Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 181 - 130: Status of Wizards
Chapter 181: Chapter 130: Status of Wizards
“Master, Matu and Auson sent a letter.”
Just as Sunan stepped out of the meditation room, he saw Carolina hurrying over, handing him a letter.
Raising his eyebrow in surprise, Sunan accepted and opened the letter.
The Red Widow and Duke Black had been silent for so long that he thought the two city-states planned to cast aside Ghost Lake City and join forces against Kasham. Yet now, there was movement again.
The contents of the letter were simple; it just proposed a meeting.
The three city lords would come alone without any troops to Black Valley in three days to discuss matters concerning Kasham.
“Master, did the Red Widow and Duke Black say anything?” Carolina asked cautiously.
Sunan said nothing and handed her the letter.
After Carolina finished reading, Sunan asked, “Where is Black Valley?”
“It’s roughly at the center of the intersection of Matu, Auson, and Ghost Lake City’s borders. It’s a black valley,” Carolina explained in detail, knowing what Sunan wanted to know.
“Black Valley is a very special place. Once you use elements and magic there, you’ll suffer a severe backlash. The stronger you are, the heavier the backlash. So, in the past, Yusula, the Red Widow, and Duke Black would always choose to meet there, without worrying about ambushes.”
Sunan’s expression shifted.
It sounded somewhat like a Demon-Banning Domain.
However, in a Demon-Banning Domain, magic couldn’t be performed, and energy particles couldn’t be manipulated.
In contrast, in Black Valley, energy particles could be manipulated, but with backlash.
There were similarities.
No wonder the Red Widow and Duke Black chose that place as the meeting point.
There, they didn’t have to worry about Sunan attacking them.
Similarly, Sunan didn’t have to worry about them plotting against him.
“Master, are you going?” Carolina asked.
Although Sunan hadn’t mentioned it, Carolina vaguely sensed that he wasn’t particularly keen on cooperating with Matu and Auson.
Initially, Carolina had some objections, planning to persuade her master at some point.
However, after she coincidentally witnessed a few Elite Dual-bladed Spiders and Advanced Stone Golems in the Puppet Factory a few days ago, she abandoned this idea.
Why collaborate?
With the Golem Legion, Matu and Auson were hardly necessary; Ghost Lake City could handle the insect disaster on its own.
Now it was Matu and Auson who should be worried about how to deal with the insect disaster!
“It wouldn’t hurt to see what they intend to do,” Sunan said with a meaningful smile.
Although not planning to collaborate, using this opportunity to probe Matu and Auson would be beneficial.
After dealing with Kasham, it would be these two city-states’ turn.
Knowing oneself and the enemy leads to victory in a hundred battles, so gathering intelligence in advance is never wrong.
“Help me reply, tell them I agree.”
After Carolina left, Sunan headed to his study.
Piles of parchment lay on the desk. Sunan sat down, randomly pulling out a roll and carefully reading it.
The contents were about the secrets of wizards.
This information was previously collected by the Starry Royal Family. Kei had rushed it to him immediately upon discovery.
Perhaps because their ancestors were wizards, the Starry Royal Family had always paid special attention to wizards, investing significant manpower and resources annually to collect and consolidate wizard secrets from the southeastern domain of the Starlight Continent.
Over the years, it had yielded considerable results.
According to the recorded intelligence, there were a total of 184 wizards whose activities could be traced.
Among them were thirty-one Level 1 Wizard Apprentices, 148 Level 2 Wizard Apprentices, and five Level 3 Wizard Apprentices.
Judging from the numbers, the disparity between Level 2 Wizard Apprentices and apprentices of other levels was particularly pronounced.
However, upon reflection, it made sense. Level 1 Wizard Apprentices were low-key due to their lack of power, making them hard to detect.
Level 3 Wizard Apprentices were simply scarce in number.
In comparison, Level 2 Wizard Apprentices had garnered sufficient power, started using their abilities for their benefits, collected resources, and were naturally the most active group.
Notably, over seventy percent of these 184 wizards had passed away over the centuries.
The remaining ones were scattered across dozens of countries in the southeast domain of the continent.
The intelligence from the Starry Royal Family detailed these Wizard Apprentices’ approximate strengths, the countries and towns they currently resided in, and the noble forces they collaborated with.
Sunan reviewed it all; nearly all Wizard Apprentices have noble support behind them.
This was understandable since, in this resource-scarce era, collecting enough resources would be challenging for a Wizard Apprentice without enough help.
Interestingly, Sunan even found information about himself in there.
Until the recent rebellion in the Flashing Territory, the intelligence estimated his strength at merely a Tier Two Legend level.
This was far off the mark.
No wonder, back in Hulan Province, the Starfire Sect only sent one chief priest with a holy artifact to protect Marquis Hulan.
Aside from him, there were four other Level 3 Wizard Apprentices mentioned.
One of them, a Level 3 Wizard Apprentice sponsored by the Starry Royal Family, had already died at Ovijou’s hands.
The second one was Ugo from the Eternal Life Association.
According to the intelligence, the Eternal Life Association was a surprisingly radical and unscrupulous wizard organization, speculated to have between eight and ten members.
They were active throughout the Starlight Continent, secretly using force to manipulate a number of small country nobles, and even royal families, to gather resources for them.
