Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 143: Dark Land Dragon, a Rare Opportunity

Bai Ta Province, suburbs of Rui'an.

A vast estate, planted with densely packed red fruits.

At first glance, it seems like you have come to a red ocean.

On the path across the garden, Xie Man looked at the thriving dragon blood fruits with a smile of joy on his face.

The apprentices standing behind him also had happy expressions on their faces.

"The first batch of dragon blood fruits are about to mature, which means that there is no problem with the operation of the magic array in the magic garden. We succeeded!"

"This time the mission is completed!"

"I've already said it, with Senior Xie Man here, there will definitely be no problem!"

"That's right, it's all thanks to Senior Sheman."

Everyone was talking at once, and the atmosphere was filled with joy.

Xie Man turned around and smiled, "The development of the Magic Plant Garden is not my own achievement. It is all thanks to everyone's help. Thank you for your hard work during this period. I will submit a report to the base based on everyone's contribution. I believe the mission reward will come soon."

The apprentices looked even more delighted when they heard this.

Coming all the way to Baita Province to open up the Magic Plant Garden was hard work, but the rewards were also very generous.

The efforts of more than four months are equivalent to their income from tasks in the past six months.

Sherman was also in a very happy mood.

As the main force in developing the Magic Plant Garden, he can get the most contribution points, which are enough to exchange for several bottles of super potions and four or five first-level spells.

"Senior Xieman, when are we going to the next place?" an apprentice asked, rubbing his hands eagerly.

There were two teams that opened up new magic gardens, led by Sherman and Corey respectively.

The two teams were each responsible for opening up three new magic plant gardens, all of which were located near the six knight academies.

The one in Rui'an City is just the first magic plantation they opened, and there are two more to come.

Xie Man hesitated for a moment and said, "I will submit a report to the base later. Once the garrison personnel come to take over, we can leave."

"In addition, we need to pick and preserve this batch of dragon blood fruits and hand them over to the Dragon Claw Knight Academy in the city. We will also plant some new magic plant seeds this time. We will also add some other types of seeds, including Silver Moon Flowers and Tranquilizing Flowers."

Hearing that Xie Man had already arranged everything, everyone agreed.

“Everyone has worked hard today. After we return to the city, I will treat everyone to dinner at the Blue Rose Restaurant.” Xie Man said with a smile.

"Senior Xie Man is treating me, so I'm going to eat to my heart's content."

"Senior Xie Man is very wealthy, and the prices at the Blue Rose Restaurant are not cheap."

"Tsk, why is Senior Xie Man short of that little bit of gold coins?"

Everyone laughed and cheered.

Except for two apprentices on duty who stayed behind with envy on their faces, the rest left the Magic Plant Garden together.

Four luxurious carriages were parked outside the gate, and the family crest of the Lord of Ryan City was engraved on the outer walls of the carriages.

Seeing Xie Man and others coming out, the coachmen immediately jumped off the carriage, put away the horse stools, and stood aside respectfully.

The Lord of Ryan City did not dare to neglect this group of wizard apprentices from the capital base. Not only did he arrange their accommodation in the lord's mansion, he also prepared four carriages to be at their disposal at any time. There were also dedicated people to provide meticulous service for their travel and meals.

After all, this is that adult's student.

Everyone got on the carriages one after another, and accompanied by bursts of neighing, the convoy set off towards Ruian City.

Inside the carriage, Sherman took out a book of spell models and began to read it attentively.

After being promoted to a second-level wizard apprentice, he was able to begin learning first-level spells.

The first first-level spell chosen was [Shield].

"First-level spells are much more difficult than zero-level spells. I have been studying for almost half a year, but I still haven't been able to fully master the shield technique."

After actually coming into contact with it, Sherman deeply realized how difficult first-level spells were, and therefore he admired and revered his teacher even more.

I heard from Lady Amy that the teacher can master a first-level spell in just one month!
This was something he could never imagine!

When you are studying, time flies.

Not long after, Sherman felt the carriage slow down, and then the driver's voice came from outside.

"Sir, we are here."

Sherman put away the books, pushed open the door and got out of the carriage.

The convoy has arrived at the gate of the lord's mansion.

