Chapter 115: Secret Doll, Opportunity to Change Destiny
Year 1254 of the Starlight Calendar, Winter Qin Month.
This year's New Year celebrations are exceptionally grand, far exceeding those of previous years.
The main reason was that the lord had a son.
To celebrate the birth of his son, the lord held a banquet in the square for several days to celebrate with the people.
Su Nan went to take a look at his newly born nephew. It was still hard to tell whether his mental aptitude was good or not, but his physique was very good.
Come to think of it, after all, the little guy's father is a great knight.
With Sunan's continuous "feeding" over the years, Key's strength has improved rapidly, and now he is only one step away from becoming a legendary knight.
Sunan plans to collect all the dragon blood fruits harvested from Magic Garden No. 2 in the next six months, and then synthesize them into high-level dragon blood fruits with the effect of third-level potions. After letting Key take them, he will most likely be able to break through and become a legendary knight.
The 26-year-old first-ring legendary knight is the only one in the entire Principality of Stars.
Base No. 1, the insect nest.
In a room transformed into a mine environment, eleven silly-looking gem worms were crawling slowly. When they passed by scattered pieces of broken ore, they would stop to take a few bites and then continue crawling.
After the number increased to eleven, the annual output of gems in the insect nest soared to nearly four hundred, and it was beginning to take shape.
In addition, Carolina is collecting rare metals such as Abyssal Black Copper and Rainbow Iron on Sunan's orders.
Given the abundance of metals in the underground world, Sunan believed that new nutrients would be gathered soon, and the number of gem worms would continue to grow.
In addition, a lot of rare metals needed to refine the magic pattern core were also collected.
It is estimated that it will not be long before we can gather all the materials needed to refine the second magic pattern core.
After leaving the insect nest, Sunan went straight to the laboratory.
Just a few days ago, he attended a party at the jungle cabin.
Helin, who had stood him up twice in a row, finally showed up at the party this time.
But according to Ye Xiao, Heilin did not attend eight out of ten parties, so this is normal.
At that party, Sunan finally traded the puppet design that was said to be rare from Heilin.
After he read the design in detail, he confirmed what Hei Lin said. It was indeed very rare. Rather than saying it was a puppet design, it was better to say it was a puppet refining technology.
Simply put, it is a golem miniaturization technology.
The overall idea is to use very light metals such as mithril to refine the puppet, reduce the weight as much as possible, and greatly reduce the size, making the body shape very close to that of humans, and then use medium or large soul crystals as the soul core drive.
In this way, the golem created is dexterous, agile, and intelligent enough that if it is well disguised, it can easily impersonate a living person.
Moreover, they are able to incorporate more combat techniques and spells, making them far more powerful than ordinary golems.
Because most of the materials are made of mithril, this miniaturized golem is also called a secret puppet! According to the description on the design drawing, a secret puppet made of a medium-sized soul crystal has a combat power that is not inferior to that of a formal wizard.
I have to say, this description made Sunan very excited.
However, after careful study, he had to give up the idea of refining the secret doll.
Not to mention the requirements such as the prerequisite skill level, the most critical factor is still the cost.
Since most of the body of the secret doll is made of mithril, no matter how economical it is, at least thirty or forty kilograms of mithril will be used to refine the secret doll.
Mithril usually appears as a by-product of silver mines.
As an isotope of silver, the value of mithril is far greater than the former.
It has amazing ductility and magical conductivity. After being refined, it will never fade. The material properties are extremely stable. Magic items made of mithril can be used for hundreds of years without worrying about natural loss.
When refining magic items, just adding a small amount of mithril can greatly improve its quality.
In addition, Mithril can also be used to make metal golems or magical constructs.
It is said that the main material of the Mithril Sage, one of the highest creations of the Golem, is Mithril.
In addition, a large amount of mithril is required to build wizard towers and floating cities.
Mithril is an indispensable rare material in levitation rings, anti-gravity devices, elemental drive devices, etc.
However, Mithril is very rare.
The associated mithril ore is often low in content and very scattered, and even if an entire large silver vein is dug out, only about a dozen kilograms can be collected.
Therefore, mithril is extremely precious.
