Synthesis Wizard

BOOM!

A deafening roar, like thunder, echoed through the giant cavern, shaking the stalactites on the ceiling. The sound mingled with the constant cries and screams of battle.

Wolf-men, dog-heads, and lizard-men, clad in armor, stood on the city walls, their eyes burning red with rage as they desperately resisted the onslaught of stone golems. Even as their comrades fell under the golems’ giant fists, these creatures, usually driven by self-preservation, showed no fear, fighting with a ferocity bordering on madness.

Behind them, a swarm of eye demons floated. Each looked like a giant eyeball, with a gaping maw full of sharp teeth in the center, long tentacles sprouting from the sphere, ending in tiny, glowing purple eyes. A closer look revealed a faint purple glint in the eyes of the enslaved humans, too.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

Gray beams shot across the battlefield. Eye demons couldn’t use illusions on golems, so they relied on their beams to fight the constructs. Golems shattered one after another.

The slaves and golems fighting on the front lines were mere expendables, for both defenders and attackers. Neither side hesitated to sacrifice their troops, throwing them into the fray with reckless abandon.

From the moment it erupted, the war had entered a frenzy.

Xieman and Kore, watching from afar, both looked grave. It was their first time witnessing an underground siege.

The knight guards behind them instinctively tightened their grips on their swords, their faces betraying their nervousness. They, too, were seeing real war for the first time. The skirmishes they’d encountered during their explorations paled in comparison to this.

But as they touched the magic emblem constructs on their chests, their anxiety eased a little.

BOOM!

A loud roar erupted from a distance, accompanied by plumes of dust rising into the sky. The crumbling city wall, finally unable to withstand the onslaught of golems, collapsed with a deafening crash. The path to Giant Eye City was now open.

Witnessing this, Red Widow, as the commander, immediately ordered a general assault.

RUMBLE!

Led by the high-rank stone golems and elite double-bladed spiders, the team of legendary golems surged forward, their arrival adding to the chaos of the battlefield.

The knight guard wasn’t to be outdone. As their captain, Xien, roared, “Activate constructs!”, every knight simultaneously gripped their chest emblems and channeled their martial energy.

In an instant, their exposed skin was covered with peculiar black markings. An invisible ripple enveloped their bodies, as if they were clad in invisible armor. Instantly, their presence commanded respect.

“Charge!”

Xien brandished his sword, leading the charge atop his black rock beast. The other magic emblem knights roared in agreement, following close behind. Five hundred magic emblem knights, like a black torrent, surged towards Giant Eye City, unstoppable.

Xieman and Kore exchanged a look, activating their own magic emblem constructs and their protective rings, casting a shield spell on themselves before riding their black rock beasts into battle.

The wind whipped away the dust, revealing the situation inside. After the city wall collapsed, the eye demons, previously positioned at the rear, retreated further. More slaves surged forward like a tide, attempting to hold back the advancing forces.

However, against the charging magic emblem knights, these cannon fodder proved little obstacle. Dog-heads and lizard-men fell one after another under the enchanted weapons. The knight guard, like a sharpened blade, tore through the defenders’ formation, shredding it to pieces.

Zzzzt!

A beam shot from afar, striking Xien. But just an inch from his body, it was deflected by the magic emblem construct’s invisible force field. Xien staggered slightly, his gaze fixed on the direction from which the beam came. Seeing it was an eye demon, he let out a cold snort and turned towards it, charging for the kill.

Meanwhile, Xieman and Kore had also located the hidden eye demons, and both charged towards them.

To defeat an army, one must first target the leader. These slaves were acting with reckless abandon because they were under the eye demons’ control. Kill the eye demons, and the slaves, regaining their senses, would surely disperse.

As they closed in, both simultaneously threw a rune gemstone. The gems blossomed into brilliant red light in mid-air, instantly transforming into a raging wave of flame that crashed forward, plowing through the dense enemy ranks and creating a wide path.

Xieman and Kore pressed forward, their strides unwavering, quickly reaching the eye demons, their mouths chanting incantations, their hands firing several magic missiles.

Pop, pop!

The magic missiles pierced the spherical bodies of two eye demons, instantly killing them.

