Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 184 - 131: Absolute Power (Part 2)
Chapter 184: Chapter 131: Absolute Power (Part 2)
Duke Black’s eyes flared with intense black flames: “Do you think Ghost Lake City can fend off the insect invasion on its own? You should know that Ghost Lake City’s geographical position is closer to Kasham compared to Matu and Auson, and has historically suffered attacks from the swarm with greater intensity than us!”
“That’s not your concern.”
After saying this, Sunan turned away decisively.
It wasn’t until his figure disappeared from view that Red Widow chuckled softly and said, “See? I wasn’t wrong, that Wizard was very confident, he never intended to cooperate with us from the start.”
“You’ve also investigated the condition of those mining veins; they use Clay Golems for mining, not the cheaper slaves. The guards and transporters are all Stone Golems and Spider Puppets, which shows that Ghost Lake City currently has a large number of puppets. They truly have the confidence to face the insect invasion alone, and don’t need our cooperation.”
“Perhaps, they’re already plotting to turn against us once the insect crisis is resolved.”
“The recent proposal to counterattack Kasham might be just for this reason. Ghost Lake City’s strength far surpasses ours, so if we collaborate with them to attack Kasham, we’re likely to become cannon fodder. Even if we manage to resolve Kasham, our losses would be substantial, making us the next target to be dealt with.”
“You don’t need to test me,” Duke Black said in a hoarse voice, his eyes flaring with black flames, “Since I declined the Wizard’s proposal, I won’t change my mind.”
“But the insect disaster must be solved eventually. What do you plan to do? Really listen to that hidden Kasham man and cooperate with him against Ghost Lake City?”
Red Widow toyed with her nails lazily and said, “That might not be a bad approach at all. That man seems to have a grudge against Ghost Lake City’s Wizard. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have come to us specifically.”
Duke Black snorted coldly, “That guy hides in Kashamri, never showing his face for years, only driving swarms to hunt everywhere, no one knows what he’s plotting. Cooperating with a person like that, beware you might be chewed up with nothing left.”
“True,” Red Widow’s eyes turned, and a sly smile appeared at the corner of her lips, “I’ve thought of a good idea.”
“What?”
“We can pretend to agree with that Kasham guy, and when he attacks Ghost Lake City, we’ll just watch them tear each other apart. Then we’ll step in when they’ve both exhausted each other and solve them both in one go!”
Duke Black’s soul flames brightened suddenly: “Great idea!”
He glanced at Red Widow, secretly amazed–they say women are the most ruthless, indeed this woman is quite cunning.
“Take this opportunity to deal with Kasham and Ghost Lake City in one move!”
Red Widow didn’t know the black skeleton before her was secretly complaining about her. Looking proud, she laughed softly.
Duke Black nodded heavily.
Not much needs to be said about Kasham; since Ghost Lake City changed its master, it became significantly more threatening.
Looking at the series of actions since the Wizard took over Ghost Lake City, it’s clear they’re not easy to deal with, and their ambition to expand is hardly concealed.
If Ghost Lake City continues to grow unchecked, it’ll eventually pose a threat to Auson.
Better to take this chance to kill two birds with one stone and resolve the threats from both Ghost Lake City and Kasham!
After that, as long as an opportunity arises to annex Matu, the area within a hundred kilometers will be all his territory.
Meanwhile, Red Widow was also plotting secretly.
“Once Ghost Lake City and Kasham are dealt with, I’ll have free hands to take care of this black skeleton. By then, the three city-states will all be mine.”
Red Widow and Duke Black exchanged a glance and let out a satisfied laughter together.
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“Master.”
As Sunan returned to Ghost Lake City’s base No. 2, Carolina greeted him.
“Kasham bugs appeared near the No. 7 ore vein, about a dozen of them, already killed by the stationed Stone Golems.”
Sunan paused, his eyes flashing.
The No. 7 ore vein is the furthest from Ghost Lake City and closest to Kasham.
Kasham’s bugs have already spread to the vicinity of No. 7 ore vein, indicating the invasion is imminent.
The time left for preparation is running out.
“Send those bug corpses to the laboratory,” Sunan thought for a moment and said.
Having heard from Carolina about how terrifying Kasham’s bugs are, he has never seen them with his own eyes. This time would be a good chance to dissect a few and study their structure—perhaps there will be some gains.
“Yes, Master!” Carolina answered immediately, then cautiously asked, “Matu and Auson…?”
“Ignore them.” Sunan waved her off.
Carolina immediately understood that the Master had decided to deal with the insect disaster alone.
Seeing this, she didn’t say more, wisely retreated, and turned to instruct her subordinates to bring the bug corpses to the laboratory.
Arriving at the Puppet Factory, Sunan soon put Red Widow and Duke Black out of his mind, and proceeded with crafting puppets.
He can tell that Red Widow and Duke Black seem to be plotting something.
After all, the two reacted quite calmly when they heard about his refusal to cooperate.
Matu and Auson are not like Ghost Lake City, guarded by his golem legion, fearless of insect disasters.
Just relying on Matu and Auson teaming up isn’t enough to fend off the insect disaster.
This involves the life and death of two city-states; logically, Red Widow and Duke Black shouldn’t behave so calmly.
The two probably have other ways to tackle the insect disaster, so even if Ghost Lake City denies cooperation, they don’t care much.
Sunan doesn’t know if this method involves him or Ghost Lake City, but he doesn’t care.
In the face of absolute power, any conspiracy is just a paper tiger.
As long as there are enough golems, no matter what schemes Red Widow and Duke Black have, he can crush them with head-on force.
“Three Elite Stone Golems have been synthesized, along with five Elite Dual-bladed Spiders; now I have eight Tier Two Legend combat powers.”
“Next, I can focus on crafting ordinary puppets.”
Excluding the puppets guarding and transporting ore, Ghost Lake City now has a total of five hundred Stone Golems, one hundred and fifty Dual-bladed Spiders, twelve Elite Stone Golems, and five Steel Golems.
This lineup, placed on the surface, is enough to flatten any Count’s domain.
However, to counter the insect disaster that Matu, Auson, and the former Ghost Lake City barely managed together, this might still be insufficient.
Let alone a counterattack against Kasham.
It’s necessary to continue expanding the golem legion, at least doubling the number of puppets.
And also to improve the [Puppet Refining] skill, aiming to upgrade it to level 5, in preparation for crafting the Refined Gold Golem later.
“And there’s the Demon Pattern Core.”
“The materials for the third Demon Pattern Core are almost assembled.”
During Sunan’s engagement with the Starfire Sect, Carolina had diligently collected various rare metals according to his instructions, now having gathered most of the materials for the third Demon Pattern Core.
Just eight kinds of rare metals are missing, which will allow him to synthesize a level 3 Demon Pattern Core.
While owning Ghost Lake City has greatly increased the efficiency of collecting rare metals, Sunan never gave up researching substitute metals.
After all, if he can research substitute metals for those elusive rare metals in the Demon Pattern Core materials, he won’t need to collect them painstakingly, using substitutes entirely for crafting.
By then, not just level 3 Demon Pattern Core, but levels 9, 10 can be synthesized easily.
“Of the eighty-nine rare metals needed for crafting the Demon Pattern Core, twelve can be purchased through the Fire Fox Company’s channels, forty-five have substitute metals researched, leaving just thirty-two.”
“Now, with no need to learn new magic, I can use the time meant for studying magic to research substitute metals.”
