Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 447

Chapter 445: The Invisible Battle of Compressed Magical Pressure

Locke looked at the wizard Sphenis with cold eyes. At this time, the wizard Sphenis was very nervous and even took a step back involuntarily. He kept trying to explain to Locke that he really had no idea about this matter.

Wizard Sphendis felt very guilty. “I really didn’t know anything about this matter. I am also very angry about this. If you need, I can ask my students to compensate your students.”

“Also… the bill issue might really just be a misunderstanding. I can return your information to you.”

The more Wizard Sphendis spoke, the more guilty he felt, because Locke’s eyes looked at him colder and colder.

At this moment, a wizard’s voice suddenly came from not far away.

“You two, I’ve detected the reaction of two full-fledged wizard-level magical pressures in the apprentice area. You are both first-ring wizards at the liquefaction stage. With your magical pressure unleashed at full force like this, even those first-class wizard apprentices would suffer damage to their souls if they stayed in such an intense, clashing magical pressure environment for a long time.”

The man who came was Alicia Plutarch’s father, the wizard Gregory Nick.

He is also a first-ring crystallized wizard of the Plutarch family’s bloodline science.

As a first-ring crystallized wizard, Gregory’s magic pressure is over 9000, while Locke’s magic pressure is only over 6100 at this time. There is a qualitative difference in magic pressure between the two.

Although he can use the beast panel to double the magic pressure to 9000, and then use the abyss energy to bless his own magic pressure, he can get 9000+ magic pressure.

But no matter what, he was unable to use the ritual magic unique to a ring crystal wizard.

When Locke thought about how he had been hit by the ritual magic of the leader of the Ghost Holy Church and was dragged into the Styx plane, where he was almost drowned and became a scapegoat, he felt a little scared and could not think of any better way to deal with the ritual magic for a while.

The ritual magic unique to first-ring crystallized wizards has a unique ability to crush wizards below the crystallization level.

There are only two ways Locke can think of to deal with it.

The first is to superimpose a permanent defensive force field to forcibly resist the ritual magic, but the success rate is less than 10% according to his own calculations.

Unless the project from the Star Sea can be completed, the chance of success can be increased to more than 90%.

The second is to strike before the opponent uses ritual magic, so that the opponent does not have time to use any ritual magic.

As far as I know, the pre-casting time for ritual magic is still relatively long.

This is actually the most realistic method for a wizard in the liquefaction stage to fight a wizard in the crystallization stage, but the risk is still very high.

However, there was no need for Locke to be an enemy of the wizard in front of him.

Locke and the Sphendis wizard saluted Gregory.

Gregory gently glanced at Wizard Sphenis and Locke. His gaze lingered on Locke for a moment, and after sizing him up and down, he revealed a look of satisfaction. He then asked the two again, “What on earth could have happened that would have caused two wizards in the liquefied stage to lose their temper in a student dormitory?”

“Huh? Why is it so messy here? This is the asset area of my Plutarch family. Who dares to cause trouble here?”

Wizard Sphindis immediately lowered his head guiltily.

Locke had already projected the historical footage, compressed the information, and delivered it to the wizard Gregory. “Respected Proctor Gregory, don’t the Six Towers and the Plutarch family have their own laws and regulations?”

After reading it, Wizard Gregory’s face turned slightly cold, and he looked at Wizard Sfendis with a stern look, “Barnaby Cooper is your student, right? He actually dared to do such a thing on the territory of our Plutarch family. Have you considered our family’s reputation?”

Wizard Sphindis quickly said, “I really don’t know. I’ve been trying to explain to Wizard Augustine, but he won’t listen. He’s even using his magic pressure to impact mine. You see, my magic power is in extreme chaos right now.”

Wizard Sphendis said with some fear that the students watching the show nearby didn’t know what happened, but in fact, Locke and he were performing a magical pressure confrontation with very high gold content and technical difficulty in the corridor of this dormitory.