The remaining eye demons panicked, the glowing purple eyes on their surrounding tentacles blazing with an eerie light. Invisible, strange waves instantly enveloped Xieman and Kore.

However, the two remained unaffected. Before charging into battle, they and the knight guard had all taken a dose of the sobering potion, granting them high resistance to illusions and enchantments. Unless it was the Mother Eye itself, the eye demons’ control abilities would have no effect on them.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

With rune gemstones and magic, Xieman and Kore, just the two of them, overwhelmed over a hundred eye demons.

The eye demons, in turn, tried to target the two with their beams, but their attacks couldn’t penetrate the four layers of defense: magic emblem construct, protective ring, shield spell, and energy particle shield.

In a short time, dozens of eye demon corpses littered the ground.

At the same time:

With the addition of two sorcerer apprentices, the knight guard, and numerous legendary golems to the battlefield, the scales tipped in favor of the attackers. Giant Eye City’s defenses crumbled, soon pushed back to the heart of the city.

“Squeak!”

A piercing shriek suddenly erupted from the enemy’s rear. Instantly, Xieman and Kore felt a dizzying sensation in their heads.

But just as quickly, a sharp shout broke through the fog, snapping them awake. Xieman regained his senses immediately, his eyes vigilantly scanning the distance. He saw a special eye demon, smaller than the rest, floating amidst a swarm of regular eye demons, but its spherical body was connected to hundreds of tentacles, far more than those of its counterparts.

The eyes at the end of its tentacles glowed an eerie purple-black.

His gaze met those eyes, and Xieman felt a wave of dizziness wash over him. He quickly looked away.

Illusions!

It’s the Mother Eye!

Xieman and Kore quickly realized the situation, their hearts tightening. The Mother Eye was accompanied by four eye demon variants, clearly larger than the others. Their tentacles were covered in sharp claws, not just eyes, and their swipes tore through the air with sharp, ripping sounds.

The four eye demon variants were riding on grotesque giant insects.

“Those are guide eyes!” Kore said, his voice firm.

Xieman nodded solemnly. He had read about the guide eyes in books, and they looked exactly like the eye demon variants before them.

Guide eyes often appeared in eye demon groups under the control of a Mother Eye or General Eye. They were a common variant. Their eye beams weren’t stronger than those of ordinary eye demons, but their melee abilities were far superior, making them adept at riding their giant insects deep into enemy lines to wreak havoc.

They were a rare melee type among eye demons!

At that moment, the four guide eyes were wildly flailing their clawed tentacles, trying to block the approach of a blood-colored light.

It was Red Widow!

The beautiful vampire was shrouded in thick blood mist, her entire being radiating an eerie, cold aura. Every time she raised her hand, blood mist coalesced in front of her palm, forming a blood spear that ripped through the air, striking the Mother Eye.

The four guide eyes fought desperately, but they could only barely block her attacks.

“Squeak, squeak!”

Feeling threatened, the Mother Eye let out a piercing shriek. As the sound spread, the surrounding eye demons attacked with even greater ferocity, shooting gray beams, striking the blood mist surrounding Red Widow.

The blood mist quickly faded, visible to the naked eye.

“Annoying pests!”

Red Widow snorted in disdain.

Suddenly, she stopped, her right hand held aloft, her eyes blazing red.

In an instant, dozens of surrounding eye demons cried out in agony. Countless blood droplets seeped from their bodies, spiraling towards Red Widow’s palm, forming a blood sphere.

The eye demons, drained of their blood, transformed into withered corpses, collapsing to the ground.

Immediately afterward, the blood sphere in Red Widow’s hand quickly deformed, transforming into a blood spear, even more crimson than before. With a flick of her wrist, she launched the spear, which pierced through the void like lightning, instantly penetrating a guide eye, nailing it to the ground.

The guide eye twitched convulsively, as if electrocuted, then fell silent.

Having completed this task, Red Widow’s face paled somewhat, clearly showing the significant strain the move had taken on her.

The surrounding eye demons seized the opportunity to attack Red Widow, but just then, a roar echoed, and a visible distortion of space descended upon the eye demon swarm. Then it exploded, tearing dozens of eye demons to pieces.

