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Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 210
On the way to幽湖 City, Facardo had thought about many things concerning Su Nan.
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Among them were guesses about his appearance, which were all sorts of strange.
But when he actually saw him, he realized that Su Nan looked like an ordinary person.
Unlike many Wizard Apprentices whose appearances were distorted due to bloodline fusion, Su Nan looked no different from a normal human.
Except for his eyes.
Just a glance, and Facardo clearly realized how vast the gap was between himself and the person in front of him.
It was a gap in the spiritual realm, like a chasm.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Lord Su Nan!”
Facardo bowed deeply, his head lowered.
Facing someone whose strength far exceeded his own, the only thing he could do was express his respect.
Innocent and the other two woke up from their daze and bowed deeply.
“Don’t be so polite, sit down.”
Su Nan waved his hand and sat down at the head of the table.
After he sat down, only then did the four of them sit down again.
They exchanged glances, and Facardo’s eyes flickered, he was about to speak but was interrupted by Su Nan raising his hand.
“As long as the Russell family no longer participates in the war, I can ensure that the Starry Empire won’t attack the Russell family.”
Facardo was taken aback, followed by great joy, but what Su Nan said next made his face change slightly.
“The premise is that you hand over the clues to Falling Star City.”
As he spoke, Su Nan’s eyes swept across the four of them.
Innocent and the other three looked bewildered, but Facardo’s changing expression did not escape his gaze.
Su Nan was certain, the head of the Russell family did indeed know the clues to Falling Star City.
“Facardo, how about this deal?”
Facardo was silent for a moment, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he nodded.
“It’s a good deal.”
What else could he do?
He should be grateful that the Russell family still had something that Su Nan was interested in, otherwise, with his way of doing things, the whole family would have been mercilessly destroyed long ago.
Just like the former Council of Truth.
After hearing Facardo’s words, Innocent and the other three all looked at each other in disbelief.
Falling Star City?
Their family actually had clues to Falling Star City?
Why had nobody mentioned this before?
As if he could sense their doubts, Facardo explained with a wry smile:
“Our family does indeed possess clues to Falling Star City, but it has always been passed down through the patriarch orally, so apart from the patriarch, no one else knows.”
At this point, Facardo couldn’t help but glance at Su Nan.
He still couldn’t figure out how Su Nan knew about this secret.
Noticing Facardo’s gaze, Su Nan remained calm and didn’t say anything.
He couldn’t exactly say that he was bluffing, could he?
“Why?” Innocent couldn’t help but ask.
Facardo sighed and said, “Because since seven hundred years ago, no one in our family has been able to enter Falling Star City anymore, no matter what method they used.”
“The secret of Falling Star City is very easy to attract covetousness, not to mention being unable to enter. To avoid getting nothing and getting a bad reputation, our ancestors decided to seal this secret, only the successive patriarchs could know.”
Facardo’s words were both an explanation to his family and a notification to Su Nan about the current situation of Falling Star City, preventing him from thinking that he was intentionally hiding the method to enter Falling Star City, and thus blaming the Russell family.
Su Nan frowned slightly, but quickly smoothed it out.
“The key to entering Falling Star City should be in your hands, right?”
Based on the experiences of the Starry Tower and the Black Forest, Falling Star City should also have a so-called key.
Sure enough, Facardo nodded and handed Su Nan a bead.
In his opinion, since Su Nan knew the Russell family’s secret, it was no surprise that he knew about the existence of the key, so he wasn’t surprised at all.
It was Innocent and the other three who were surprised, their eyes widening.
They didn’t expect that the family heirloom, the Day Fusion Bead, was actually the key to entering Falling Star City.
“Witch Artifact.”
After taking it and examining it for a moment, Su Nan raised an eyebrow in surprise.
“You have sharp eyes, sir.”
This time, Facardo was truly surprised.
In the Starry Continent today, even Dim-Light Grade Magic Items were rare, let alone Witch Artifacts.
At least he had never heard of anyone obtaining a Witch Artifact.
Yet Su Nan could recognize the grade of the Day Fusion Bead at a glance, this kind of knowledge was truly astonishing.
He had no idea that Su Nan had nearly a dozen Witch Artifacts, otherwise, his eyeballs would probably have popped out.
“It seems that the ancestors of the Russell family were quite considerate of their descendants, they even made the key to entering Falling Star City into a Witch Artifact and passed it down.”
“Unfortunately, it has been too long, this Witch Artifact has been worn down quite a bit, its power is probably less than half of what it used to be.”
