Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 630

Chapter 627 Do You Want Grace or Death?

Chapter 627: Do you want grace or death?
After Locke left, Witch Catherine looked at Douglas, the second person who was taken out of the wizard prison by the second-ring demon hunter and taken into the office.

When Douglas saw the witch Ekaterina, his eyes lit up, as if he was a man in desperate situation who saw his hope.

Witch Ekaterina said, “I’ve read your interview materials. Unfortunately, your abilities still don’t meet the requirements of Golden Crown Mountain, so you’ve been imprisoned in the wizard prison.”

“But since you helped my students, I’m willing to give you a chance. I’ll let you redeem yourself from your crimes and become my teaching assistant at Jinman Mountain.”

“This will allow you to escape from the White Wizards’ Guild’s wizarding prison. Do you want this? Do you want my grace, or death?”

At this time, Douglas just felt that fate was playing tricks on him. During this week, he first went to the Wizarding Court and was judged by the Holy Masters of the Wizarding Court, and then went to the Wizarding Prison which was comparable to purgatory.

He never wanted to go back to that horrible prison without magic. He almost thought that he would have to stay in prison for the rest of his life, and the Witch King in him didn’t react at all. When he was about to despair, the witch Catherine suddenly sent witchers to the wizard prison and took him out.

This made Douglas feel much more grateful and awed towards the powerful throne wizard, Witch Ekaterina.

Douglas’s eyes flashed with passion as he saluted Ekaterina. “Your Majesty, perhaps you cannot trust me, but I am willing to work for you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work for you.”

“You rescued me from the wizard prison. You are my benefactor.”

Witch Catherine said, “It was the laws of the divine masters and your past stupidity that landed you in the wizard prison.”

“But first, let me make this clear. Even the Throne Wizard of Golden Crown Mountain cannot ignore the orders of the Wizarding Court. You are currently a criminal. If you behave well in the future, I can exempt you from punishment, allow you to start anew, and give you a fresh start.”

“But if you don’t behave well, you will still have to go back to the wizard prison.”

Douglas did show a hint of fear on his face.

After he was possessed by the Three-Ring Witch King, everything went smoothly for him. Even if he encountered some problems, in the end, others would suffer while he would benefit.

He thought he had the help of a three-ring wizard, and he even felt a bit too proud.

There is also the feeling of thinking that I am familiar with and understand these high-ring wizards.

But now, after experiencing this, he finally understood what it meant that life is unpredictable.

Only at this moment did he truly feel a deep respect for the high-ring wizards.

At this moment, Witch Catherine sent someone to take him out of the wizard prison. He even thought, “Fortunately, the Lord of the Throne seems to be more easy to talk to. Otherwise, I would not have passed the interview at Golden Crown Mountain. According to what was said before, I would definitely have to go to the wizard prison.”

When he was asked to leave and taken by the witcher to his teaching assistant position, he still had the illusion of waking up from a dream.

“I just joined the top wizard academy in Golden Crown Mountain?” Douglas sighed in his heart. “Lord Throne is really a good man.”

“If I hadn’t met this kind person, I would have been dead. Compared to my dark wizard mentor, the Queen is very kind. I will work hard for her in the future to repay her kindness to me.”

At this moment, the second-ringed demon hunter glanced at him and sneered. “Little Black Wizard, you’re lucky. If it weren’t for the Lord of the Throne granting you this grace, you’d still be serving your sentence in the wizard prison. How could you possibly become an assistant instructor at Golden Crown Mountain?”

“From today on, you will be working in Group 6 of the Institute of True Knowledge, assisting the researchers. You must meet any requirements they place on you. Your performance will be evaluated and your future will be determined. Remember, you are not here to work, but to serve the community and atone for your sins.”

Douglas’s eyes dimmed.

It seems that he was too happy too soon. Witch Catherine was generous, but the second-ring wizards under her might not be kind to him.

Douglas felt emotional in his heart. There were too few wizards who could give these misguided young people chances again and again like the Lord of the Throne did, and who had no prejudice against dark wizards.

Douglas could only salute the second-ring demon hunter in front of him and said, “Sir, I understand. I will work hard.”

The second-ring demon hunter tossed him a data sheet. “This is the original sentence. According to the law, you must serve 150 years of free labor. Now, this sentence can be fully materialized as your workload at the Institute of True Knowledge, and your salary will be paid based on the number of years of your sentence.”

“If you can earn enough to offset these sins, you’ll be a free man.” The second-ringed witcher looked at him unhappily. “Of course, for dark wizards like you… I prefer you to rot. Completely ruined.”

