Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 502: Chapter 289: There’s Nothing They Can Do About the Little Star Alliance (Part 2)

After more than half a year of consolidation, the Star Alliance has basically taken control of the entire Wulan Plane, eliminating the various influences left by the Black Rope Tower.

As one of the main planes under the control of the Black Rope Tower, the abundance of resources in the Wulan Plane far exceeds that of the Wave Plane, even surpassing the Starlight Continent, which has seen its resources gradually restored and has been developed by the Star Alliance for a long time.

Not to mention, the mere existence of two medium-sized magic stone veins and one small magic stone vein is quite a pleasant surprise.

In addition, the most valuable aspect is the human race within the Wulan Plane.

Whether it’s cultivating Wizards or a Knight Order, the primary premise is having a sufficient population.

Therefore, in the Wizard World, planes with human civilizations are often more valuable than equally sized planes inhabited by non-human races.

For instance, even though the Wolf Tide Plane possesses the biological nest, a powerful tool of war, if Sunan were to choose, he would prefer a plane of similar size with a human race.

The latter often signifies more Wizards (Apprentices) and Demon Pattern Knights.

"Though the Black Rope Tower exploited the Wulan Plane harshly, they were still willing to invest."

Lize put down the file in her hand and said with a smile,

"The overall quality of the human race on the Wulan Plane is quite commendable, with seven or eight knights per thousand people and three to five Wizard Apprentices per ten thousand people."

The Star Alliance established a large number of Knight Academies on the Starlight Continent, and after cultivating and improving the Dragon Blood Fruit on a large scale across the continent for a millennium, the proportion of knights reached only about 0.2% to 0.3%.

The proportion of Wizard Apprentices was even lower, barely reaching 0.01%.

In comparison, the average quality of the human population on the Wulan Plane is quite remarkable.

However, thinking about it carefully, it’s quite normal; after all, unlike the Starlight Continent, which was freed from plane confinement only a few hundred years ago, the Wulan Plane has been managed by the Black Rope Tower for thousands of years, naturally boasting a superior environment.

"If we manage the Wulan Plane well, the Star Alliance’s number of Wizards will definitely see a significant increase in a hundred or two hundred years!" Lize said with a smile.

Currently, the Star Alliance lacks no resources, and with enough population, it can quickly cultivate a large number of Wizard Apprentices.

As the number of Wizard Apprentices increases, the number of Wizards will naturally grow rapidly as well.

"How’s the repair of the confiscated Wizard Towers going?"

"All have been completely repaired and were all redeemed immediately once placed on the exchange list. Many didn’t manage to grab any and are clamoring for a swift advance into the Xige Plane and the Manlo Plane to seize more Wizard Towers."

Sunan chuckled silently.

Indeed, war is the true driving force of development.

"What about the upgrades and modifications to the Wizard Towers?"

"They’re also proceeding smoothly. Nearly all Wizard Towers have undergone upgrades and modifications of their Elemental Pools and long-range strike firepower. The people below are quite active in this regard, as it determines whether they can earn more Contribution Points in the upcoming wars."

"The Maze Lock Protective Energy Field is relatively less common, with only about a third purchasing the enhanced version device, and even fewer other facilities."

Sunan nodded slightly.

After all, the time is too short, and the quantity of enhanced Wizard Tower facilities is still somewhat limited, insufficient to cover all the Wizard Towers of the Star Alliance.

Even so, the combat power of many Wizard Towers has improved by a notch.

The Star Alliance now has a total of forty-four Wizard Towers, and the number of Stellar Fortresses has increased to sixty-eight.

The flying fleet suffered significant losses in the recent wars and has not yet recovered, currently only having twelve fleets left.

However, in terms of war creation, the Star Alliance is already enough to crush the Xige Plane and the Manlo Plane.

"Development of the Wulan Plane must continue and cannot be neglected."

"But it’s also time to advance into the Xige Plane and the Manlo Plane."

Lize asked, "Which plane should be the main attack next?"

