Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 150: Chapter 115: Overturning This Setup, Replacing the Master

With such a lineup, even a Tier Three Legendary Knight cannot sneak in silently.

Plus, with Kei’s own strength nearing that of a Legendary Knight, there’s basically no need to worry about any problems.

As for the base, there’s even less to worry about.

Inside, there are over twenty Steel Golems and Elite Stone Golems. Even if someone like Herb, a Level 3 Wizard Apprentice, came, they would suffer considerable losses.

Time enters the Thunderous Moon (April).

After half a year of development, it seems Ghost Lake City has gotten accustomed to the rule of Wizards.

Everything is in orderly fashion.

The human-faced lion that signed the Soul Contract with Sunan, including Carolina, have been well-behaved, without any underhanded moves.

The harsh environment of the underground world has forged the dark jungle law of survival of the fittest.

The intelligent beings residing here mostly follow the principle that the strong are revered, and might makes right, thus having a general admiration for strength.

Having witnessed the Puppet Factory’s daily production of various golem puppets and recognized Sunan’s strength, Carolina has become increasingly respectful, gradually accepting her identity from the heart.

Characters of an evil alignment like her, once truly loyal, can instead work with exceptional efficiency.

The main point is to achieve the tasks assigned by the master by any means necessary.

By mid-Thunderous Moon, Carolina had already gathered the materials needed to melt the Demon Pattern Core.

“Well done.”

Looking at the rare metals densely packed on the workbench, Sunan nodded in satisfaction, offering Carolina a rare compliment.

Carolina showed a look of joy and suddenly remembered something, saying, “Master, traces of a Corpse Ghost have been found near Mine No. 3. Those guys are likely here to probe the situation of the veins, and vampires have also been spotted at Mine No. 2.”

“If they come again, don’t hold back, just kill them.”

Sunan waved his hand and said.

The combined strength of Matu and Auson is not much stronger than Ghost Lake City.

Sunan previously could conquer Ghost Lake City, let alone with his current enhanced strength.

If it weren’t for the undeveloped mining veins around Ghost Lake City and the fact that Matu and Auson are too far away and difficult to target, he would have conquered those two cities long ago.

Now that they actively provoke him, Sunan certainly won’t hold back.

In the dog-eat-dog underground world, facing probing actions must be met with a sharp counterattack, or else the opponents will underestimate you.

“Yes, Master.”

After sending Carolina away with a wave, Sunan refocused his attention on the materials before him.

Reaching out, the metals on the workbench instantly melted into a ball of liquid metal, hovering in front of Sunan.

With previous experience, Sunan effortlessly completed the second Demon Pattern Core in just over a day.

Sunan then extracted the first Demon Pattern Core from within his body and placed both cores into the cube for synthesis.

Soon, a brand new Demon Pattern Core was birthed.

“Let’s call it Level 2 Demon Pattern Core.”

The name on the synthesis interface remained as Demon Pattern Core, but to distinguish it, Sunan simply added a prefix.

The Level 2 Demon Pattern Core didn’t appear to have much change.

After examining it for a while, Sunan integrated the Demon Pattern Core into his body and went to the magic training room to test it.

The testing subject was still the Steel Golem.

Firstly, the attack power.

Under full exertion, the metal spike storm, shaped by the Demon Pattern Core, blasted the Steel Golem into a pitted state in just ten seconds.

If Sunan hadn’t stopped in time, the Steel Golem would have been scrapped.

“Not bad, the attack power has increased by at least more than double.”

“If I had this power when dealing with the Refined Gold Golem, it would have been destroyed in just over half a minute.”

Next was the defense power.

Converted to defense rating, it’s roughly between 3200 and 3500, far surpassing the defense of the Ring of Extreme Protection!

Sunan estimates that opponents below Official Wizard level can hardly penetrate such a solid defense instantly—provided his Spiritual Power is not exhausted.

What delighted Sunan was that the Demon Pattern Core showed negligible increase in Spiritual Power consumption.

Although it didn’t reduce the consumption, considering the exponential enhancement in both attack and defense, it was already a significant improvement.

