Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 788

Chapter 785 Conditions for Advancing to the Star Ring

Upon hearing the peaceful sound of the undead, the human boy immediately grasped his younger brother’s hand.

He wasn’t clever, so he didn’t have many thoughts; he was neither brave nor possessed great abilities.

He was born without the blessing of dimensional power, nor had he received the world’s abundant resources, so he was not outstanding at all.

He was an ordinary tribal boy.

But now, it was time for him to make a choice. The boy looked at the ice shards on the ground and gripped the sword in his right hand tightly.

“I’m going to the Burial Ground.”

“Father died at the hands of the undead, our best chieftain died at the hands of the undead, and Mother died at the hands of the undead. The hunting captain said that the best hunters are always full of courage.”

“If we plant this sword in the Burial Ground, we can kill those undead. I’m going.”

The younger brother grabbed his older brother’s hand.

“Then I’ll go with you.”

Their decision wasn’t a rational assessment of their situation, nor an impulsive act of emotion, but rather a desperate act of resistance and the only viable course of action for the weak individuals in this Eternal Winter Era.

It was a reckless decision, drawing immense dimensional power to the two of them.

Locke kept his eyes fixed on them.

“Creating a Plane Chosen requires complex prophetic magic and a precise grasp of the situation. It requires decades of control; I’ve witnessed such methods in the Mage Plane.” “

But in reality, by following the existing logic of this world, a Plane Chosen can be quickly chosen. This simply requires following the laws of this world’s development.”

“When the natives of this world voluntarily choose to bear the responsibilities of a Plane Chosen, dimensional power will gather around them. Even an ordinary person can become a hero by making a choice.”

“Mr. Ackerman, thank you for translating and selecting the relevant documents.”

Locke ordered his Treant Legion and the Ancient Tree of Life to launch a preemptive attack on the Scourge, drawing the attention of the armies away from the two brothers.

At the same time, he knew that even so, the difficulty for these two to cross the glacier and walk to the stronghold of the undead was too great.

Therefore, he left behind some simple botanical magic and some leaves from the Tree of Life containing his own magic along their journey.

In the library of Mount Golden Crown, the wizard Ackerman handed a spellbook to Locke.

“Because I have hundreds of magical languages in my mind, helping you read documents across disciplines will be easy. But ultimately, you are the expert in this field.”

“So the one who makes the judgment is still you.”

Wizard Ackerman said, “According to this article written by the witch Catherine in her youth, you can infuse your magic into the leaves of the Tree of Life, and then have a wizard hold the leaf and temporarily mobilize the magic stored within to cast some simple spells. The method is what I mentioned before…”

Locke said to him, “Thank you, Wizard Ackerman.”

“With your help, I was able to win this World War.”

“The tactics for this World War were basically all based on your suggestions.”

Wizard Ackerman laughed, “Not at all. You are the expert in botany; I just gave you some inspiration. However, we white wizards believe in using everything that can be used and consuming everything that can be consumed.”

“Following our strategy, you can also obtain a Winter Magic Plant.”

Locke nodded slightly. The wizard Ackerman was unaware of the Forest Sanctuary and the Synthesis Cube. In fact, a branch of his Forest Sanctuary had appeared in that world, and he was even planning to use the Synthesis Cube to synthesize three Winter Plums.

In other words, once he won this World War, he could obtain a branch of the Forest Sanctuary and a more powerful Second Ring Winter Plum.

Or even more.

Because by coordinating the blooming and withering of flowers, he could quickly produce a large number of magic plant seeds, which significantly increased the success rate.

For other botanical wizards, creating adult magic plants required considering costs and resources, so this magic was definitely not very useful and had a low cost-effectiveness ratio.

But for him, who possessed the Cube, it was different.

As long as he had a large number of Second Ring Winter Plums, he could combine the breeding method and the Synthesis Cube to create a powerful Second Ring Magic Plant, comparable to the Half Summer Magic Plant.

‘This time, I went to the Southeast Corner Region, but I didn’t expect to encounter a Black Wizard and even engage in a World War with him.’ This was indeed the first normal second-ring dark wizard I had encountered. The previous dark wizard from Crimson Deep hadn’t possessed any truly powerful magic. ‘

Lock thought,’ ‘This has shown me a way to quickly accumulate power at the second-ring stage, increase the number of forests in the Forest Sanctuary, and perfectly utilize the Moon’s Cultivation Method.’ ‘

It seems I’ll have to force dark wizards to engage in World Wars with me more often in the future.’

‘I wonder if using World Wars for cultivation could lead to a separate second-ring journal; I’ll have to try.’

At this moment, Locke was about to leave the library, having learned what he needed to know.

