Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 751

Chapter 748 The Conflict Between the Dragon Rose and the Second-Ring Wizard’s Lineage

The Rose Witch plucked the magical plant of the Rosaceae family that had transformed into the Dragon Rose, sniffed it, and then handed it to the Sith Wizard, leaving him somewhat astonished.

However, looking at the plant radiating powerful energy, he was incredibly tempted.

The Sith Wizard looked at the Witch Catherine, who nodded slightly.

He then gladly accepted it.

The Rose Witch looked at the Catherine Witch and smiled, “I gave this second-circle enchanted plant to your wizard, and as Esther Witch is my last disciple, it is only right that I bring her body back to the Rose Council and place it in the final resting place of all the recognized wizards of our Rose Council—the Rose Garden.”

“That is where our Rose Council wizards choose to return to after their weary journey on the path of truth. My request is not unreasonable, is it?”

The Catherine Witch glanced at her.

“Death wipes all debts; that’s the rule of the White Wizarding Association. From today onward, there will be no more Esther the Witch in this world. I will inform the White Wizarding Association and Mount Golden Crown of this matter.” “

At the same time, the Rose Council needs to provide compensation.”

The Rose Witch nodded slightly. “Of course.”

“We will pay the relevant compensation. Everything can be measured in money.”

“That’s the rule of our world.”

The Rose Witch, along with Lana and Nina, carried Esther the Witch’s body back to the flying vehicle. The void flying vehicle first floated up, hovered for a moment, and then, in an instant, flew forward, then, like a drill, squeezed through the light, concealed its form, and disappeared from the spot.

On the other side, the Sith wizard proactively handed the Dragon Rose to the witch Catherine, bowing and saying, “I apologize, Your Majesty, we failed to stop Esther. She was too foolish, failing to realize that the Rose Witch’s first goal was to obtain her; her second goal, if she couldn’t obtain her, was to ensure her disappearance, thus eliminating any leverage she might have against you and Mount Golden Crown.”

“A dignified Grand Wizard of the Sun Ring, reduced to such a state…”

The Sith wizard couldn’t help but sigh.

“It’s also my fault for not stopping her at the border of the Mount Golden Crown region, allowing her to escape here and seek her own death.”

The Celtic wizard bowed and said, “Your Majesty, if that mixed-blood dragon hadn’t suddenly appeared, Esther would have been trapped at the border. Then, once you and Lord Pericles intervened, you could bring her back to Mount Golden Crown.”

On the other side, the Academic Committee’s Pericles wizard glanced at the Dragon Rose, a glint of interest flashing in his eyes.

It was a magical plant created from the most cutting-edge research of the Third Ring Throne.

“This is incredible.

Simply placing a hand on the dragon’s forehead has altered its nature, transforming it into a magical plant.”

The wizard Pericles recalled the Rose Council’s most famous cultivation method—the Rose Cultivation Method.

Could this be the essence of the Rose Cultivation Method?

Forcibly transforming bloodline essence into plant essence?

How was this achieved?

This is no longer just ordinary [species transformation]. Plants and animals possess fundamental differences, differences that have been repeatedly confirmed to originate from the very beginning of the plane’s creation, from the very first birth of life, when plants and animals separated.

The wizard Pericles murmured to himself.

“If this is the Rose Cultivation Method, then it’s enough to support an ordinary third-ring wizard on its own. It’s truly amazing.”

“No wonder the Rose Council doesn’t publish or issue articles on this cutting-edge theory.”

The wizard Pericles, regaining his composure, bowed to the witch Ekaterina and said, “Your Majesty, the death of a Sun Ring wizard is a great loss, even if that Sun Ring wizard was the last disciple of the throne wizard on the Rose Council’s side.”

“I must return to the Academic Committee, report to the committee, and have the chairman convene the Golden Crown Mountain internal wizard council to inform the Senate and the deacons.”

“And the other neutral wizards.”

The witch Ekaterina nodded slightly and said, “I will use my vice-chairman’s authority to request that Esther be buried as a Sun Ring wizard of Golden Crown Mountain, in the name of the academy’s sacrifice.”

“This is the right of these second-ring wizards, and even more so, the right of Sun Ring wizards.”

The wizard Pericles paused for a moment.

“I know… for the academy, a second-ring wizard is generally a senior researcher, or a wizarding instructor, or at least a chaired wizard waiting in line for an instructor position. They should have some contracts and enjoy the benefits of an instructor…”

“And a sun-ring wizard, generally speaking, is either a senior instructor or a chief instructor, holding an extremely high position.”

