The Synthesis Wizard

Chapter 146 Clues about the sub-dragon species, base managers

Just when the graduation assessment was in full swing.

Outside the cave, Moritz and a group of instructors were also discussing matters about the graduation academy.

"Dean, I heard that after graduating from this class join the Knight Guards, they will join the exploration team of the underground world. Is it true?"

"That's right." Moritz nodded slightly and said, "This graduation assessment is to prepare for this, so that these students can adapt to the environment and combat in the underground world in advance."

"The underground world is full of dangers. Those students who have just graduated have joined the exploration operation. Are they too anxious?" an instructor said worriedly.

Moritz smiled slightly and said: "This just shows Mr. Sunan's expectations for this class of students."

"Don't look at these students with the same eyes as before. Our academy is the Principality of Stars, and perhaps the first academy to train knights in the entire Starlight Continent. Have you ever seen anyone promoted from ordinary people to knights in four years before?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Never mind that I have seen it, I have never heard of it.

They all practiced hard all the way, and it took them twenty or thirty years to be promoted to knights.

Before entering the Dragon Heart Knight Academy as an instructor, I never thought that there was a place in the world that could train a group of knights in just four years.

"So, the knight students who graduated from the academy are different from us old guys."

A look of emotion appeared on Moritz's face.

"The world they will be exposed to and can see in the future will be completely different from us and the knights in the army, and the requirements for them will naturally be different."

All the instructors present were thoughtful.

They all remembered the magic pattern structure they saw not long ago.

That is a magical weapon that will definitely cause a huge disturbance in the world of knights once it is released.

And this kind of powerful weapon is prepared for these students.

As the dean said, the future paths of these students are completely different from their own, and it is no longer appropriate to view students from the same perspective as before.

The open space in front of the cave became quiet for a while.

Everyone waited silently.

There is no distinction between day and night in the underground world. Time can only be divided by the magic hourglass.

The ten hours of assessment time passed in an instant.

When the time ended, the human-faced lion not far away who had been closing his eyes to meditate suddenly opened his eyes, took out a whistle, walked to the entrance of the cave, put it in his mouth and blew it.

The sharp whistle sounded far away in the cave.

Not long after, the sound of flapping wings and footsteps came from the cave.

One by one, the students walked out of the cave under the leadership of the red-eyed crow.

Almost every student has injuries, just more or less.

But fortunately, no one died.

Moritz breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked someone to take out the healing potion for the students to take, and then began to count the points.

While waiting, Sheen found Luger and Solano, and he was relieved when he saw that they were not seriously injured.

"How was the harvest?" Sheen asked.

"I only got twenty-five points." Luger was a little worried, "I wonder how high this score can rank?"

"I'm twenty-four," Solano said, then asked, "What about you, Sean?"

Sheen smiled slightly: "I was lucky. I killed a toad monster at the last moment and got a ten-point crystal ball. Now the total is fifty-three points."

"Fifty-three points!" Luger exclaimed, then showed an excited expression, "That's amazing, you must be the first place this time!"

Luger's voice quickly attracted the attention of those around him.

"Sean got fifty-three points? Is it true?"

"It's too strong. My score is less than half of his."

"As expected of the chief!"

"Rossi and Colen both scored over 40 points. It seems that the first place this time is definitely Sheen again."

Everyone was talking about it.

Rossi and Colen were both strong opponents who competed with Sheen for the top position in the past. Even these two are not as good as Sheen, let alone the others.

Sure enough, when the instructor announced the assessment scores, Sheen won the first place as expected.

Ruger and Solano also both finished in the top 50.

All three faces were filled with joyful smiles.

"Quiet!"

Moritz stood up, raised his hand to signal the crowd to quiet down, and then said loudly:

"The graduation assessment is over. From today on, you will officially graduate from the academy and you will become a member of the Knight Guard from now on."

"You will have ten days of vacation. After the vacation, you will report to Youhu City, which is the city in the center of the island you just saw. You will receive equipment there. Someone will arrange your tasks later."

"In addition, students who have obtained the Dragon Blood Fruit will go back to the academy to receive their rewards later."

After giving instructions, Moritz left with the students.