Locke’s compressed magic pressure enveloped his shoulders, forcing him to lie down, but under the technique of this compressed magic pressure, he could only barely use his own magic pressure to fight it. After a long time, he would inevitably collapse.

If the wizard Gregory had not suddenly arrived, he would have suffered a loss today.

This invisible contest of demonic pressure was so highly compressed that the surrounding students didn’t notice anything unusual.

But in fact, this shows the achievements made by Locke in practicing the [Compression Method] of the permanent defensive force field every day.

It was precisely because he used the compression technique that he was able to crush the magic pressure of the wizard Sphendis. From the comparison between the two, although the opponent also knew the compression technique, it was obvious that the compression technique in his hands was not as efficient as his own.

Wizard Sphendis’ heart was numb, because at this moment two official wizards were looking at him with cold eyes, suspecting that he allowed his students to cause damage in the high-value asset area of the Plutarch family.

Wizard Sphenis quickly said, “Barnaby Cooper is the heir of the Cooper family, a prestigious middle-class family, and he is first in the line of succession.”

“So he has more autonomy than other wizard apprentices.”

“I don’t even punish him normally. After all, I have to consider the opinions of the Cooper family.”

Wizard Gregory said coldly, “That’s your own business. How to deal with the Cooper family is your responsibility as a wizard mentor, but our Plutarch family is the current Archon family of the Six Towers, and Great Wizard Sura is the Archon Wizard of the Six Towers.”

“Don’t even mention that he’s just the heir of the Cooper family, a prestigious mid-level family. Even if he were the heir of the Basil family, another archon family, if he dared to do this, he would be strictly bound by the laws of our Six Towers.”

“As for the Cooper family’s reaction, that is something you, as a wizard mentor, should handle yourself.”

Wizard Sphenis finally realized that his current situation was very dangerous. Because Locke directly took out the evidence of his student, Barnaby Cooper, destroying the assets of the Plutarch family, it made it easy for him to fall into suspicion against the Plutarch family.

According to the evidence Locke currently has, it is enough to send Barnaby Cooper to wizard prison.

Compare relationships and background?

Who in the land of the six towers could be greater than the Plutarch family?!

If he dealt with Barnaby Cooper casually, he would offend the Cooper family.

The Cooper family will not be hostile to the Plutarch family because the evidence is conclusive. The land of the Six Towers has its own rules, and everyone will be convinced by the punishment within the rules, but the Cooper family will definitely have opinions about him.

After realizing this, Sphenis broke out in a cold sweat and completely gave up on his luck. He looked at Locke and said, “Wait a minute, Master Locke, Master Gregory, everything between wizards can be measured by trade.”

“The main victims of this incident are all students in Lord Locke’s research group, and the perpetrators are mainly my students. So why don’t we make a reasonable deal to make this matter less serious?”

Upon hearing this, Gregory also glanced at Locke, ready to see how Locke would handle this matter.

As the mentor of the victim students, his attitude will indeed determine the direction of this matter to a large extent.

Whether to make a big thing small, a small thing nothing, to tolerate the feelings of a few students, and to protect the stability and harmony of the environment, all depends on the thoughts of this tutor.

Hearing this, Locke said directly: “If you want me to not pursue it, that’s fine.”

Wizard Sphendis breathed a sigh of relief.

And Wizard Gregory nodded secretly in his heart.

Indeed, as an outsider wizard, it is normal to sacrifice the feelings of a few students in exchange for one’s own convenience.

When he was young, this was the only way he could deal with such things.

Otherwise, if he falls out with other wizards in this environment, how can he survive in the Plutarch family in the future?

It’s normal to be bullied a little when you’re young, after all, everyone has been there. Many wizards have been here for a long time and have a smooth personality, so it’s natural for them to take advantage of them.

When he was young and just came to the Six Towers, he suffered a lot of such losses, both openly and covertly.

Young people have no choice but to bear some losses.

Locke looked at Wizard Sphenis and smiled. “The premise for me not pursuing this matter is that, as compensation to my student, Leopold, you must give him a bottle of advancement potion. Similarly, you must also give at least one bottle of advancement potion to my other students who have suffered losses, a total of six of them.”

