Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 590

Chapter 587 You Take Your Promise Too Seriously

Chapter 587 You are too serious about keeping your promise.
After Locke and Team Leader Celtic parted ways, they returned to their dormitories with the information.

He looked at his information again. First of all, there were three generations of the Senate, the Academic Committee, and the Deacons Group. This time, at least three people would be nominated to participate in the competition.

Everyone is a descendant of a three-ring wizard and enjoys countless resources.

He has countless equipment on him.

The only advantage I have over them is my ‘talent’.

“The three major factions of Golden Crown Mountain all want to secure a spot in the Silent Holy Grail Plane Conquest Tournament. For these three factions, a mere plane coordinate shouldn’t be a big deal.”

Locke pondered, “Perhaps there are other interests within the company, which I cannot understand at this moment.”

“Secondly, there are those real researchers in the Institute of True Knowledge who have no background.” Locke looked at the two people that Team Leader Celt considered to be his biggest opponents.

The first opponent is a wizard named Emerson Nelson from the School of Power. He is 45 years old this year. He was admitted to Golden Crown Mountain when he was 40 years old and was stuck at the last age limit.

He has been at Golden Crown Mountain for five years.

He has already completed the first-class project fund, but has not done any special funding or sub-projects of key items.

Logically, he should have left Jinmian Mountain by the end of this year.

Obviously, Emerson Nelson from the School of Power wanted to take one more gamble before leaving Golden Crown Mountain this year.

If he succeeds, he can participate in the plane conquest competition. Even if he fails, he can still benefit a lot.

At least his time in Zhenzhi Academy has reached its limit, and he has no choice but to leave.

As for Emerson Nelson, his magic pressure has reached 9999. He is also a local wizard of Yunze Wetland and a native wizard of Jinmian Mountain. His teachers at various stages are all outstanding wizards.

His basic panel and spell pool are not comparable to those of ordinary wizards in the outside world. I heard that his permanent defensive force field is also very unique.

“Gravity well?” Locke read the permanent defense force field of this force energy school. The opponent’s permanent defense force field combined with the special element fission pool equipment of the wizard tower can produce the effect of 1+1 greater than 2.

It was the proud research result of a solar ring wizard whom he followed during his wizard apprenticeship.

Although you cannot use multiple permanent defense force fields, you can maximize the advantages of the original permanent defense force field.

At the same time, Locke looked at his second powerful opponent listed in the information – Witch Sera.

“Born in the Southern Wizard City, he is a bloodline wizard and a researcher at the Academy of Advanced True Knowledge. He is a bloodline modulator who specializes in using spells to strengthen and improve Phoenix bloodlines.”

Locke frowned. “She’s said to be born with the second-ring Flamebird bloodline. This is her fourth year at school. She wants to become a second-ring wizard and receive special funding. She’s been stuck at the first-ring limit for at least three years. She’s forty years old this year.”

“The permanent defense force field is the Flame Bird domain that is entangled with the Phoenix bloodline.”

“She once participated in a demon hunting team and personally hunted down double-digit first-ring dark wizards. This guy is a master in actual combat.”

The demon hunter team in the Three Lakes Land is something that can add political correctness to one’s resume and can slightly embellish one’s resume.

Actually, it is quite useful.

Locke pondered, “Just looking at the paper data of these two people, they are actually not as high as the paper data of the three third-generation members of the Senate, the Academic Committee, and the Deacons. But in fact, these two are also my strong rivals because they are true geniuses.”

“They should still have some cards up their sleeve. And… like me, they can continue to improve through battle.”

“Besides that, the other contestants have been stuck at the first ring limit for years, unable to make any progress. I just wonder what kind of contestants the small and medium-sized wizarding organizations in the Golden Crown Mountain area will send to participate this time.”

“Although most of the time, these wizards from small and medium-sized wizard organizations are just runners-up, there have been some dark horses that suddenly emerged in past sports festivals.”

“To face so many powerful enemies, I need more powerful strength. Fortunately, I have money now.”

After thinking for a moment, Locke took out two luxury magic plants and continued to learn the Peach Arc Thorn Arrow magic.

After practicing for an hour, he began to think about how to complete the fourth round of ladder test of Quetzalcoatl Ancient Pavilion. At the same time, he poured the waste residue produced by preparing the potion on the obelisk golem.

