Synthesis Wizard

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Chapter 99: One-Sided Acquisition

Although I decided to deal with the Hundred-Armed Monster, a creature comparable to a legendary knight of the third circle isn’t so easy to kill. I must make thorough preparations.

With the current strength I possess, I am not confident enough to eliminate the Hundred-Armed Monster.

“It’s good that the Hundred-Armed Monster shouldn’t be able to come to the surface for a while.”

From the conversations between the dog-headed creatures, the Hundred-Armed Monster was likely driven by a lack of food to have its minions raid. After my massacre, there are now a large number of corpses in the cave. That should be enough food for the Hundred-Armed Monster for a while.

During this time, I can prepare a way to deal with it. I already have some ideas.

This sudden incident did not affect my schedule. After attending Kei’s wedding, I continued to focus my energy on meditation and study.

After consuming a third-rank, mid-grade Transcendent Potion, my meditation efficiency improved significantly. Now, I can gain over 1800 points of proficiency in the Star Ring Meditation Method each day.

In terms of physique, after taking the Dragon Blood Fruit synthesized using the Magic Cube, my physique has surged to 30 points.

In terms of physique alone, I am already comparable to a Great Knight.

Now, my spirit and physique both meet the standards for fusing a Magic Emblem Core.

I am only lacking in the level of the [Magic Item Creation] skill and the materials for the Magic Emblem Core.

The former has been practiced for half a year, consuming a large amount of materials and creating a large number of alchemical-grade magic items and secondary magic stones. It’s now only 1000 points of proficiency away from reaching level 4.

As for the latter, I have recently researched four substitutes. I am currently only short of seventeen rare metals.

Besides that, the concentration of the sub-dragon bloodline in the Stealthy Dragon is steadily increasing. It rose from less than 8% to over 10% in two months.

“The bloodline concentration is easier to raise when it’s low.”

I glanced at the Stealthy Dragon sunbathing on the empty land.

It seems that due to evolving into a sub-dragon species, or perhaps because it awakened its fire-breathing ability, the Stealthy Dragon loves to lie down and bask in the sun. It has clearly picked up some of the ‘bad habits’ of dragons.

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Shaking my head, I withdrew my gaze and looked at the red-eyed raven flying in the sky.

Before hatching it, I specifically modified the egg and infused it with a hint of dragon bloodline.

The result is that the hatched red-eyed raven is much larger, has scales on its body, and its intelligence has also improved.

Normal red-eyed ravens are not even as powerful as probationary knights, but this one, infused with dragon blood, can already suppress two to three probationary knights in a head-to-head fight.

If the red-eyed raven hadn’t had such a weak foundation and couldn’t withstand too much dragon blood, I could have continued to strengthen it to the knight level.

“It’s a pity that living creatures cannot be synthesized and enhanced using the Magic Cube, otherwise it would be much simpler.”

However, through this modification, my [Creature Modification] skill has finally broken through to level 3.

“Tonight is the Mysterious Wooden Hut gathering.”

I walked towards the workshop and stayed there until night before returning to the meditation chamber. I took out the key to the trading house.

When the key became usable, I activated it immediately. After a flash, I was already in the familiar wooden house.

The bright moonlight shone in through the window, soft and beautiful. I could faintly hear the sound of the wind rustling the leaves.

Looking around, I saw Night Owl, Red Heart, Rose, and Grim Reaper.

There was also one more person. He was wearing a simple, almost undecorated silver mask. The table in front of him had the word ‘Scepter’ engraved on it.

“The fifth member?” I thought to myself.

“There are six members attending the gathering today, which is the highest number in recent years.” Night Owl said with a chuckle.

Rose and Red Heart looked at me subconsciously at the same time. They came to this gathering solely because of my existence, wanting to trade for more resources from me.

“By the way, Scepter, let me introduce you to the new member of the Mysterious Wooden Hut, Player.”

Scepter nodded to me amicably, his voice confident and steady.

“Welcome to the Mysterious Wooden Hut.”

“I heard from Night Owl that you killed Heb. Well done!”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“I always believe that everyone should abide by order. Order cannot be broken, otherwise it will only lead to the loss of everyone’s interests.”

“This is also the principle that the Mysterious Wooden Hut has always followed. Heb’s recent actions have seriously violated the agreement we made at the beginning. Even if you hadn’t killed him, we were going to kick him out of the Mysterious Wooden Hut.”

I raised an eyebrow. It seems that the Mysterious Wooden Hut is more principled than I thought.

Thinking about it, most wizard apprentices of the Mysterious Wooden Hut are more or less connected to noble forces or even royal families of certain countries.

