Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 354

Chapter 352 Obtaining the Druid Ring

After Locke sent Albert out of the Forbidden Forest and returned to the port city of Lilith’s cottage, he opened the gray mist slate and saw the message Peggy sent him –

“Junior Brother Locke, my steward contacted me and he has arrived at your school.”

“And bring the Druid’s Ring here. He’s waiting for you at the port now.”

Locke thought about it and chose not to reply.

After all, I haven’t purchased a membership and can only send no more than 100 messages per year, so I’d better not reply to messages casually.

It’s mainly about Peggy. I’ve been in contact with her for a while now, and I’ve discovered that no matter what I say, she rarely listens. Even if I don’t reply, she won’t feel offended.

Maybe it’s because this is how she lives in the land of the Six Towers. Only others listen to her, but she doesn’t listen to others.

Locke quickly came to the port location of Lilith’s cabin.

At the port, there stood an old wizard with the Firaide family emblem on his wizard robe. He looked ordinary and did not have the wisdom and cunning that a first-class wizard would have.

After Locke landed, he walked towards him and said, “I’m Locke Augustine. Peggy asked you to come over and give me the Druid’s Ring, right?”

“You are Lord Augustine.” The old wizard’s eyes suddenly lit up. He didn’t even try to confirm Locke’s identity. He took out a small box made of fine gold from the astral ring and took the initiative to open the magic lock. When the box was opened, a wooden ring lay inside.

On the wooden ring, there is a line of Ogham inscription – [Decay is the beginning of prosperity].

Locke took the ring from the old wizard. Legend has it that the Druid’s Ring must be forged from the core of the Tree of Life. It is a masterpiece of alchemy and is rare even among one-ring magic weapons.

And today, he got it.

The old wizard glanced at Locke fearfully, sensing his overwhelming magical pressure. “Mr. Augustine, Miss Peggy has already bought two boat tickets for us. Please come with me to the Land of the Six Towers.”

Locke said ‘hmm’ casually. “Yeah, sure. But before I leave, I need to make some arrangements. I also need to ask if there’s anyone here who wants me to do something for them.”

It would take at least half a year to travel back and forth between the two wizarding lands, and Locke didn’t want to waste this time.

Although it is said that meditation and magic resources are provided on the wizard airship, which does not particularly affect the research of magic, it definitely has some impact. It is not easy to travel back and forth between the two wizarding lands.

He could ask Harun Vera’s network of contacts to see if there was anyone who wanted him to do something else for them, and it would be convenient for him, so he could make two profits.

The old butler wizard of the Filaide family seemed to have no strong opinion. Seeing Peggy’s guest make such a request, he had no choice but to agree.

After all, Locke is a fellow apprentice of Wizard Anthony, and Anthony is the husband of the next generation head of the Filayd family and the de facto leader of the Filayd family. Therefore, Locke’s status is not comparable to that of a senior servant of the Filayd family.

These high-ranking servants of the Filayd family already had more than a dozen contracts to restrict and constrain them. In addition, their abilities were average, so naturally they had no ambition and dared to rebel against the Filayd family.

The old butler wizard saluted Locke and said, “Then I will obey you, Master Augustine. I am Wizard Code.”

Locke asked him, “Where do you want to live? I can arrange a place for you at my residence.”

Wizard Code quickly waved his hand and said, “You are a guest of the Firaide family. How can I be so presumptuous as to live with you?”

Locke frowned, not caring much, and said, “Then I’ll arrange a place for you to live in the wizard living area of Lilith’s Hut. By the way, Wizard Code, what is the main research area of the Filaid family?”

Wizard Code puffed out his chest proudly when he spoke of the Firaide family. As they walked, he said, “Lord Augustine, the core members of the Firaide family are almost all wizards of the School of Conjuration, primarily researching the bloodline transformation sub-field of the School of Conjuration. The Firaide family excels at transforming the bloodlines of birds of prey.”

“Have you heard of the Flaming Golden Eagle? It’s one of the Filayd family’s masterpieces, a bloodline transformation only core members possess.”

“It’s the unique bloodline transformation technology of the Firaide family.”

Locke asked, “Are most of the wizards in the Six Towers from the School of Spells?”

