Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 778

Chapter 775 Fighting for a Special Funding Application Spot with This Low-Ring Wizard, You’ve Got Too Much of a Joke!

The Celtic Group Leader seemed very concerned about Locke’s situation, sending a message asking, “Be careful, and let me know if you have any problems.”

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

Locke replied through the Water Hyacinth System, “No.”

“Thank you, Celtic Group Leader.”

He didn’t want to get involved in this kind of thing at all; he didn’t even hold a position within the White Wizard Association.

There was no benefit to be gained, and he didn’t need to get involved in such a deep place.

However, Lilith’s Hut was, after all, his alma mater, so if he could protect Lilith’s Hut, then he would.

The solution was simple: after this Black Wizard Alliance meeting disbanded, he would follow behind the so-called working group leader, kill the group leader elected by these black wizards, and eliminate the candidates.

Then, he would follow the Ghostly Holy Church, capture the witch Stephania, and then question her about the spell model that pulled him into the River Styx.

After completing these steps, at least for the short term, it would be difficult for the local dark wizard alliance to launch any major attacks.

However, Locke was still curious; it seemed that Leader Celt wasn’t very busy lately.

‘Leader, you seem to have a lot of free time lately.’

Leader Celt replied, ‘It’s not just seems, it’s true.’

‘I recently applied for a second-ring grant project, but it was rejected by the academic committee in the initial screening.’

‘The number of applications for second-ring grants is limited. To prevent indiscriminate applications, the White Wizarding Association allocates an annual number of applications based on the number of second-ring wizards in each academy. Therefore, all second-ring grants are screened internally by the academy and only submitted after approval. This increases the academy’s success rate.’ ‘

However, my grant project was eliminated in the initial screening. So recently I’ve been stuck in the project thinking stage, and I’m indeed very free. Or rather, anxious…’

It seemed that it was all because of the second-ring wizards that Leader Celt completely opened up at this moment.

‘Damn it, Yunze Wetland is even more competitive than other wizarding areas, incredibly competitive. Other places only need to be evaluated every ten or five years, and if you meet the standards, you’re good to go. But in Yunze Wetland, you have to meet the evaluation standards every three years, or you’ll face dismissal.’

‘I’m worried lately about whether I can apply for the Second Ring Fund within these three years. If I can’t, I’ll need enough publications…’

‘Or at least enough horizontal publications.’

The Celtic team leader messaged Locke: ‘Sometimes I really envy you, Locke. You’re just a researcher; you don’t need to understand my current pain and anxiety.’

‘Sigh, if I get dismissed, I’ll leave Golden Crown Mountain and go to the medium-sized organization’s work area in Yunze Wetland. It’s the Seven-Colored Nursery. I think the pay there is good, and it’s not as competitive. I might have an easier time there.’

Locke blinked.

Good grief, the Celtic team leader is so incompetent.

However, the Seven-Colored Nursery is also part of the Golden Crown Mountain faction, and for Group Leader Celt, it might indeed be a good place.

Group Leader Celt sent a message to Locke: ‘By the way, although you don’t face the pressure of assessments, the special grant from the True Knowledge Academy is different from other projects; there are also application quotas.’ ‘

Because the True Knowledge Academy of Golden Crown Mountain can only apply once a year, regardless of whether it’s approved or not, it can only apply once. Therefore, the Academy’s internal academic committee will review the application list in advance.’

‘To increase the application success rate, it seems this year’s internal list has already been confirmed. However, the internal review of next year’s grant applications can begin. The academic committee will conduct internal application reviews six months in advance, and three special grant application lists have already been submitted.’

At this moment, Locke’s main body, located in the Cloud Marsh Wetland, immediately took out the Lingzhi Magic Plant and consulted relevant information. “Is Team Leader Celt trying to make me nervous because I’m too relaxed?” “

However, a second-ring wizard like Zhalan Bailey is indeed not worthy of being my opponent. But at the same time, the True Knowledge Academy has at least ten advanced True Knowledge Academy researchers, plus those ordinary True Knowledge Academy researchers at the second-ring stage. Then, with the academic committee’s advance internal review, the application heat for the Special Funding Project can be said to be extremely fierce.”

Team Leader Celt sent a message to Locke’s Ancient Tree Fruit clone: “However, to apply, you need to have a good idea. So you still need to prepare well. You are still young, and there is still plenty of time. You definitely missed it this year, but as for next year’s Special Funding Program, it’s not a big deal if you miss it.”

