Synthesis Wizard

Chapter 28: Magical Companion ‘Stealth Dragon’

Chapter 28: Magical Companion ‘Stealth Dragon’

Black Stone Castle, courtyard.

Su Nan stood in front of the banyan tree, his eyes fixed on the trunk.

To the naked eye, the area in front of the tree was empty. Even with careful observation, nothing could be seen.

Only Su Nan could sense the presence of something there.

“Charge.” Su Nan suddenly spoke.

The moment his words fell, a whistling sound suddenly echoed through the void.

Although there was nothing in front of him, a clear rustling sound could be heard, as if some creature was crawling rapidly along the ground.

And at that moment, a barely noticeable distortion finally appeared in the void that had been empty just moments ago.

The next moment, a giant lizard figure appeared out of thin air on the ground about ten meters away.

Amber-colored vertical pupils revealed a human-like ingratiating expression, and it let out a low whine, as if trying to curry favor with Su Nan.

Su Nan laughed, and could only praise, “Well done.”

After more than half a month of experimentation, during which he had failed more than ten times, he finally managed to transfer the chameleon’s color-changing ability to the giant lizard, and further strengthened its effect.

The giant lizard, having gained the ability to change color, could now instantly change its form to match its surroundings, achieving a near-invisible effect.

Only during high-speed sprints would a trace of its presence be revealed due to the lag in its form transformation.

Of course, unless it was a Wizard Apprentice, or a Great Knight with exceptionally keen eyesight, ordinary people would not be able to detect this trace at all.

But this ability wasn’t without its downsides.

While it was fine when standing still, once it started moving, its footsteps and the sound of its body rubbing against objects would betray its position.

Su Nan had no good solution for this.

After all, even the real ‘Invisibility Spell’ had the same flaw.

“There are flaws and there are flaws. Anyway, the color-changing ability is only a foundation for transforming a Magical Companion.”

“I hope you can awaken a more powerful ability on the basis of the color-changing ability.”

The giant lizard didn’t quite understand Su Nan’s meaning, but it simply let out a low, cautious whine.

Su Nan didn’t mind, using his Master’s Hand to scoop up the giant lizard and then walk into the laboratory.

It was a laboratory that had been temporarily cleared out.

A contract magic array composed of countless intricate patterns had already been drawn on the floor beforehand, shining with a faint black sheen under the candlelight, exuding an indescribable, peculiar charm. ?

Placing the giant lizard in the center of the array, Su Nan then cast a Sleep Curse. The somewhat anxious giant lizard instantly fell asleep.

Su Nan then used a small knife to cut his thumb and pressed it against the edge of the array.

As blood spread along the patterns, the array suddenly burst into bright light.

Countless black and red mists appeared out of thin air, drifting around to completely envelop and cover the giant lizard’s massive body. The mist continued to seep into its rough, thick skin.

Crack! Crack!

A series of fine crackling sounds suddenly sounded, and the giant lizard’s bones expanded, piercing through its thick skin, revealing their white brilliance in the air.

In a short time, the giant lizard’s entire body had become a giant skeletal structure nearly ten meters long, hanging with tattered flesh, curled up on the ground, nearly filling the entire laboratory floor.

Su Nan was forced to retreat to the doorway, but his eyes remained fixed on the giant lizard, holding a plant rune gemstone in his hand, ready to activate it to heal the giant lizard at any moment.

The transformation process for Magical Companions was not a 100% success rate.

The more powerful the creature, the lower the success rate of transforming it into a Magical Companion.

For a creature like the giant lizard, which possessed dragon lizard bloodlines, the probability of failure was at least 50% or higher.

Even with the assistance of rune gemstones, the success rate could only be increased by one or two percent.

The giant lizard’s bones continued to grow, quickly exceeding fifteen meters, but there was no sign of flesh proliferation, looking like a skeletal giant lizard.

