Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 774

Chapter 771 Reunion with an Old Friend and a Reunion at the Blood Curse Court

In the Southeastern Corner, the wizard airship descended vertically from mid-air, causing a massive shockwave. The air seemed to groan, as if every part of it was under immense pressure.

The airship quickly lowered a series of floating staircases.

Locke followed the wizards down the stairs.

At this time, most of the wizards traveling from Yunze Wetland to the Southeastern Corner seemed to be middlemen dealing in war supplies.

There were merchants of magical plants, magical artifacts, and magical potions—a diverse and countless array.

There were also some wizards like himself, originally from the Southeastern Corner.

Furthermore, Yunze Wetland and the Southeastern Corner already had some established trade channels. The Southeastern Corner seemed to possess a specific magical gemstone mine that Yunze Wetland needed.

Moreover, the Southeastern Corner also possessed some magical potions and a small number of magical plant products that were specialty products of Yunze Wetland, products that Yunze Wetland lacked.

Or at least, they could provide the most basic raw materials.

The Forbidden Forest in the Southeastern Corner is an inexhaustible treasure trove, from which raw materials for potion-making, breeding, and even textile, magical painting, and fuel science can be gathered.

Meanwhile, the wizards from the Cloud Marsh Wetlands transport not only war supplies but also various specific magical resources.

Therefore, a considerable level of trade is maintained between the two sides. Without trade with the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, the Southeastern Corner alone would likely be unable to support the current number of wizards.

Locke observed that the wizards’ hands were adorned with numerous astral rings, all of high quality and with substantial internal capacity.

Some wizards even carried magical briefcases.

Magical briefcases are used in wizarding civilization to transport large quantities of low-level magical items; they can hold multiple magic boxes, which in turn can hold numerous magical items.

While its function seems to overlap with the Astral Ring, it’s not actually the same. The Magic Suitcase—the Magic Box’s storage system—is more secure and easier to count.

Furthermore, the entire process is semi-transparent, completely monitored by both parties, reducing many unnecessary troubles during the transaction.

At this moment, Locke restrained his magical pressure, forcibly lowering it to just over 3000. He quickly disembarked from the airship and blended into the crowd.

Upon entering the Southeast Corner, Locke felt extremely uncomfortable, like a fish out of the ocean and into shallow water.

The magical tides here were extremely thin, lacking not only the support of the Root Realm

but also the extremely weak magical power in the air.

This meant that if Locke, as a high-magic-pressure being, were to fully release his magical pressure here, he would attract the attention of most of the formal wizards in the Southeast Corner, like a lighthouse in the night.

Moreover, Locke’s clone was extremely uncomfortable here; he even felt that if he stayed here for a long time, his magical power would regress instead of advance.

“This is different from what I experienced in medium-sized planes.”

Locke successfully blended into the crowd, pretending to be just an ordinary, officially recognized wizard. He walked along the docking point of the wizard airships in the Southeastern Corner, observing the bustling crowd of officially recognized wizards, the high-ring wizard experts holding signs welcoming those who had traveled from afar, and the wizards waiting for resource traders to arrive. He

also observed the large number of first-class wizard apprentices in the Southeastern Corner working for their wizard mentors.

In the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, first-class wizard apprentices rarely received such important positions, but in the Southeastern Corner, their status was crucial.

For the various academies here, these first-class wizard apprentices were already a significant asset.

Locke felt a sense of returning to the Southeastern Corner.

“In the Silent Plane, I can draw upon its power for my own use, so even if that plane doesn’t have much magical energy, it won’t lack magic power. But in the Wizarding World, my rank is simply not high enough for me to reach that level.”

“And here it’s too close to a low-magic environment. So, I’ll be like a big fish entering shallow water, very uncomfortable here. If I live here for thirty years, I’m afraid my magic pressure will decrease instead of increase.”

“Although because of the existence of Great Magic, it’s unlikely I’ll fall out of the Second Ring level. No, if I were a Second Ring life form using non-Great Magic methods, I might actually fall out of the Second Ring level here.”

