Synthesis Wizard

Chapter 124

Starlight Calendar 1254, the month of Scrolls (August).

The Duke of Hulan was killed in his ducal mansion.

The entire family was wiped out overnight.

The news spread, causing a commotion among the upper echelons of the Principality of Starsea.

The nobles from the royal lineage were all apprehensive, fearing that they might be assassinated by Su Nan in their sleep.

The Hulan Province also fell into a state of leaderlessness due to the death of the Duke of Hulan and the extermination of his entire line of inheritance.

Taking this opportunity, Baron Staley, stationed in Gold Wheat City, led his troops north, capturing four towns in a row, including Yayan City, in just half a month, advancing like a broken bamboo.

If not for the fact that most of the Shining Light Territory’s troops were in the other two provinces, and Baron Staley’s army was not large enough, he alone might have been able to conquer the entire Hulan Province.

In the same year, the month of Harvest (September).

The Shining Light Army captured the city of Soman, the central city of the Soman Province, and the newly appointed Duke of Soman was captured.

Thus, the entire Soman Province fell into the hands of the Shining Light Territory.

After a three-day rest, the Duke of Shining Light led his troops out, their sharp edge aimed at the Purple Bamboo Province. Joining forces with Baron Jordan, stationed in Mengguang City, they besieged the Purple Bamboo Province, capturing over two-thirds of its territory in less than a month.

It was clear to everyone that the fall of the Purple Bamboo Province was inevitable.

On the other hand, the royal family’s Red Leaf Province army was still engaged in a protracted battle with the Duke of White Tower, despite having the upper hand. There was no indication that they could take down the White Tower Province in a short period of time.

As for the Frost Dye Province, it was still under reconstruction and could be considered militarily insignificant.

By now, the tide of the war had completely turned.

Many who had initially favored the royal family and mocked the Shining Light Territory’s foolishness were now speechless.

In their place, rumors of the Shining Light Territory overthrowing the royal family became increasingly prevalent.

A tavern room.

Su Nan gazed at the golden light swirling in his palm, a delighted smile on his face.

【Divine energy, 12 standard units, completely purified pure energy, can be converted into any form of energy.】

“It’s done!”

“Completely unpolluted, pure energy!”

After draining all the divine grace from the holy artifacts, Su Nan had finally synthesized 12 standard units of pure divine energy.

Without hesitation, he flicked his finger, wrapping the golden light around it, then pressed it against his forehead.

Under the guidance of his invisible spiritual power, the golden light slowly seeped into his forehead and disappeared.

A familiar feeling of sublimation surged from the depths of his mind!

This was the feeling of his spiritual power rapidly increasing in a short period of time.

Su Nan closed his eyes, patiently converting the divine energy into spiritual power bit by bit.

He didn’t know how long it had been, but when the last trace of divine energy was finally depleted, Su Nan opened his eyes and immediately opened his interface. RÃ₦ÒΒʧ

【Spiritual Power 41.26】

“Not bad, an increase of 3.02!”

Su Nan smiled in satisfaction.

The divine energy had not disappointed him.

If he didn’t build a new Star Ring and simply practiced normally, it would take at least three or four years of meditation to increase his spiritual power by this amount.

Besides, the increase in spiritual power could also accelerate the growth rate of his proficiency in the Star Ring Meditation Method.

“I’ll need to practice to see the exact increase.”

“But that’s not urgent, let’s take care of the Starfire Sect first.”

Su Nan got up and went to the window, opened it, and looked out at the street below.

After killing Auveig and the Duke of Hulan, he had immediately rushed to Giant Nan City in the Red Leaf Province.

This was also the headquarters of the Starfire Sect.

After the Duke of Starsea declared the Starfire Sect as the national religion, Giant Nan City had essentially become the sect’s territory.@@@@

The entire city was actually controlled by the Starfire Sect, even the city guards had been replaced by the sect’s so-called Holy Teachings Group.

Those warriors clad in armor and wearing star-patterned cloaks that Su Nan had seen at the Duke of Hulan’s mansion that night were members of the Holy Teachings Group.

Su Nan had assumed that Giant Nan City would be placed under martial law after Auveig’s death, and that the guards would become more vigilant.

But when he arrived in Giant Nan City, he found that the actual situation was completely different from what he had expected.

The city was still peaceful, bustling with people on the streets, no different from a normal town.

Instead, the Holy Teachings Group soldiers stationed at the city gate seemed somewhat worried and absent-minded.

According to the conversations he heard in the tavern, they seemed to have rarely seen the Holy Teachings Group patrolling the streets in the past few days.

The Starfire Sect’s worship ceremony, held every three days, had also been postponed several times.

Based on these clues, it seemed that the upper echelons of the Starfire Sect had fallen into chaos, to the point that it was affecting even those below.

Su Nan found it rather strange.

Even if Auveig was dead, the Starfire Sect wouldn’t be so panicked, would they?

Only the Grand Priest had died, not the Pope.