Steed Ponte, who had already received the news, was standing at the door. When he saw Sherman get out of the car, he came up to him with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Xie Man, I heard that you were planning to dine at the Blue Rose Restaurant. I have already arranged a banquet there. If you don't mind, let me be the host today."

Sherman readily said, "Then I'll trouble Lord Steed."

"Just call me Steed." Steed smiled warmly.

Steed was the eldest son of the Lord of Ryan City and was responsible for receiving them.

Just then, the sound of hurried horse hooves suddenly came from a distance.

Xie Man looked in the direction of the sound and saw a cavalryman galloping towards him at full speed. He reined in his horse and stopped at the gate. He jumped off his horse before it even stopped and rushed inside in a hurry.

"Wait a moment!"

Steed called to the trooper.

The latter stopped impatiently, turned around and saw that it was Steed, and his face immediately changed to a respectful look.

"Lord Steed."

"What happened?" Steed asked in a deep voice.

It is forbidden to gallop on horseback within 500 meters of the lord's mansion. The cavalry in front of him obviously had something urgent to do and did not bother to violate the ban.

The cavalryman said quickly, "Reporting to Lord Steed, there was a monster attack in a village west of the city. The city guards sent out a team of 100 people to deal with it, but they were defeated by the monster and suffered heavy casualties. I am preparing to report this to the Lord!"

Monster attack?

The apprentices looked at each other in bewilderment.

There are many ferocious beasts in the wild, and hungry beasts often attack villages and eat people.

Normally, the village militia could deal with these beasts, and there was rarely a need to dispatch the city guards.

As for the ferocious beasts that can severely damage an army of a hundred people, they are even rarer.

This kind of ferocious beast is already at the level of an exotic beast.

Steed's expression suddenly became serious. He turned around and said to Sherman apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Sherman, I can't accompany you to dinner. I will definitely make up for today's impoliteness later."

"Mr. Steed's words are too serious. Dealing with the attack is more important." Sherman waved his hand, thought for a moment and said, "We are grateful for Mr. Steed's warm hospitality these days. If you don't mind, why don't I accompany Mr. Steed? Maybe I can help."

Steed's eyes lit up and he agreed immediately.

"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Sherman."

The matter was urgent, so the group did not delay and immediately set off for the village.

When they got there, they found that the situation was more serious than the cavalry had reported. The ground was littered with bloody corpses, some of the villagers and some of the city guards.

Sherman noticed that the armor on one of the officers' bodies had become tattered, and judging from the cracks, it seemed that it had been torn apart by the claws of some wild beast.

A knight-level beast!

Sherman had a solemn look on his face.

Steed soon noticed this and his face turned very ugly.

"We must kill this monster and not let it escape, otherwise it will probably attack other villages, and then we will be in trouble!"

If a monster of at least knight level were allowed to roam around and attack humans, the consequences would be disastrous.

At this moment, Steed was somewhat glad that he brought Sherman with him, otherwise he and the soldiers who accompanied him might not be able to kill the strange beast alone.

"Roar!"

A dull roar like thunder came from the distance.

Sherman and Steed looked at each other and immediately rushed towards the direction where the sound came from.

The rest of the soldiers quickly followed.

After turning a corner of a house, a ferocious monster suddenly came into everyone's sight.

It was a creature that looked like an upright lizard, covered with dark grey scales.

It has a huge and powerful jaw, short forelimbs and long hind limbs, both of which have sharp claws, and its open bloody mouth is filled with fine and sharp teeth.

"Dark Land Dragon!" Xie Man's eyes widened in shock.

"Mr. Sherman, do you recognize this monster?" Steed asked quickly.

Sherman nodded in confusion. Seeing Steed's puzzled expression, he had to explain quickly:

"The Dark Land Dragon is also called the Cave Dragon. It is a sub-dragon creature with extremely poor vision and hearing, but it has a particularly strong sense of smell and echolocation ability."

"But these creatures usually live in the underground world, so they shouldn't appear on the surface!"

At this time, the dark land dragon also discovered Xie Man and his group, and immediately rushed over with a roar.

"Be careful. This dark land dragon is already an adult. Its combat power should be between that of a senior knight and a peak knight. Be especially careful of its claws. They are very sharp. If you get scratched, you will bleed profusely."

The claws of the Dark Land Dragon naturally have an effect equivalent to the [Blood Light] attribute. Once scratched, the person will bleed profusely.

