Chapter 199 The key is still Sunan

With the capture of the Spider City, the entire southeast region of the underground world completely fell into the control of the Star Alliance.

The war in the southeast region subsided, and then turned to development and exploitation.

In the entire southeast region, the Star Alliance had almost no external threats, so except for a small number of garrison troops, most of the military forces were gradually transferred to the northwest region front.

Dragon Skeleton Tower, study.

Sunan flipped through the latest war reports.

The war in the northwest region went very smoothly. After a series of disastrous defeats, the Fallen Star Alliance had basically collapsed, existing in name only, and each fought on its own.

Next, we just need to clean them up one by one.

At most four or five years, we can completely conquer the northwest region.

By then, the entire underground world will be in the hands of the Star Alliance!

Thinking of that scene, Sunan couldn't help but smile.

In his plan, the underground world is a very important part.

Even more important than the surface.

The rich resources of the underground world, especially various minerals and metals, play a very important role in building the wizard tower.

The wizard tower is essentially a large fortress that can accommodate thousands of people to live and practice, so the basic building materials required are a huge number.

Various stones and metals are measured in tons.

Without sufficient financial support, even the "shell" of the wizard tower cannot be built, let alone the various large facilities behind it.

In the wizard era, wizards who can afford to build wizard towers often control at least one private base, or colonial plane.

And Sunan's plan is to turn the underground world into his own private base to provide various resources and materials for his future development.

As for the surface world, it is currently a dumping ground for Star Alliance's goods and a place to provide fresh blood for Starlight Academy.

It is worth mentioning that the war on the surface world is also going very smoothly.

The unification war initiated by the Star Empire has reached the late stage. Now only three or four countries are still struggling to support it, but defeat is only a matter of time.

Judging from the war report, the Star Empire can end the war in the southeast region in two years at most.

After that, it may rest for a while, and then launch an expedition to the northwest region.

After closing the battle report and putting it aside, Sunan looked up at the secret puppet girl guarding both sides of the desk.

The battle with the half-spider god has proved the combat effectiveness of the secret puppet.

Although it was at a disadvantage from beginning to end, the opponent was a powerful god-favored creature that could compete with wizards head-on. To be honest, it was already very good that the secret puppet girl could do that.

After all, even he himself had to use the engraved gem and black thunder to kill the half-spider god.

However, this battle also exposed the weakness of the secret puppet - insufficient defense.

The body made of diamonds is indestructible when facing opponents below the wizard level.

But once it faces a higher level creature, it is powerless.

Otherwise, the secret puppet would not have had one arm cut off by the half-spider god.

We must find a way to strengthen the defense of the secret puppet, otherwise the next time we meet an opponent of the same level, insufficient defense will still become a fatal weakness.

"It is too inefficient to synthesize magic diamonds with higher hardness to replace the current body materials, and the cost will increase significantly."

"Add defensive enchantment runes. No, the current enchantment runes are already the limit. Unless you can find a material higher than mithril, you can't add more enchantment runes."

Several ideas emerged in Sunan's mind, but he rejected them immediately.

The necessary condition for realizing these ideas is the upgrading of materials.

It is not difficult to do this with a synthetic magic cube, but the cost is a significant increase in costs.

In the end, the cost may be millions of gold coins.

This is unacceptable to Sunan.

Even if he now controls half of the underground world, he can't be so extravagant and wasteful.

He still has to accumulate resources to build a wizard tower, and he can't waste too many resources on it.

-Of course, the main reason is that the cost-effectiveness is too low.

After thinking hard for a while, Sunan suddenly had an idea.

Since it is impossible to start from the body structure, then think of a way from external objects.

For example, magic items.

The puppet has no mental power and cannot activate magic items, but magic items can be embedded in the puppet and the activation method of magic items can be changed, so that the puppet can activate magic items with energy particles.

If you have to compare it, it is like an external device for a robot.

In fact, the two puppet girls have the ring of extreme protection embedded in their bodies.

If the level of the magic weapon is not too high and cannot be embedded in the puppet, Su Nan wants to install a restricted area, and the defense power will definitely increase dramatically.

