Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 672

Chapter 669: Is the Apocalypse Witch Stone in your hands?

Wizard Forbes took out a sample of wizard shoes from the astral ring and put them on his feet.

The scaly leaves of the snow-capped pineapple adapted to his feet and fit his feet, undergoing certain minor morphological changes.

Wizard Forbes was slightly surprised, because when he tested wizard shoes in the past, those newly established wizard shoe brands had a problem, that is, there were always problems with small details.

Because for the manufacturers and designers of the newly established wizard shoe brand, they lack relevant experience, and they are already working very hard just to do the main functions well, not to mention paying attention to the small details in all aspects.

But the production technology and design drawings of this newly established wizard shoe brand are very reasonable and complete.

Wizard Forbes said, “This researcher must have found a mature manufacturer to produce it, otherwise the details wouldn’t be so exquisite. Look at this enchantment. Although it doesn’t use any advanced technology, it is engraved along the path of the unique leaves of the pineapple magic plant.”

“The technology is mature.”

Wizard Luca glanced at the information and said, “It’s the production line in Alsace. The Alsace Store Alliance has been investing in the production capacity of the major colonial worlds recently, and it seems to be bearing fruit.”

“This Augustine wizard has in-depth cooperation with the Alsace Shop Alliance. He has connections, so it’s normal for him to invite an excellent production team to produce for him.”

“Forbes, how does it feel to wear these wizard shoes?”

“Is it still usable?”

Wizard Forbes felt the sensation on his feet. Wearing these wizard shoes was not much different from wearing a pair of ordinary shoes.

But he just moved slightly, and suddenly the specialized fleshy roots of the snow-capped pineapple, those fleshy roots like the ice blades of ice skates, drew an ice mark on the ground, and the earth was filled with ice magic.

“Hmm?” Wizard Forbes let out a light exclamation. He slid on the ground and saw a trace of ice on the ground. In a blink of an eye, he slid a distance of one thousand meters on the ground.

Wizard Forbes kicked his feet slightly, and suddenly an ice track similar to a railway appeared under his feet. He was sliding on this ice track at a very fast speed, like a waltz.

Moreover, it’s not just his speed that’s fast. Under the influence of these wizard shoes, his movement routes are also flexible, smooth and fast.

Semicircles appeared one after another in the air.

Wizard Forbes’s expression turned serious. “I’m truly surprised. Not only are they still usable, the performance of these Magic Plant Wizard Shoes is actually comparable to the latest iteration of Meloch Magic Steps and Solas Light Footsteps (30k).”

Wizard Forbes slightly moved his right foot, and suddenly a rapidly rotating circle appeared on the ice railway track in mid-air, and he himself drifted rapidly on the spiral circle track.

He was a Moon Ring Wizard, so he had completely mastered the use of the Snowcap Pineapple right after he started.

As long as his feet shift in a certain direction, he can automatically use the characteristics of the snow-capped pineapple to slide along a spiral track in the sky, which makes his entire movement very graceful.

Wizard Forbes’s face was filled with disbelief. “It’s hard to believe this is the work of a small brand founded by a single wizard. The performance is excellent, comparable to Meloch’s Magic Steps and Solas’ Light Foot (30k).”

“Although after careful use, I noticed that in some details, the performance is more than enough and the details are still relatively lacking, but it does not affect its use as a weapon of war. It’s just a matter of comfort and a little learning.”

The use and learning of various wizard shoes such as Meloch’s Magic Steps and Solas’s Light Feet (30k) have all been specially debugged.

Therefore, wizards will find it very simple when using these two brands of wizard shoes, as long as you only use its basic functions.

Both the Radiance Ranger 01 and Shadow Dancer 86 have this feature.

But when Forbes Wizard was using this pair of Big Snow Top Pineapple 02 (the first version was the ordinary Overlord Big Snow Top Pineapple), he still noticed some unfamiliarity in its use.

But that’s irrelevant.

