Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 199: The Key is Still Su Nan

By then, the entire underworld would be in the Star Alliance’s grasp!

Thinking about this, a hint of a smile crept across Su Nan’s lips.

In his plan, the underworld was a crucial part.

It was even more important than the surface world.

The underworld’s abundant resources, especially various minerals and metals, were essential for building a Wizard Tower.

A Wizard Tower was essentially a large fortress that could accommodate thousands of people for living and cultivation. Therefore, the basic building materials required were enormous.

Various stones and metals were measured in tens of thousands of tons.

Without sufficient financial support, even the ‘shell’ of the Wizard Tower couldn’t be built, let alone the various large-scale facilities later.

In the age of wizards, those who could build Wizard Towers usually controlled at least one private base, or a colonial plane.

Su Nan’s plan was to transform the underworld into his private base, providing him with various resource materials for future development.

As for the surface world, at this stage, it served as a place for the Star Alliance to dump goods and as a source of fresh blood for the Starlight Academy.

It’s worth mentioning that the war on the surface world was also progressing smoothly.

The unification war launched by the Starlight Empire was in its final stages. Now only a few remaining countries were struggling, but their defeat was only a matter of time.

According to the battle reports, the Starlight Empire could end the southeast region war within two years at most.

After that, they might recuperate for a while, then launch a conquest of the northwest region.

Closing the battle report and putting it aside, Su Nan looked up at the puppet girl standing on both sides of the desk.

The battle against the Semi-Spider God-Favored had proven the combat effectiveness of puppets.

Although they had been at a disadvantage from beginning to end, their opponent was a powerful God-Favored creature capable of confronting wizards head-on. Honestly, the puppet girl had done well to achieve that level.

After all, even he had used the Engraved Gemstone and Black Thunder to kill the Semi-Spider God-Favored.

However, this battle had also exposed the weakness of puppets—insufficient defense.

The diamond body, when facing opponents below the wizard level, was virtually indestructible.

But once encountering higher-level beings, it became inadequate.

Otherwise, the puppet wouldn’t have had an arm severed by the Semi-Spider God-Favored.

He needed to find a way to strengthen the puppet’s defense, otherwise, if he encountered another opponent of the same level, insufficient defense would still be a fatal weakness.

“Synthesizing a higher hardness magic diamond to replace the current body material is too inefficient, and the cost will increase significantly.”

“Adding defensive enchantment runes… No, the current enchantment runes are already the limit. Unless we can find a material more advanced than mithril, it’s impossible to add more enchantment runes.”

Several ideas flashed through Su Nan’s mind, but he quickly dismissed them.

The necessary condition for realizing these ideas was the upgrade of materials.

With the Synthesized Magic Cube, it wouldn’t be difficult to achieve this, but the cost would increase drastically.

In the end, the cost might skyrocket to millions of gold coins.

This was unacceptable to Su Nan.

Even though he now controlled half of the underworld, he couldn’t afford to be that extravagant.

He still needed to accumulate resources to build the Wizard Tower and couldn’t waste too much on this.

—Of course, the main reason was that the cost-effectiveness was too low.

After pondering for a while, Su Nan suddenly had an epiphany.

Since he couldn’t work on the physical structure, he would have to find a solution from external objects.

For example, magic items.

Puppets lacked spiritual power and couldn’t activate magic items, but they could embed magic items into their bodies and change the activation method, allowing them to activate magic items using energy particles.

To put it simply, it was like an external device for robots.

In fact, the two puppet girls had the Extreme Protection Ring embedded in their bodies.

If it weren’t for the fact that the artifact level was too high and couldn’t be embedded in the puppet’s body, Su Nan would have even installed a Forbidden Zone. The defensive power would have definitely skyrocketed.

However, the Forbidden Zone wouldn’t work, but the Magic Emblem Core could be tried.

The Magic Emblem Core itself was a powerful magic item that was both offensive and defensive. If the puppet could fuse with the Magic Emblem Core, not only would it significantly enhance its defensive power, but its attack methods would also become more diverse.

Originally, the biggest difference in combat effectiveness between puppets and wizards was that they lacked innate abilities, and the Magic Emblem Core could undoubtedly make up for this, narrowing the gap with wizards.

