Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 838

Chapter 835 Natural Force, Dimensional Favor! Evolution, Evolution!

Cloud Marsh Wetlands, Golden Crown Mountain.

Locke first used the Water Hyacinth System to request the remaining funds from the Little Rest Cup tournament committee office. Then, he began preparing to verify his hypothesis that the Golden Foxtail Grass could evolve again.

The Little Rest Cup still had over four million magic stones left unused, and Locke requested that money all at once.

The staff at the Little Rest Cup tournament committee office were quite straightforward, agreeing to transfer the money that afternoon.

They probably felt that, given his status, it was unlikely he would breach the contract.

After all, there was his senior brother acting as a guarantor.

In the afternoon, Locke received the money and went to the market to purchase a large amount of experimental consumables.

At the same time, Locke encountered Antoine, who had just returned, at the Dragon Blood Market.

Locke was taken aback, because Antoine was already a second-circle wizard with a magic pressure of around 11,000.

Antoine took the initiative to walk over and greet Locke.

“Long time no see, Locke. Why are you so surprised to see me become a second-circle wizard?”

Twenty-four gold coins floated behind Antoine.

These twenty-four gold coins constantly shifted in mid-air, seemingly operating according to some kind of magic circle.

Wait a minute.

Locke focused his attention and saw a spirit macro resembling some kind of tiger-like magical creature.

‘That’s it. Besides being a power mage, Antoine is also a manipulator among alchemists. I should have realized sooner that spirit macros are the hidden true forms of things, so alchemists must also use spirit macros. Because alchemical materials also involve the hidden true forms of all things.’ ‘

Of course, judging from Antoine’s method of using spirit macros, it seems different from the method of using spirit macros in potion-making. In other words, alchemists and potion-making wizards use spirit macros differently, constituting two different systems of spirit macros.’

‘This means that spirit macros are far more vast than I thought.’

Locke increasingly felt that the more he knew, the more he realized how much he still didn’t understand.

Locke said to Antoine, “Not at all. I have complete faith in your abilities, Antoine. You helped me a lot during the Silent Grail War.”

“It’s only natural that you became a second-circle wizard.”

He was joking, of course. Even if you were a fallen third-circle wizard, you shouldn’t be below second-circle, right?

Antoine smiled. Ever since losing to Locke, he had been extremely attentive to Locke’s evaluation of him.

Antoine said, “I didn’t help you much during the Silent Grail War.”

Locke said, “I know.”

Antoine looked at Locke with surprise.

“Back then, I wanted to see the limits of your abilities. However, to my surprise, you still won the championship.”

“Locke, you must be under a lot of pressure lately, right?”

“The Brandy Wizard said you’ve been worried about finding a top-tier funding project. Didn’t you meet him last time? You two even chatted privately.”

Antoine said, “It’s not just the competitive pressure of next year’s top-tier funding project. There’s also the aftermath of the academic rivalry between the Red Dragon Throne and the Rose Throne, which should also affect you.”

“So it seems you’re under pressure from both inside and outside.”

Locke glanced at Antoine with surprise. The two walked side by side on the streets of the Dragonblood Gathering, like two old friends who hadn’t seen each other in a long time, slowly catching up.

Locke instantly realized that his meeting with the Brandy Wizard just once had been noticed by someone with ulterior motives, and then the Brandy Wizard used this private conversation to start spreading rumors about him.

Antoine was intentionally or unintentionally reminding him of this.

He certainly couldn’t tell the whole story, because he couldn’t confirm whether the Brandy Wizard was spreading rumors.

Locke frowned; it seemed that avoiding Brandy and Droma earlier was absolutely the right thing to do.

Good heavens, he’d only met this Brandy Wizard privately once, and this guy was already spreading rumors everywhere.

Outrageous.

‘Why would the teacher accept students like this? The teacher is insightful and perceptive; with her uncompromising nature, she shouldn’t have deliberately accepted students like Brandy and Droma Wizards, right? Or perhaps their talents were enough to attract the teacher?’

But that doesn’t make sense.

Golden Crown Mountain isn’t lacking in geniuses.

Research positions at Golden Crown Mountain are snapped up instantly.

Locke was filled with doubt; he shook his head, deciding not to think about it anymore.

He probably wouldn’t understand the High Ring Wizard’s thoughts.

After all, he lacked too much information.

Locke looked at Antoine and said, “No, that was before. I’ve recently found the key to breaking the deadlock.”

