Grandmaster Golem, Alchemist Extraordinaire

in unconscious, Durri decided to spend as

y other weapons they might be hiding. He found nothing e

nly depriving these individuals of the tools the

plied they ate the cops who came to arrest them... I wonder if I should jus

job to deliver justice to everyone he happened upon. Taking their belongings, makin

rug garden and pulled up a s

heir own, but Durri thought it was better to have rare plants and n

the bottle he had taken from the wizard's tower. To his delight, he found that his body seemed

urri announced. He shook th

d like blood—or maybe cherry syrup. The bubbles seemed to form a

turn him into a human for up to one month if made in

t, which would preserve the vessel used to mix it,

ottle, along with pure water, woul

age and found two empty jars

lot that this was the stuff Co

ed similar to the one he h

body and stored the two bottles

op of the Humanshape Pot

drunk a potion

he had rarely

On each occasion, Durri's mother had taken him to the local alchemist, who had

ting sweet and fruity, but this Hu

s mouth and the pocket behind it. Despite this, Durri fou

at I'll never have to worry about throwing up in this body. Th

ange sensation fi

e the coarse, scarred hands of his original human body. His perspective of the world shi

ng!" h

f a few days, so he had effectively inhabited many more bodies in addition to his o

at life," Durri muttered. "Probably not accurate. I

tone inside his golem body. When he looked into a metal kettle on the ogres' wood stove, it appeared he had a throat leading ostensi

of the idea, Durri then d

en Durri had gouged a hole in his gol

ay and soft, revealing themselves—and h

back into place. The alchemical skin, which seemed

Codex description was right. I'm still as strong as before, but I look and even feel h

lants and herbs which he had stuck into his body were protruding from his skin. He

e no longer exposed to the sun, Durri could somehow feel nutrients and energy from his own self

t!" sai

g he might not have another opportunity to find them even in a week'

done, Durri was a

because Pa was beginning

ler than those Pa currently wore. Durri still had to roll up the legs, but they helpe

ould be able to use my heighte

e the scents near to him and instead identify tho

zation, in all their

s source of smells was stronger than the town of Burnabad. He set off at

*

DAYS

ed up, in som

ho had thrown him in ther

rnating into this golem's body had