Sunan had long made a decision and replied without hesitation, "The Xige Plane."

Unlike the Wulan Plane, the Xige Plane, although inhabited by humans, does not have a large number, and humans are not the mainstream race.

The mainstream race in the Xige Plane is a sub-human species called Dragon Beastmen, creatures with both giant dragon and beastman bloodline.

An adult Dragon Beastman possesses Knight Level strength, extremely fierce and formidable.

This is a race quite suitable for soldiers.

The drawback is the limited power ceiling.

Due to the weak giant dragon bloodline within them, Dragon Beastmen can only reach the Tier Four Legendary Realm at most, never producing a bloodline knight or elemental knight level powerhouse, let alone a Wizard Level.

In the past, some Wizards conducted biological transformation experiments on Dragon Beastmen, attempting to break their power ceiling to reach Wizard Level.

But the experiment was abandoned halfway through.

Simply because to make Dragon Beastmen break through the power ceiling, it’s necessary to increase the concentration of the giant dragon bloodline within them.

But if that’s the case, why not directly nurture a giant dragon from a sub-dragon species?

The cost might even be lower in the latter case.

Overall, Dragon Beastmen are a species with not much potential but still quite useful.

In the Manlo Plane, the mainstream races are various giants such as Highland Giants, Sand Giants, Hill Giants, Forest Giants, Swamp Giants, and so on.

These giants generally can reach Grand Knight Level or even Legendary Knight Level.

A few leader-level giants even possess powerful strength comparable to Wizards.

The drawback, however, is their low reproduction rate.

According to reports, the Giant race in the Manlo Plane does not exceed two million in total, with only about half being warriors.

Additionally, the environment in the Manlo Plane is relatively harsh, with less resource abundance compared to the Xige Plane, and not comparable at all to the Wulan Plane.

The Xige Plane at least has two small magic stone veins, while the Manlo Plane has none.

Considering comprehensively, Sunan decided to make the Xige Plane the second attack target.

Capturing this relatively resource-rich plane early allows for earlier development.

Seeing Sunan had already made a decision, Lize had no objection.

As the order was issued, the Star Alliance military quickly mobilized.

As a precaution, Sunan left three Wizard Towers, eight Stellar Fortresses, one Golem Army, and two Demon Pattern Knight Battalions to guard the Wulan Plane.

Additionally, he also dispatched three Wizard Towers, ten Stellar Fortresses, and two flying fleets to support the Manlo Plane.

The remaining troops were all advanced into the Xige Plane.

After nearly a decade of war, although the Mages didn’t gain a dominant advantage in the Xige Plane, they established a firm foothold, securing a territory of over fifty thousand square kilometers.

With ample buffer zones, the Star Alliance army’s entry into the Xige Plane no longer needed to rush transporting the military.

Arriving at the Xige Plane, Sunan went to the Star Alliance military base first thing.

The Mages and a group of subordinate Wizards were already waiting in the council hall.

"Sir!" everyone bowed respectfully.

Sunan waved his hand, indicating not to be formal, and after sitting at the head seat, he inquired first about the situation of the Xige Plane.

Prepared in advance, the Mage reported in an unhurried manner: "The executive ruling power within the Xige Plane is an empire established by Dragon Beastmen, with them as the main ruling caste; however, in my view, it resembles more a super-large tribe. The initial estimate of the total population is at least twenty million, with a formal military of about three to four million."

An adult Dragon Beastman possesses at least Knight Level strength, meaning these three to four million troops are all Knight Level.

However, the people present were not concerned.

After all, counting the soon-to-be transported troops, the Star Alliance has a total of three Golem Armies in the Xige Plane, equaling three million Knight Level combat power.

Not to mention the Demon Pattern Knight Order and the Black Wolf Pack.

More importantly, the Dragon Beastmen can’t possibly divert all their troops for battle; some must remain to guard their base.

If they can muster three million troops to fight against the Star Alliance, that would already be impressive.

In terms of ground forces, the Star Alliance is not weaker than the Dragon Beastmen.