Synthesis Wizard

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Deep within the cavern.

In a low-lying basin, a clumsy clay golem was diligently working.

The crisp sound of an iron pickaxe striking the rock wall echoed continuously.

Clay golems also pushed mine carts filled with ore, rattling along the mine tracks towards the outside.

Over the past two months, this mine had contributed nearly fifteen thousand gold coins in profits to Su Nan, already offsetting the cost of killing the Hundred-Armed Monster and leaving a surplus.

Even more joyful for Su Nan was the fact that the ore vein was far richer than expected.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Su Nan estimated that the ore vein would continue to provide him with a profit of at least eighty thousand gold coins before it was completely exhausted.

That was equivalent to three or four years of potion sales!

After touring the mine and finding no issues, Su Nan went straight to the guard point.

The so-called guard point was the former dwelling of the Hundred-Armed Monster.

It had been cleaned up, and five iron golems stood guard here, motionless like statues.

The magic alarm was also still intact.

Su Nan arrived at the entrance to the underworld and walked in without stopping.

It had been almost three months, and he felt it was time to investigate the city-state’s situation.

Now, he had the powerful Magic Emblem Core as a trump card, and he carried twenty higher-grade rune gems.

In addition, the income from mining over the past few months had mostly been used by him to refine golems.

The Magic Cube now contained two iron golems, eight elite stone golems, and one hundred stone golems.

With so many cards in his hand, Su Nan was confident.

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Even if he encountered danger in the underground city-state, he had the means to escape if he couldn’t win.

Reaching the downward-turning entrance, Su Nan cast a levitation spell on himself, then applied a lightness spell and a stealth spell.

The latter two were his newly mastered fifth and sixth second-ring spells.

They were specifically prepared for this investigation.

As the spells took effect, Su Nan’s form instantly vanished, disappearing into the air.

His body also became lighter.

He jumped and floated effortlessly down into the passage.

Not long after, Su Nan emerged from the stalactites, and the bizarre island-heart city-state once again appeared before him.

Activating the Extreme Protection Ring on his hand, he also cast a shield spell and an energy particle protection layer on himself before slowly flying forward.

The lake at the bottom of the cavern was eerily calm, not even a ripple could be seen.

The dim light emitted by the fluorite embedded in the stalactites couldn’t reach the bottom of the lake, and looking down from above, the entire lake looked like a black curtain, radiating a chillingly lifeless silence.

One couldn’t help but wonder if any creatures survived in this lake.

Su Nan looked around but found no bridges or roads crossing the lake.

He couldn’t help but wonder how the people in the city-state left the island and entered the entrance to the stalactites above.

However, before long, Su Nan saw a strange flying creature approaching from the front.

It looked a bit like a hairy manta ray, with a wingspan of over five meters, and two half-human, half-lion creatures sitting on its broad back.

They appeared to be a combination of handsome humans and strong lions, with human upper bodies and lion lower bodies.

“Lion-Faced Men!”

Su Nan’s eyes narrowed, recognizing the origin of the two creatures.

Lion-Faced Men are very cunning and evil creatures.

They possess strong bodies and refined combat skills, making them natural warriors.

Some Lion-Faced Men even have innate quasi-magic abilities, such as various illusions, invisibility, etc.

Lion-Faced Men who have mastered these quasi-magic abilities are dreaded assassins in the underworld.

In addition, Lion-Faced Men often have high intelligence and can speak many languages.

Adult Lion-Faced Men possess near-knight-level strength, enough to easily take on four or five probationary knights in a one-on-one fight.

If they are elite warriors or nobles among Lion-Faced Men, they can even reach the level of Great Knights or even Legendary Knights.

“Looks like that’s the mode of transportation for the residents of this city-state.”

Su Nan watched as the manta-ray-like flying creature slowly flew to a stalactite with a hole in it, and then the two Lion-Faced Men jumped in one after another.

After the Lion-Faced Men left, the manta-ray flying creature slowly landed on the lake surface, floating motionless on the water, looking very leisurely.

Su Nan’s eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly made up his mind. He immediately turned around and rushed into the mouth of that stalactite cave.

Behind the entrance was an upward passage, which led to an open cavern.

Unexpectedly, there was an ore vein in the cave.

The uneven rock walls revealed reddish metal in many places, stretching continuously.

The two Lion-Faced Men were using curved swords to tap and strike the rock wall, not sure if they were exploring or doing something else.

Su Nan fired two weakening rays, and before the two Lion-Faced Men could even react, they collapsed to the ground.

