Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 147 - 114: Secret Puppet, a Chance to Change Fate
Chapter 147: Chapter 114: Secret Puppet, a Chance to Change Fate
Starlight Calendar 1254, Winter Harp Month.
This year’s New Year celebration was exceptionally grand, far surpassing previous years.
The main reason was that the lord had a son.
To celebrate the birth of his son, the lord generously hosted several days of banquet at the square to rejoice with the people.
Sunan went to see his newly born nephew. It was still unclear how his mental aptitude was, but his physique seemed promising.
No wonder, after all, the little one’s father is a dignified Peak Grand Knight.
Over the years, with Sunan’s continuous ’nurturing’, Kei’s strength enhanced rapidly, now just one step away from becoming a Legendary Knight.
Sunan plans to keep all the Dragon Blood Fruits harvested from Magic Plant Garden No. 2 in the next six months and then synthesize a high-grade Dragon Blood Fruit with Third-tier potion effects for Kei to consume, likely enabling him to become a Legendary Knight.
A twenty-six-year-old Tier One Legendary Knight is unique throughout the entire Starry Principality.
Base No. 1, Worm Nest.
In a room transformed into a mine environment, eleven slow-moving, seemingly clumsy Gem Bugs were crawling around. When they came across scattered small mineral fragments, they would stop to nibble a few bites before continuing to crawl.
With their number increased to eleven, the production of gems in the Worm Nest surged to nearly four hundred pieces annually and is beginning to take shape.
Moreover, Carolina was under Sunan’s command, collecting rare metals like Abyssal Black Copper and Rainbow Iron.
Given the richness of metals in the underground world, Sunan believes that new feed should soon be gathered, allowing for a continued increase in the number of Gem Bugs.
In addition, a significant amount of rare metals needed for refining Demon Pattern Cores has also been collected.
It is estimated that soon there will be enough materials to refine the second Demon Pattern Core.
Leaving the Worm Nest, Sunan headed directly to the laboratory.
A few days ago, he had attended a gathering at the Forest Cabin.
Having stood him up twice, Black Forest finally appeared at this gathering.
However, according to Night Owl, Black Forest missed eight out of ten gatherings; this situation is quite common.
At that gathering, Sunan finally traded for the supposedly rare puppet design diagram from Black Forest.
After he thoroughly read through the design, he confirmed Black Forest’s claim — it was indeed very rare.
Rather than a puppet design diagram, it was essentially a technique for Puppet Refining.
Simply put, it’s a miniaturization technology for golems.
The overall concept uses very lightweight metals like Mithril to refine the puppets, lightening their weight as much as possible while significantly reducing their size, making them very close to human proportions, driven by medium or large Soul Cores.
This way, the manufactured golem becomes nimble and agile, with sufficient intelligence, and if disguised well, could be mistaken for a living person.
They can integrate more combat techniques and magic, far stronger than ordinary golems.
Since most materials used are Mithril, this miniaturized golem is also called a Secret Puppet!
According to the design diagram’s description, a Secret Puppet refined using a medium Soul Core would possess combat capability not inferior to an Official Wizard.
Undoubtedly, this description intrigued Sunan.
But after careful study, he had to abandon the idea of refining Secret Puppets.
Setting aside skill prerequisites, the most critical factor remains the cost.
Since the body of a Secret Puppet is mostly composed of Mithril, even with extreme frugality, refining a Secret Puppet requires at least thirty to forty kilograms of Mithril.
Mithril typically appears as an accompanying substance to silver ore.
As the isotope variant element of silver, Mithril’s value far exceeds the latter.
It boasts remarkable ductility and Magic Conductivity, never tarnishes once refined, with exceptionally stable material properties, and items made from Mithril can last for hundreds of years without worrying about natural wear.
During the refining of magical items, adding a small amount of Mithril can greatly enhance the quality.
In addition, Mithril can be used to craft metal golems or magic mechanisms.
One of the golem’s most outstanding creations, the Secret Silver Sage, is made primarily of Mithril.
Additionally, constructing Wizard Towers and Floating Cities requires large amounts of Mithril.
Mithril is an indispensable rare material in Floating Rings, anti-gravity devices, and Elemental Drive Devices.
However, Mithril is extremely rare.
Associated Mithril deposits usually have low content and are very dispersed; even excavating entire large silver ore veins might only yield about ten kilograms.
Therefore, Mithril is extraordinarily precious.
Ordinary Wizard Apprentices refine magical items with Mithril measured in grams.
Several dozen kilograms is an alarming quantity.
Even for Sunan, who owns two silver ore veins, he currently only has less than three kilograms of Mithril.
Most of the Mithril consumed is used in refining Golem Puppets and feeding Gem Bugs.
Accumulating thirty or forty kilograms of Mithril would take ages.
All things considered, this Secret Puppet design diagram is not feasible.
Upon realizing this, Sunan couldn’t help feeling speechless.
The previous Gem Puppet design was acceptable, and now there’s another Secret Puppet design.
Black Forest has no idea where these designs came from. While each is ingeniously conceived, they are not feasible, frustratingly whetting one’s appetite without fulfillment.
“But it’s not entirely without value.”
Although not feasible, the two design diagrams still hold some reference value.
