It Can Almost Be Called a Miracle

Based on the materials used, golems can be roughly classified into flesh golems, clay golems, stone golems, metal golems, and supreme golems, among others.

Among them, flesh golems are quite special, with their power dependent on the quality of the flesh used to create them, allowing a wide range of possibilities.

At the lower end, there are low-tier flesh golems made from the flesh of beasts, whose combat power is not much greater than that of a junior knight.

At the upper end, there are divine body golems made from the flesh of gods, which even true spirit wizards would avoid confronting directly.

Clay golems are more often used as laborers, as their combat ability is not particularly strong, enough only to bully apprentice knights.

Stone golems are slightly better, but still only reach the combat power level of a formal knight.

The variety of metal golems is much more diverse.

There are iron golems, adamantine golems, shadow steel golems, diamond golems, and so on.

Generally, the more valuable the material, the more powerful the golem.

Even the lowest-tier iron golem possesses the combat power of a legendary knight.

Shadow steel golems and diamond golems, for example, are capable of battling formal wizards.

Of course, the manufacturing costs for such golems are astronomically high.

Su Nan doesn’t even know if the Starlight Continent can still gather the materials to make shadow steel golems and diamond golems today.

As for supreme golems, they represent the primordial form of magical constructs.

On this primordial form, wizards have developed legendary construct beings like arcane guards, magic-powered armors, tower spirit constructs, mithril sages, etc.

These legendary construct beings are generally used to confront gods.

Aside from the golems mentioned above, there are also special models such as shadow golems, strangler golems, and bone golems.

However, due to their singular functions, only wizards with specific needs will create them.

In general, golems’ combat powers vary greatly depending on their type.

Many wizards make golems to serve as labor or guards.

Su Nan has had similar ideas.

However, to create a golem, a soul core is indispensable.

A soul core can give a golem simple intelligence, allowing them to engage in uncomplicated repetitive tasks.

Clay golems and stone golems are okay with this, as the quality requirement for their soul cores isn’t high, and gemstones can be used as their soul cores.

But for higher-tier metal golems, soul crystals must be used.

Based on quality and quantity, soul crystals can be divided into five grades: micro, small, medium, large, and legendary.

Typically, the higher the grade of soul crystal used, the more intelligent the golem created.

The soul crystal previously acquired by Su Nan from Cubero Manor is of the lowest micro level.

It’s fine for making iron golems but inadequate for higher-level golems.

However, having just an iron golem at this stage is something Su Nan is quite satisfied with.

“Once I build the magic crystal forge, I’ll start making golems.”

The second book that caught Su Nan’s interest was about how to artificially create secondary magic stones.

So-called secondary magic stones are energy crystals with less energy compared to true magic stones, made artificially.

Although they do not match real magic stones in versatility and functionality, they can often substitute them in many uses, thus being called secondary magic stones.

In the grand wizard age a millennium ago, secondary magic stones were not widely used.

However, as the concentration of energy particles has drastically declined, all magic stone mines in the Starlight Continent are now depleted, and naturally occurring magic stones can no longer be found, increasing the importance of secondary magic stones.

It can even be said that secondary magic stones have become the only choice for energy crystals for today’s wizard apprentices.

“This is good.”

“As for secondary magic stones, using the magic cube might allow them to be synthesized into real magic stones!”

Su Nan’s eyes lit up.

If he had magic stones, building a magic crystal forge in the future and setting up an energy particle gathering array for a magic plant garden would be considerably easier.

After setting aside the organized books, Su Nan turned his attention to the last box.

The box contained items that appeared to be quite ancient.

However, upon inspection, Su Nan found that most of them were antiques and of no use to him.

Only two items retained some patterns on their surfaces, indicating they were once magical items.

But due to the ravages of time, these two items were now completely ruined.

“As for magic items from a millennium ago, they are generally unusable now; getting a Protection Ring and a Magic Coin before was sheer luck.”

“It seems I still have to rely on myself to create magical items.”

Su Nan cleared away the useless items, instructed the servants to dispose of them, and then walked to the laboratory.

He had used many rune stones during this outing.

Considering the upcoming attack on Shining City, he needed to create a new batch of rune stones for self-defense.

Of the over two thousand gold coins obtained from the Starfire Cult’s outpost, he had converted all into various gemstones, planning to use half for making rune stones.

The matter of Baron Owen attacking Blackstone City caught the attention of many nobles.

At that time, when Baron Owen seized the title amid his brother’s death and exiled the two nephews to Blackstone City without any regard for dignity, it caused quite a stir in Jinyan Province.

Many speculated that once Baron Owen consolidated the Shining Lands and stabilized his title, he would move to eliminate the threat completely.

And the developments unfolded as anticipated.

Almost as soon as winter passed, Baron Owen could not wait to dispatch his troops.

He used the pretext of collusion between Blackstone City and the Starfire Cult, a charge that any clear-eyed person could see was nonsense.

Many nobles couldn’t stand Baron Owen’s shameless actions and felt sympathy for the Ke Yi brothers.

But no one thought Blackstone City could defeat Baron Owen.

After all, the disparity in strength was obvious at first glance.

But the final result left all who followed the matter utterly astonished.

Baron Owen had actually lost!

And it was a crushing defeat!

His five thousand-strong army was utterly routed, with only about half returning.

The elite cavalry regiment was completely annihilated.

The commanding Knight Martel and three lords were killed on the spot!

Describing it as a costly defeat is no exaggeration!

With this battle, the power dynamics between Baron Owen and Blackstone City completely reversed.

All of a sudden, all the nobles in Jinyan Province had a new understanding of the strength of Blackstone City.

The name Su Nan also officially entered the sight of many nobles.

According to the surviving soldiers, the three lords and Knight Martel were all killed by Su Nan.

The latter could unleash lightning, wind blades, and summon blood-colored vines, with methods that seemed miraculous.

He even had a beast capable of invisibility.

It was due to the beast’s surprise attack that the army was quickly thrown into chaos, ultimately leading to their defeat.

It can be said that the defeat of Shining City this time can largely be credited to Su Nan.

Through his efforts alone, he forcibly altered the outcome of the war!

Not a single noble who heard this intelligence was not taken aback.

Even a mighty knight could not accomplish such a feat.

Unless it was a legendary knight, there might be some possibility.

Achieving something even legendary knights may not be able to do at under twenty years old can almost be called a miracle!

It was from this incident that the nobles of Jinyan Province realized that legends about wizards were indeed true!

For a time, aside from the select handful of nobles who were already aware of the secrets of wizards from their high position, everyone else began gathering information about wizards.

And just four days after the war ended, an even more shocking piece of news spread, causing a huge commotion in Jinyan Province.

Blackstone City officially launched an attack, with the target being Shining City!