Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 768

Chapter 765 Plant Hunters and Pirate Mothership

The last senior brother appeared to be about the same age as himself, with little difference in appearance. He glanced at his two senior brothers and two senior sisters, smiled, and said, “You senior brothers and sisters are all third-ring wizards, which in the distant past would be the level of a Wizard King and a Wizard Lord.”

“I’m different,”

said Georta, the eldest senior brother, Heidegger, the second senior brother, as well as the witches Fiona and Zoira, all chuckling at this.

For a long time, the witch Catherine hadn’t taken on any disciples in the old-fashioned master-disciple system, hence the age difference between this junior brother named Trajan and the other four.

Actually, it was usually the four of them who interacted most often, since there was a significant gap between third-ring and second-ring wizards; these two levels of wizards held different positions in the wizarding world.

Previously, at sect gatherings, Trajan would sit alone on one side while the other four discussed among themselves.

With Locke Augustine’s arrival, Trajan’s junior brother was no longer alone.

Trajan, a shrewd and powerful wizard, sported a buzz cut and a scar over his right eye, from which a peculiar dark energy flowed.

His right eye was a normal human eye, while his left was a sun-ring level brass demonic eye, which looked extremely terrifying and intimidating.

However, when he looked at Locke, his gaze revealed closeness, curiosity, and a scrutinizing quality, unlike his four senior brothers and sisters who treated Locke as a junior, no different from their own disciples. Locke’s status was only slightly more special because he was Catherine the Witch’s student, making their relationship seem somewhat more equal.

But the four senior brothers and sisters hadn’t really given Locke a serious assessment, assuming that a student accepted by their teacher must be someone who would satisfy them.

But now, both Locke and the sun-ring wizard Trajan were second-ring wizards, making their interaction truly meaningful.

Only then did they genuinely treat each other as equals.

Trajan looked at Locke and said, “I’m just a plant hunter.”

A plant hunter?

A look of confusion flashed in Locke’s eyes.

Senior Brother Georta said, “Plant hunters are already elite wizards. Your senior brothers and sisters, to sum it up, are either selling antiques, selling rice, selling tree heartwood, hoarding rare plants, or, like Zoira the witch, being no different from someone in finance.”

Zoira the witch smiled awkwardly.

Senior Brother Georta complained, “Come to think of it, in the entire sect, the only one with a truly respectable profession is Junior Brother Trajan.”

Trajan coughed.

“Senior brother, you’re mistaken.”

“I’m just a lowly laborer, how much money can I earn? It’s only when you senior brothers and sisters can you build up your businesses and gain experience that I can support my projects.”

Trajan looked at Locke and said, “Second-ring and third-ring wizards are the absolute mainstream among wizards who directly engage in planar conquest, while sun-ring wizards are the absolute backbone of these wizards. In comparison, fourth-ring wizards focus more on academic development.”

“That is, the Ladder of Truth.”

Hearing this, the four senior brothers and sisters exchanged smiles but didn’t explain further.

For second-ring wizards, the Root Realm was already extremely profound, while the Ladder of Truth was even more abstract and profound knowledge, and forcibly explaining it would be harmful to their health.

There is a special disease called [Cognitive Dissonance Collapse Disease].

In other words, a low-ring wizard, after learning about a particularly high-ring concept, might experience severe cognitive dissonance because their body and soul haven’t yet adapted to such profound knowledge. They might perceive everything as breathing. This condition

involves extremely deep-seated soul damage, requiring even a third-ring Potions Master to heal it.

Therefore, while they could casually mention something like the Path of Truth, doing so would have only two consequences.

First, it would cause irreparable damage to the souls of their two junior brothers.

Second, they might simply not have heard it, or if they did, they might think they hadn’t, or selectively remember only the parts they could easily understand.

The second scenario is more common.

Trajan the Wizard said, “As Sun Ring Wizards, we are the backbone of planar conquest, even the main force and siege fighters in foreign wars. Therefore, the so-called plant hunters travel through the endless void to various worlds to find economically valuable crops for the White Wizard Association (Cloudze Wetlands).

If they find them, they will try to bring them back.

If they must be cultivated locally, they can try to buy land through economic means, or even launch a war under the supervision of the Eye of Truth if the other side declares war on us.”

Trajan the Wizard was definitely a ruthless person.

Locke knew that many wizards in the White Wizard Society spent a lot of time on research or other production or service activities, and therefore were not very good at fighting.