“Honestly speaking, I don’t think scum like you have a chance to reform. Many of my classmates and students have died at the hands of dark wizards like you…”

“You said you were just a nobody in the dark wizard’s land before? Haha, let me tell you, no dark wizard has clean blood flowing in his body.”

The second-ringed demon hunter roughly placed a magic ring on his right thumb. “This is a demon hunter’s tracking ring. No matter where you flee, we will find you.”

“The ring itself has the function of constantly absorbing your magic power. Your normal magic power will be suppressed. If you dare to escape, this ring will kill you. If the Lord of the Throne hadn’t asked me to remind you, I really don’t want to remind you of this.”

Douglas smiled bitterly. He didn’t expect that he would be arrested just for coming to Jinman Mountain to watch a sports game.

If he had known this, he should not have listened to the Witch King and thrown the emerald cat’s eye to Locke Augustine.

The second-ringed demon hunter looked out the door, a slight expression on his face. “Mason, this is the person assigned to your task. Take him back. If he dares to escape, he will be killed without mercy.”

“I have transferred control of the magic ring worn on his thumb to all researchers in your laboratory.”

Mason Witch bowed respectfully to the witcher. “Yes, sir.”

After the witcher left, Mason Witch looked at him indifferently. Unlike her enthusiasm towards Locke, Mason Witch looked at the dark wizard with curiosity, fear, caution and disgust in her eyes.

“Come with me. We have a lot of work to do. It just so happens that our small group, formed with Locke Augustine as its core, is an internal research group. We have three second-class funding projects that need to be completed as soon as possible. I’m embarrassed to ask the boss to help us, so we should handle this little thing ourselves.”

“So, you do have a lot of work to do.”

Douglas felt extremely aggrieved. He lowered his head and followed Mason Witch in the corridor.

At this moment, the voice of the Witch King Lagmamon finally appeared in his ears, “Douglas, you finally made it to Golden Crown Mountain.”

Douglas’ body stiffened. Since a week ago, he had no chance to get in touch with the Witch King Lagmamon and thought that he had left him.

Douglas suppressed his excitement and said, “Teacher, where have you been this week? Why didn’t you show up?”

The voice of the Witch King Lagmamon responded: “For this week, the witch Ekaterina has maintained a certain level of interest in you. I wasn’t sure if she would notice me, so I didn’t dare appear in her presence. Now that she has finally lifted her extra attention on you, I dare to speak to you.”

“But don’t worry. I’ve read your memories of this week and know what happened. Wizard prisons… are somewhat similar to the supernatural purgatory of our time. It seems that no matter what era, these things always exist…”

Douglas was extremely excited. “Teacher, that’s great. Now that you’re here, I know what I should do. But it turns out that the Queen has been paying attention to me. That’s great. She must be willing to give me a chance…”

“…” The Witch King Lagmamon fell silent. “Well, if you understand it that way, then it will indeed only benefit you, not harm you. It’s fine if you want to understand it that way.”

The Witch King Lagmamon wisely did not explain that the Witch Catherine’s treatment of him was just a favor to him.

In fact, during his interview, the Witch King Lagmamon was still able to help him pass the interview assessment. However, midway through, he suddenly realized that the future was bleak and dark. This suddenly woke him up. If he really helped this kid pass the assessment, he would definitely die!
The only way to avoid death and not be sent to the wizard prison was to demonstrate a certain value while still having the opportunity to show favor to the Witch Ekaterina.

Only then would the powerful witch believe him.

He thought he could make him his own direct descendant.

Otherwise, the powerful witch would probably think that her cheap student has grown up and can no longer be trained and tamed.

Realizing this, the Witch King Lagmamon immediately began to pretend to be dead.

The Witch King Lagmamon marveled. “No matter what era… there are always powerful wizards pursuing eternal power. These wizards are often the manipulators of an era, wielding immense influence over it. Upon meeting that witch Ekaterina, I seem to see in her some of the qualities of those powerful wizard kings of the past.”

The Witch King Lagmamon said to Douglas, “Douglas, no matter how you joined Golden Crown Mountain, you are here now. Since you joined by chance, you must seize the opportunity. You are indeed a solitary prisoner now, but you can become a shining star of Golden Crown Mountain in the future.”

“Don’t be discouraged by a temporary awkward situation. Believe me, as long as you seize the opportunity, you will turn things around sooner or later!”

“Douglas, I’ll help you. Besides, it would be beneficial for me to be exposed to the basic research of this era. Don’t forget, you have a three-ring wizard as your golden finger. With my help, you will shine in basic research!”

