Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1028

Chapter 1017 The undead are ownerless; if anyone has the ability to experiment on them, they should take them upon themselves!

Principal Elliot said to Locke, “Mr. Augustine, I’d like to ask if the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow series from Silver Peach Garden can solve our academy’s current predicament.”

Locke frowned, because he suddenly discovered a way, albeit unorthodox, to eliminate himself from the Tianjiang Riverfront area ahead of time: destroying—the Tide Grand Wizard Tower.

The Tide Grand Wizard Tower had the responsibility of water level monitoring along the Tianjiang Riverfront and was also an original member academy of the local White Wizard Association. Logically, no one should have such an idea.

But Locke seemed to see a hidden enemy challenging him, asking if he wanted to gamble.

He gambled on whether they dared to destroy the Tide Grand Wizard Tower, thereby losing his academy’s funding and his eligibility to compete for the Two Rivers Riverfront Fund.

Or he could stay and protect the Tide Grand Wizard Tower, but in that case, he wouldn’t be able to escape the region’s strife by temporarily leaving this wizarding land.

Seeing Locke’s silence, Dean Elliott’s heart sank. While it was true that relying on others was less desirable than relying on oneself, the White Ice Tower currently had the support of the March Council, Master Chikun’s help, the assistance of the Rose School, and the alliance of thousands of shops in the Rose Building.

Therefore, the Tide Wizard Tower also needed help.

And after being ambushed and crippled by the White Ice Tower, the only thing he could think of was seeking Locke’s assistance.

Locke suddenly asked, “Dean Elliott, I want to know, how exactly did your conflict with the White Ice Tower begin?”

Dean Elliott’s eyes dimmed slightly.

“Is that so? It seems Mr. Augustine has already noticed.”

“That’s right. Within the wizarding secret realm discovered by the students of our two academies, there was a Star Ring resource that could potentially help me advance to the Moon Ring realm. So, I interfered in the matter between the two students and forced the students of the White Ice Tower Academy to abandon that wizarding secret realm. I returned to the Tide Grand Wizard Tower with the Star Ring resource, but I didn’t expect that the students of the White Ice Tower, after abandoning the resources inside that secret realm, would actually return, bringing with them their official wizards, and kill our wizarding students.”

Headmaster Elliott smiled bitterly.

He pushed his wheelchair, turned it, and came to the window, looking down at the buildings of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower Academy.

“I often wonder, for me, is advancing to the level of a Moon Ring Wizard more important, or developing the Tide Grand Wizard Tower? As a wizard, constantly exploring the truth is my innate duty; but as the headmaster of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower, protecting the young wizards and apprentices under my command is also my duty. Both are my duties, yet I have neglected one because of the other.”

A rare hint of guilt appeared on Headmaster Elliott’s face.

“I often think that if I hadn’t been so aggressive, insisting on acquiring the Star Ring resources within that wizard’s secret realm, perhaps this war wouldn’t have happened. I deeply regret my overly domineering actions that day.” “

If only I could do it all over again. But no matter what, I must protect my Tide Grand Wizard Tower

. “

A resolute look flashed across Headmaster Elliott’s face.

“Mr. Augustine, could the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow sold in Silver Peach Garden help us win this war?”

After listening to the headmaster’s words, Locke sensed something was amiss, because according to what he said, there seemed to be traces of other forces interfering.

After being persuaded to leave by a Star Ring Archmage, the apprentices of the White Ice Tower dared to return with a formal wizard?

This seemed reasonable, but in reality, it was highly unlikely.

Logically, a formal wizard wouldn’t dare risk offending a Star Ring Archmage by entering that wizarding secret realm.

Locke said to Principal Elliott, “I understand. I can tell you that the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow is the one who can influence the wizarding war between you and the White Ice Tower.” “

However, before that, I need information on the White Ice Tower’s commonly used spells, as well as information on the commonly used spells of your Tide Archmage Tower. Can you provide that?”

Principal Elliott’s pupils suddenly contracted.

“If that’s the case, that would be wonderful.” “

I really want to personally make amends for my mistake.” “

This wizarding war was actually started by me, but I dared not tell anyone, and since no one has yet discovered my whereabouts, I haven’t even confessed to the teachers and students of the Tide Archmage Tower.”

Principal Elliott lowered his head.

“Of course, for some reason, the White Ice Tower hasn’t publicized this either.”

