Capítulo 13: Chapter 13: Wizards Seek Truth, Not Immortality
If one were to ask what the most valuable thing in a wizard's legacy was, knowledge would undoubtedly be one of the answers.
Suppressing his excitement, Sunan hurried to the bookshelf, his eyes scanning the titles.
Graphic Design, Material Science, Life Energy Structure, Fundamentals of Enchantment Runes, Principles of Puppet Mechanics, Basic Puppet Construction, Puppets and Golems...
Over eighty percent of the books were related to puppet creation.
It was clear that the owner of this place was passionate about this craft, even obsessed.
No wonder he created puppet creatures like the Iron-Swallowing Beasts.
But where did this wizard apprentice go?
Sunan had a vague guess. He turned and walked towards the desk.
The surface of the solid wood desk was covered in a thick layer of dust, bare of any items. Sunan opened the drawers. The first few were empty, but the last one contained two diaries, a ring, and two boxes.
He took out the top diary and opened the cover.
On the slightly yellowed first page, there was only a single line of writing.
[Anger McLean, recorded in the Starlight Calendar year 1124.]
Starlight Calendar year 1124, which was about 125 years ago.
"The appearance of the Iron-Swallowing Beasts in the Blackrock Mine seems to have been a little over a hundred years ago."
Sunan pondered, continuing to turn the pages.
The paper of the diary was of an unknown material, managing to remain intact after all this time.
[Starlight Calendar year 1124, April 12th]
[Today I completed the exploration of the Blackrock Iron vein. As I guessed, the reserves of this vein are very rich. Now I have plenty of materials for my puppet experiments. This is great news. I've decided to build a laboratory deep in the mine as my future retreat.]
[Starlight Calendar year 1126, February 8th]
[The Blackrock Panther experiment has finally achieved a key breakthrough! Soon, I will be able to successfully create my own puppet creature!]
"So those puppets are called Blackrock Panthers," Sunan raised an eyebrow.
[Starlight Calendar year 1127, March 15th]
[Hahaha, success! I finally successfully created the first Blackrock Panther. This is my own unique puppet creature. I am indeed a genius!]
[However, the Blackrock Panther's combat power is still not good enough. It's quite a bit weaker than a formal knight. There are still many areas that can be improved, and I need to collect more combat data.]
[There are just a lot of knights outside. Let them be the Blackrock Panther's opponents. They are truly a lucky bunch.]
[Starlight Calendar year 1128, June 10th]
[The improvement experiment is going well. The Blackrock Panther now has a combat power comparable to that of a primary knight. Unfortunately, that cowardly lord abandoned this mining area. I have to find a new target to provide combat data. Perhaps the Blackscale Lizards in the north are a good option.]
Each page of the diary didn't contain much, only two or three sentences.
And the time spans were relatively large, with the shortest interval being more than half a year.
Most of the later content was about the progress of the Blackrock Panther improvement experiment.
Occasionally, there were mentions of meditation, spell learning, and going out to collect materials.
From the words, it was not difficult to see that this wizard apprentice named Anger was somewhat arrogant and reclusive, not liking to interact with the outside world.
It was worth mentioning that he was also a level 3 wizard apprentice.
In the Starlight Continent, an elemental wasteland with scarce resources, it had to be said that Anger was indeed a genius, having the capital to be arrogant, to be promoted to a level 3 wizard apprentice before the age of one hundred.
However, as he grew older, Anger gradually shifted his focus from puppet research to cultivation, and the tone in the diary visibly became more anxious and confused.
[Starlight Calendar year 1162, September 20th]
[The increase in spiritual power seems to have reached a bottleneck. There has been no significant growth for more than half a year. Perhaps I should use some external force.]
[Starlight Calendar year 1163, January 4th]
[I'm in luck. I found a formula for the Nightmare Potion. If I can make the Nightmare Potion, it will definitely solve the problem of spiritual power not increasing!]
[Starlight Calendar year 1165, May 19th]
[Damn it! Why can't I find all the materials on the formula? I've already found the habitat of the materials according to the records in the book, but why can't I find them? Could the records in the book be wrong?]
[Starlight Calendar year 1167, February 6th]
[So that's it. The elements are lost, the concentration of energy particles has decreased sharply. The continent we are on has become a Jedi. No wonder I haven't encountered other wizard apprentices for so many years... No, I won't give up like this. If I can't find the materials, I will try other substitutes. I don't believe that I can't solve the problem with my wisdom!]
[Starlight Calendar year 1169, April 4th]
[Experiment failed.]
[Starlight Calendar year 1170, February 9th]
[Experiment failed.]
(Repeated experiment failure records)
[Starlight Calendar year 1192, March 16th]
[No, no matter how much I extract and purify low-level materials, the effect can't reach the point of replacing high-level materials. This potion simply can't be made successfully!]
[Damn it! I'm not reconciled!]
The content of the next dozen or so pages was filled with resentment and curses towards this world, as well as unwillingness, bitterness, and despair towards the invisible path ahead.
It wasn't until after the Starlight Calendar year 1200 that Anger seemed to come to his senses, and the words between the lines regained their calmness.
[Starlight Calendar year 1200, December 3rd]
[I can feel my life force gradually fading. It seems that I won't be able to live much longer.]
[If I undergo bio-modification, I might be able to live a little longer, but this is not my forte, and I don't want to turn myself into something neither human nor ghost for the sake of survival... No, perhaps it's just because that kind of transformation would make me completely lose hope of being promoted to a wizard. If I can't be promoted to a wizard, what's the use of living longer?]
[What wizards seek is truth, not immortality.]
[Starlight Calendar year 1202, May 5th]
[Death is getting closer and closer. I seem to be able to smell the decay of my body.]
[The good news is that I found the legend of the Star Tower in an ancient book. It is said that it is a legacy left by ancient wizards. Perhaps I can find a way to be promoted to a wizard there. This is my only hope now.]
[I've decided to go and find the Star Tower!]
Star Tower!
Sunan's expression changed.
In his few memories of the game from his previous life, the Star Tower seemed to be one of the only three wizard legacies in the Starlight Continent in version 1.0!
Not a laboratory left by a wizard apprentice like this one, but a legacy left by a true wizard.
It was the last bit of goodwill left to this continent by the wizards who had embarked on an expedition to the multiverse a thousand years ago.
It went without saying that there must be a lot of precious knowledge and materials in such a place.
If he could find the Star Tower, being promoted to a wizard would definitely no longer be a problem!
Sunan was excited and quickly turned to the next page, but what he saw was a blank page.
"It's gone?"
Sunan continued to flip through, but the rest of the pages were all blank.
Obviously, after Anger McLean went out to search for the Star Tower, he never came back.
He didn't know if Anger had found the Star Tower in the end.
Sunan guessed that the answer was probably no.
Otherwise, in the past fifty years, this laboratory wouldn't have remained untouched.
Thinking of this, Sunan couldn't help but sigh.
With Anger McLean's talent and aptitude, if he had been born in the era of wizards a thousand years ago, he would definitely have become a powerful wizard.
Unfortunately, he was born in the wrong
era and could only waste his life, dying with regret.
"A Jedi for wizards..."
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