Douglas was thoughtful, his eyes revealing a bright interest in the future.

Indeed, if he had the help of a three-ring wizard, he would soon stand out in basic research.

…

In the Dragon Blood Market Castle, Locke walked into the Golden Peach Garden and found trader Bruce. He used 360,000 magic stones to buy 60 beech trees.

Trader Bruce looked at Locke in confusion and said, “Mr. Augustine, I’ve watched your previous matches. You’re truly a capable wizard. But why did you buy so many Beechwood trees this time…”

Locke smiled but didn’t answer.

It was a special situation before, but it is impossible for me to use the Queen’s Chessboard every time I develop a No. 2 Overlord Cell Complex. That is too extravagant and unnecessary.

Using sixty Fagus sylvatica trees, it is entirely possible to cultivate the corresponding No. 2 hemagglutinin cell complex that can be used.

This can save a lot of magic stones.

High cost performance.

Moreover, it is estimated that among these sixty beech trees, at least half will be able to join his own forest sanctuary in the end.

It doesn’t have to be eliminated completely.

Locke said to Trader Bruce, “Take me to pick up the goods.”

After they finished picking up the goods, trader Bruce said, “Mr. Augustine, the hidden showroom has recently received a new batch of luxury magic plants. Would you like to take a look? Each one is very practical…”

Locke waved his hand. He really didn’t need it at the moment. “Not for now. I’ll contact you if I need you again in the future.”

He left the shop and went to a shop in the Dragon Blood Gathering that sold wearable magic mirrors, or magic glasses.

Locke glanced at the witch who was serving him at the Qi-transformation stage, the shop owner, and then took out a letter of introduction from Ekaterina. “I want to see your boss…”

The witch shop owner subconsciously said: “Boss, no outsiders.”

But when she saw the coat of arms representing the witch Catherine on the letter, she was surprised and nodded slightly to Locke and said, “I’m sorry, sir, it turns out that you are a student of the boss’s good friend.”

“Please follow me. The boss said that if you are a student of that adult, you don’t need to make an appointment and can enter the lounge directly.”

Locke followed her into the lounge which was only accessible to employees and waited for a while. About half an hour later, Locke finally saw a golden-haired elf witch with a monocle in her left eye and an exaggerated pointed wizard hat walking towards him.

The witch seemed a little confused, and there was a bird feather stuck on her wizard hat. At this moment, the shop owner couldn’t help but reached out and took the bird feather off the wizard hat for her.

The witch dazedly glanced at the bird feather in the shopkeeper’s hand. “How rude! I don’t want to be laughed at by Catherine for this.”

“I clearly tidied myself up before I came out.”

The female shop owner said to her respectfully, “Boss, this phoenix feather probably fell on your hat when you were out dealing with that bald-tailed phoenix.”

The Victorian Witch said, “Ah, that’s probably what fell on my hat at that time.”

The Victorian witch winked at Locke, as if bribing him. “Little guy, could you please not tell my best friend about this embarrassing incident?”

Locke saluted the three-ringed alchemist. “Lady Victoria, you’re joking. You are my elder, and the first time I met you, I felt your majesty.”

Witch Victoria was stunned for a moment, then smiled with a hint of surprise. “I didn’t expect Katya’s last disciple to have such a personality. It’s really interesting. Katya’s students are usually very serious. Hmm… maybe it’s because Katya is so scary. I was her classmate back in school, and I always thought she was very serious.”

Victoria Witch recalled and said, “When Katya is around, the atmosphere will automatically become serious. Katya rarely jokes with others.”

Locke guessed that Katya was the nickname that witch Ekaterina gave to her best friends.

Victoria Witch looked at Locke and said, “By the way, why did Katya ask you to come to me?”

Locke immediately said to her, “Teacher, I want to buy you some cosmic light contact lenses.”

Victoria’s face instantly turned serious. She reached out her left hand, took the letter of recommendation from Locke, and read it carefully. “Since it’s her suggestion, I naturally have no objection.”

“I can sell it to you at cost. Two million magic stones each. Well, this cost price doesn’t include labor costs. But if the magic weapon is damaged later, no alchemist other than my laboratory will be able to repair it.”

“Do you know what cosmic light contact lenses are?”

Locke shook his head honestly. “Victorian witch, I don’t know.”

Victoria Witch took out a small contact lens from her astral ring and said, “Put this on your right eye and try it. It’s okay, you can try it.”

Locke hesitated for a moment, then opened his right eyelid and placed the contact lens on his right pupil.

(End of this chapter)