Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 159

After entering the Autumn Curtain month, the autumn air grew increasingly thick.

The plains around Shining Light City were bathed in a light yellow hue.

Entering the palace without any obstruction, Su Nan arrived at the central palace.

Passing through the courtyard, he saw three children, carved from jade and as delicate as dolls, playing in the yard, surrounded by a dozen maids.

Noticing Su Nan, the oldest boy, while calling him “Uncle,” ran towards him, excitedly, hugging his leg.

The other two younger children, a boy and a girl, followed, curiously looking at Su Nan.

“Sir!”

The maids who chased after him bowed respectfully.

Su Nan waved his hand and squatted slightly, smiling as he patted Yapei’s head.

“Where is your father?”

“Father is in the council hall.” Yapei replied in a clear voice.

Su Nan smiled faintly and looked at the two children behind him.

“You are Wes and Adelia, right?”

Wes was Kei’s second son, and Adelia was his first daughter.

“How did you know our names?” Wes tilted his head in confusion.

Adelia was still young and couldn’t speak well, she just sucked her fingers, staring at Su Nan with big black eyes.

“Because I am your uncle.”

“What is an uncle?”

Su Nan chuckled, not answering, and patted the little guy’s head. He turned to the maids.

“Take good care of them.”

After giving the order, Su Nan turned and left.

After he left, Yapei reluctantly took his eyes off him and turned to pat his brother’s head.

“You’re stupid, Uncle is Father’s brother, everyone says Uncle is a very powerful person.”

Wes seemed to understand, but his attention was soon attracted by a butterfly flying past, and he ran after it, excitedly.

When he reached the council hall, Kei was discussing affairs with his ministers.

From the original Black Stone City to today’s Starry Sky Duchy, Kei’s forces had grown much larger.

There were many unfamiliar faces that Su Nan didn’t recognize.

The dozen or so people sitting in the council hall were all powerful noblemen of the Duchy.

However, Su Nan only recognized a few, like Bred, Jordan, and Staley.

Compared to ten years ago, Bred and the others had aged and their faces were weathered, with more silver streaks in their hair.

Even the power of a Great Knight could not withstand the erosion of time.

Fortunately, years of pampering kept their complexions rosy and their spirits bright.

Sitting among a group of ministers in their forties and fifties, Kei looked very young.

After all, he was only thirty this year and was at the peak of his physical prime.

Possessing Legendary-level strength, he was far from aging.

“Sir Su Nan!”

Seeing Su Nan enter, everyone stood up and bowed.

Kei also smiled, waving at the crowd.

“That’s all for today, we’ll talk about other things tomorrow, you can all go back.”

Bred and the others responded in unison and retreated discreetly.

The hall instantly became empty, leaving only Kei and Su Nan.

After the servants brought in red tea and placed it on the tea table before leaving, Kei said with a smile:

“I haven’t seen you in months, have you been busy with the new base lately?”

Su Nan had mentioned the base relocation to Kei.

Although there was some regret, Kei respected Su Nan’s decision.

Moreover, Base 1 was not completely abandoned, it would continue to exist as a transit station.

As long as there was such a place, everyone in Shining Light City would feel more secure.

“It’s almost finished.”

Su Nan picked up the red tea and took a sip, then put it down, and changed the subject.

“I read the gazette, the Azure Gold Empire hasn’t been very peaceful lately, has it?”

Although he spent most of his time in the underworld, Su Nan had never ignored the situation in the surface world.

Every month, the Starry Sky Duchy would compile the latest important intelligence into a gazette, which was sent to the nobles for viewing, and also to Su Nan’s study.

According to the description in the gazette, the Azure Gold Empire had been conducting military exercises in the border cities adjacent to the Starry Sky Duchy for the past two months. The royal staff speculated that the Azure Gold Empire was likely using this move to conceal some military deployments.

“The existence of the Duchy has already threatened the Azure Gold Empire’s rule in the Southeast Region, it is not surprising that His Majesty the Emperor will take action against the Duchy.” Kei said calmly.

If it were any other ruler, they would be extremely nervous, if not panicking, upon learning that their country was being targeted by the Azure Gold Empire.

But Kei was different.

Because the Starry Sky Duchy had Su Nan.

Others may not know, but Kei knew how powerful the Star Alliance that Su Nan had built in the underworld was.

To be honest, the Star Alliance’s military strength was even stronger than the Starry Sky Duchy.

