Chapter 177 The truth behind the wizard's legacy
Su Nan retracted his palm with a relaxed smile on his face.
The first level of the assessment was almost not difficult for him, and it took him a little more time to learn the last spell.
[Now start the second level, the skill assessment. ]
[Please choose the type of skill you want to be assessed from the following four skills. ]
[Potion making, biological transformation, magic item manufacturing, puppet refining. ]
"Assessment of skills?"
Su Nan almost didn't hesitate and quickly chose puppet refining.
In addition to the fact that [Puppet Refining] has the highest skill level, it is also because he has the most high-level puppet design drawings in his hands.
If he chooses potion making or magic item manufacturing, if he is asked to make high-level potions or manufacture glimmer-level magic items, he will be at a loss.
After all, he has obtained all the high-level potions and glimmer-level magic items so far through synthesis, and there is no corresponding formula or design drawings at all.
On the contrary, for puppets, from clay golems, stone golems, steel golems, to fine gold golems and secret puppets, the design drawings in his hand cover the knight level to the four-ring legendary level. No matter what level of puppets he is required to refine in the assessment, he can handle it more calmly.
The next moment when Sunan chose to refine the puppet, a door suddenly opened on the wall on the right, and a team of clay golems came out carrying things.
It was all kinds of metals, gems and soul crystals.
Sunan even saw high-end gems and small soul crystals inside.
After putting down the materials, the clay golems returned to the door, and then a dull sound of footsteps came, and a tall figure walked out from behind the door.
It was a huge puppet!
It was about seven or eight meters tall, and its whole body was made of huge bones. The pupils emitted a strange dark red blood light, and it exuded a foul smell and evil breath.
It also held a sharp bone battle axe in its hand.
Skeleton golem!
Sunan immediately recognized the origin of the golem in front of him.
A golem made of biological skeletons as the main material is a type of golem commonly used by many wizards (apprentices) who specialize in the undead faction.
"Could it be that the builder of the Starry Tower is also a wizard who specializes in the undead faction?"
Sunan thought secretly.
[The remaining time for the challenge is 87 days, 22 hours, and 18 minutes. Please refine a puppet that can destroy the skeleton golem within the specified time. The number is uncertain. If the time is exceeded or all materials are consumed, and the skeleton golem is not destroyed, it will be considered a failure. ]
Sunan felt relieved. This assessment content is much easier.
The combat power of the skeleton golem is similar to that of the steel golem.
One steel golem may not be enough to destroy the skeleton golem, but two will definitely be enough.
So far, Sunan has refined hundreds of steel golems, and the refining process is already familiar to him. It takes less than a day to make two steel golems.
In fact, it was true. Within a day, two new steel golems were produced.
Then came the battle.
As Sunan expected, the two steel golems easily suppressed the skeleton golem and broke it into pieces in less than ten minutes.
[Passed! ]
A beam of light suddenly shot out from somewhere, instantly disintegrating a steel golem and turning it into metal fragments all over the ground.
Another beam of light followed, and the second steel golem was also shattered.
Boom.
The clay golem walked out of the door, carried the materials back, and the bones and metal fragments on the ground were also cleaned up.
[Now start the third level, actual combat assessment! ]
As the sound fell, the opposite wall suddenly rumbled to both sides, revealing a large area of darkness.
A huge gray palm suddenly stretched out from the darkness, followed by arms, head, torso, and lower body.
A huge creature soon appeared in front of Sunan.
It was a huge giant, with dark gray skin with a hint of blue, dotted with dark or light spots, and cobblestone-like lumps of coin-sized bones and skin on its neck, shoulders and arms.
It had no eyebrows on its face, with prominent brow bones, a wide jaw, and lumps on its head.
There was no hair on its body, even its head was bald.
"Goliath!"
Sunan raised his eyebrows and recognized the origin of the creature in front of him.
Goliath is a kind of giant, with infinite strength and the ability to control airflow.
This alien creature has the power of a three-ring legend close to a four-ring legend when it grows up. It is a very powerful creature and a natural warrior.
After crawling out from behind the door, Goliath immediately stood up, and his height suddenly reached fifteen or sixteen meters. With his huge and burly blue-gray body, he gave people a heavy sense of oppression like a towering mountain.