At the same time, the list of students for assessment was also placed on the table in Sunan's study room.

"Xian, he looks like a good prospect."

Sunan looked through Xian's information and nodded secretly.

Judging from the data, even without the Dragon Blood Fruit and following the normal path of cultivation, Sheen would most likely be promoted to a knight before the age of thirty.

In terms of talent, he is already better than many noble children.

Although the overall quality of the people at the bottom is not as good as that of the nobles, there are occasionally very outstanding individuals.

"Prepare the magic pattern structure. When these students come to report, distribute it to them and let them adapt for a while." Sunan ordered.

Four hundred and ninety-five sets of first-level magic pattern structures and five sets of second-level magic pattern structures have been prepared and are now placed in the warehouse, waiting for personnel to be armed as soon as they arrive.

"Yes, Master." Carolina responded respectfully.

"How long will it take for Sherman and Corey to come back?" Sunan asked immediately.

"Your Excellency Sherman and Excellency Kore just came back from a message three days ago. They are currently opening the third magic plant garden. The seeds have been planted in the magic plant garden. They will wait until the first batch of dragon blood fruits mature and confirm that there is no problem. It will take about two months to come back from the mission.”

Sunan nodded slightly.

It just so happens that these students still need time to adapt to the magic pattern structure and the underground world. When Sherman and Corey come back in two months, they can start to form a combined exploration team of wizard apprentices and magic pattern knights.

"How is the investigation of the Dark Land Traveling Dragon going?" Su Nan asked.

Carolina immediately replied: "The people sent to investigate found the entrance to an underground world in a cave north of Ruian City. They found the mark of a dragon's claw near the entrance. Now it is certain that the Dark Land Dragon came out of there."

As soon as he finished speaking, the red widow next to him immediately picked up the conversation.

"Opposite the entrance is a hilly area, where we found many paw prints of sub-dragon species."

Su Nan's eyes lit up: "Is there a Yalong race group there?"

Red Widow hesitated for a moment, shook her head and said, "Probably not. Most of those claw marks are different in size and shape, and they belong to different sub-dragon species. We suspect that there have been many sub-dragon species of different races there." Sunan Frowning slightly.

Sub-dragon species of different races have greatly different living habits and environments.

For example, dark land dragons usually live in dark and damp caves near lakes.

Dragon antelope usually lives in plain areas with suitable climate.

If it is a volcanic dragon, it usually lives in volcanic areas.

The living environments we are used to can be said to be completely different from each other.

It's definitely unusual for so many different races of dragons to appear in the same place.

"Search for the whereabouts of those sub-dragon species, investigate where they come from, and why they gather there."

After thinking for a while, Sunan gave the order and then added another sentence after thinking about it.

"After finding those sub-dragon species, arrest them immediately and try to capture them alive as much as possible."

Only living sub-dragon species can continuously provide sub-dragon blood.

The blood of the dark land dragon from Ruian City had already solidified when it was delivered, and it had almost no effect, which made Sunan feel a pity.

"Yes, sir." Carolina and Red Widow responded respectfully.

After the two of them retreated, Sunan looked at the list on the table with a relaxed smile on his face.

With this group of magic pattern knights, he suddenly had a lot more available manpower, and he no longer had to rely solely on vampires and man-faced lions.

Once they adapt well, they can form an exploration team with the puppets to speed up exploration operations.

Sherman and Corey can take the lead to form two ace teams. Just as the investigation of the sub-dragon species requires a large number of manpower, they will be sent there when the time comes.

After closing the list, Sunan stretched his body, stood up, left the study, and returned to the ground.

Nowadays, he spends most of his time in Base No. 2 in Youhu City, but he will return to Base No. 1 every once in a while to check on the recent development of the base.

"It would be a bit difficult for me to manage two bases by myself, and I wouldn't be able to take care of many things."

Although there are now enough manpower, Su Nan no longer needs to do many of the following things personally, but management-level work is still inseparable from him.

Red Widow and Carolina did have some management skills, but they were not wizard apprentices, and Sunan was not completely confident in them yet, so he never thought of leaving the management of the base to them.

"It would be best to find a third-level wizard apprentice to be the manager of Base No. 1. In this way, I don't need to deal with many matters. I only need to check the reports regularly."