However, the restricted area is not possible, but the magic pattern core can be tried.

The magic pattern core itself is a powerful magic item with both offensive and defensive capabilities. If the puppet can integrate the magic pattern core, it can not only greatly enhance the defense power, but also make the attack methods more diverse.

Originally, the biggest difference between the puppet and the wizard in terms of combat power is that there is no innate ability, and the magic pattern core can undoubtedly make up for this and narrow the gap with the wizard.

The more Su Nan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

The only problem is that the magic pattern core is very dependent on the consumption of mental power, and its energy source must be changed so that the puppet can use it.

It is not easy to do this.

However, if successful, the combat power of the secret puppet can probably be strengthened to the same level as that of the half-spider god.

Without saying anything, Sunan added a plan to improve the magic pattern core to his future arrangements.

This is destined to be another time-consuming research.

After that, Sunan looked at the dark branch at hand.

This branch is called the Black Key, which means the key to open the Black Forest.

After studying for this period of time, Sunan has roughly mastered the use of the Black Key.

At the same time, he also found that the Black Key was slowly absorbing energy particles in the surrounding air all the time.

It is estimated that it will take about three years to be full.

Based on this, Sunan guessed that the Black Forest is likely to be the same as the Starry Tower, which will only be opened once every period of time.

And the next time the Black Forest is opened, it is very likely to be three years later.

"I hope it can give me a surprise."

Sunan muttered to himself, his eyes flashing.

After the incident at the Starry Tower, he no longer had beautiful fantasies about the so-called wizard inheritance.

The Black Forest is very likely to be a facility for a certain wizard force to forcibly recruit people and lay out the cultivation of power in advance for the future return.

In order to obtain the resources inside, it is possible that there will be another big battle.

Although he has been promoted to a wizard and is much stronger than when he was in the Starry Tower, Sunan will not underestimate the Black Forest.

After all, it is a wizard's inheritance, and things related to wizards should not be underestimated. No one knows what dangers are hidden in it.

More importantly, the Black Forest is very likely to be related to the Spider Queen.

The Philier family has held clues about the Black Forest for so many years, and Sunan doesn't care if he doesn't believe the Spider Queen.

Maybe she has already extended her tentacles into the Black Forest.

What's more, the reason why the Spider Queen can intervene in the Starlight Continent is very likely related to the Black Forest.

Although it's just a guess, Sunan will not ignore any potential risks.

"Before entering the Black Forest, you must be fully prepared."

Sunan looked thoughtful.

In just three years, without a large amount of divine energy to absorb, there will definitely not be much improvement in the degree of spiritual concentration, and you can only think of ways from external objects.

"Once the research on the magic pattern core is completed, it would be best to refine a few more secret puppets."

"Prepare more engraved gems. With my current spiritual concentration, I should be able to try to increase the number of synthesis. Let's try twenty."

"And Black Thunder, it's time to make a few more."

In the battle to kill the half-spider god, the power displayed by Black Thunder made Sunan very satisfied.

At this stage, Black Thunder can be said to be the most powerful attack method in his hand.

Even liquid metal is not as good as Black Thunder in terms of instantaneous damage.

Such a powerful trump card, naturally the more the better.

However, Sunan now has only two Black Thunders.

To make more Black Thunders, a large number of Thunder Stones are needed.

"It seems that I have to go to the Thunder Element Plane as soon as possible."

Among the many elemental planes, the Fire Element Plane and the Thunder Element Plane are the two most dangerous and the most unfriendly to life.

For example, the Fire Element Plane is full of seas of fire, and the terrible high temperature will instantly turn a knight into ashes once he enters.

The Thunder Element Plane is filled with countless thunderclouds, and dense lightning and thunder fall from the sky every minute and every second. You may be struck by lightning while walking.

Without adequate protection, you may be struck by lightning and turned into ashes before you can walk far in the Thunder Element Plane.

In addition, the elemental spirits of the Fire Element Plane and the Thunder Element Plane are also very troublesome.

If it were just when he was promoted, Sunan would never set foot on the Thunder Element Plane.

