Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 199 The Key is Still Sunan
With the capture of Demon Spider City, the entire southeastern region of the underground world fell completely into the control of the Star Alliance.

The war in the southeast region subsided and then turned to development and exploitation.

In the entire southeast region, the Star Alliance has almost no external threats, so except for leaving a small number of garrison troops, most of the military forces have been gradually transferred to the northwest region front.

Dragon Skeleton Tower, study.

Sunan was reading the latest battle reports.

The war in the Northwest Territory went very smoothly. After a series of disastrous defeats, the Falling Star Alliance had basically collapsed and existed in name only, with each side fighting on its own.

Next, you just need to clean them up one by one.

In four or five years at most, we will be able to completely conquer the Northwest Region.

By then, the entire underground world will be in the hands of the Star Alliance!
Thinking of that scene, a smile appeared on Su Nan's lips.

The underground world plays an important role in his plan.

Even more important than the surface.

The rich resources of the underground world, especially various minerals and metals, play a very important role in building a wizard tower.

The wizard tower is essentially a large fortress that can accommodate thousands of people to live and practice, so the basic building materials required are huge.

Various stones and metals are measured in tens of thousands of tons.

Without sufficient financial support, even the 'shell' of the wizard tower cannot be built, let alone the various large facilities behind it.

In the wizarding age, wizards who could afford to build wizard towers usually controlled at least one private base or colonial plane.

Sunan's plan is to turn the underground world into his own private base to provide various resources and materials for his future development.

As for the surface world, it is currently a dumping ground for the Star Alliance's products and a place that provides fresh blood for the Starlight Academy.

It is worth mentioning that the war in the surface world is also going very smoothly.

The unification war launched by the Star Empire has entered its later stages. Now there are only three or four countries left struggling to hold on, but defeat is only a matter of time.

Judging from the battle reports, the Starry Empire will be able to end the war in the southeast region in two years at most.

After that, he might rest and recuperate for a while, and then launch an expedition to the northwest region.

After closing the battle report and putting it aside, Sunan looked up at the secret doll girls guarding both sides of the desk.

The battle with the Half-Spider God has proved the combat effectiveness of the Secret Doll.

Even though she was at a disadvantage from the beginning to the end, her opponent was, after all, a powerful divine creature capable of confronting wizards head-on. To be honest, it was already very good that the Secret Doll Girl could achieve that.

After all, even he himself had to use the Sealing Gem and Black Thunder to kill the Half-Spider God.

However, this battle also exposed the weakness of the secret doll - insufficient defense.

The body made of diamond is virtually indestructible when facing opponents below the wizard level.

But once they face higher-level creatures, they are powerless.

Otherwise, the secret puppet would not have had one of its arms cut off by the Half-Spider God.

We must find a way to strengthen the secret doll's defense, otherwise the next time we encounter an opponent of the same level, insufficient defense will still become a fatal weakness.

"It is too inefficient to synthesize harder magic diamonds to replace the current body materials, and the cost will increase significantly."

"Add defensive enchantment runes. No, the current enchantment runes are already the limit. Unless we can find a material higher than mithril, we cannot add more enchantment runes."

Several ideas popped up in Sunan's mind one after another, but he rejected them immediately.

The necessary condition for realizing these ideas is the upgrading of materials.

It is not difficult to achieve this with a synthetic Rubik's Cube, but the cost is a significant increase.

In the end, the cost might be as high as one million gold coins.

This is something Sunan cannot accept.

Even though he now controls half of the underground world, he cannot be so extravagant and wasteful.

He also needs to accumulate resources to build a wizard tower and cannot waste too many resources on it.

——Of course, the main reason is that the price-performance ratio is too low.

After thinking hard for a while, Su Nan suddenly had an idea.

Since we can't start from the body structure, let's try to find a solution from external objects.

Like magic items.

The secret doll has no mental power and cannot activate magic items, but the magic items can be embedded into the secret doll and the activation method of the magic items can be changed so that the secret doll can activate the magic items with energy particles.

If I have to make an analogy, it's like an external device for a robot.

In fact, the two secret doll girls have the ring of extreme protection embedded in their bodies.

