Chapter 69: Chapter 69: Epidemic In the study room. Sunan put down the book in his hand and nodded slightly. "Not bad, all three of you have passed." As soon as these words were spoken, Sherman, Cole, and Attila, standing in front of the desk, sighed with relief. "This is your reward." Sunan waved his hand, and three bottles of lesser Active Potion floated in front of the three of them. "This is a lesser Active Potion, which can boost your spiritual activity level, improving meditation efficiency and learning ability. One bottle lasts a month." Sherman and the others were pleasantly surprised upon hearing this, their eyes shining as they looked at the potion in their hands. According to the descriptions in the books, even a zero-level real wizard potion had effects unimaginable to ordinary people. Especially a potion that boosts meditation efficiency, which is particularly precious to Wizard Apprentices. "Keep working hard. There will be more rewards if you pass next month’s knowledge assessment." Encouraging the three of them a few more times, Sunan waved them off. "The learning progress of these three youngsters is quite commendable." "Especially Sherman. I originally thought his background might make his learning ability weaker than the other two, but surprisingly he hasn’t fallen behind at all. It seems this young one is worth nurturing." Sunan’s face showed a faint smile. At this pace, in about half a year, these youngsters should be able to take on some work at the base. Leaving the courtyard, Sunan headed straight to the training ground. Sure enough, Kei was practicing on the training ground. Brad and Jordon were also there. For the sake of steadying his strength, coupled with the need to supply the Black Rock Cavalry Legion with lesser Dragon Blood Potions, Kei hadn’t asked Sunan to make him a Dragon Blood Potion for the past half year. As a result, he was still a Junior Grand Knight, with no signs of a breakthrough yet. However, at twenty-one years old, being a Junior Grand Knight is quite remarkable in any country. Breton and Jordon, on the other hand, had taken the Dragon Blood Potion once. The former already showed signs of advancing to a grand knight. The latter broke through to become a Peak Knight three months ago. Noticing Sunan’s arrival, Kei immediately stopped training, took a towel from a servant to wipe his sweat, and smiled, "What brings you here today?" "I have something for you." Kei’s eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly, "What is it?" Brad and Jordon also looked curious. After all, everything Sunan brought out was always a treasure beyond their imagination. This time would likely be no exception. Under everyone’s expectant gaze, a longsword suddenly appeared in Sunan’s hand. The silvery blade gleamed in the sunlight, and the mysterious patterns on the surface of the blade shimmered with an exceptionally dazzling luster. "This is a Demonized Weapon." Sunan approached an iron target dummy and swung the sword down hard. Everyone felt as if a flash of fire passed before their eyes. The next second, there was a hiss as the iron target dummy was sliced diagonally from shoulder to waist, its upper half crashing to the ground with a thud. "This is..." Kei took a deep breath. As someone who regularly used sword-type weapons, he could naturally see how exquisite the longsword in Sunan’s hand was. The iron target dummy was forged from Black Stone Iron, extremely hard, and an ordinary blade could only leave a white mark on it at best. But under the swing of this longsword, it was as fragile as tofu. It was evident how incredibly sharp it was! Ordinarily, with such sharpness, the cut would be smooth and clean, but the cut was actually uneven, showing signs of melting. This clearly indicated that the longsword also had a flame-like damage effect. "This sword has the solidified traits of ’Armor Pierce’ and ’Weak Fire Element Damage.’ Apart from being far sharper than ordinary weapons, it also inflicts weak fire element damage when attacking," Sunan explained as he retracted the longsword. This was the product of him solidifying ’Weak Fire Element Damage’ on a demonized weapon with the ’Armor Pierce’ trait after three failed attempts. It was also the best demonized weapon he had made so far. This was largely because ’Magic Item Crafting’ had reached level 2; otherwise, he wouldn’t have succeeded. Currently, solidifying two traits simultaneously was Sunan’s limit. For more, he would need to wait for ’Magic Item Crafting’ to reach a higher level. Even so, Kei was already deeply attached to the sword. As he excitedly caressed the longsword, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration. Sunan never failed to surprise him with these marvelous gifts. A weapon like this undeniably enhances a knight’s combat capabilities significantly. With the longsword in hand, he even felt confident enough to face a Middle Level Grand Knight. On the side, Brad and Jordon stared at the weapon in Kei’s hands with envy. Seeing this, Sunan threw a demonized weapon each to Brad and Jordon. Brad received a shield with the solidified traits of ’Black Steel’ and ’Energy Concentration,’ making it extremely robust and capable of enhancing the power of Fighting Qi. Jordon got a longsword with ’Sharpness’ and ’Weak Fire Element Damage’ solidified. Thrilled to acquire demonized weapons, Brad and Jordon thanked Sunan repeatedly. "Can these weapons be mass-produced?" Kei asked with excitement. Sunan shook his head slightly: "These specific ones can’t, but slightly weaker ones with only one solidified trait can be mass-produced to some extent." "What’s the cost?" Kei asked immediately, this being his main concern. Flashing Territory now had to expand its armaments while also supporting Sunan’s base construction, creating significant economic pressure. "About twenty gold coins per piece," Sunan replied. This was mainly because the magic stones were synthesized by him, making the costs extremely low. Otherwise, according to market value (if there were one), the cost of a demonized weapon would be at least eighty gold coins or more. Kei sighed in slight relief at this. Twenty gold coins weren’t too exorbitant. A regular refined iron longsword would cost about three to four gold coins, so for weapons that were significantly better, being several times more expensive seemed fair. That said, equipping every knight in the territory with a demonized weapon would still amount to several thousand gold coins, marking a huge expenditure. Glancing at the weapon in his hand, Kei began pondering whether he could open up a new trade route with it. Noticing his thought process, Sunan immediately guessed his intentions and discouraged, "Forget about selling them externally. I don’t have that much time to spend on making demonized weapons." Kei felt a little disappointed but understood Sunan’s point. Having a Wizard Apprentice doubling as a blacksmith was indeed too much of a misuse of talent. After some thought, he eventually decided to first ensure every knight in the territory had a demonized weapon. Sunan nodded in agreement, handing over the demonized weapons he had made, including the failed ones, for Kei to distribute as he saw fit. With the matter settled, Sunan was about to leave when he noticed Kei’s clerk hurriedly running into the training ground, handing Kei a roll of parchment. Upon opening it, Kei’s brows immediately furrowed. "What happened?" Sunan paused to ask. Kei took a deep breath and said in a somber tone: "An epidemic has broken out in Ranshuang Province."