Synthesis Wizard

“Master, Matu and Orson sent messengers with letters.”

Just as Su Nan stepped out of the Mind Chamber, he saw Karolina approaching hastily, a letter in hand.

Su Nan raised his eyebrows in surprise and took the letter, opening it.

The Red Widow and Black Duke had been silent for so long that he thought the two city-states had abandoned the plans for Shadow Lake City and were joining forces against Kasham. However, it seemed they had a new development.

The content of the letter was simple. It was an invitation to meet.

The three city lords, without any soldiers, would head to the Black Valley alone three days later to discuss matters related to Kasham.

“Master, what did the Red Widow and Black Duke say?” Karolina asked cautiously.

Su Nan didn’t say anything and directly handed the letter to her.

After Karolina finished reading, Su Nan asked, “Where is the Black Valley?”

Karolina knew what Su Nan wanted to know and explained in detail:

“The Black Valley is a very special place. If you use elements and magic there, you will be subjected to intense backlash. The stronger you are, the heavier the backlash. So, when Yusura, the Red Widow, and the Black Duke met in the past, they would choose this place. They wouldn’t have to worry about ambushes.”

Su Nan’s expression moved slightly.

It sounded like a magic suppression zone.

However, a magic suppression zone would prevent casting spells and using energy particles.

The Black Valley, on the other hand, allowed the use of energy particles but with a backlash.

There was a similarity.

No wonder the Red Widow and Black Duke had chosen this as their meeting place.

There, they wouldn’t have to worry about Su Nan attacking them.

Similarly, Su Nan wouldn’t have to worry about their tricks.

“Master, are you going?” Karolina asked.

Although Su Nan didn’t say it directly, Karolina felt that he wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about cooperating with Matu and Orson.

Originally, Karolina had some reservations about this and was preparing to find an opportunity to persuade her master.

However, a few days ago, she saw several elite dual-blade spiders and high-level stone golems at the puppet factory, which made her dismiss the idea.

Cooperate?

With the golem army, it didn’t matter if Matu and Orson existed or not. Shadow Lake City could handle the insect plague alone.

Now, it was Matu and Orson who should be worried about how to deal with the insect plague!

“It’s good to go and see what their plans are.”

Su Nan smiled meaningfully.

While he didn’t intend to cooperate, he could take this opportunity to probe the bottom line of Matu and Orson.

After all, after dealing with Kasham, it would be the turn of these two city-states.

Knowing your enemy and yourself, you will win a hundred battles. Gathering intelligence beforehand was never a mistake.

“Tell them I agree.”

After Karolina left, Su Nan walked towards his study.

On the table, there were stacks of scrolls. Su Nan sat down and casually picked up one, unfolding it to carefully read.

The content was about the secrets of wizards.

This was the secret intelligence on wizards that the previous Starlight Royal Family had collected. Kei, upon discovering it, had sent it to him immediately. 𝙧𝘢ŊŏВΕŜ

Perhaps because their ancestors were wizards, the previous Starlight Royal Family paid special attention to wizards and invested a lot of manpower and resources every year to collect intelligence on wizards in the southeast region of Starlight Continent. This information was then compiled and organized.

Over the years, it had produced some good results.@@novelbin@@

According to the information, there were a total of 184 wizards whose whereabouts were known.

Of these, 31 were first-rank wizard apprentices, 148 were second-rank wizard apprentices, and 5 were third-rank wizard apprentices.

Looking at the numbers alone, the number of second-rank wizard apprentices was disproportionately large compared to the other two ranks.

But if you think about it, it made sense. First-rank wizard apprentices were still weak and would definitely act low-key, so they were hard to find.

Third-rank wizard apprentices were simply fewer in number.

Second-rank wizard apprentices, on the other hand, had already gained a certain level of strength and began using their powers to acquire resources and benefits for themselves. They were naturally the most active group.

It was worth noting that over 70% of these 184 wizards had died over hundreds of years.

The remaining wizards were scattered across dozens of countries in the southeast region of the continent.

The Starlight Royal Family’s intelligence detailed the approximate strength of these wizard apprentices, the countries and towns they were currently in, and the noble forces they cooperated with.

