Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 654

Chapter 651: Ancient Flowers and What They Really Hide!

Chapter 651: Ancient Flowers and Their True Hidden Things!
Inside the hut, the mortal king’s eyes suddenly flashed with lightning, and he suddenly looked up at Locke and Charlie the Witch in the corner of the hut. “Who is it?”

The next moment, he raised the Thunder Sword and slashed towards Locke and Witch Charlie.

A crystal-level king’s greatsword, surrounded by terrifying lightning, but before it got close to Locke, it was blocked by Locke with just one finger.

King Fan’s pupils shrank slightly. “Is it a wizard? How could a wizard have such power?”

Locke frowned.

He used the archaeological spell model [Historical Projection] to record the entire process of his fight with the Mortal King.

Witch Charlie looked at Locke curiously and asked, “How?”

Locke shook his head slightly. “He’s merely a user of the power, not its true master. He knows the power, but not the reason. Even though he possesses a ring of crystallized magic pressure thanks to the iron ball, that’s all he has.”

“The biggest reason they were able to kill those liches was because the kingdom suppressed the power of necromancy.”

“Furthermore, Otto should be a botanical wizard. His kingdom possesses an extremely powerful vitality. Similarly, this so-called Greatsword of the King… should not just be a masterpiece of alchemy.”

Under the horrified eyes of the Mortal King, Locke’s fingers touched the core of the hilt of the greatsword in his hand, which was the mysterious iron ball.

The next moment, a bolt of magic lightning deflected Locke’s fingers.

A magical eye appeared on Locke’s forehead, capturing the rapidly changing subtlety of his spirituality. As an excellent potion master, Locke frowned, sensing the traces of potion science in it.

All of King Fan’s men in the hut were holding sharp weapons and slashing at Locke and Witch Charlie.

“Let go of our king!”

“Wizards! This era does not belong to you…”

The next moment, the scene changed again, and Locke and Witch Charlotte saw that in the city of [Heliotus Royal Court], there were soldiers everywhere who launched a rebellion.

The weapons in the hands of these soldiers are blessed with special powers.

Obviously, before the arrival of the mortal era, these chosen kings, who were supposed to form the backbone of the mortal era, betrayed the [Heliotus Royal Court] first and started a war between wizards and mortals.

Lich wizards, bound in chains, were forced to parade through the streets of the Heliotus Royal Court by the mortal army. The mortals spit on these undead who had lived for thousands of years.

Those liches have lost their power under the suppression of the kingdom of the [Heliotus Royal Court], and the soul fire that beats in their eye sockets is no longer strong.

Locke realized that the [Heliotus Royal Court] of this era was no longer the small country of the past. A ruler was only in the first ring crystallization stage, and the kingdom was just the simplest ordinary magic kingdom.

At this time, the [Heliotus Royal Court] was a huge country that had unified 70% of the territory and borders of the wizarding world.

Its kingdom has become a complex system that Locke can no longer interfere with with the prototype of great magic. It is even completely different from the original ordinary legal world.

Even Locke and Witch Charlie felt that their magical powers were completely blocked and they were almost unable to use their magic.

Not to mention, in this era, the liches are the main targets.

The liches were crestfallen.

When the parade passed by Locke and Charlie the Witch, a lich who was being escorted by two mortal soldiers suddenly raised his head and looked at Locke and Charlie the Witch.

“Are you two… my colleagues?”

“See? A powerful and wise man, bullied by these foolish mortals. The [Heliotus Imperial Court] has created a new tragedy. This is a great persecution.”

“You wizards were spectators at first, but the flames of war have spread to you. The mortals will not be satisfied with just eliminating us. The mortal kings are ambitious and will devour any power they can touch. The era created by the great King Otto has brought us all to a desperate situation.”

The two mortal soldiers marched him forward with dissatisfaction and glared at Locke and Charlie the Witch.

But he did not attack the two of them.

At this time, inside the city, the statue of King Otto was suddenly tied up with reins by a group of soldiers and pulled down. The entire statue shattered into more than a dozen pieces.

A mortal king stood on the city wall and shouted, “The era of the undead’s rule is over, but King Otto himself is also a wizard. All wizards should be ruled by the king!”

“All under heaven belongs to the king! Overthrow King Otto, wizards. Only by obeying the orders of us kings will you have a place to stay in the future.”

“We have the combined forces of sixty-one mortal kings. You should understand how powerful the king is.”

“Rebel against Otto! Rebel against Otto! Establish a politics that truly belongs to our king!”

