Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 177

Su Nan retracted his hand, a relaxed smile playing on his lips.

The first stage of the assessment was almost effortless for him, only the final spell learning took a bit more time.

[The second stage begins now, Skill Assessment.]

[Please select the type of skill you wish to be assessed on from the following four options.]

[Potion Brewing, Creature Modification, Magic Item Creation, Puppetry Refinement.]

“Skill Assessment?”

Su Nan almost didn’t hesitate, swiftly choosing Puppetry Refinement.

Apart from the fact that his [Puppetry Refinement] skill level was the highest, he also possessed the most high-level puppet design blueprints.

If he had chosen Potion Brewing or Magic Item Creation, and they had asked him to make high-level potions or fabricate glimmer-level magic items, he would have been stumped.

After all, he had obtained all the high-level potions and glimmer-level magic items through synthesis, he didn’t have any corresponding recipes or design blueprints.

On the other hand, he had puppets ranging from Clay Golems, Stone Golems, Steel Golems, to Mithril Golems and Arcane Automata. His collection of design blueprints encompassed Knight-level to Four-Ring Legendary-level puppets. No matter what level of puppet they asked him to refine, he could handle it with greater ease.

The moment Su Nan selected Puppetry Refinement, a door on the right-hand wall suddenly opened, and a group of Clay Golems carrying things emerged from within.

It was a variety of metals, gems, and Soul Crystals.

Su Nan even saw high-grade gems and small Soul Crystals among them.

After dropping off the materials, the Clay Golems returned behind the door. Then, a dull thudding sound followed, and a tall figure walked out from behind the door.

It was a colossal puppet!

Standing roughly seven to eight meters tall, its entire body was composed of massive bones, its pupils emitted an eerie dark red blood-colored light, and it emanated a stench of decay and evil.

It held a sharp bone war axe in its hand.

Bone Golem!

Su Nan instantly recognized the origin of the puppet in front of him.

A golem crafted primarily from biological bones, it was a common type of golem used by many Wizards (Apprentices) specializing in the Necromancer faction.

“Could it be that the builder of Starlight Tower was also a Wizard specializing in the Necromancer faction?”

Su Nan mused quietly.

[Remaining Challenge Time: 87 Days 22 Hours 18 Minutes. Please refine a puppet capable of destroying the Bone Golem within the stipulated time. Quantity is not fixed. Failure will be deemed if the time limit is exceeded, or all materials are consumed, and the Bone Golem is not destroyed.]

Su Nan felt a sense of relief. This assessment content was quite easy.

The combat strength of a Bone Golem was comparable to a Steel Golem.

A single Steel Golem might not be enough to destroy the Bone Golem, but two would definitely suffice.

Su Nan had already crafted hundreds of Steel Golems, the refining process was already familiar to him. Just two Steel Golems, he could handle them in less than a day.

That’s exactly what happened. Within a day, two brand new Steel Golems were ready.

Next came the battle.

As Su Nan anticipated, the two Steel Golems easily suppressed the Bone Golem, dismantling it into a pile of bones in less than ten minutes.

[Passed!]

A beam of light suddenly shot out from somewhere, instantly disassembling one of the Steel Golems into a pile of metal fragments.

Another beam of light followed, shattering the second Steel Golem.

Rumble.

The Clay Golems walked out from the door, carrying the materials back. The bones and metal fragments on the ground were also swept away.

[The third stage begins now, Practical Assessment!]

As the sound finished, the wall opposite suddenly rumbled open towards both sides, revealing a vast expanse of darkness.

A gigantic gray hand abruptly emerged from the darkness, followed by an arm, a head, a torso, and a lower body.

A huge creature soon appeared before Su Nan.

It was an enormous giant, its entire skin a deep gray with a slight bluish tint, dotted with dark or light-colored patches. Bones and skin formations the size of coins, like pebble-like bumps, were distributed across its neck, shoulders, and arms.

Its face had no eyebrows, prominent brow bones, a wide jaw, and pebble-like bumps were scattered on its head as well.

There wasn’t a single hair on its entire body, even its head was bare.

“Goliath!”

Su Nan’s eyebrows shot up, recognizing the origin of the creature in front of him.

Goliaths were a race of giants, possessing immense strength and a natural ability to manipulate air currents.

These otherworldly creatures had the strength of a Three-Ring Legendary approaching Four-Ring Legendary upon reaching adulthood, incredibly powerful creatures that were born warriors.

