The Synthesis Wizard

Chapter 201 The future will be the era of the Star Alliance

"If it doesn't work, we can only use the restricted area."

Sunan calmed down and continued walking forward.

Thunder Stones often appear in places with intensive thunder and lightning bombardments. It is unlikely that there are Thunder Stones in the outermost periphery of the thunder element space, and we have to explore further inside.

But before going far, Sunan encountered the spirit of thunder element.

The low-level thunder elemental spirit looks like a ball of lightning flashing with fine electric arcs.

Only as the power increases, the appearance of the thunder elemental spirit will gradually become more human-like.

When it reaches the level of the elemental giant, it will transform into a humanoid with its upper body and a mist-like appearance with arcs of energy on its lower body, or its entire body will become a humanoid outline.

The one in front of him was just a low-level thunder elemental spirit, not even a vague humanoid outline. It was blown to pieces by Su Nan's casual spell missile.

There is no energy shortage problem in the thunder elemental plane.

Here, the mental energy consumed in casting spells can be quickly restored.

But there is also another, more serious problem.

That is, there are almost no energy particles other than lightning energy particles in the thunder element plane.

This also means that almost no spells that require other types of energy particles can be cast here.

Considering that thunder and lightning spells are almost ineffective against thunder elemental spirits, the only combat methods that Sunan can use here are non-elemental spells such as spell missiles, disaster rings, imprinted gems and liquid metal.

As for Black Ting, it hardly plays much role in the thunder elemental plane.

After death, the thunder elemental spirit left a little crystal powder.

This is elemental dust, a material rich in elemental energy that can be used to enchant or create magic items.

Sunan stretched out his hand and put it into the space ring.

In a demiplane filled with thunder elements, Sunan's completely different aura stood out from the crowd.

From a long distance away, the spirit of the thunder element could detect his presence.

Along the way, most of the thunder elemental spirits rushed toward him, eager to turn him into charcoal.

Only a handful of thunder elemental spirits didn't even look at him, floating lazily in mid-air, floating slowly like clouds.

Sunan did not provoke these thunder element spirits, but only dealt with those irascible fellows who had no eyes.

As it went deeper, the thunder element in the air became visibly thicker, and even formed a substantial arc, flickering in the void.

The thunder elemental spirits encountered along the way are getting stronger and stronger.

Sunan simply released two marionettes.

Ordinary puppets cannot cause harm to the incorporeal thunder elemental spirit. Only high-level puppets that have been stabilized by spells and demonized can deal with the thunder elemental spirit.

With Secret Puppet responsible for cleaning up the thunder elemental spirits, Sunan was finally able to free up his energy and concentrate on searching for the Thunder Stone.

It didn't take long for him to make a discovery.

He stretched out his hand and a dark stone suddenly rose from the ground and landed in Sunan's palm.

Feeling the violent thunder energy contained in the stone, a smile appeared on his face.

Finally got something!

Sunan then searched the surrounding area carefully and found many more thunder stones.

With the harvest, Sunan became more and more motivated.

There is no distinction between day and night in the thunder elemental plane. Because there is so much space, it is difficult to encounter other creatures, and it is easy to lose sight of the passage of time.

I don't know how much time had passed, but when Sunan stopped, there were already more than two hundred thunder stones in the space ring.

"So many thunder stones are enough to make three pieces of black lightning."

Sunan smiled slightly and looked at the two marionettes guarding him.

Although they went through a series of battles, the two marionettes were basically uninjured.

After all, the opponents are just a group of elemental spirits.

Due to the large number of elemental spirits killed, a lot of elemental crystal dust accumulated in the space ring.

"Compared to the elemental crystal core, the value of elemental crystal dust is still a bit inferior."

Not long ago, Sunan saw a thunder elemental giant spirit from a distance.

However, he did not plan to fight the thunder elemental giant spirit at its home ground, so he avoided it early and did not let the opponent notice it.

"Speaking of which, elemental giants are also a type of divine creature."

In the elemental plane where energy is pure and abundant, it is easy to produce natural divinity, so elemental spirits are the race most likely to give birth to divine creatures.

For example, the elemental djinn, elemental djinn elders and elemental lords are all divine creatures.

The power of rules they control is often linked to their own elemental attributes.

In other words, divine energy should also be extracted from the elemental giants.

However, considering the difficulty of killing a thunder element giant in the thunder element plane, Sunan gave up this idea.

In his own home court, half of the Thunder Elemental Giant's combat effectiveness is considered small, and his power is limited due to environmental influences. The risk is too high.