Because the people who use wizard shoes are wizards, for wizards, learning how to operate them is the lowest cost.

There is no wizard who can’t understand a pair of wizard shoes.

Wizard Forbes landed on the ground, and the snow-capped pineapple transformed into two fireflies and landed in his hands. He looked at Wizard Luca with a serious expression and said, “If I say that this pair of wizard shoes not only doesn’t look like the work of a novice, but actually looks like the work of a master, would you believe it?”

Wizard Luca raised a brow. “Even though it’s just a new brand, the biggest difference between Magic Plant Wizard Shoes and Magic Weapon Wizard Shoes is probably the energy source and craftsmanship. The Magic Weapon Wizard Shoes have mature craftsmanship, but the most important issue is the energy source.”

“Magic weapons can include various energy-based alchemical equipment, while magical plants rely on organs such as plant roots or leaves to absorb and transform specific external magical tides and various energies.”

“Among movable objects, a magic plant of the same size would hardly be able to achieve the same energy output and endurance as the magic wizard shoes.”

“That’s the point.”

“As botanical wizards, you and I should both be aware of this. Among small, high-speed moving objects, plants are always at a disadvantage.”

Wizard Forbes shook his head and said, “This pair of Magic Plant Wizard Shoes has the same performance as the top-level Magic Weapon Wizard Shoes from Yunze Wetland.”

Wizard Luca lowered his head in thought. “That’s strange. Look at how small these pineapples are, barely the size of a palm. You say a magical plant this size can produce such performance, I don’t understand. How did they achieve the energy conversion and absorption efficiency?”

“If that’s the case, I think there’s a high probability that there are more than one special energy-locking structures within this demonic plant.”

Wizard Luca kept thinking about the unique energy-locking structures of various magic plants in his mind, and then wanted to use the magic knowledge in the field of breeding to combine a method to create the pair of magic plant wizard shoes in front of him.

But in the end he just shook his head slightly.

Because his mind told him… he couldn’t do it.

As far as he knew about the first-ring magic plant, without the imaginary root, it would be impossible to achieve such efficiency in absorbing and converting magic energy. But if the imaginary root was added to the magic plant, due to the characteristics of the imaginary root, this magic plant would inevitably develop into the second-ring stage.

The cost and the user’s magical power threshold will increase, and this is not a part of the wizard shoes they want to test.

Moreover, even with the imaginary roots added, the magic plant cannot move so fast due to the characteristics of the imaginary roots.

This was the Achilles’ heel of the previous pure magic plant wizard shoes.

Wizard Luca looked at the pair of wizard shoes handed to him by Wizard Forbes. As a breeder, his curiosity prompted him to involuntarily explore how Locke did this.

But his goal was blocked by the triple magic leaves on the wizard shoes.

“Triple Magic Leaf? He even managed to get something like this. It seems like he had already calculated all this.”

Wizard Forbes laughed and said, “This Wizard Augustine should have anticipated that someone would want to decipher the secret of his magic plant wizard shoes.”

“However, I advise you not to delve into this matter. Behind him is the Academic Committee and the throne of Catherine the Great.”

“You dare to crack the technology of Lord Throne’s students before they publish their articles?”

Wizard Luca coughed. “The Triple Magic Leaf is a mature, resistant, and precious plant factor. Since he’s incorporated this precious plant factor into the pineapple demon plant, it’ll be difficult to decipher it in the short to medium term, unless he proactively releases the relevant plant essence and plant factor.”

“However, I’m still very curious about how he was able to strengthen the magic plant to this level.”

Wizard Luca put his hands behind his back and said, “The young are truly formidable.”

Wizard Luca himself also put on this pair of wizard shoes and conducted a test, confirming that this pair of first-ring wizard shoes does have the ability to catch up with the top first-ring wizard shoes.

