ll have to stop by before I go.”
I need to go to Asren, but I didn’t plan to go right away. I was going to stop by Black Nails before I went to Asren.
Jumbled
After leaving the imperial palace, Ming Hu headed straight for the Third Square, where the Black Nail Guild was located. Arriving at the Third Square some time later, Ming Hu skillfully found the restaurant Macadis and opened the door to enter.
As he walked in, the eyes of the diners focused on Ming Hu. Just as before, some of them resumed eating and talking with a nonchalant expression, while others cringed and began to look away.
Ming Hu immediately began walking toward John’s room. When Ming Hu arrived in front of John’s room, he found Arex waiting at the door.
“Welcome.”
Alex also saw Ming Hu and bowed his head in greeting. Then he knocked on the door.
smart
“Why?”
John’s voice came from inside.
“Master, Minghu is here.”
Profit
With that, Alex opened the door and stepped aside. Ming Hu stepped out of the way and entered the room.
“Welcome.”
John smiled at him as they entered. Ming Hu couldn’t help but tilt his head slightly at John’s words, for his tone had changed.
“What the hell?”
Ming Hu sat down and said. Then John sat down across from Ming and opened his mouth.
“Because you’re an earl now.”
“…”
John’s words left Ming Hu speechless.
“How do they already know?
It hadn’t been long after the ceremony, and John already knew that he had been created an earl. Of course, it didn’t matter whether John knew he was an earl or not. The king got straight to the point.
“I’m here because… I want to know something.”
“Is this information from Baron Devek?”
John echoed Ming Hu’s words. At John’s words, Ming Hu shook his head. He would need to see Baron Devec’s information, but there was something more urgent he needed to know.
“…?”
John looked at Ming Hu with a puzzled expression as Ming Hu shook his head, and Ming Hu looked at John and continued.
“What does this have to do with Viscount Appen?”
“…You mean Viscount Appen?”
“Yes.”
“I’m not sure what you mean by that, but Viscount Appen is just one of our many clients. We can ditch him at any time…”
John looked at Ming Hu, his voice trailing off. After listening to John’s words, Ming Hu realized that John seemed to know everything.
“Do you know?”
“…Which one do you mean?”
“What I’m doing.”
“…”
Ming Hu’s question left John speechless for a moment. After a moment of staring at Ming Hu, John nodded and said, “I’m sorry.
“…Yes.”
“So… what are you going to do?”
John didn’t even have to think about it, he just opened his mouth and answered.
“As I said, Sippy, it’s not a special relationship. I can get you some information on Viscount Appen if you’d like.”
Ming Hu smiled at John’s words. No matter how famous the Black Nails were, they were still a guild of assassins. It was not for them to abandon the Viscount, but by saying so, it seemed that the Black Nails had chosen him over the Viscount.
“Yes, please. Oh, and I’d like to get some information on Baron Devec, whom I didn’t see.”
“Yes, I understand, Alex!”
John smiled at Ming Hu’s comment and called for Alex, who was waiting outside. Alex came inside, and John continued.
“Get it. That too.”
“Yes, Master.”
At John’s words, Alex walked back outside.
“Count.”
As soon as Alex left, John spoke up. At his words, Ming Hu looked at him as if to ask why he had called him.
“I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me.”
“Before we do that… I’d like to ask you something.”
When John opened his mouth, his mood was very serious. John’s seriousness made Ming Hu feel like something was about to explode.
“…What is it?”
“Behind the Count… Is it correct that His Majesty the Emperor is present?”
Ming Hu wondered how to answer John’s question. Apparently, he didn’t know for sure.
“But… what are you asking about?
Why would John ask about his background? Ming Hu’s brow furrowed slightly as he pondered how to answer.
“I see.”
Ming Hu said nothing. He merely furrowed his brow slightly. But John nodded, his face full of conviction. Ming Hu stared at him in disbelief for a moment, then opened his mouth.
“What if?”
John opened his mouth to speak at Ming Hu’s words.
“We have an assassination order for the Count right now.”
“…Assassination job? Me?”
“Yes.”
John nodded.
“So… Someone commissioned you to assassinate me?”
Wondering if he had misheard, Ming Hu turned to John once more, and John nodded once more and said, “Yes, sir.
“Yes, I have been commissioned to assassinate the Count from two different places.”