“However, if we follow the sun-ring’s funeral, her name will appear in the names of at least ten intermediate academies under the Golden Crown system, adding her title to those academies…”

“But she was a traitor,”

said the witch Catherine. “I know.”

After thinking for a moment, the wizard Pericles bowed again, then summoned a small void spacecraft, boarded it, and left.

On the spaceship, Pericles looked at the flock of dragons outside the window and began to ponder.

The right to name an academy is a privilege of second-ring wizards.

After the death of every second-ring wizard from Golden Crown Mountain, their name can become the name of an intermediate academy.

Having the right to name an academy brings influence; essentially, this is a right that is more important to the students of the deceased’s faction.

Esther is a Sun Ring Wizard, residing on Mount Golden Crown for two hundred years.

She has a large number of students on Mount Golden Crown, some of whom are formal wizards, and formal wizards also have their own students…

even some of those formal wizards’ students have been formal wizards for a long time.

Esther is not essentially a witch, but the founder of a group; her name is used to name ten intermediate academies, essentially signifying the influence her student factions have over ten mortal kingdoms.

This is a reward, or rather, a reinforcement.

It’s just that Esther was dealt with as a traitor.

But now, Catherine the Witch is instead appeasing Esther’s students.

The Sun Ring Wizard instantly thought of many things.

‘Yes. Esther’s students are among the research groups for many of His Majesty’s projects.’

‘She’s probably appeasing them to prevent new betrayals.’

The Sun Ring Wizard realized that one move could have far-reaching consequences.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Bericley Wizard, Esther herself was blinded by greed and had something on her hands from the Rose Council, which led to her self-destruction.

Otherwise, even if she had a questionable relationship with the Rose Council, she would at most be ostracized from the core of power, not meet such a tragic end.

At the Dragon Mountains, Ekaterina the Witch looked at the Sith Wizard and said, “I also overlooked something. I only knew that Esther was a witch from a college under the Golden Crown Mountain, but I didn’t investigate her specific background.”

The Sith Wizard suddenly realized that Ekaterina had only entered Golden Crown Mountain after becoming a third-circle wizard.

That meant that this throne holder wasn’t very familiar with the Golden Crown Mountain system initially.

This might be the reason why Esther was able to blend in and infiltrate the college.

The witch Catherine looked at the Sith wizard and said, “This isn’t your fault. But you need to deal with things on the Dune plane. Sith, you need to handle the chaos that Zaran Bailey caused on the Dune plane, and your misunderstanding of the Rose Council’s intentions that led to the current disastrous situation on the Dune plane…”

The Sith wizard’s expression was solemn. He had indeed been misled by the Rose Council and misjudged the situation.

He mistakenly thought that the Storm Tower and the Rose Council were targeting his Desert Rose project, but now, in retrospect, he found this idea ridiculous.

Because what those two parties were targeting wasn’t just a dispensable add-on, the Desert Rose, but something much more important.

They were targeting the witch Catherine.

The Sith wizard and the other wizards prepared to leave the Dragon Mountains, while the Celtic wizard looked at the dragon rose in the witch Catherine’s hand and sighed slightly.

What a pity.

He had originally wanted to subdue that hybrid dragon that seemed to have great potential.

Although bringing the dragon out of the Dragon Mountains would require some price and resources,

unfortunately, the Rose Council witch intervened and killed it.

He sighed slightly.

The Celtic wizards and Sith wizards exchanged glances, each seeing something in the other’s eyes.

Clearly, the Rose Witches had officially declared war on their Red Dragon Throne; Esther was just the beginning.

It certainly wouldn’t be the end.

The academic war between the two throne witches would affect countless people and last for many years.

As time passed, the conflict between the witches Catherine and Anna gradually became public.

Of course, this was also due to their rising influence within their respective academies.

After everyone had left, the avatar of the witch Catherine addressed the empty mountain range, “Come out, Locke.”

The next moment, Locke’s true form emerged from beside the Rose Dragon.

At this moment, Locke wore a gray wizard’s robe, his posture upright, his eyes bright.

He bowed to the witch Catherine and said, “Teacher.”

Catherine pointed to the dragon rose and laughed, “Anna killed one of my Sun Ring wizards and allowed another to infiltrate my group for a long time. I will settle accounts with her for this.”

“She has finally angered me.”

“She will get her revenge. However, this magical plant she left behind is quite nice; I’ll give it to you.”

Locke was astonished.