Wizard Luca said, “Absolutely. The Tillandsia Wizard Shoes weren’t his original creation. The young First Ring Breeder who had previously provoked the Magic Weavers, was plotted against by them, and died in the Plane Conquest was the main creator of the Tillandsia Wizard Shoes concept.”

“But before he could become a second-level wizard and continue his research on the air pineapple wizard shoes, he died in mysterious circumstances.”

“However, he is the only wizard who can enhance the Tillandsia Wizard Shoes to this level. He has made in-depth research in the field of pineapple magic plants. I wonder what kind of energy-locking structure he has mastered that can increase the energy absorption efficiency of this Tillandsia Magic Plant so much.”

Wizard Luca exclaimed, “As expected of a disciple of the Throne Wizard.”

Wizard Forbes coughed. “Luca, you and I are both old enough to know that it’s better to say less about sensitive matters. We don’t have any evidence.”

“Would a magic weaver kill a breeder who had the potential to advance to a second-ring wizard and whose main research direction was to develop air pineapple magic plant wizard shoes? This kind of thing cannot be said casually without evidence.”

“Besides, before Locke Augustine, no one would have thought that this was a promising path.”

Wizard Luca nodded. “That’s right.”

The two continued to test, and tested about twenty-one well-known wizard shoe store alliances in Yunze Wetland. This time, they all sent in submission samples.

But after discussion, the two unanimously decided that there were only three candidates for the final draft, namely the Shadow Dancer 86 version of Meloch’s Magic Steps, the Radiant Ranger 01 version of Solas’s Light Footsteps (30k), and the Snow-Top Pineapple 02 version of Augustus’s Wizard Boots.

The two began to discuss. “Twenty-one submissions, including our own, have been tested and scored. As testers, we can only provide a relatively subjective final evaluation.”

“After testing, I found that among these 21 wizard shoes, only the products of two established top wizard shoe brands and the dark horse Augustus Wizard Shoes brand were of the same level.”

Wizard Forbes pondered, “I think we should choose the Augustus Wizard brand as our final evaluation opinion.”

“As for the final outcome, the War Committee will hold another meeting to discuss it.”

Although according to convention, their final evaluation opinions basically determine which design plan to adopt.

Wizard Luca hesitated. “From an emotional point of view, it’s better for us to choose the Augustus Wizard Shoes. But from a rational point of view, I think we need to think carefully.”

“Does a newly established wizard shoe brand really have such high production capacity?”

“It’s just a sample. If anything goes wrong, we’ll be the ones to pay the fine.”

Wizard Forbes said, “He can cooperate with Arthas. Since he has a stable cooperation with Arthas, we don’t have to worry about his production capacity.”

Wizard Luca nodded. “That’s true. But there’s another problem. Using a brand of wizard shoes that no one has ever heard of before is a bit risky for both of us.”

“If the war is effective, it will be considered as our good eye for finding a gem.”

“If we perform poorly in the war, we might get into some trouble.”

Wizard Forbes suddenly spoke up, “By the way, what are the prices of the Radiance Ranger and Shadow Dancer? And what’s the price of the Snowcap Pineapple?”

Wizard Luca quickly flipped through the information. “Hmm… Radiance Rangers are 350,000 each, and Shadow Dancers are 300,000 each.”

“Huh? Is the price of Melachi Magic Step so low this year?”

Wizard Forbes sneered. “A pair of wizard shoes sold at this price is almost three times the price of a magic weapon of the same level. Customized magic weapons and luxury magic weapons can easily cost half a million, but these are mass-produced wizard shoes.”

“They’re selling it for so much. Now it’s only fifty thousand cheaper, so I should be thankful for that. How much are the Augustus Wizard Shoes?”

Wizard Luca flipped through the information and blinked in disbelief. “Fifty…fifty thousand?”

“The other party only quoted 50,000.”

“No, this price is too low.”

Wizard Luca rubbed his eyes. “The average price of wizard shoes is 2-5 times that of a comparable magic weapon. This is the first time I’ve seen wizard shoes sold for less than the average price of a magic weapon.”