[Defeat the trial creature to pass the level! ]
Sunan thought of the two steel golems that had just disintegrated, and couldn't help curling his lips.
This assessment really doesn't allow any loopholes to be exploited.
"Roar!"
Goliath roared, raised the huge mace in his hand, and rushed towards Sunan like a charging tank. The oncoming violent air wave even made Sunan's robe flutter.
Sunan's face remained unchanged, and as his mind moved slightly, countless silver metal liquids gushed out of his body, turning into a metal storm that swept out and submerged Goliath like a torrent!
Chi Chi Chi!
The endless muffled sound of the sharp blade cutting flesh and blood echoed in the hall, suppressing the shrill screams.
After four or five breaths, the metal storm returned and disappeared into Sunan's body.
Goliath had also disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood to prove its existence.
Under the full power of the Level 5 Magic Pattern Core, Goliath, whose strength was close to that of a four-ring legend, could not resist and was killed in just one encounter.
[Pass the level. ]
The meatball's mouth not far away opened and closed, spitting out a familiar mechanical sound.
[Congratulations on successfully passing the trial, rated A+, and obtaining the inheritance reward! ]
Crack!
In the center of the hall, the ground suddenly cracked into three cracks, and a rectangular stone pillar slowly rose in each crack, rising to about a meter and then stopped.
A bottle of potion was placed on the top of the rightmost stone pillar.
In the transparent potion bottle, the lavender liquid shone with a charming luster under the light of the Yongming Pearl.
A book was placed on the middle stone pillar.
On the leftmost stone pillar was an egg-sized, round silver bead.
[Construct potion, 'Bone' intermediate talent crystal model, spirit bead. 】
【This is your inheritance reward! 】
Construction potion!
Sunan was delighted.
As the name suggests, this is a potion specifically used to speed up the construction of talent crystal models. After taking it, the construction speed can be greatly improved.
A bottle of construction potion allows a wizard apprentice to successfully construct a lower-level talent crystal model within a month.
The effect is very strong!
Whether in the wizard heyday thousands of years ago or in the future wizard return era, construction potions are extremely precious potions, basically monopolized by those wizard forces, and wild wizard apprentices can't even see them.
The builder of the Star Tower was willing to take out the construction potion as a reward, even if it was an A+ evaluation reward, which really surprised Sunan.
The intermediate talent crystal model of the 'Bone' is also a very good reward, but now Sunan no longer cares about it.
As for the Spirit Pearl, as the name suggests, it is a crystal formed by the highly condensed mental power, which can be used to quickly restore mental power.
However, this thing can only be refined by formal wizards, and it comes at the cost of permanently reducing their own mental power.
Except for some wizards who are about to die, few people are willing to sacrifice themselves like this, so the value of the spirit bead is also very precious.
Needless to say, the ‘Bone’ talent crystal model, the construction potion and the spirit bead are obviously prepared for the second and third steps of the construction model.
Sunan estimated that in the trial estimate of the Starry Tower, those who can get an A+ evaluation are all level 3 wizard apprentices who are about to or are constructing the talent crystal model, so these things will be given as inheritance rewards.
I have to admit that the builders of the Starry Tower are still very generous.
Thinking of this, Sunan stretched out his hand towards the construction potion, but before he touched it, he was blocked by an invisible force field.
"??"
Sunan was stunned.
At this time, the meatball not far away opened his mouth again.
[Wizard apprentice, according to the rules of the Starry Tower, if you want to get the inheritance reward, you must first sign a vow contract. 】
Vow contract?
Sunan frowned slightly and asked, "What is the content of the contract?"
A light and shadow flashed in front of him, and lines of text appeared one after another.
After reading these words, Sunan's face suddenly darkened.
The content of the oath contract was that he would become a member of the wizard organization [Dark Throne] from now on, and he must not disobey any orders of [Dark Throne], and must not do anything that is not beneficial to [Dark Throne].
In short, once he signed this oath contract, he would become a slave of [Dark Throne] who would work hard and never complain.
Although it is called an oath contract, it is actually not much less harsh than the soul contract.