At the same time, he was even more curious about the dragon rose.

It was a typical second-ring magical plant, possessing 16,000 magic pressure, the same as his own.

Moreover, its interior is plant essence transformed from the bloodline of the World-Destroying Demon Dragon.

This is truly astonishing, meaning that the Rose Witch somehow managed to transform bloodline essence into plant essence.

No, this transformation should have many limitations; it doesn’t happen arbitrarily.

Based on his current understanding of botany, his knowledge of the Rose Council’s areas of expertise, and his past publications, Locke realized that the Rose Council shouldn’t have the ability to arbitrarily transform bloodline essence into plant essence.

Otherwise, this would be a small-scale magic field that could stand alone.

But since it doesn’t, it means that while this effect seems so mysterious to other wizards, it actually has significant internal limitations.

Regardless, thanks to the Rose Witch, he actually obtained a magical plant with a plant essence that corresponds one-to-one with his own fully dragon-transformed bloodline essence.

This Demon Dragon Rose is just a special magical plant to others, but it holds great significance for him.

Locke sensed the two second-ring ancient creature bloodlines within his body. Because of these bloodlines, his physical strength far surpassed that of ordinary wizards.

The Black Sun Tower clearly hadn’t anticipated the special effects of the New Route World’s artifacts, leading to a serious misjudgment. What was initially a certain death situation was easily avoided with the death of his dragon avatar and the reappearance of his true form.

Locke looked at the magical plant in the witch Catherine’s hand. Its overall shape was a three-headed rose, with three dark neon purple crowns resembling three dragon heads.

The purplish-black main stem stood like a gnarled dragon’s spine, and the rose’s leathery leaves resembled the wing membranes of a young dragon. The sharp edges of these leaves resembled dragon claws. Its root system consisted of both solid and imaginary roots.

However, Locke wasn’t surprised that the Dragon Rose possessed imaginary roots, because after extracting the imaginary roots from the Shadow Fern, he could also use the Lunar Cultivation Method to evolve magical plants and give them imaginary roots as well.

To others, it was simply a matter of moonlight shining on a magical plant, bestowing upon it an imaginary root.

This wasn’t difficult to achieve.

Locke glanced at the imaginary root of the Dragon Rose and knew it was just a common one.

That made sense.

After all, the Dragon Rose only had 16,000 magic pressure, while the magic pressure of an ordinary second-ring cultivator was between 10,000 and 20,000.

To obtain a higher-level imaginary root, the Dragon Rose’s magic pressure would need to be at least 20,000.

At this moment, Locke sensed the Dragon Rose, and it was truly miraculous.

Because this Dragon Rose was essentially transformed from the world’s wondrous creature, the Dragon-Eating Beast, into a second-ring wild magical plant through the hands of the Rose Witch, a third-ring throne holder.

Locke was connected to it by blood and shared the same spirituality; it was as if it were the plant version of himself in this world.

They were so alike.

Locke extended his left hand towards it, and the Dragon Rose’s thorny rose leaves trembled slightly, moving closer to him.

It seemed to be responding to him.

Locke connected his magic with the plant, their powers merging seamlessly like water and milk, forming a magical bond in an instant.

Locke’s hand touched the demonic plant, and it immediately began to move, like an exoskeleton suit, encasing Locke in it.

The roots formed a dragon’s tail, and the large, leathery leaves became its wings—three pairs in total. Next came smaller leaves, different from the six large leaves, appearing somewhat tattered.

From afar, they resembled broken dragon wings; up close, they looked like leaves damaged by insects.

A pair of demonic dragon rose roots, like dragon claws, rested on his shoulders, followed by three purplish-black rose petals, resembling dragon heads appearing behind him, making him seem like the plant’s fourth head.

Supported by Locke’s magic, the three roses aimed at the sky, unleashing a breath of destructive power—the breath of annihilation.

An apocalyptic aura reverberated as three breaths of destructive power erupted.

Locke blinked, surprised that the wild magical plant created by the Rose Witch’s spell was so powerful.

Despite showing no signs of being optimized by a breeder, it was incredibly weaponized.

However, Locke quickly realized that the plant’s true form was himself…

his previous state was that of an incomplete, juvenile World-Destroying Dragon, already quite weaponized.

“After I ceased to maintain my pure dragon form, I lost the ability to breathe dragon breath.”

“That’s an ability only dragons possess. But with this magical plant the Rose Witch helped me create, I can once again use the full might and breath of a dragon.” A

dragon’s breath is its most powerful magical force.

