Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 810

Chapter 807 The Pirate’s Manga System

Silver Ring Green Seedlings?

Locke’s clone, seated on the wizard’s airship, quickly researched the relevant information. It was a special apprentice-level magical plant that could be grown on the ocean surface, belonging to the category of food crops.

Silver Ring Green Seedlings were a type of grain, but they didn’t taste good, were difficult to digest, and had little nutritional value. Their only advantage was that they could grow in seawater and had extremely high yields.

This was one of the research achievements of Golden Crown Mountain.

A strange look flashed in Locke’s eyes. The two buds of the Demon Dragon Rose bit into the shoulder of old pirate Henry, saying, “Why are you trying to destroy the Silver Ring Green Seedlings?”

Old pirate Henry cried out in pain.

“You should ask yourselves that question, you hypocritical white wizards. The Mediterranean World is a vast world.”

“But its surface is mired in perpetual winter, and beneath lies a boundless ocean with only scattered islands. The people there have long faced food shortages and have to purchase food from the Rose Council.” “

Isn’t the Mediterranean World’s food market always with the Rose Council? And you, Golden Crown Mountain, are going to sell those food seeds to the people of the Mediterranean World, along with a first-class wizard apprentice, and send him there for technology transfer.”

“In this way, the natives of the Mediterranean World will gain the ability to cultivate food crops on the sea, which is a loss for the Rose Council.”

Old Henry, the pirate, sneered.

“Every penny in the hands of white wizards is dirty; we can rob them with a clear conscience.”

Locke suddenly understood; it was a business competition.

Locke checked and found that the Silver Ring Green Sprout, an apprentice-level magical plant, was the result of a second-ring fund project—a youth cadre grant his teacher had applied for.

And this technological route was being followed up by his second senior brother, Heidegger.

Clearly, this wasn’t a conflict between the Rose Council and Mount Golden Crown, but a continuation of the struggle between the Red Dragon Throne and the Rose Throne.

Meanwhile, a dragonbone pirate ship restarted and began its retreat.

Apparently, the pirates had realized their operation had failed, and the captain had given the order to retreat.

Old Henry, the pirate, looked at Locke provocatively and said, “White Wizard, you can kill me now.”

“How could I be a coward! I…”

Locke looked at him speechlessly. Who was it that immediately spilled his plan after being threatened?

So, it wasn’t you just now?

That’s too stubborn.

Old Henry, the pirate, was clearly someone who never reflected on his actions or engaged in internal strife. He angrily said, “If these wizard shoes on my feet weren’t so rubbish, how could I have lost to you?”

“I lost to you, you young upstart, simply because these wizard shoes are no good!”

“If I can get back alive, I will definitely complain, I want a refund.”

Old Henry’s face flushed red. “Damn Solas Barefoot! I’ll tell all the Void Pirates that it’s a garbage brand.”

Locke frowned.

He had just tried to create a powerful magical clash with the opponent, but this guy was the ‘human weapon’ of the captain of the pirate mothership, and he couldn’t engage in a world war with him like he had with the dark wizard of the Pale Pirates.

Instead, Locke made a new discovery.

Within the pirate’s soul, Locke found a spell model rune; his mental energy had been tested by this rune after entering the pirate’s body.

If he could pass the test, he could use the pirate’s body as a magical artifact.

‘Are the pirates of the mothership lineage in the Great Void truly pirates?’

Locke realized this, his heart filled with shock and bewilderment.

‘These guys are practically shared magical artifacts. As long as I can pass that spell model test, I can leave a mental imprint on them.’

‘Then these guys will become my magical artifacts. These pirates are practically born with the ability to cultivate themselves and forge their own magical artifacts!’

Locke’s pupils suddenly contracted.