For them, stability is the most important thing.

If everyone does not follow the rules and acts like Heb, doing things that harm the whole country for their own selfish interests, it will ultimately lead to a situation that is beyond repair.

After hearing Scepter’s words, Grim Reaper snorted coldly, but said nothing.

Night Owl shook his head and said: “The man is already dead, why are you still talking about this?”

Scepter chuckled lightly: “Night Owl, I know you want to find more wizard apprentices to join the Mysterious Wooden Hut so everyone can exchange more resources, but you have to carefully select candidates. People like Heb will only bring trouble to the Mysterious Wooden Hut.”

Rose and Red Heart nodded in agreement.

It has to be admitted that what Scepter said has some truth to it.

For example, the beast-化 disaster that Heb instigated this time. Outsiders who don’t know the truth might think that the Mysterious Wooden Hut is behind it.

At that time, the hostility that Heb provoked would also be attributed to the Mysterious Wooden Hut.

We wouldn’t want to take the blame for Heb.

Night Owl smiled wryly and nodded, saying: “Alright, I will be more careful in this regard in the future.”

“Thank you for your hard work.” Scepter nodded slightly to Night Owl.

I watched the whole scene, my eyes flickering slightly.

From Scepter’s words and actions, I felt a familiar aristocratic style. That kind of elegant manner, instilled from childhood through education, is something that outsiders can’t imitate.

Others might not be able to tell, but I can see at a glance that Scepter must be from a noble family.

“Rose, and this Scepter, plus me, the proportion of wizard apprentices from noble families seems to be quite high.” I thought to myself.

“Let’s not talk about these trivial matters, let’s begin today’s gathering.”

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Night Owl clapped his hands to get everyone’s attention.

“Who wants to go first?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Rose couldn’t wait to say: “I’ll go first.”

Then, she took out three boxes and placed them on the table, saying to me:

“Here are 356 low- and mid-grade gems, worth about 6,800 gold coins, plus four rare metals you need, and 54 wizard books. Altogether, I want to exchange them for 100 magic stones with you. What do you think?”

My eyes lit up and I took the items to inspect them.

As for the gems, I can never have too many of this strategic resource.

The four rare metals, except for one that I’ve already found a substitute for, the other three are materials I’m still missing.

This means that I only need fourteen more rare metals to complete the materials for the Magic Emblem Core.

As for the wizard books, I picked through them, removing the ones I already had. I kept the rest.

Finally, after some haggling, I paid 98 magic stones.

At the beginning of the gathering, the value of the first trade was surprisingly high.

Night Owl, Red Heart, and Grim Reaper have already witnessed my spending habits, so they remained relatively calm.

But Scepter, who hadn’t participated in previous gatherings, couldn’t help but show surprise.

When did the scale of the transactions at the gathering become so exaggerated?

Hundreds of gems and magic stones at a time!

Especially magic stones, which are rare items. How did Player get so many magic stones?

Scepter vaguely understood why six people were able to gather for this gathering, something that rarely happens.

It seems that he missed a lot by not attending the last gathering.

Night Owl and Red Heart also took out gems, wizard books, and rare metals, but the quantities were less than those of Rose.

I didn’t mind and accepted them all, adding five new rare metals to my collection.

When it was Grim Reaper’s turn, he unexpectedly placed a miniature soul crystal in front of me.

“Last time I was impulsive. I apologize for my offense. This is a small token of apology. I hope you can forgive me.”

Red Heart and Rose exchanged surprised glances.

They rarely see Grim Reaper show such a submissive attitude.

It seems that the temptation of magic stones was too great, even making Grim Reaper bow his head.

Night Owl seemed very calm, as if he wasn’t surprised by Grim Reaper’s actions.

I looked at Grim Reaper deeply and took the soul crystal.

I don’t know Grim Reaper’s true intentions, but I don’t care.

I joined the Mysterious Wooden Hut from the beginning to use this platform to obtain more resources.

As long as Grim Reaper doesn’t jump in my face and can bring me benefits, I don’t mind trading with him.

A little bit of conflict doesn’t matter in the face of enough profit.

Whether it’s me or Grim Reaper, we both have the same idea.

Seeing me accept the soul crystal, Grim Reaper breathed a sigh of relief and said immediately:

“I also have five miniature soul crystals. How about I exchange them for fifteen magic stones with you?”

I said without hesitation: “Ten!”

I must press hard when bargaining!

“Thirteen!”

“Eleven!” I added, “Just eleven!”

Grim Reaper was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: “Deal!”

I accepted the five miniature soul crystals calmly, but my heart was filled with joy.