“You can wait until the year after next and the year after that.”

“Anyway, you still have at least four more chances to apply.” “

Unlike some young people who are about to graduate, sigh, they only have one last chance to apply.”

“The Special Funding is, after all, a small second-ring fund.” So there are still application quotas for each institution, but they are separate quotas, making it a bit simpler than a normal second-ring application, but not by much. ‘

Lock asked doubtfully, ‘Those people are about to leave the station, and they still need to apply for special grants?’

The Celtic group leader quickly sent a message. ‘Look at what you’re saying! Locke, you really don’t understand my anxiety at all, but you will in the future. You can definitely apply; this special grant follows the person.’

‘When you leave the station, you can take the project with you to the new institution. Some institutions might try to stop you, for example, requiring you to leave the project behind and finish it before leaving, but what kind of place is Golden Crown Mountain? We’re big and powerful, we don’t care about such small things.’

Locke instantly realized that this was probably a good technique.

Apply for a small second-ring grant before leaving the station, and then go directly to the wizarding institution where you want to teach. This way, for the wizarding institution, it’s equivalent to recruiting a second-ring wizard with a second-ring project.

For that second-ring wizard, going to any institution would be easier, and he could even slightly upgrade the level of the institution he wanted to attend.

The Golden Crown Mountain family, with its vast resources, didn’t care about losing a top-tier grant.

In other words, if he were to apply, the wizards who participated that year would be the most furious.

Locke shook his head slightly; it was all about ability, and there was no need to be angry.

Locke’s ancient tree clone put away the Ganoderma lucidum plant and looked at the dark wizards who were nominating outstanding crystallization wizards as work group leaders.

He fell into deep thought.

If that was the case, then if he wanted to get next year’s top-tier grant, he needed to gather more ideas.

He needed to start preparing now.

After all, the competition was too fierce.

Locke’s gaze burned as he looked towards the Ghostly Cult. Provoked by the Celtic leader, he suddenly didn’t want to return to Corfu anymore; instead, he wanted to quickly find the Ghostly Cult to search for spell models and establish a partnership with Lilith’s Cottage.

Meanwhile, in the direction of Golden Crown Mountain, the Celtic leader sat in his office in the Longevity Peach Garden, looking at the Ganoderma lucidum plant in his hand and laughing.

“Oh dear, after talking to Locke for so long, I’m not anxious anymore.”

“Indeed, anxiety can be shared. If others are anxious, I’m not.”

The Celtic leader smiled with satisfaction.

“Great, now it’s Locke’s turn to be anxious. Sigh, if I had tricked that Sun-Shepherd Dragon into handing it over, my research on enhancing the affinity of magical creature summons for wizards might have passed the internal review of the academic committee.”

“What a pity, that dragon was killed by the Rose Throne so easily.”

The Celtic leader felt a chill when he thought of the Rose Witch’s horrifying attack that day.

It was terrifying. Such a powerful dragon, and the Rose Witch simply touched it, turning it into a magical plant.

If she touched it, wouldn’t it turn into a magical plant too?

He dared not think further.

…

In the southeastern corner of the region, Locke saw that after a long period of nominations, the Golden Skull King Wizard of the Bone Cult had been elected as the leader of this working group.

Clearly, even the Golden Skull King Wizard himself hadn’t expected such a heavy responsibility to be entrusted to him.

Locke then summoned the Gray Mist Tablet, wanting to inquire with Wizard Harun Vera about the recent developments in the southeastern corner.

Thinking back, it had been almost a year since he last contacted Albert.

The Black Wizards’ surprise attack had obviously occurred around that time, the key point that led to the sudden change in the battle situation.

When he spoke with Albert, he only knew that the war in the Southeast Corner was raging, but he never expected something like this to happen.

Later, he was also very busy, so he hadn’t kept in touch with the wizards of the Southeast Corner.

Meanwhile, the Golden Skeleton King wizard laughed loudly, “Thank you all for thinking so highly of me, dark wizards. I will take on this responsibility and destroy Lilith’s Hut’s stubborn resistance in one fell swoop.”

“Lilith’s Hut is just a gathering place for wizards who sell medicine and farm. As long as we target them seriously, they will surely collapse on their own. Hahahaha…”

The next moment, a blood claw pierced his skull, gripping his soul fire.

The Golden Skeleton King wizard screamed in horror, “Who are you? Who are you?”