A stone as big as a basketball rolled on the tool table like a kitten turning over.

…

On the seventh floor of the Zhenzhiyuan Castle, Witch Ekaterina heard the results from Team Leader Celtic and Team Leader Sis George respectively.

She curled her lips and looked at the golden dragon Fafnir beside her. “Well, it looks like our little dragon has adapted to the Yunze Wetlands.”

“Things are beyond your expectations, aren’t they?”

The golden dragon Fafnir sneezed. “I really underestimated him. Even super-intuition can’t explain his current achievements. He must have a high talent for breeding, and super-intuition has given him even more power.”

“But I have always been distrustful of wizards from outside. Never mind, he is indeed very good. Perhaps you were right to choose him and reject the wizard from our school.”

Jin Long said: “He has done well recently.”

Witch Ekaterina said, “Don’t underestimate wizards from remote places. Perhaps they haven’t received the best magical training, but the fact that they can reach here proves their potential.”

“Fafnir, I’m not a native wizard of Yunze Wetlands.”

Jin Long looked at Ekaterina in surprise. “This is the first time I’ve heard of this. You’ve completely hidden your past, aside from your academics, so it’s completely unknown to outsiders.”

“So you’re not a wizard of local origin.”

Catherine smiled and said, “Wisdom is power, and power is wisdom. If others know my past, they can guess my thoughts. Then my wisdom will be inferior to theirs, and therefore their power will be greater than mine.”

“On the contrary, the more information I know about him, the more power I have over him.”

The Golden Dragon Fafnir gave Ekaterina a deep look. “It’s hard to believe these words could have come from the same witch who, in her First Ring period, studied how a single branch of a tree could produce seven different colored flowers out of a love of beauty.”

The witch Ekaterina raised her lips. “Then the question is, who did you hear this story from? Thomasson? Or some other wizard? And who did those wizards hear it from? Yes, from me.”

“So…is the story I told them true or false?”

The golden dragon Fafnir turned to look at the witch Ekaterina. He suddenly rose from the ground, like a golden mountain rising from the earth. His spiritual energy surged and transformed, and his terrifying dragon eyes fixed on Ekaterina. “Indeed, that story is far different from your own temperament. You have never been an idealist, nor do you care for superficial things. After being with you for so long, if any illusory concept can attract your attention, it must be because it can bring you greater long-term benefits.”

“Ekaterina, speaking of which, he has already passed the Second Class Institute of True Knowledge Fund. When will you start testing him? It should be about time.”

The Golden Dragon Fafnir said, “He’s lived in peace and comfort for far too long. According to your pace, it’s time to let him feel the true cold.”

“The cold that Griffin and Hoover once felt. Success without failure is not worth mentioning.”

With a wave of her hand, the witch Ekaterina’s magic mirror was automatically covered by a black cloth woven with a red dragon pattern. “There’s no rush.”

“You seem to be somewhat optimistic about him.”

The Golden Dragon Fafnir sneezed and said, “I recognized his talent from the beginning, but I didn’t expect his talent to be so strong. I just thought he had some problems and wasn’t worth the money. But now it seems that I might have been wrong about this.”

“I just hope he can withstand your true test.”

“By the way, that Daniel seems to be undergoing a test as well. I have to say, the wizards of you Golden Crown Mountain are truly bizarre. This welcoming tradition is truly atrocious.” Jin Long said, “It’s not that there are no wizards, but they have never risen again.”

The witch Ekaterina laughed and said, “I think so too. It’s really terrible.”

“But we have different expectations for researchers at the Institute of Advanced Knowledge.”

…

A month later, in the laboratory, Locke sorted out the eight articles that had previously passed the second-class funding project and sent them to Qingcao Yunze one by one.

At the same time, in the simple laboratory, Locke entered the state of [flow]. Without any thoughts, the spirituality in his body seemed to drift with the flow. He stretched out his left hand, and the branch of the Golden Palace floating in front of him began to bend and deform, automatically turning into a bow and arrow. The tree trunk was the bow body, and the phoenix spirituality of the branch of the Golden Palace turned into the bowstring.

At the same time, Locke raised his right hand and chanted a spell, and a fast-growing branch hanging from the small golden date tree fell into his hand.

The branches of the ordinary small golden date tree quickly caught fire with some kind of flame.

