Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 735

Chapter 732 The Real World, Wizard Tax!

In the past, the Silent Witch was at the second ring stage. This was her second time coming to this plane she named [Zorro Plane].

At that time, the Silent Witch was just an ordinary second ring wizard, having just constructed her own Great Magic.

She didn’t even have the title of Silent Witch yet, because that title was given to her after she became the Throne Witch,

in commemoration of her systematic research on the Shadow Willow magical plant in the field of breeding.

At that time, she wasn’t yet the Throne Witch renowned throughout the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, like the current status of the Ekaterina Witch in the Cloud Marsh Wetlands; she was just an ordinary wizard who had just become a second ring wizard.

The Silent Witch arrived in the Zorro Plane with the heavy burden of taxes on her shoulders. Unable to pay, she could only serve in the Wizarding Council as a way to offset the taxes.

The world of second ring wizards was so difficult.

It turned out that at the first ring wizard stage, there were still people supporting them. Therefore, even a first-circle wizard carries far less of a burden than a second-circle wizard.

Responsibility and rights go hand in hand.

Second-circle wizards possess immense power, but must also fulfill their obligations.

If full-circle wizards are the adults of the wizarding world, then second-circle wizards are finally the reliable group among those adults.

At that time, the Silent Witch entered the Zorro plane, and after a series of developments, the apocalypse arrived. The Silent Witch watched in astonishment as the world slowly sank into darkness amidst the torrential rain; she was powerless to stop it.

She saw that eerie blue light enter the retinas of everyone in this plane, and in the numb gaze of its inhabitants, the apocalypse arrived.

Even though one or two girls, still somewhat conscious, looked at her with despair and pleading eyes, the Silent Witch could not stop a disc-shaped creature that had already descended, drawn by the plane’s gravity, from crashing into this plane.

That was beyond human capability!

Two planes were drawn together by gravity, and the celestial changes within them were enough for meteorite wizards to study collectively for decades, yet they might not be able to fully understand all the rules governing celestial motion.

The Silent Witch, however, was utterly perplexed. Years ago, under the disappointed gaze of a mortal girl, she looked up at the sky, watching the disc-shaped creature Omega about to descend. She couldn’t understand why Omega could arrive so quickly and possess the power to control the people of the Silent Plane.

That power seemed like some kind of spiritual magic…

Before the Silent Witch could continue her thoughts, the Zorro Plane was about to be destroyed. At this critical moment, the Silent Witch used a special ancient magic to seal the plane, freezing everything in that instant.

However, the seal couldn’t last too long, because of Omega’s status; if she couldn’t become a third-circle wizard within a century, the seal would break.

The Silent Witch left the Zorro Plane, standing outside its crystalline system, and sighed softly.

She came this time because she had submitted a report to the Yunze Council stating that the natives of the Zuoluo plane had received the seeds of a wizarding civilization, thus possessing the potential to become wizards, and that this plane was a promising potential market for trade.

Her original mission was to spread magic in the Zuoluo plane, plant a magical tide, and establish a commercial agreement with the Zuoluo civilization. Once the agreement was reached, her taxes for the past five years would be waived by the Yunze Council.

However, things didn’t go as planned.

The Silent Plane was invaded by disc-shaped creatures. The young witch from years ago looked at the Zuoluo plane with disappointment, then boarded her small void flying vehicle and quickly left.

At that moment, the disappointed pupils of that young witch overlapped with those of the Silent Witch now, and she rose from the Silent Throne.

Simultaneously, the seven Sun Ring Wizards on the judging panel, disregarding their shock, hurriedly stood up from their seats.

These seven Sun Ring Wizards were either students of the Silent Witch’s students in the Three Swamps or wizards working for her; they all bowed to the Silent Witch.

The Silent Witch stared at the scene, a thoughtful expression on her face.

So that’s how it was back then.

Her wish had been fulfilled, and she had even witnessed the emergence of outstanding successors.

This journey from the Starfield Sea to the Land of Three Swamps had been very fruitful.

