Synthesis Wizard

Putting down the notebook, Su Nan couldn’t help but secretly sigh.

Aivigney might have been ruthless and not a good person, but he had to admit, the guy was a truly stunning genius.

Blood Soul Worm bloodline fusion, Gem Beetle, Bloodline Mark.

Any one of these three, a normal Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice might spend a lifetime researching and not be able to figure them out.

But Aivigney had done it all.

If he hadn’t been unlucky and taken a dead end, his achievements would have been extremely dazzling.

Even if he couldn’t advance to Wizard due to the environment of the Starlight Continent, he could definitely become a famous strongman!

“This person really is a genius.”

Rose gently stroked the notebook cover, feeling a little sad.

Even a genius like Aivigney had fallen on the road to becoming a Wizard, where was her future?

Was there really any hope for her to advance to a formal Wizard in her lifetime?

The two had different thoughts, and for a while, the room fell silent.

After a long time, Su Nan gathered his thoughts and said:

“Let’s search the other areas.”

Rose came back to her senses and nodded silently.

The two then thoroughly checked the entire cave, found no new gains, and began to distribute the spoils.

There was nothing to say about the notebooks. The two divided the work and copied each notebook, then each took a copy.

As for the Gem Beetle and Blood Soul Worm, they were distributed evenly.

Su Nan took all the rare metals and made up for it by giving Rose some Magic Stones.

After distributing the spoils, Rose’s mood improved.

Although the knowledge she gained this time, the Bloodline Mark and Blood Soul Worm bloodline fusion were of little use to her, but the Gem Beetle alone made her feel that the trip was worth it.

As for Su Nan, he had even more gains with the Bloodline Mark knowledge.

“The over ten thousand gold coins I spent weren’t wasted.”

Su Nan was very satisfied.

Walking out of the cave, Rose smiled at Su Nan and said:

“It was a pleasure doing business with you, player. Next time there’s a similar opportunity, we can cooperate again.”

Su Nan also smiled slightly: “Okay, then I’ll look forward to it.”

“See you at the gathering.”

“See you at the gathering.”

Watching Rose leave, Su Nan also returned to his original cave.

Passing by the lake, Su Nan looked at the direction of the Man-Faced Lion city-state from afar.

Many Gnolls and Ogres were busy near the city gate, seemingly repairing the collapsed city wall.

There were also teams of Man-Faced Lions patrolling the island, their defenses were several times more stringent than before.

It was estimated that this would be the norm for the Man-Faced Lion city-state for a long time to come.

“Looks like I can’t infiltrate again for a while.”

“Forget it, anyway, I’ve pretty much got enough information this time.”

Taking a deep look at the direction of the Man-Faced Lion city-state, Su Nan turned and left.

Returning to Shining Light City, Su Nan immediately found Kei and explained the situation with the Man-Faced Lion city-state.

After listening to Su Nan’s words, Kei couldn’t help but frown.

“According to what you’re saying, the Man-Faced Lion city-state can muster at least four or five thousand troops?”

“That’s about right. The inhabitants of the Underworld are different from us humans, they’re practically a military force.”

Seeing Kei’s face becoming more solemn, Su Nan comforted him.

“Most of the slaves in the Man-Faced Lion city-state are Gnolls and Lizardmen. Their strength isn’t much stronger than ordinary soldiers. Only the Ogres are a bit tricky.”

“The only ones who are truly a threat are those two thousand Man-Faced Lions.”

“What are you planning to do?” Kei asked in a deep voice.

Su Nan had a plan in mind, and he answered without hesitation:

“Firstly, we’ll continue to seal off that forest. From now on, it’s a military restricted area. No unauthorized personnel are allowed to enter.”

“Secondly, we’ll build a camp in front of the cave. I need a bridgehead for attacking the Man-Faced Lion city-state.”

“Also, I need a lot of granite.”

Kei agreed to all of them and said:

“How many troops should I send to assist you?”

He had long wanted to deal with the threat of the Underground city-state, and he was prepared to pay a price for it.

But to his surprise, Su Nan shook his head and refused.

“No need.”

“The environment of the Underworld is unsuitable for humans to fight. I plan to use Magic Puppet Golems as the entire siege army.”

The Underworld was dimly lit, and humans without dark vision had difficulty adapting.

Even Knights could only unleash six or seven out of ten of their strength when fighting in the Underworld.

If he really used the Shining Light Territory’s army, even if he could eventually capture the Man-Faced Lion city-state, there would definitely be heavy casualties.

It was better to use Golems for siege.

Magic Golems with dark vision could move freely in the Underworld.

As for the potential losses of war, Su Nan wasn’t worried at all.

On the map Rose gave him, there were a total of seven ore veins within a hundred kilometers around the Man-Faced Lion city-state, including one large iron mine, three medium iron mines, one large copper mine, one small silver mine, and one small gold mine.

As long as he dealt with the Man-Faced Lion threat, he could develop these ore veins.

The future profits would more than cover the war expenses.

After finalizing the arrangements, Kei immediately started to make arrangements.

Su Nan returned to the base and got busy.

The six Divine Blood Amber he got from Rose were all fused into the higher-level Divine Blood Amber.

The change was that his Star Ring Meditation Method proficiency grew to 3100 points per day.

On the other hand, the learning progress of Spell Casting was also steadily increasing.

Su Nan estimated that by next year’s Spring Dawn Moon (March), he would be able to master Spell Casting.

It’s worth mentioning that the establishment of the Knight Academy was also on the agenda.

Considering the commute and logistics of teachers and students, the location of the Knight Academy could not be chosen outside the city.

After careful consideration, Su Nan finally chose a location in the suburbs of Shining Light City, near the north gate.

Construction of the academy had already begun. Su Nan had left all the arrangements to the people below him. He only occasionally checked on the progress.