“I have considered other possibilities. But now that things have escalated to this point, my only focus is on dealing with the White Ice Tower, at least until we force them to sign a peace agreement. As for bringing in the Wizarding Association to mediate, I’m not considering that. Because the March meeting will definitely favor the White Ice Tower.”

Locke nodded and said, “Peace is only within the range of cannons. Dean Elliott, if what you want is peace, then I can tell you that Silver Peach Garden can definitely bring it to you.”

“Silver Peach Garden will always be the best magical plant shop along the Tianjiang River. This will not change even in a thousand years.”

Dean Elliott’s eyes gleamed.

“If this war can be resolved, that would be wonderful. But aren’t you leaving soon?”

Locke said, “Before I leave, I will conduct a comprehensive upgrade of the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow. After this upgrade, at least we can guarantee that your Tide Grand Wizard Tower will not lose.”

Dean Elliot said, “This—”

“You want to intervene in a large-scale wizard war from thousands of miles away?”

“Alright, we can provide you with information on the Tide Grand Wizard Tower’s damp magic, as well as related commonly used war equipment. I can also provide information on the White Ice Tower, but because of the undead nameplates, it is difficult for us to capture them, so it is difficult for us to provide you with complete information.”

Locke said calmly, “It’s alright, Dean, just send your information to my office in the Tide Grand Wizard Tower. Then, I will personally go and capture an undead from the White Ice Tower. If it is an undead, then it will not be considered that I attacked a White Wizard.” The

White Wizard Association can accept any race to become a wizard, but the undead are not included.

Therefore, any act of attacking the undead does not violate the law.

Locke said, “Besides, while I’m away from the Tianjiang coast, a wizard named Daniel will come in a wizard airship. He will represent me fully. He will continue to be responsible for the after-sales service of the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow and will carry out a new round of technical upgrades for the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow.”

“Headmaster, I’m leaving.”

Headmaster Elliott hesitated, his eyes filled with hesitation, but after thinking for a moment, he said to Locke, “Then I’ll leave it to you. Mr. Locke Augustine, although our Tide Wizarding Tower is just an academy located on the Tianjiang coast, we have a long history. The founding wizard created this academy specifically to train water level testers and water purifiers for the safety of the Tianjiang coast and the Wizarding Land. Six hundred years of foundation cannot be destroyed in my hands alone.”

“I’m not asking you in my capacity as headmaster.”

Headmaster Elliott struggled to stand up from his wheelchair with his hands. He was so weak because the ice magic of the white ice tower had frozen his legs, making it difficult for him to move them.

He gripped the edge of the desk.

“I often think, even if I were to advance to become a Moon Ring Wizard, how could I compare to the Tide Wizarding Tower, an academy built from the hard work of so many wizards over the past six hundred years? How could I possibly be worthy?” “

Locke, this is a request from a Star Ring Wizard colleague. I want you—help me.”

“Help the Tide Wizarding Tower.”

“Don’t let the Tide Wizarding Tower be destroyed.”

Locke glanced back at the headmaster, then whispered, “Headmaster Elliott, you’ve forgotten, you yourself are also part of the academy. Your advancement to Moon Ring Wizard is inherently important to the academy. As for the conflict between the Tide Wizarding Tower and the White Ice Tower, the conflict between your two sides wouldn’t have been this intense.”

“Someone is interfering.”

Locke quickly turned and left.

Headmaster Elliott paused, then said blankly, “My becoming a Moon Ring Wizard is inherently important to the academy?”

After leaving the Tide Wizarding Tower’s castle, Locke opened the Water Hyacinth System, found Rose’s contact list, and sent her a message.

“Rose the Witch, are you aware that there’s a large alliance of shops selling necromancy artifacts inside your Olayer Building? I think you should investigate your Rose Building,”

Locke said. “I wonder when she’ll see this?”

“The Water Hyacinth System hasn’t indicated whether she’s read it or not. There’s been no reply yet.”

“Her building must have many clients; information will probably be hard to find.”

On the hundredth floor of Rose Building, in an office with a nameplate bearing Rose the Witch’s name, Rose looked at the Locke Augustine icon on her pinned contact list.

“Oh? Locke actually contacted me for the first time ever.”

Rose chewed on a piece of wizard candy, her cheeks puffing out.

“They actually said my Olaye is selling necromancy artifacts. What is Locke up to? But I’m about to leave the Tianjiang coast for a while, so I can’t worry about that now.”