The more Su Nan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

The only problem was that the Magic Emblem Core heavily relied on spiritual power consumption. He had to change its energy source so the puppet could use it.

This wasn’t easy to do.

But if successful, the puppet’s combat effectiveness could likely be strengthened to a level comparable to the Semi-Spider God-Favored.

Su Nan didn’t hesitate to add an improvement plan for the Magic Emblem Core to his future arrangements.

This was bound to be another time-consuming research project.

After that, Su Nan looked at the black branch in his hand.

This branch was called the Black Key, as the name implied, it was the key to opening the Black Forest.

After researching it for some time, Su Nan had roughly mastered the use of the Black Key.

At the same time, he also discovered that the Black Key was constantly absorbing energy particles from the surrounding air.

It was estimated that it would take about three years to fully charge.

Based on this, Su Nan guessed that the Black Forest was likely to open only once every period of time, just like the Starlight Tower.

And the next time the Black Forest opened, it was likely to be in three years.

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“Hopefully it will give me some surprises.”

Su Nan muttered to himself, his eyes flashing.

After the Starlight Tower incident, he no longer had high hopes for the so-called wizard inheritance.

The Black Forest was highly likely to be another facility where a wizard faction forcibly recruited personnel, cultivating their forces in advance for a future return.

In order to obtain the resources inside, they might have to engage in another battle.

Although he had already advanced to a wizard and his strength was much stronger than when he was at the Starlight Tower, Su Nan wouldn’t underestimate the Black Forest.

After all, it was a wizard inheritance. Anything related to wizards shouldn’t be taken lightly. Nobody knew what dangers lurked within.

More importantly, the Black Forest was highly likely to be related to the Spider Queen.

The Fillier family had held the clues to the Black Forest for so many years. Su Nan didn’t believe that the Spider Queen wouldn’t care at all.

Perhaps she had already extended her tentacles into the Black Forest.

Furthermore, the reason why the Spider Queen was able to intervene in Starlight Continent was likely related to the Black Forest.

Even though it was just speculation, Su Nan wouldn’t ignore any potential risks.

“I need to be fully prepared before entering the Black Forest.”

Su Nan pondered.

In just three years, without a large amount of divine energy to absorb, his spiritual condensation wouldn’t improve much. He could only find ways from external objects.

“Once the research on the Magic Emblem Core is complete, it’s best to refine a few more puppets.”

“Also, I need to prepare more Engraved Gemstones. My current spiritual condensation should be able to increase the number of synthesizations. I’ll try twenty.”

“And Black Thunder, I should also make a few more.”

The power displayed by Black Thunder in the battle against the Semi-Spider God-Favored had impressed Su Nan.

At this stage, Black Thunder was arguably his most powerful attack method.

Even Liquid Metal, in terms of instantaneous damage, couldn’t compare to Black Thunder.

Such a powerful trump card, naturally, the more the better.

However, Su Nan currently only had two Black Thunders.

To make more Black Thunders, he needed a large amount of Thunderstones.

“Looks like I have to take a trip to the Thunder Element Plane as soon as possible.”

Among the numerous element planes, the Fire Element Plane and the Thunder Element Plane were the most dangerous and the most inhospitable to life.

For example, the Fire Element Plane, where there were fire seas everywhere, the terrifying heat would instantly turn even a knight into ashes upon entering.

The Thunder Element Plane, on the other hand, was filled with countless thunderclouds, with dense thunderbolts falling from the sky every second. You could get struck by lightning while walking.

Without sufficient protective measures, you could be struck by lightning and reduced to ashes within a short distance in the Thunder Element Plane.

In addition, the element spirits in the Fire Element Plane and the Thunder Element Plane were also very troublesome.

If he had just advanced, Su Nan wouldn’t have dared to step into the Thunder Element Plane.

But now, with the Forbidden Zone, Black Thunder, and other trump cards, as well as his spiritual condensation exceeding 40%, he had enough strength to attempt exploring the Thunder Element Plane.

As long as he didn’t venture into the core area, he should be fine with caution.

Aurora Kingdom, capital city Aurora.