With such a reliable ally, Kei naturally had nothing to worry about.

However, this was also the main reason why the Azure Gold Empire had its eyes on the Starry Sky Duchy.

The Starry Sky Duchy with Su Nan was like a young lion with huge potential.

The Azure Gold Empire, as long as they weren’t stupid, couldn’t just watch the Starry Sky Duchy grow and one day challenge them for dominance in the Southeast Region.

In fact, Kei knew very well that if it wasn’t for Su Nan, the Azure Gold Empire might have already launched a war against the Starry Sky Duchy.

“What are you planning to do?” Su Nan asked.

“Although I haven’t made full preparations yet, if the Azure Gold Empire wants to start a war, I’ll play along.”

Kei said with a chuckle, full of confidence.

“The only problem is the wizard from the Azure Gold Royal family, is it Scepter? You are both from the same wizard organization?”

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“Yes.” Su Nan nodded calmly, “I’ll find a chance to talk to him.”

If Scepter really supported the Azure Gold Empire in starting a war, then there was nothing to talk about, they would just clash on the battlefield.

Even though they were both from the Mysterious Wooden Hut, he would not show any mercy.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the Frostfall month arrived.

The first snow finally fell.

White snow covered the entire land, the wind howled.

The Dragon Forest, however, remained as warm as spring, with a pleasant climate.

The thirteenth floor of the Dragon Bone Tower, Breeding Room 3.

Although it was called a breeding room, it actually used space-folding technology, with a real area of about one square kilometer, one of the three large breeding rooms in the Dragon Bone Tower.

The entire breeding room had been transformed into a dark cave environment.

Su Nan was currently suspended beside an inverted stalactite, watching the young Dragon Antelope running happily in the huge cave below.

After deciding to establish a Dragon Antelope ranch, Su Nan immediately set about implementing it.

However, building a ranch wasn’t as simple as catching a group of Dragon Antelope.

Adult Dragon Antelope had already developed their temperaments and were extremely difficult to tame, so Su Nan planned to start training them from a young age.

He had captured a batch of newborn Dragon Antelope from the wild, placed them in the breeding room, and personally raised and tamed them. He planned to release them to the ranch outside once they grew up.

After a few months, the results were satisfactory.

The young Dragon Antelope, who had been fed by apprentices all along, still had some wildness, but they were no longer so resistant to human approach and touch.

If it had been adult Dragon Antelope, it would have been impossible to achieve this in just a few months.

“If I raise them for two or three years, they should be able to lose their wildness and then they can be released to the ranch outside.”

Su Nan left the breeding room and teleported to the workshop.

After this period of cultivation, his spiritual power had already met the standard for fusing a 4th-level Magic Emblem Core.

His physique had also been strengthened to 55 points through consuming Dragon Blood Fruits, meeting the standard as well.

After that, Su Nan immediately synthesized a 4th-level Magic Emblem Core and fused it into his body.

As expected, the upgraded 4th-level Magic Emblem Core had increased significantly in power.

Under full exertion, the metal spike storm formed by the Magic Emblem Core took less than half a minute to blast the Mithril Magic Puppet into a thousand pieces.

Remember that this was an enhanced Mithril Magic Puppet, a genuine 3rd-ring Legendary Puppet, not the primitive version of the Mithril Magic Puppet that he encountered at the door of the Aivigny laboratory.

“If it were a 2nd-ring Legendary Puppet, it would probably be killed in one hit.”

In terms of defense, converted to defense points, it was around 6500 to 7000, roughly equivalent to the combined defense of six or seven Extreme Protection Rings.”

With such a high defense point, even a formal wizard would need some effort to break through.

Below formal wizard level, unless his spiritual power ran out, it would be virtually impossible for anyone to break through.

As for Su Nan’s most concerned spiritual power consumption, it barely increased.

“With my current spiritual power, it’s enough to support about four minutes.”

“In high-intensity combat, it should be no problem to support for about three minutes.”

It is worth mentioning that Su Nan had also researched the last two alternative metals needed for the synthesis of the Magic Emblem Core.

In other words, he had basically achieved Magic Emblem Core freedom.

He could mass-produce Magic Emblem Cores at any time if he wanted to.

Now, the only limiting factors were the cost and his own spirit and physique.

The requirements for fusing a 5th-level Magic Emblem Core were Spirit 58.65 and Physique 71.24.

As for the 6th-level Magic Emblem Core, Su Nan estimated that he wouldn’t be able to fuse it until after he advanced to Wizard.