When they saw Su Nan appearing out of thin air, they both widened their eyes in shock.

“Human!”

“Who are you?!”

Su Nan didn’t bother talking to them and directly knocked out one of the Lion-Faced Men, then interrogated the other.

“Don’t try to lie. I’ll ask your companion the same questions later. If I find out you’ve lied to me, believe me, you’ll regret it.”

Under the effect of the Understanding Language spell, the Lion-Faced Men understood Su Nan’s words completely and looked terrified.

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After some torture, the Lion-Faced Man finally couldn’t resist and obediently answered Su Nan’s questions.

After getting the information he wanted, Su Nan knocked out the Lion-Faced Man, then woke the other one up and repeated the interrogation.

He wasn’t being overly cautious. It was simply that Lion-Faced Men were known for their cunning, evil, and dishonesty.

Without some precautions, he might be led into a trap by these two Lion-Faced Men.

Unfortunately, Enchant Humans only worked on humanoid creatures or bipedal creatures similar to humans. It didn’t work on the half-human, half-lion Lion-Faced Men. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so troublesome.

After getting the information he wanted, Su Nan ruthlessly killed the two Lion-Faced Men.

He burned their bodies to ashes and then fell into contemplation, looking at the scorch marks on the ground.

According to the two Lion-Faced Men’s answers, the island in the center of the lake was an underground city-state ruled by Lion-Faced Men, with a population of about four to five thousand.

Of these, Lion-Faced Men only accounted for about two-fifths, while the rest were all kinds of slaves.

“A city-state ruled by Lion-Faced Men, this is going to be troublesome.”

Su Nan frowned secretly.

Although most residents of the underworld were inherently evil and had a terrible reputation.

But among them, there were also races such as Fire Dwarves and Gold Dwarves whose natures were not so evil and could be communicated with.

Su Nan had originally hoped that if he encountered a race that was easy to communicate with, both sides could sit down and talk, developing a friendly trade relationship.

But it had to be Lion-Faced Men!

This was not a race that could be communicated with, not even trusted.

Su Nan dared to guarantee that once the Lion-Faced Men discovered the entrance to the surface, they would inevitably invade the surface to plunder people and resources.

Or perhaps they had already discovered the entrance and were sharpening their knives at this very moment.

In any case, as long as the entrance to the surface still existed, a battle with the Lion-Faced Men was unavoidable.

“I need to warn Big Brother.”

Even Su Nan found the Lion-Faced Men city-state’s guard force to be quite formidable.

After all, it was almost two thousand individuals with near-knight-level combat power.

And among them, there were also many elite Lion-Faced Men and Lion-Faced Men nobles.

Legendary-level combat power was probably not uncommon.

“Let’s infiltrate the city and investigate first.”

Su Nan left the cavern and flew towards the island.

He safely crossed the lake and slowly landed on the edge of the island.

The entire city-state occupied about four-fifths of the island’s area, with the remaining one-fifth being a clear shoreline.

Whether swimming from the lake or flying from the sky, any creature that landed on the island would be observed by guards on the city wall in the distance.

It was precisely because he noticed this that Su Nan had made a point of learning stealth first.

He crossed the shoreline with a swagger and soon arrived near the city.

The towering city wall was estimated to be over twenty meters high, constructed entirely of square and rectangular bluestones. The craftsmanship was surprisingly good, looking thicker and stronger than the city walls of many human towns on the surface.

Su Nan was not surprised at all.

After all, a significant portion of the underworld’s residents were Dwarves.

This included Gray Dwarves, Fire Dwarves, Dilo Dwarves, Shield Dwarves, Gold Dwarves, and so on.

As everyone knows, Dwarves are very skilled in forging and building.

Therefore, the weapons and architecture of the underworld were actually no worse than those on the surface.

Looking around, there were many Lion-Faced Men warriors patrolling the city wall, their upper bodies bare.

There was also a group of Lion-Faced Men with curved swords at each side of the city gate, checking the residents entering the city.

However, what caught Su Nan’s attention was a black lion lying near the city gate.

It was completely black, even its eyeballs were pitch black, perfectly blending into the shadows. If not for Su Nan’s keen perception, he would have almost overlooked it.

After watching for a long time, Su Nan still couldn’t recognize what creature it was.

He shook his head and didn’t think about it too much. Due to the radiation from the earth veins, all sorts of mutated creatures often appeared in the underworld. Even those with the most extensive knowledge wouldn’t be able to recognize all of them. It was normal to encounter creatures they didn’t know.