Inside the city of [Heliotus Royal Court], soldiers everywhere were shouting slogans of resistance against Otto and gaining true freedom. Some soldiers chose to stand on the side of King Otto and maintain the existing order.

Witch Charlotte and Locke tried their best to record everything that happened in this era, the riots, destruction, and the self-destruction of the mortal era.

Witch Xia Li said, “I see. I had always thought it was the Black Sun Tower that directly intervened, causing the collapse of the Mortal Era Plan. But now it seems that the Heliotus Imperial Court’s Mortal Era Plan was already impossible to achieve before the Black Sun Tower took action.”

Locke said, “Furthermore, based on current historical data, I can also make a historical guess—after the Heliotus Imperial Court’s plan completely failed in the mortal era, it had to be dismantled.”

“Because the [Heliotus Imperial Court] has lost the possibility of ending the Age of Stars, but its size has become too large. During the Age of Stars, the Tower of the Black Sun played the role of judge and promoter of civilization.”

Witch Charlotte nodded and said, “Currently, mainstream historical theories all agree that the Black Sun Tower ended the Imperial Age.”

“Then the question arises: after the Empire Era ended, why didn’t the Tower of Black Sun directly rule the next era? Instead, it created the Age of Stars, standing above all the magical kingdoms, yet ruling without governing, allowing those magical kingdoms to develop on their own?”

Locke shook his head slightly. “This may involve the most fundamental secrets of the Age of Stars, so it’s impossible to fully understand it with just these.”

“We still haven’t figured out what role the Tower of the Black Sun plays in the Age of Stars, how it specifically rules the wizarding world of this era, and how much power the major magical kingdoms have.”

Locke looked at the seven-petaled, human-sized red flowers growing within the Heliothos Imperial Court. “And, did you see that? For some reason, so many first-ring crystallization magic plants have grown within this city.”

“These magical plants require a large amount of magical tides and resources to grow, but right now, they are blooming in the streets and alleys of the [Heliotus Royal Court]. This is very abnormal.”

“Is the destruction of the [Heliotus Imperial Court] related to this flower?”

Locke squatted down and looked at the seven-petaled bright red flower. The bright red flower was shrouded in a bright red magic power. Coral-like blood threads derived from the edge of the ancient flower, floating upwards and dancing.

Locke recognized that this should be a rose-like magical plant, but he had never seen this kind of magical plant in Golden Crown Mountain.

A mini moon appeared in Locke’s hand. Under the moonlight of the full moon, the ancient flower grew rapidly, and the scarlet flowers and blood vessels withered in a very short time.

Then, the ancient flower produced fruit, and the fruit withered. A seed fell to the ground, and in Locke’s surprised eyes, the seed quickly took root and sprouted.

The entire plant of scarlet flowers withered and turned into fertilizer.

The surrounding land suddenly became more fertile.

At the same time, an ancient flower withered and gave birth to five seeds. Under Locke’s magic power, the five seeds germinated in a very short time.

“Can this special magical plant enrich the land and even strengthen the surrounding magical tides? How does it do that?”

At this time, Witch Charlie reminded Locke: “Locke, pay attention to your surroundings.”

Locke raised his head and saw many soldiers around him, and a mortal king holding an ice sword, standing in front of them and surrounding them.

A soldier pointed at Locke and said, “That’s him. He used magic without permission.”

The mortal king, holding the greatsword of the king, looked at Locke with an ugly and greedy face and said, “Spellcaster, are you a noble or a commoner? Why don’t you kneel before the king?”

“Do you still know who you are?”

Witch Charlie couldn’t help but frown.

Locke realized that in this prototype of the so-called mortal era, Otto suppressed the wizards too much, which instead encouraged the arrogance of mortals.

Therefore, power is no longer the most important thing, and identity and status become tools for showing off.

Even this so-called identity and status is of no help to social productivity and the progress of civilization.

King Fan grew angry when Locke didn’t respond. “Wizard, how dare you disregard the King? I’m telling you, King Otto will be overthrown by us. Any wizard who doesn’t choose to join us will be killed.”

“Just like those pathetic lich monsters.”

“Ha ha ha ha……”

“In that case, kill these two wizards for me. I will impale their bodies on spears as the banner of my rebellion.”

Witch Charlie immediately drew out her wizard sword, but at this moment she felt that her magic power was only one tenth of what it was under the suppression of the kingdom.