All the skulls on the scepter with six golden skulls in his hand floated up, each head firing negative energy rays at the attacker. However,

before these negative energy rays could even reach the man, they were swallowed whole.

The wizards on the White Bone Cult’s side were all shocked.

“Is it a white wizard?”

“No, it was an elder from the Blood Curse Court who suddenly made a move. He’s a vampire, what rank is he? A count?”

“What exactly does the Blood Curse Court want? Don’t think that just because your lineage has a special status in the Pale Pilgrimage, you can do whatever you want!”

The black wizards from the Blood Curse Court were also dumbfounded.

Especially the Blood Lord, who instantly felt the magical pressure of many crystallized wizards locked onto him, ready to attack at any moment.

He was clearly mistaken for someone who had planned the sneak attack on the wizard leader of the Bone Order.

But he hadn’t.

At this moment, the female leader of the Ghostly Holy Church questioned him: “Blood Lord, even if you want the position of leader, you don’t need to use such methods. The Alliance Leader is still watching.”

Hammerk made his move directly. His skull opened its mouth and spat out a dagger. The dagger, wrapped in gray death energy, shot towards the vampire elder who had launched the attack like a dart.

But then, the vampire elder suddenly opened his mouth wide and swallowed the dagger whole, chewing it once.

“Tastes good.”

“Just too weak.”

Locke blinked, recognizing the vampire who had suddenly attacked as a dark wizard from the magic caravan he had been with earlier. It was this same dark wizard who had suddenly killed the headless horseman and dismembered his body parts.

Damn it, he’d been careless.

Locke was secretly alarmed. Locke, Locke, you’ve really let your guard down.

After becoming a second-circle wizard, your vigilance has dropped to this extent.

Locke looked at the vampire and laughed, “Hussein, I should have guessed it was you. Otherwise, I would have killed those seven dark wizards back then, but you suddenly killed that headless horseman.”

“I should have realized then that it wasn’t a coincidence. When did you arrive in the Southeast Corner?”

Hussein replied, “A week earlier than you.”

“Because of a little problem.”

“Locke, I’m in a bit of trouble.”

The dark wizards immediately sensed something was wrong and looked at Locke, who was mingling among the Blood Curse Court’s crowd.

A spy?

At the same time, they glared at the Blood Lord of the Blood Curse Court, thinking that if the Blood Curse Court had two spies, then the Blood Lord must be corrupt.

The Blood Lord was speechless. He glared at two people in his own camp, and a chill ran down his spine.

Who were these two…?

Locke stepped out of the crowd and stood before Hussein.

“How big is your trouble?”

Hussein said, “Very big, very big. You can see my current state.”

Locke nodded slightly. Hussein’s current magic pressure was a little over ten thousand, and this was his true form, not his clone.

This meant he had become a second-circle wizard.

And since their last meeting, he was about 900 points away from the first-circle limit of magic pressure, and now he was a second-circle wizard.

It was also said that he had gotten himself into trouble.

Therefore, there was only one possibility.

“You found the legacy left by the progenitor wizard in the Hall of Eternal Radiance, but there’s a pitfall in that legacy?”

Hussein nodded and said, “Yes. It’s easy talking to smart people. So I want to ask you to help me kill all the Blood Curse Court lineage wizards here. I expect even a second-circle Pale Pilgrim wizard will intervene, and if he does, I want your help. If he doesn’t appear, then I still owe you a favor.”

“In return, I can do one thing for you.”

“I didn’t expect you to be here.”

Locke thought for a moment and said, “It seems to me you’re talking about two things. So, you have to repay me with two things. One is to help me decipher a map, and the other is to help me with planar exploration.”

He still needs people for his planar exploration.

To conduct planar exploration, at least a project team needs to be assembled.

Having a trustworthy friend like Hussein to help would make things much simpler.

Hussein said, “Okay. The deal is done.”

At the same time, the Blood Lord was furious.

“What’s going on? Who are you two? Why are you in my party?”

The female leader of the Ghostly Cult looked at the two men with a gloomy expression. “You’re quite bold. Tell me who you are?”

Locke looked at her with interest.

“It’s been a long time. Bold? This low-level wizard, your joke has really gone too far.”

The next moment, Locke appeared behind her.

“Young friend, I happen to need one of your spell models. I wonder if you could share it with me? I’ve heard that dark wizards are very hospitable.”

The witch Stephania’s pupils suddenly shrank, shocked that Locke had appeared directly behind her without her noticing.

“How is this possible…”

(End of Chapter)