Sunan thought secretly.

But thinking back, it’s not easy to find the right candidate.

It is not difficult to convince a third-level wizard apprentice to manage Base No. 1 for him. As long as enough benefits are given, you can definitely find a willing candidate.

The key is how to ensure that the other party will not betray.

Soul contract?

It probably won't work. No third-level wizard apprentice would sign such a contract voluntarily.

An oath contract might work, but it's not strong enough.

After all, many things in Base 1 involve the secrets of synthesizing the Rubik's Cube. If you want others to manage it, you must ensure their reliability and loyalty.

All in all, the selection of management candidates for Base No. 1 is very important and must be done with caution.

While thinking, Sunan had returned to Base No. 1.

More than two years have passed, and the number of students at the base has increased by more than ten people.

There are now 284 people in the entire base.

Nearly one-third of them have already constructed the second star ring.

Ethan and Atil are currently making the fastest progress. It is estimated that in another year at most, the two of them will be able to build the third star ring and become the third and fourth level two wizard apprentices in the base after Sherman and Corey.

While walking on the road, students kept stopping to salute and say hello to Su Nan.

Occasionally, you can see various strange and alien creatures.

The number of alien creatures summoned by Sunan in Base No. 1 is almost equal to the number of students, and most of them are fey creatures such as flower spirits and flower fairies.

These alien creatures are mainly responsible for managing various areas of the base.

Because of their existence, Base 1 can still operate in an orderly manner even if Sunan is away most of the time.

Sunan kept walking and inspected the important areas in the base one by one.

Counting the two magic planting gardens that are still under development, there are now a total of 12 magic planting gardens in southern Jiangsu, named after No. 1 to No. 12.

Among them, the No. 1 Magic Plant Garden located in the No. 1 Base is the top priority.

After the No. 7 to No. 12 Magic Planting Gardens were opened, the output of Dragon Blood Fruit and Silver Moon Flower increased significantly, which was basically enough to meet the needs of the base, Knight Academy and Black Rock Cavalry Regiment.

So Sunan removed the dragon blood fruit and silver moon flower from the No. 1 magic plant garden and planted other rare magic plants with higher value.

Anyway, we now have enough manpower. If we need to increase the production of dragon blood fruit and silver moon flower in the future, we can just open a few more magic plant gardens.

In the insect nest, the naive gem insect crawled slowly on the ground, the gems on its back shining brightly.

With the rare metals provided by the Covenant used to make splinter nutrients, the number of gem worms grew rapidly.

There are now 32 of them.

The annual output of gems in the insect nest has also increased to more than 1,100 gems.

Converted into gold coins, it is about more than 20,000 gold coins.

Although it is far less profitable than the profits produced by the Star Alliance mines, it is better because the water flows slowly and there is no need to worry about resource depletion.

Moreover, this output will gradually increase over time, and the prospects are promising.

In the workshop, the magic crystal forging furnace was making a low roar.

Dozens of cubicles are occupied.

Su Nan looked around and found that most of the apprentices were refining magic gold.

For apprentices who have initially mastered [Magic Item Manufacturing], the most cost-effective task in the base is undoubtedly the refining of magic gold.

The apprentice who accepts the task receives fine gold and materials from the warehouse, and then turns them in after the refining is completed, and he will receive a certain contribution value.

Of course, if you fail, you will have to bear the losses.

It is worth mentioning that the funds for the purchase of fine gold were raised by Sunan from the treasury of the Principality of Stars.

In the first few years after the war, most of the tax revenue of the Principality of Stars was spent on restoring people's livelihood - especially the reconstruction of Ranshuang Province - and the finances were unable to make ends meet most of the time.

It was only recently that there was a gradual surplus.

Without saying a word, Su Nan took a sum of money from Key and used it to refine the fine gold golem.

The dragon blood fruit provided to the army in the past two years is not free.

Sunan had previously thought about dividing the base and the Starry Principality from each other economically and turning them into independent entities. Sunan was also preparing to show off his cards to Keyi in the near future and start the process.

Only by changing from a vague dependency relationship to a mutually beneficial trading relationship can the base and the Starry Principality move forward better.

(End of chapter)