After climbing out from behind the door, the Goliath immediately stood up straight, reaching a height of fifteen to sixteen meters. Combined with its massive and sturdy grayish body, it gave off a sense of a towering mountain range, a heavy sense of oppression.

[Defeat the trial creature and you will pass!]

Su Nan recalled the two dismantled Steel Golems, couldn’t help but sneer.

This assessment was truly airtight, not giving anyone any loopholes to exploit.

“Roar!”

The Goliath roared, lifting its massive spiked club, it charged towards Su Nan like a charging tank, the violent air waves it unleashed even caused the robe on Su Nan’s body to billow.

Su Nan’s expression remained unchanged, a flicker of thought in his mind, and countless silvery metal liquids surged out from within his body, transforming into a metal storm that swept forth, engulfing the Goliath like a torrent!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

The incessant muffled sounds of blades cutting flesh echoed through the hall, drowning out the shrill screams.

Four or five breaths later, the metal storm receded, returning into Su Nan’s body and disappearing.

The Goliath had also vanished, only a pool of blood remained on the spot to prove its existence.

With a 5-level Magic Emblem Core operating at full power, even the Goliath, with strength approaching Four-Ring Legendary, couldn’t withstand the attack. It was instantly killed in a single encounter.

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[Passed.]

The meatball in the distance opened its mouth, emitting the familiar mechanical voice.

[Congratulations, you have successfully passed the trial. Evaluation: A+, Receive inheritance reward!]

Crack!

In the center of the hall, the ground suddenly cracked open into three fissures. A rectangular stone pillar slowly rose up from each fissure, reaching about a meter high before stopping.

On top of the rightmost stone pillar was a bottle of potion.

Inside the transparent potion bottle, the light purple potion shimmered with a captivating brilliance under the light of the Everlasting Pearl.

On the middle pillar was a book.

On the leftmost pillar lay a silver orb, the size of an egg, perfectly round.

[Construction Potion, ‘Bone’ Intermediate Talent Crystal Model, Spirit Pearl.]

[These are your inheritance rewards!]

Construction Potion!

Su Nan’s heart surged with delight.

The name alone clearly indicated that this was a potion specifically used to accelerate the construction of Talent Crystal Models. Consuming it could significantly enhance construction speed.

A single Construction Potion could allow a Wizard Apprentice to successfully construct a Lower-Grade Talent Crystal Model within a month.

The effect was indeed potent!

Whether in the Age of Wizards a thousand years ago, or in the future when Wizards returned, Construction Potion was a highly precious potion, essentially monopolized by those Wizard factions, while wild Wizard Apprentices couldn’t even get a glimpse of it.

The builder of Starlight Tower was actually willing to offer a Construction Potion as a reward, even for an A+ evaluation. It truly surprised Su Nan.

‘Bone’ Intermediate Talent Crystal Model was also a very good reward, but it was no longer appealing to Su Nan at this point.

As for the Spirit Pearl, as the name suggests, it was a highly condensed crystallization of spiritual power. It could be used to quickly restore spiritual power.

However, only formal Wizards could refine this, and it came at the price of permanently decreasing their own spiritual power.

Apart from some Wizards nearing the end of their lifespan, very few were willing to sacrifice themselves in this way. Therefore, the Spirit Pearl was also quite valuable.

‘Bone’ Talent Crystal Model is a given. The Construction Potion and Spirit Pearl were clearly prepared for the second and third steps of constructing the model.

Su Nan guessed that in the trial projections of Starlight Tower, those who could achieve an A+ evaluation were likely Three-Ring Wizard Apprentices about to or already in the process of constructing Talent Crystal Models, which is why the inheritance rewards were given.

It had to be admitted that the builder of Starlight Tower was quite generous.

With these thoughts in mind, Su Nan reached out towards the Construction Potion, but before his hand could touch it, an invisible force field blocked him.

“??”

Su Nan froze for a moment.

At that moment, the meatball in the distance opened its mouth again.

[Wizard Apprentice, according to the rules of Starlight Tower, if you wish to claim the inheritance reward, you must first sign an Oath Contract.]

Oath Contract?

Su Nan frowned, asking, “What is the contract content?”

A flash of light in front of him, rows of text appeared in succession.

After reading through the text, Su Nan’s face immediately turned black.

The contents of the Oath Contract were actually that he would become a member of the Wizard organization [Dark Throne] from now on. He was not allowed to disobey any orders of [Dark Throne] or do anything detrimental to [Dark Throne].

In short, once he signed this Oath Contract, he would essentially become an obedient slave of [Dark Throne].