“As the mentor of the victim’s student, I will not pursue this matter with you. As for the other damage you caused, I can only report it truthfully. This is your own business as the Plutarch family. How you are punished has nothing to do with me.”

Leopold and the other six students had already prepared themselves to suffer this loss, but when they heard Locke’s proposal, they looked at him in surprise, and at the same time felt moved.

Leopold pursed his lips and even felt like crying.

They have always been bullied, exploited, and suppressed in this White Dragon Tower, and have never enjoyed such a luxury as justice.

Over time, their personalities became either timid or extreme.

The environment shapes their character.

And today, Locke actually asked other wizard mentors for two bottles of promotion potions for them.

Gregory glanced at Locke in disbelief, but after thinking about it, he didn’t say anything and just let Locke negotiate with the wizard Sphenis on his own.

Wizard Sphendis reacted strongly. His body stiffened, and he said angrily, “Wizard Locke, the advancement potion is an important teaching resource in the Six Towers. It is a special magical resource that wizard instructors can decide and allocate to students at their own discretion. Moreover, only when a student’s mental power reaches 800 can they apply for a bottle of advancement potion from the White Wizard Association headquarters.”

“Advancement potions are hard currency in the Six Towers. Did you know that?”

“You actually asked me for two bottles of advancement potions!” Wizard Sphendis stiffened. “I can’t even distribute them among my own students.”

There is another use for civilian students, which is also the biggest reason why they can enroll. Some rewards, especially those that are really important, are all managed by the headquarters of the White Wizard Association.

Therefore, even if the family wizards of the Six Towers controlled the White Wizard Association branch here, they would not be able to obtain those rewards.

Because of this, the Land of Six Towers needs these civilian wizards to enroll and reach a mana of 800 as soon as possible, so that their wizard mentors can obtain promotion potions, and then distribute these promotion potions to those family wizards.

Especially those family wizards who need multiple bottles of promotion potions to advance because one bottle is not enough.

The fate of most civilian wizards is to work as promotion potion miners in the land of six towers. Only a small number of civilian wizards can become official wizards by working as article writers.

The wizard Sphenis looked at Locke in disbelief at this moment, and the breath of relief he had originally breathed was held again.

Locke looked at him coldly, took half a step forward, and at the same time used the abyss energy hidden in his eyes.

The Mastermind Control Potion is also an Abyss Potion. He had taken a bottle before, so the Abyss Energy he currently possesses is equivalent to 1050 Magic Pressure. The ratio of Abyss Energy to Normal Magic Pressure remains at 0.17, which is only slightly higher than before, and the increase is not large.

The safety line is 0.3, so I can control it well.

At this moment, the aggressive and violent abyss energy pressed towards the Sphendis wizard in front of him. The combined magic pressure of the two reached 7150, far exceeding the Sphendis wizard’s magic pressure of just over 6000.

Moreover, Locke was very skilled in compression. His magic pressure was very condensed after compression. Coupled with the violent characteristics of the abyss energy, the magic pressure that the Sphendis wizard used to protect himself was like facing the magnetic field of a violent solar storm. In a very short time, it was blown away by Locke’s compressed magic pressure. His body was completely exposed without any protection. The next moment, Locke’s magic pressure directly hit him against the wall.

With a ‘bang’, the magic stone white stalactite broke.

The wizard Sphindis spat out a mouthful of blood, and his permanent defensive force field, the blood shield and dragon scorpion carapace, automatically unfolded, hardening his skin into dragon scorpion armor.

The face of the wizard Sphendis changed drastically. He didn’t expect that the gap between him and Locke was so huge. Locke just used compressed magic pressure to knock him away and was forced to deploy a permanent defensive force field.

Wizard Sphendis felt the demonic pressure still surrounding him, like a violent storm, and he felt a huge pressure in his heart.