Old Wizard Code said to Locke in surprise, “Master Augustine, have you heard of our Six Towers? Otherwise, how could you have guessed that most of the wizards in our Six Towers are from the School of Spells?”

Locke shook his head slightly. “Nothing, just pure speculation.”

The school of spells is indeed more suitable for transforming bloodlines. Even if he used the methods of potions and archaeology, he was only trying to replicate the bloodlines of ancient creatures as faithfully as possible.

However, some sub-directions of magic in the School of Spells can use the power of spells to forcibly change the bloodline of magical creatures, strengthen or weaken the power of the bloodline of a certain magical creature, and create some magical creature bloodline transformations that do not exist in this world.

Moreover, this can explain why the land of the Six Towers attaches so much importance to bloodline.

Because that place is where blood science is prevalent.

Locke took a look at the old wizard Code, who followed behind him and did not dare to go one step forward. He was very strict in observing the so-called etiquette. If his guess was correct, the so-called determination of the operating authority of the wizard tower might be based on a certain specific bloodline.

Therefore, in the land of six towers, special bloodlines can control the wizard towers, which explains why the wizard family there can defeat the wizard academy.

Blood relationship defeated the master-disciple relationship and won.

Of course, using archaeological methods to transform the bloodlines of ancient creatures is something that the bloodline transformation science of spell bloodlines cannot do.

Because of the School of Spells, there is no way to obtain information about ancient creatures from hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Locke looked at the druid ring in his hand, but it had nothing to do with him anymore. He was just there to make money and collect resources.

What’s going on over there? What does it have to do with me?

The highest authority in the land of six towers is even just a first-ring wizard in the crystallization stage. To some extent, this also means that it is relatively safe for him there, and a formal wizard from outside can really run rampant there.

After Locke arranged accommodation for Wizard Code, he quickly returned to the research institute in the Forbidden Forest.

At the same time, in the research institute, he probed his mental power into the Druid Ring, imprinted his mental mark into it, and completely became its master. At the same time, Locke opened the Druid Ring.

Suddenly, a huge life space appeared in front of Locke’s eyes. Because of the pressure difference between the internal and external air, a strong wind blew out from it, and huge life energy even gushed out, turning into green mist, lingering around Locke.

Locke snapped his fingers, and the leaked torrents of life essence were restrained by Locke’s magic power. They then lingered around Locke, turned into light green mist, and returned to the space in the Druid’s Ring.

“Legend has it that refining the Druid’s Ring requires two important items. The first is the trunk near the center of the Tree of Life. The second is a small piece of plane fragment.”

“Both are extremely difficult to obtain on the Material Plane. They require exploration in the void outside the Material Plane. Furthermore, they require an alchemist skilled in this field to forge them.”

“And the benefit is that when I wear this druid ring, it’s like carrying a small world with me.”

“This will be of great benefit to botanical wizards who study ecology. This thing might be of average value in other regions, but in the southeastern region where botanical wizards are so introverted, I’m afraid the price will double to the sky at the potion auction.”

Locke was somewhat fortunate that he obtained the Druid Ring through Harun Vera’s network of connections.

Otherwise, even if he waited for news about the Druid’s Ring at the potion auction, he might not be able to buy it.

There are a lot of botanical wizards in the southeast corner who need it, but I can’t guarantee that I am the richest among them.

Speaking of which, I spent 170,000 magic stones on developing a ring of magic plants, and now I only have 150,000 magic stones left in my savings.

One hundred and twenty thousand of them were spent on materials, while fifty thousand magic stones were spent on purchasing information on advanced breeders.

But no matter what, the investment is acceptable, because it improves his breeding skills and allows him to develop the first one-ring magic plant, which is even more powerful than the common ones on the market.

Of course, judging from the price alone, his current expenses are still quite high, because the price of a mature flying magic plant on the market is about 30,000 to 50,000 magic stones, which is about the same as the price of defensive magic weapons.

If you only consider the usage, it is relatively unprofitable to choose to develop it yourself instead of buying it.

But in terms of other aspects, independent research and development is the only way. Otherwise, how can one reach the level of a senior breeder, how can one obtain more powerful flying magic plants, how can one take advantage of high mobility among wizards of the same level, and how can one launch one’s first one-ring magic plant to make money.

The gains and losses involved need to be carefully calculated and balanced.

(End of this chapter)