“fifty thousand……”

Forbes Wizard looked at the first three products of the Augustus Wizard Shoes brand. “Their previous products were all 20,000 magic stones a pair. 50,000 magic stones a pair is already double the price for them.”

Wizard Forbes said, “I see meticulousness, seriousness, passion, and professionalism in the Augustus Wizard Shoes brand. It has the professionalism of a long-established wizard shoe brand, yet the humility of a new brand.”

“I see a future in it. Since the unit price is so low, we have no pressure in choosing it. Even if something goes wrong, you can’t blame us later. After all, this thing is very cheap.”

Wizard Luca thought for a moment, hesitated, and then said, “Indeed. Then let’s put the Augustus Wizard Shoes in the final selection of wizard shoes.”

When saying this, Wizard Luca was still a little dazed.

Even Jinmianshan cannot be without a preference for seniority. After all, store alliances or brands with a long history will definitely perform more stably, cooperate more maturely, and have fewer opportunities for mistakes.

Therefore, in all past reviews, they rarely chose the work of such a pure newcomer.

If the works submitted by the magic weavers could have a higher cost-effectiveness, even if it was only half as much as it is now, he would immediately reject Forbes Wizard’s choice.

After all, when it comes to war equipment, the most important thing is that everything is stable.

It’s just that the magic weavers have been going too far lately.

Perhaps, it is time to give newcomers a chance.

After discussing it again and confirming that Locke’s wizard shoes had good anti-theft capabilities, the two dared to write their own decision in the opinion letter.

That is, to recommend to the War Committee to purchase the Augustus Wizard Shoes brand’s Big Snow Top Pineapple 02 version.

The Demon World War is a war between Jinmian Mountain and the Twin Demon Worlds under certain conditions, so the equipment purchased by Jinmian Mountain is subject to certain rules.

Cannot purchase randomly.

In war, magic items of tactical level and above cannot be used.

Only individual-level items can be used.

If the intensity of the war is not controlled, the continuous use of strategic-level weapons by Golden Crown Mountain and the Twin Demon Realms will easily lead to a real fight between the two major wizarding forces, which will not benefit either side.

Once the scale of the war gets out of control, it may turn into a terrible event that destroys everyone, and even the Yunze Wetlands and the Twin Demon Realms may be destroyed in the war.

Wizard Forbes wrote down his opinion and smiled, “I hope this incident can teach those magic weavers a lesson, so that they can feel some pressure and learn to reflect on themselves. After all, Locke’s identity is very important and it won’t disappear so easily.”

Wizard Luca shook his head slightly. “You know how deep things get, and it’s hard to reverse them? The alliance between these two shops is simply too great. It’s not just these two shops, the entire magic weaver industry is rotten to the core. Even if some wizards decide to distance themselves from them, they’ll often only be persecuted by those who are complicit in the corruption.”

“These are not the most important things. The most important things are those high-level magic weavers of the Rose Council.”

“If the source of the water is smelly, how can the river not be smelly?”

“Forget it. This young man should be able to make an astonishing amount of money all at once. I wonder if his wizard shoe brand can really survive.”

…

Golden Crown Mountain, Dragon Blood Gathering, Witch Kitchen, Private Room 1.

Inside the private room, Wizard Smith was wearing a white wizard robe with three white bird feathers adorning his shoulders. He looked at Locke with a gentle smile and said, “Brother Augustine, we finally meet. I’ve been following the orders of the third-ring wizard of Storm Tower and have come to your Golden Crown Mountain several times recently.”

“Oh, this is the wizard leader of the Thunder Demon Society.”

“You should have met before.” Wizard Smith stood up. He didn’t look arrogant at all, completely different from Antoine.

He was gentle and refined, like an ordinary young teacher. His clothes were not luxurious, but he looked rather ordinary.

