Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 419 - 247: Even Poorer Than Us (Part 2)

"What exactly is going on here?"

Evan sat in place, his face full of confusion.

The others had similar expressions, looking lost and dazed, feeling as if they had no secrets in the eyes of the enemy from the very beginning.

This feeling of having every action controlled by the other side was truly difficult to accept.

As they walked out of the detention area, Lize looked at Sunan curiously, and couldn’t help but ask:

"How do you know so many secrets about the Dark Throne?"

Sunan glanced at her and said, "Prophecy."

Lize felt half-believing.

There are indeed wizards who specialize in prophecy and can foresee some future events through prophetic magic.

However, she had never seen Sunan perform prophetic magic, nor was he known as a wizard specialized in Prophetic Series.

Moreover, information obtained through prophecy is often extremely vague and mysterious.

For Sunan to know even that the Dark Throne’s vanguard force has a Wizard Tower and Level 2 Wizards, it certainly doesn’t seem like information acquired through prophecy.

Her mind spun with various thoughts, but she suppressed her doubts and instead asked about the handling of those twelve wizards.

"Have you searched their belongings?" Sunan responded with a question.

Speaking of this, Lize curled her lips.

"Everything they carried has been searched. Aside from about a hundred magical stones and some rare materials, there’s nothing of value. Not even a bottle of Construction Potion. They’re not as good as our own Star Alliance wizards."

Sunan wasn’t surprised and laughed, saying, "The Dark Throne has a unique system, where even Level 1 Wizards are mostly exploited and are poorer than Level 1 Wizards of some second- and third-rate wizard influences. It’s normal not to find valuable spoils."

After thinking for a moment, Sunan decided, "These guys signed a contract with the Dark Throne. They won’t reveal any useful information under interrogation, nor will they surrender. We might as well kill them all and extract their souls; at least we can make soul crystals."

Against enemies, Sunan never hesitated.

The souls of twelve Level 1 Wizards are enough to create several Legendary-level soul crystals.

Lize agreed and then asked, "When will the main force of the Dark Throne’s vanguard arrive?"

Sunan pondered, "Not so soon. The Wizard Tower wanting to descend on the Starlight Continent requires a lot of preparation, taking at least three to four months."

"Moreover, the commotion of the Wizard Tower breaking the plane’s barrier will be noticeable and surely monitored by the Eye of the Star, you just need to keep people watching to find out."

Lize understood.

After discussing the main matters, the two chatted casually.

"During the capture of the Dark Throne wizards, Sherman and Cole happened to be near one of the targets and directly took them down."

"Such a coincidence? Or did those two specifically focus on this matter hoping to earn significant Contribution Points?"

"Who knows. However, because of this incident, many wizards in the Star Alliance complained to me about why they weren’t sent to counter the Dark Throne."

"The number of wizards in the Star Alliance is still too few, each one is hard-won. These battles should be left to the Witch Hunting Legion. I don’t want Star Alliance wizards to suffer casualties at this time."

Sunan did indeed think that, though this was only part of the reason.

The other reason is the reluctance to sacrifice precious support personnel.

If a wizard dies, there’s one less person to collect elemental dust for him.

This would be a great loss!

By comparison, wizard-level puppets can be remade if they die, at most only requiring more resources.

He initially formed the Witch Hunting Legion with this consideration.

"Without my orders, no wizard is allowed to go into battle on their own."

After instructing Lize to pass on his orders, Sunan then left, returning to the elemental pool at the top layer of the Wizard Tower to continue constructing the Talent Crystal Model.

Even though another batch of enemies would arrive in a few months, he was not worried.

Whether it’s the smaller Wizard Tower or Level 2 Wizards, they are easy to deal with.

The real concern is after the plane blockage is completely lifted and until the Star Alliance finds enough decoys, during this period the potential attack from the Dark Throne.

As for the vanguard team, once the Starlight Wizard Tower is completed, and Sunan advances to Level 2 Wizard, their threat has already sharply diminished.

...

"Sherman."

Walking along the corridor of the warehouse area, Sherman suddenly heard someone calling his name from behind, he turned to look, and it was Attila.

"Mentor Attila."

Attila came over, waving his hand and saying, "We are both wizards, equal in status, no need for the mentor suffix."

Sherman smiled slightly, not persisting in the topic, and asked, "Is there something you need from me?"

"I heard you fought with a wizard from the Dark Throne?" Attila asked with interest.

"That’s right." Sherman didn’t hide it.

"How did it feel?" Attila asked curiously, "How was the prowess of the Dark Throne’s wizards?"

Sherman pondered for a moment and said, "Honestly, weaker than I imagined."

"Weak?"

"Yes, the opponent has no super magic techniques, no witchcraft artifacts, nor powerful items like engraving gemstones, only the ’White Bone’ talent ability that’s somewhat decent."

"Hearing you say this, the methods of the Dark Throne’s wizards don’t seem to surpass our Star Alliance wizards much?"

"Indeed, I just talked with Attila, she said those twelve wizards had nothing valuable, only some magical stones and rare materials worth a bit."

Sherman showed some emotion.

Frankly, upon learning about the Dark Throne’s existence, he felt quite apprehensive about them deep down.

After all, the opponent is one of the few large-scale wizard influences in the multiverse; the environment for practice and heritage are far beyond what the Starlight Continent, just recovering from the Elemental Desert era, could compare.

Sherman didn’t say it outright, but deep down felt a sense of a country militia facing a city army.

Who’d have thought upon truly encountering the Dark Throne’s wizards, it’d turn out to be completely different.

As a fellow Level 1 liquefied wizard, the opponent wasn’t stronger than him, their methods not more intricate, not even having a single witchcraft artifact, resulting in being easily defeated by Cole’s Black Thunder.

This outcome truly shattered the powerful and mysterious halo in his heart concerning large wizard influences!

Sherman even felt those twelve wizards from the Dark Throne weren’t as wealthy as the Secret Puppets of the Star Alliance.

At least Secret Puppets have engraving gemstones and rings of protection and disaster enhanced to the Micro-Light Level limit.

Attila found herself momentarily speechless upon hearing Sherman’s words.

She had felt apprehensive about the Dark Throne herself.

When she learned about the Dark Throne’s wizards invading the Starlight Continent, she had been quite worried; who knew soon after she’d hear all twelve invaders were captured, causing her to be dazed for quite a while before coming to her senses.

It wasn’t until Sherman mentioned fighting them that she hurriedly came to get details.

"Looks like the wizards outside aren’t doing as well as we expected." Attila sighed.

Sherman chuckled, "Attila said Xingyun mentioned those large wizard influences indeed have richer resources, but the number of wizards is also high, meaning the resources each wizard can get aren’t much, hence the fierce competition."

"Conversely, in our Star Alliance, the number of wizards is small, coupled with teachers providing ample resources, so we don’t need to compete; as long as tasks are completed to earn Contribution Points, resources can be exchanged, with no competition among everyone, just finishing tasks."

"Though once the number of wizards in the Star Alliance increases, such excellent treatment won’t be available."

Attila cheerfully said, "In that sense, we benefited from the fledgling status of our influence."

"You might say that’s correct."

The two exchanged a look and shared a knowing smile.