Because external energy is too scarce.

You can’t raise a big fish in shallow water.

Locke has discovered another advantage of Great Magic. Compared to Kingdom Domain and Imaginary Magic, Great Magic is basically a permanent proof.

“I’ll go back to Lilith’s Hut first, see Professor Harlen Vera, and my seniors and friends at Lilith’s Hut, and then prepare a ship to return to… Corfu.”

Locke thought of his earliest beginnings, which were on Corfu.

So many years have passed, and he wondered what changes had occurred on Corfu Island, whether the Frankish Kingdom had unified the other six kingdoms, and

what had become of the original owner’s father.

Locke sighed. He had wanted to explore the identity of the original owner’s mother, but even after venturing to the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, he still couldn’t find any information. His only gain was that he had come into contact with the Black Sun Tower.

The original owner’s mother claimed that she had been hunted by the Black Sun Tower and thus came to Corfu Island in the southeastern corner of the region. This might seem reasonable to ordinary people, wizard apprentices, and even first-ring wizards, but now that he had a preliminary understanding of the true nature of the wizarding world, this claim seemed full of flaws.

It must be a lie.

The original owner’s mother, that witch, now seemed to have only one possibility for entering Corfu Island—she went there intentionally.

But what was her relationship with the Black Sun Tower?

Locke left the dock, found a second-class wizard apprentice, hired a magic carriage, and then sat in the magic carriage, preparing to head to Lilith’s Cottage.

At this moment, two special magical creatures, a mix of unicorn and common horse blood, pulled the magical carriage. Locke frowned; they were merely gray-backed horses.

The ride was extremely uncomfortable!

The road was rugged and uneven, and the horses were practically ordinary creatures.

The second-class wizard apprentice driving the carriage glanced at Locke inside, his expression extremely respectful.

“Sir, are you going to Lilith’s Cottage? My driving skills are excellent; I guarantee we’ll reach our destination as quickly as possible.”

“Wizard, are you the wizarding instructor at Lilith’s Cottage? I’ve heard that Lilith’s Cottage…”

Locke simply replied, “No.”

The second-rank wizard apprentice dared not ask further, and could only whip the horses to speed up.

At that moment, Locke looked out of the carriage and saw the familiar Forbidden Forest, its leaves rustling in the breeze as if greeting him.

The Forbidden Forest stretched across the southeastern corner of the region.

Now that he had become a second-circle wizard, he realized just how profound the Forbidden Forest’s influence on the southeastern corner was.

Wood elemental particles continuously emerged from the depths of the Forbidden Forest, causing the dimensional power of the entire southeastern region to lean towards wood.

However, this wood elemental power was also mixed with the unique confinement and oppression of the Forbidden Forest, so the entire southeastern region was not as bright as the Cloud Marsh Wetlands.

Moreover… Locke looked into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

The magical tides in the air of the southeastern region were constantly entering the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and then, through some mechanism similar to breathing, some magical tides were expelled.

“The original magical tide energy level of the Southeast Corner should be above average for a mid-level magic region,”

Locke pondered. “It’s much higher than the Six Towers Land and the Qionghua Enclave, only slightly lower than the Yunze Wetlands. But almost all the magical tides of the Southeast Corner have been absorbed by the Forbidden Forest, and the magical tides that the Forbidden Forest spews out are less than one-tenth of what they were.” “

In other words, the Southeast Corner’s greatest magical resources have all been devoured by the Forbidden Forest. The Forbidden Forest is naturally incredibly rich and beautiful. But outside the Forbidden Forest, it’s extremely barren.”

“No wonder the Southeast Corner is so poor. Most of the region’s resources are in the hands of the Forbidden Forest.”

Through the carriage window, Locke seemed to see a figure with a large foot walking past in the forest parallel to his carriage not far away.

Just as Locke was about to observe more closely with his tiger eyes, the magical carriage he was sitting on suddenly passed a large crater, jolted violently, and he blinked, and the figure with the large foot in the Forbidden Forest disappeared.