He turned to look at the line of people waiting to enter the city.

There were all sorts of creatures, including Lizardfolk, Gnolls, Minotaurs, and even Ogres.

Under the intimidation of the Lion-Faced Men, these bizarre creatures, races vastly different, stood quietly together, lining up to wait to enter the city.

“Good luck.”

Su Nan’s face lit up with joy.

Magical Disguise was similar to Enchant Humans, it could only disguise as humans, humanoid creatures, or other bipedal creatures that looked like humans, not as Lion-Faced Men.

Su Nan had originally planned to try using stealth to sneak into the city, but now that he saw Lizardfolk, a subspecies of humans, things became much simpler.

Just as Su Nan was about to find a place to disguise himself as a Lizardfolk and return, something unexpected happened at the city gate.

The pitch-black lion that had been quietly lying by the city gate suddenly stood up, its pitch-black eyes fixed on a Lizardfolk in the line, then it suddenly opened its mouth and let out a deafening roar.

From a distance of over two hundred meters, the sound entered Su Nan’s ears, and his head suddenly ached, as if someone had hit him hard.

At the same time, the Lizardfolk in the line who was being stared at by the pitch-black lion groaned and staggered back a few steps.

As soon as the pitch-black lion stood up, the surrounding Lion-Faced Men noticed something was wrong. When they saw the Lizardfolk staggering, their eyes instantly became extremely sharp.

“That guy is strange!”

“Grab him!”

In a fierce shout, over ten Lion-Faced Men drew their curved swords, roared low, and lunged towards the Lizardfolk.

The line at the city gate instantly became a commotion, with a bunch of creatures backing away, highlighting the Lizardfolk.

Seeing that his identity was exposed, the Lizardfolk no longer concealed himself. His form instantly twisted and blurred, turning into a person wearing a long gray robe and a gray mask in the blink of an eye.

In the next second, a huge fireball shot out from his hand, hitting a Lion-Faced Man, who instantly turned into a torch, wailing as he rolled on the ground.

“Blazing Fireball!”

Su Nan’s eyes narrowed.

This cloaked person was also a Wizard Apprentice!

Whoosh!

Six magic missiles tore through the gloom, blasting the heads of four or five Lion-Faced Men into pieces.

After losing several companions in an instant, the Lion-Faced Men were not only unafraid, but their ferocity was aroused. They brandished a curved sword in each hand, their four claws pounded the ground, and they roared as they surrounded the cloaked person from all sides.

The cloaked person took out a staff, waved it, and continuously released magic missiles, while his other hand quickly cast spells.

Scorching Ray!

Blazing Fireball!

The scorching heat immediately spread, and the temperature of the air rose sharply.

Even though the Lion-Faced Men outnumbered them, they were being pushed back by the cloaked person’s magic storm.

However, at that moment, a muscular figure appeared silently from behind the cloaked person.

He swung his two swords in a criss-cross pattern, as if he had gone mad, and slashed out seven or eight times in one go, all hitting the cloaked person’s back at almost the same time.

Clang, clang, clang!

The dull sound of blades striking leather echoed one after another.

The invisible shield behind the cloaked person was shattered almost instantly. The powerful sword shadows then charged forward, but they were stopped by an invisible force field a few centimeters away from the cloaked person’s body, unable to penetrate.

Seizing this opportunity, the cloaked person flashed red, abruptly turned around, and kicked the Lion-Faced Man twenty meters away with a powerful kick.

Barbarian Strength!

The surrounding Lion-Faced Men had never imagined that this thin human could burst out with such amazing strength, and they were all taken aback, their attacks momentarily paused.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the cloaked person leaped up, paused slightly in mid-air, then flew off towards the distance.

The Lion-Faced Men who came to their senses immediately gave chase, but they were stopped by the lake.

By the time some Lion-Faced Men arrived on manta-ray flying creatures, the cloaked person was long gone.

“Damn it!”

The Lion-Faced Man holding two swords stood up from the ground, his face livid as he cursed, then swung his sword and chopped a cowering Gnoll in half.

In a passage in one of the hollow stalactites lining the top of the cave, the cloaked person stopped and looked back.

“Come out.”

Su Nan walked out of the darkness.

He hadn’t concealed his presence at all, so the cloaked person easily spotted him.

“Who are you? Why are you following me?” the cloaked person said coldly.

The voice beneath the mask was a neutral voice.

Su Nan smiled slightly.

“Long time no see, Rose.”