Maybe he can try it after his strength improves a bit, but at this stage, doing this kind of thing is no different from seeking death.

Shaking his head, Sunan opened the space channel and returned to the Dragon Skeleton Tower.

In the following time, Sunan devoted his energy to making Black Ting and improving the magic pattern core.

The former took less than two months to complete, and Sunan had three more pieces of black magic in his hands.

The latter took nearly two years of on-and-off research before it was successful.

The improved magic pattern core can be activated through the magic circle set up in the marionette's body, just by injecting energy particles.

Although the price of the change is a decrease in power, this problem can be easily solved through the synthesis of the Rubik's Cube.

The power of the modified magic pattern core that the marionette finally fused is roughly equivalent to the original level 6 magic pattern core.

It's not that Sunan doesn't want to fuse more advanced magic pattern cores, but that this is already the limit of the marionette's load.

After all, the level 6 magic pattern core originally required the mental power of a formal wizard and a physique beyond the legendary level of the fourth ring to be fused. Even Sunan now can only fuse the level 6 magic pattern core at most.

Having said that, the marionette's combat effectiveness has also improved by leaps and bounds after integrating the magic pattern core.

Even Sunan, without using magic weapons and engraved gems, could only barely compete with it.

This was despite his mental concentration increasing a lot.

When he was first promoted, he would definitely not be his opponent.

Nowadays, if the marionette girl faces the half-spider god, it will be a 50-50 situation at least.

However, the price of the sudden increase in combat effectiveness is the sudden increase in costs.

In addition to integrating the level 6 magic pattern core, the marionette's body structure also underwent some upgrades in order to load the level 6 magic pattern core, with the final cost being as high as 480,000 gold coins.

You must know that the cost of forming a small golem army is only more than 400,000 gold coins.

In other words, the cost of a secret puppet is equivalent to a small army of golems.

"The cost of refining high-level puppets will only get higher and higher in the future. After all, many materials can only be obtained through synthesis, and the cost is much higher than manufacturing."

Sunan sighed secretly.

Take the level 6 magic pattern core as an example. If it is manufactured artificially, the cost will be at least half cheaper than the synthetic one.

Just like the legendary puppets of the same ring, the manufacturing cost of the steel golem is more than half lower than that of the elite stone golem. That's the price of using a synthetic Rubik's Cube.

Of course, compared to the magical capabilities of the Rubik's Cube, this price is not worth mentioning.

After all, there is theoretically no upper limit to the synthesis of a Rubik's Cube. Many things cannot be made no matter how much gold coins are spent, but the Rubik's Cube can be easily synthesized.

In fact, for Sunan now, gold coins are no longer a problem. What really limits development is resources.

Now that they control the southeastern region of the underground world and have the Star Empire as a dumping ground for goods, the Star Alliance can bring in an income of tens of millions of gold coins every year.

But like the mithril needed to refine marionettes, there are only so many silver veins controlled by the Covenant. The amount of mithril mined every year fluctuates within a fixed range. Even if there are more gold coins, it cannot be increased out of thin air.

The same goes for other rare resources.

When the entire Starlight Continent is controlled in the future, this problem will become even more prominent.

In the absence of third-party trading partners, all Sunan could control were the resources of Starlight Continent, and it was useless no matter how many gold coins he had.

"Fortunately, the resources of Starlight Continent are enough for me to build a wizard tower."

"When the plane barriers are restored in the future and Starlight Continent can trade with other planes, the resource problem will be solved."

Shaking his head, Sunan gathered his thoughts and devoted himself to refining the marionette.

The mithril he currently has is enough to refine two more marionettes.

Underworld, Northwest Territories.

Waves of blue smoke rose over the city of Mushroom Forest, where the war had just ended, and the fluorite light falling from above the cave illuminated the ruins below.

The clay golems walked back and forth among the ruins, picking up the **** corpses and transporting them to the outside of the city for burning and destruction.

Kore walked through the ruins in a dusty manner, with some blood stains remaining on his gray robe. He looked a little tired, and it was obvious that he had just experienced a fierce battle.

Mushroom City gathered the last elite forces in the Northwest Territory, and the resistance was so fierce that he, the commander-in-chief, had to personally fight. It took a long time to finally conquer this difficult nut.

And he had his reasons for doing so.

After the capture of Mushroom City, there was no longer a large-scale resistance force in the northwest region. The remaining kittens, a few or two, could be easily dealt with.

It can be said that the Northwest Territory has fallen under the control of the Star Alliance.

