~Sigh, well I suppose creatures wouldn''t want to reason with what they assume is a creature weaker than them,~ Lucius thought to himself.


    ~I''ll use this chance to test my strength,~ he decided, beforeunching at the creature''s face. The tree that he hadunched from cracked under the pressure, and the golem went falling to the ground with the attack.


    "Do not get things twisted, I am above you, now submit," Lucius announced, attempting to dominate it.


    The creaturey frozen in shock for a moment, before attempting to swat him off. Although powerful, its movements were slow and sluggish.


    ~I wonder,~ Lucius thought to himself, before taking on the full brunt of the swipe.


    It moved him ever so slightly, however, he managed to stop it dead in its tracks.


    "Huh!?" the creature shouted in surprise.


    "That can''t be," Lucius whispered to himself, before getting off the golem. The golem took this as its chance to try and trample him, but with a bit of struggle, he managed to stop its foot right before it could squash him.


    "So this is the extent of 790 stat points at this size? I''m at equal strength with something more than 6 times my size," he realized.


    "What trickery are you using little creature? Why can I not destroy you?" the golem asked, before mming its fists into the ground, in yet another attempt to tten Lucius.


    Lucius dodged the attack with ease, seeing as how slow the creature waspared to him, before throwing an all-out punch of his own. The punchnded on the golem''s ankle, tearing through its skin into its flesh.


    ~I have the strength, but not the size. I guess it''s a given my punches won''t have that much of an effect,~ he thought to himself, realizing that the wound was but a minor inconvenience to the golem.


    "Huh? You injured me?" the golem asked in surprise, before moving its ankle away from him. He took a few steps back as well, seeing as how the golem seemed more willing to talk now.


    "You are strong... for a little creature," it said, as its wound began healing at a visible rate. Within seven seconds the wound had fully healed.


    "Now can we talk?" Lucius asked.


    ~I can probably move more than 8,000 mushrooms with this thing''s help. No, if I make some sort of construct to carryrger hauls I could double that,~ he thought to himself.


    Though he had the strength to do it himself, hecked the size necessary to haul numbers sorge. And he doubted he could find materials that could withstand the pressure he would cause while pulling due to his reduced area.


    "Talk is boring, Crenog does no talk. Come back to my vige, my elder likes talk. He give you what you want," the golem replied.


    ~Crenog? It has a name?~ Lucius thought to himself.


    ~Perhaps only lower-tier creatures do not have the concept of names,~ he realized.


    "I cannot do that. My safety would be endangered going off into a ce I do know, surrounded by creatures I have never met," he replied.


    "You are strong but cowardly. You are unlucky not to have been born into the behemoth races. Come, I shall take you as my dravuth," it announced.


    ~Behemoth races? Hmm, perhaps this might be the information pool I needed. If I can form some sort of alliance, themune will definitely develop faster. But it''s risky,~ Lucius thought to himself.


    "How far away is it?" he asked.


    "It is towards the Hignds, west of here. My vige is thergest behemoth vige this side of the Great Forest. You will be safe there," the golem replied.


    "Thank you for your offer. But I will have to decline for now," Lucius said instead. He was of equal strength to this golem, but it had mentioned an elder, meaning that there were others much stronger than it. And the insane healing factor only made them that much more dangerous.


    "A shame, little warrior. You would''ve loved to fight in the shu''hakan. The giants gather in a week for it, you are invited as my dravuth, my fighting brother. Though you are little, our strengths are even, we make good team you and I," the golem said, before looking toward the sky.


    "What do they call you?"


    "Lucius," Lucius replied.


    "A weak name. I shall call you Havon, after the nt warrior of legend. You remind me of those tales, Havon. I shall tell my elder of your existence," the golem said, before squatting.


    "Journey to the top of the highest mountain when you are ready. There you shall find my vige. Call for Crenog the earthsplitter, and I shalle. If there are other little warriors like yourself bring them, they too can partake in the shu''hakan."


    With that, its entire body began glowing in a red hue.


    "Magic," Lucius whispered to himself, but before he could ask any questions, the creature lept into the air, a stream of red light following in its wake.


    "What the hell is going on here? Howe I couldn''t sense any magic from it before?" he thought to himself, watching as the giant soared through the sky.


    After that encounter Lucius scoured the entire nds in search of another mushroom golem. Had he known that it could use magic, perhaps he would''ve been more willing to go along with it.


    After finding that there were no other golems, or footprints thatrge to speak of, he tried imitating the spell it had used. His only hint was the trail of red that was left in its wake.


    Though try as he may, he couldn''t get it to work. The trail had been expelled from its body, so he guessed that perhaps it would only be possible with the radiant index, but not the sr.


    ~But still, I should try to make a flight spell. Maybe I can use theories from back on earth to get it to work,~ he decided, epting that he would just have to journey to this vige if he wanted to learn more.