Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 202 - 140: Star Alliance Founding, Graduation Assessment_2

The cost of crafting an ordinary Refined Gold Golem is around fifty thousand Gold Coins.

However, the Refined Gold Golem crafted by Sunan, due to the addition of constant Magic and Demonization Traits, costs about fifty-three thousand Gold Coins.

And the benefit that comes with the high cost is naturally an increase in strength.

The Refined Gold Golem encountered in the Avegni inheritance had only the strength level close to a Tier Three Legend.

While Sunan’s Refined Gold Golem is genuinely a Tier Three Legend, sufficient to deal with ordinary Level 3 Wizard Apprentices.

Someone like Herb is completely no match for the Refined Gold Golem.

It can be said that each Refined Gold Golem is equivalent to a powerful force at the Level 3 Wizard Apprentice level.

"Although it’s not at the top-tier level of a Tier Three Legend yet, it’s still not bad."

Sunan nodded silently.

In terms of overall strength, Refined Gold Golems are only of average level among Tier Three Legends, somewhat inferior to the Doomsday Bellringer.

However, considering its high resistance to Sonic Attacks that contain soul force, whether the Refined Gold Golem would lose or win against the Doomsday Bellringer is still uncertain.

"Too bad this thing costs too much; otherwise, I could craft more of them."

Sunan currently has limited cash flow and can only craft one Refined Gold Golem before discovering new mineral veins.

"Now that a Tier Three Legendary Golem is in place, next is the Secret Puppet."

In Sunan’s original plan, the newly designed simplified version of the Secret Puppet was expected to have a combat power approaching a Tier Four Legendary level and cost about eighty thousand Gold Coins.

However, what’s past is past.

As his Spiritual Power grows, the synthesis quantity of High-level Rune Gemstones has increased to thirty-two, with their power significantly strengthened.

One of the key materials for the Secret Puppet is the High-level Rune Gemstones.

The enhanced power of the latter naturally also boosts the combat capability of the Secret Puppet.

Coupled with the Demonization treatment on the golems during this period, his technique on Enchantment Traits for golem bodies has made rapid progress. Applying this technique to the Secret Puppet will surely enhance its combat power substantially.

With dual growth, the combat power of the Secret Puppet can definitely surpass the original plan, reaching the Tier Four Legendary level without any issues.

But the problem is, the cost will also increase.

Initial estimates suggest it may well reach close to one hundred thousand Gold Coins.

"If the Soul Core uses a medium-sized soul crystal instead of a small one, the combat power could be further enhanced, but that would definitely push the cost over one hundred thousand Gold Coins!"

Sunan couldn’t help but grimace.

This amount almost matches several years of tax revenue from a Marquis’s territory!

However, if spending one hundred thousand Gold Coins can yield a combat power equivalent to a top-tier Level 3 Wizard Apprentice, it would be worthwhile.

At least, no country’s royal family or any Level 3 Wizard Apprentice would refuse such a deal.

"But to craft the Secret Puppet, I’m still short of more than five kilograms of Mithril."

Sunan sighed.

Unfortunately, Ugo, who died at his hands before, didn’t leave even 0.1 kilograms of Mithril in his belongings, otherwise the shortfall wouldn’t be so large now.

Indeed, Wizards (or Apprentices) specializing in Biological Transformation are poorer compared to others.

Storing the Refined Gold Golem in the cube, Sunan left the Puppet Factory.

Just as he returned to the study, Carolina came looking for him.

"Master, this is a report from the Dragon Heart Knight Academy."

"Put it on the table," Sunan waved his hand.

Carolina respectfully placed the report on the table and retreated with a bow.

Sunan picked up the report and began to read.

The content of the report was simple, mainly regarding the graduation examination details of the Dragon Heart Knight Academy.

As the earliest established Knight Academy, the Dragon Heart Knight Academy has been open for three years now.

Next June, the first students will be graduating.

According to the rules, students must pass the graduation examination to graduate smoothly.

In light of this, Moritz, as the principal, drafted several examination forms and submitted them for Sunan’s review.

