Synthesis Wizard

The end of the Frostfall Moon, the combined forces of the Shining Light Territory and the White Tower Province had finally completed their war preparations.

However, just as Kei and the White Tower Duke were preparing to launch the final attack, an unexpected visitor suddenly came knocking.

“Evans?”

In the council hall, Su Nan listened to Kei’s words, stunned for a moment.

“That’s right.”

Kei and the White Tower Duke exchanged a glance, their expressions a bit strange.

“When we first received the letter, we also suspected that he might be planning some kind of conspiracy, but the people we sent have already confirmed it. The person there is indeed Evans, the legendary figure of the royal family.”

The White Tower Duke nodded in agreement: “I’ve seen the portraits sent up from below, and it’s definitely Lord Evans. His appearance is exactly the same as it was fifty years ago.”

Su Nan questioned: “That’s strange, what is he doing in our territory? And why did he specifically ask to see me?”

Even a three-ring legendary knight, alone, couldn’t fight against thousands.

On the combined forces’ territory, Kei could easily dispatch the Magic Puppet Legion and the Blackrock Cavalry to surround Evans. As long as they were willing to pay the price, they could use a sea of people to overwhelm him.

After all, legendary knights are not wizard apprentices. They are only strong in combat, lacking a variety of extraordinary methods. Once trapped in a siege, they would still die.

Not to mention, Su Nan was here.

“We don’t know his intentions, but I’ve already sent the Magic Puppet Legion to surround the tavern where Evans is staying.”

Kei looked at Su Nan with a grave expression.

“What do you think? Should we go and meet him, or should we just take the opportunity to kill Evans?”

As long as they eliminated Evans, the biggest uncertainty in this war would disappear, and victory would be within their grasp.

Su Nan thought for a moment and shook his head: “Forget it, I’ll go and meet him.”

He had originally planned to meet with Evans to see how he had extended his lifespan.

Besides, he was also curious about why Evans wanted to see him.

Seeing that Su Nan had made his decision, Kei and the White Tower Duke didn’t say anything more.

After all, they were on their own territory. Even if Evans had some kind of scheme, they had nothing to worry about.

Arriving at the tavern where Evans was staying, it was already surrounded by layers of stone magic puppets and Blackrock cavalry, even steel magic puppets.

It could be said that Evans was now trapped, unable to escape.

Su Nan became even more curious about Evans’s intentions. This legendary figure couldn’t be here to commit suicide, could he?

Pushing open the tavern door, the tavern was empty. Apart from a plain-looking man of about forty sitting at the table in the middle, there was no one else.

His gaze fell on the man, and Su Nan’s eyes flashed with surprise.

In his perception, the man’s vitality was vigorous and surging, clearly in his prime, making it hard to imagine that this was a ‘man’ over one hundred and thirty years old.

It was clear that Evans was far from the end of his life.

“I’ve heard a lot about you, Lord Su Nan. Thank you for accepting my request to meet,” Evans stood up and smiled slightly, pointing to the seat opposite him.

“Would you mind having a drink with me?”

Su Nan nodded and sat down opposite Evans. Two mugs of ale were placed on the table.

Judging from the color, it was just the most common ale in the tavern.

Su Nan had no intention of drinking. He went straight to the point: “Lord Evans, what is it that you want?”

Evans didn’t mind, smiling and saying: “I want to make a deal with you.”

“What kind of deal?”

“I know that the royal family is doomed to lose this war, so I’m here to ask you to preserve a bit of the Kessler family’s bloodline. In return, I can provide clues about the Starlight Tower.”

The Starlight Tower?

Su Nan’s heart jumped, and he was genuinely shocked.

He never expected that Evans would be here for this, nor that he would have clues about the Starlight Tower.

Considering Evans’s royal bloodline identity, Su Nan had a faint understanding in his heart.

“The Starlight Tower is indeed related to the royal family.”

Evans smiled slightly: “You could say that.”

“In fact, the wizard who built the Starlight Tower back then was our ancestor of the Kessler bloodline.”

“Then why…”

Su Nan didn’t finish his sentence, but Evans already understood his question. He shook his head with a bitter smile.