According to the construction schedule, it would be completed around the Blazing Fire Moon.

Then they could start recruiting students.

Kei’s efficiency was extremely high.

Before Spring Dawn Moon had passed, a new camp had been built on the basis of the original mining area.

Su Nan directly named the camp Camp 1 and built a new Puppet Factory there, then started to produce Stone Golems at full capacity.

The production of Steel Golems was limited by Soul Crystals and couldn’t be mass produced.

But Stone Golems could be produced indefinitely as long as there were enough gems and rocks.

All the profits from the cave mining area were invested by Su Nan in the production of Stone Golems.

In order to deal with the threat of the Man-Faced Lion city-state as soon as possible, Kei also specially allocated a large sum of money from the territory’s revenue to support the construction of the Golem legion.

With sufficient funds, the Golem legion grew very quickly.

Meanwhile, Su Nan was also considering creating a new puppet.

Steel Golems and Stone Golems were powerful and indestructible, but their drawback was that they were slow.

This was clearly demonstrated in the battle against the Man-Faced Lion city-state before.

Faced with agile Man-Faced Lions, Elite Stone Golems and Stone Golems were naturally at a disadvantage.

Su Nan realized that he had to consider this early on and design a more agile golem.

Traditional Golems were mostly burly and robust humanoid figures with thick, short limbs. Apart from a few Golems with flight ability, most Golems could not avoid the drawback of being relatively slow.

So the new golem had to be modified. It would be better to design it with a more flexible animal appearance.

The first thing that came to Su Nan’s mind was the spider.

When it came to the most terrifying monsters in the Underworld, they were undoubtedly the various mutated spiders and arachnified monsters.

Especially the Arachnified Elves, mutated from Dark Elves, their fierce reputation was spread throughout the Underworld.

They moved as fast as ghosts, appeared and disappeared at will. They would often launch surprise attacks from unexpected places. They could also walk on walls and ceilings in steep caves and tunnels, making them one of the most powerful assassins in the Underworld.

If the golem was designed in the shape of a spider, its eight legs could undoubtedly better adapt to the complex terrain of the Underworld.

Thinking about it, Su Nan immediately started designing a spider golem.

The proficiency he had gained from mass-producing Stone Golems had long allowed his Puppet Refining to break through to Level 4.

Coupled with his experience of crafting the Blackrock Beast, Su Nan finished the structural design of the spider golem without much effort.

The key was the materials.

To maximize the agile movement advantage of the spider golem, the materials had to be light metals.

Of course, hardness couldn’t be ignored either.

Otherwise, all that would be created would be a bunch of brittle golems that would shatter at the slightest touch.

Blackstone Iron was undoubtedly the most suitable choice in this regard.

However, the current production of Blackstone Iron was a bit low. Even if it was all supplied to Camp 1, it wouldn’t be enough for Su Nan’s army, let alone supplying the production of the Blackrock Beast.

After careful consideration, Su Nan finally decided to use a metal called Tungsten Steel as the material for crafting the new golem.

Tungsten Steel had the characteristics of high hardness, wear resistance, and good toughness. In addition, it also had a series of excellent properties such as heat resistance and corrosion resistance.

Although it wasn’t as hard as Blackstone Iron, it didn’t matter, he could synthesize it to strengthen it.

In the end, Tungsten Steel, which was synthesized to have similar hardness and lightness to Blackstone Iron, cost about the same as Blackstone Iron per unit volume. It could completely replace Blackstone Iron.

After finalizing the materials and design, the crafting process was relatively easy.

The final crafted spider golem, like the Golem, possessed dark vision, immunity to all mind-control effects, immunity to poison, sleep, paralysis, confusion, suffocation, and high elemental resistance.

At this point, the spider golem was already no less than the Stone Golem.

However, Su Nan still felt something was missing.

He simply enchanted the two front legs of the spider golem, which were used for attack, with the properties of Black Steel and Sharpness, greatly enhancing their hardness and sharpness.

In other words, the spider golem was equipped with two enchanted weapons, and they could attack simultaneously.

Finally, the crafting cost of the spider golem was calculated to be one hundred and eighty gold coins.

It was more than nine times the cost of a normal Stone Golem!

But you get what you pay for. The combat power of the spider golem was also much higher than that of a normal Stone Golem.

Su Nan specially conducted a test. In a one-on-one situation, the spider golem took less than half a minute to chop a Stone Golem into dozens of pieces. The Stone Golem’s proud defense couldn’t withstand the two enchanted forelegs.

Overall, the spider golem’s combat power was comparable to that of a Peak Knight.

It was worthy of its high cost.

“This golem will be called the Twin-Blade Spider.”

Looking at the pitch-black spider, as big as a carriage, Su Nan showed a satisfied smile.

With the Twin-Blade Spider, the Golem Legion’s combat system became even more complete.

“It’s a pity that flying golems are rare. There are no corresponding design drawings. If I had to research them myself, it would be very time-consuming and the manufacturing difficulty and material requirements would be very high. Otherwise, if I could add another flying troop, it would be perfect.”

The golem design drawings that Su Nan currently had were mostly various low-level Golems. There were no flying Golems.

Even if there were, with his current skills and materials, it would be difficult to create them.

After all, flying golems weren’t just about flying, they also needed powerful ranged attack abilities.

Flying golems without ranged attack abilities were just flying targets.

Take metal Golems as an example. Golems with flight ability and ranged attack ability were at least Shadow Steel Golems and Mithril Golems.

The combat power of these two types of Golems was already close to that of a formal Wizard.

It was basically impossible for a Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice to create them.

“If there was a flying golem with weaker ranged attack ability, it would be fine. I could synthesize it anyway.”

“I’ll ask other people at the Mysterious Wooden Hut gathering next time.”