He also needed to go to the second group’s laboratory to continue his research on imaginary roots with Mason and the others, trying to reduce the cost of imaginary roots to make second-ring wizard shoes.

Just then, Locke heard two footsteps.

Turning around, he saw two second-ring wizards walking in together. One had a shaved head and a light blue pattern on his forehead, seemingly a special magical plant, similar to a tattoo.

The other had long hair.

Locke overheard the long-haired wizard address the short-haired wizard as Alex.

Locke had heard of Alex before.

He was the champion of one ring of the Three Kings Tournament, a descendant of an ancient wizarding family along the Tianjiang River, and a student of his teacher, the witch Catherine, from the wizarding lands along the Tianjiang River. The

Three Kings Tournament seemed to be the largest competition along the Tianjiang River, with participants strictly limited to wizards native to the region.

Wizard Alex, on the other hand, had his entire family loyal to Catherine, making them one of the forces of the Red Dragon Throne.

Therefore, in a sense, Alex was also a confidant of the Red Dragon Throne.

After the Silent Grail War, Locke understood that his participation in the Silent Grail War was the result of some deals made by the high-ring wizards.

The main battlefield of Golden Crown Mountain is the Three Kings Domination Tournament held in the wizarding lands along the Tianjiang River, because the academic committee faction of Golden Crown Mountain wants to obtain the benefits and related projects along the Tianjiang River, as well as the water conservancy and agricultural projects from the Starfield Sea.

In comparison, the interests of the Silent Grail were more valued by the Senate.

Therefore, the Academic Committee and Quinnjoll University engaged in a transaction.

Locke, through Alex, deduced that the young second-circle wizard beside him was likely a researcher at the Advanced Institute of Truth, and probably from at least the previous year. This

was because the Advanced Institute of Truth slot held by Catherine was held by the wizard Griffin.

Locke didn’t recognize the long-haired wizard before him, but he was a second-circle wizard with powerful magical pressure, indicating he must have been a researcher at the Advanced Institute of Truth at least the year before that.

He didn’t know which year.

Of course, all this analysis was based on the premise that this person was a senior researcher under Catherine the Witch.

Mainly, Alex seemed to have a good relationship with him; generally, it was only possible that this person was a fellow collaborating wizard with them.

If so, the other party should be close to leaving the station.

If he hadn’t received special funding yet, he should be very anxious.

There was actually a significant conflict between them.

This kind of person is completely different from the wizard Zaran Bailey.

Wizard Alex and the long-haired wizard also clearly noticed Locke. Locke didn’t know why, but there was a faint sense of competition and hostility in Alex’s eyes as he looked at him.

Locke couldn’t figure out the origin of this emotion, so it could only be due to the attitude of the long-haired wizard beside him.

After all, he and Alex, who had just become a second-circle wizard, shouldn’t have any conflict of interest.

He wasn’t following the True Knowledge Institute’s route, but rather the Golden Crown Mountain’s teaching system. Currently, Alex should be a chair wizard at Golden Crown Mountain.

Wizard Alex nodded to Locke and smiled, “Hello, Augustine Breeder, I didn’t expect to meet you here. We should be considered the two most watched young people in this wizarding university for the time being.”

“Wizard Jugglus and I came to review the documents.”

“Wizard Jugglus’s application for the special grant this year was rejected again.”

“And the reason for the rejection…”

Alex coughed.

“It’s also related to the wizard Augustine,”

Locke said calmly. “I didn’t submit a grant application for the top-tier funding this year.”

Wizard Alex seemed to be trying to hide his aversion to Locke as well, and through their conversation, he quickly dispelled any hostility or competition.

After all, before communicating with Locke, he had only seen him briefly from afar.

Now, after their conversation, they were practically acquaintances.

His previous preconceived notions about Locke, influenced by his friend, quickly disappeared.

“The situation is a bit complicated, and it’s also bad luck for wizard Jugglus.”

“He just happened to be working on a project that overlapped with one of your previous studies.”

“This led some of the reviewing wizards to believe that he had lost his originality.”

Locke frowned.

…

Meanwhile, in the Louis plane, Locke unleashed the Treant Legion, forcing the Scourge and the Lich King to focus their attention on the Treant Legion.

At the same time, Locke used a Fire Tree and Silver Flowers spell on the Louis plane, granting the Treants fire attributes, thus making them even more effective against the undead legions.

There was one thing that Locke was very concerned about.

He had met the Lich King once. Other wizards would likely have simply seen him as an ordinary necromancer, but Locke discovered that the Lich King’s crafting techniques were ones he had witnessed before!

In the Age of Stars, within the incantation of historical monuments!