If the magic weapon was not too high-level and could not be embedded in the body of the secret doll, Sunan would have wanted to install a restricted area there, and the defense would definitely increase dramatically.

However, the restricted area cannot be used, but the magic pattern core can be tried.

The magic pattern core itself is a powerful magic item with both offensive and defensive capabilities. If the secret puppet can integrate the magic pattern core, it will not only greatly enhance the defense, but also make the means of attack more diverse.

Originally, the biggest difference between the puppet and the wizard in terms of combat power was the lack of innate abilities, but the magic pattern core could undoubtedly make up for this and narrow the gap with the wizard.

The more Su Nan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

The only problem is that the magic pattern core is highly dependent on the consumption of mental energy, and its energy source must be changed so that the secret doll can be used.

It's not easy to do this.

However, if successful, the combat capability of the secret puppet could probably be enhanced to a level similar to that of the Half-Spider God.

Without saying a word, Sunan added a plan to improve the magic pattern core to his future arrangements.

This is destined to be another time-consuming research.

After that, Sunan looked at the dark branch at hand.

This branch is called the Black Key, which means it is the key to open the Black Forest.

After studying for this period of time, Sunan has roughly mastered the use of the Black Key.

At the same time, he also discovered that the Black Key was slowly absorbing energy particles in the surrounding air all the time.

It is estimated to take about three years to fully charge.

Based on this, Sunan guessed that the Black Forest might be like the Tower of Stars, only opening once in a while.

The next time the Black Forest opens will most likely be three years from now.

"Hopefully it'll give me a little surprise."

Sunan muttered to himself, his eyes flickering.

After the incident at the Tower of Stars, he no longer had any beautiful illusions about the so-called wizard heritage.

The Black Forest is most likely also a place where a certain wizarding force forcibly recruits personnel and builds up facilities for its future return.

In order to obtain the resources inside, there might be another big war.

Even though he has been promoted to a wizard and is much stronger than he was in the Tower of Stars, Sunan will not underestimate the Black Forest.

After all, it is a wizard inheritance, and anything related to wizards should not be underestimated. No one knows what dangers are hidden in it.

More importantly, the Black Forest is very likely related to the Spider Queen. The Philier family has held clues to the Black Forest for so many years, and Sunan doesn't believe that the Spider Queen doesn't care at all.

Perhaps she had already extended her tentacles into the Black Forest.

What's more, the reason why the Spider Queen can intervene in the Starlight Continent is most likely related to the Black Forest.

Although it is just speculation, Sunan will not ignore any potential risks.

"Before entering the Black Forest, you must be fully prepared."

Su Nan looked thoughtful.

In just three years, without a large amount of divine energy to absorb, there would certainly not be much improvement in spiritual concentration, and the only way was to seek external help.

"Once the research on the magic pattern core is completed, it would be best to refine a few more secret puppets."

"Prepare more engraving gems. With my current mental concentration, I should be able to increase the number of gems I can synthesize. Let's try twenty."

"And Black Ting, it's time to make a few more."

In the battle to kill the Half-Spider God, Sunan was very satisfied with the power displayed by Hei Ting.

At this stage, Black Thunder can be said to be the most powerful means of attack in his hands.

Even liquid metal cannot compare to Black Thunder in terms of instantaneous damage.

Naturally, the more powerful trump cards like this, the better.

However, Sunan now only has two pieces of Black Thunder.

To create more Black Thunder, a large amount of Thunder Stone is needed.

"It seems that I have to go to the Thunder Elemental Plane as soon as possible."

Among the many elemental planes, the Fire Elemental Plane and the Thunder Elemental Plane are the two most dangerous and least friendly to life.

For example, the plane of fire is full of seas of fire, and the temperature is so horrific that even a knight will be turned into ashes instantly once he enters.

The lightning element plane is filled with countless thunderclouds. Every minute and every second, dense lightning falls from the sky. You may be struck by lightning while walking.

Without adequate protective measures, one would be struck to ashes by lightning before going far in the elemental plane of thunder.

In addition, the elemental spirits of the Fire Elemental Plane and the Thunder Elemental Plane are also very troublesome.

If it were when he had just been promoted, Sunan would never have set foot in the thunder elemental plane.