The Silent Witch spoke, “Edgar David and Locke Augustine, these two children are both quite good. Especially Locke Augustine, I have high hopes that he will become a renowned breeder in the future.” “

The wizarding world needs such fresh blood. My Starfield Sea’s high-magic plan needs such talents to continuously emerge in various places.”

As if receiving some kind of instruction, the seven Sun Ring Wizards, after discussion, announced the competition results.

The champion was decided.

Locke undoubtedly won the championship, Edgar came in second, Georgina third, and Smith fourth.

As the chairman of the Sun Ring Wizarding Committee announced the results, the wizards of Golden Crown Mountain, whether formal wizards or students, were overjoyed.

Quinnjoll hadn’t been able to defend his title, but they already regarded Edgar as a hero, and thus were also beaming with joy.

The wizards at Boniface University accepted the outcome; after all, the reputation of the New Textiles hadn’t been tarnished, and the level of the two external wizard contestants this time was simply too extraordinary.

Even the Silent Grail War’s previous “Apocalypse” contestants had been completely outmatched.

Boniface University could only blame their bad luck.

However, the wizards at Storm Tower looked extremely grim, as if they’d swallowed flies, their expressions collectively gloomy.

First, they were last again.

Second, the female dark wizard who had stolen their spot had escaped and disappeared in full view of everyone.

Third, Wizard Smith had been kidnapped; judging by the timeline, she could probably only be found on the black market.

Meanwhile, the wizarding audience collectively applauded Edgar and Locke, applauding the grand performance and astonishing competition they had brought them.

Their immense magic had left a deep impression on them, especially the scene where they became each other’s ecosystem at the end, which even had a touch of the Enlightenment era’s wizarding style.

In short, it has a distinctly ancient feel.

The wizards of Yunze Wetlands are all driven by performance, regardless of the direction—both tangible and intangible performance.

Such selfless cooperation hasn’t been seen for countless years.

However, at this moment, many wizards have a question in their minds: how did Locke manage to prevent the apocalypse at the last moment?

That was a cataclysmic collision!

Did he discover the truth that the Silent Witch hadn’t discovered back then?

At this moment, in the school team’s waiting area, the wizard Chad was so excited that he almost jumped up from the spot. He was even more excited than if he had won the championship himself.

“Yes!” Wizard Chad jumped up and down, turning to face his three old rivals. “We won! Golden Crown Mountain-Luxu Bridge won! We won!”

“We are the champions! We are the champions! Rush, did you see that? We are the champions!”

Rush, the Sun Ring Wizard of Quinnjoll, curled his lip, a hint of surprise in his eyes as he glanced at Edgar and thought of Locke.

In the competition, the option of truly cooperating with an opponent was so unique in the eyes of the performance-driven Yunze people…

But unexpectedly, their cooperation actually solved the apocalypse by accident.

Wizard Rush said, “I know, you won, we are second. This time you won well-deservedly. It’s just that you won too much. I wonder what the result was in the Three Kings Tournament.”

“If you all won, that would be funny.”

Wizard Chad was also stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

“This time, Golden Crown Mountain was prepared to give us a break. It’s really not our fault. You saw it too, we at Golden Crown Mountain kept our promise and only provided Locke with the necessary assistance in the competition.”

Wizard Rush smiled wryly. “You want me to go back and tell the elders of Quinnjoll that Mount Golden Crown just sent a random contestant and beat us?”

Wizard Chad coughed awkwardly.

In the Mount Golden Crown waiting area, the wizards were immersed in the glory of winning the championship, even the third-ring wizard Fisher had a smile in his eyes.

“Not bad, not bad. We won. Hahahaha… those no-man’s-land students are all ours this year. Excellent! One no-man’s-land produced several promising power masters this year, all elemental children. I was worried they’d be snatched up by other universities, but now it seems there’s no need to worry.” The sun-ring

wizard on the academic committee paused for a moment. “Ah, even if they enroll this year, it’ll still take two years to get into Mount Golden Crown. And they’ll need to take an exam to enter the main campus, and before that, they might have to go to a lower-level institution…”

Wizard Fisher was in good spirits. “Hmm, there’s one promising student among them, so these students are lucky. If they can all time it right, they can probably all enter the main campus of Golden Crown Mountain within two years.”