"Has it already been three years?"

Sunan sighed slightly.

With ample supply of Dragon Blood Fruit, the students of Dragon Heart Knight Academy have made rapid progress in strength.

Second-year students mostly already have the strength of Squire Knights.

In the third year, twenty-two students have successfully advanced to Knights.

By the Moon of Summer Bloom next year, it’s expected that all five hundred graduates will graduate as Knights.

This is an astonishing achievement in any country.

On Starlight Continent, there has never been an institution like this, systematically nurturing Knights.

"It seems the Knight Brigade will soon welcome its first batch of members."

Sunan smiled with satisfaction, then showed a contemplative look.

Sherman and Cole’s advancement marks a critical juncture.

It signifies that the base’s nurturing and accumulation have reached the point of achieving significant results.

Following these two, more students will soon advance to Level 2 Wizard Apprentices.

And Level 2 Wizard Apprentices already possess noteworthy combat capabilities, allowing them to genuinely participate in his power development plan.

In the surface world, the Kingdom of Stars is currently in a stable development period, with no war expected in the short term.

But the underground world is at a crucial point for expansion, and it’s foreseeable that a period of rapid expansion is about to begin, which requires a lot of manpower.

And these Level 2 Wizard Apprentices are just right to join this expansion.

This is also a kind of training for them.

Though Sunan doesn’t agree with the brutal nurturing method of Black Wizards, he doesn’t want to mold a group of greenhouse flowers.

Truly powerful Wizards have never been of the academic type; they must be both knowledgeable and adept in combat.

After all, whether it’s resource collection or adventurous exploration, battles and fights are unavoidable.

"The newly established Knight Brigade can pair well with the Level 2 Wizard Apprentices to explore the surrounding areas."

"Otherwise, relying just on the Star Alliance’s current power, there’s still a shortage of manpower."

The Star Alliance is the name Sunan gave to his underground world power.

From now on, Ghost Lake, Matu, and Auson will not be seen as individual entities to the outside but will collectively be known as the Star Alliance.

The Star Alliance is just taking shape, with its main force consisting of various golems, and very few members possessing subjective initiative, consisting of only two races, the vampires and the human-faced lions, with their numbers totalling less than four hundred.

Whether it’s exploring surrounding areas or expanding externally, relying solely on golems is insufficient; members with subjective initiative are equally indispensable.

With too few truly usable people, many things cannot proceed.

Thus, Sunan wants the base’s Level 2 Wizard Apprentices and the Knight Brigade to participate.

By increasing available manpower, he can also balance the vampires and human-faced lions, preventing any unnecessary thoughts from developing between them over time.

After a moment’s reflection, Sunan already had a plan in mind. He set the report aside and took up paper to start writing.

Since deciding to involve the Knight Brigade in the expansion of underground world power, they’ll need to adapt to and understand the underground world sooner rather than later.

The graduation examination is clearly a great opportunity.

About half an hour later, having completed his writing, Sunan called in Carolina to hand over the rough outline of the graduation examination, asking her to liaise with Moritz and take charge of drafting detailed plans.

After Carolina left, Sunan took another sheet of paper and wrote ’Magic Pattern Armor’ in large characters.

The knowledge of Magic Pattern Armor was something he traded for from the Forest Cottage.

It’s a special Enchanted Rune that combines Magic tattoos with Demonized Weapons, which doesn’t help much for Wizard Apprentices but can greatly enhance a Knight’s combat power.

The idea of forming a Knight Brigade originally came from Sunan’s inspiration from Magic Pattern Armor.

Now that the Knight Brigade is nearing true formation, the forging of Magic Pattern Armor should also become a priority.

"The power of Junior and Middle Knights is still somewhat insufficient in the perilous underground world. With Magic Pattern Armor, the Knight Brigade can be deployed more effectively."

A set of the most basic level-one Magic Pattern Armor can enhance a Junior Knight’s power to the level of a Peak Knight, close to a Grand Knight.

As long as there’s enough Magic Pattern Armor, the Knight Brigade can quickly become a powerful armed force!