Su Nan felt a little regretful, looking up at Facardo.
“What exactly do you mean by being unable to enter Falling Star City?”
Since they had come to this point, Facardo didn’t hide it, he explained honestly:
“According to the family records, Falling Star City opens once every thirty years, the location is in the Rainbow Sea at the end of the continent, but since seven hundred years ago, although our ancestors could still sense the time and location of Falling Star City opening with the Day Fusion Bead, when they arrived, they could no longer find Falling Star City.”
Can sense but can’t find?
Su Nan’s eyes flickered, lost in thought.
“When was the last time Falling Star City appeared?”
“Fifteen years ago.”
That means it will open again in fifteen years.
Su Nan understood, he weighed the Day Fusion Bead in his hand and said, “Keep this with me for now, I’ll return it to you after I’m done with it.”
Facardo hesitated for a moment and said, “As you please, sir.”
Seeing his concerns, Su Nan smiled disdainfully, “Don’t worry, I’m not greedy for a half-destroyed Witch Artifact. If this thing breaks, I’ll compensate you with a similar one.”
A half-destroyed Witch Artifact was just a chicken bone to him, it was not as important as the meaning of the key to Falling Star City.
After hearing Su Nan’s words, Facardo gave a dry laugh, not sure if he believed it or not.
Su Nan didn’t plan on explaining further, he turned to another matter.
“What are your plans for your family in the future?”
Facardo was taken aback, then he looked thoughtful.
On the way here, he had been anxious, worrying about the reason why Su Nan had approached his family, he hadn’t even considered what would happen next.
Now that Su Nan had reminded him, he suddenly realized the awkward situation of the Russell family.
In the past, the Russell family had a preeminent position in the Northwest Territory, they had cooperation with many countries, obtaining resources from them.
But the Starry Continent was about to be unified by the Starry Empire, and the Starry Empire had the Star Alliance as a formidable partner, they wouldn’t need the Russell family at all.
Without access to resources, how would their family survive?
Innocent and the other three obviously thought of this too, their brows furrowed.
After all, he was the patriarch, Facardo quickly came to his senses, Su Nan deliberately brought this up, clearly not just to remind them, there must be a follow-up, so he bowed respectfully to Su Nan.
“What instructions do you have, sir?”
He was a smart man.
Su Nan nodded secretly, and smiled faintly, “Have you ever considered joining the Starry Academy?”
Starry Academy?
Facardo and the other four were stunned.
They had naturally heard of the name of the first Wizard Academy on the Starry Continent, they even specifically collected related information.
But the Star Alliance kept the information about the Starry Academy very confidential, they only knew that the Starry Academy had recruited a large number of Wizard Apprentices, and nothing else.
The natural cautious nature of Wizards made them unable to join a force they didn’t know enough about.
Therefore, for a time, they all hesitated.
Su Nan didn’t mind, he waved his hand and said, “I’ll have someone take you to visit the Starry Academy, after you have a sufficient understanding, you can decide whether to join or not.”
Hearing this, Facardo and the other four breathed a sigh of relief.
“Thank you, sir!”
Su Nan then summoned Carolena and asked her to take the four to the Starry Academy, and pass on the word to Rose and the other three to take charge of reception.
After Facardo and his group left, Su Nan looked at the Day Fusion Bead in his palm.
From the situation of the Starry Tower and the Black Forest, it was highly likely that Falling Star City was also a Wizard legacy left behind by a certain Wizard force.
And the ancestors of the Russell family were probably members of this Wizard force.
The Russell family, in fact, like the Kessler family, should both be guardians of the Wizard legacy.
It’s just that after thousands of years of inheritance, both families had lost control of the Wizard legacy.
The Kessler family was because they had no Wizard Apprentices.
The Russell family, on the other hand, was because there was some kind of change in the Wizard legacy itself.
No matter what, he was going to visit Falling Star City.
In the first two Wizard legacies, he had gained a lot of benefits, which gave him a high expectation for Falling Star City.
Maybe he could get his hands on some more resources that could quickly improve the spiritual condensation rate.
“Speaking of which, I haven’t been to the Rainbow Sea yet.”
The Rainbow Sea was a strange sea area that was as famous as the Underworld.
The Underworld was known for its deep mystery, while the Rainbow Sea was known for its vastness.
This sea area was located at the end of the Northwest Territory, it could be described as the end of the world.
Because there were many colorful corals and various colorful plants and animals at the bottom of the sea, it was named the Rainbow Sea.