Locke held up the golden foxtail grass specimen in his hand.

“It’s the starting point. I don’t lack projects or ideas now.”

Once he completes the ancestral evolution, he can win the Lesser Cup, then use it to realize his previous idea of a flying magical plant and participate in the Golden Cup.

Then, he can use the ancestral evolution to conduct a series of evolutionary-related experiments, which will directly advance his understanding of the power system, thereby accelerating the forging of his ultimate magic.

Finally, he can use this as a starting point to find projects that can apply for special funding.

In addition, the ancestral evolution can also be used to improve his second-circle wizard shoes, making them even better. This is because the ancestral evolution and the Moon Cultivation Method can be combined.

It can be said that from the moment he obtained this specimen from Russell’s Throne at the boundary between darkness and light, he possessed the capital to gain a foothold in the wizard shoe sub-battlefield of the Academic Wars, and to rank among the top in the second-circle wizards of the True Knowledge Institute.

Antoine crossed his arms and glanced at the golden foxtail grass specimen in Locke’s hand.

“So confident? It’s just an ordinary grass. I don’t understand why you’re so confident. Never mind, I have preliminary experimental data from my time as a third-ring wizard, covering everything from first to second to third rings.”

“It seems I already had a backup plan before my reincarnation.”

“You’ve already planned everything out for yourself.”

Locke was taken aback.

“You reincarnated old monsters really have a lot of backup plans.”

Antoine smirked and glanced sideways at Locke.

“You say I’m a reincarnated monster? I think you could be too.”

Locke waved his hand.

“I am who I am, this is my first…incarnation.”

Locke frowned, because to be precise, this wasn’t actually his first life.

Antoine looked at Locke in surprise.

“You’re really hesitating?”

“Looks like you really do have a secret.”

Locke said expressionlessly, “No, you misunderstand.”

Antoine gave Locke a deep look.

“Many high-ring wizards, after reincarnation, may find themselves in the awkward situation of not knowing their true identity for a long time if they don’t have someone to receive them.”

“Secondly, there are even more complicated situations. Wizards of even higher rings can even send their clones into reincarnation.”

Antoine said, “But I’m telling you all this only to let you know that I can now apply for special grants, and I’m still a senior researcher. That means I will participate in next year’s special grant application. And I have a project that I arranged for myself during my third ring period.”

“In other words, so far, my development has all been planned by my previous life. Including the project I’m about to participate in, which was the first second-ring grant project he tailored for me.”

Locke frowned.

No wonder Antoine had that kind of personality before, or rather, he deliberately pretended to have that kind of personality.

Besides hiding his reincarnated identity, helping the Senate, and scheming against the Academic Committee, it was probably because while others were playing a difficult life, he was playing a game where everyone else was just NPCs.

For him, simply following the plan he had laid out during his time as a third-ring wizard, doing nothing else, was enough to surpass many geniuses.

Antoine smirked, “Why are you starting to worry? Locke, this time I’m going to beat you badly. Hey, Locke, I wasn’t finished yet, why are you leaving?”

Antoine watched Locke suddenly speed up and walk away from him, somewhat speechless.

If it were anyone else, he would have been angry long ago.

But facing Locke, Antoine gave a wry smile, then flagged down a magical carriage on the street.

“This guy seems even more aloof than me.”

Antoine raised his chin, looking at the coachman wizard, and said, “I, Antoine, have the Fisher family to pay for me.”

In the magic carriage, Antoine looked out the window, pondering, “But now it seems I can’t completely trust my past life. In my past life, I had a plan with the elders of the Fisher family, but in the magic combat tournament, I, with my dual identities as a manipulator and a power master, actually lost to a random wizard recruited by the Red Dragon Throne.”

“After the high-magic plan in the Starfield Sea, everything changed. The old order seems unreliable in the face of the ever-increasing magical tide. Geniuses are increasing daily.”

“Can I really trust those plans my past life devised? If I only use the level of the application I prepared in my past life, can it really help me get the top-tier funding next year?”

“Brandy, Droma, Zeno—these people are not to be trifled with. Not to mention Locke.”

Antoine thought seriously.

On the other side, Locke walked down the street, pondering: ‘I didn’t expect to miss a competitor. Antoine will also be joining next year’s competition.’

‘Applying for vertical funding in the second-ring world is more difficult than I thought. But I don’t need to worry; I’ll remain steadfast. No matter how the outside world changes, as long as I keep moving forward, I can get next year’s top-tier grant.’ ‘

In the wizarding world, one step behind means falling behind at every step.

