Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 109 Blood Mark, Double-Edged Spider
Sunan and Qiangwei were extremely happy.

Just for the jewel bug, their trip was not in vain.

After calming themselves down, the two continued to look at the third notebook.

This notebook is about how to extract the blood of ancient beasts from magical creatures and transform it into single-use bloodline abilities.

Avigni named this ability Blood Mark.

Depending on the ancient exotic beast blood extracted, the blood mark that is finally transformed will also be different, and the strength will also vary.

However, in order to create a blood mark, the extracted blood of the ancient beast must reach a certain concentration.

Avigni once tried to extract the blood of Scarlet Fang from the body of the blood soul worm, but unfortunately the concentration of the blood was too low, so he had to give up in the end.

"The bloodline of ancient exotic beasts? That's too rare." Qiangwei shook her head.

There are still many descendants of ancient beasts alive on the Starlight Continent, but unfortunately, without exception, the bloodlines they inherit are very weak.

Even Avigni couldn't extract blood that met the requirements, so she probably wouldn't be able to do that either.

And the very few who inherited higher bloodlines were extremely powerful, and she couldn't deal with them at all.

This research result is useless to her.

However, Sunan didn't think so.

What does it matter if the blood concentration is low? With the Rubik's Cube in hand, you can synthesize it to increase the concentration.

This was not the first time he had done this.

From this point of view, the blood mark seems to be tailor-made for him.

As long as he finds a group of descendants of ancient beasts, no matter how weak the bloodline of this group is, he can use the magic cube to synthesize it and raise it to the standard that meets the bloodline mark.

Putting down the notes, Su Nan couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Avigni may be cruel and ruthless and not a good person, but we have to admit that this guy is really an amazing genius.

Blood soul worm blood fusion, gem worm, blood mark.

An ordinary third-level wizard apprentice may not be able to figure out any of these three types in his entire life.

But Avigni did it all.

If he hadn't been unlucky and ended up in a dead end, his final achievement would probably have been very brilliant.

Even if he cannot be promoted to a wizard due to the environment of the Starlight Continent, he can definitely become a famous strong man in the continent!
“This guy is truly a genius.”

Rose gently stroked the cover of the notebook, feeling a little sad.

Even a genius like Avigni died on the road to becoming a wizard, so what is her future?
Is there really any hope for me to become a formal wizard in this lifetime?
The two of them had different thoughts, and the room fell silent for a while.

After a long while, Sunan collected his thoughts and said:
“Let’s search other places as well.”

Rose came back to her senses and nodded silently.

The two men then thoroughly checked the entire cave and found no new gains, so they began to distribute the spoils.

There was nothing much to say about the notes, so the two of them divided the work and copied one copy of each notebook, then each took a copy.

As for the gem bugs and blood soul bugs, they are distributed equally.

Su Nan took all the rare metals and gave Qiangwei some magic stones as compensation.

After distributing the spoils, Qiangwei felt much better.

Although the knowledge she gained this time, including the blood mark and the blood soul worm blood fusion, were not of much use to her, the gem worm alone made her feel that the trip was worthwhile.

Not to mention Sunan, he gained one more thing than Qiangwei, which is the knowledge of blood mark.

"The more than 10,000 gold coins I spent were not wasted."

Sunan was very satisfied.

After walking out of the cave, Qiangwei smiled at Sunan and said, "It's a pleasure to work with you, player. We can work together again if there is a similar opportunity next time."

Su Nan also smiled slightly: "Okay, then I'll look forward to it."

"See you at the party."

"See you at the party."

After watching Qiangwei leave, Sunan returned to the original cave.

When passing the lake, Sunan looked from afar in the direction of the Lion-faced City-State.

Many kobolds and ogres were busy near the city gate, apparently repairing the collapsed city walls.

There are also teams of sphinxes patrolling the island, and the guarding is several times stricter than before.

It is estimated that this will be the norm in the Sphinx City-State for a long time to come.

"It seems that we won't be able to sneak in again in a short time."

"Forget it. Anyway, the information we got this time is almost enough."

After taking a deep look in the direction of the Lion-faced City-State, Sunan turned and left.

After returning to the Shining City, Sunan found Keyi immediately and explained the matter of the Sphinx City-State.

After hearing what Sunan said, Keyi couldn't help but frown.

