Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 547

Chapter 544: The Character of Ekaterina the Witch

Chapter 544: The Character of Witch Ekaterina
The seventh floor of the castle where the Institute of True Knowledge is located is also the top floor area.

Locke and team leader Celtic walked upstairs. As soon as they entered the seventh floor, they felt like they had entered an alien space. The walls and ceiling were filled with flowing magma and hot unknown stones.

Moreover, the place was filled with high temperatures, as if it was not the seventh floor of the Zhenzhi Academy, but the deep center of the earth in some non-living plane.

It is a desolate place where ordinary life cannot stay for a long time.

The bodies of Locke and Team Leader Celt were suddenly covered with a layer of permanent defensive force field, and the two walked on the surface of the magma with normal expressions.

Team leader Celtic explained to Locke, “This is the territory of Catherine’s throne. It’s full of magical plants that must be cultivated with magma and flame, so the temperature will be very high.”

Locke said that it was true, and at the same time, he looked around and found that the corridors of the castle alone were full of many magma-cultivated magic plants, half of which were flower-type magic plants and half were leaf-type magic plants.

Generally, the magic plants cultivated in magma are all above the first ring level.

And everything Locke saw were indeed all one-ring magic plants, such as the red rock calla lily, the black magic big red rose, the cold orange flame lily, the mountain sedge leaf dragon willow, and so on.

Each magical plant is powerful, and… they all have one thing in common: they are extremely beautiful.

The branches and leaves of these magical plants have been trimmed, and the direction of the flowers has been carefully modified.

Team leader Celtic whispered, “These magical plants were all handcrafted by the Throne. The Throne believes that power and beauty coexist. The pursuit of beauty is the pursuit of power, and also the pursuit of truth. She is a very meticulous wizard, and she has always been a very demanding wizard.”

The second-ring wizard Celtic team leader wiped the sweat from his forehead. He seemed very nervous and his words were repetitive.

Locke glanced at him and cautiously said nothing.

I don’t know why, but Team Leader Celtic is so afraid of Witch Ekaterina.

When Locke first arrived at the seventh floor of the Zhenzhi Academy, he noticed that there were at least 31 first-level red rose-type magical plants planted in the corridor. These included [Black Magic], [Glory of War], [Super Corolla], and [Hetalia’s Wedding Dress]…

This shows that Witch Catherine loves red roses.

At the same time, some magical peach plants that require magma cultivation are also planted in the corridor, such as the Burning Witch Peach, the Molten Branch Longevity Peach, the Fire Eye Peach, etc.

After all, Golden Crown Mountain is most famous for its peach-like magical plants. Therefore, as the throne wizard of Golden Crown Mountain, Witch Ekaterina must have done very in-depth research on peach-like magical plants.

Locke used the life force field to protect himself. In fact, there were so many rose-like magical plants, and there were dozens of kinds of rose fragrance alone, containing different natural magic structure components.

Rose-type magical plants are most likely to influence people’s minds and personalities. They naturally possess a large number of spell-like natural magic structure components from the School of Psychic and the School of Enchantment. This is a direction chosen by rose-type magical plants in the process of evolution in order to protect themselves.

Therefore, Locke could only use his life force field to protect himself from falling into the emotional vortex composed of the rose fragrance.

“This is…” Locke saw a second-ring red rose-type magical plant in the corridor in front, and he happened to have read about it in a book in the Golden Crown Mountain Free Library a few days ago.

That is the two-ring red rose demon plant, growing deep in the abyss, on the fifty-seventh plane [Lug of Doom]. Its appearance is weird and terrifying, with a spiral petal layer and serrated edges on the three outer petals, like an emperor’s crown. The overall color is red with a terrifying and majestic black.

Its name was the Second Ring Magic Plant, the Red Devil!
Locke sensed the devastating magical power emanating from the Red Devil. It was said that the Second Ring Magic Plant was fundamentally different from the First Ring Magic Plant. Locke was about to step forward and touch it with his right hand, exploring the difference between the Second Ring Magic Plant and the First Ring Magic Plant.

Suddenly, magic power emerged from the depths of his soul.

A glimmer of clarity flashed in Locke’s eyes, and he used the power of Mist to protect himself in time, thus getting rid of the desire of the [Red Devil].

“Yes, how could I have forgotten? The book says that the Red Devil is extremely dangerous to a First Ring wizard.” Locke broke out in a cold sweat.

“The Red Devil possesses a second-level Psychic School spell that will automatically trigger the desires of those nearby. Each person’s desires are different. The deeper the desire, the deeper the trap.”

“If my palm touches the surface of the Crimson Devil, my body and soul will be burned to ashes in the next instant.”