But now he has many trump cards such as the Forbidden Zone and Black Thunder, and his spiritual concentration is more than 40%, so he has enough power to try to explore the Thunder Element Plane.

As long as you don't go deep into the core area, it shouldn't be a problem to be careful.

Aurora Kingdom, the capital Aurora City.

When Treve Janji walked into the meeting room, he found that the spacious hall was already full of people.

In addition to the royal family, the kingdom's famous nobles also gathered together.

"It seems that the pressure brought by the Starry Empire is very great."

Treve's eyes flickered slightly.

There are many mortal enemies among these people. They would draw their swords when they meet, but now they can sit opposite each other peacefully. It can be seen how great the pressure brought by the Star Empire is, so that they have to temporarily put aside their hatred and unite against the outside world.

Triv can understand it.

The Aurora Kingdom is located on the edge of the northwest region, close to the southeast region border, and is the closest country to the rising powerful empire opposite.

Once a war breaks out, the Aurora Kingdom will bear the brunt. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a matter of life and death.

"Triv, please come here in person."

Seeing Triv coming, the Aurora King who was sitting at the top stood up and greeted him personally.

The noisy nobles also stopped talking and stood up to greet him.

As the only third-level wizard apprentice in the Aurora Kingdom, Triv Jenji has a transcendent status in the kingdom. Even His Majesty the King respects him very much and dares not neglect him.

After a few greetings, Triv sat next to the king.

After he sat down, King Aurora couldn't wait to speak.

"Tref, you should have heard about the situation in the southeast region. What do you think?"

Tref considered his words and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the actions of the Starry Empire so far have proved that it has huge ambitions. The empire will never be satisfied with just the southeast region. After digesting the new territory they have conquered, they will definitely turn their attention to our northwest region."

"As expected, you think so too." King Aurora sighed, his face unable to hide his worry.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see what the Starry Empire was planning.

If any other country were in the position of the Starry Empire and had the power to conquer the Starry Continent, they would certainly make the same choice.

"Tref, what do you think we should do?" King Aurora asked worriedly.

The royal family members and nobles present also cast expectant glances at Trif.

They argued for a long time, but could not come up with any good solution. Now they could only expect this wise man who had always been resourceful to show them a clear way.

Facing the expectant gazes of the crowd, Trif was silent for a long time before he slowly said:

"Your Majesty, I think surrendering to the Starry Empire is a good choice."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed.

Triv didn't care and continued to talk: "The Principality of Jinghua in the southeast region surrendered to the Star Empire. None of its royal family members were liquidated. Instead, they were granted the title of Duke Family. Most of the nobles below the royal family also retained their territories. I think our kingdom can follow suit."

The hall fell into a strange silence.

The faces of King Aurora and a group of royal family members changed.

Although the Duke Family is not bad, how can it compare to controlling a country.

Once they surrender, their future status and power will inevitably be greatly reduced, which makes them difficult to accept.

The other nobles also looked hesitant.

Although most of the nobles of the Principality of Jinghua retained their territories, no one knew whether they were one of the "most".

Besides, there was no guarantee that the Kingdom of Aurora would receive the same treatment as the Principality of Jinghua.

Unless the emperor of the Star Empire made a guarantee in person.

After a long time, King Aurora broke the silence and said in a hoarse voice: "Is there any other way?"

Triv sighed secretly, knowing that King Aurora still couldn't let go of his power and status.

He was mentally prepared for this and said the second method he had thought of.

"The military power of the Star Empire is strong, but as long as the countries in the Northwest Territory unite, they may not be powerless to fight."

"The key is still Sunan!"

The word Sunan seemed to have some kind of magic, which made everyone in the hall change their faces at once

To this day, Sunan's reputation has spread throughout the continent.

Especially in the circles of wizard apprentices, royal families and upper-class nobles.

Everyone knows that the Star Empire has a formal wizard.

As soon as he was promoted, he killed more than a dozen third-level wizard apprentices of the Truth Council with thunderous means, showing the powerful power of wizards to the whole continent!

When this news was passed back to the Northwest Territory, it caused an uproar!