When Triff Jangi walked into the council hall, he found that the spacious hall was already filled with people.

Besides the royal family, all the influential nobles of the kingdom had gathered.

“It seems that the pressure from the Starlight Empire is huge.”

Triff’s eyes flickered slightly.

Among these people, there were no shortage of sworn enemies who had always been at odds with each other. Usually, they would have drawn their swords at the slightest provocation. But now, they could sit together peacefully, which showed how great the pressure brought by the Starlight Empire was, forcing them to temporarily put aside their hatred and unite against the external threat.

Triff understood.

The Aurora Kingdom was located on the edge of the northwest region, bordering the southeast region boundary line. It was the closest country to the rising powerful empire across the border.

Once a war broke out, the Aurora Kingdom would be the first to bear the brunt. It was no exaggeration to say that they were at a critical juncture of survival.

“Triff, thank you for coming personally.”

Seeing Triff’s arrival, King Aurora, sitting at the head of the hall, personally rose to greet him.

The nobles who were arguing noisily also fell silent and stood up to welcome him.

As the only third-rank wizard apprentice in the Aurora Kingdom, Triff Jangi held a unique position in the kingdom. Even King Aurora treated him with great respect and couldn’t afford to neglect him.

After a few words of greeting, Triff sat down beside the king.

As soon as he sat down, King Aurora spoke eagerly.

“Triff, you must have heard about the situation in the southeast region. What’s your opinion?”

Triff considered his words carefully and said slowly, “Your Majesty, the Starlight Empire’s actions so far all prove its great ambition. That empire will not be content with just the southeast region. Once they have digested the newly conquered territories, they will definitely turn their attention to our northwest region.”

“As expected, you think the same.” King Aurora sighed, his face filled with worry.

In fact, anyone with discerning eyes could see the Starlight Empire’s intentions.

If any country were in the Starlight Empire’s position, possessing the power to conquer Starlight Continent, they would inevitably make the same choice.

“Triff, what do you think we should do?” King Aurora asked anxiously.

The royal family members and nobles in the hall also looked at Triff expectantly.

They had argued for a long time, but they couldn’t come up with any good solutions. At this moment, they could only hope that this wise man, who had always been resourceful, would point them in the right direction.

Facing the expectant gazes, Triff remained silent for a long time before speaking slowly,

“Your Majesty, I think surrendering to the Starlight Empire is a good option.”

As soon as he said this, everyone’s faces changed.

Triff didn’t care, and continued calmly, “The Thornflower Duchy in the southeast region surrendered to the Starlight Empire. Their royal family members were not liquidated but were instead granted ducal titles. The nobles below the royal family also mostly retained their territories. I think our kingdom can also follow suit.”

The hall fell into an eerie silence.

King Aurora and the other members of the royal family’s faces changed repeatedly.

Although a ducal title was not bad, how could it compare to controlling a country?

Once they surrendered, their status and power would inevitably be greatly reduced, which made it difficult for them to accept.

The other nobles also hesitated.

Although most of the nobles in the Thornflower Duchy had retained their territories, nobody knew if they were part of the ‘majority’.

Besides, there was no guarantee that the Aurora Kingdom would receive the same treatment as the Thornflower Duchy.

Unless the emperor of the Starlight Empire personally made a guarantee.

After a long silence, King Aurora broke the silence, his voice hoarse, “Are there any other options?”

Triff sighed inwardly, knowing that King Aurora was still unwilling to let go of his power and status.

He had expected this, so he brought up the second option he had already thought of.

“The Starlight Empire has a strong military force, but if the countries in the northwest region unite, we might have a chance of fighting back.”

“The key is still Su Nan!”

The name Su Nan seemed to have some magic power. It made everyone in the hall change their expressions instantly.

By now, Su Nan’s reputation had spread throughout the continent.

Especially among wizard apprentices, royal families, and upper nobles.

Everyone knew that the Starlight Empire had produced a formal wizard.

Upon his advancement, he had used thunderous means to kill more than a dozen third-rank wizard apprentices from the Truth Council, showing the world the mighty power of wizards!

When this news reached the northwest region, it caused a huge uproar!