"According to what you said, the Lion City-State can muster at least 4,000 to 5,000 troops?"

"Almost. The inhabitants of the underground world are different from us humans. Almost all of them are soldiers."

Seeing that Keyi's face became more serious, Sunan said something to comfort him.

"Most of the slaves in the Sphinx City-State are Kobolds and Lizardmen. They are not much stronger than ordinary soldiers. Only the Ogres are a little more troublesome."

"The only ones who can really be considered a threat are those two thousand human-faced lions."

"What are you going to do?" Kai asked in a deep voice.

Su Nan had already prepared a plan, and he said without thinking:

"First of all, continue to seal off that forest. From now on, it will be a military restricted area. No one else is allowed to enter."

"Second, we need to build a camp in front of the cave. I need a bridgehead to attack the Sphinx city-state."

"Also, I need a lot of granite."

Key agreed to all of them, and then asked, "How many troops do you need me to send to assist you?"

He had long wanted to get rid of the threat of the underground city-state, and he was mentally prepared even if it meant paying a heavy price.

But unexpectedly, Sunan shook his head and refused.

"Need not."

"The environment of the underground world is not suitable for human combat. I plan to use golem puppets as the siege force."

The underground world is dimly lit, and it is difficult for humans without dark vision to adapt.

Even a knight can only exert 60% to 70% of his full strength when fighting in the underground world.

If the army of the Shining Territory is really used, even if the Lion-Man City-State can be captured in the end, there will definitely be heavy casualties.

It would be better to use golems to attack the city.

The golem has darkvision and can move freely in the underground world.

As for the possible losses that the war might bring, Sunan was not worried at all.

According to the map that Qiangwei gave him, there were seven mineral veins within a hundred kilometers of the Lion City-State, including a large iron mine, three medium-sized iron mines, a large copper mine, a small silver mine, and a small gold mine. As long as the threat of the Lion was resolved, he could develop these mineral veins.

Future profits will more than cover the war costs.

After finalizing all matters, Key immediately began to make arrangements.

Sunan returned to the base and started to get busy.

The six divine blood ambers he got from Qiangwei were all fused into the high-level divine blood amber.

The change brought about was that the proficiency level gained from practicing the Star Ring Meditation method every day soared to 3100 points.

On the other hand, the learning progress of silent spell casting is also steadily increasing.

Sunan estimates that by the Spring Moon (March) of next year, he will be able to master the ability to cast spells silently.

It is worth mentioning that the establishment of a Knight Academy has also been put on the agenda.

Taking into account the commuting conditions and logistical pressures of teachers and students, the construction site of the Knight Academy naturally cannot be chosen outside the city.

After repeated selection, Sunan finally chose a location in the suburbs of Shining City, close to the north gate of the city.

Now that the construction of the academy has begun, all matters have been thrown to the people below to be responsible for, and Su Nan only takes time to check it occasionally.

According to the progress of the project, it will be completed around the month of Liuhuo.

Then you can start enrolling students.

Key's actions were extremely efficient.

Before the Spring Dawn Moon passed, a brand new camp had been built on the basis of the original mining area.

Sunan directly named the camp Camp No. 1, built a new puppet factory inside, and then worked at full capacity to refine stone golems.

The production of Iron Golems is limited by Soul Crystals and cannot be produced in large quantities.

But as long as there are enough gems and rocks, stone golems can be refined indefinitely.

All the profits from the cave mining area were invested by Sunan in the refining of stone golems.

In order to resolve the threat of the Lion-Man City-State as soon as possible, Key also specially allocated a large sum of funds from the territory's income to support the construction of the Golem Legion.

Due to the abundance of funds, the number of golem corps has increased rapidly.

At the same time, Sunan was also considering refining a new puppet.

Iron Golem and Stone Golem are extremely powerful and indestructible, but their disadvantage is that they move a little slowly.

This was vividly demonstrated in the previous battle in the Sphinx City-State.

Facing the swift and agile sphinx, elite stone golems and stone golems are naturally at a disadvantage.

In view of this, Sunan felt that he must consider it early and design a more sensitive puppet.

Traditional golems mostly have a strong and sturdy humanoid appearance, with short and thick limbs. Except for a small number of golems with the ability to fly, most golems cannot avoid the disadvantage of being relatively slow in movement.

Therefore, new puppets must undergo new modifications, preferably designed into animal shapes with more flexible movements.