Shaking his head, Su Nan activated his invisibility cloak, jumped out of the window, and walked towards the Starfire Sect headquarters.

No matter what, he would settle things with the Starfire Sect today.

He would also see if he could harvest some more holy artifacts.

Su Nan vaguely understood.

“As expected of the Wizard Apprentice who killed Auveig, you have some skill.”

The gray-robed man’s eyes, which looked like insect compound eyes, stared coldly at Su Nan.

“You’re after the Divine Remains too, aren’t you?”

Divine Remains?

Su Nan’s expression moved.

Was this the reason behind the Starfire Sect’s possession of divine blood and holy artifacts?

But who was this man, and why did he know the secrets of the Starfire Sect?

Thoughts raced through his mind, but Su Nan remained unfazed, replying calmly, “So what?”

The gray-robed man cracked a terrifying smile, revealing a bizarre grin.

“Then it’s unfortunate, but you’ll have to give up. The Starfire Sect’s Divine Remains, we, the Eternal Society, must obtain them.”

Eternal Society?

A Wizard Apprentice organization?

If it was indeed true, judging by the name, this group of Wizard Apprentices seemed to have ambitious goals.

“You want to take advantage of the situation?” Su Nan sneered.

He had essentially single-handedly brought down the Starfire Sect. This so-called Eternal Society’s Wizard Apprentices hadn’t done anything, yet they were jumping out to take advantage of the situation at the last minute. How could he tolerate that?

“So you won’t give up?” The gray-robed man cackled.

Su Nan didn’t bother with words, directly launching a Magic Missile.

Seven Magic Missiles roared towards the gray-robed man, but his body exploded with a bang, transforming into a swarm of insects that scattered, flying towards the courtyard. He only left behind one cold sentence:

“You’ll regret this!”

Su Nan was slightly stunned, he hadn’t expected the gray-robed man to be so arrogant in his words, yet so decisive in his escape.

This was inconsistent!

After confirming that the gray-robed man had truly left, Su Nan shook his head, his gaze turning towards the Starfire Sect disciples.

With the gray-robed man’s departure, the insects also flew away. The Starfire Sect disciples who had survived the ordeal sat slumped on the ground, gasping for breath, looking fearfully at Su Nan.

One evil spirit had gone, but another remained.

Su Nan looked at the old man who had recognized him first, and asked, “Who was that man?”

“I, I don’t know much about him.” The old man answered fearfully. “He had infiltrated the sect headquarters once before, but was driven back by the Grand Priest Auveig.”

When he mentioned the Grand Priest Auveig, the old man’s gaze towards the person in front of him became even more fearful.

After all, it was said that the Grand Priest Auveig had died at the hands of the person before him.

Su Nan realized then that the gray-robed man knew he couldn’t win, so he had left without hesitation.

Was he going back to get reinforcements?

But to be able to escape from Auveig’s grasp unharmed, the gray-robed man must have been one of the better ones among Third-Rank Wizard Apprentices.

It seemed that the Eternal Society was not some second-rate force, he would have to ask the others about it next time they gathered.

“Where are the Divine Remains?” Su Nan asked again.

“I don’t know about any Divine Remains.” The old man looked confused.

Su Nan frowned, and directly cast a Charm Human spell, asking again, but the answer remained the same.

The others were equally clueless.

After thinking for a moment, Su Nan asked again, “Where is your Pope?”

“The Pope is still in seclusion.” The old man looked towards the building behind him.

Apparently, that was where the Pope of the Starfire Sect was in seclusion.

Su Nan sneered, “Such a big event has happened, and your Pope is still in seclusion. You’re quite calm.”

Below the Pope of the Starfire Sect were the Grand Priest Auveig and the three other chief priests, Yensen, Jorris, and Brack.

These four people had all died at Su Nan’s hands. The upper echelon of the Starfire Sect could be said to have been completely swept away.

Their Pope still hadn’t come out to take charge, still in seclusion, which was truly incomprehensible.

It was no wonder the Starfire Sect was in chaos, even being attacked at their headquarters, with almost all the disciples killed.

“The Pope’s secluded chamber is made of tempered steel, even a Legendary Knight wouldn’t be able to break it from the outside. The key to enter the chamber is only with the Grand Priest Auveig, we can’t open the chamber, nor can we contact the Pope.”

Key?

Su Nan thought back, then shook his head.

He had been a bit too harsh in killing Auveig, except for the holy artifacts, everything about Auveig, including himself, had been destroyed to the point that there was not even a trace left, even if there was a key, it would have been long gone.

It seemed he would have to change his habit of being too forceful.

Putting aside his thoughts, Su Nan looked towards the building in front of him.

His curiosity was growing.

According to the descriptions of these disciples, the Pope of the Starfire Sect rarely appeared, and most of the sect’s affairs were handled by Auveig.

Even only Auveig could see and contact the Pope.

This was obviously not normal.

It was almost as if the Starfire Sect was completely controlled by Auveig, and the Pope was completely superfluous.

This was clearly not something a normal church should have.