Synthetic Wizard

"Are you saying that Sunan killed Makaro in less than a minute?"

In the study, Gary put down his quill and asked with great interest.

Tanner nodded, his tone somewhat elusive, "I confirmed it with the Starry Tower, Makaro is indeed dead."

Gary pondered, "It seems Sunan’s strength is even greater than we anticipated. He truly deserves the reputation of being able to single-handedly establish a Wizard Influence in a sealed plane. We should maintain good relations with him in the future, and provide some assistance when necessary."

"Yes, sir." Tanner nodded emphatically.

In fact, this arena duel initiated by Makaro was orchestrated behind the scenes by the All Things Association to test Sunan’s real strength and decide their future attitude towards him.

The result proved that Sunan was indeed a person worth befriending.

The Star Alliance is also a Wizard Influence with great potential.

The All Things Association has always been friendly with such Wizard Influences, maintaining a cordial yet not overly close relationship.

This is the main reason why they can thrive in the Wizard World and remain neutral.

...

Back on the Starlight Continent, Sunan immediately engaged in puppet crafting.

So far, he had a total of five designs for Wizard-level puppets.

These were the Tentacle Puppet, Secret Puppet, Shadow Steel Golem, Vajra Golem, and Supreme Golem.

The first three are Level 1 Wizard puppets, each with a different focus.

The Tentacle Puppet excels in melee combat and can be used as a front-line tank. Its many tentacles can also cast magic, making it adept in both magic and martial arts, suitable for various battlefields, and very practical.

The Secret Puppet is known for its flexibility and intelligence; it can change its form at will, appearing human to perform special tasks, and its combat power is formidable, making it a dexterous warrior-type puppet.

As for the Shadow Steel Golem, it is made of metal mined and forged exclusively in the Shadow Realm. They are silent and powerful guards, with a dark exterior, and move as quietly as ghosts, often mistaken for undead beings.

Due to their skill in hiding, Shadow Steel Golems can blend into shadows, thus many wizards use them as hidden guards of Wizard Towers, or mix them with other puppets in battle to attack the enemies by surprise.

The Shadow Steel Golem is a rare assassin-type among golems.

Sunan plans to form a Starlight Wizard Tower-exclusive Witch Hunting Legion, with the Tentacle Puppet, Secret Puppet, and Shadow Steel Golem as the main members and basic combat force.

For high-end combat strength, the Vajra Golem and Supreme Golem will take the lead.

The former boasts a combat strength equivalent to a Level 2 gasified wizard.

The latter has a combat strength comparable to a Level 3 gasified wizard.

Both golems are dual practitioners of magic and martial arts, akin to advanced versions of the Tentacle Puppet.

Especially the Supreme Golem, which is extremely formidable and typically only deployed in large Wizard Towers or as a conventional combat unit in Floating Cities.

"A single Shadow Steel Golem is priced around seven thousand lower-level magic stones, plus enchantment and sustained magic, probably about eight thousand lower-level magic stones."

Sunan calculated silently.

In fact, calculating value by magic stones favors the Star Alliance.

After all, Sunan’s cost to synthesize magic stones is far lower than the universally acknowledged magic stone value in the Wizard World.

If he wasn’t worried about potential backdoors in the golem puppets purchased from other Wizard Influences, he could directly use magic stones to buy Shadow Steel Golems and enhance them as he wished.

"Forget it, since they are an internal puppet legion of the Wizard Tower, it’s better to be cautious."

"But we could still procure some golems for the exchange list, for others to redeem."

Wizards usually don’t have so many concerns about the golems they use regularly, and direct procurement is feasible.

"The cost of a Vajra Golem is approximately nine thousand middle-level magic stones."

"The estimated cost of a Supreme Golem is around ten thousand upper-level magic stones."

For Wizard-level puppets, it’s normal for the cost to soar by more than ten times with each level increase.

Moreover, compared to Shadow Steel Golems, Vajra Golems and Supreme Golems are often priceless.

After all, which wizard wouldn’t want a Vajra Golem or Supreme Golem for protection?

Wizard Influences have a huge demand for these two types of golems, with most of the Vajra and Supreme Golems sold on the market being monopolized by several large Wizard Influences.

"With the puppet designs on hand, the next step is to start upgrading the Wizard Tower."

With sufficient magic stones and the resource channels of the Wisdom Code, upgrading the Starlight Wizard Tower to a large scale is almost a matter of time, the only thing missing is time.

"I aim to complete the Starlight Wizard Tower upgrade before the internal wizard conflict breaks out."

...

Time flies, the years pass.

In the blink of an eye, it’s the year 2200 of the Starlight Calendar.

Above Dragon Forest Zone 3, Rose breathed a long sigh of relief as she looked at the restored Wizard Tower below.

The seven or eight wizards around her also showed expressions of joy.

"It’s finally done!"

"This was the last Wizard Tower."

"I didn’t expect repairing the Wizard Tower to take so much time and effort; building a new one from scratch might take hundreds of years!"

"Well, of course. When Lord Sunan built the Starlight Wizard Tower, it took the combined force of the Star Alliance over a hundred years."

The group chatted excitedly, their expressions relaxed yet filled with joy.

Though repairing the Wizard Tower was time-consuming and labor-intensive, the task rewards were remarkably generous, equivalent to completing a hundred regular tasks.