“Our ancestor did leave us the key to enter the Starlight Tower, but the entrant must have wizard potential or become a three-ring legendary knight. Unfortunately, over the years, only I, a member of the royal family, have met the conditions to enter the Starlight Tower.”

Su Nan raised his eyebrows: “So the reason you’re still so vigorous is because of the Starlight Tower?”

“That’s right,” Evans readily admitted, “I passed the knight’s trial of the Starlight Tower and got a bottle of Dawn Potion. My lifespan was extended by about one-third.”

The lifespan of a three-ring legendary knight is about one hundred and twenty to thirty years. Extending it by one-third would be about one hundred and sixty to seventy years.

And legendary knights, because of their high physical strength and the immersion of elemental power, unless they reach the last few years of their lives, their bodies will remain in peak condition.

No wonder Evans’s vitality was so vigorous and flourishing.

According to his statement, he could live for another thirty or forty years.

However, a potion that could extend one’s lifespan by one-third was at least a fourth-order potion. That was already a realm that only official wizards could access.

The Starlight Tower, as expected of a legacy of official wizards, its knight’s trial reward alone could be this good.

“What exactly is in the Starlight Tower?” Su Nan asked curiously.

Evans shook his head somewhat ashamedly and said: “To enter the Starlight Tower, you have to go through three trials. My strength isn’t enough. The first time, I only passed the first trial, failing the second. The second time, I was lucky and barely passed the second trial, but I still failed the third one. After getting the reward potion, I was sent out. From beginning to end, I never actually entered the Starlight Tower, so I don’t know what’s inside.”

“Can you enter the Starlight Tower multiple times?”

This was the first time Su Nan had heard of this.

“As long as you meet the entry requirements, you can try to challenge as many times as you want.”

“However, the Starlight Tower only appears once every twenty years, lasting only two months each time. During that time, each person only has one chance to challenge. If you fail, you have to wait another twenty years.”

Su Nan frowned secretly. He didn’t expect the Starlight Tower to have such restrictions.

But the Starlight Tower was an ancient wizard legacy left behind by the ancients. The original intention was probably to leave a bit of hope for those with wizard potential in this elemental wasteland, so it made sense to make it more strict.

“Where is the Starlight Tower?”

“I don’t know.” Evans shook his head, “The Starlight Tower doesn’t exist in the Starlight Continent. Only when it appears can I sense its location through the key, and each time it appears in a different, random location.”

Not on the Starlight Continent?

That means it’s in a dimensional plane.

It could be a semi-dimensional space opened up by an official wizard.

In that case, it would be almost impossible to find its location before the Starlight Tower itself appeared.

Su Nan sighed in disappointment, but quickly cheered up.

No matter what, they finally had clues about the Starlight Tower. This was undoubtedly good news.

However, while he was happy, Su Nan did not let down his guard. He looked deeply at Evans and said: “You’re using the key to the Starlight Tower to make a deal with me, just to let me preserve a bit of the Kessler family’s bloodline?”

Evans showed a complicated expression, sighed and said: “I’m not fond of fighting. I prefer traveling. To be honest, I really dislike political struggles and wars. If I could, I wouldn’t want to get involved in this matter at all.”

“It’s just that I once promised my brother that I would help preserve a sliver of the Kessler family’s bloodline if they faced a crisis of extinction.”

“With the current situation, even if I begged you to spare the current Duke and his heir, I don’t think you would agree, would you?”

Su Nan remained calm and did not answer, taking it as an agreement.

Cutting the grass and rooting out the weeds is a quality that any qualified overlord should possess.

In the past, Duke Jin Yan and Owen failed to kill Kei and Su Nan, which ultimately led to their demise.

Kei had personally experienced this series of events and naturally wouldn’t repeat the same mistakes, leaving himself with a huge hidden danger.

He would inevitably eliminate the Duke and all the royal bloodlines who could directly threaten his rule.

Of course, if Su Nan spoke up, Kei would also agree. But Su Nan had no intention of doing so.

Seeing through Su Nan’s thoughts, Evans finally gave up his last hope and stopped probing. He said with sincerity:

“So I only ask you to leave a bit of the Kessler family’s bloodline, even a collateral branch will do.”