The compressed magic power was almost condensed into a solid entity. Even though he unfolded the Dragon Scorpion Armor, it was still like a whirlpool in the sea, sucking him in and trapping him for a while.

Under this immense pressure, Wizard Sphenis finally relented. “Okay, sure. I’ll give your students two bottles of advancement potion.”

Locke said directly: “Immediately.”

Wizard Sphendis’s expression changed slightly. He hadn’t expected Locke to be so experienced despite his young age. He completely disbelieved his promise, so he took out two bottles of advancement potions from his astral ring and apologized to Locke, saying, “Lord Locke, I’m completely convinced by your superior skills. These are two bottles of advancement potions. I don’t want to become your enemy, you know.”

Locke took the two bottles of promotion potions from his hand and looked at him coldly.

I still believe that one punch is better than a hundred.

People like Wizard Sphenis have been full of hostility and contempt for the wizards in their research group from the very beginning. No matter how much they try to compromise, it will be useless.

Because the other person has despised you from the very beginning, no matter how much you beg for mercy, it will be useless and will only lead him to target you further.

Only by making the other person afraid and hurting him will he dare not do it again.

Locke learned from the Yunze Cup group about the consequences of being easily influenced. The wizard Marius Lawrence from the Dragon’s Falling Land had his research team almost stopped working because he was too easily influenced.

A major challenge for the young supervisor of the research group is whether he can take responsibility.

In order to prevent the wizards from the Six Towers from continuing to harass the wizards in his own research group, Locke must use thunder-like means to suppress all disobedience, making those people not only suffer but also pay a certain price. Only in this way can he curb all the small actions hidden behind the scenes.

Otherwise, if I were harassed like this every day, would my research group still be able to do anything?

Locke formed the historical projection in his hand into an information ball, placed it into the Crystal of Truth, and gave it to Wizard Gregory. “This is evidence that Barnaby Cooper took the lead in destroying the Plutarch family.”

“The White Dragon Tower has its own laws. Laws that cannot punish people will lose any binding force. Therefore, I will leave it to the Plutarch family.”

Wizard Sphindis’s face paled, and he almost lost his balance. He had paid so much, two bottles of precious advancement potions, resources he had few of, resources difficult to acquire through trade or favors, just to get Locke to let him off the hook and minimize Barnaby Cooper’s guilt.

In this way, he can give an explanation to the Cooper family.

Who knew that even though he paid two bottles of promotion potion, Locke still chose to hand over the evidence to Wizard Gregory.

With such clear evidence, the Plutarch family was bound to punish Barnaby Cooper severely because they had to maintain their authority.

We cannot allow a mere heir to a middle-class noble family to provoke us like this.

Wizard Gregory was surprised that Locke was so decisive. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the awe-filled eyes of the wizard apprentices looking at Locke, and he immediately understood that Locke was making an example of someone to scare the monkeys.

The chicken that was killed was a wizard in the liquefied stage, the heir of a middle-grade famous family, while the monkey was the wizard of all the six towers.

“Why didn’t I have such courage when I was young? If I had, perhaps there wouldn’t have been so many things that I regret later.”

Wizard Gregory thought.

Wizard Sphendis smiled bitterly. He was completely afraid of Locke and did not feel the slightest bit of dissatisfaction in his heart. Instead, he said to Locke, “Master Locke, please follow me. I will take you to find Barnaby Cooper…”

Anger towards Barnaby flashed in Wizard Sphendis’ eyes. He was afraid of the Cooper family, not a small young wizard of the family.

He now felt that he had lost face and it was all that student’s fault.

He was also feeling angry, and since he couldn’t afford to offend anyone present, he could only vent his anger on Barnaby Cooper’s student after returning.

Moreover, he was the one who caused these things in the first place. He was clearly completely in the right, but in the end, he was the one who was the most unreasonable.

He also lost two bottles of promotion potions, which made him lose face in front of many students.

The wizard Sphenis stamped his feet and whispered, “Barnaby, that damn idiot!”

(End of this chapter)