Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 141

Starlight Calendar 1256, Spring Dawn Month (March).

After three months of settling, Xieman and Kore had basically stabilized their realms and mastered the relevant formation arrangement techniques for opening up magic plant gardens.

Su Nan then issued orders to them in the form of missions, instructing them to go to selected locations to open up new magic plant gardens.

Considering the convenience of operations, Su Nan also allowed them to select a number of apprentices from the base to assist them in completing the task.

The next day after taking on the mission, the two of them set off with their teams in a flurry of activity, heading for other provinces of the duchy.

After transferring the work of opening up magic plant gardens, Su Nan’s workload was immediately reduced.

After creating four Death Knell Marks, he stopped using the Death Knell Striker’s blood to create bloodline marks and began to focus on increasing the Death Knell Striker’s bloodline concentration.

After being messed around for a while, the Death Knell Striker had obediently submitted to Su Nan, actively cooperating with his various experiments, allowing him to set up some little tricks in its body.

The so-called little tricks were actually a high-level rune gem.

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Su Nan embedded the gem in the Death Knell Striker’s head. As long as he moved his mind, he could immediately detonate the high-level rune gem, instantly shattering the Death Knell Striker’s head.

He wasn’t being overly cautious. The Death Knell Striker was, after all, a savage beast. Even though it was docile now, there was no telling when it might betray him.

Especially after awakening its divine energy, the Death Knell Striker’s strength would inevitably increase significantly. If he didn’t have some means of control, it might cause big trouble later.

After all, he couldn’t keep an eye on the Death Knell Striker all the time.

Raising the bloodline of an ancient beast was much more difficult than raising the bloodline of a sub-dragon.

According to the experimental notes left by Wu Ge, the source of the Death Knell Striker’s bloodline was an ancient beast called the Sisihaiyichong.

The Magic Cube’s information showed that the Death Knell Striker’s current bloodline concentration was 32.49%.

However, it took Su Nan half a month to raise the Death Knell Striker’s bloodline concentration by 0.04%.

“If it takes 100% to make the Death Knell Striker awaken its divine energy and become a Sisihaiyichong, then it will take a very long time.”

Su Nan frowned and pondered, thinking that he should perhaps try a different approach.

“If I directly synthesize the blood, can I give birth to divine energy?”

“Worth a try!”

Su Nan decided to save the blood drawn from the Death Knell Striker from now on. When he had accumulated enough, he would directly synthesize it into Sisihaiyichong bloodline and see if he could give birth to divine energy. 𝙍ΑɴỐΒĚ𝒮

If it worked, he wouldn’t have to waste a long time increasing bloodline concentration.

After all, the Death Knell Striker wasn’t his magical companion. If its strength became too strong, it would be harder to suppress. It would be better if he could maintain its current strength level.

“The bloodline concentration of the Infiltrator is about to break through 40%.”

Su Nan had not neglected the increase in the bloodline concentration of the Infiltrator.

However, without the fusion of high-concentration sub-dragon blood and dragon blood, the Infiltrator’s bloodline concentration increased very slowly.

If there were no other external factors, Su Nan estimated that it would take at least seven or eight years to make the Infiltrator’s bloodline evolve into a true dragon bloodline.

“Although I’ve asked Kei to help find sub-dragons and dragons, it’s still a question of whether or not we can find suitable sub-dragons and dragons in the current situation of the Starlight Continent.”

There were definitely still low-level sub-dragons on the Starlight Continent.

But it was difficult to say about high-level sub-dragons and dragons.

Perhaps the probability of finding them in the Underworld was higher.

However, Su Nan’s forces in the Underworld were just beginning to take shape. They were not yet strong enough to carry out a large-scale search, so he could only gradually expand his territory. Once his forces were strong enough, he would then search for high-level sub-dragons and dragons.

Time flies, and time passes quickly.

In an instant, it was Summer Ridge Month (June).

On the day of his 24th birthday, Su Nan finally gathered all the magic mithril needed to refine a mithril Magic Puppet.

Looking at the magic mithril ingots piled up in the Puppet Factory, a happy smile appeared on his face.

“I can finally refine it.”

Su Nan took a deep breath and began to refine.

Two months ago, his Puppetry Refining had already reached level 5, more than enough to refine a mithril Magic Puppet.

Constructing the Magic Puppet’s body, inscribing enchanted runes, stabilizing spells, attaching magical properties… The entire process took three days.

When Su Nan finally stopped and took a long breath, there was a massive object on the workbench.