It is worth mentioning that the Rainbow Sea is also quite dangerous, it is home to many poisonous and ferocious marine creatures, as well as a large number of Seafolk tribes.
If you were not a Wizard (Apprentice), ordinary people could only move around in the shallow sea, venturing into the deep sea would result in becoming food for marine creatures or being captured by the Seafolk tribes as slaves and breeding tools.
“It’s time to go and see the Rainbow Sea.”
Starlight Calendar 1280, Autumn Curtain Moon (October).
The Salping Plain battle, the Allied forces were defeated and fled, the Imperial army was able to advance, gaining a wider space for war.
Starlight Calendar 1280, Slumber Moon (December).
Snow fell, the land was covered in white snow, everything was white as snow.
It was difficult for the army to march in the wild.
Only the Magic Puppet Legion and the Blackrock Cavalry of the Starry Empire were exceptions.
These two armies had the ability to march in the snow.
The existence of the Clay Magic Puppet logistics unit also meant that the Empire’s logistics transportation was barely affected by the snowy weather.
Taking advantage of the snowy season, the Starry Empire’s troops marched out in all directions, and conquered towns one after another with lightning speed.
In just two months, five countries had perished under the Empire’s might.
Starlight Calendar 1281, Awakening Moon (February).
The most powerful nation in the Northwest Territory, the Croe Empire, perished at the hands of the Starry Empire, all the nations in the Northwest Territory mourned.
Starlight Calendar 1281, Thunder Moon (April).
Frostleaf Duchy, Rainbow Emerald Kingdom, Mist Forest Duchy, the remaining three nations in the Northwest Territory surrendered to the Starry Empire, marking the fall of the entire Northwest Territory into the hands of the Starry Empire.
Thus, the Starry Empire unified the Starry Continent!
It was also the first country to achieve great unification on the Starry Continent in thousands of years!
“How does it feel to be the ruler of the Starry Continent?”
In the study, looking at Kei who was beaming with joy, Su Nan teased with a smile.
“It feels pretty good.”
Kei laughed heartily, then he also raised an eyebrow at Su Nan.
“Don’t say that about me, you also unified the Underworld, and you did it earlier than me, you should know better than I do what it feels like.”
“I’m not an emperor.” Su Nan shook his head with a chuckle.
After a few jokes, the two quickly got back to the topic.
“It will take some time for the Northwest Territory to stabilize the situation, once it is completely stable, I will immediately arrange for people to conduct aptitude tests.”
Kei pushed open the window and looked out at the courtyard.
A group of young children were playing and laughing under the care of servants in the courtyard, their cheerful laughter made one’s mood feel a little more pleasant.
Since he made the decision to “branch out”, Kei had been actively implementing it, and he had many children over the years.
He had high hopes for these children, especially the ones nearing the age of twelve, hoping that one of them would become a Wizard Apprentice.
He was also very concerned about the upcoming aptitude test.
Su Nan looked at Kei, and said nothing.
He could understand Kei’s persistence in wanting a Wizard Apprentice, besides wanting to deepen the connection between the Star Alliance and the Starry Empire, it was also a way for him to project his own yearning and longing for Wizards.
If there really was a Wizard Apprentice in the Imperial family, for his elder brother’s sake, Su Nan would consider tilting some resources towards that person.
As long as that person had the aptitude for Wizards, no matter how poor their aptitude was, with the Star Alliance’s current resources, they could be piled into a Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice.
“Speaking of which, Xieman and Kore are about to become Third-Rank Wizard Apprentices.”
Su Nan suddenly thought.
He had just asked about Xieman and Kore’s cultivation progress a while ago, and they had both built eight Star Rings, only one more to go before they could become Third-Rank Wizard Apprentices.
Maybe, just like the scepter said, they could both completely break through before the age of fifty.
A Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice at the age of fifty, besides him, it was also unique in the Starry Continent.
Suddenly, Su Nan thought of something else, he looked at Kei.
“You’ve become a Fourth-Ring Legendary Knight, right?”
Kei withdrew his gaze and nodded with a smile, “That’s right, I broke through two months ago.”
With ample resources, it was still quite fast for Knights to improve their strength.
Like Kei’s eldest son, the current first prince of the Empire, Yabe·Arnest, he was only twenty-seven years old and already a First-Ring Legendary Knight.
He was even better than his father at that age.
Besides inheriting his father’s excellent talent, the Empire’s abundant resources were also a major reason.
“I was just about to ask you.” Kei looked at Su Nan intently, “What is the path after becoming a Fourth-Ring Legendary Knight?”