When ordinary wizard apprentices refine magic items, the amount of mithril added is calculated by gram.
Dozens of kilograms is a terrifying number.
Even Sunan, who owns two silver mines, currently only has less than three kilograms of mithril.
Most of the mithril was consumed in refining golem puppets and feeding gem worms.
It would take a long time to save up thirty or forty kilograms of mithril.
To sum up, this secret doll design is not feasible.
When he realized this, Su Nan was speechless.
The previous gem puppet design was fine, and now there is another secret puppet design.
Heilin didn't know where these design drawings came from. Each one was ingeniously conceived, but not feasible. He could only look at them to satisfy his curiosity. It was really speechless.
“But it’s not completely worthless.”
Although not feasible, the two design drawings are still of some reference value.
After carefully studying the two designs, Sunan discovered that it might be possible to combine the two and blend their advantages together, that is, to refine a miniaturized gem puppet.
In this way, costs can be significantly reduced.
During this period of time, Sunan has been studying the feasibility of combining the two, and only now has some progress begun.
"If successful, perhaps we can create a puppet that is much more powerful than the Adamantine Golem."
A sense of anticipation arose in Su Nan's heart.
Time flies and we enter the spring moon.
The snow melts and all things come back to life.
Busy farmers can be seen everywhere in the fields.
On the third day of the Spring Moon, Sunan finally succeeded in mastering the silent casting of spells.
In the magic training room.
Sunan raised his hand, and seven magic missiles appeared out of thin air in front of him, whizzing and hitting the human-shaped target in the distance, blowing it to pieces with a bang.
Before the roar died down, Sunan stretched out his hand again, and a dazzling red light burst out from his fingertips, turning into a red ray that shot out like lightning and hit the other human-shaped target, which melted into molten iron in an instant.
Scorching rays!
"good."
Sunan nodded with satisfaction.
Although silent spell casting cannot shorten the preparation time for casting a spell, it can prepare the next spell while casting a spell, thus greatly shortening the interval between castings and improving the efficiency of casting.
Mastering the art of casting spells silently can be considered as turning you into a human turret to some extent.
When a wizard apprentice who has not mastered the skill of casting spells silently fights against a wizard apprentice who has mastered the skill of casting spells silently, there is no doubt that the latter will definitely crush the former.
This is the power of super magic skills!
"The next step is instant spell casting!"
[Complete a spell instant practice, 'Spell Instant' training progress +0.01%]
It was not until almost all of the mental energy was consumed that the training progress of instant spell casting reached 0.04%.
Sunan estimated that two rounds of practice a day could increase training progress by 0.08% at most.
At this rate, it would take about three to four years to master instant casting of spells.
It took him only two years to master the ability to cast spells silently.
"This is normal. After all, instant spell casting is an advanced skill of silent spell casting. It is also one of the most difficult super magic skills. It is not surprising that it takes a long time."
Coming back to his senses, Sunan called out the panel.
【Sunan Yanest, human male】
[Spirit 36.58/Physique 33.23]
【Skill】
Star Ring Meditation Lv13 (885724/1200000)
Potion making Lv4 (6034/10000)
Biotransformation Lv3 (2492/6000)
Puppet Refining Lv4 (6982/10000)
Magic Item Creation Lv4 (3945/10000)
The proficiency required to upgrade the level 13 Star Ring Meditation method has soared to 1.2 million.
Fortunately, with the strengthening of the divine blood amber and the growth of his mental strength, Sunan's daily meditation can now increase his proficiency by about 4,000 points, so the progress is not slow.
"In two more months, we will be able to condense the thirteenth star ring."
Su Nan pondered secretly.
It is worth mentioning that due to the large number of puppets refined, Sunan's [Puppet Refining] skill has surpassed the [Potion Making] that he mastered at the beginning in terms of proficiency.
He estimated that this would be his first skill to break through to level 5.
By then, maybe I can try to refine a higher-level puppet.
After turning off the panel, Sunan walked out of the magic training area and looked up at the clear blue sky.
"Come to think of it, the Knight Academy has been running for more than half a year now. I wonder how it's going?"
"Master Sheman, Master Atil, welcome to the Dragon Heart Knight Academy."
