Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 177 The Truth of the Wizard's Heritage

Su Nan withdrew his hand with a relaxed smile on his face.

The first level of the test was not difficult for him, and only learning the final spell took a little more time.

[Now begins the second level, the skills assessment. ]

[Please select the type of skills you want to test from the following four types. 】

[Potion making, biological transformation, magic item manufacturing, puppet refining. ]

"A skill assessment?"

Sunan barely hesitated and quickly chose puppet refining.

In addition to the fact that his [Puppet Refining] skill level is the highest, it is also because he has the most high-level puppet designs.

If he chose potion making or magic item manufacturing, he would be at a loss if he was asked to make high-level potions or create low-light magic items.

After all, all the high-level potions and dim-light magic items he had obtained so far were obtained through synthesis, and he did not have any corresponding formulas or design drawings at all.

As for the puppets, from clay golems, stone golems, iron golems to adamantium golems and secret puppets, the design drawings he held covered everything from the knight level to the four-ring legendary level. No matter what level of puppet the assessment required him to make, he could handle it more calmly.

The next moment after Sunan chose to refine the puppet, a door suddenly opened on the wall on the right, and a team of clay golems carrying things walked out.

But it is various metals, gems and soul crystals.

Sunan even saw high-end gems and small soul crystals inside.

After putting down the materials, the clay golems returned to the door. Then a dull sound of footsteps was heard, and a tall figure walked out from behind the door.

That's a huge puppet!
It is about seven or eight meters tall, and its entire body is made up of huge bones. Its pupils emit a strange dark red blood light, and its entire body exudes a foul odor and evil breath.

It also held a sharp bone battle axe in its hand.

Skeleton Golem!

Sunan immediately recognized the origin of the golem in front of him.

A golem made mainly of biological skeletons. It is a type of golem commonly used by many wizards (apprentices) who specialize in the undead faction.

"Could it be that the builder of the Tower of Stars is a wizard who specializes in the undead faction?"

Su Nan pondered secretly.

[The remaining time for the challenge is 87 days, 22 hours, and 18 minutes. Please refine a puppet that can destroy the Skeleton Golem within the specified time. The number is uncertain. If you exceed the time limit or all materials are consumed, and the Skeleton Golem is not destroyed, it will be considered a failure. 】

Su Nan felt relieved, as this assessment was quite easy.

The combat power of the Skeleton Golem is similar to that of the Iron Golem.

One Iron Golem might not be enough to destroy a Bone Golem, but two would certainly be enough.

So far, Sunan has refined hundreds of steel golems and is already very familiar with the refining process. It only takes him less than a day to make two steel golems.

This was indeed the case. Within a day, two brand new iron golems were produced.

Then came the battle.

Just as Sunan expected, the two iron golems easily suppressed the skeleton golem and shattered it into pieces in less than ten minutes.

【pass! 】

A beam of light suddenly shot out from somewhere, instantly disintegrating an iron golem into metal fragments all over the ground.

Another ray of light shot out immediately afterwards, and the second iron golem was shattered into pieces.

Rumble.

The clay golem walked out of the door and carried the materials back, and the bones and metal fragments on the ground were also cleaned up.

[Now begins the third level, the actual combat assessment! ]

As the sound fell, the opposite wall suddenly rumbled open to both sides, revealing a large area of ​​darkness.

A huge gray hand suddenly emerged from the darkness, followed by arms, head, torso, and lower body.

A huge creature soon appeared in front of Sunan.

It was an enormous giant, with skin that was dark gray with a slight bluish tint, dotted with dark or light markings. His neck, shoulders and arms were covered with pebble-like lumps of coin-sized bones and skin.

Its face has no eyebrows, prominent brow ridges, a broad jaw, and lumps scattered on its head.

There was not a single hair on his body, even his head was completely bald.

"Goliath!"

Sunan raised his eyebrows, recognizing the origin of the creature in front of him.

Goliath is a kind of giant with great strength and the natural ability to control air currents.

This alien creature has the power of a three-ring legend close to a four-ring legend when it reaches adulthood. It is an extremely powerful creature and a natural warrior.