That being said, this was also good news for Su Nan.

Magic Emblem Cores were not only one of his trump cards now, but also the key to his future advancement to Wizard.

That’s why he insisted on researching alternative metals, even though he knew that there was an upper limit to the synthesis level of the Magic Emblem Core.

After spending half a day in the workshop, making a batch of Magic Emblem Constructs, Su Nan returned to his study.

He had barely sat down when Carolena came in.

“Master.”

Carolena, with her seductive figure, performed a graceful bow.

Since she pledged allegiance to Su Nan, this human-faced lion noble had consumed countless Dragon Blood Fruits and various enhancement potions, and her strength had long since broken through to the 2nd-ring Legendary level, no weaker than the previous Lord of the Dark Lake City, Yusuola.

“What is it?” Su Nan asked without looking up, his eyes fixed on the book in his hand.

Carolena said respectfully, “Master, the location for setting up the spatial tunnel has been chosen.”

Su Nan finally looked up, thought for a moment, and then stood up and walked out of his study.

“Lead the way.”

“Yes, Master.”

Inspired by the Dragon Forest teleportation array, Su Nan also planned to set up spatial tunnels between the Dark Lake City, Matu, and Ausen, connecting them to each other, so that he wouldn’t have to travel hundreds of kilometers every time he wanted to go back and forth.

The reason he didn’t build a teleportation array was because he didn’t have the corresponding technology.

Furthermore, teleportation technology was always a field that only wizards could access. Even if he, a wizard apprentice, had the technology, he wouldn’t be able to build a teleportation array.

So Su Nan came up with a clever solution.

Just like the connection between Base 1 and Base 2, he would set up a spatial tunnel connecting each of the three cities to the Dragon Forest, using the Dragon Forest as a transit point to connect the three cities.

This way, although he couldn’t achieve real-time teleportation, he could at least achieve the effect of half a teleportation array, greatly shortening the distance.

After traveling back and forth a few times, Su Nan quickly set up a spatial tunnel in each of the three cities.

The other side of the tunnel was connected to a piece of land that was separated from the Dragon Forest Zone 3, used only as a transit point and unable to enter other areas of the Dragon Forest.

“With these three spatial tunnels, I won’t have to travel long distances back and forth anymore.”

After testing with a stone Magic Puppet and confirming that the three spatial tunnels could operate normally, Su Nan nodded in satisfaction.

The underworld was vast and sparsely populated, with far fewer cities than the surface world, and each city was extremely far apart.

The complex terrain also limited the use of carriages and other means of transport, so most of the time they could only travel on foot or by riding some kind of beast.

This was also why there were rarely any national-level forces in the underworld.

Besides the fact that there were many races in the underworld, it was also because there was no efficient transportation and communication system, which limited the efficiency of information transmission and material exchange between cities, making it difficult to form a whole.

Now, with the spatial tunnels of the Star Alliance, distance was no longer a problem.

Besides solving the problem of long-distance travel, these three spatial tunnels could also provide timely support during wartime.

In less than half an hour, a small army of Magic Puppets could travel from one city to another via the spatial tunnels.

It could even go a step further, with a mobile Magic Puppet army stationed directly at the transit point.

Once a war broke out in a city, the spatial tunnel could be opened immediately to send support, taking even less time.

No matter how detailed or meticulous the enemy’s plans were, they would never expect there to be another army in the city.

After all, in the current Starlight Continent, no wizard apprentice would build a teleportation array.

Besides Su Nan, who held the Dragon Forest, no other force could achieve such rapid support!

Carolena, of course, understood this as well.

From the moment Su Nan suggested setting up spatial tunnels, she realized how beneficial it would be for the Star Alliance.

It could be said that with the spatial tunnels, the biggest challenge to expanding the Star Alliance’s territory had been solved!

Looking at Su Nan’s back, Carolena couldn’t help but feel a hint of awe.

In the entire Star Alliance, the position she held could be said to be one of the closest to Su Nan.

But even so, she still hadn’t truly seen through Su Nan.

The more she interacted with him, the more she felt how unfathomable he was, capable of doing many things that seemed impossible, making him difficult to fathom.

If before, there was a hint of unwillingness and depression in the depths of her heart because of her position under someone else, now those feelings had vanished, leaving only a sense of gratitude.

Following behind this man, she might witness the day when the Star Alliance conquered the entire underworld.

(End of Chapter)