At the gate of the academy, Moritz bowed slightly to Sherman and Arthur who were walking towards him and said with a smile on his face.
"Hello, Dean Moritz."
Artil and Sheman bowed slightly in return.
"This way, both of you."
Moritz was one of the few people in the army who was born a civilian, but through his own efforts, he became an officer of mid-level knights in his thirties.
After Sunan decided to establish a Knight Academy, he transferred him out of the army, used dragon blood fruit to strengthen him to the peak knight, and arranged for him to serve as the dean of the Knight Academy.
Moritz was not at all dissatisfied with this arrangement, but was ecstatic instead.
Everyone in the Shining Territory knows that Lord Sunan is the pillar supporting the development and growth of the entire territory.
In the Shining Territory, Lord Sunan's status is no lower than that of the lord.
Being able to join Lord Sunan's family is worth it, even if you can never obtain a noble title.
In fact, after serving as the dean of Dragon Heart Knight Academy, Moritz clearly felt that his status was rising rapidly. When they met on weekdays, even Viscount Brad, who was most trusted by the lord, was gentle to him.
The barons and lords were all smiles and flattering him.
Although he has no noble title, he is actually almost like a nobleman.
Therefore, Moritz feels grateful and respectful to Mr. Sunan from the bottom of his heart.
If the latter had not given him this opportunity, given his commoner status, it would have been hard to tell when he would have been able to become a noble.
So when he heard that Lord Sunan had sent two of his students to inspect, Moritz personally stood at the gate of the academy waiting early in the morning.
"Since the students enrolled in the college are all from common people and farmers, the literacy rate is not high, so the college has specially set up the most basic literacy courses, in addition to various basic subjects."
"At present, the students are mainly laying the foundation. In addition to cultural courses, they will arrange half a day every day to exercise and strengthen their bodies. Only after they enter the second grade will they be arranged to start learning martial arts, horse riding and breathing techniques."
While looking at the surrounding buildings, Sherman casually asked, "How many years does the college last?"
"It's a four-year program," Moritz said with a smile, "but as long as you become a knight, you can graduate early."
Sherman and Arthur both refused to deny the statement.
The Dragon Heart Knight Academy recruited students who were all eleven or twelve years old, and they came from common farming families. They had a poor innate foundation, and those who could become apprentice knights within four years were considered to have excellent qualifications.
It is almost impossible to be promoted to knight in four years.
Unless there is external influence.
"I heard from the teacher that starting from next year, the base will supply a batch of dragon blood fruit to the college every year." Atil said with a smile.
“That’s great!”
Moritz was overjoyed.
He himself relied on the Dragon Blood Fruit to break through and become a top knight, so he naturally knew how powerful the Dragon Blood Fruit was.
If there were dragon blood fruit as support, the students' growth rate would definitely be greatly improved.
Perhaps in the future there will really be a few elites who graduate early.
While talking, the three of them came to a wide playground where many students were running around.
"Everyone looks very energetic." Arthur said with a smile.
Moritz laughed and said, "Of course. These guys know that this is an opportunity they have finally obtained and can change their fate. Naturally, they cherish it very much and work very hard in their studies and training."
When Xie Man heard this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.
He is also one of those whose destiny has been changed.
The base and knight academy founded by the teacher changed the fate of hundreds of children like him who came from poor backgrounds.
And it is foreseeable that this number will continue to increase in the future.
At this time, the students on the playground also noticed the presence of the three people nearby.
When the crowd saw a man and a woman in robes accompanied by Dean Moritz, there was a commotion.
On the first day of class at the academy, a teacher told them that when they graduated from the academy, they would join the Knight Guard under Lord Sunan and serve the powerful and mysterious wizards.
One of the characteristics of wizards is that they are used to wearing robes.
In addition, they were accompanied by Dean Moritz, so the identities of the man and woman were obvious.
For a moment, many students subconsciously slowed down their pace, stretched their necks to look, wanting to see what the rumored wizard looked like.
The students reluctantly looked away until the supervising teacher ordered them to concentrate.
Looking at this scene, Sherman and Arthur couldn't help but laugh.
"Come on, Dean Moritz, let's go somewhere else and not disturb these students."
(End of this chapter)
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