“Before I leave, I still need to make some arrangements.”

“Joshua.”

Joshua held up a book and said, “I have collected the magical data of the wizards of the White Ice Tower and the Tide Great Wizard Tower as you requested, and based on this data and the preliminary experimental data you gave me, I have developed a plan. Take a look.”

The witch Rose opened the plan he handed her, nodding repeatedly. It was made using more than fifty kinds of magical plant fibers, and then using her Spider Paradise·Great Magic to weave about seven different wizard robes. These wizard robes are lightning-proof, fire-proof, and waterproof—protecting against seven elements in total.

The previous lightning-proof spider silk magic robe had already achieved good results on the battlefield.

The reason for the subsequent plan to make six more wizard robes with enhanced resistance to specific elements was because Joshua predicted the future upgrade direction of the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow.

“Lock Augustine is a genius, but he made a mistake. A huge mistake,” said Wizard Joshua. “

He suffered from the typical problem of a genius being out of touch with ordinary people. He wanted to use the wizards along the Tianjiang River to help him develop components for the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow, but in my estimation, even if all the breeders and purifiers of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower were combined, they couldn’t match a single idea from Locke Augustine.”

“Their existence will only degrade the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow.”

“Completing this Seven Elemental Resistance Spider Silk Armor should allow Olayer to completely defeat Silver Peach Garden. Even without you, this can still be ensured, and the White Ice Tower will surpass the Tide Grand Wizard Tower. In this way, your status in the eyes of Grand Wizard Chikun Moon will be infinitely elevated. The so-called regional highest fund will then be within your grasp.”

Wizard Joshua adjusted his glasses.

“This is also my revenge against Locke Augustine. My previous data predictions about him were wrong, but this time, I’ll show him what I’m capable of!”

Rose the Witch nodded.

“Joshua, your plan sounds as brilliant as ever. It sounds like I’m practically guaranteed to win.”

Rose the Witch sat up and clapped her hands.

Cold sweat broke out on Joshua’s forehead.

He couldn’t tell if Rose was angry or happy, though she was smiling, her words sent a chill down his spine.

Rose stared at him, then walked to his side.

“You want revenge, that’s fine.”

She took the plans from Joshua

‘s hands. “But you’re no match for Locke. Only I am. I’m going to redesign this set of clothes.”

“Besides, Joshua, are you sure there’s no Undead Shop Alliance inside my Rose Building, right here beneath my feet?”

Joshua was taken aback.

“Is this important?”

“Lady Rose, isn’t it just that Silver Peach Garden is jealous that we can unite different shop alliances, so their manager sent you some nonsense messages? And so far, I haven’t received any information about any undead shop alliances being established here. Olayer has strict cooperation contracts.”

Witch Rose said, “That’s good. If such a thing really existed, our shop alliance would have its license revoked by the White Wizard Association. And this shop alliance’s license isn’t mine, it’s Rose Witch’s. Do you know what that means?”

Wizard Joshua quickly said, “I understand. I absolutely won’t let Lady Rose Witch worry about it. But the most important thing is, if the White Ice Tower can really buy undead magical artifacts from us, how could Master Chikun Yue not tell you, how could those chief wizard mentors of the White Ice Tower who have close ties with you not tell you?” “

Therefore, I think the most important thing right now is performance. I plan to increase our business transaction volume by another 10% by the end of this month.”

At this moment, someone knocked and entered Rose’s office.

He was a second-circle wizard who, through his exceptional abilities, had been hired by Olayer and, through various investment promotions, successfully attracted numerous shops to join Rose’s Building. He rose through the ranks and became a key figure in Olayer’s investment promotion department.

This second-circle wizard, the investment promotion manager, handed the documents to Rose the witch, while simultaneously giving Joshua the wizard a provocative, furtive glance.

“Lady Rose, these are the new shop alliances that joined this month. When I came in, I overheard you discussing necromancer artifacts. Who said there weren’t any wizards selling necromancer artifacts in our Rose Building? I noticed. With such a large building and so many shops, we can’t possibly manage everything without sufficient resources.”

“Lady Joshua, you’ve been too careless.”

Wizard Joshua was dumbfounded. He took a half-step back. “What do you mean by this?”

The head of the business development department immediately fawned over Witch Rose, “Lady Rose, I found several shop alliances selling what appear to be minor necromancer artifacts. They’re just small trinkets, nothing serious. But I was afraid Silver Peach Garden would be jealous of us and cause trouble with this. So, I’ve already punished them in advance and terminated our contracts.”

