Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 243 - 161: The Hunter’s Request for Help
Chapter 243: Chapter 161: The Hunter’s Request for Help
The addition of a large number of Demon Pattern Knights significantly accelerated the Star Alliance’s external expansion.
Almost every month, the mapped area on Sunan’s study desk military map would expand by a circle.
The indigenous tribes discovered during the exploration either perished or surrendered to become slaves in the face of the powerful military force of the Star Alliance.
However, Sunan also gave these indigenous people a glimmer of hope.
Those who contribute enough to the Star Alliance can rise from slavery to citizenship, gaining equal status and rights with human-faced lions and vampires.
While the exploration strategy of the Star Alliance was in full swing, Sunan was shut in the laboratory all day, focused on researching how to improve the Secret Puppet.
Now the Dragon Forest has Butler No. 1, the Star Alliance has Carolina, the Red Widow, Sherman, and a group of apprentices, he only needs to grasp the big picture, leaving the rest to be implemented by others.
Aside from occasionally needing to refine magical items that only he could craft, he was essentially like a semi-hands-off manager.
This is how a mature power should develop.
Only when he doesn’t appear for decades, yet the Star Alliance still runs steadily along the existing trajectory, can it be considered a truly mature power.
Late at night, a silver moon hung high in the night sky.
Moonlight shone through the small window, illuminating everything inside the room.
Sunan sat quietly at one corner of the long table, waiting silently for the other members to arrive.
Since joining the Woodland Lodge, he hadn’t missed a single gathering.
Even though sometimes he didn’t purchase a single item, he still never missed a session.
After all, no one knew what items might appear at the gathering, and if they missed a treasure—as the Traveler and Black Forest did—they would be filled with regret.
Perhaps it was the lesson from the Traveler and Black Forest, but in the subsequent gatherings, all members except the Hunter attended regularly.
Even the usually absent Traveler and Black Forest now had a much higher attendance rate than before.
This gathering was no different; all eight members, except for the Hunter, were present.
Just as Night Owl announced the start of the trading, a figure suddenly appeared in one of the seats.
It was the Hunter, whom everyone thought was absent.
“Everyone, I need your help!”
As soon as he appeared, the Hunter immediately spoke, his tone unprecedentedly grave.
The group looked at each other.
Finally, it was Night Owl who lightly coughed and broke the silence, “Hunter, what’s going on?”
“I’ve been targeted by the Eternal Life Association!” The Hunter said with a heavy tone, “Those guys have set their sights on the key to the Tower of Stars in my possession, and they’ve come out in full force to hunt me down. I’ve tried many ways to shake them off but to no avail. I need the help of everyone seated here!”
“You want us to help you fend off the people of the Eternal Life Association?” Red Heart said sullenly.
“No.” The Hunter shook his head, “Those guys are obsessively mad. Even if they get beaten back once, they’ll stick again later. I hope you can help me deal with the people of the Eternal Life Association once and for all.”
The room fell into silence.
Everyone was speechless.
If it were only about fending off the Eternal Life Association, they might consider it if the Hunter presented the right reward.
But to kill the Wizard Apprentices of Eternal Life Association?
Sorry, that’s impossible!
Anyone rational understands the high risks of fighting similarly leveled Wizard Apprentices.
Especially Wizard Apprentices from the Eternal Life Association.
They weren’t about to risk their lives for a little benefit to confront the Eternal Life Association.
—unless the Hunter could present a reward enticing enough!
The Hunter understood this point, and seeing everyone silent, he gritted his teeth and said, “Upon success, I will give each participant a key to the Tower of Stars!”
At these words, the eyes of those present lit up instantly.
Sunan raised an eyebrow, looks like his initial guess was correct, the Hunter had indeed colluded with Evans.
Only Evans could possess so many keys to the Tower of Stars.
“Deal!” Corpse responded immediately.
Ordinary benefits weren’t enough for him to take life-threatening risks, but the key to the Tower of Stars was different.
That represented the hope of advancing to Wizard.
Even if there was a life risk, it was worth fighting for!
The others clearly shared a similar thought.
After hesitating for a moment, Night Owl, Red Heart, Traveler, Black Forest, and Rose agreed one after another.
Finally, only Staff and Sunan were left.
The Hunter’s eyes looked complex as he glanced at the two.
Staff already held a key to the Tower of Stars, so his offered reward wasn’t very appealing to him.
The same went for Player.
With the information collected, the Hunter had already guessed the Player’s true identity.
Evans once mentioned that Sunan already had a Tower of Stars key, so this reward probably wasn’t very enticing to him either.
In fact, neither had shown any intention of speaking, probably waiting for him to present a more appealing reward.
After hesitating for a while, the Hunter’s hand brushed over the table, and two vials of potion appeared out of nowhere.
Under the moonlight, the potion inside the vials transitioned from a deep blue to a light blue, glimmering with a beautiful ethereal glow.
“This is Dawn Potion.”
The Hunter’s gaze swept past Sunan and looked at the others.
Among those present, only Sunan might have heard about the Dawn Potion from Evans.
“After taking it, it can extend one’s lifespan by about one-third, but every person can only take one bottle, any more would have no effect, and it doesn’t have significant effects for Wizard Apprentices, extending their lifespan only by five to ten years.”
The others were visibly moved.
It turned out to be a potion that extends life, which was extremely rare!
Even if the potion only increased lifespan by five to ten years, it wasn’t a small amount.
