Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 111 A whimsical idea

Everyone was silent for a while.

Finally, Hei Lin coughed lightly and said, "I happen to have a design for a special type of puppet, but it's not a flying type. Do you want it?"

"Can I take a look first?"

"of course."

After taking the design drawing from Heilin, Su Nan opened it and was stunned.

The name of the puppet is written at the top of the design drawing - Gem Golem!
This strange name immediately aroused his interest.

He continued to look down, and his expression gradually became strange.

The names of different golems are generally based on their main constituent materials.

For example, the iron golem is made of steel as the main material, and the stone golem is made of rock as the main material.

Since the existence of wizard civilization, wizards have developed a myriad of materials for making golems, including some very strange materials, such as flesh and blood, bones, and even magic ropes and rolling shutters.

There are all kinds of strange materials.

But this was the first time that Sunan heard of using gemstones as materials.

It’s not that gemstones are not suitable as materials, the main reason is one thing – they are expensive!

No matter what a wizard makes, the first thing he must pay attention to is the cost-effectiveness.

Whether it is a magic item, a puppet or a potion, no matter how powerful the effect is, if the cost far exceeds its own value, then the item is a failure.

It is also because of this that no one has ever thought of using gems to refine golems.

However, the author of this design dared to do what others did not do.

His idea was to use diamonds as the main body, supplemented by various gems to construct the golem's body, and then engrave a certain number of second-ring spells on it, referring to the techniques of the 'gem spell' school, using gems to amplify the power of spells, and finally refine a gem golem that can release multiple spells.

I have to admit that this idea is very creative.

The golem is mainly made of diamond, so it goes without saying that its body is extremely hard. Even the adamantium golem may not be able to compare to it.

The idea of using gems to increase the power of spells is also very clever.

With the enhancement of gems, the power of spells released by the gem golem is definitely not inferior to that of third-level spells.

A golem with an indestructible body that can cast spells as powerful as the third ring. Its combat power is so strong that even an ordinary third-level wizard apprentice may not be able to match it!

But if you think about it carefully, you will find that this idea has two very obvious flaws.

The first is the difficulty of manufacturing.

To engrave a second-level spell into a golem so that it can cast spells is more difficult than to permanently imprint a second-level spell on a magic item.

With Sunan's level 4 [Magic Item Manufacturing], he had failed several times in engraving a second-level spell on his robe. If he wanted to engrave a second-level spell, he would probably have to fail dozens or even hundreds of times before he could succeed.

Even Sunan is like this, not to mention the other wizard apprentices.

Others don't have as good conditions as Sunan, who has a lot of resources to practice and improve the skills of making magic items.

For an ordinary third-level wizard apprentice, if he can reach the level 2 standard in [Magic Item Manufacturing], he can be considered to have excellent talent.

Furthermore, in order to use gems to increase the power of spells, the refiner must also master the knowledge of "gem spells".

But this knowledge has long disappeared from the Starlight Continent along with the departure of the gem magic school.

It is difficult to find anyone to learn this knowledge now.

The second drawback is, of course, the cost issue.

To create a gem golem, the gems needed would probably be calculated in tons, and the final cost would probably be hundreds of millions of gold coins.

No matter how wealthy a wizard is, he cannot afford such staggering consumption.

Even if he gritted his teeth and squeezed out the funds for refining, would he spend so much money just to refine a golem that was slightly more powerful than the average third-level wizard apprentice?

Only a spendthrift person could do this!

Even if the gem insect swarm grows larger and can produce gems in large quantities in the future, Sunan will never waste the gems on this.

In his opinion, the design was of little practical value.

In fact, according to the author of the design, he is only at the stage of conception and has not yet actually produced a finished product.

After reading the design, Su Nan pondered for a while, then looked at Hei Lin with a playful look: "What do you plan to trade for this design?"

"Three magic stones, how about that?"

Heilin also knew that this design was unreliable, so he offered an exceptionally cheap price for a puppet design.

After a brief thought, Su Nan agreed.