As they spoke, they touched upon Golden Crown Mountain’s complex system of subordinate schools, as the top wizarding university in Yunze Wetlands.

Wizard Fisher belatedly realized what was happening. “Oh no, did Locke really solve the mystery of the Silent Plane?”

Wizard Fisher felt a chill run down his spine. “Your Majesty, did you warn him not to do this?”

“The Silent Holy Grail Tournament involves too many interests. It absolutely cannot be canceled.”

At this moment, on the Sun Ring Wizard judges’ panel, the seven Sun Ring Wizards also looked at the Silent Throne with worried expressions.

Now, after the initial surprise and joy subsided, a sense of unease had crept into their hearts.

The Sun Ring Wizard Chairman even took out a Ganoderma lucidum from his astral ring and began checking the stock prices related to the Silent Holy Grail Tournament.

This competition is linked to a large number of shop alliances. If it were to disappear, hundreds of wizards would go bankrupt.

Many of them are connected wizards, including himself.

At this moment, Tatar, the chairman of the Sun Ring Wizarding Association, pursed his lips, feeling uneasy.

In the Silent Plane, within the psychic network, after Locke merged the two psychic networks and completely dismantled Omega’s psychic dark network, he noticed two lines of text on the back of the chessboard.

These two lines seemed to have been written by two different wizards

from different eras .

The first line was a name, stating that he came from Boniface University, named Hannibal Pericles, and left the sentence—’I have been here, this is proof.’

Then, decades later, another person wrote a name on it. This person came from Mount Golden Crown, Emilia Carlisle, and similarly left the sentence on the chessboard—’It seems that Mr. Pericles, like me, dares not reveal the truth of the Silent Plane. I wonder if the next wizard to come here will have the courage to make a different choice than us.’ Locke

pondered for a moment. Emilia Carlisle—if she was a researcher from Mount Golden Crown over a hundred years ago, she would have left long ago.

In any case, he had never heard of her at Mount Golden Crown.

Locke quickly understood why these two, despite discovering this place, hadn’t revealed it.

First, they must have discovered it, but without connecting everyone in the Silent Plane to the Mind Chessboard and fulfilling the dying wish of the wizard Zorro, they couldn’t have suddenly merged the two major Mind Networks like he had, dismantling the control of the Disc Creatures over the immense magic created by Zorro.

Only by giving everyone in the Silent Plane a corresponding position within the Mind Network could the control of the Disc Creatures be neutralized.

Without this step, even discovering this place wouldn’t prevent the apocalypse.

Second, and most importantly, the Silent Holy Grail Tournament had been developing for many years, involving countless intertwined interests.

If he discovered the truth about the Silent Plane, the Silent Witch would likely keep her promise and discontinue the Silent Holy Grail Tournament.

This would harm the interests of all the wizards involved.

This tournament, involving four-ring wizards and four top universities from Yunze Wetland, had an immense impact. It

was something he couldn’t afford to do now.

It was a completely different story than disrupting the small-scale market for wizard shoes.

No wonder neither of them dared to claim they had discovered the truth about the inevitable destruction of the Silent Plane after finding this place.

So what about him?

Locke pondered for a moment and realized something: the Silent Witch had never publicly stated what benefits the wizard who discovered the truth would receive; she had only promised to cancel the Silent Holy Grail Tournament. Locke thought for a moment

, made his choice, and inscribed a line on the chessboard: ‘If I had spoken, the tournament would have ended. Would four more people have discovered it?’

Locke left these words and joined this dialogue that had lasted for over a hundred years.

The disc-shaped creatures possessed the characteristic of unifying all timelines, so this mental chessboard, at least on the reverse side, would not be reset.

The two lines left on it were the best evidence; it was just unknown how many years would pass before the next wizard joined this dialogue.

(End of Chapter)