Sonic burst!

BOOM!

A mithril golem charged into the eye demon swarm, instantly unleashing a bloody storm. Every eye demon it passed was blasted to pieces, dissolving into a bloody mist. In a blink of an eye, it was within ten meters of the Mother Eye.

The three remaining guide eyes tried to block it, but the mithril golem tore them to shreds in three strokes.

Finally, the Mother Eye was smashed to pulp with a single punch!

Witnessing this, Red Widow couldn’t help but marvel.

Each of those guide eyes possessed a legendary first-rank power, and they were guarded by hundreds of eye demons. She had barely managed to kill one guide eye after much effort, yet the mithril golem had effortlessly broken through the defenses, slicing through them like a knife cutting through butter, killing the Mother Eye and three guide eyes!

The power was truly terrifying!

“This is the strength of a legendary third-rank golem.”

Red Widow was amazed, her awe for Su Nan, who could forge such a powerful golem, growing even stronger.

With the deaths of the Mother Eye and guide eyes, the eye demons fell into chaos. They scattered, fleeing in all directions.

But Giant Eye City was already completely surrounded by golems.

With golems blocking the exit and sorcerer apprentices and magic emblem knights pursuing them, the fate of the eye demons was already sealed.

After an hour or so, the shouts and cries of battle gradually faded from Giant Eye City.

The eye demons were nearly all wiped out, and the few survivors were captured by magic emblem knights, imprisoned, and transported back to Silent Lake City under the supervision of golems, to be used as experimental subjects for the base in the future.

The remaining slaves were also imprisoned, to be used as laborers in the future, responsible for repairing Giant Eye City and mining.

After hastily making the arrangements, leaving the knight guard to guard the prisoners, Red Widow, Xieman, and Kore quickly rushed to the Mother Eye’s lair.

Entering the lair, the three headed straight for the warehouse.

Upon opening the warehouse and seeing the silver ingots piled high, smiles lit up their faces.

“These big eyeballs are quite wealthy,” Xieman chuckled.

“After all, they control a silver mine.”

Kore scanned the area, quickly spotting a box amidst the cluttered warehouse. He opened it, his eyes widening in surprise.

“Mithril!”

The box contained a piece of mithril.

Kore picked it up and weighed it in his hand, his smile broadening.

“At least three kilograms.”

Xieman and Red Widow were equally delighted.

Before attacking Giant Eye City, Su Nan had issued orders: after conquering the city, they were to immediately search for mithril.

With this mithril, their teacher (master) would surely be pleased.

After collecting the contents of the warehouse, the three started searching the entire lair.

Moments later, Xieman called out, and the three reunited in a spacious cavern.

In the center of the cavern stood a statue.

The statue was incredibly bizarre, looking like a clump of countless wings. A long tail extended from the middle of the clump, dragging behind it.

“What kind of creature is this?”

Xieman and Kore simultaneously looked at Red Widow.

Red Widow was far more knowledgeable than they were when it came to underground world creatures.

The vampire frowned, lost in thought for a moment, then shook her head. “I’ve never seen this creature before, and I don’t recognize it.”

Kore frowned at her answer, his eyes curiously scanning the cavern. “Come to think of it, why would eye demons have a statue like this in their cavern? And why would they put only one statue in such a large space?”

Xieman looked around, his mind suddenly illuminating. He blurted out, “Worship!”

Seeing the surprised looks from Kore and Red Widow, Xieman quickly explained, “What if this place is where eye demons worship?”

“And this statue is the object of their worship.”

Kore and Red Widow were taken aback. But upon careful consideration, Xieman’s explanation seemed plausible.

This empty cavern did look like a worship hall.

It was just that they had never heard of eye demons having religious beliefs.

After a moment of pondering, failing to come up with any answers, Kore decided to stop dwelling on it. He said in a firm voice, “Let’s take this statue back to the teacher.”

Xieman and Red Widow had no objections.

Summoning golems to carry the statue, the three left the lair.

The caverns where the eye demons lived were spacious, but the hygiene was abysmal.

The trio couldn’t stand to be there for long.

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