Chapter 513: Chapter 501: Thanatos and PX-4

「Three more years passed.」

On Cybertron, a massive, ring-shaped Magic Furnace supported the energy network of this small world.

A total of one hundred fully automated production lines ran day and night. Massive quantities of metal ingots went in, and when they were spat out, they had become intricate, complex components.

And on a vast, designated plot of land—three kilometers long and two kilometers wide—a true behemoth had risen from the ground: the newly completed shipyard.

Its main structure was suspended in mid-air, with bustling construction platforms and a material transport network as dense as a spider’s web below.

Tens of thousands of Factory Servants swarmed over the ship’s frame like worker ants, moving without rest.

This replica of a Purification Battleship was still under construction. Merely laying the keel of its fifteen-hundred-meter frame was enough to cast a shadow that blotted out the sun and sky.

Inside a newly built, giant hangar on Cybertron, it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

All the Factory Servants had withdrawn, leaving Allen alone.

He stood with his hands behind his back, gazing up at the Golem that stood silently in the darkness.

This colossus was utterly different from any of Allen’s previous creations.

It possessed neither the sacred elegance of Gabriel nor the raw power of Cyclops.

Simply by standing there, it seemed to devour even the light. The first impression it gave was... ominous and taboo.

It stood 25.6 meters tall, its figure slender yet slightly stooped, like a guide who had journeyed through countless eons in an endless night.

A wide cloak, seemingly woven from solidified shadows, draped down from its shoulders, obscuring most of its torso. Only when it moved would a glimpse of a gaunt, skeletal limb be revealed.

The only part the cloak didn’t cover was its head—a ghastly green skull. Within its eye sockets, two wisps of ethereal green soulfire burned quietly.

"Jarvis, activate it."

[Command acknowledged.]

At Allen’s command, the two wisps of ethereal green flame leaped violently.

The dark figure moved.

Two arms slowly extended from beneath the cloak. In its left hand, it held a bronze lantern, inside which was imprisoned a constantly shifting orb of light.

Its right hand gripped a scythe. A chain shimmering with the light of countless Runes was attached to the end of the handle, coiling around its arm.

Its lower body was submerged in a swirling, dense mass of shadow, floating half a meter off the ground in silence.

[Divine Golem: Netherworld Guide - Thanatos]

[Affiliation: Guard Series]

[Role: Soul-based Attacker / Large-scale Reaper of Living Beings / Battlefield Perception]

Allen looked up at his new creation. It was his first work since advancing to the Morning Star rank, and the supreme culmination of his current technology.

A true, one-of-a-kind Level 4 Golem.

"Status report."

[Soul Furnace, online.]

The cloak on Thanatos’s chest stirred without a wind, parting slightly to either side.

In the center of its torso was a large, transparent, ethereal green crystal, like the viewing window of a sarcophagus.

Through the crystal, a strange, operating Magic Engine could be seen clearly within.

Countless illusory, twisted phantoms of souls swirled and collided within it, letting out silent screams before being crushed into the purest form of curse power to supply the entire body.

This was the core of Thanatos—the Soul Furnace.

This engine used souls as fuel but could also process conventional Magic Power. The more powerful the soul (such as the soul of a behemoth or a Wizard), the higher the conversion efficiency and the purer the energy.

Its predecessor had been a generic Morning Star Level engine that Allen had spent a massive amount of Credit Points to acquire. However, he spent a full year meticulously dismantling and completely remodeling it until it was reborn.

To ignite this first "fire," Allen had spared no expense, creating thousands of artificial souls as starter fuel. He even purchased an additional two thousand genuine souls just to barely get it lit.

Netherworld Guide - Thanatos was his most direct interpretation of the [Soul Law] he had mastered since advancing to the Morning Star rank.

Its power was not determined by the thickness of its armor or the output of its engine, but solely by the depth of Allen’s understanding of the Soul Law.

In the eye sockets of Thanatos’s skull, the ethereal green flames turned toward Allen and contracted slightly, as if performing a silent salute.

That was the artificial soul residing within, which he had personally programmed, paying its respects to him.

Silent, reliable, and absolutely loyal.

In three years, Allen had burned through three hundred and fifty million Low-Level Magic Stones on it alone.

"Jarvis, final report."

[As you command, Commander.]

A stream of data unfurled before Allen’s eyes.

[Divine Golem: Thanatos, final calibration complete.]

[Control Core: Second-generation artificial soul (Thought Imprint 100%)]

[Energy Core: Soul Furnace Mark I, status normal. Base Soul Reserve: 5,471 / 1,000,000.]

[Armament System: Soul Harvester Set (Scythe/Chain), Soul-Trapping Lantern]

[Defense System: Soul Concealing Cloak]

[Overall Assessment: It is no longer a Golem, but a grim reaper that walks the mortal world.]

Its primary weapons, the chain and scythe, were a soul-harvesting toolset. The scythe was for reaping, and the chain for binding and pulling.

Its secondary weapon, the Soul-Trapping Lantern, could draw in, absorb, and store souls over a wide area.

Its only defense was the Soul Concealing Cloak. The cloak would envelop Thanatos like a shroud, allowing it to linger indefinitely in the rift between the Shadow Realm and the Material Realm. This made it immune to physical attacks, greatly weakened magic damage, and allowed it to strike from across realms at any moment.

It possessed four core abilities: Soul Perception, Advanced Shadow Travel, Soul Hook, and Death Domain.

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