After looking at the documents he handed her, Witch Rose’s lips curled into a smile.

“Witch Hammer, you’ve done well.”

Wizard Joshua glared at Hammer, feeling his niche was being threatened.

“I’m currently investigating,” said the wizard Hammer. “But to be honest, there have been rumors lately that the White Ice Tower is using a large number of necromancer artifacts, which are related to our Olaye. This fills me with doubt. Lady Rose, do you intend to investigate this personally? I’m worried that if this continues, rumors will spread, and everyone will start to see Olaye this way.”

Rose pondered for a moment, then said, “Yes, I will investigate personally. But I will be attending the March meeting soon, and after that, I will leave the Tianjiang coast. This arrangement will not change.”

She thought deeply.

At this time, suddenly spreading such rumors—are they trying to prevent me from leaving the Tianjiang coast?

Olaye, the White Ice Tower—are not as important as me. I am the most important asset in this world, and I will not allow anyone to destroy this asset, so I must leave now. No matter what happens. Besides, these are all baseless rumors, and they want me to stay. Hmph.

Rose was extremely satisfied with the wizard Hammer.

“Hamer, your work ability is indeed excellent. Your promotion speed is the fastest ever recorded in Olaye. Keep it up, you still have a lot of room for advancement.”

Wizard Joshua was so angry that his teeth itched. He looked at the surprise on Wizard Hammer’s face and his whole body trembled.

This guy came to steal his job!

Witch Rose glanced at Wizard Joshua, “Joshua, you stay on the Tianjiang coast this time too. You don’t need to come back to Yunze Wetlands with me.”

Joshua looked ashen-faced after losing trust.

He had to do something to regain Rose’s trust!

Witch Rose began to reply to Locke on the Water Hyacinth System.

“Dear Mr. Locke, I am very grateful for your reminder. But I believe there is nothing wrong with my Olaye. The strong always stand out from the crowd, and those who stand out from the crowd are always easy to attract the attention of those with ill intentions. I do not believe that rumors would mislead a wise man like you.”

Therefore, I hereby declare that when you and I return to the Tianjiang coast, at least the Tide Grand Wizard Tower will cease to exist. “

After a moment’s thought, Rose continued, “Therefore, I advise you not to place all your bets on a dying academy. Its students and instructors will scatter like birds and beasts, devoid of honor and belonging. So I remind you to carefully consider the future development of Silver Garden. After all, I don’t want to win so easily, do I?”

Rose smirked.

“Locke, if it were you, you should understand, right? Of course, whether you understand or not doesn’t matter.”

“That’s just me showing off.”

Rose stretched in her empty office.

“It’s good to be in business. Finally, I can manage a commercial entity with nearly a thousand wizards. This is far better than teaching those unambitious good-for-nothings at the White Ice Tower.”

Rose’s eyes flashed coldly as she thought of her public lectures at the White Ice Tower.

She didn’t hate them.

She just loathed them.

Especially those wizards who only cared about short-term gains and ignored long-term interests, who had no desire to pursue truth—such people didn’t deserve her classes.

So she had her teaching assistant teach the class, while she prepared some teaching materials.

She had previously wanted to explain the advanced breeding science of Yunze Wetlands and the ultimate goal of breeders to the students of the White Ice Tower, but to her surprise, they ignored her.

The students devoted far more attention to learning a useful magic model than to explaining the profound theories she was presenting.

She considered this a great humiliation.

Along the Tianjiang River, at the Tide Witch Tower, Locke saw Rose’s reply.

He

smiled.

It seemed unrealistic to expect the Rose Witch to investigate the Rose Building herself.

The White Ice Tower could continue to obtain a large number of necromancer artifacts through the Rose Building, gaining an advantage on the battlefield, and intending to use this advantage to destroy the Tide Grand Wizard Tower.

Locke stood with his hands behind his back.

“But that won’t happen.”

“Whoever set this trap has misunderstood one thing. I don’t need to know who orchestrated it; I just need to let the situation disappear on its own. To others, it’s a dead end, but to me, it’s just a warm-up.” “

Then let’s seriously upgrade the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow.”