The mortal army before them was all blessed with the power of the Greatsword of the King and also possessed magical powers. As one gained strength while the other lost, the power gap between the two sides was reversed.

Witch Xia Li whispered, “What a ridiculous era. Nameless King, what have you done? Are you just going to watch these mortals gain power out of thin air and do this?”

King Fan sneered and said, “I’ll give you one last chance. Kneel before me and submit to me. Submit to my power.”

“otherwise……”

Locke said: “Power comes from wisdom.”

King Fan was stunned. “What did you say? What’s the connection between power and wisdom? Power comes from status and position. I am the king chosen by King Otto himself!”

Locke sighed. “A witch in later generations once told me that power comes from wisdom. When you’re a little smarter than others, you can lead them. When you’re much smarter than others, you become the master of the world.”

“Mortal King, you have lost your wisdom. Look behind you.”

The Mortal King subconsciously followed Locke’s voice and looked behind him, but only saw a group of expressionless soldiers.

Locke sneered, snapped his fingers, and used the spell model [Historical Projection] to reproduce the expressions of the mortal soldiers and generals behind him one by one.

What frightened King Fan was that every time he emphasized that he was the king chosen by Otto, those mortal soldiers and generals all showed different degrees of contempt.

Some generals even sneered.

This made the mortal kings realize that just as they could choose to overthrow Otto, and after they overthrew Otto, why couldn’t his generals overthrow him?

The root cause of the disaster was already planted at the very beginning.

King Fan was suddenly covered in cold sweat.

Locke said, “Power comes from wisdom. Mortal king, do you think your wisdom is still superior to that of your subjects?”

The Mortal King looked at Locke with a vicious look in his eyes and said, “Wizard, this is just a little trick you played.”

Locke’s pupils turned into golden vertical pupils, and a certain power was transmitted into his blood along those ancient flowers, awakening the power of the world-destroying dragon.

A bright moon appeared in the sky, and then infinite moonlight shone on the infinite earth. Countless ancient flower seeds, blown by the magical tidal wind, blew from the capital of the [Heliotus Royal Court] to the entire territory.

The poignant ancient flower seeds took root, and the soil fertility of the entire wizarding world continued to increase, and the tide of magic also continued to rise.

Between their decline and flourishing, these ancient flowers transformed the geography of the wizarding world.

At the same time, the mortals in the city of [Heliotus Royal Court], after breathing in the fragrance of the ancient flowers floating in the air, the desire in their eyes became more terrifying, as if they could eat people.

Witch Xia Li looked at Locke worriedly and said, “Locke, are you okay?”

Locke paused his spell and looked at the full moon above him. “Nothing happened. It was simply a historical projection recreating something that had already happened through me.”

“It seems that this mysterious ancient flower is directly related to the destruction of the [Heliotus Imperial Court].”

“Historically, there was a wizard from the Tower of the Black Sun who spread this flower. Of course, it’s likely that my power composition is too similar to that wizard’s, so this historical re-enactment simply used me to simulate the process.”

Witch Charlie breathed a sigh of relief. “I’m glad you’re okay.”

“But why are you able to use magic normally here?”

Locke released the iron ball, which shimmered with light. A special spiritual energy entered his body, increasing his magical pressure. “It seems this is a public power. So not only mortals can be chosen as kings, wizards can also be chosen as kings in the mortal era.”

“So, in this era, my power is not suppressed. Moreover, being so close to this power, I can be sure that it involves the technology of Potions.”

Locke glanced at the frightened mortal army, and then a large green-leaf dragon bird appeared behind him. He flew high into the sky, overlooking the entire earth, and saw that the [Heliotus Royal Court] was full of those sad and beautiful ancient flowers.

“Ancient flowers seem to have the ability to amplify human desires,” Locke pondered. “This will accelerate the demise of the Helios Court.”

“This flower should be the one used by the Tower of the Black Sun to destroy the Helios Imperial Court. In this historical fragment, I’ve simply accelerated its development. In the original historical trajectory, I’m afraid that upon its appearance, this flower would have been considered a symbol of wealth by the Helios Imperial Court.”

After all, this strange flower can reproduce rapidly out of thin air, and it can also fertilize the land and enrich magical tides.

This is really amazing.

Locke thought of Group 2 in the Sand Plane. For Group 2, this mysterious flower was definitely a divine artifact.

Of course, in this illusion of the past, it is impossible for him to take the seeds of the magic plants out. He can only use archaeological magic to record the information.

Locke looked down at the land and saw flowers everywhere. “At the end of the Helios Court, were there flowers like this everywhere?”