I’ve been coveting soul crystals for a long time, but I didn’t want to show my hand to Grim Reaper, so I pretended to be indifferent to them.

Otherwise, even twenty magic stones wouldn’t be enough to exchange for so many soul crystals.

The price elasticity of soul crystals is very large.

Wizard apprentices who don’t refine high-level puppets rarely need soul crystals and don’t have much demand for them.

But for wizard apprentices who specialize in puppetry, soul crystals are precious treasures.

Scepter’s mouth twitched on the side.

In the past, the transactions were mutually beneficial, but today, it has become a one-sided acquisition by me.

Although he was complaining, he could understand.

If he had as many magic stones as me, he could also turn everyone into his suppliers.

Scepter considered himself to be quite wealthy.

In past gatherings, as long as he was present, he would always be the one who provided the most resources.

But compared to me today, he suddenly felt inadequate.

I wonder where Night Owl found such a wealthy wizard apprentice?

“Scepter, it’s your turn.”

Night Owl’s words interrupted Scepter’s thoughts.

Coming back to his senses, he coughed lightly, his hand brushing across the table. Three potions, a ring, and a staff appeared on the table.

“Three bottles of Calming Potion, one alchemical-grade protective ring, and one alchemical-grade staff that can continuously release three magic missiles. Anyone interested?”

Scepter’s eyes swept across everyone, pausing slightly on me.

To be honest, he also had his eyes on magic stones.

If he could, he would also like to exchange these things for magic stones with me.

But to Scepter’s disappointment, I remained indifferent, as if the things he took out were not worth my attention at all.

In fact, these things were indeed not worth my attention.

Calming Potion is a first-rank potion that can be used to assist in meditation and sleep.

But in terms of improving meditation efficiency, it is still inferior to Revitalization Potion.

Not to mention compared to Super Ability Potion and Transcendent Potion.

As for alchemical-grade magic items, I’m currently wearing eleven glimmering-grade magic items.

Moreover, I have hundreds of alchemical-grade magic items in my base warehouse.

Two alchemical-grade magic items are nothing to me.

Of course, exchanging them for magic stones with me would be profitable.

But I don’t intend to do that.

Taking everything for myself would look a bit greedy. I have to leave some soup for others to drink.

In the end, the three bottles of Calming Potion were traded by Night Owl, Rose, and Grim Reaper respectively.

The staff and protective ring were traded by Rose and Red Heart respectively.

“Does anyone else have anything else to trade?”

At the end of the gathering, Night Owl looked around and said.

Everyone looked at me.

Now, I was the only one who didn’t have anything to sell.

“I don’t have anything to sell.”

I shook my head, then changed the subject.

“But I want to buy something from you all.”

“What is it?” Rose asked curiously.

“Divine Blood Crystal.”

I noticed keenly that when I mentioned the Divine Blood Crystal, Night Owl and Red Heart’s hands trembled at the same time.

It’s obvious that they both know about the Divine Blood Crystal.

“Do you all know about the Starfire Sect?” I asked.

“Starfire Sect?” Rose tapped her finger on the armrest. “The national religion of the Starry Constellation Kingdom?”

Scepter pondered: “I’ve heard of this sect. It’s a weird cult, quite radical in its actions. It seems to have some connection to the gods.”

Night Owl coughed lightly and said: “I know about the Divine Blood Crystal. It’s the sacred object of the Starfire Sect. Attacking the Divine Blood Crystal is equivalent to seeking their death. Those fanatics will never give up until they die.”

“Player, what do you need this for?”

I said indifferently: “Secret.”

Night Owl shrugged and wisely didn’t ask further.

Red Heart said: “The Starfire Sect has a wide influence across the Starry Constellation Kingdom. They are not to be underestimated. The risk of going up against them is not small.”

In short, it means you have to pay more!

I held up a finger and said slowly: “One Divine Blood Crystal, twenty magic stones.”

As soon as I finished speaking, all the wizard apprentices present were moved.

They paid so many resources just to exchange for ten to twenty magic stones.

But one Divine Blood Crystal can be exchanged for twenty magic stones.

It’s worth it!

“Deal!” Red Heart was the first to agree.

The others looked at each other and also agreed.

They have no psychological burden in dealing with a cult that has ties to the gods.

I watched them, the corners of my mouth slightly lifted under the mask.

Although there are only five third-rank wizard apprentices here, the combined power they control could probably overturn a country!

With these five people keeping an eye on them, the Starfire Sect will definitely be in a state of panic!

Just by using some magic stones, I can greatly slow down the Starfire Sect’s efforts to spread their faith, weaken their strength, and collect Divine Blood Crystals at the same time. It’s a win-win situation for me!