The Great Bright Dragon Sparrow appeared behind Locke. He used the Great Spring Breeze Dragon Sparrow Spell, flying out like a streak of flame, leaving a trail of fire in the sky. Then, more than a hundred reconnaissance-type Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrows appeared around this trail, each using prophetic detection to scout the various mortal kingdoms under the Tide Grand Wizard Tower’s control, searching for wizard battlefields.

Locke sensed the Great Bright Dragon Sparrow’s desire.

Having received the spiritual energy of the Golden Dragon Wizard and the gifts of the Sky-Piercing Tree, he used the Moon Cultivation Method to obtain the Great Ming Li Dragon Sparrow. However, this Great Ming Li Dragon Sparrow, as a Star Ring Magic Plant, seems fundamentally incomplete, or rather, it is currently just an ordinary Star Ring Magic Plant, capable of further growth. “

Is it going to require me to use the Spiritual Energy Cultivation Method?”

Locke’s connection with the Great Ming Li Dragon Sparrow’s life force allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of what this magic plant truly craved.

“That’s quite strange.”

Indeed, as a Star Ring Breeder, after mastering the Spiritual Energy Companionship, one can understand a magic plant’s feelings and its hidden life force needs by sensing its spiritual energy. This inherently provides an additional way of sensing compared to ordinary breeders.

Now, this Great Ming Li Dragon Sparrow seems to want me to define a mystical meaning for it, so that this magic plant will become complete. “

But this requires me to master the Spiritual Energy Companionship.”

Or should I find someone of a higher level, like Wizard Apian, to help me cultivate it?

That’s impossible.

I must complete it myself.

Therefore, I really need to improve my spiritual cultivation level as soon as possible.

Along the Tianjiang River, a flame streaked across the misty sky, like a mark left by the claws of a Fiery Sparrow in the azure sky.

The sky was split by this flame, and a golden tree rose.

One hundred Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrows became two hundred.

At this moment, the two hundred Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrows searched in the sky.

A necromancer hiding in the forest, independent of any academy, suddenly looked up. The next moment, an Attila’s Chain Lightning struck, and the necromancer was instantly annihilated.

In that instant, in all the areas scouted by Locke’s Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrows, these necromancers and undead had nowhere to hide.

A wild necromancer apprentice hiding in a human village, after witnessing his mentor being struck dead by lightning, hurriedly crawled out of the house filled with the magical energy of flames and lightning.

When he stopped, panting, and looked back at the stone house, he saw it collapse in flames.

The apprentice instinctively looked up and witnessed a horrifying scene: a powerful wizard with fiery wings sprouting from his back, seemingly descending from heaven, staring at him with a fierce, all-consuming gaze.

The student trembled violently, kneeling on the ground. “I’ll never be a dark wizard again.”

In that instant, under Locke’s magical pressure, he felt as if a mortal had seen an other god. That terrifying scene was forever etched into his consciousness. Even if he didn’t look at Locke, the image of Locke he had just seen was inexplicably imprinted in his mind, impossible to forget.

The first necromancy trick he had painstakingly constructed in his consciousness collapsed.

“I’ll never be a necromancer again.”

When he looked up again, Locke was gone.

Above, two hundred large blue-leaved dragonbirds circled around Locke, then, at his wave, they quickly swept away in all directions to investigate the location of the wizards at the white ice tower.

“Those were just two wild black wizards. It seems necromancy has begun to spread along the Tianjiang River amidst the chaos. Necromancy is like a plague, spreading first among those least resistant to its allure, and those are the wild wizards along the Tianjiang River who have no academy affiliation.” “

These people are most easily tempted by necromancy, followed by junior wizard academies, then intermediate wizard academies. If it’s allowed to spread unchecked, sooner or later even wizards at advanced academies will study necromancy.”

However, Locke now understood that necromancers were a group of wizards focused on form, and focusing on form inevitably meant focusing on superficial and shallow things.

They might be incredibly good at publishing papers, perhaps even crafting dazzling project proposals. After all, necromancers’ talents are largely in the realm of form; manipulating corpses is form, manipulating metrics is form—creating something that catches the eye, seemingly conforms perfectly to various indicators, and makes a project’s data appear to continuously grow. This is likely what necromancers excel at.

This is a trait I suddenly discovered after learning about the White Cardamom Farm and why so many Golden Crown Mountain wizards collectively condoned its destruction.

The White Cardamom Farm was quite adept at publishing a bunch of papers that didn’t yield any real results, or those that damaged the ecosystem.

To be honest, many of the experimental results from the White Cardamom Farm’s papers had been contaminated by necromantic forces, or slightly different from the real world due to a reduced dimension.