Under the light of the bright magic stone lamp, the mithril Magic Puppet was dark red throughout, shining with a cold metallic luster. Just looking at it gave people a heavy sense of oppression, making it appear unusually strong and mighty.

Su Nan then embedded the Soul Core into the socket in the Magic Puppet’s chest, completing the final step.

As dazzling light flashed from the mithril Magic Puppet’s entire body, a strange life force suddenly appeared in the massive object.

Buzz!

The mithril Magic Puppet trembled, then sat up and stepped off the workbench, landing with a dull thud.

“Master, please give your orders!”

A low, monotonous voice came from the mithril Magic Puppet’s mouth.

Seeing this, Su Nan showed a satisfied expression.

Besides its normal structure, this mithril Magic Puppet also had the following second-ring spells attached to it: Levitation, Agility, Toughness, and Brute Force.

In addition, it also had the following magical properties: Black Steel, Weak Thunder Element Damage, and Weak Ice Element Damage.

A normal mithril Magic Puppet costs about 50,000 gold coins to refine.

However, because Su Nan’s mithril Magic Puppet had permanent spells and magical properties added to it, it cost about 53,000 gold coins.

The benefit of the high cost was naturally an increase in strength.

The mithril Magic Puppet he encountered in the Avigegni legacy was only close to the strength level of a third-ring legend.

But Su Nan’s mithril Magic Puppet was a genuine third-ring legend. It was enough to deal with ordinary third-rank Mage Apprentices.

Someone like Herb was no match for the mithril Magic Puppet at all.

It could be said that each mithril Magic Puppet was equivalent to the powerful combat strength of a third-rank Mage Apprentice.

“Although it hasn’t reached the peak level of a third-ring legend, it’s not bad.”

Su Nan nodded secretly.

In terms of overall strength, the mithril Magic Puppet was only considered average among third-ring legends, slightly weaker than the Death Knell Striker.

However, considering the Magic Puppet’s high resistance to sound wave attacks that contained soul power, it was uncertain who would win if the Magic Puppet fought the Death Knell Striker.

“It’s a pity that this thing is too expensive. Otherwise, I could refine a few more.”

Su Nan’s current liquid funds were not much. He could only refine one mithril Magic Puppet for now until he found a new mine.

“I already have a third-ring legendary Puppet. The only thing left is the Secret Puppet.”

In Su Nan’s original plan, the redesigned simplified version of the Secret Puppet would have a combined combat strength infinitely close to the level of a fourth-ring legend, and it would cost about 80,000 gold coins.

But times have changed.

As his spiritual power grew, the number of high-level rune gems he could synthesize had increased to 32, and their power had also been greatly enhanced.

One of the key materials for the Secret Puppet was high-level rune gems.

The enhancement of the latter would naturally also lead to an improvement in the Secret Puppet’s combat power.

In addition, his experience with magical treatment of Puppets in recent times had made him make great strides in the technique of adding enchanted properties to Puppet bodies. If he applied this technique to the Secret Puppet, it would definitely improve its combat strength significantly.

With this double increase, the Secret Puppet’s combat strength would definitely surpass its original design and reach the level of a fourth-ring legend without a doubt.

But that would also increase the cost.

Preliminary estimates put it at close to 100,000 gold coins.

“If I don’t use small Soul Crystals for the Soul Core, but use medium Soul Crystals, the combat strength can be further improved. But then the cost will definitely exceed 100,000 gold coins!”

Su Nan couldn’t help but twitch his mouth.

That amount was almost as much as the tax revenue of a marquisate for several years!

However, if he could use 100,000 gold coins to get a combat force equivalent to a top third-rank Mage Apprentice, it would be worth it.

At least, no royal family or third-rank Mage Apprentice in any country would refuse this kind of deal.

“But I need more than 5 kilograms of mithril to refine the Secret Puppet.”

Su Nan sighed.

It was a pity that Wu Ge, who had died at his hands, had not even left behind 0.1 kilogram of mithril. Otherwise, the shortfall wouldn’t be so great now.

It was true that Wizards (Apprentices) specializing in biological transformation were all poor compared to other Wizards (Apprentices).

Putting the mithril Magic Puppet into the Magic Cube, Su Nan left the Puppet Factory.

He had just returned to his study when Carolina came knocking.

“Master, this is the report sent from the Dragonheart Knight Academy.”

“Put it on the desk.” Su Nan waved his hand.