But those White Wizards who were immersed in planar conquest all day long were completely different.

Locke sensed a rare aura in this Trajan the Wizard, an aura that could only be born from battlefield combat.

This aura even surpassed all the Black Wizards he had seen before.

If the conflicts between dark wizards could only be described as bravado, then the aura emanating from his senior brother was truly a unique quality cultivated over countless years of declaring war on countless civilizations.

Plant hunter…

that was just a euphemism.

Senior Brother Georta looked at Trajan’s right eye and asked, “By the way, junior brother, I’ve been wanting to ask you this before. What’s wrong with your right eye? It’s entwined with a very special power.”

Wizard Trajan nodded calmly and said, “A year ago, I came into contact with the Dark Great World. The Dark Great World is a newly discovered Great World on the New Path, considered a large-scale world.” Trajan glanced at

Locke and said, “Only large-scale worlds can be called Great Worlds. Great Worlds possess very complete world principles; even a second-ring wizard entering one is just an ordinary individual. Those worlds have special power inheritances, some even comparable to the underground magic systems of some wizards.” “

Of course, that’s only true at the lower ring levels,”

Grand Wizard Georta nodded. “The Dark World? I suspect that Dark World is connected to the True Chaos Sea. There’s a trace of chaotic energy in the wound on your right eye. There’s no way to heal it with potions, is there?”

The wizard Trajan said, “I found an expert potion master who used a special potion to suppress my wound on my right eye, preventing it from spreading. This wound will devour my life force and transform it into dark energy.”

“Connected to the True Chaos Sea?”

Trajan’s eyes turned serious as he looked at Senior Brother Georta and asked, “Thank you, Senior Brother. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have realized that that world has such a deep connection with the True Chaos Sea.”

“No wonder its power is so strong.”

“That world has many plants that could potentially have high added value, which is why I tried to sneak over there three times, and each time I was intercepted by the dark gods of that world.”

“On one occasion, I was bitten by the Dark Fang God, who possessed moderate divine power…”

Senior Brother Georta looked thoughtful.

“It’s not transforming life energy; your perception is wrong. The so-called ‘dark world energy’ remaining on the wound on your right eye is essentially disintegrating your physical form. That is, it’s extracting the etheric structure of your body and soul.”

“In other words, the correct way to say it is transforming your physical form into chaotic energy.”

“That’s why I recognized at a glance that this power is related to the Chaos World.”

The wizard Trajan looked enlightened.

“No wonder I haven’t been able to heal my wounds after all this time, or even control them. I can only barely suppress their expansion.”

Locke, who was listening from the side, was completely confused. He could sense that there was some great information in the conversation, but with his current level, he could only understand some fragments.

The wizard Trajan looked at Locke, smiled slightly, and explained, “The Chaos Sea in the Five Great Wars of Cloud Marsh Wetlands is merely a clumsy imitation of the True Chaos Sea, that unique world.”

“It’s just that some ancient wizard, after borrowing some of the True Chaos Sea’s structure, created a Chaos Ship. That Chaos Ship was buried underground, and one day it was discovered by a somewhat lucky dark wizard, after which it became their base.” “

So, they called themselves the Chaos Sea. But in reality, they were just a group of pirates plundering our void routes. “

“Therefore, some also call them the ‘Pirate Mothership.’ They were also the earliest raiders on void routes and wizard airship routes.”

“Before the Five Great Battlefields system was formed, that Pirate Mothership plundered everywhere, making a living from it, and at the same time…” The wizard Trajan hesitated for a moment.

“Cough cough cough… That mothership did something controversial: it shared some of the resources it plundered with the lower-level white and black wizards.”

“Have you ever heard of rain from the sky?”

“Junior brother, have you ever seen rain from the sky in the southeastern corner of the region?”

Locke shook his head slightly. “What is that, Senior Brother Trajan?”

Wizard Trajan said, “The pirate mothership flies through the sky, tearing through space and time, and then all sorts of resources fall down like rain from the sky.”

“Those pirates were generous with the resources they stole, dividing them into three parts: seven, keeping seven parts for themselves, and indiscriminately throwing the other three parts to the ground.”

“This is highly controversial, but the White Wizard Association has already classified it as robbery.”

Locke blinked. Seven parts taken, three parts given away.

Is this a rebalancing of wealth?