Unless his head is stuck in the door, it is impossible for Sunan to sign such a contract.
Besides, other people don't know, but he knows it very well.
There are not many wizard forces in the multiverse that can be called famous and well-established. There are only about ten of them, and [Dark Throne] is one of them.
Most of the members of this wizard force are wizards specializing in the undead system, and their behavior is extremely extreme.
If it were just that, it would be fine, but the key is that the organizational structure of [Dark Throne] has a strong feudal meaning.
The high-level wizards are high above, occupying and enjoying most of the resources.
The lower-level members are the exploited class. They signed the oath contract and can only work hard to collect and create resources for the organization for the use of the upper level.
They are called wizards, but in fact they are no different from slaves.
The reason why the oath contract is used instead of the soul contract is to reduce the resistance of the signer.
It is precisely because of this that the reputation of [Dark Throne] in the wizard world is extremely bad and is despised by many wizards.
"No wonder the Starlight Continent has left behind a wizard heritage."
Sunan finally understood it.
He had always been confused before.
The wizard group has never been associated with a sense of responsibility.
After the expedition to the multiverse, there are still wizards who left their heritage in the Starlight Continent, leaving a little hope for the later ones to become wizards. This is not normal no matter how you think about it.
Sunan initially thought that there was a special individual in the wizard group who gave without asking for anything in return, but now it seems that the truth is clearly different from his guess.
The Starry Tower is actually a facility set up by the Dark Throne in the Starlight Continent specifically for developing members.
Because of its bad reputation, few people in the multiverse are willing to join the Dark Throne.
In order to develop members, [Dark Throne] often takes some not-so-bright means.
The Tower of Stars is obviously one of them.
Without knowing the true face of [Dark Throne], facing the generous inheritance rewards and the hope of being promoted to a wizard, I am afraid that few people can resist the temptation and not sign the oath contract.
And once signed, when the elements revive in the future and the wizards return, these people will find out the true face of [Dark Throne], and it will be too late to regret it.
"It is indeed the shameless style of [Dark Throne]."
Su Nan curled his lips in contempt.
I know that there is no good thing that falls from the sky.
The so-called wizard inheritance is actually a scam.
In this way, the Black Forest and Falling Star City, which are as famous as the Tower of Stars, may also have a lot of tricks.
Even if it is not a pit like the Tower of Stars, at least it is impossible to easily obtain knowledge inheritance and resources without any effort.
"Forget it, let's think about the Black Forest and Falling Star City later, let's deal with the current situation first."
It is naturally impossible to sign an oath contract, and Sunan will not take the initiative to jump into the fire pit.
But according to the usual nature of [Dark Throne], at this point, even if he gives up the reward and does not want to sign the oath contract, I am afraid the other party will not allow it.
Sunan looked up and glanced at the meatball, and said in a deep voice: "I refuse to sign the oath contract and give up the inheritance reward."
After a few seconds of silence, the meatball spoke again.
[Challengers who refuse to sign the contract need to make up for the resources and energy lost in the trial. The cost is thirty superior magic stones. Please pay! ]
[Those who cannot pay will be eliminated! ]
Sure enough!
Sunan sneered.
In today's Starlight Continent, where can there be wizard apprentices who can afford thirty superior magic stones?
Even if it is Sunan, there are a lot of magic stones in his space ring now, but it is not enough to synthesize thirty superior magic stones.
Even he is like this, let alone others.
The rule of the Starry Tower clearly does not give challengers any chance to choose.
Either sign the oath contract or die!
There is no third choice!
[Please make a choice, challenger! ]
[Pay the fee or sign the oath contract! ]
Hundreds of mouths on the surface of the meat ball kept opening and closing, making mechanical and cold sounds.
Sunan could vaguely feel that something in the hall seemed to be aimed at him, and if he refused, it would immediately attack.
The cold oppression instantly enveloped his whole body!
Sunan seemed to be unaware of it, and a cold smile flashed across his face.
"Fuck your choice!"
He suddenly reached out to grab the construction potion, and countless silver metal liquids emerged at the same time, turning into a metal storm and slamming into the invisible force field!