But now he has many trump cards such as the Forbidden Zone and Black Thunder, and his mental concentration is over 40%. He has enough power to try to explore the Thunder Elemental Plane.

As long as you don't go too deep into the core area, there shouldn't be any problem if you are careful.

Aurora Kingdom, its capital is Aurora City.

When Treves Gamgee entered the meeting room, he found that the spacious hall was already full of people.

In addition to the royal family, all the famous nobles in the kingdom also gathered together.

"It seems that the pressure brought by the Star Empire is very great."

Treve's eyes flickered slightly.

Many of these people are mortal enemies who usually draw their swords when they meet, but now they can sit opposite each other peacefully. This shows how great the pressure brought by the Starry Empire is, so that they have to temporarily put aside their hatred and unite to face the outside world.

Trif could understand it, too.

The Aurora Kingdom is located on the edge of the northwest region, close to the southeast border, and is the country closest to the rising and powerful empire across the way.

If a war breaks out, the Aurora Kingdom will be the first to bear the brunt. It is no exaggeration to say that it has come to a matter of life and death.

"Trev, please come here in person."

Seeing Trif coming, King Aurora, who was sitting at the top, stood up and greeted him personally.

The nobles who were making so much noise also stopped talking and stood up to greet him.

As the only third-level wizard apprentice in the Aurora Kingdom, Treves Gamgee holds a transcendent status in the kingdom. Even His Majesty the King respects him very much and dares not neglect him.

After a few pleasantries, Treves sat down next to the king.

As soon as he sat down, King Aurora couldn't wait to speak.

"Tref, you should have heard about the situation in the southeast region. What do you think?"

Trif considered his words and said slowly, "Your Majesty, the actions of the Starry Empire so far have proven that it has huge ambitions. The empire will never be satisfied with just the Southeast Region. After digesting the new territory they have conquered, they will definitely turn their attention to our Northwest Region."

"So you think so too." King Aurora sighed, his face unable to hide his worry.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see what the Starry Empire is planning.

If any other country were in the position of the Starry Empire and had the power to conquer the Starry Continent, it would certainly make the same choice.

"Tref, what do you think we should do?" King Aurora asked worriedly.

The royal family members and nobles present also cast expectant glances at Trif.

They argued for a long time but still couldn't think of any good solution. Now they could only hope that this wise man, who was always resourceful, would show them a clear way.

Facing everyone's expectant gazes, Triv was silent for a long time before he slowly said:
"Your Majesty, I think surrendering to the Star Empire is a good option."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed.

Triv didn't care at all and continued to speak: "The Principality of Jinghua in the southeast region surrendered to the Starry Empire in the beginning, but none of its royal family members were liquidated. Instead, they were granted the title of Duke, and most of the nobles below the royal family also retained their territories. I think our kingdom can follow suit."

The hall fell into an eerie silence.

King Aurora and other royal family members had changing expressions.

Although the Duke's family is not bad, it can't compare to controlling a country.

Once they surrender, their future status and power will inevitably be greatly reduced, which is difficult for them to accept.

The other nobles also looked hesitant.

Although most of the nobles in the Principality of Jinghua retained their territories, no one knew whether they were one of the 'majority'.

Moreover, there is no guarantee that the Aurora Kingdom will receive the same treatment as the Principality of Thorn Flower.

Unless the emperor of the Starry Empire makes a guarantee himself.

After a long while, King Aurora finally broke the silence and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is there any other way?"

Treve sighed secretly, knowing that King Aurora still couldn't let go of his power and position.

He was mentally prepared for this and told them the second method he had already thought of.

"The Star Empire has strong military power, but as long as the countries in the Northwest Region unite, they may not be powerless."

"The key is still Sunan!"

The word "Su Nan" seemed to have some kind of magic power, causing everyone in the hall to change their expressions.
Today, Sunan's reputation has spread throughout the continent.

Especially in the circles of wizard apprentices, royal families and upper aristocrats.

Everyone knows that a formal wizard has appeared in the Starry Empire.

As soon as he was promoted, he killed more than a dozen level three wizard apprentices of the Parliament of Truth with thundering means, showing the powerful force of wizards to the whole continent!

When this news first reached the Northwest Territory, it caused a huge uproar!

(End of this chapter)