I don’t want to wait another year for top-tier grant.

Therefore, I’m determined to get next year’s top-tier grant.

Because I need to become a Star Ring Wizard as quickly as possible.

‘ ‘The wizards participating in the Star Sea Grand Exam are generally around the Sun Ring level, but a few geniuses at the Moon Ring level can also go. Even, for some reason, Teacher Sophia participated in the exam early.’

‘Once Teacher Sophia passes the exam, perhaps I can use this last opportunity to try contacting her.’

‘Then, based on the situation, I’ll determine at what stage I should participate in the Star Sea Grand Exam to obtain a top-tier teaching position in the Star Sea.’ “

But no matter what, the younger the better. The big exam isn’t just about rankings, but also about overall scores, where experience and age are bonuses.”

Locke understood why.

In the wizarding world, the younger a second-circle wizard is, the more limitless possibilities they possess, representing greater potential.

Therefore, age is a watershed in the wizarding world.

In fact, this can be seen in Cloud Marsh Wetlands. The reason why the researchers at the True Knowledge Institute of Golden Crown Mountain are all young is because of the age limit.

If he wants to pursue a top teaching position, he will automatically enter the growth path of the top geniuses in the wizarding world.

Of course, for true geniuses, even if they accidentally slip off this track, there should be ways to find other tracks.

It’s just that this track is the greatest path of advancement in the wizarding world.

It allows a wizard to fight their way up from a lower-level wizarding land to the top wizarding university of a leading wizarding land.

Along the way, they have the most complete resources. If he can avoid falling off this track, he should try his best not to.

Locke summoned the Rainbow Sparrow and headed towards the dormitory, deciding that he could finally bring an end to those three dark wizards.

…

In the Heidelberg Plane, Locke’s true form stood outside the crystal wall system of the Heidelberg Plane.

At this moment, because the world was under the impact of four powerful spells, the flow of time was unstable, and the flow of time in this world began to accelerate.

Standing outside the void, looking down at the Heidelberg Plane from above, one could actually see that this plane was a relatively traditional spherical planetary plane.

Similar to the Louis plane

, a year had passed in the Heidelberg plane, corresponding to a week in the Wizarding World.

The Rangers in the Heidelberg plane had grown into a large organization of around 100,000 people, and Locke had produced as many as 130,000 Power Leaves.

Nearly 80% of the plants in the Heidelberg plane had been incorporated into the ecosystem of the Evolutionary Month.

The three dark wizards, while fighting amongst themselves, attempted to confront Locke, resulting in their repeated defeats. The Papacy within the plane, along with the vampires disguised as high-ranking officials, kings, and nobles, were discovered by the Rangers and beheaded one by one.

Suddenly, the vampires in the Heidelberg plane became a vulnerable group.

Because of the Rangers’ human identities, they won the favor of humans, who spontaneously launched a movement to reform the Church and exterminate the vampires.

At the same time, the starlight of the Holy Dragon Star appeared in this world.

Part of the magic model of the Evolution Moon is based on the Peach Blossom Arrow, so while it sparked a world-wide revolution, it naturally caused the starlight of the Holy Dragon Star to fall.

Locke’s magical pressure, absorbing this starlight, began to slowly rise.

In just one week, it increased by 7 points.

This was probably the result that would normally take seven months of meditation using advanced meditation techniques.

“Fighting black wizards has been incredibly rewarding. Ordinary white wizards rarely cause such widespread anger and resentment that they’d readily agree with me. They persecute mortals and become enemies of all mortals.”

Locke was almost speechless.

It turned out that hunting black wizards was indeed a fast path to advancement for him.

Meanwhile, in the Heidelberg plane, the vampires’ territory was almost completely dwindling. They had retreated to a mere tens of thousands, all holed up on Mount Bright.

The rangers organized a final search of the mountain to completely wipe out the vampire race.

At this moment, in the Heidelberg plane, three avatars of saints suddenly descended. These were the three dark wizards, who seemed to have reached a desperate point and resorted to their last resort, forcibly descending as saints.

The rangers, facing these three dark wizards who seemed like gods and demons descending upon this world, all grew solemn.

An immense magical pressure enveloped them.

The rangers turned pale, like n*ked people walking on an icy plain on a winter’s day.

At this moment, they felt more vulnerable than infants.

Jack and Susan, as the leaders of the rangers, turned to them and called out, “Everyone, don’t be afraid.”