The first thing Sunan thought of was spiders.

The most terrifying monsters in the underground world are undoubtedly the various mutated spiders and spider-like monsters.

Especially the spider elves that were mutated from the dark elves, their notoriety spread throughout the entire underground world.

They move as fast as ghosts, appear and disappear suddenly, often launching sneak attacks from unexpected places. They can also climb walls in steep caves and tunnels, making them one of the most powerful assassins in the underground world.

If the puppet is designed to have a spider-like appearance, the eight limbs will undoubtedly be more adaptable to the complex terrain of the underground world.

Sunan thought and did it, and immediately started designing a spider puppet.

The proficiency gained from refining stone golems in large quantities had already allowed him to break through to level 4 in [Puppet Refining].

With the experience of refining the Black Rock Leopard, Sunan completed the structural design of the spider puppet without much effort.

The key issue is still the materials.

In order to maximize the advantage of the spider puppet's swift movement, the material must be light metal.

Of course, hardness cannot be ignored.

Otherwise, you will end up with a bunch of crispy creatures that will break at the slightest touch.

In this regard, Blackstone Iron is undoubtedly a very suitable choice.

However, the current output of Black Rock Iron is a bit low. Even if all of it is supplied to Camp No. 1, it is still not enough for Sunan to recruit more soldiers, not to mention the need to supply it for refining Black Rock Leopards.

After repeated selection, Sunan finally decided to use a metal called tungsten steel as the material for refining new puppets.

Tungsten electrode steel has the characteristics of high hardness, good wear resistance and toughness. In addition, it has a series of excellent properties such as heat resistance and corrosion resistance.

Although its hardness is not as good as black stone iron, it doesn’t matter, we can just synthesize and strengthen it.

In the end, synthetic tungsten electrode steel, which has similar hardness and lightness to black stone iron, has a similar cost to black stone iron of the same volume and can be used as a substitute for black stone iron.

After finalizing the materials and design, the refining process becomes relatively easy.

The final spider puppet, like the golem, has dark vision, immunity to all mind-affecting effects, immunity to poison, sleep, paralysis, confusion, suffocation, high elemental resistance, etc.

At this point, the spider puppet is no less powerful than the stone golem.

However, Sunan still felt that it was not enough

He simply demonized the spider puppet's two front limbs used for attack, adding the characteristics of [Black Steel] and [Sharp] to greatly enhance their hardness and sharpness.

In other words, the spider puppet is equivalent to carrying two magic weapons, and they can attack at the same time.

After final calculation, the cost of refining the spider puppet was as high as one hundred and eighty gold coins.

It is more than nine times that of an ordinary stone golem!
However, you get what you pay for, and the combat power of the spider puppet is far superior to that of an ordinary stone golem.

Sunan made a special test. In a one-on-one duel, the spider puppet chopped a stone golem into dozens of pieces in less than half a minute. The stone golem's proud defense was no match for the two demonized foot blades.

All in all, the spider puppet's combat effectiveness has almost reached the level of a peak knight.

It's well worth its high cost.

"Let's call this puppet the Double-Edged Spider."

Looking at the pitch-black spider in front of him that was as big as a carriage, Sunan showed a satisfied smile on his face.

With the double-blade spider, the Golem Legion's combat system becomes more complete.

"Unfortunately, flying puppets are quite rare, and there are no corresponding blueprints. It would take a lot of effort to research them by myself, and the manufacturing difficulty and material requirements are not low. Otherwise, adding a flying soldier would be even more perfect."

The puppet designs that Sunan currently has are mostly various low-level golems, and there are no flying puppets.

Even if there is, it would probably be difficult to make it with his current skills and materials.

After all, a flying puppet needs more than just the ability to fly, it also needs to have sufficiently powerful long-range attack capabilities.

A flying puppet without long-range attack capabilities is nothing more than a flying target.

Taking the Metal Golem as an example, those with the ability to fly and ranged attack are at least at the level of the Shadowsteel Golem and the Mithril Golem.

The combat effectiveness of these two types of golems is already very close to that of official wizards.

It is basically impossible for a third-level wizard apprentice to create one.

"It would be nice if there were a flying puppet with weaker long-range attack capabilities. We can synthesize it anyway."

"Ask the others at the next cabin party."

(End of this chapter)