“Where did that Truth Wizard on the Chaos Mothership come from? Which wizarding university does he teach at, and where is he the dean? If I’m not mistaken, this is incredibly shady. The so-called Human-Weapon Enchanting System isn’t about treating the human body as a composite magical artifact at all.” “What

he’s pursuing is likely that the magical artifact invests resources to cultivate itself, and then he can share it publicly and earn rent. Ordinary magical artifacts, if rented out, require the enchanter to pay for maintenance and upkeep. But this kind of Human-Weapon maintains itself and upgrades its own technology.”

“That Truth Wizard has played a very long game.”

Locke was alarmed by his own conjecture. “If that’s the case, what exactly is the Truth Wizard’s purpose in sending these pirates to plunder throughout the void? Is there some other special purpose?” “

Moreover, since this spell model exists, does that mean that for those at a higher level, it’s possible to utilize these shared magical artifacts through certain methods?” “

This is practically letting the artifact forge itself!

This might be the understanding of an extremely skilled enchanter regarding artifacts.

But clearly, even the White Wizarding Association can’t tolerate this.”

Locke glanced at the old pirate. His original plan was to kill him, extract his energy, and refine it into a potion of zero.

That wouldn’t be cruel.

In Locke’s eyes, this man would definitely kill him if given the chance.

As an enemy, if he attacked him, Locke could only kill him in return.

But Locke suddenly realized the old pirate’s burning rage towards Solas Lightfoot, which made Locke think for a moment.

“Killing him would just mean obtaining another second-circle spiritual energy, wouldn’t it?” “

Brother Trajan has already killed enough second-circle wizards this time. One more or less won’t make a difference. But if we let him go back, he could cause Solas Lightfoot a lot of trouble.”

Locke gave the old pirate a cold look, then looked at the dragonbone ship that was already preparing to retreat.

“You lost to me because your wizard shoes were no good, they were inferior. But stop talking nonsense.”

“I’ll give you a chance, convince me not to kill you.”

Old Henry blinked, his eyes suddenly clearing, the arrogance from before completely gone. He immediately said, “I’m a pirate, penniless, only myself. I’m very familiar with void exploration, and we pirates sometimes act as sailors. If you need my help, you can call me a sailor.”

Locke’s eyes were strange.

He hadn’t expected this guy to propose such a deal.

Locke said, “Although I haven’t directly killed any of you, I’ve collected so many of your corpses and refined them into potions. Do you think I’d still cooperate with you, or expect you not to call your allies to kill me?”

The old black wizard immediately shook his head and said, “It’s different. Every pirate knows it’s a dangerous job. Even if your hands are stained with pirate blood, it has nothing to do with me.”

“Because maybe those pirates you killed originally wanted to kill me.”

“You can’t assume we’re all in this together just because we’re pirates. If we were all so friendly, why be pirates? We could just band together and do business!”

“Don’t kill me. I’m very useful, especially in void navigation and finding directions,”

said old Henry the pirate.

“Many of you white wizards are afraid to hire us pirates, but as long as you can keep those pirates in check, we void pirates are actually the best sailors.”

Locke fell into thought.

Old Henry watched the pirate ship about to fly away at any moment, his anxiety growing.

“Give me a straight answer, is it going to work or not?”

Locke glanced at him.

“Aren’t you supposed to be fearless, a tough nut to crack?”

Old Henry, provoked, immediately retorted, “Of course! I, Henry Mok the Stormblade, have never been afraid of anyone. Kill me if you want!”

“Give me a quick death!”

Locke was speechless. Good heavens, this guy was just a stubborn mule.

Old Henry looked at Locke’s thoughtful gaze and panicked a little.

“I have a special skill. I can quickly determine our latitude and longitude in the void.”

“I can determine our relative position using only the starlight of the astral plane, and I’m very accurate at finding my way. You have the blood of a multi-dragon. I’ve heard rumors about the dragon race in some planes of the void. You’ll definitely be looking for more medium-sized planes to build massive magic.”

“I can guide you!”

Locke said simply, “How can I contact you?”

Old Henry said, “I also have the Water Hyacinth System from your Cloud Marsh Wetlands. We can just add each other as friends. Call me when you set off.”

