Wizard: I Can Synthesis Everything
Chapter 157 - 155: The First Meeting After Six Years

Chapter 157: Chapter 155: The First Meeting After Six Years

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One month later.

Near Rhein Castle.

Lin Suo retracted the flames, sizing up the Mermaid Curse Entity in front of him.

Considering awakening the Demon Spirit Shark for work.

It had been dormant for quite a while now.

The Origin Energy within the Curse Scythe seemed very important to it and must not be disturbed.

As a symbiont, even in hibernation,

theoretically, it could still use some power, but not too much, lest it affects it.

"Let me think, how does the Demon Spirit clan store food?"

"This seal, no no, it should instinctively know."

Trying and trying, Lin Suo suddenly smacked his head and pulled out a plain piece of marble.

He often used this stuff for making Artificial Magic Stones, thus he always had some in his space belt.

Utilizing the Demon Spirit’s innate ability to devour curses, he absorbed the Curse Power from the charred corpse then, using the Power of Synthesis, merged it into the stone.

"Curse Magic Stone!"

"A Magic Stone of pure Curse Power!"

For him, this thing was a top-notch cultivation resource. Once the Demon Spirit Shark awoke, it could use the stored Curse Power to quickly advance his Wizard Rank.

Better save it, there might be other uses he hadn’t discovered yet.

A month went by.

Just as Lin Suo arrived at Rhein Castle, he cleared out the low-level cursed objects here.

As expected, the castle was empty, probably pilfered by thieves.

The slave knights and maids were mostly dead.

Only the bodies of the butler and the chief maid were not found.

Fortunately, only he knew the entrance to the basement, which wasn’t disturbed; otherwise, some of his outdated family assets would probably be gone.

The Synthetic Beast Yu Shark seemed to be doing fine.

Perhaps because of the aura of Demon Spirit on its body, it was recognized as a kin by those creatures and left unharmed.

"Let me see."

Delving a kilometer underground.

Lin Suo reopened the long-sealed underground door.

In the corner, rows of Frog Machines were neatly aligned, not having budged an inch, a total of more than twenty.

Lin Suo with a thought invoked his spiritual power into the Frog Machines, controlling them to reopen the underground network between Rhein Castle and Koster.

The old ones he had blocked before could now be used.

After all, the old channels coated with Earth Crystal Liquid were still intact, not destroyed.

Another corner was piled high with synthetic materials, various experimental tools, dissection tables, specimen rooms, and practice fields.

Facility after facility, material after material, stirred familiar memories in Lin Suo.

"Home is still more comfortable, the family at the Golden Academy just lacks a bit of warmth."

"No, it should be said it lacks a certain sense of freedom."

"The feeling of dependency, although very safe, always feels like there are shackles on the body, uncomfortable..."

While saying this, Lin Suo feared that he might foolishly give up his bright future.

He hurriedly packed up.

All valuable materials and equipment were packed up.

He himself possessed three storage rings now, and there was still plenty of space left in his space belt. What he couldn’t carry before, now he could.

Obsolete materials were directly destroyed.

The same with failed syntheses.

Completely erasing his traces, he then moved forward along the path arched by the Frog Machines.

"If hiding under Rhein Bookstore, the most likely place is the supply room."

"The shelter was specially prepared to prevent accidental disasters, didn’t expect the elves to use it."

It’s a stroke of luck.

To be able to enter his underground kingdom.

The castle and bookstore had an underground drop of nine hundred meters, generally around a hundred meters underground in the city when he was weak and there were no strong people in the city.

Now he needed to be cautious, trying to cause as little disturbance as possible.

A hundred meters range was too short.

The winged Crow-men stationed in Koster were generally around the Second Ring in strength, with the leader being a Sixth Ring combatant.

Whether he could fight them was another matter, but avoiding trouble was preferable.

Valia might be waiting for his rescue, Lin Suo didn’t want to delay, and his actions were swift.

In just one day, he searched all the shelters in the city.

"Could they have gone outside the city?"

"If not in the underground system of the castle, then the only places are the escape route in the sea and the Monster Salt Swamp, let’s check the Salt Swamp first."

Back then, for the purpose of stealing soil, he had indeed put in great efforts.

His nicknames Soil Mole and Lin Earth Mouse were no joke.

...

On the other hand.

After a month of anxious waiting with no sign of improvement.

Even someone as composed as Tina began to worry.

It was now October.

The celestial spheres meeting in January next year was drawing closer, and the old passages in the Monster Salt Swamp were bound to expand, and being close to it, they were hard to not be affected.

If really unable to wait, she had to take the risk.

During this time, she hadn’t just been waiting for rescue; she had already found a tunnel leading to the sea, the exit sealed by a stone wall, usable but highly risky, mainly because of too many burdens.

"Sister Tina, Sister Tina."

Just then, a crisp and pleasant child’s voice came, it was a little elf girl running over.

"Sister, someone’s here!"

"What?!"

"It’s a big brother, he’s got a lot of big toads!"

"Quick, take me there, have you informed Sister Valia?"

"Sister Lea has already gone over."

"Thank you, little Bella, let’s go."

"Mm~"

The little girl seemed to have moved past the pain of losing her family, happily hopping ahead.

And in the shelter’s living room.

Little Thea was put on the coffee table, Valia’s hands were wrapped around Lin Suo’s neck, refusing to let go.