That is the fire of civilization.

Immediately afterwards, under the blazing flames, the branch of the jujube tree turned into an arrow, and Locke placed the magic arrow on the bow of the Golden Palace Branch.

Suddenly, the two forces combined, and a terrifying demonic pressure combined with the fire of civilization descended. Locke waited without taking action, but the wall several feet in front of him had begun to melt, and flames burned where his feet stood.

The demonic pressure transformed into flames, and the entire simple laboratory was like a high-temperature oven.

Locke didn’t even fire this arrow.

Locke chanted a spell to dispel the magic. “Using the Peach Arc Thorn Arrow, I can continuously fire the fast-growing branches of the small diamond jujube hanging that combine the power of the fire of civilization.”

“My normal magic output ability has been directly improved by one or two levels.”

“Now, whoever becomes my enemy, I only need to draw my bow and arrows, and I will continue to shoot. Legend has it that the peach-shaped bow and thorn arrows can shoot anything, even the sun and moon.”

The two luxury magic plants that come with the Peach Arc Thorn Arrow already have the characteristics of a second ring. This magic itself can also be spiritually linked with the Fire of Civilization, further enhancing the magic and giving it the special ability to shoot down anything.

With this magic, Locke had the confidence to compete with the young first-generation wizards in the Golden Crown Mountain area.

Locke used the Star Ring to collect two luxury magic plants.

At the same time, he thought, “I wonder what will happen to my eight articles submitted to Qingcao Yunze and the 28 articles submitted to Life and Reproduction.”

I had originally planned to submit to “Environment and Plants” in Zone 2 first, after all, it is a top journal in Zone 2.

Who would have known that his two articles on the mechanism of symbiotic relationship between pineapple magical plants and magical creatures were harshly rejected by “Environment and Plants”.

It’s probably because I’m the corresponding author and my argument isn’t convincing enough.

Therefore, Locke directly asked Schneider to write 26 articles in the past month and then submit them to Life and Reproduction this month.

Wizard Hayes should be very happy.

…

In the editor-in-chief’s office of Qingcao Yunze, a Moon Ring Wizard who is the editor-in-chief of the journal is looking at eight articles sent by an editor-in-charge.

The editor-in-chief said, “Editor-in-Chief, these eight articles are all of very high quality. Six of them are related to the structural components of natural magic power, one is a comprehensive review of the ecological niche of pineapple magic plants, and one is about… the No. 2 Overlord Element and Overlord Cultivation Technology.”

“Eight articles, each of which has been recognized by their peers…but the problem is that this number is too much. Do we want to publish eight articles by a wizard in one issue?”

“Editor-in-chief, please make up your mind.”

The editor-in-chief of Qingcao Yunze drummed his fingers on the table. After careful consideration, he said, “Publish! These eight articles are all common articles in our Qingcao Yunze journal. That wizard simply discovered a few too many natural magic structure components at once.”

“But this does not affect the quality of these articles. In that case, why should we refuse?”

“Go write a thank-you letter to that wizard. If possible, I hope he will submit more articles to our journal in the future.”

…

Inside the Life and Reproduction journal office, Wizard Hayes was stunned when he saw the 28 articles his assistant had sent him. He then looked at his assistant, a junior wizard in the liquefied stage. “Junior, are these… submissions from Wizard Locke Augustine?”

The wizard nodded and said, “Brother, these articles have all been recognized by our peers. In fact, there’s no doubt that they’re all excellent research. If it weren’t for the corresponding author’s issue, they would even be published in a top-tier journal in Zone 2.”

“Our journal happens to have relatively few articles, so we can put together a high-quality monthly issue. Professor Barbatos will definitely be very happy.”

“Brother, where did you find such a great writer who is good at publishing articles?”

Wizard Hayes was stunned for a moment, then felt a little speechless. “Little Locke, I just asked you to give our journal priority, but who knew you would actually submit 28 high-quality articles to us at once?”

“You’re so good at keeping your promises.”

“I really found a treasure.”

Wizard Hayes smiled. “I happened to be passing by Golden Crown Mountain that day, so I went there to visit a young talent I had already taken a liking to. That’s what good judgment is all about.”

Wizard Hayes was satisfied to see his junior fellow apprentice and looked at him with admiration.

(End of this chapter)