If it weren’t for the names of Golden Crown Mountain and key laboratories, many of their papers would have been rejected by major journals.

In other words, the White Cardamom Farm was constantly eroding the millennia-old reputation accumulated by Golden Crown Mountain.

The same article in a second-ring, first-zone journal can bring credibility to both the journal itself and one’s alma mater to some.

However, it can also damage the journal’s credibility, as well as that of one’s alma mater and mentor, potentially disrupting the ecosystem.

This is the harm of focusing solely on metrics.

The high-ring wizards of Golden Crown Mountain had already noticed this and were disgusted with the White Cardamom Farm, but the one who dared to take the first step in reform was none other than their teacher, the witch Catherine—a

witch who arrived at Golden Crown Mountain later.

Locke said, “Capturing that wild wizard earlier is useless.”

In just half an hour, Locke had traversed almost half of the current territory of the Tide Great Wizard Tower and was approaching the front lines of the battle.

“Found it.”

At this moment, at the current border between the Tide Great Wizard Tower and the White Ice Tower, two major nations were at war.

The wizarding war, of course, wouldn’t inform them, but mortals, though not wizards, weren’t fools. Any connection a mortal had with the wizarding apprentices at the local junior academies would lead them to actively seek sides, and once sides were chosen, war would break out between nations.

At this moment, a war engulfing hundreds of millions of mortals had already erupted around the two junior academies, the White Ice Tower and the Tide Great Wizarding Tower.

The Tide Great Wizarding Tower had the advantage of the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow, while the White Ice Tower had the advantage of its superior numbers and magical artifacts.

Therefore, the war at the border of the two kingdoms was a stalemate, with victories and defeats on both sides.

On the White Ice Tower’s side, the ruler of their mortal kingdom anxiously inquired with the sorcerer corps responsible for instructing him on how to rule his kingdom.

“Gentlemen,” a third-class wizard apprentice sorcerer said arrogantly, “I’ve heard that some lords at the White Ice Tower believe that to become king,

one must become a third-class wizard apprentice. Is that true? I think I need to perform well and win this war. If I can capture an important city from the opposing kingdom, the White Ice Tower will reward me with loyalty and bravery, right?” “Your Majesty,” the sorcerer continued, “you’re mistaken. From what I’ve heard, this is the opinion of a first-class wizard apprentice—a very influential figure. He believes that the kings of the countries under the White Ice Tower’s rule are too incompetent, leading to commercial decline, a decrease in birth rate, and unhappiness among the people. Most importantly, the number of talents provided by primary and intermediate academies each year is too small, and the expected resources provided to the White Ice Tower are all decreasing annually. Therefore, he believes that kings should be able to take exams and hold certificates before taking office. Of course, if you are a third-class wizard apprentice, that’s not necessarily true. You can take office directly, but if not, you’ll have to take an exam.”

The sorcerers looked at the anxious king with cold disdain.

The mortal king immediately retorted, “What’s the point of taking exams for certificates? That’s something only wise men like you do.

I’m just a mortal. With you warlocks, can’t I govern the country? Do you wise men have any other ideas? Can’t I defeat that other country?”

The warlocks couldn’t help but laugh, finding the mortal king’s childish words foolish.

After all, whether this war between mortal nations resulted in a victory or defeat was completely unimportant to the White Ice Tower.

It was like two ant colonies fighting—what meaning would that have for the humans watching?

But at that moment, a warlock looked greedily at the king and said, “I’m skilled at bloodline modifications. If you’re lucky enough to withstand them, perhaps you could barely qualify as a third-class wizard apprentice. Your Majesty, most importantly, this information is still baseless; we’ve only heard about it beforehand. Your Majesty, if you could give me your two twin daughters—I might be able to give you a necromancer anvil.”

He took out an anvil the size of an infant’s fist from his pocket.

“If you use this anvil and are then killed, it’s said you’ll be transformed into a special ghoul with a remaining vestige of reason. While ghouls have a bad reputation, overall, you’ll become tireless, incapable of hunger, and immortal. Your body will be as hard as steel; even the kingdom’s strongest knight will be no match for you.”

The king’s eyes widened, his face filled with longing.

The two princesses standing in the royal hall swallowed hard, looking at the king and the warlocks with fear.

The next moment, suddenly, all the warlock apprentices were overwhelmed and destroyed by an extremely powerful magical pressure.