It had been six years since that glance.

She felt like she understood what love was.

"Mr. Rhein."

Lin Suo was dazed, as if returning to that day.

A golden-haired elf girl, innocently asking him to eat more vegetables so she could mooch off his food.

And he often made bitter melon mixed with chili when the girl visited, trying to make her give up.

But instead... Lea rose to the challenge.

His fragile psyche during his tender years, left a deep impression.

"Lea..."

"Mmm～ I know."

Valia raised her head and leaned in, pressing against her beloved.

For a long time, neither wanted to let go.

"Cough cough!"

Tina’s cough made Valia panic and separate, a shiny crystal silk thread stretched between them.

Thread pulled!

The situation became even more awkward.

Tina’s impression of Lin Suo had actually improved quite a bit, but facing this situation, she still sided with her sister.

She gave Lin Suo an annoyed glance.

"How come you are here!"

Lin Suo smiled lightly, the unfamiliar feeling from not seeing each other for so long faded a lot.

"To get you guys out."

"By yourself?"

"Just me."

"What’s the plan? What’s the strategy?"

"I haven’t made one yet, I’ll devise one once I understand your situation better."

Tina choked, flipped her head tossing her platinum fishtail braid, and walked away in a stride, dragging along children who were reluctant to leave.

A tough exterior but soft-hearted woman.

It was then that Valia came back to her senses.

Noticing tiny Thea Rhein on the coffee table, her gaze slightly surprised.

"Rhein, she is..."

Lin Suo picked up Thea, placed her into the pocket on his back, hesitated but still said,

"My daughter, Thea Rhein."

His chances with Valia were slim, or rather, his chances with any woman were not great.

Occasional indulgence was fine.

But to be truly together, his lifestyle is not something people could accept.

He had secrets...

The time devoted to cultivation and research was barely enough, let alone to talk of love and affection.

Soon after, he was also facing the venture to a new world.

The High Elf Empire also has powers beyond the Ninth Ring; these Longevity Species standing at the peak of the world, did not have to worry about spots.

They each have their own means to leave.

Elves, Giant Dragons, humans, were the three dominant forces of Padolon, other races were low-level groups who had never even understood the Starry Sky.

And the Blood Clan has the Ancestor, while Crow-men originated from a hundred thousand years ago, it was unclear if they knew the truth.

"Your daughter..."

Valia’s face turned much paler, seemingly unsteady.

"Are you married?"

"No, but I won’t marry either."

Lin Suo didn’t want to lie to her, nor hurt her, better a short pain than a long pain, the more attachments one has, the more weaknesses one has.

He wouldn’t consider a romantic life until he truly stood at the peak.

"Wizards seek the truth, my remainder of life will endlessly follow this path."

"..."

"I understand."

Valia gave a relieved smile and led Lin Suo towards where they were staying, to get him familiar with the condition of the Elf younglings.

Tina was waiting for them there.

Seeing the two together, she was a bit surprised.

"That was quick?"

Lin Suo’s face darkened, the good impressions that had arisen falling back to zero.

"Are these all Elf kids?"

When it came to serious matters, the two women got serious.

"When the incident happened, we were all at an event held by the Nature Association, almost all the Elf children from Koster were with us."

"But the situation at the time... was too terrible."

"Curse rot corpses, Crow-men, and Blood Slaves slaughtering in the flames, their malice towards the living made them more ferocious, beneath the ashen remains, evil fog surged like tides..."

"It felt like the sky was falling..."

"Grandpa Antlers, Grandma Jones, everyone from the Nature Association died, only us who escaped through the secret passage."

"Later, we discovered the underground tunnel left in the Rhein Bookstore."

Tina and Valia each shared a part, and although now they seemed relaxed, Lin Suo could imagine the desperation they felt in that situation.

"I understand, let’s start retreating tomorrow."

"Go through the underground, you guys come with me to Rhein Castle first."

"Underground?"

Tina reminded.

"Rhein, we don’t have that kind of material, we’d be discovered by curse rot corpses as soon as we go out."

"I know."

"You don’t think my arrangements are just limited to a little bit under Koster, do you?"

Tina’s eyes brightened.

"Could it be..."

"Just follow me."

The two no longer voiced opinions, packed up bags and outfits, and sat with the children inside the Frog Machine.

Curiously observing everything outside.

The belly of the Frog Machine had the capability to expand space, fitting more than ten kids was not a problem.

The number was even more than twenty.

Sitting inside and looking out, the belly was transparent.

Thus they could also notice that as time passed, they were getting deeper underground.

"Rhein, you really are like a rat, truly worthy of being a Wild Wizard, so well-prepared."

"What do you know, this is called being prepared without any danger, I suggest you learn more."

"How did you do it?"

"This."

Lin Suo materialized the Power of Earth’s witchcraft into a scroll, and handed it to them.

Anyway, it was just First Rank witchcraft, without Earth Crystal Liquid to aid, it actually wasn’t as overpowered as imagined.

"This bottle I’m giving you, spread it all over the tunnel and activate it with magic power to take effect, you can also apply it on the body but be careful not to keep it for too long, there is a risk of petrification."

"Thank you."

After the small episode, the three of them barely spoke, occasionally revolving around little Thea, asking one or two questions.

Thus Tina came to understand the situation about her sister and him not being possible.

She looked more openly.

With an extremely friendly attitude towards Rhein.

A day later.