In two months at most, the fighting here will subside.

Thinking of not returning to Longlin for many years, even Ke Lei, who usually rarely expresses feelings, couldn't help but sigh.

I heard that Longlin has newly established Starlight College, but I don’t know what kind of college it is?

While thinking about it, Kore had arrived at the stone pillar in the center of Mushroom City and strode inside.

The wizard apprentices who followed him also filed in.

The space inside the stone pillar is unusually spacious, and the clay golems are carrying supplies.

Kore quickly found the warehouse, and before he entered, he saw Ethan walking out of it with a happy smile on his face.

Seeing this, Kore knew that the harvest was not small, but he still asked.

"How about it?"

"The harvest is very rich." Ethan beamed with joy, "The resources in the warehouses of the previous city-states should have been concentrated here."

There was also a faint smile on Corey's face.

The richer the loot, the more contribution points he can get.

After arranging people to collect the inventoried resources, Ethan and Corey walked outside side by side.

"Want to rest here for two days?"

"No, there isn't much resistance left. Let's deal with it in one go now, so as not to have a long night of nightmares."

"That's right." Ethan nodded in agreement.

He has been leading the army for almost seven years, and he is a little tired. He also wants to end this war quickly and return to Longlin to concentrate on training.

The contribution value earned over the years is enough for him to use for a long time.

After being away for so long, he missed Long Lin a little.

The two came to the intact city wall on the other side of Mushroom City and looked at the darkness in the distance.

It is the only area left in the Northwest Territory that has not been included in the Covenant territory. It occupies less than one-fiftieth of the area on the military map of the Northwest Territory.

Looking at the entire underground world, it is only a corner.

"When I first took office as commander-in-chief, I really didn't expect that the Star Alliance would be able to unify the underground world so quickly."

A sigh appeared on Ethan's expression.

In just seven or eight years, the Star Alliance first wiped out the southeastern region, and even captured the Demon Spider City, which was protected by the gods. Then it swept across the northwest region, invincible.

Seeing that the Star Alliance was about to unify the underground world, and he was one of the participants, personally experiencing and witnessing all this happening, it was impossible not to feel emotional.

Kore's face seemed calm, but deep down he was deeply convinced.

I think back when I first became a student of the teacher, the base was just a small place next to Glitter City. Who would have thought that in less than thirty years, the base would become a behemoth that would unify the underground world?

In the eyes of many, this is nothing short of a miracle!

"That's because the teacher is here," Corey said.

Over the years of partnering with Corey, Ethan has long been accustomed to the other's fanatical respect for his teacher, and he smiled as he heard this.

"I heard that the Empire is preparing to attack the Northwest Territory. Once the Northwest Territory is successfully unified, the entire Starlight Continent will be in the hands of the Star Alliance."

"This day will come soon." Corey nodded.

In the eyes of the two of them, although it will be the Star Empire that will unify the surface world in the future, it is no different from the Star Alliance personally taking action.

The Star Empire is dependent on the Star Alliance and relies on the Star Alliance for its current development. In essence, it can be regarded as a subsidiary organization of the Star Alliance.

This is not the arrogance and arrogance of Corey and Ethan.

This seems to have become a consensus among the wizard apprentices of Starlight Academy and the aristocratic circles of the empire.

Although on the surface, the Star Empire and the Star Alliance are forces that are independent of each other and coexist equally, anyone with some knowledge knows that equality is only based on the premise of equal strength between the two parties.

The Star Empire threatens the mainland on the surface, but its real strength is far inferior to that of the Star Alliance.

In terms of resources, the Star Empire also relies heavily on the Covenant, but not vice versa.

In this case, the Starry Empire naturally did not have much say.

After long-term trading and cooperation, the Star Empire will naturally and subtly become a subsidiary of the Star Alliance.

From the emperor to the nobles, they did not resist this.

Rather, they are happy to be more deeply bound to the Covenant.

"The future will be the era of the Star Alliance." Ethan smiled and suddenly had a whim, "You said after conquering the Starlight Continent, what is the next goal of the Star Alliance?"

Corey was stunned and thought for a while before saying: "I heard that ancient wizards like to conquer other civilized planes. Maybe the teacher has similar ideas."

Ethan's eyes lit up.

That's a good goal.

He also wanted to see the scenery of other planes.

If one day the Star Alliance goes on an expedition to other planes, he must participate and go see other planes!

But before that, you still have to advance to the third level wizard apprentice.

For today's Star Alliance, level two wizard apprentices are still a bit weak.

(End of chapter)