Su Nan looked through them one by one. Behind almost every wizard apprentice was a noble force supporting them.

This was normal, after all. In this resource-poor era, it was hard for a wizard apprentice to gather enough resources without enough manpower to help.

It was worth mentioning that Su Nan also found information about himself.

Up to the point when the Shining Light Territory launched its rebellion, the intelligence on his strength only stopped at the level of a second-ring legend.

It was quite a difference.

No wonder the Starfire Sect had only sent a high priest carrying a holy relic to protect the Duke of Huilan when they were in Huilan Province.

Besides him, there were four other third-rank wizard apprentices.

One was a third-rank wizard apprentice who served the Starlight Royal Family. He had already died at the hands of Oveku.

The second was Ugo of the Eternal Life Society.

According to the intelligence, the Eternal Life Society was a group of wizards who acted exceptionally aggressively and recklessly. The number of members was estimated to be between eight and ten.

They were active in various parts of Starlight Continent, using force to secretly control many small-country nobles and even royal families, collecting resources for them.

In addition, the Eternal Life Society would do anything to improve their strength.

They captured civilians for experiments, let modified creatures rampage through villages to collect data, planted evil magic plants in densely populated areas of towns, leading to the deaths of many people… They committed countless evil deeds!

There was even an instance of an Eternal Life Society wizard apprentice killing the entire population of a small country for an experiment, turning the whole country into ruins!

This incident shocked the entire southeast region at that time.

However, to avoid causing panic, the surrounding countries jointly suppressed this matter. They announced to the public that the demise of the small country was due to a large-scale plague, so most of the common people and small nobles were unaware of what truly happened.

In the vast southeast region, except for the few powerful empires like the Azure Gold Empire, the Starlight Duchy, and the Thornflower Duchy, which the Eternal Life Society feared, all other countries had suffered from their atrocities.

However, the Eternal Life Society was too powerful, so these countries could only swallow their grievances.

“Just like what Night Owl said, the Eternal Life Society is a bunch of lunatics.”

Su Nan didn’t need to think to know that the Eternal Life Society wizard apprentices had created so many atrocities, which was undoubtedly related to their research on extending lifespan.

They were a group of lunatics who would do anything for eternal life!

It was only because there were other rational wizards on the continent that these madmen were somewhat restrained. Otherwise, according to the Eternal Life Society’s methods, the whole continent would become a wasteland in no time.

The already harsh training environment would only become even harsher.

The only good news was that the Eternal Life Society, like the Mysterious Wooden Hut, was a relatively loose organization.

Members acted independently and exchanged resources, intelligence, and assistance through trade. Their relationships were not close.

In other words, Ugo’s threat to him was most likely an empty bluff.

The divine remains were something the Eternal Life Society wanted, but it was probably something that only Ugo himself desired.

However, it was not impossible that he would pay a price later to persuade other members of the Eternal Life Society to help.

But no matter what, as long as the entire Eternal Life Society wasn’t mobilized, Su Nan didn’t need to worry too much.

Continuing to read down, the remaining two third-rank wizard apprentices were backed by the royal families of the Azure Gold Empire and the Thornflower Duchy.

Su Nan was surprised to find that, according to the intelligence, these two third-rank wizard apprentices were also members of the Mysterious Wooden Hut.

“Members of the Mysterious Wooden Hut with ties to the royal family…”

Su Nan immediately thought of the figures of Scepter and Rose.

According to his observations, the two with the most aristocratic demeanor in the entire Mysterious Wooden Hut were undoubtedly these two.

If there were no surprises, these two third-rank wizard apprentices should be Scepter and Rose.

Based on their names, Scepter was very likely to be the third-rank wizard apprentice behind the Azure Gold Empire’s royal family.

As for Rose, it was most likely the third-rank wizard apprentice behind the Thornflower Duchy’s royal family.

It was because of these two that the Eternal Life Society wizard apprentices dared not attack the Azure Gold Empire and the Thornflower Duchy.

As for the Starlight Duchy, it was because of Evans and the third-rank wizard apprentice who died at the hands of Oveku.

All these were wizard apprentices whose whereabouts had been confirmed.

As for those wizard apprentices who had appeared before, left clues, but whose existence or whereabouts couldn’t be confirmed yet, there were many more.