Although this design is whimsical, it is not completely without merit.

Take it back and study it carefully. Perhaps we can design a new type of puppet based on it.

The last deal was completed and the party ended.

Before parting, Hei Lin waved to Sunan and said with a smile: "Player, if you are interested in puppets, I have a rare puppet design. Bring it to me next time I attend a party."

Su Nan was slightly startled, then nodded and said, "Then I'll wait and see."

Time flies by.

In the blink of an eye, it was the month of Xialong. The scorching sun was high in the sky and the weather became extremely hot.

base.

As soon as Sherman came out of the pharmacy laboratory, he ran into Artil who came out of the opposite room.

The two looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"Are you here to make potions as well?"

"Yes, after spending so much time, I finally succeeded in making the first bottle of secondary dragon blood potion."

Artil shook the potion bottle in his hand, and the bright red liquid inside shook slightly.

As the first batch of students to enter the base, Sherman, Corey and Atil have now learned how to make zero-level potions.

It's just that Sherman and Corey made faster progress and had already mastered the relatively more difficult secondary dragon blood potion and secondary active potion among the zero-level potions.

On the contrary, Artil made slow progress and only today did he finally produce the secondary dragon blood potion.

"Potion making is not everything for a wizard apprentice, so don't worry too much about it."

Seeing Arthur looking depressed, Sherman racked his brains to find words of comfort, but in the end he could only squeeze out this dry sentence.

This look actually made Arthur laugh.

"Don't force yourself. I know my own business. My talent is indeed not as good as yours and Corey's. I guess I will only be a second-level wizard apprentice in this life."

"You and Corey might be able to be promoted to third-level wizard apprentices!"

Sherman grinned but said nothing.

The first requirement for promotion to a third-level wizard apprentice is to construct nine star rings.

He has spent more than three years and still has not built the third star ring, let alone the ninth star ring, which seems to be a long way off.

"I heard that the newly built Knight Academy has started recruiting students recently?" Atil started talking about another topic.

"That's right." Sherman smiled. "When I went to see old Roger a few days ago, he told me that many people have gone to apply for admissions."

If there was one thing Sherman regretted most about the base, it was that there were very few students with the same background as him.

The vast majority of students are either from middle-class families or children of aristocrats.

So much so that he couldn't even find a few friends to talk to.

This is not to say that others are bad.

People like Arthur and Ethan, although they came from good families, never looked down on him and they usually got along with him in a very gentle manner.

However, the two sides have different backgrounds and different values, so it is difficult for them to get along harmoniously. The newly established Knight Academy is said to only recruit students from civilians and farmers, and after graduation they will join the base to form the Knight Guard.

This way, at least the base wouldn't be filled with people from the middle class and aristocracy.

At this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly came from the distance.

Sherman turned around and saw a group of young boys and girls walking towards him, led by Ethan, with whom he had a good relationship.

The group of boys and girls soon noticed Sherman and Atil and waved to greet them.

"Senior Sheman!"

"Senior Artil!"

Artil greeted them with a smile and asked, "You look so happy, what good thing happened?"

Ethan smiled and said, "Nothing much, it's just that Skinner finally mastered his first spell and everyone is happy for him."

Skinner was one of the second batch of new students to enter the base, and also the youngest one, only thirteen years old. He was fair and clean-looking, and was well taken care of and loved by everyone.

"What kind of spell is that?" Artil looked at Skinner with a smile.

"Mage's Hand!"

Skinner's face flushed with excitement, apparently because he was showing off in front of the most popular senior, Arthur. He was about to cast a spell for Arthur to see, but Sherman saw the opportunity and stopped him quickly.

"Do not impulse."

Sherman pointed to some trees not far away.

A red-eyed crow was perched on a branch, its deep eyes staring straight at them.

Skinner finally reacted, was startled and quickly closed his mouth.

After the third batch of students entered the base, considering the increase in the number of people and for the convenience of management, the base began to implement strict regulations and restore order. Violators would be punished by confinement and deduction of contribution points.