Otherwise, if Spiritual Power consumption had also doubled, the Demon Pattern Core would almost become a one-time charge magic item similar to the Ring of Plague.

If that were the case, its practicality would undoubtedly be greatly discounted!

Fortunately, the worst-case scenario did not occur.

After constructing the twelfth star ring, Sunan’s Spiritual Power increased, now allowing him to sustain the Demon Pattern Core for three minutes in full state.

Even in more intense battles, two minutes would be more than sufficient.

With the power enhanced by the Demon Pattern Core, two minutes is enough for Sunan to kill a Tier Three Legendary Knight!

“With this, my trump card has become stronger again.”

Sunan was full of joy.

With the synthesis cube available, the Demon Pattern Core practically has limitless growth potential.

However, the premise is that his physique and Spirit must keep up.

When he integrated the Level 2 Demon Pattern Core, Sunan already felt a distinct burden on his body and Spirit.

Obviously, he cannot integrate a third Demon Pattern Core for the time being.

Fortunately, collecting and refining materials for the third Demon Pattern Core also takes time. During this period, he will continue to strengthen his physique and Spirit until he meets the fusion standards.

Sunan then checked his Space Ring again.

Now, besides the Demon Pattern Core, his trump cards include magic items and high-level rune gemstones.

Regarding magic items, after becoming well-off, Sunan recently manufactured six new Rings of Plague to store in his Space Ring, all maximally enhanced, making up a total of ten Rings of Plague when combined with the previous ones.

This way, in future battles, after using up the four rings on his left hand, he can immediately take replacements from the Space Ring.

The main strategy is using money to overwhelm the opponents!

The same goes for the Rings of Extreme Protection, which have been made up to ten, reserved for replacements during wartime, just in case.

Regarding high-level rune gemstones, as Sunan’s Spiritual Power increased, the quantity synthesized has also risen to twenty-six, with their power further enhanced.

He now holds a total of twenty high-level rune gemstones in the Space Ring.

If all used, enough to bury a Tier Three Legendary Knight.

Apart from this, the cube holds twenty Elite Stone Golems and a Dual-bladed Spider synthesized and enhanced to Legendary Knight level at all times.

This can be barely counted as one of the trump cards.

Overall, Sunan’s apparent strength now is only enough to rank mid-tier among Level 3 Wizard Apprentices, with perhaps Silent Spellcasting being somewhat prominent.

But counting the numerous trump cards, it’s enough to rank in the upper tier.

Even when facing the top few Level 3 Wizard Apprentices, he has the strength to fight.

“Too bad synthesizing a Tier Two Legendary golem requires an excessive amount of materials; otherwise, synthesizing one would make a truly solid trump card.”

Sunan specifically tested that synthesizing a Tier Two Legendary Stone Golem requires as many as four hundred fifty-six Stone Golems!

Almost ten times that of synthesizing a Tier One Legendary Elite Stone Golem!

It’s evident that once at the Legendary Level, each further level requires a geometric increase in synthesis quantities.

Calculating the costs, a Tier Two Legendary Stone Golem would cost nearly twenty thousand Gold Coins!

Even using the entire annual tax revenue of the Flashing Territory, only a few could be synthesized.

However, at the Tier Two Legendary level, its value can no longer be measured by money.

If Kei or any other Marquis were to choose between twenty thousand Gold Coins or a tireless Tier Two Legendary combat power, undoubtedly everyone would choose the latter.

Actually, if Sunan were resolute enough, he could indeed synthesize one.

However, one reason is that too many Stone Golems are needed all at once, and second, he prefers synthesizing a nimble Dual-bladed Spider instead of a cumbersome, heavy Stone Golem.

A Peak Knight level Dual-bladed Spider requires relatively fewer numbers for a Tier Two Legendary synthesis, merely one hundred and eighteen.

However, Sunan still needs to save up for a while.

“Take it slow.”

“Now, none of the mining veins have reached depletion. There’s no need to worry about money; as long as there is enough time, it’s just a matter of time before a Tier Two Legendary level golem can be synthesized.”