Synthesis Wizard

## Chapter 24: A Complete Victory

The battle ended in a mere four or five minutes.

The arrival of Firebrand proved to be the final straw that broke the Black Scale Lizardmen’s backs. Wherever the little guy went, Black Scale Lizardmen turned into blazing torches, consumed by fire, screaming in agony as they rolled on the ground, ultimately turning into charred corpses.

Even the Black Scale Lizardman chieftain, though strong, could only hold out for a while longer against Firebrand’s attacks before finally suffering the same fate. One could say that Firebrand, as an elemental creature, was the perfect counter to the Black Scale Lizardmen, who lacked even martial energy and relied solely on their physical strength.

After the battle, everyone began to clean up the battlefield. Every soldier passing by Su Nan would sneak a glance in his direction, their eyes filled with awe.

While Firebrand was terrifying, the fact that Su Nan could summon such a creature filled them with even more respect. The soldiers who hadn’t participated in the battle in the Blackstone Mine area were especially shocked. They never imagined that the skinny Su Nan, their young master, would be so powerful. His strange, mysterious power seemed to be even stronger than that of their lord!

At that moment, they suddenly understood why those knight commanders always treated Su Nan with such deference. It was clearly out of respect for his strength!

“After today’s battle, the news of me becoming a Wizard Apprentice will probably be impossible to suppress.”

Noticing the soldiers’ gazes, Su Nan silently considered this. He didn’t mind too much, as such things couldn’t be kept secret for long. As Black Stone City’s knights grew in number, and as the Blackrock Cavalry Regiment became more active, more and more people would surely investigate the reasons behind it all. By then, he wouldn’t be able to stay low-profile even if he tried.

There were still some Black Scale Lizardmen elders, children, and women left in the tribe, about sixty or seventy in total. Kei didn’t slaughter them all, but instead ordered them to be bound and brought back to Black Stone City. He clearly planned to keep them as a constant source of blood for his purposes.

The bodies of the deceased Black Scale Lizardmen couldn’t be wasted either. Their blood was drained, stored in special preservation containers, and taken back.

Also bound and brought back was the giant lizard variant. Compared to the ordinary Black Scale Lizardmen, the giant lizard was an even better source of blood. After all, its blood was genuine Dragon-Lizard Blood.

On the way back, everyone was excited. Kei’s face wore a smile he couldn’t hide. This battle had completely eliminated the Black Scale Lizardmen, a festering tumor.

And the price they paid was only a loss of less than fifty soldiers.

Such a brilliant victory was largely thanks to Su Nan. He alone had eliminated seventy or eighty Black Scale Lizardmen, including nearly ten knight-level Black Scale Lizardmen elites. This battle could truly be described as a complete victory!

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More importantly, from now on, Black Stone City would have a steady supply of materials for crafting Lower-Grade Dragon’s Blood Potion. Kei could already see the knights of Black Stone City growing in number.

The triumphant army was warmly welcomed by the citizens of Black Stone City. Seeing the captured Black Scale Lizardmen prisoners being escorted, the cheers grew even louder. Many civilians whose relatives had been killed by the Black Scale Lizardmen couldn’t contain themselves and threw stones at the prisoners.

The soldiers didn’t stop them, pretending not to see, letting the civilians vent their frustration.

Back at the inner keep, Kei ordered the old steward, Gaile, to prepare food and wine, holding a celebratory banquet. The knights, led by Jornton, responded enthusiastically. The inner keep was enveloped in an atmosphere of joyous celebration for the entire night.

After the battle, Black Stone City returned to its path of development. Su Nan also began to get busy.

Aside from meditation, he spent most of his time crafting Lower-Grade Dragon’s Blood Potion. A vast amount of Black Scale Lizardman blood was transported into Su Nan’s laboratory, then transformed into Lower-Grade Dragon’s Blood Potion.

Almost every day, Black Stone City saw the birth of new knights.

It wasn’t until all the Black Scale Lizardman blood from the battle was used up and they started extracting blood from the captured Black Scale Lizardmen that Su Nan slowed down his crafting of Lower-Grade Dragon’s Blood Potion.

However, at this point, his attention began to shift to the giant lizard variant.