Essentially, it’s the most powerful dragon language magic; what appears to be just a burst of energy is actually a highly sophisticated energy-spraying spell from the Evocation school.

In terms of spell model quality, few spell models of the same level within the Evocation school can compare.

Therefore, possessing dragon breath significantly enhances his combat power.

Moreover, Locke flapped the wings of the Dragon Rose and used the second-circle spell “A Single Tree

Cannot Support a Mountain,” a common botanical magic. He instantly took flight from the spot. “Just as I expected. This Dragon Rose, in essence, grants me all the abilities of a dragon with 16,000 magic pressure, including flight. Excellent, teacher! Now I have a second-circle level flying magical plant.”

After becoming a second-circle wizard, the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow he carried in the Six Towers Lands was no longer sufficient.

In fact, during the Silent Grail War, this magical plant was already dispensable, merely an extra.

It didn’t provide any advantage.

The Dragon Rose, however, filled the gap in his lack of flying magical plants.

Furthermore, it was an unmodified wild magical plant. If he could use finite element cultivation to combine it with the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow…

or use a synthesis cube to synthesize it, accelerating research and cultivating a plant combining the advantages of both magical plants, he could create a second-circle level Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow!

Locke thanked Catherine the Witch, “Thank you for the gift, Teacher.”

Catherine smiled, “This was originally yours.”

“Moreover, with it, Anna will have even less chance of realizing that the dragon is you. Even if you use abilities related to the dragon in the future, she’ll only think it’s because of this magical plant.”

Locke hesitated for a moment, then asked, “Teacher, may I ask one more question? Is Senior Esther a spy?”

“She is,” said the witch Catherine. “She was sent by the Rose Witch. She told me this a hundred years ago.”

Locke was utterly shocked.

No.

This was too complicated.

Catherine had just told the Sith wizard that she herself had only recently learned of this, yet now she was telling him she had known about it a hundred years ago.

That meant…

Esther might not have betrayed Mount Golden Crown.

But why would Catherine kill her?

Was there some behind-the-scenes deal involved?

Locke looked up at Catherine, and seeing that his teacher wouldn’t explain further, he didn’t intend to ask any more questions.

Catherine was satisfied that Locke didn’t press the matter.

“Locke, you’ve been competing with the Wizard Shoe Shop Alliance lately?”

Locke nodded. “Yes, Teacher.”

Ekaterina the Witch said, “Well done. The wizard shoe market in Yunze Wetlands is largely the private domain of the Rose Witch lineage. If you touch this market, you’ll offend them. If it were any other mentor, you’d already be warned.”

“The reason you haven’t is because the Rose Witch and I are inherently enemies. My students and her students are always at odds.”

Locke then realized, so that’s how it is.

No wonder Ekaterina didn’t interfere with his push into the wizard shoe market, unlike with the No. 2 Tyrant Essence. With

the No. 2 Tyrant Essence, Ekaterina immediately intervened, negotiating with the high-ring breeders on his behalf and settling the matter in her name.

But she didn’t concern herself with the wizard shoe issue.

It turned out that the interest group behind the wizard shoes was her enemy, so there was no need to ease the conflict between them.

Because they were enemies to begin with.

“Solas’s Barefoot and Melochy’s Magic Steps are properties owned by two of Rose Witches’ third-ring wizards,” said Ekaterina. “Of course, after numerous rounds of dilution, agency, and transfer of ownership, relatively few wizards know this.”

“But with careful examination, traces can still be found.”

“Your wizarding agent, Scarlett the Witch, knows this. She’s very clever,”

Ekaterina explained simply.

“That witch used my name to intimidate me when she wanted to obtain a key raw material for making your wizard shoes. That news quickly reached my ears.”

“It’s common for low-ring wizards to use the name of high-ring wizards to intimidate others. A wise wizard would observe the reaction of the high-ring wizard whose name was being used to discern the true connection between them,”

said Ekaterina. “However, I did respond.”

“I didn’t tell you these things before because you were only a first-ring wizard, and you only needed to focus on research and competitions at the academy. Now you are a second-ring wizard. Wherever you go in the future, Mount Golden Crown remains your best foundation.”

“Furthermore, as a second-ring wizard, you will be forced to participate in the academic lineage competition, even if you don’t want to. First-ring wizards have their advantages; the academic lineage competition won’t affect them because they will be deliberately ignored.”

“Just like when people harvest leeks, they deliberately avoid the immature ones.”

(End of Chapter)