“If you don’t trust me, you can sign a contract with me.”

Locke sneered and threw him out.

“You can go now.”

Old Henry clutched his throat, looking at Locke in surprise.

“You’re just letting me go like this? Don’t you white wizards love signing contracts and agreements?”

“I haven’t signed a contract yet, and you’re letting me go? Heh heh…”

Locke gave him a cold look.

“Yes.”

“If you black wizards would abide by contracts, you wouldn’t have become black wizards. Since we’re both black wizards, what contract do we need to sign?”

“If I need you later, I’ll call you through the Water Hyacinth System. If you don’t come, next time we meet, I’ll kill you, and I’ll wipe out your entire ship.”

For a moment, a look of terror flashed in Old Henry’s eyes; he even thought he was talking to some great pirate.

Old Henry glanced at Locke, then quickly found a way to return to the pirate ship and threw the Archangel’s Boots overboard.

“What trash shoes! I don’t want them!”

His loud voice could be heard by everyone in the transport station.

“Soras’s barefoot shoes are all trash!”

The wizards in the transport station looked at each other in disbelief.

Under Trajan’s attack, the pirate ship fled in panic, breaking through the void and disappearing into the distance.

Trajan, however, did not rashly give chase. The

wizard Trajan composed himself, then pointed at Locke and said, “Junior brother, in the void, never rashly pursue anyone. The void is vast, and it’s easy to lose your way while chasing.” “

Get lost in the void. Moreover, those pirates are more familiar with the void’s routes than we are. If we chase them, we can easily find ourselves in a deadly situation.”

The wizard Trajan said, “This time, we killed 19 formal wizards and 3 ordinary second-ring wizards from that group of pirates.”

“And one star-ring wizard.”

A mad glint flashed in Trajan’s eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.

“That was exhilarating.” “

Junior brother, the corpses of those dark wizards are all yours, and the badges are mine. I want to exchange them for rewards. Valerie Quinn wants to break through to the second ring, so she needs to start accumulating resources from now on.”

Locke had no objections to this.

Since Trajan had brought him here to gain experience in void travel, he had already benefited from it.

Moreover, Trajan had killed all those dark wizards single-handedly, and he had already made a huge profit by getting these bodies from him for free.

He had nothing to say.

Locke glanced at Valerie Quinn, the witch. Although Trajan was strict with Valerie, their true relationship was evident in the distribution of benefits.

Trajan was merely his senior, so he was only taking him on a Void mission, and it seemed that a portion of the badges from the pirates he killed would be given to Valerie as a reward.

This would greatly benefit her future development,

especially when seeking a favored teaching position, particularly within the Witcher corps.

Trajan turned to Locke and said, “By the way, junior brother, this Star Ring Wizard’s body is yours. I see you seem to be able to extract its energy and convert it into some kind of special potion.”

“I hope it will be useful to you.”

Locke’s eyes brightened slightly. “Thank you, senior brother.”

He put the Star Ring pirate’s corpse into the bronze cauldron. The Star Ring Wizard’s level was one level higher than his own, so he was indeed interested in this Star Ring Wizard.

Trajan glanced at Locke, then suddenly thought of something and said, “By the way, I saw that when you used that special potion-making method, you seemed to be able to manifest the spirit within the other person’s body and see the path of some of that spirit’s movement. That’s indeed very good, but I advise you not to learn anything from this kind of Star Ring pirate wizard.”

“That’s the wrong path.”

“The entire ‘human-weapon’ enchanting system is just a [Great Net].”

Locke was surprised.

“A Great Net?”

Trajan seemed to be keeping quiet about it.

“It’s a complicated matter, so I won’t go into details. In short, just use these corpses as waste. Whatever you do, don’t learn the human-weapon enchanting system; I’m afraid you’ll go astray, and then the teacher will criticize me.”

“The teacher is very strict.”

Trajan seemed still somewhat wary of Catherine the Witch.