Locke sat down in front of him and found that the wizard leader of the Thunder Demon Society was looking at him with hatred.

A malicious look flashed in Locke’s eyes, and then he sat down in front of the two of them as if nothing had happened. He then took the wizard wine in front of Wizard Smith and poured it into the empty glass in front of him.

He picked up the wine glass and sniffed it. “Peach Blossom Drunk?”

“This kind of wizard wine can make even a wizard at the first crystallization stage drunk. It’s quite expensive. I remember a pot costing five thousand magic stones.”

“Smith, you are willing to do that.”

Locke drank it directly. As a potion master, he was not afraid that someone would poison him.

Wizard Smith’s pupils suddenly shrank slightly.

And the Thunder Demon Society wizard, who originally looked at Locke with hatred, now had a hint of fear in his eyes.

For some reason, he felt a chill on his back. He was still alive, but it felt like he was already dying.

Locke looked at Wizard Smith and said, “Tell me, what do you want from me?”

Wizard Smith seemed a little caught off guard by Locke’s behavior. He smiled and said, “Locke. People of status like you and me naturally find it easy to communicate.”

“A few days ago, I asked this wizard to go to the Abyss River on my behalf. I wanted to obtain a special resource.”

“It’s a pity that the Thunder Demon Society seemed to have a conflict with you, so almost all of them were wiped out.”

Locke said, “It has nothing to do with me. I didn’t kill him. If you think there’s a problem, you can go to the Holy Master’s Court or the Ethics Review Committee.”

Wizard Smith frowned. He had been there before. If there was a chance of winning, there would be no need to waste time talking here.

Wizard Smith smiled and said, “It’s just…”

Locke said, “What do you want to trade? If not, then we won’t waste our time talking. Also, the affairs of the Thunder Demon Society have nothing to do with me.”

“The Thunder Demon Society should think about who has put you in this desperate situation. That is your real enemy. Stop talking nonsense. Do you have anything to trade? If not, I will leave.”

The leader of the Thunder Demon Society wizards suddenly fell into deep thought, and secretly looked up at Wizard Smith with a complicated look in his eyes.

Wizard Smith frowned. He felt like a soft knife meeting a hard nail. The wizard in front of him didn’t seem to be willing to take the challenge at all.

The fake smile on Wizard Smith’s face vanished. “I see. If we speak frankly, perhaps communication will be easier. Let me ask you, did you obtain the Apocalypse Wizard Stone from the wizard ruins?”

Locke asked, “What is that?”

Wizard Smith glanced at Locke in confusion. “Then you didn’t go there for the Apocalypse Wizard Stone. Then what did you go there for?”

“It’s a special natural wizard stone that fell from the outer world to the wizard world via a meteor. We at Storm Tower had previously observed that an Apocalypse Wizard Stone had fallen into the ruins, and the same thing happened to the people sent by the Rose Council.”

Wizard Smith’s face was filled with scorn for the Rose Council. “Those cowards of the Rose Council, they personally sent people into the ruins this time, and surprisingly, they were almost completely wiped out. I have to say, you were quite ruthless.”

Locke said: “I’ll say it again, these things have nothing to do with me.”

Wizard Smith obviously didn’t believe it.

He had a strange look in his eyes, as if he firmly believed that the Thunder Demon Society, an affiliated wizard organization of the Storm Tower, and a small research group of the Rose Council were almost wiped out in the mausoleum ruins entirely because of Locke’s calculations.

Or it could be the plan of another female saint priest.

But the Holy Female Priest went into seclusion upon her return and has disappeared. After discussion, they determined that the one with the highest status among the four was Locke Augustine.

Those two minor characters from the Qionghua enclave are insignificant.

The whole operation was more like three wizards accompanying the prince of Golden Crown Mountain, just like his position in Storm Tower.

Therefore, Wizard Smith had a preconceived notion that the Apocalypse Wizard Stone was most likely in Locke’s hands at this moment.

(End of this chapter)