Chapter 274: Chapter 176: The Truth Behind the Wizard’s Inheritance (Part 2)

Goliath had already disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood in its place as proof of its existence.

Even when fully employed by a Level 5 Demon Pattern Core, Goliath, whose strength approached that of a Tier Four Legend, could not withstand it—killed in an instant.

[Trial Passed.]

Nearby, the fleshball’s mouth opened and closed, emitting a familiar mechanical sound.

[Congratulations on successfully passing the trial with an A+ rating. You have received an inheritance reward!]

Crack!

In the central hall, the ground suddenly split into three cracks, from which rectangular stone pillars slowly rose, stopping when they reached about a meter high.

On the top of the pillar on the far right was a bottle of potion.

The transparent bottle contained a faint purple liquid, gleaming with a captivating luster under the light of the Eternal Pearl.

On the middle pillar was placed a book.

On the leftmost pillar was a chicken-egg-sized, perfectly round silver pearl.

[Construction Potion, ’Bone’ Middle Level Talent Crystal Model, Spirit Pearl.]

[These are your inheritance rewards!]

Construction Potion!

Sunan felt a burst of joy.

From the name alone, it was clear this potion was specifically designed to accelerate the construction of talent crystal models; consuming it can greatly speed up the construction process.

A bottle of Construction Potion can enable a Wizard Apprentice to successfully construct a lower-tier talent crystal model within a month.

The effect is undeniably strong!

Whether in the golden age of wizards a thousand years ago or in the era of wizard resurgence in the future, Construction Potions are extremely precious and basically monopolized by wizard influences, with wild Wizard Apprentices unable to even catch a glimpse.

The builder of the Starry Tower was generous enough to offer Construction Potion as a reward; even for an A+ rating, it surprised Sunan.

The ’Bone’ Middle-Level Talent Crystal Model was also a decent reward, though Sunan no longer cared for it.

As for the Spirit Pearl, as the name suggests, it is a crystal formed by highly condensed Spiritual Power, used for quickly recovering Spiritual Power.

However, only Official Wizards can craft this, and it comes at the cost of permanently reducing one’s Spiritual Power.

Apart from some wizards nearing the end of their lifespan, very few are willing to sacrifice themselves like this, making Spirit Pearls exceedingly precious.

The ’Bone’ Talent Crystal Model goes without saying; the Construction Potion and Spirit Pearl are clearly prepared for the second and third steps of constructing the model.

Sunan estimated that in the Starry Tower trial’s forecast, those who achieved an A+ rating were Level 3 Wizard Apprentices who were about to or were constructing talent crystal models, hence these items as inheritance rewards.

It must be admitted that the builder of the Starry Tower was quite generous.

Thinking like this, Sunan reached out for the Construction Potion, but was blocked by an invisible force field before he could touch it.

"??"

Sunan was taken aback.

At this moment, the fleshball not far away opened its mouth again.

[Wizard Apprentice, according to the rules of the Starry Tower, if you wish to obtain the inheritance reward, you must first sign an Oath Contract.]

Oath Contract?

Sunan frowned slightly and asked, "What is the content of the contract?"

A flash of light appeared in front of him, and lines of text emerged.

After reading these texts, Sunan’s face turned dark.

The content of the Oath Contract required him to become a member of the Wizard Organization [Dark Throne] from now on, not to defy any orders from [Dark Throne], and not to do anything detrimental to [Dark Throne].

In simple terms, once signed, he would become an obedient slave to [Dark Throne]. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Though called an Oath Contract, its harshness was hardly lower than that of a Soul Contract.

Unless one’s head was caught in a door, Sunan definitely wouldn’t sign such a contract.

Furthermore, while others may not know, Sunan was well aware.

Among the multiverse, there are only about ten Wizard Influences that are truly reputed and have deep roots, and [Dark Throne] is one of them.

Most members of this Wizard Influence specialize in the Undead Series and act with extreme bias.

If it were only this, it would be fine. The key is [Dark Throne]’s organizational structure reeks of feudalism.

High-level wizards stand aloof, monopolizing and enjoying most of the resources.

The lower-level members are exploited, having signed Oath Contracts, they can only work tirelessly to collect and produce resources for the high-level’s use.

Called wizards, they are effectively no different from slaves.

Using the banner of an Oath Contract instead of a Soul Contract is merely to diminish the signatory’s resistance.

As a result, [Dark Throne]’s reputation in the Wizard World is extremely poor, scorned by many wizards.

"No wonder Starlight Continent has a Wizard inheritance."

Now Sunan truly understood.

He had been puzzled before.

The Wizard community is inherently not associated with responsibility.

Even after the expedition to the multiverse, some wizards left an inheritance on Starlight Continent to give later generations a chance to rise—which had always struck Sunan as unnatural.

Sunan initially thought it was due to an unselfish individual within the Wizard community, but now the truth was starkly different from his assumptions.

The Starry Tower was essentially established by [Dark Throne] on Starlight Continent to develop its members.

Due to its poor reputation, few in the multiverse have been willing to join [Dark Throne].

To recruit members, [Dark Throne] often employs some less-than-honorable tactics.

The Starry Tower is evidently one such tactic.

While unaware of [Dark Throne]’s real nature, faced with the rich inheritance rewards and hope to ascend as a wizard, few can resist the temptation of not signing the Oath Contract.

Once signed, when elemental resurgence and wizard’s return occur in the future, those who realize [Dark Throne]’s true nature will find it too late to regret.

"Typical of [Dark Throne]’s despicable style."

Sunan sneered disdainfully.

He knew all too well there would be no miracle of free rewards from above.

The so-called Wizard inheritance was actually a scam.

Considering this, the Forest of Blackness and Fallen Star City, comparable to the Starry Tower, probably harbor numerous secrets.

Even if not pitfalls like the Starry Tower, it’s unlikely knowledge inheritance and resources can be obtained without any cost.

"Forget it, I’ll deal with the Forest of Blackness and Fallen Star City matters later; I’ll handle the present issue first."

Signing the Oath Contract was out of the question, Sunan wouldn’t willingly jump into a pit.

Yet, understanding [Dark Throne]’s usual practices, even if he forfeited the reward and didn’t wish to sign the Oath Contract, the opposing party likely wouldn’t allow it.

Sunan glanced at the fleshball and declared, "I refuse to sign the Oath Contract and forfeit the inheritance reward."

After a few seconds of silence, the fleshball emitted sound again.

[Those who refuse to sign the contract must compensate for the trial’s resource and energy cost: the fee is thirty Upper-tier Magic Stones, please pay!]

[Failure to pay will result in annihilation!]

Indeed!

Sunan sneered coldly.

In today’s Starlight Continent, there’s no Wizard Apprentice who can afford thirty Upper-tier Magic Stones.

Even Sunan, who has many Magic Stones in his Space Ring, doesn’t have enough to form thirty Upper-tier Magic Stones.

If he’s like this, other people, naturally, don’t fare better.

The Starry Tower’s regulation clearly denies challengers any choice.

Sign the Oath Contract or die!

There’s no third option!

[Please make your choice, challenger!]

[Pay the fee or sign the Oath Contract!]

With hundreds of mouths on its surface opening and closing, the fleshball emitted a cold mechanical voice.

Sunan could vaguely sense that something in the hall had locked on to him, ready to attack once he refused.

An ice-cold pressure enveloped him instantly!

Sunan seemed unfazed, a cold smile appeared on his face.

"To hell with your choice!"

He abruptly reached for the Construction Potion, countless silvery metal liquid surfaced simultaneously, transforming into a Metal Storm that fiercely collided with the invisible force field!