A supreme magical pressure descended from the sky, and a ring of stars rose from the ground, warning the creatures of the land that a life form marked with a danger sign had arrived!

In an instant, all the warlock apprentices were reduced to dust.

Locke glanced at the group of dead necromancers.

“The White Ice Tower is supposed to be a prestigious school along the Tianjiang River, yet it has so many necromancers under its command.”

“Could it be that the White Ice Tower’s consistent top ranking along the Tianjiang River is all thanks to you bunch of death mages?”

The king and the surrounding mortals were terrified and completely flustered, but dared not move.

The king stared at Locke, his mouth agape, trembling all over.

“My lord—my lord—are you perhaps a second-rank wizard apprentice? Are you a noble second-rank wizard apprentice?”

Locke coldly glanced at him.

His purpose wasn’t with these apprentices.

The next moment, dozens of magical pressures locked onto him.

A second-circle wizard, leading a large number of first-circle wizards and wizard apprentices, flew rapidly from the edge of the battlefield.

At the edge of the two empires lay the true center of the wizard battlefield.

And the reason Locke killed the wizard apprentice team here was…

That’s because he knew that in the wizarding world, wizarding academies influence the mortal world through primary, intermediate, and advanced academies. According to the principle of territoriality, an imperial capital has one intermediate academy, and a kingdom capital has one primary academy.

He had just killed all the wizarding apprentices in this primary academy.

That meant the primary academy here had collapsed.

Therefore, the White Ice Tower would have no rule over this area; in other words, without the primary academy, the White Ice Tower would have no legal standing.

This was why, after he instantly annihilated the wizarding academy present, the wizarding legions from the nearby battlefield were about to arrive.

The second-circle wizard leading the group had already used his nameplates, turning himself into an undead. He crushed the two nameplates around his neck, and instantly the two crystallized wizard undead from the Tide Grand Wizarding Tower who had died at his hands appeared beside him. These two crystallized wizards, apart from their grayish-white bodies, black pupils, and slightly different magical pressure compared to the living, looked exactly like them in life.

Dozens of wizards formed a battle formation, and a magical array rose beneath their feet. Immediately afterward, ice towers appeared above their heads, interconnected and sharing their magical pressure.

This was the war magic of the White Ice Towers: the War Ice Tower.

The ice towers above their heads shared energy, eventually coalescing into a massive white ice tower.

At the top of that War Ice Tower, a mysterious ice eye appeared.

They seemed to believe that this war spell, combined with the necromantic badges they wore, would be enough to intimidate Locke.

The leading second-ring wizard angrily rebuked Locke.

“Who are you? As a high-ring wizard, how dare you break the rules and ambush our junior academy’s wizard apprentices?”

Locke said, “Ambushed? No, I’m openly trying to subdue you. You are all undead, and I happen to lack practical data on the magic of the White Ice Tower. Silver Peach Garden is about to complete a major project. Has anyone volunteered? It seems not.” “

Then come over here.”

Locke had no reason to waste any words on the undead, that is, the wizard undead who had lost their human rights protection.

A spiritual arrow fell, instantly shattering everyone’s permanent defensive force field and all the white ice towers.

This was a bow made of crimson golden peaches and arrows made of towering dates, instantly crushing all their magic.

The next moment, the pagoda-shaped broccoli descended upon them.

Before these people could utter a second word, all these undead were taken into Locke’s tower.

Locke addressed the human wizards who had rushed to the scene from the later batch of white ice towers: “You are human wizards, so I will not attack you. Go back and tell Master Keicon the Old Man of the Moon. I am Locke Augustine. I recently need undead for some experiments. Undead are ownerless, gifts from heaven and earth, to be taken at will by any capable person in the world, illegal objects without protection.”

“If Master Keicon has any objections, he may come to the Silver Peach Garden to find me.”

“I will not entertain you.”

Locke transformed into a pillar of fire and vanished from the spot.

In an instant, the group of first-ring level white ice tower wizards stood frozen in place, barely daring to breathe. Only after Locke had been gone for an unknown amount of time did they dare to speak again. At the same time, a thought crossed their minds: becoming undead seemed to have one major drawback—there were no laws to protect them anymore. They were even less than magical creatures, because this world had laws protecting magical creatures, and the Summoning Hand of the Mamluk Great Rift Valley Wizarding Land would protect and care for them.

Undead, however, were less than livestock!