For example, the Eternal Life Society wizard apprentices other than Ugo.

The same applied to the Mysterious Wooden Hut. Apart from Su Nan, Scepter, and Rose, who were known, the others were not on this list.

After all, the Starlight Duchy’s intelligence collection was mainly confined to the southeast region. It was difficult for their influence to spread to other areas, and naturally, it was difficult to collect intelligence on wizards in those places.

After spending more than half an hour carefully reading the entire intelligence, Su Nan had a general understanding of the current situation of wizards in the southeast region of Starlight Continent.

It has to be said that compared to the billions of people in dozens of countries in the southeast region of the continent, the number of wizard apprentices was pitifully small.

The ratio was less than one in ten thousand.

To be honest, perhaps all the wizard apprentices in the southeast region combined didn’t even exceed the number of wizard apprentices in his base.

Although his base had only first-rank wizard apprentices.

But it was understandable, after all, the current situation on Starlight Continent meant that it was difficult for many wizard apprentices to be born.

Currently, there were mainly two origins for wizard apprentices on the continent.

The first was a lucky person with wizard aptitude who happened to come across a book of enlightenment, which stimulated their spiritual power, allowing them to embark on the path of a wizard. They gradually built up their strength and collected resources. If they were lucky and talented enough to be promoted to a second-rank wizard apprentice, they could find a noble force to rely on and become visible in the world.

The number of wizard apprentices born through this route was very small.

The second was a son of a noble or royal family.

Some royal families and big nobles who knew the secrets of wizards or whose ancestors had produced wizard apprentices would use enlightenment books to test the aptitude of their family members.

Once a member was found to have wizard aptitude, they would spare no effort in nurturing them.

This type of wizard apprentice was relatively numerous, and because of their backing, they were often easier to be promoted to third-rank wizard apprentices.

For example, Scepter and Rose belonged to this category.

Of course, there was also a third category, which was wizard apprentices nurturing students themselves.

However, this was very rare.

After all, wizard apprentices themselves didn’t have enough resources. They seldom had extra resources to train students.

As for Su Nan, who was pouring a huge amount of resources to train dozens of students at the same time, it was unprecedented.

Other people were training guardians for their country or family, or students to inherit their mantle. Su Nan was training his own forces.

When this group of students gradually matured, his base would become the most powerful wizard force in Starlight Continent.

“Based on this intelligence, there shouldn’t be any formal wizards left on Starlight Continent.”

“At least not in the southeast region.”

If there were formal wizards still alive in the southeast region of Starlight Continent, the Starlight Royal Family wouldn’t have failed to find any clues over these years.

As for other regions of Starlight Continent, they had to continue investigating to find out.

“Next time we meet, I have to ask Big Brother to pay attention to collecting this information.”

Putting down the intelligence, Su Nan flipped his wrist, and a talisman stone appeared in his palm.

It was the key to finding and entering the Starlight Tower, given to him by Evans.

“The next appearance time is in twelve years.”

Su Nan looked at the talisman stone, a thoughtful expression on his face.

According to Evans, entering the Starlight Tower would require a trial.

Considering that anyone with wizard aptitude had the qualification to enter the Starlight Tower, and it was possible that those who entered were not even first-rank wizard apprentices, the trial they faced should not be too difficult.

But there were other possibilities.

For example, different levels of wizard apprentices entering the Starlight Tower might face different trials, with varying levels of difficulty.

As to which one it was, they would have to wait and see until they actually entered the Starlight Tower.

Su Nan estimated that twelve years should be enough for him to build eighteen star rings and raise his spiritual power to over 60 points.

All that was left was to build the talent crystal.

This was the most difficult hurdle in becoming a formal wizard.

Many third-rank wizard apprentices were stuck at this hurdle, wasting decades until their lifespan ran out, without being able to take the final step.

“With the current situation on Starlight Continent, even with the Magic Cube in my hand, it would take at least forty to fifty years for me to build the talent crystal.”

“But if I can find resources that help with the promotion in the Starlight Tower, perhaps I can skip this hurdle ahead of time.”

Su Nan had a faint intuition that perhaps the opportunity for him to become a formal wizard lay within the Starlight Tower.