Su Nan said noncommittally: “I still have one question, you’re not weak, why don’t you try to fight back, why surrender to me so easily?”

Hearing this, Evans couldn’t help but show a strange expression.

He seemed to have remembered something, shook his head and said:

“Forget it, I don’t want to die.”

“You wizards are all a bunch of troublesome fellows, with endless means and hidden cards.”

“I was already very surprised when Avy could kill a wizard back then.”

“But even Avy died at your hands. I know I’m no match for you. It’s better to make a deal with you than to struggle to the death and drag the entire Kessler family down with me.”

“Wizards believe in the principle of equivalent exchange. In my opinion, the Starlight Tower should still be quite attractive to you.”

Su Nan raised an eyebrow: “You know quite a lot about wizards.”

“Over the years, I’ve traveled and interacted with a few wizards, learning a lot about them from them,” Evans shrugged.

“Oh?” Su Nan was immediately interested, “Where did you meet them?”

Evans smiled: “Is that part of the deal as well?”

Su Nan pondered for a moment and nodded: “Fine, I agree.”

“As long as you hand me the key to the Starlight Tower and tell me about those wizards, I can promise to protect one member of the Kessler family with Kessler blood, no older than five years old.”

Evans was invigorated: “Deal, but we need a sworn oath contract!”

“It seems you really know wizards well.”

Su Nan took a deep look at Evans, but did not refuse.

Making a sworn oath contract was also beneficial to him. It could guarantee that the information Evans gave him was true, especially about the Starlight Tower.

As long as it was a living being with a soul, they could make a sworn oath contract.

It took some time, but the two of them made a sworn oath contract.

At the moment the contract was concluded, a look of relief appeared on Evans’s face, as if he had been relieved of a burden.

It seemed that he really disliked such things.

Come to think of it, if he hadn’t, with Evans, a three-ring legendary knight, as long as he was willing to stand up and support the royal family, the Starry Sky Dukedom wouldn’t have seen so many ambitious people in recent years.

A powerful top-level combat force is no less than a stabilizing force for a country!

After that, Evans took out a stone from his pocket and placed it on the table in front of Su Nan.

“This is the key to enter the Starlight Tower.”

Su Nan picked up the stone and examined it carefully. It was actually a stone carved into the shape of a magic inscription. The material was somewhat like jade, giving off a warm, cool feeling when held in the palm of his hand.

The surface was engraved with dense and intricate magic runes. Even Su Nan, whose skill in [Magic Item Creation] had already reached level 4, found it dazzling and difficult to understand.

It could be seen that the person who made this ‘key’ had far surpassed him in the field of [Magic Item Creation].

“It’s at least a level six or seven.”

Su Nan thought to himself.

“The first time I entered the Starlight Tower was forty-eight years ago. The second time was twenty-eight years ago. So the Starlight Tower should appear again in twelve years.”

Su Nan rubbed the inscribed stone, glanced at Evans, and said with a playful expression: “You have more than one key, don’t you?”

Even if there was a promise to his brother, he didn’t believe that Evans would be willing to give up the only means to enter the Starlight Tower.

If he were a person who valued family ties so much, he wouldn’t have done something so ruthless, sacrificing others for the sake of preserving a little family bloodline.

Evans chuckled and did not admit, but the answer was clear.

Su Nan didn’t press further, instead bringing up the previous topic.

“Tell me about the wizards you’ve met.”

Evans nodded and began to speak slowly:

“Actually, I’ve only met three wizards in total.”

“Two of them I met in the Golden Empire and the Thornflower Dukedom. Although they didn’t say it explicitly, I could tell they had aristocratic manners, and it’s highly likely that they were from the royal family or a great noble house.”

“The third wizard I met in the underground world.”

“You’ve been to the underground world?” Su Nan’s eyes flashed with surprise.

“It was a coincidence,” Evans recalled, “I once followed a very rare beast on a journey, and I got lost in the mountains. I accidentally entered the underground world and was attacked by a terrifying monster. Luckily, that wizard saved me.”

“He said his name was ‘Traveler.'”

(End of Chapter)