Locke stopped in time. Fortunately, he was still ten meters away from the Red Demon. He looked at the corridor behind the Red Demon. Most of the magic plants planted in the corridor were two-ring magic plants.

Rumor has it that the two-ring magic plant is fundamentally different from the one-ring magic plant, so the two-ring magic plant has such a huge magic pressure phenomenon, and even has the mental power to interfere with the will of the one-ring crystallized wizard.

This is not something I can study now.

The Celtic team leader strode over hurriedly. He had been thinking about how to talk to the witch Ekaterina when he met her later, so he didn’t notice in time that Locke had gone in the wrong direction.

“Locke, don’t walk around in Lord Throne’s territory. The corridor ahead is dangerous even for me.”

“What is considered a back garden for a three-ring wizard is a terrifying place for us, even if… it doesn’t harbor any malicious intent.”

Team leader Celt took Locke away from the corridor and retreated to the door of a conference room.

Team Leader Celtic glanced at the Mist power on Locke. “Your permanent defense field… seems quite unique. How come it has a second ring?”

“No wonder you weren’t aroused by the Red Devil even though you were so close to it. That kind of thing is considered quite dangerous among the second-ring magic plants. It’s just that the throne likes this kind of magic plant, so he placed this kind of magic plant, which would cause a large-scale ecological disaster if released outside, in his castle for his admiration.”

At this moment, Locke was also very impressed by the great power of the high-ring wizard.

For example, transforming an entire floor of the castle into a special magical tidal gradient environment and planting it with powerful magical plants, this behavior is something I cannot… understand.

Because I don’t know how it was done.

How is it possible that the gap between a six-story castle and a seven-story castle is so huge that they are like two different worlds, and yet the two can coexist in peace?

How could so many dangerous magical plants be turned into office decorations?

The Celtic team leader straightened his clothes and gritted his teeth, “Locke, we are going to see the throne.”

“You have to be careful with what you say.”

The next moment, he pushed open the door of the conference room and walked in. It was still a conference room with an overall black and red volcanic style, but it was much more normal inside. There was no magma, and not too many aggressive magical plants. There were only a few molten-branch longevity peaches, fire-eye peaches, and longan monstera as decorations.

Meanwhile, Witch Ekaterina was sitting on a chair behind her desk, feeding the bird food – the one in her birdcage was about the size of a palm and looked like just an ordinary magical bird.

Catherine was wearing a luxurious robe gilded with gold and a simple lord’s crown inlaid with eleven rubies on her head. It seemed to be a powerful high-level magic weapon.

Witch Ekaterina looked at Team Leader Celtic in a casual manner, “You’re here, Celtic. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”

Then, she looked at Locke and said, “And Locke, I heard that the wizard Hao Brooks from Quinnjoll University has a very high opinion of you and believes that you have the potential to become a second-ring wizard.”

Witch Ekaterina smiled and said, “That’s good.”

“From the beginning, I thought you could do it.”

“Now, you have indeed lived up to my expectations of you. I asked you to come here this time to fulfill my previous promise to help you choose a special plane to contract with. I can give you several options, and the specific one is up to you to choose.”

“It’s all up to you.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “In theory, a wizard can sign contracts with multiple special planes, but in practice, it’s best not to. Signing contracts with more than one special plane is very cost-effective, and it won’t improve much. Instead, it will add a lot of unnecessary magic.”

“When using ritual magic, always remember one thing—sometimes, what you gain is not proportional to what you put in.”

Locke saluted the witch Ekaterina and said, “Thank you, Master. I understand.”

Witch Catherine suddenly put down the bird food in her hand, walked over and stood next to Locke, while Celt glanced over and was almost scared to death.

Witch Ekaterina suddenly reached out, grasped Locke’s collar, and straightened it for him. “That’s right.”

“Excuse me, Locke, I’m a bit obsessive. Ever since I was talking to you, I’ve been wanting to say something about your collar being a little askew.”

“Of course, maybe I’m just too sensitive to parallel lines.”

“Ordinary people shouldn’t be able to tell that they’re not aligned.”

Locke said, “It’s okay, teacher.”

Witch Ekaterina gently invited Locke and Team Leader Celtic to sit at a small tea table in the center of the conference room.

Locke looked at Team Leader Celtic in confusion. He really didn’t know why he was so afraid of Witch Ekaterina.

After sitting down, Team Leader Celtic said to Witch Ekaterina, “Your Majesty, I need to report to you…”

Witch Ekaterina said, “You don’t have to tell me, because I know.”

“Zeven Watts and Alexi Patterson, two ordinary researchers at the Institute of True Knowledge, fabricated experimental data and used it in their research papers and project applications.”

“You mismanaged this matter.”