It was the technology used by King Otto’s father, yet it seemed different, more refined.

The Pale Pilgrimage seemed to have a profound connection to the Lich Kings of the Age of Stars!

At this moment, the Burial Grounds were blocked by the Treant Legion, those Treants transformed into torches.

Locke cast a pinellia stalk here; it took root, its imaginary roots entering the imaginary sea of this world.

Simultaneously, it caused half the sky to turn into a fiery cloud.

The Lich King urgently mobilized most of the undead Scourge back to the Burial Grounds.

The Lich King stood atop the highest point of the Burial Grounds, on that altar, gazing towards the location of the pinellia stalk.

“Are you going to fight me head-on?”

“Here, even if your magical pressure is three thousand higher than mine, it’s not certain who will outlast whom.”

“Locke Augustine, young man, you underestimate the amount of death energy this world can store. I’ve stored most of the death energy in the ice, allowing a large amount to remain temporarily.”

“In this world, in my burial ground, this ice layer is all my power.”

The Lich King looked at the ancient tree of life outside the burial ground.

“In my experience, even if I destroy that treant, it won’t solve the problem.”

“We must destroy the moon.”

“We must conquer the moon.”

At this moment, the Lich King stood on the back of the frost bone dragon, with a group of Dead Winter Knights riding on the backs of undead dragons behind him.

He was going to organize the Dead Winter Knights to conquer the moon in the sky.

Locke immediately realized that the enemy had finally found the key.

Behind the moon lay the realm of law and the entrance to his forest sanctuary. The enemy had clearly realized that to end this war, they needed to fight their way to the moon.

He left the three-headed bone dragon to delay the Tree of Life and his treant army, and then he would lead his most elite Dead Winter Knights to the realm of law within the moon.

‘This Dead Winter Knights…’

Locke observed for a moment and concluded, ‘They must be the product of Berber Morgan’s failed attempt to become a Star Ring Wizard.’ ‘

The Dead Winter Knights clearly possess some of the abilities of wizard apprentices; it’s an attempt to imbue individuals within a Grand Magic system with a power system.’

‘A power system is the currency within Grand Magic.’

‘Only by establishing a successful currency can Grand Magic complete its Star Forging.’

In fact, the way he granted magic to two mortals through the Leaf of Life was also a form of forging.

However, designing a power system requires reading extensively in the field, gaining a deeper and more systematic understanding of botany, to tailor-make a usable power system for oneself.

While it sounds complicated, it boils down to one thing—he hasn’t read enough.’

At that moment, a golden peach tree appeared on the back of Locke’s Grand Magic, and a Peach Arch Thorn Arrow spell, condensed with a large amount of moonlight, fell downwards.

Instantly, hundreds of Dead Winter Knights fell from the sky.

Because of the burial grounds, there was no death here, so the Deathly Winter Knights could only be scattered and could not rest in peace.

At this moment, the Lich King raised his head, the soul fire in his eye sockets flickering.

“I knew it wouldn’t be that easy, so this is indeed your Achilles’ heel.”

“In the end, you still haven’t accumulated enough. Treants are not suited to flying in the sky, and your ultimate magic is the moon in the sky. You haven’t harmonized your main ecosystem with your ultimate magic yet.”

“Things must be done step by step, rice must be eaten one bite at a time.”

On the other side, Locke sneered.

Eat?

Can you even do that?

Don’t talk about things you can’t even do yourself, Berber Morgan the wizard.

Locke turned his gaze to the ground. In the week that he had fought Berber the wizard, the two human boys had encountered many dangers, and had overcome them and killed undead by picking up life leaves from the ground, using the spells left on the leaves, and the sword.

During this process, Locke noticed that the energy dissipation of his ultimate magic was decreasing.

‘So that’s how it is, proposing a power system can unify my ultimate magic.’ This must be the method for forging ultimate magic, allowing one’s ultimate magic to progress from unforged to virtually forged, from a second-ring wizard to a star-ring wizard. “

I should consult my teacher about these things. Of course, he didn’t mention it to me, probably because he felt my knowledge wasn’t sufficient and there was no need to tell me now.” “

I don’t need to take the same unorthodox path as that dark wizard. Mount Golden Crown should have plenty of information on this, even free information.”

After all, this method only reduces energy dissipation; it doesn’t seem sufficient to quickly increase one’s magical pressure.

Increasing magical pressure—reducing energy dissipation—should be equally important.

A week later, the Deathly Winter Knights approached the full moon, while Locke used Peach-Arrow Thorn Arrows to shoot down from above.

Many knights were unable to dodge in the process and were shot down.

The Lich King and his Frostbone Dragon drew ever closer to the Moon of Evolution.