Valerie glanced at Trajan curiously; she couldn’t imagine her grandmaster criticizing her teacher, and the teacher remaining silent.

That was too…interesting.

Trajan clapped his hands. At this moment, the headmaster of the Trix Transport Station Academy, who had arrived at the transport station, came to the surface to thank Locke, Trajan, and Valerie.

Trajan, as a Sun Ring Wizard, exchanged a few words with them, and then they returned to the Peach Boat.

On the Peach Boat, Wizard Trajan said, “This near-Earth Void mission was a complete success, and we even exceeded our expectations. Unexpectedly, we encountered mothership pirates targeting our Silver Ring Seedlings at Golden Crown Mountain.”

Locke had told Wizard Trajan about this.

Wizard Trajan replied, “The Silver Ring Seedlings project has always been handled by my second senior brother. It seems the competition between the two academic lineages is becoming increasingly fierce.”

“The Rose Throne’s philosophy differs from ours. They’ve always maintained a direct grain trade with their colonies.”

“But Professor Catherine wants us to transfer basic technology and seeds to those colonized worlds, and then make money through technological upgrades and maintenance later.”

“In other words, we prefer to teach people how to fish. Professor Catherine believes that teaching people how to fish is more profitable for us. But the Rose Throne only knows how to give them fish.”

Locke nodded slightly.

“Selling grain directly puts the least pressure on working capital and involves the least competition. Relying on technology transfer and upgrades to make money, on the other hand, is very risky and highly competitive, requiring us to constantly maintain the motivation to research and develop new technologies.”

“However, the advantage is a higher ceiling.”

Locke pondered.

‘My Augustus Wizard Shoes Shop Alliance doesn’t necessarily need to follow the old path of Solas’s Barefoot and Melochy’s Magic Steps. I’m a breeder, not a magic weaver; I don’t need to follow so many rules and regulations.’

‘If I successfully develop mass production of wizard shoes, I can even transfer wizard shoe seeds to others to join me. As long as I control the magic plant seeds, I can have a large number of breeders, and even magic weavers, help me operate the product for free, boosting my sales.’

Locke believed he absolutely couldn’t follow the asset-heavy model of Solas’s Barefoot.

First, following someone else’s path would only trap him in theirs.

Second, he couldn’t come up with that much money in a short time.

‘That’s it, the teacher and the Rose Witch are essentially different asset-heavy and asset-light models.’

Locke realized.

The Rose Throne’s food sales system is clearly similar to the Wizard’s Shoe Shop Alliance, both relying on direct product sales.

This requires a large number of magical farms and a large workforce to maintain.

Of course, the Rose Council also has the manpower.

As for the teacher’s system, from what I’ve seen so far, if it mainly relies on technology transfer for profit, then it’s actually a light-asset model.

Light and heavy assets each have their advantages and disadvantages.

Their academic paths are very similar, and their industries are similar, yet their business models are completely different.

This is probably why they are at odds.

Locke didn’t expect to be involved in such an academic war, but the key is that to move up, joining a team is inevitable.

And once you join a team, you’re likely to encounter conflict.

Essentially, this is a competition between the Rose Throne and the Red Dragon Throne for resources to become a fourth-circle wizard.

If his mentor at the Institute of True Knowledge becomes a fourth-circle wizard, the benefits to him will be enormous.

This means his school will officially become a fourth-circle wizard school.

This means he can enjoy a better platform and resources.

In any case, all he needed to do was focus on his own work, complete more projects, win better awards, and publish higher-quality articles.

Therefore, Locke didn’t have any particular opinion on this academic rivalry.

Because regardless of this conflict, he would have had to compete with the wizard shoe shop alliance, and now, with this academic rivalry in the wings, things would actually be easier.

Locke fell into deep thought.

Wizard shoes alone wouldn’t be enough to make more money; the resources required for a second-circle wizard were simply too numerous.

Perhaps he needed to look at other markets and think of other solutions.

Now that this academic rivalry is raging, I can see what I can gain from it.