Carolina respectfully placed the report on the desk and bowed, retreating.

Su Nan picked up the report and opened it to read.

The report’s content was very simple. It was mainly about the graduation exam content of the Dragonheart Knight Academy.

As the earliest established knight academy, the Dragonheart Knight Academy had been open for three years.

Next June, the first cohort of students would be graduating.

According to the rules, students had to pass the graduation exam to graduate successfully.

In view of this, Moritz, as the dean, had proposed several forms of assessment and specially submitted them to Su Nan for his review.

“It’s been three years already.”

Su Nan sighed slightly.

With the ample supply of Dragonblood Fruits, the students at the Dragonheart Knight Academy were progressing very quickly.

The second-year students basically all had the strength of Probationary Knights.

Twenty-two of the third-year students had successfully advanced to Knight.

By next Summer Ridge Month, it was expected that all 500 graduates would be graduating as Knights.

This was a remarkable achievement for any country.

The Starlight Continent had never seen such a systematic institution for training knights.

“It seems that the Knight Guard will soon welcome its first batch of members.”

Su Nan smiled in satisfaction, then his expression turned thoughtful.

Xieman and Kore’s promotions were a key turning point.

It meant that the base’s cultivation and accumulation had reached the moment of thick accumulation and thin release.

Starting with these two, more and more students would successively be promoted to second-rank Mage Apprentices.

Second-rank Mage Apprentices already possessed considerable combat strength and could truly participate in his plans for the development of his forces.

In the surface world, the Duchy of Starlight was currently in a period of stable development and there would be no wars in the short term.

But in the Underworld, it was at the key juncture of starting to expand outward. It was foreseeable that it would soon enter a period of rapid expansion. It was precisely at this time that a large number of personnel were needed.

These second-rank Mage Apprentices could just participate in this expansion.

It would also be a kind of training for them.

Although he did not agree with the cruel, parasitic way of cultivation of black wizards, Su Nan did not want to cultivate a group of hothouse flowers.

Truly powerful wizards were never academics. They were knowledgeable and proficient in combat.

After all, both resource collection and adventurous exploration inevitably involved combat and killing.

“The newly established Knight Guard can be combined with the second-rank Mage Apprentices to explore the surrounding area.”

“Otherwise, with just the current strength of the Star Alliance, we still have too few people.”

Star Alliance was the name Su Nan had given to his forces in the Underworld.

From now on, the Ghost Lake, Matou, and Ossen would no longer be presented as separate entities, but would all be known collectively as the Star Alliance.

The Star Alliance had just been established, with its main force being various Puppets. There were very few members who had true subjective initiative, only the vampire and manticore races, and their combined number was less than 400.

Whether it was exploring the surrounding area or expanding outward, relying solely on Puppets would not be enough. Subjectively active subordinates were also indispensable.

There were too few people who could be used, and many things could not be carried out.

That was why Su Nan wanted the second-rank Mage Apprentices from the base to participate.

This would not only increase the number of available personnel, but also balance out the vampires and manticores, preventing them from developing any wrong thoughts after a long period of time.

After pondering for a moment, Su Nan had a plan in mind. He put the report aside, took a piece of paper, and began to write.

Since he had decided to have the Knight Guard participate in the expansion of his Underworld forces, he needed to get them accustomed to and familiar with the Underworld.

The graduation exam was an excellent opportunity.

About half an hour later, Su Nan had finished writing. He called Carolina over and gave her the rough outline of the graduation exam, asking her to contact Moritz and be responsible for making a detailed plan.

After Carolina left, Su Nan took another piece of paper and wrote the four characters ‘Magic Rune Construct’ on it.

He had acquired the knowledge of Magic Rune Constructs from the Mysterious Wooden Hut.

It was a special enchanted rune that combined magical tattoos with enchanted weapons. It was not very useful for Mage Apprentices, but it could greatly improve the combat strength of knights.

Su Nan’s original idea of creating a Knight Guard was inspired by Magic Rune Constructs.

Now that the Knight Guard was about to take shape, the forging of Magic Rune Constructs should be put on the agenda.

“The strength of junior and intermediate knights is not enough in the dangerous Underworld. If there are Magic Rune Constructs, the Knight Guard will be able to perform better.”

A set of the lowest level 1 Magic Rune Construct was enough to enhance the strength of a junior knight to the level of a peak knight, close to the level of a Great Knight.

As long as there were enough Magic Rune Constructs, the Knight Guard would soon become a powerful armed force!

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