It was called an Oath Contract, but in reality, its harshness was almost as bad as a Soul Contract.

Unless one had a screw loose, Su Nan wouldn’t sign such a contract under any circumstances.

Furthermore, others might not know, but he did.

There weren’t many Wizard factions in the multiverse that could be considered well-known and established, a dozen or so at most. [Dark Throne] was one of them.

Members of this Wizard faction mostly specialized in the Necromancer faction, their actions were extremely radical.

If it were only this, it wouldn’t be much of a problem. The key was that the organizational structure of [Dark Throne] was imbued with a strong feudalistic flavor.

The high-ranking Wizards were high and mighty, occupying and enjoying the majority of resources.

The lower-ranking members were the exploited class, they signed the Oath Contract, and they could only obediently collect and generate resources for the organization for the high-ranking members to use.

They were called Wizards, but they were essentially no different from slaves.

The reason they didn’t use Soul Contracts, but used the guise of Oath Contracts, was simply to reduce the psychological resistance of those signing.

It was precisely for this reason that [Dark Throne] had a terrible reputation in the Wizard world, despised by many Wizards.

“No wonder the Wizard inheritance was left in Starlight Continent.”

Su Nan now truly understood.

He had been puzzled all along.

The Wizard community has always been incompatible with a sense of responsibility.

After venturing into the multiverse, there were actually Wizards who left their inheritances on Starlight Continent, leaving a glimmer of hope for future generations to become Wizards. No matter how you thought about it, it was abnormal.

Su Nan initially assumed that it was a special individual in the Wizard community who was selfless and didn’t seek anything in return, but now it seemed that the truth was vastly different from what he had guessed.

Starlight Tower was actually a facility established by [Dark Throne] on Starlight Continent, specifically for the development of members.

Due to their terrible reputation, very few people in the multiverse were willing to join [Dark Throne].

To develop their members, [Dark Throne] often resorted to some less than noble means.

Starlight Tower was obviously one of them.

Without knowing the true nature of [Dark Throne], faced with the lucrative inheritance rewards and the hope of becoming a Wizard, it was unlikely that anyone could resist the temptation and not sign the Oath Contract.

Once they signed, when the future elements recovered and Wizards returned, they would discover the true face of [Dark Throne]. If they wanted to regret it, it would be too late.

“Truly a shameless style befitting [Dark Throne].”

Su Nan scoffed disdainfully.

He knew there was no such thing as a free lunch.

The so-called Wizard inheritance was actually a scam.

Looking at it this way, Blackforest and Falling Star City, which were equally renowned as Starlight Tower, likely had their fair share of tricks up their sleeves.

Even if they weren’t as blatant a trap as Starlight Tower, they wouldn’t be able to get knowledge inheritance and resources without paying any price.

“Forget about Blackforest and Falling Star City for now, let’s deal with the matter at hand.”

Signing the Oath Contract was naturally out of the question. Su Nan wouldn’t jump into a fire pit willingly.

But according to the usual practices of [Dark Throne], at this point, even if he gave up the reward and refused to sign the Oath Contract, it was unlikely that they would allow it.

Su Nan looked up at the meatball, his voice deep and firm. “I refuse to sign the Oath Contract. I am relinquishing the inheritance reward.”

After a few seconds of silence, the meatball spoke again.

[Challengers who refuse to sign the contract must compensate for the resources and energy consumed during the trial. The fee is thirty Upper-Grade Magic Stones, please pay up!]

[Those who cannot pay will be eliminated!]

As expected!

Su Nan sneered coldly.

Where in the present Starlight Continent could a Wizard Apprentice afford thirty Upper-Grade Magic Stones?

Even Su Nan, with a bunch of Magic Stones lying in his Space Ring, couldn’t synthesize thirty Upper-Grade Magic Stones.

If even he couldn’t, let alone others.

This rule of Starlight Tower was clearly designed to give challengers no choice.

Either sign the Oath Contract, or die!

There was no third option!

[Please make a choice, challenger!]

[Pay the fee, or sign the Oath Contract!]

The meatball’s hundreds of mouths opened and closed, emitting a mechanical and cold voice.

Su Nan could vaguely sense that something in the hall had targeted him. Once he refused, it would immediately attack.

A chilling sense of oppression instantly enveloped him!

Su Nan acted as if he didn’t notice, a cold smile flashed across his face.

“Go to hell with your choices!”

He abruptly reached out towards the Construction Potion, countless silvery metal liquids surfaced simultaneously, transforming into a metal storm that slammed against the invisible force field!