The grain seed market also seems promising.

In short, to advance, I need to join a team and gradually work my way into the core of this circle.

And in this process, it’s easy to get caught up in academic conflicts.

The Wizard Trajan patted Locke on the shoulder.

“Alright, let’s go back to the Gates of Hell. I’ll inform my second senior brother about these things. He’ll figure out a solution.”

“If he doesn’t win the rice market against the Rose Council, hehe, that’s fine too. It’ll be good for my second senior brother to become a plant hunter with me. Locke, if you want to be a plant hunter too, the three of us can team up and venture deep into the Dark World.” The Wizard

Trajan seemed to have thought of something unpleasant.

“Perfect timing. I fought the Dark King of the Dark World three times, and each time I was completely outmatched, barely managing to escape. And the Dark King is just a minor ruler of the Dark World.”

“The Dark World is a recently discovered world, and it still holds many secrets and unknown magical plants that have never been discovered before.”

Locke said, “I hope Second Brother’s rice market won’t close down.”

“I was hoping to get a discount at the rice market.”

…

In the void, on the escaped dragonbone pirate ship, the Moon Ring Wizard Captain Farrell looked at the old pirate Henry and questioned, “Henry, how could a nobody like you defeat a well-known pirate wizard like yourself?”

“I asked you to destroy the C-sector warehouse, couldn’t you do it?”

The old pirate Henry immediately changed the subject.

“Rick didn’t burn the warehouse down. He had already approached the warehouse using the Enchantment: Invisibility spell model.”

Suddenly, Captain Farrell looked at Rick, a relatively young-looking second-ring dark wizard.

Rick, a pirate with a scar on his face, said, “That young wizard’s perception is incredibly sharp. I almost got detected by him several times. If I approach Sector C, he’ll definitely see me. My magic pressure is less than 10,000.”

“Both of you have higher magic pressure than me.”

“You can’t even handle those white wizards.”

Captain Farrell said in a low voice, “Enough. Stop shirking responsibility. I know what you’re thinking.”

“Isn’t it just that burning down that warehouse makes you feel uneasy?”

Rick suddenly spoke up, “That’s right, I do feel uneasy. Why are we pirates? Because we’re driven to desperation by the evil white wizards. So why are we working for those white wizards, burning down magical plant seeds that could have been the food of a great world?”

“Isn’t the pirate mothership a rebel force?”

Captain Farrell and Pirate Henry looked at him in surprise.

Then the two of them suddenly revealed their yellow teeth and burst into laughter.

“Hahaha, that’s hilarious,” said Captain Henry, the pirate. “I can’t believe you’re a second-circle wizard and still so naive.”

Captain Farrell’s laughter faded, his expression turning serious. “That young second-circle wizard we encountered this time is no ordinary person. He might just become another executioner wizard in the future.”

“Alright, let’s go for a drink. This loss was too great. The heist failed. We lost two ships and so many people. I don’t even know how I’ll apply for another heist in the future.”

The pirate mothership’s system followed the foundation system of the white wizarding society.

These pirates also had to write proposals and apply for projects, but the pirate mothership didn’t provide funds; instead, it provided the void route maps for the heist targets.

And with such heavy losses this time, getting approval for the next heist would be extremely difficult.

Captain Farrell said, “So, let’s go for a drink.”

Captain Henry immediately agreed.

“That’s right, if we have no clue, we just drink wizard’s wine. We’ll forget about the problem as we drink.”

“That’s how we pirates live.”

“This time I also made a deal with that young white wizard; he’ll probably take me on a void exploration trip. Captain, you have to agree to give me leave.”

Captain Farrell was slightly taken aback.

“He has such magnanimity?”

“Then go. It’s your freedom. We pirate motherships are free.”

“However, you’re not allowed to go when we’re on missions.”

Captain Farrell thought for a moment and said, “Never mind, you go first. My target list is probably going to be tough lately.”

“We probably don’t have any targets for a while.”

(End of Chapter)