After crawling out from behind the door, Goliath immediately stood up straight, his height suddenly reaching fifteen or sixteen meters. Combined with his huge and burly gray body, he gave people a heavy and oppressive feeling like a towering mountain.

[Defeat the trial creatures to clear the level! ]

Su Nan thought of the two steel golems that had just disintegrated, and couldn't help but curl his lips.

This assessment really doesn't leave any loopholes for anyone to exploit.

"Roar!"

Goliath roared, raised the huge mace in his hand, and rushed towards Sunan like a charging tank. The oncoming violent air wave even made Sunan's robe flutter.

Su Nan's expression remained unchanged, and with a slight movement of his mind, countless silver metallic liquids gushed out of his body, transforming into a metal storm that swept out and submerged Goliath like a torrent!

Chi Chi Chi!
The constant sound of sharp blades cutting flesh and blood echoed in the hall, suppressing the shrill howls.

After four or five breaths, the metal storm flowed back, sank into Su Nan's body and disappeared.

Goliath had also disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood to prove its existence.

With the full power of the Level 5 Magic Pattern Core, even Goliath, whose strength was close to that of a four-ring legend, could not resist and was killed instantly after just one encounter.

【Clear the game.】

The meatball not far away opened and closed its mouth, emitting a familiar mechanical sound.

[Congratulations on successfully passing the trial, rated A+, and receiving the inheritance reward! ]

Click!

In the center of the hall, the ground suddenly cracked into three pieces. A rectangular stone pillar slowly rose from each crack, rising about a meter before stopping.

A bottle of potion is placed on top of the stone pillar on the far right.

In the transparent medicine bottle, the lavender liquid shines with charming luster under the light of the Everlasting Pearl.

There is a book on the stone pillar in the middle.

On the leftmost stone pillar is a silver bead that is the size of an egg and is completely round.

[Construction potion, 'Bone' intermediate talent crystal model, Spirit Pearl. ]

[This is your inheritance reward! ]

Construct a potion!
Su Nan was delighted.

As the name suggests, this is a potion specifically used to speed up the construction of talent crystal models. After taking it, it can greatly increase the construction speed.

A bottle of construction potion can allow a wizard apprentice to successfully construct a lower-level talent crystal model within a month. The effect is very strong!
Whether in the wizard's heyday thousands of years ago or in the future era of wizards' return, construction potions are extremely precious potions, basically monopolized by those wizard forces, and wild wizard apprentices cannot even see them.

The builders of the Tower of Stars were actually willing to give out construction potions as rewards. Even though it was an A+ rating reward, it really surprised Su Nan.

The 'White Bone' intermediate talent crystal model is also a very good reward, but Sunan no longer values ​​it.

As for the Spirit Pearl, as the name suggests, it is a crystal formed by highly condensed mental power and can be used to quickly restore mental power.

However, this thing can only be refined by official wizards, and it comes at the cost of permanently reducing one's own mental strength.

Except for some wizards who are nearing the end of their lives, very few people are willing to sacrifice themselves in this way, so the value of the spirit bead is also very precious.

Needless to say, the 'Bone' talent crystal model, the construction potion and spirit beads are obviously prepared for the second and third steps of constructing the model.

Sunan estimated that in the trial estimate of the Tower of Stars, those who could get an A+ rating were all third-level wizard apprentices who were about to or were constructing a talent crystal model, so these things would be given as inheritance rewards.

I have to admit that the builders of the Starry Tower are very generous.

Thinking of this, Su Nan reached out to the construction potion, but before he touched it, he was blocked by an invisible force field.

"??"

Sunan was stunned.

At this time, the meatball not far away opened its mouth again.

[Wizard Apprentice, according to the rules of the Starry Tower, if you want to get the inheritance reward, you must first sign an oath contract. ]

Vow contract?

Su Nan frowned and asked, "What is the content of the contract?"

A flash of light appeared in front of me, and lines of text appeared one after another.

After reading these words, Su Nan's face suddenly darkened.

The content of the oath contract was that he had to become a member of the wizard organization [Dark Throne] from now on, and must not disobey any orders of [Dark Throne] or do anything that was detrimental to [Dark Throne].

Simply put, once he signed this oath contract, he would become a slave of the Dark Throne who would work hard and never complain.

