Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 125: Chapter 103: Human-Faced Lion

Deep within the cave.

In the low basin, the earnest Clay Golems were diligently working.

The sharp sound of iron pickaxes striking the rock walls was incessant.

Clay Golems also pushed carts filled with ores, clanking along the mining tracks towards the outside.

Over the past two months, this mining area had contributed nearly fifteen thousand Gold Coins in profits to Sunan, covering the expenses of killing the Hundred-armed Monster and more.

Even more delighting was that the vein’s reserves were far richer than anticipated.

Sunan estimated that once the vein was fully exhausted, it could provide at least eighty thousand more Gold Coins in profit.

Equivalent to the profit from selling potions for three to four years!

If it weren’t for the limited space of the mining area, unable to accommodate too many Clay Golems, Sunan would have called in more Clay Golems for mining.

After wandering around the mining area and finding no issues, Sunan headed straight to the observatory.

The so-called observatory was none other than where the Hundred-armed Monster had resided.

This place was cleaned up, and five Steel Golems stood diligently guard here, as still as statues.

The Magic Alert remained intact.

Sunan approached the entrance to the underground world and walked right in.

It had been three months dragging on, and he felt it was time to explore what’s going on with the city-state.

Now he possessed the Demon Pattern Core, a potent trump card, carrying twenty High-level Rune Gemstones.

Besides, the revenue from mining in recent months had mostly been used to craft more golems.

Inside the magic cube were two Steel Golems, eight Elite Stone Golems, and a hundred Stone Golems.

With so many cards in hand, Sunan felt confident.

Even if facing danger in the underground city-state, he felt assured of escaping if not winning.

Reaching the entrance that led downward, Sunan cast the Floating Skill on himself, then added the Light Spirit Skill and Invisibility Skill.

The latter two were his newly mastered fifth and sixth Tier Two Magics.

Specifically prepared for this exploration.

As the magic took effect, Sunan’s form instantly vanished, disappearing into thin air.

His body also became more agile.

With a leap, he drifted lightly into the passageway.

Before long, Sunan emerged from the stalactites, and the strange city-state at the heart of the island appeared before him once again.

Activating the protective ring on his hand, he applied Shield Skill and an Energy Particle protective layer to himself before slowly flying forward.

The cavern’s lake was eerily calm, not even a ripple in sight.

The faint glow emitted by the Fluorite embedded in the stalactites couldn’t reach the bottom of the lake. From up high, the entire lake appeared like a pitch-black curtain, exuding an unnerving stillness.

One couldn’t help but wonder if any creatures could survive in this lake?

Sunan glanced around, finding no bridges or paths crossing the lake.

He couldn’t help but wonder how the city-state’s inhabitants left the island and entered the stalactite entrance above?

Soon after, Sunan saw a peculiar bird flying ahead.

It looked somewhat like a feathered manta ray, with a wingspan estimated to exceed five meters, carrying two half-human, half-lion creatures on its broad back.

They appeared like handsome humans and strong lions combined, with human-shaped upper bodies and lion bodies below.

“Human-faced lion!”

Sunan’s gaze narrowed, recognizing the creatures immediately.

Human-faced lions were very cunning, evil beings.

They possessed strong bodies and excellent combat skills, natural warriors.

Some human-faced lions even had innate magic-like abilities, such as various Illusion Techniques and Invisibility.

Those with such magic-like abilities among human-faced lions were notorious assassins of the subterranean world.

Moreover, human-faced lions often possessed high intelligence and could speak many languages.

An adult human-faced lion would possess near Knight Level strength, easily taking on four or five apprentice knights single-handedly.

If the human-faced lion was an elite warrior or noble, they could reach the level of a Great Knight or even a Legendary Knight.

“That seems to be the city-state’s mode of transportation,”

Sunan watched as the manta ray-like bird leisurely flew to a stalactite with a broken opening, and then the two human-faced lions jumped into it one after the other.

Once the human-faced lions left, the manta ray bird slowly descended onto the lake, floating effortlessly, appearing relaxed.

Sunan’s eyes flickered as a plan quickly formed in his mind. He immediately turned to approach the stalactite entrance, slipped in without hesitation.

Behind the entrance was an upward passage, which led to a spacious cavern.

Unexpectedly, there was a vein in this cavern.

On the uneven rock wall, several places revealed stretches of red metal.

The two human-faced lions were wielding curved blades, tapping and knocking on the rock wall, unsure if they were exploring or doing something else.

Sunan directly fired two Weakening Beams, causing the two human-faced lions to fall weakly to the ground, unable to react.

When they saw Sunan appear out of thin air, they widened their eyes in horror.

“Human!”

“Who are you?!”

Sunan didn’t waste words with them, knocking one human-faced lion unconscious, then interrogating the other.

“Don’t try to lie, I’ll ask your companion the same questions later. If I find out you lied to me, believe me, you will regret it.”

Under the effect of the language comprehension magic, the human-faced lion fully understood Sunan’s words, showing a look of fear on its face.