The next moment, the scene changed.

Locke stood in the sky and saw the torn apart [Heliotus Royal Court].

This special ancient flower has two functions.

First, enrich the land and strengthen the magic tides.

Second, the fragrance of flowers can amplify people’s desires.

The result is that the mortal cities throughout the [Heliotus Imperial Court] can exist and protect themselves independently without relying on the central system of the [Heliotus Imperial Court], and the mortal hearts are full of desires.

This huge empire was actually falling apart.

“Is this the truth behind the destruction of the Heliotus Royal Court?” Locke pondered.

The next moment, the scene before his eyes changed again, and the young wizard’s voice appeared. “Locke, thank you for holding on until now. We’re almost at the end. Thank you. I owe you a favor this time. If you can see me again, I’ll repay you next time we meet.”

Locke looked around and saw that he was in a dim golden hall. “Senior Sister?”

“Your senior sister isn’t here.” A middle-aged wizard wearing a crown sat on the throne. He looked at Locke and said, “You destroyed my dynasty with your own hands. Are you happy?”

“Ezra Clarkson!”

“Does the Black Sun Tower hate me so much?”

Locke frowned and looked at the Wizard King sitting on the throne, “What are you talking about?”

The Wizard King walked down from the throne and walked towards Locke.

Locke instantly realized that the role he played here was not just himself, but a wizard in history who met the nameless king at this moment and place.

It is very likely that he is the spokesperson sent by the Tower of Black Sun.

King Otto asked, “I know what you, the Tower of the Black Sun, fear. Therefore, I understand why you, despite your immense power, have never dared to rule this world. The flowers of destruction you planted on my land have torn my kingdom apart. But ultimately, it was those mortal kings who completely destroyed my kingdom.”

Locke said nothing.

Anyway, at this moment, we are just deducing based on what has happened in history.

Therefore, whether you say it or not has no impact.

In the eyes of King Otto, he was still representing a wizard from the Black Sun Tower in history and communicating with him.

King Otto said, “At this moment, my true form is dead. Are you going to choose a new king? How will you end this Age of Stars? I see… Don’t you have the answer yourself?”

“In fact, if I had a little more time, I could have completed it. A more perfect idea.”

Locke made a sound. “The thirty-year term of kingship has expired.”

King Otto pointed to a massive bronze cauldron in the center of the golden palace. “This is a bronze magical vessel. It’s a popular magical vessel in an interesting wizarding region I conquered. But it’s just a container, not the main point.”

“You and I are both botany wizards. But I am still a potion wizard.” King Otto waved his hand, and the lid of the bronze cauldron suddenly flew into the air, and a blank spirit appeared in it.

“I summarized why the mortal age failed. But I don’t think my point of view is completely wrong. Power and strength should be separated.”

“Those who maintain and manage civilization should not have infinite lifespans. But my trust in mortals, now it seems, was just another form of folly.”

Locke frowned.

That blank spirituality was similar to the one he had observed on the iron ball. “What is that?”

King Otto said, “I used a bronze furnace and combined it with alchemy to create a special kind of blank spirituality. Anyone can possess it. I plan to put some special power into it to form a certain [personhood].”

“Those who possess these [personalities] will have power for a certain period of time and within a certain scope of responsibility. However, [personalities] are public and can be obtained by anyone.”

“In this way, I can separate the power and authority of the rulers of a civilization.”

“Although my mortal era was a failure, I believe this idea of public power still has a future.”

“It’s a shared, extraordinary power.”

King Otto said, “It’s a pity that you won’t give me a second chance to conduct a sociological experiment, right?”

“It allows for the rotation of those who hold this power. Unfortunately, there are still some imperfections. I still don’t know how to connect it to some special positions and transform it into the [Person] I envision.”

“Hmm… it’s somewhat similar to the priesthood of gods, but those who possess these positions are still just human beings, servants of civilization. I call it the separation of strength and power. It’s just that perhaps it’s not suitable for this era yet, and it’s a bit ahead of its time. What do you think?”

“Really? You won’t give me a second chance… hehe… then my final, and greatest, achievement will truly be buried in history, unknown to anyone.”

Locke heard someone say in his own voice: “No, even in history, everything about you will be cleared, and no wizard can know what you have done.”

“This is the sentence passed upon you by the Black Sun Tower.”

The Loom Princess, who was hiding behind the Golden Palace, finally couldn’t help herself and said, “No!”

(End of this chapter)