Locke frowned, coughed, and handed a magic stone to the second-class wizard apprentice.

“Wait, I think I’ll change my mode of transportation.”

Having gotten used to the magical carriages pulled by first-level magical creatures in the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, it’s really hard to get used to riding in a magical carriage of this level.

Locke stepped down from the carriage, and the second-class wizard apprentice was somewhat flustered.

“My lord, have I been uncooperative? You…”

The next moment, he blinked, and Locke had suddenly vanished from his sight.

The second-class wizard apprentice was startled. He rubbed his eyes, then looked around, suddenly feeling something was amiss.

“Where is that lord? How could he just disappear like that?”

If it weren’t for the magic stone placed on the seat inside the magical carriage, the apprentice would have thought he was dreaming.

Because his magical carriage had carried so many wizards, even formal wizard guests, and none of them seemed to have done this.

In just a blink of an eye, that formal wizard had disappeared before his very eyes!

At this moment, Locke used the “Lone Tree Cannot Support” technique, riding the Rose Dragon at low altitude. His speed was so great that a gust of wind followed him wherever he went.

The black and red dreamlike flower appeared behind Locke, extending three pairs of rose petals like dragon wings. Simultaneously, three black and red roses resembling dragon heads appeared on Locke’s shoulders, like three heads parallel to his own.

“Flying myself is still faster,” Locke suddenly stopped, because he saw an old friend halfway there.

“Patty? Patty Aisa…”

Back then, Patty, Kod, and he were all students at the intermediate academy of Vildandia University on Corfu Island. He had studied magic with them for two years.

They were companions from the very beginning of his dream.

Later, Kod joined the Raven’s Nest Brigade. When he rescued the only official witch in the brigade from the Blood Curse Court’s curse spell research institute, Kod had already disappeared.

Patty went to Vildandia University.

He had never had the chance to meet her, nor the time to look for her.

Now, thanks to his clone magic, he has the leisure to return to his hometown and witness his original aspirations.

Locke immediately recognized Patty’s magical fluctuations. A very ordinary afternoon from many years ago flashed through his mind, when he found Patty and asked her to tutor him.

That was the key to passing the Tunguska Headmaster’s test.

That afternoon was extremely ordinary at the time, but now, thinking back on it, he only felt a sense of melancholy.

Locke was about to approach when he suddenly realized something was wrong. This wizarding caravan appearing near the White Wizarding Territory was clearly a Black Wizarding caravan.

Moreover, it was his old friend—the Blood Curse Court.

“Hmm? The Blood Curse Court has become so powerful now? After so many years, they’ve actually appeared directly in the heart of the White Wizarding Territory, acting so arrogantly.”

Locke frowned.

He looked at the three flags on the carriage in the middle of the magical caravan. Two of them were normal, just the flags of the Blood Curse Court and the Black Wizarding Alliance.

But the middle flag was very special; it was a symbol of a skeletal hand.

Locke glanced at the flag and noticed seven formal wizards in the caravan, and not just any formal wizards, but gaseous wizards.

This force was incredibly powerful in the Southeast Corner Region! In

other words, seven experts.

Locke waved his hand, creating a wall of magical pressure and following behind the caravan.

When the difference in magical pressure between a wizard and another wizard is too great, the other wizard has difficulty detecting him.

This is due to the overwhelming force of magical pressure.

To him now, gaseous wizards were like newborn infants, lacking the perception to detect his deliberate concealment.

It wasn’t invisibility, but a cognitive blindness, mainly because the difference in magical pressure was too great.

It was like someone up close not being able to see the entirety of a mountain.

Therefore, Locke simply following behind them would be subconsciously mistaken for one of them.

Of course, if Locke made a move, did something outrageous, or showed strong hostility, the gaseous wizards would still detect him.

Locke, however, genuinely only wanted to observe, so his approach went unnoticed by anyone in the magic convoy.

(End of Chapter)