Seeing this, Su Nan decisively activated the rune gemstone, and a gentle, light green glow immediately enveloped the giant lizard’s entire body.

However, the giant lizard remained motionless and unchanged.

“Did it fail?”

Su Nan frowned and sighed.

But the next second, a sudden change occurred.

The giant lizard’s previously ragged, broken skin suddenly grew countless black, oval-shaped scales the size of an adult’s palm, spreading rapidly over its entire body at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly re-covering the exposed bones.

After the scales formed, their smooth surfaces flashed a glimmer of light under the candlelight, gradually becoming identical to the surrounding environment, eventually completely concealing the giant lizard’s massive body.

“Color-changing ability? No, wrong, it seems different!”

Just as Su Nan was filled with doubts, the ‘disappeared’ giant lizard reappeared out of thin air, its appearance having undergone a dramatic transformation from before the transformation.

The original giant lizard was seven or eight meters long, qualifying as a giant beast, but after the transformation, its body had expanded by more than double, resembling a small mountain.

But although its body was huge, it was still fairly slender compared to its length, making it appear not bulky, but rather extremely swift and agile.

It quickly rushed to Su Nan’s side, bending its body softly into a circle, its large pupils staring at him intently.

Although its appearance was quite ferocious, Su Nan could feel the admiration and closeness that the giant lizard was conveying through the connection between their souls.

Magical Companions and their masters can sense each other’s emotions within a certain distance, similar to telepathy, which Wizards call emotional connection.

And as the Wizard’s spiritual power increases, they will later evolve abilities such as shared vision, shared magic techniques, and even more spell-like abilities.

In addition, the life of a Magical Companion is bound to its master.

Once the master dies, the Magical Companion’s physical body and soul will also vanish into thin air.

So in the Magical Companion’s mind, its master is the closest and most loyal existence in this world.

“You’ve worked hard.”

Su Nan reached out and touched the giant lizard’s head, which let out a low whine in response, its huge head gently rubbing against his hand, showing its affection.

Against the backdrop of its massive size, it had a strange sense of incongruity.

“Go outside and try your abilities.”

The man and the lizard quickly moved to the courtyard.

The process of transforming a Magical Companion took quite a while, and it was already night outside.

Under Su Nan’s command, the giant lizard leaped forward with incredible agility, soaring four or five meters into the air. In the moonlight, its slender body, from head to toe, suddenly vanished.

Then, a nearby banyan tree snapped with a crack, and its huge branches crashed to the ground.

“Strength and physical strength have significantly improved. In terms of physicality alone, it’s probably no longer below a Great Knight, but I still need to test it further.”

The giant lizard’s physical strength and color-changing ability had been strengthened differently, but these two were powers it already possessed, clearly not new awakened abilities.

Su Nan continued to watch with anticipation.

After charging a short distance, the giant lizard reappeared, turning back to charge towards the tree stump.

But this time, its body suddenly vanished halfway through, passing through the tree stump like a illusion.

“This is the ability to transform between reality and nothingness!”

Su Nan’s face showed surprise.

From the giant lizard’s performance just now, it seemed like it could instantly transform its body into a non-physical state, allowing it to pass through obstacles.

Keep in mind that the transformed giant lizard already possessed powerful destructive power and agile speed, and combined with the color-changing ability and the ability to traverse obstacles with void passage, it was simply the perfect assassin!

Its combat strength had instantly increased by several levels!

“What a perfect ability combination!”

Su Nan couldn’t help but marvel.

The ability to transform between reality and nothingness instantly remedied the flaw of the color-changing ability’s inability to cover up sounds, giving the giant lizard a truly perfect invisibility ability.

Hearing Su Nan’s words, the giant lizard let out a high-pitched call of excitement and pride.

Su Nan smiled slightly, “I can’t keep calling you ‘giant lizard’ anymore. I need to give you a new name.”

After pondering for a moment, he quickly had an idea.

“I’ll call you Stealth Dragon.”