Although it is called a vow contract, in fact, its harshness is not much less than that of a soul contract.

Unless his head was caught in the door, there was no way Sunan would sign such a contract.

Besides, other people didn't know, but he knew it very well.

There are not many wizarding forces in the multiverse that can be said to be famous and well-established. If you count them carefully, there are only about ten of them, and the Dark Throne is one of them.

Most members of this wizard force are wizards who specialize in the undead, and their actions are extremely extreme.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but the key is that the organizational structure of the Dark Throne has a strong feudal flavor.

High-level wizards are high above, occupying and enjoying most of the resources.

The lower-level members are the exploited class. They have signed an oath contract and can only work hard to collect and create resources for the organization for use by the top leaders.

They are called wizards, but in reality they are no different from slaves.

The reason why the name of oath contract is used instead of soul contract is just to reduce the resistance of the signatory.

It is also because of this that the Dark Throne has an extremely bad reputation in the wizarding world and is despised by many wizards.

"No wonder there is a wizard legacy in Starlight Continent."

Sunan finally understood it.

He had always had doubts.

The wizard community has never been associated with a sense of responsibility.

After the expedition to the multiverse, there are still wizards who left their legacy in the Starlight Continent, leaving a little hope for later generations to become wizards. This is abnormal no matter how you think about it.

At first, Sunan thought that there was a special individual among the wizard group who gave without asking for anything in return, but now it seems that the truth is completely different from what he guessed.

The Tower of Stars was actually a facility established by the Dark Throne in the Starlight Continent specifically for the development of members.

Because of its bad reputation, few people in the multiverse are willing to join the Dark Throne.

In order to recruit members, [Dark Throne] often takes some not-so-bright means.

The Tower of Stars is obviously one of them.

Without knowing the true identity of the Dark Throne, faced with the generous inheritance rewards and the hope of becoming a wizard, I'm afraid few people would be able to resist the temptation and not sign the oath contract.

Once the contract is signed, when the elements revive in the future and the wizards return, these people will discover the true face of the Dark Throne, and it will be too late to regret.

"It is indeed the same shameless style as the Dark Throne."

Su Nan curled his lips in disdain.

I know there is no such thing as a free lunch.

The so-called wizard inheritance is actually a scam.

Judging from this, the Black Forest and Falling Star City, which are as famous as the Tower of Stars, may also have many tricks.

Even if it is not a hellhole like the Tower of Stars, at least it is impossible to easily obtain knowledge inheritance and resources without any effort.

"Forget it. Let's think about the Black Forest and Falling Star City later. Let's deal with the current situation first."

Signing an oath contract is naturally impossible, and Sunan will not take the initiative to jump into the fire pit.

But according to the usual nature of the Dark Throne, at this point, even if he gave up the reward and did not want to sign the oath contract, I am afraid the other party would not allow it.

Sunan raised his head and glanced at the meatball, then said in a deep voice: "I refuse to sign the oath contract and give up the inheritance reward."

After a few seconds of silence, the meatball made a sound again.

[Challengers who refuse to sign the contract must make up for the resources and energy lost in the trial. The cost is thirty high-level magic stones. Please pay! ]

[Those who cannot pay will be eliminated! ]

really!

Sunan sneered.

In today's Starlight Continent, is there any wizard apprentice who can afford thirty high-level magic stones?
Even for Sunan, there are quite a few magic stones in his space ring, but it is not enough to synthesize thirty high-level magic stones.

Even he is like this, let alone others.

The rule of the Tower of Stars clearly does not give challengers any chance to choose.

Either sign the oath contract or die!

There is no third option!

[Please make your choice, challenger! ]

【Pay the fee or sign the oath contract! 】

Hundreds of mouths on the surface of the ball opened and closed constantly, making cold mechanical sounds.

Su Nan could vaguely feel that there seemed to be something in the hall aiming at him, and would immediately attack him if he refused.

A cold and oppressive feeling instantly enveloped the whole body!
Su Nan seemed unaware of anything and a cold smile flashed across his face.

"Fuck your choice!"

He suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the construction potion, and countless silver metal liquids emerged at the same time, turning into a metal storm and slamming into the invisible force field!
(End of this chapter)