Among them is the regulation that casting spells is prohibited in places other than spell training areas and laboratories, and violators will have a certain contribution value deducted.

For Skinner, that was a painful amount of money.

Coming back to his senses, Skinner hurriedly thanked Sherman.

“Don’t worry about it.” Xie Man waved his hand and said with a smile, “Just remember to pay attention next time.”

The atmosphere relaxed again.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Ethan and the others left and headed straight for the magic training area.

That was also their original destination.

"Where are you going next?" asked Artil.

"Go to the task posting board and take a look. Accept a few tasks."

"I just happen to want to take on the mission too, let's go together."

The two of them came to the warehouse together, greeted Miss Gurley who was sitting there in the sun, and then came to the bulletin board.

To their surprise, Corey was there too.

Seeing Sherman and Arthur, Corey nodded slightly as a greeting, and then continued to look around the bulletin board.

Sherman walked over and saw that there were many new tasks.

For example, feeding ore to the gem bugs in the hive.

Collect pure gems produced by gem bugs.

Demonize the double-blade spider's forelimbs.

Refining stone golems, etc.

Suddenly, more than ten new tasks appeared.

"A new camp has been built in the forest to the north. Do you know about this?" Corey said suddenly.

"I heard about it." Arthur replied.

Sherman also nodded.

They had long known that a mineral vein had been discovered in the forest north of the Glittering City. The mineral vein was connected to the entrance to the underground world, and inside it was an underground city-state ruled by a human-faced lion.

The newly established Camp No. 1 is said to be designed to monitor the movements of the Sphinx city-state.

As for the source of this information, it is naturally Lady Amy.

Mistress Amy often brought them some new and interesting experiences, and they could occasionally hear their teacher's adventure stories, which was one of the few pleasures in their boring training life.

"Lady Amy told me that the teacher is planning to wage war against the Lion-faced City-State."

Sherman and Arthur were surprised.

But on second thought, it seems that there were signs of this happening a long time ago.

For example, all the gems collected from the gem worm nests were sent to Camp 1, mostly for the purpose of refining stone golems.

The additional task of refining stone golem on the release list is obviously due to this reason.

"I plan to ask my teacher to let me participate in the war." Corey said shockingly.

"To join the war?"

Artil and Sheman looked at each other, both a little surprised.

"Will it be too risky?"

"Yeah, a war of that level is not something we can participate in."

The soldiers participating in the war were either the weakest sphinxes with strength close to that of a knight, or the knight-level stone golems and double-bladed spiders.

There are even combat forces at the level of great knights and legendary knights!
If a first-level wizard apprentice participates in a war of this level, he will die if he is not careful.

"That's right, meow. It's too early for you to join the war."

A familiar voice suddenly sounded, and Artil felt his shoulders sink slightly. He turned his head and saw Amy's snow-white cat body.

"Lord Amy!"

Amy licked her paw and said lazily:
"A first-level wizard apprentice can barely deal with one or two knights. It's barely enough for him to participate in your human wars, but going against the Sphinx is courting death."

"It's about time for you to become a second-level wizard apprentice."

Corey frowned and said, "Master Amy, I just hope that the teacher can allow me to take this opportunity to gain more contribution points and speed up my strength improvement. Besides, fighting may help me break through the bottleneck."

"Why does it sound like something a dark wizard would do?"

Amy tilted her head, waved her paws and said crisply:

"It's up to you. I can tell Sunan for you, but don't hold your hopes too high."

A hint of joy flashed across Corey's face: "Thank you, Master Amy!"

"What about you?" Amy looked at the other two.

Artil shook his head.

The few spells she knew were all auxiliary, and there was not a single offensive one. Going to the battlefield was tantamount to committing suicide.

Sherman also shook his head.

He is not like Corey, who is obsessed with improving his strength.

He enjoys his current state very much. He can be exposed to new knowledge every day and feel his own progress every day.

He was deeply immersed in the process of gradually unveiling the veil and getting to know the world.

He would rather proceed step by step and make steady progress rather than rushing into things rashly.