Finally, at a certain moment, he suddenly rode the dragonbone dragon into the magical realm behind the Moon of Evolution.

He was immediately overjoyed.

“I won.”

“This is…”

The next moment, the soulfire in the Lich King’s pupils flickered, for he saw a dense ancient forest.

“Even among second-circle wizards, seeing such a large expanse of magical vegetation is not easy.”

“Such powerful natural energy. But as long as I enter here, he will be at a disadvantage, as long as I unleash the Scourge of the Dead here…”

“This…”

The next moment, the Lich King’s figure retreated continuously, his magical pressure rapidly decreasing.

“What happened?”

“No!”

He felt the winter and death of the Burial Grounds gradually separating.

The foundation that made him a second-circle wizard was collapsing.

This was the most tragic aspect of the War of the Worlds. In

ordinary wizard battles, even if one kills the other, it is extremely difficult to destroy a powerful spell.

But in the War of the Worlds, the moment the victor is decided is the moment one of the two powerful spells is destroyed.

Once the War of the Worlds begins, it is difficult to stop!

The Lich King screamed, countless cracks appeared on his body, as if his entire body would explode at any moment.

Burial Grounds.

By this time, all the undead had gone out to fight, leaving the burial ground almost unguarded.

Just moments before, two boys had finally arrived and plunged the sword into the ground.

A moment before plunging it in, the boy wielding the sword bowed to the phantom of the Dead Winter Knight that appeared before him. “Teacher, may I see your true appearance?”

Locke glanced at him in surprise.

“You finally noticed my presence?”

the human boy smiled bitterly.

“I should have realized it a week ago. This past week I’ve faced constant danger, and guided by your phantom, I found the Leaf of Life.”

“The one who would help me is definitely not an undead.”

“In our tribe, hunters who openly teach hunting techniques are called teachers. My father said our tribe lives in extreme poverty, but we must never be ungrateful. My father told me that if someone teaches you something for free…”

“Then he is your teacher.”

“We must repay this kindness.”

Locke was genuinely surprised this time.

After all, if the human boy before him hadn’t been so foolish a week ago, he should have realized all this long ago.

He had learned some simple botanical magic, which meant he had come into contact with magic.

As a magic enthusiast, it wasn’t surprising that he could realize it himself.

But what the boy told him about his tribe’s etiquette really surprised Locke.

People generally believe that when people are well-fed, they know etiquette; conversely, they believe that when people are short of material resources, they don’t value etiquette as much.

Because Locke had always regarded these two boys as just natives.

But now, this native called him teacher and knew etiquette.

The boy asked Locke again, “Please let me see your true face, teacher. My father said that although our tribe is poor, not as rich as those wealthy tribes, we cannot be poor in spirit. You are my teacher, and I want to thank you.”

Locke hesitated for a moment because he didn’t want to establish any connection with a mere native boy.

Well, consider it a reward for the other party’s politeness.

Locke’s illusion dissipated, revealing his young true face.

The boy smiled.

“Teacher, you’re nothing like the kind of powerful hunter I imagined. I thought you’d look like my father.”

He raised the sword and thrust it into the ice.

In an instant, the ice cracked, the fissures widening, and the deathly energy frozen within erupted.

Three seeds fell to the ground, and in that instant, the laws of winter arrived.

Winter is a season of sealing and killing.

Winter is a season of energy lying dormant.

Winter is a brief rest before advancement, a time for energy accumulation.

The Moon of Evolution cast a ray of moonlight across the sky

, illuminating the three magical plant seedlings. Locke once again used the Moon Cultivation Method, forcibly using the dimensional information of the Burial Ground’s immense magic to infuse his three magical plants, and in the process, deconstructing the Burial Ground!

The world seemed to awaken instantly.

The Burial Ground was built on deception, and Locke was now demonstrating the true winter to the world; the magic of the winter plants awakened an even more powerful world magic.

The world instantly realized it had been deceived.

Deceived for over nine hundred years.

The Burial Grounds collapsed instantly.

Locke looked at the human boy, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

“He called me teacher. Does this mean I’ve taken on my first native student in this native world?”

“However, my Forest Sanctuary branch forest does indeed need the protection of a wizard to maintain itself. What am I thinking? It would take countless years to make these natives first-class wizard apprentices, let alone become full-fledged wizards.”

“But becoming a Star Ring Wizard requires activating a currency system within the realm of ultimate magic.”

“Therefore, it seems I can seriously consider conducting some experiments related to a currency system in this world.”

Locke also noticed during this battle that his Permanent Defense Field was transforming into a Permanent Defense Field Shell.

(End of Chapter)