Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 75 The Disaster Spreads
"Is this the dragon blood fruit?"

Key's eyes almost lit up as he looked at the baskets full of red fruits in front of him.

"Is this thing really one-third as effective as the lesser dragon blood potion?"

Su Nan smiled slightly and said, "Do you want to let someone give it a try?"

"No need. Aren't you and I still worried?" Kai laughed.

Of course he was not questioning Sunan, he just said that because he was too excited.

Because the supply of secondary dragon blood potion could not keep up, the expansion of the Black Rock Cavalry Regiment slowed down significantly during this period.

Even with the full support of the entire territory, the number of Black Rock Cavalry Regiment members currently only remains at around three hundred.

Among them, the number of knights accounts for only about two-thirds.

It is still a long way from the full knight army that Key expected.

He dreamed that Sunan would come up with a substitute for the secondary dragon blood potion as soon as possible.

Fortunately, this problem has now been solved.

With this batch of dragon blood fruit, the Black Rock Cavalry Regiment, which has been stagnant for a long time, can finally accelerate its expansion again!

Brad, Jordan and Starley, who were standing behind Key, also had happy expressions on their faces.

They all knew what dragon blood fruit meant.

With this, the military power of the Shining Territory will usher in another wave of rapid expansion!
"By the way, this is for you."

Sunan threw a dragon blood fruit to Keyi.

The latter subconsciously reached out to take it and asked in confusion: "This is..."

"After eating the specially made dragon blood fruit, you should be able to break through and be promoted to an intermediate knight." Sunan said.

In fact, this is a synthetic dragon blood fruit, which uses hundreds of dragon blood fruits.

If converted into dragon blood potion, it is roughly equivalent to three or four bottles of top-grade dragon blood potion.

After hearing what Sunan said, Keyi's spirits suddenly perked up. He carefully put away the dragon blood fruit, preparing to eat it at a suitable time later.

Such a good thing must not be wasted in a hurry.

It is best to practice breathing techniques immediately after taking it to achieve the best absorption effect.

Coming back to his senses from his joy, Key smiled and said, "I have issued a decree. From now on, all children over the age of twelve in the territory must undergo a qualification test. Those who are found to have the qualifications to be wizard apprentices will be sent to the base and handed over to you for training."

After a pause, Key hesitated, but finally couldn't help but said: "Can you lower the standards for selecting wizard apprentices?"

Such a big shining territory, but in the end only three wizard apprentices were selected, which is really too few.

Su Nan shook his head and said, "Being able to read enlightenment books is the minimum standard."

Doesn't he want to select more apprentices?

But the standard has been stuck and there is nothing he can do about it.

It would be useless for people who don't have wizard qualifications to be sent to the base. At best they can only do daily cleaning work.

And these are already being taken care of by clay golems.

After all, the selection and training of wizard apprentices is a long process and cannot be rushed.

With the current population of Shining Territory, it would be great if a qualified apprentice could appear every two or three years.

Unless the territory expands massively and acquires more territory and population, it is impossible for the number of apprentices to increase significantly in a short period of time.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Jordan at the back couldn't help but glance at Starley, sighed and whispered: "I really envy your son Corey for being able to become a student of Lord Sunan. Why doesn't my kid have this talent?" When mentioning his own son, Starley couldn't help but reveal a proud expression on his usually solemn face.

He was extremely happy when his son was found to have the qualities of a wizard.

If his son becomes a strong man like Lord Sunan in the future, the McKellen family may prosper and become a true aristocratic family.

Seeing Starley's smug face, Jordan felt as sour as if he had eaten a lemon, and began to wonder whether he should have more children.

"My youngest son will be twelve years old next year, and I will let him take the test then," Brad said hopefully.

Taking Starley's son as an example, all the knights in the Shining Territory who have families now hope that their children can be wizards.

Keyi ignored the whispering of his three subordinates and started chatting with Sunan about another topic.

"The beast transformation disaster in the Frost Province is getting worse and worse. Not only in Silver Ridge City, the beast transformation has also begun to spread to other towns."

Su Nan was surprised and asked, "Didn't Marquis Ran Shuang send out troops to suppress it?"

"I heard that during the suppression process, dozens of knights in the army were infected, causing the situation to deteriorate suddenly. The army sent to suppress it suffered heavy losses. I guess Marquis Ran Shuang is now in a state of panic."

The corner of Sunan's mouth twitched slightly.

Beastiality usually comes at the cost of complete loss of sanity, a sudden increase in strength, akin to a permanent state of berserk.

If a knight is infected, it is normal for his combat power to increase by one or two small levels.

If a peak knight is infected, his combat power can even soar to a level comparable to that of a great knight.

Dozens of infected knights are enough to directly attack a fully armed cavalry regiment of a thousand people. It’s a headache just thinking about it.

I don't know how the military generals in charge of suppressing the situation could have allowed things to develop to this point?
As if seeing Sunan's confusion, Key continued, "The general in charge of the suppression has been dismissed by Marquis Ran Shuang, and the new one is Lord Yoen. He is a senior general who has fought with Marquis Ran Shuang for many years, and he is also a legendary knight. With his help, the beast disaster should be suppressed soon."

Key's words were full of confidence.

After all, the legendary knights are already the top combat force of the Principality of Stars.

It would be easy for such a strong man to suppress a group of madly infected people.

In fact, all the nobles who knew about this had similar ideas.

But the development of the situation caught everyone by surprise.

Astral calendar year 1251, the month of Spring Dawn (March).

The legendary knight John was besieged by thousands of infected people in Magnolia City and died of exhaustion after a fierce battle.

The accompanying elite cavalry regiment was completely wiped out.

As the news came out, it caused a sensation in the entire Principality of Stars, and countless nobles focused their attention on Ranshuang Province.

The Thunderous Month (April) of the same year.

The beast disaster spread rapidly at an alarming speed.

Almost all of the province of Ranshuang, except for the central city of Ranshuang City, has been infected with beastism.

And Yinling City, the source of the disaster, was reduced to ruins.

The Hulan Province, Hongye Province and Baita Province, which border Ranshuang Province, have set up blockades on the borders and prohibited people from Ranshuang Province from entering their territories.

In the same month, Marquis Ranshuang asked for help from the capital and requested the capital to send reinforcements.

The following month, Grand Duke Fanxing sent troops into the Frost Province and began to suppress the infected.

For a moment, the entire Principality of Stars seemed to be filled with a precarious atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)