Hearing that the monster in front of them had the strength of at least a high-level knight, Steed and the people behind him all changed their expressions.

Because they arrived in a hurry, there were only three knights in their group, including Steed, and they were all junior knights. They could only barely protect themselves when facing the advanced knight-level monsters.

Fortunately, Sherman is here.

Facing the Dark Land Dragon charging at him, Sherman calmly prepared his spell and hit the Dark Land Dragon with a stun spell.

Bang!
The dark land dragon stumbled and fell to the ground. Under the huge inertia, his body slid seven or eight meters away on the ground, stirring up a large amount of dust.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Steed rushed forward with two knights.

However, dragons are naturally resistant to spells. Although the Dark Land Dragon is only a sub-dragon species, it has inherited some of the abilities and is much more resistant to spells than other races of exotic beasts.

Shaking his head, the Dark Lu Xinglong got up from the ground and attacked again as if nothing had happened.

"Zero-level spells have little effect on the Dark Land Dragon. Unfortunately, I haven't mastered first-level offensive spells yet."

Sherman sighed. Seeing that Steed and the other two were struggling under the attack of the Dark Land Dragon, he hesitated for a moment and took out a gem with some pain.

The gemstones engraved with strange patterns sparkle in the sunlight, which is extremely beautiful.

Sherman then threw the gem and shouted:
"Get out of the way!"

Steed and the other two quickly retreated in all directions. The next second, they saw the gem in the air suddenly burst into a dazzling light, turning into thunder and crashing down on the dark land dragon.

Boom!

The dark land dragon suddenly let out a shrill howl.

When the lightning dissipated, the dark Lu Xinglong was lying on the ground, smoking all over, motionless and silent.

A knight cautiously stepped forward to check, and after a moment he showed joy.

"already dead!"

Steed breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Sherman in awe.

Is this the power of a wizard?
The power of that thunder just now was simply terrifying!
Even if a great knight came, he probably wouldn't dare to confront us head-on, right?
Little did he know that Xie Man was also surprised.

It was the first time for him to use a rune gem in battle. He did not expect it to be so powerful. Even the Dark Land Dragon with high spell resistance was killed instantly by one strike.

"Rune gems are a bit expensive, but they are worth it."

Sherman secretly sighed
After coming to his senses, he quickly found Steed and said, "Mr. Steed, it is very unusual for the Dark Land Dragon to appear on the surface. It may involve the underground world. I must report this to the teacher. Please let me deal with this corpse, okay?"

Steed's expression became serious. "No problem. If Sir Sherman needs help, please let me know."

Sherman thanked him and asked Steed to move the body to the lord's mansion for safekeeping.

After returning to the lord's mansion, Xie Man immediately went back to his room and prepared to write a letter to report today's events to his teacher.

Steed went to the study to meet his father and report what happened today.

"How could a monster from the underground world appear here?"

After listening to Steed's report, Ryan City Lord House couldn't help but frown.

After the story of Sunan spread, the nobles of the Principality of Stars began to actively collect information about wizards, so House also heard about the underground world.

It is not a good thing to have creatures from the underworld appear in your own territory.

Maybe there is an entrance to the underworld in that corner.

If that were the case, it would be a headache.

"Let's leave this matter to the wizards."

House rubbed his brows and suddenly remembered another thing.

"How are you getting along with Sherman these days?"

"Not bad." Steed smiled slightly. "Mr. Sherman is just as the rumors say. He treats people very peacefully and doesn't put on airs."

"That's good."

House nodded slightly with a meaningful look on his face.

"Lord Sunan has many students, but the best ones are Xieman and Korey."

"Corey is from a noble family, and he is arrogant and difficult to approach. In comparison, Sherman is much easier to get along with."

"It's a good opportunity for Sherman to lead a team to open up the Magic Plant Garden in Rui'an City. You should take this opportunity to build a good relationship with him. It will be of great benefit to your future development."

"Yes, father!" Steed responded solemnly.

Anyone with a little foresight can see how important the base will be in the Star Principality in the future.

Therefore, it would be beneficial for any noble to make friends with the wizards who came out of the base in advance.

They in Rui'an City were lucky this time, as they happened to meet Xie Man coming over. Of course, they had to cherish this rare opportunity.

(End of this chapter)