The Twin Demon Realms are thieves, the pirate mothership is piracy. The Crimson Abyss has gone mad…

What are the Seventy-Two Demon Gods of the Abyss?

They’ve simply abandoned everything, so they want to destroy the world?

The five types of dark wizards in the five major wars of Yunze Wetlands seem to each have a distinct personality.

Locke said to Trajan with considerable regret, “What a pity, senior brother, I’m unlucky, my face is so dark, I haven’t encountered this rain even once.”

Trajan paused, then looked Locke over more closely before laughing, “Seeing how good you are at competitions, I thought you were an excellent lecturer, so I assumed you’d be rather dull.”

“But I didn’t expect you to be so interesting. I thought you were a fellow plant hunter.”

Locke was taken aback.

“How do competitions and lecturers relate?”

Wizard Trajan laughed, “For formal wizard-level competitions, isn’t competing like giving a public lecture?”

Locke pondered for a moment, then nodded.

He had wanted to compete before only to sell and promote his wizard shoe brand, using the two competitions to boost his reputation, and also to gain honor and resources.

Later, under the pressure of competition, I improved rapidly. Therefore, part of the purpose of the competition was to accelerate my progress, create pressure, and compete with other wizards of similar talent.

But upon closer examination, in the eyes of higher-ranking wizards, competing was indeed like giving a public lecture.

It was about showcasing their magic, demonstrating their school’s research achievements, and promoting their philosophies to all wizards.

Just like Georgina the Witch, using the Silent Grail to demonstrate the new textile science to the wizards of Cloudswamp Wetlands and the old textile science schools.

In the Silent Grail, the meaning of the competition was no longer about arguing rankings, but about exchanging ideas.

Thus, the competition system itself is a cornerstone of the modern magical era.

Wizards of this era no longer wanted to hide their abilities, viewing open combat as a means of exchanging ideas.

Of course, the hidden benefits of this open competition influencing the development of magical philosophies and showcasing advanced magical construction were gradually recognized by wizards.

Trajan the Wizard said, “I have a unique understanding of competitions, different from others. I believe a good participant is a good lecturer.”

“But we plant hunters, to put it bluntly, are a group of conquerors.”

“By the way, junior brother, you have the coordinates of an unexplored plane, right? What are your plans?”

Trajan the Wizard smiled and said, “Don’t misunderstand, I’m not interested in a medium-sized plane. In the fifty years since I became a Sun Ring Wizard, my exploration targets have all become half large worlds and half medium-sized worlds.”

“I’m not interested in the plants in medium-sized worlds. It’s just that exploring worlds requires a lot of money. It’s probably not easy for you to complete it alone. Unless you grind it out with time.” “

But only wizards with low time costs and no future would do that.”

For some reason, Locke thought of Grand Wizard Sura.

Trajan the Wizard said, “If you need anything, I know quite a few reputable alliances for dimensional exploration services. By the way, this is a gift for you, a wizard’s sword that can slice an enemy in two.”

Trajan the Wizard handed Locke a scabbarded sword. Locke drew the second-circle enchanted wizard’s sword, a pure silver blade of wizarding silver.

The blade was very clean, with few decorations, except for a rune in the center.

Trajan the Wizard said, “This is the sword I used during my ordinary second-circle stage, called [Star Slayer].

This wizard’s sword uses wand-making techniques, as well as traditional wizard sword enchanted techniques, which can amplify mana, enhance magic, and sharpen magic—in other words, enhance the offensive power of all your spells.”

Locke’s eyes brightened slightly.

“It can sharpen my ultimate spells, increasing their instantaneous magical pressure by a factor of two?”

Wizard Trajan said. “Yes. That’s its greatest function. Besides that, it’s enchanted with a second-circle spell, the Power School’s Starfall.”

“It can be used three times a day.”

“Once activated, it only requires a small amount of mana to activate the Power School spell. It’s quite useful in battle. After all, it’s like you can cast an extra spell at once. This sword isn’t cheap…”

“It used to be worth around ten million, now it’s probably only worth five million,”

Wizard Trajan explained. “After all, magic is evolving rapidly, and my [Star Slayer] is already outdated. Combining a wizard’s sword with a wand isn’t fashionable anymore. In the Cloud Marsh, because of the strength of wandmaking, a secondary discipline under the Alchemy School, wands have become independent.”

“After all, the mainstream view now is that combining the functions of two items, while seemingly diversifying the product, actually makes each one less effective.”

(End of Chapter)