“Go and deal with these two people. Clear them out and make them pay compensation.”

Locke looked at Team Leader Celtic in surprise.

I didn’t expect that such a thing would happen within Group 6.

Team Leader Celt was startled. He looked at Witch Ekaterina with some confusion and said, “But this is the first time I’m reporting this to you. Before this, you haven’t been to our Group 6 for almost a year…”

Team leader Celtic’s face turned pale, as if he had thought of something.

Witch Ekaterina glanced at him and said, “There’s a young witch named Mason in the Ordinary True Knowledge Academy. I’ve been guiding her recently in choosing her own special dimension. During our conversations, I’ve learned a lot about Group Six.”

“So, I know all these things. Including everything about you.”

Witch Ekaterina looked at Locke and said gently, “This is the information about the special plane. Based on your situation, I have made three choices for you. Each choice is actually very suitable for you.”

“But I suggest you choose the Ancient Sky Fantasy Plane or the Emerald Dream Plane. These two are the most suitable for you.”

“Just pick one.”

The Celtic wizard’s mouth was dry and he wanted to say something, so he quickly said, “My Lord, there were some misunderstandings between Wizard Locke and me before, but I didn’t expect him to be so outstanding. You have a very good vision. It’s like this…”

Witch Ekaterina looked at him and said, “I asked Mason to give Locke the tickets for Sister Mira’s concert.”

With just one sentence, the Celtic wizard had nothing to say.

Ended the topic.

Because this means that Ekaterina knows everything that happens in Group 6.

Witch Ekaterina had never been to Group 6, but she had a keen eye and hearing within the group.

She knows everything.

But no matter what Celt did, Witch Catherine did not interfere once in the past year.

Witch Catherine said to the Celtic wizard: “You should understand my style of doing things.”

The Celtic wizard’s face turned pale, and he gave a wry smile. “So, I only have one last chance left? If I don’t seize it, then I’ll have no choice but to leave Golden Crown Mountain or be transferred to a less important position.”

The Celtic wizard suddenly crushed the clock in his hand and said to the witch Ekaterina, “Throne, I understand. From today on, I will no longer commit evil in Group 6 or vent my negative emotions. I will pay more attention to Group 6 and will never allow data falsification to happen again.”

“I was too impatient before, so I preferred to believe that the two people’s breakthrough discovery was true and did not conduct further verification. This is indeed my responsibility. I made a mistake due to excessive psychological pressure, but ultimately, it is my responsibility.”

The Celtic wizard looked at Locke, gave him a wry smile, and hinted to Locke with his eyes that the witch Catherine was not easy to get along with.

Once the other party directly interferes with your behavior, it means that she has lost her tolerance for you.

Allowing freedom is the greatest respect that Witch Catherine can show to a wizard, and once she interferes, it means she no longer trusts him.

The Celtic wizard understood that this summons was the final warning to him.

Witch Ekaterina looked at Locke and said, “Are you used to life in Yunze Wetland and my research group? You performed very well this time, just as I expected, and you didn’t disappoint me at all.”

Locke noticed from Witch Ekaterina’s attitude that she seemed to have estimated his abilities through the Yunze Cup. In other words, all his current performances in Group 6 of the Yunze Wetland… might have been within Witch Ekaterina’s predictions.

That’s why Witch Catherine said she knew she could.

In other words, all of his performance in the defense at the Zhenzhi Academy was probably within her expectations.

For a moment, Locke even felt a huge pressure.

That kind of pressure is not caused by fear of danger or seeing something dangerous, but another kind of pressure.

At this moment, Locke even felt a sense of empathy with the Celtic wizard.

Locke said, “Teacher, I’m living a good life. Life in Yunze Wetland is even more convenient than I thought.”

Witch Ekaterina nodded. “That’s good. Then you must work hard and seize the opportunity.”

“By the way, I have something to ask you. I’ve looked at your experimental data, and it’s excellent. I can tell you generated it yourself. But I have a question. I noticed that in the section about the Big Black Diamond pineapple in your article, you included some discrete data that doesn’t support your conclusions. Why don’t you delete that data?”

“It’s obvious at a glance that the data was affected only because your assistant used the wrong procedure. There’s absolutely no problem with the overall direction.”

Locke was stunned for a moment. “Teacher, shouldn’t we put all the real data on it?”

This is the habit that Witch Sophia developed for herself when she taught herself.

The Celtic wizard was also stunned for a moment, looked at Locke in surprise, and asked, “The experimental data you conducted has not been modified at all?”

“You just wrote down all your experimental data?”

Locke was unnerved by Team Leader Celtic’s stare, and he even doubted himself. “What’s wrong with this? It won’t affect my project application.”

(End of this chapter)