The giant lizard’s vitality was extremely strong. After ten days of recovery, the wounds left by Firebrand had completely healed.

Su Nan specially used Blackstone Iron to synthesize a batch of high-quality metal, crafting a huge cage to confine the giant lizard. To prevent it from escaping, he would give it a Fatigue Touch every day, turning the giant lizard into a scared creature that cowered at the sight of him.

In the giant metal cage, with the giant lizard staring at him with a look of utter misery, Su Nan, as usual, extracted a large tube of blood from its body before exiting the cage, closing the door and securing the lock.

The giant lizard’s Dragon-Lizard Blood concentration was even higher than he had expected, reaching 18.35%. If he were to use Black Scale Lizardman blood, it would take about twenty times the volume to synthesize Dragon-Lizard Blood with such a high concentration.

“Having Dragon-Lizard Blood with this concentration saves me a lot of time.”

Su Nan looked at the rows of jars on the workbench, filled with bright red liquid, all the blood he had extracted from the giant lizard in recent days. If he were to extract blood from the captured Black Scale Lizardmen, it would take him a month or two to accumulate this much Dragon-Lizard Blood.

“This should be enough.”

Taking a deep breath, Su Nan began to synthesize Sub-Dragon’s Blood and then started crafting Lower-Grade Dragon’s Blood Potion.

He had been crafting a large number of potions during this period, and his Potion Crafting skill proficiency had already broken through the 2000 mark, only 800 points away from reaching Level 3. The success rate of crafting Lower-Grade Dragon’s Blood Potion had also exceeded 30%. For a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice, this was an astonishing success rate.

Half a day later, there were over twenty vials of Lower-Grade Dragon’s Blood Potion on the workbench. Three of them had reached Intermediate Quality.

Su Nan placed each potion into the Magic Cube one by one. After placing three Intermediate and five Lower-Grade Dragon’s Blood Potions, the potion on the synthesis interface finally underwent a qualitative change.

【Dragon’s Blood Potion (Tier 1 / Lower-Grade), Consuming this potion can strengthen one’s physique. The specific strengthening amount depends on the user’s physique. The weaker the physique, the stronger the effect. Repeated consumption will weaken the effect. The user’s physique must be at least 5】

“Not bad.”

A satisfied smile spread across Su Nan’s face. If he had tried to craft Dragon’s Blood Potion directly, with his current Potion Crafting skill at only Level 2, the success rate would probably be a paltry single digit. Even if he were lucky enough to craft one, the cost of the materials would be at least six or seven times higher than it is now. Compared to that, crafting lower-grade potions and then using the Magic Cube to synthesize them into higher-grade ones was definitely more cost-effective.

Snapping out of his thoughts, Su Nan didn’t hesitate to synthesize the potion and immediately consumed it. His current physique was 5.61, just meeting the requirements for consumption.

A familiar hot current surged through his body, instantly coursing through his limbs and body. Su Nan felt as if his entire body was submerged in scalding lava, experiencing intense pain mixed with a thrill he couldn’t hide.

After a while, the strange sensations slowly subsided. Su Nan took a deep breath, feeling like his muscles and bones had become denser, and his body was filled with a powerful surge of energy, as if it could explode at any moment.

Looking at his stats, his physique attribute had become 11.46! An increase of nearly 6 points!

“It really is a Tier 1 potion!”

Su Nan beamed. In terms of physique alone, he was now almost on par with a Mid-Level Knight. His physique had even surpassed his 11.35 spiritual power. One could only say that strengthening one’s body was almost effortless for a wizard (apprentice), compared to increasing their spiritual power.

“The Star Ring Meditation Method only needs another 3000 points of proficiency to reach Level 4. At this rate, it’ll only take another month or so.”

Thinking about his upcoming promotion to Level 2 Wizard Apprentice, Su Nan couldn’t help but feel excited.

Snapping out of his joy, he used the remaining Lower-Grade Dragon’s Blood Potions to synthesize another Dragon’s Blood Potion. This one he didn’t plan to take for himself. He was going to give it to Kei.

“One person can only consume four to five Dragon’s Blood Potions. After that, it won’t have any effect. But that number should be enough for Kei to become a Great Knight.”