He felt Rusty shaking beneath his hand, so he said in encouragement, "Don’t worry. I am granting you great power. When I am done with you, you will become stronger than ever. All your fears will melt away and you will become a new superior creature."
As he said this, he activated the Nanite Metac. Because of this, six years of his lifespan were immediately removed from his body. Rusty also began to change.
The Nanite Metac grabbed a piece of Rusty, tore it from his body, transformed this piece into metal, enhanced the power of the metal, and returned it to Rusty.
Rusty’s body had become a jigsaw puzzle game. The Nanite Metac took out each piece of the puzzle and converted it into enhanced nanites. Then it returned the enhanced puzzle pieces to the jigsaw.
Each puzzle piece was as small as the size of a molecule. So the absence of each of them wasn’t enough to kill Rusty. But the process of the removal, transformation, and return of the puzzle pieces was very painful.
The process was so painful that Rusty roared in pain. His body became weak, and he slumped to the ground, wailing in pain. But Loki held his head and kept him upright.
As Rusty changed, his appearance remained the same. But the durability of his body had changed drastically. In fact, he could no longer be called a human.
Loki was satisfied with this sight. He even smiled and said, "At what point is he no longer Rusty, though? Will it be the moment I started changing him, halfway through the change, or at the end of the transformation?"
He couldn’t find the answer to this question, just like how he couldn’t determine when a ship changes into another ship when every part of the ship is slowly replaced with new parts until the whole ship has been replaced.
What he knew for sure was that Rusty had changed. And when the change was over, Rusty had now come under his control.
Just to be sure, he used the Power Identification Ability on Rusty.
Race: Human >> Golem
Dao Status: 3 >> 6
Energy Density: 16
Energy Rank: 4
Power Core: 70 >> 1,000
Body: 5 >> 6
Soul: 4.
Mind: 4.
Will: 4 >> 6
Skill: 400%
Metac: Telekinesis Metac. Power Engine Life Ability.
His gaze was full of admiration as he looked at his creation. He said to himself, ’I was never a man for golems. Who would have thought that this is the way that I would make golems?’
Then he nodded and said, ’If this isn’t the apex of forging, I don’t know what is? After all, what else can forge other people into weapons for me to control?’
Rusty has now become his golem. So even though he still looks like a human, he has become a puppet that can act autonomously to execute orders that Loki gives to him.
Rusty’s power has also been improved because he was forged into a more powerful weapon. This is why Rusty’s Dao Status went from Level 3 to Level 6. He directly gained Loki’s Dao Status.
The size of his Energy Well also went from 70 units to 1,000 units. But the power of his mind and soul remained the same. His cultivation also remained stagnant at rank 4, but his will has increased from rank 4 to rank 6.
The Nanite Metac can’t change the mind and soul, which is why Rusty body and soul remained constant. On the other hand, the Nanite Metac can change and improve the body, which is why his body has been improved to 6 units.
Loki wasn’t surprised to see the improvement in Rusty’s body since the Nanite Metac had also improved the power of his body after he advanced and used it to change his appearance. But he was surprised to see the improvement in Rusty’s Will.
After thinking about it, he said to himself, ’Could this be because my Will is now his Will?"
The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. So he nodded and said, ’It should be so. Since I control him, my Will is now his Will. That means anyone who wants to take over his mind, be they enslavement cultivators, mind hunters, and other forgers, will have to contend with me."
All in all, he was satisfied with the result of his effort. What remained was for him to put this new tool to work.
So he said to Rusty, "Attack the city. Kill everyone you see, destroy everything in your way, and kill whoever comes to stop you."
Rusty nodded and said, "Your wish is my command, my lord."
This time, there were no rebellious thoughts in his mind. He didn’t question Loki’s order either. He simply went to where his mech was.
When he reached this black mech, he opened it and got into it. Then he activated the mech and left with it. A few seconds later, he had opened fire upon the city.
Rusty went through with the order even though he had noticed the mental and physical changes that Loki put him through. He knew that he didn’t use to be like this, and he knew that he didn’t like Loki before. But all of these changes felt natural to him.
Even though he had suddenly become extremely loyal to Loki, who is a complete stranger to him, this loyalty has become a part of him, so he didn’t question it. Because of his extreme loyalty, he didn’t consider holding back on the city at all.
His mind was made up about destroying the city simply because that’s what Loki asked him to do. So he didn’t hesitate to kill his concubines and friends when he spotted them.
Loki nodded in satisfaction. Then he grinned and said, "Now we wait."
If he wanted to destroy this city, he could have done so in the Blink of an eye. He wouldn’t even need to consume any of his precious and limited lifespan to do it.