Chapter 3876 Crafting The Puppet
After putting away the materials, Jared did not linger. Instead, he promptly left with Dillon.
After leaving Pathfinder Sect’s branch sect, Jared and Dillon returned to the airship.
“Mr. Sawyer, could you possibly arrange a private room for me on the airship? I’m willing to pay extra for it,” Jared asked.
“Of course, that’s possible. I can still call the shots on this airship. There’s no need for the extra charges.” Dillon gave a faint smile, then proceeded to prepare a separate room for Jared.
The reason why Jared wanted a room of his own was so that he could attempt to craft puppets during the journey.
Now that Jared had both the method and materials for creating puppets, he could finally start the process.
The airship gradually ascended while Jared started to craft puppets within his room.
Following Holden’s approach, Jared began to fuse various materials together.
Bathed in streams of light, the shapes of those materials gradually began to change.
As the puppet gradually took shape, Jared felt a stir of excitement within him. Now that I possess the method for puppet creation, with ample materials, I can assemble a formidable puppet army. When the time comes, I’ll be capable of conquering the whole Ethereal Realm!
Roughly three hours later, a puppet, standing about three meters tall and exuding an overwhelming presence, was finally crafted.
Jared gently caressed the puppet as if he was stroking his own child. A thought crossed Jared’s mind. I’d like to try to make this puppet move.
However, the puppet was as lifeless as a corpse, completely unresponsive. Jared’s spiritual sense couldn’t connect with the puppet at all.
Once again, Jared released his spiritual sense and channeled his aura into the puppet.
However, the puppet remained completely still.
At that point, Jared furrowed his brows, his face filled with confusion. He couldn’t understand why the puppet, which was clearly successfully crafted, wasn’t moving.
He fiddled around with the puppet for quite some time, prompting many of the cultivators on the airship to look toward Jared’s room.
Jared’s aura surged chaotically in the room, yet he was unable to connect with the puppet, let alone command it.
He even tried to store the puppet in his Storage Ring, but his attempts were futile.
Jared was getting somewhat angry. “D*mn it! What’s going on? I clearly followed the instructions and successfully created the puppet, so why can’t I use this puppet at all?”
Jared was utterly baffled.
“Hahaha! You’ve been fooled, brat.” At that moment, Vermilion Demon Lord burst into hearty laughter.
“How could it be possible? If Mr. Holden had deceived me, I couldn’t have successfully crafted this puppet.” Jared didn’t believe that Holden would deceive him.
“He only told you how to craft it but not how to activate it. Isn’t this a case of deception? Although the puppet is successfully crafted, it lacks an energy source. It would be strange if it could move. Do you think this is a zombie puppet that is capable of being driven by the power of the corpse itself?” Vermillion Demon Lord said.
Upon hearing that, Jared suddenly gained clarity. The zombie puppets created in this manner require a spiritual stone, a beast core, or some other form of energy to power it.
Jared hurriedly rummaged through his Storage Ring for a spiritual stone and quickly inserted it into the puppet.
With that, the puppet finally showed signs of movement.
Just as there was a flicker of activity, the puppet suddenly fell still again.
Jared was once again left dumbfounded.
“How much energy does your spiritual stone even contain? Dream on if you think such a small piece of spiritual stone can power such a massive puppet,” Vermilion Demon Lord remarked.
Seeing that, Jared rummaged through his Storage Ring again. He tried using beast cores and even some mystical herbs, but none of these could make the puppet move freely.
Finally, Jared had come to understand. His dream of building an army of puppets was just that, a dream. The resources alone that such an army would consume were beyond his reach.
Although he could create a million puppets, he would need to have the materials to power the puppets and allow them to possess combat abilities.
That was akin to buying a luxury car. Without fuel, it was nothing more than a piece of junk.
Jared thought. No wonder the Olsen family didn’t mass-produce these puppets. They’re essentially long-term consumables.