“We became rangers to fight those monsters and protect the forest, didn’t we?” “

From the beginning, those monsters were stronger than us; it was only later that our power gradually reversed. Now they have descended with even greater power, simply returning us to our initial situation. But we were prepared from the start to take up arms and fight against beings far stronger than ourselves.” “

So, there’s no need to be afraid. We outnumber them; as long as we work together, we can defeat those three demon gods.”

One of the black wizard demon gods, the six-eyed, six-winged Blood Ancestor, scoffed upon hearing this.

“You know nothing. A mere native dares to say he can defeat us?”

“How laughable.”

“I’m dying of laughter. How can there be such a naive person?”

The Blood Ancestor floated towards them like a mountain, pressing down on them with malevolent demonic pressure, like a storm of blood.

“Numbers are meaningless.”

“Natives. We are beings of a higher order, transcending mortals.”

“We are fundamentally different from all the vampires you have faced so far. The three of us are the source of vampires in this world; you could say we are the Blood Ancestors.”

“Experience despair, mortals. You are so insignificant, like a tiny speck of dust in a storm—no, you are not even worthy of being dust.”

A powerful magical pressure swept towards them, mixed with a terrifying curse, seemingly intent on annihilating these 100,000 rangers in one fell swoop.

The other two black wizards’ eyes flickered.

They had already suffered a crushing defeat in this ecological war, and were now forced to use their last trump card, the Descent of the Saint.

In truth, they were the ones driven to the brink.

But they couldn’t understand why Locke hadn’t made a move even at this point.

His ultimate magic, the moon, and the forest should have accumulated enough magical pressure to

allow for the Descent of the Saint at any moment .

Their combined ultimate magic had shrunk to almost its minimum!

At this moment, the three of them were extremely weak.

It was all just a show of magic in front of the natives.

The black wizard’s eyes were fierce; if Locke didn’t make his move, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill these mortals.

These mortals were beings from their own three planes,

completely poached by Locke.

In the cursed winds, the rangers were blown about, one by one. Ranger Jack gritted his teeth.

“No, all along the way, Susan and I, everyone, and the forest—we’ve won. This is the end.”

He looked at the five leaves of power in his hand.

“The Tree Man Lord said we weren’t fighting alone. While we fought, these leaves of power fought alongside us. So never think you’re alone.”

At this moment, the cursed power turned Jack’s skin a sickly black.

His consciousness began to scatter.

“Everyone, the forest.”

“At this moment, the only thing I can trust is the forest, only the Leaf of Power in my hand.”

Jack, his mind reeling, recalled everything that had happened over the past year. He had witnessed a vampire posing as a king issuing commands from his throne; he had seen vampires posing as dukes, vampires posing as archbishops—all outwardly righteous, but in reality, just a bunch of vampires.

Then, he realized that among all these illusory beings, only the forest was truly real.

He had originally been a low-ranking noble knight’s squire, rigorously trained in knightly discipline, fighting for the honor of his superiors.

But now, he no longer wanted to be bound by the hierarchical system.

It was a place rife with deception and cunning. Only

by walking through the forest could he confront reality and gain a more objective perspective.

He would fight to protect humanity’s right to coexist harmoniously with nature.

He would protect those behind him.

He would fire his arrows at the vampire monsters who had usurped their positions, forcing them to reclaim their rightful rights.

“I entrust all my trust to you, my comrade.”

Jack looked at the five leaves of power in his palm.

“Help me once again to defeat my opponent.”

“Any vampire can be killed with my bow and arrow.”

A vibrant green light appeared on Jack’s body, the blackness on his skin began to fade, and the leaf of power in his left hand, bearing the [Path of the Nemesis], began to evolve.

An arrow, entwined with vines and vegetation, fell upon the black wizard.

‘Bang!’

The arrow pierced the body of the Blood Ancestor’s true form.

Black blood gushed from the black wizard’s chest.

“How is this possible? A native, an apprentice’s trick, how could they possibly harm me!”

“What is this power?”

The black wizard was instantly enraged, about to raise his arm and use his Blood Ancestor True Body to crush the native rangers before him.

But the next moment, his eyes widened, for the leaves in the rangers’ hands were glowing with emerald green light, one after another.

Immediately afterward, the energy of these 100,000 rangers connected with each other, each battle-hardened ranger warrior like a sapling in a vast forest. The

100,000 rangers formed a vast forest.

This forest was part of Locke’s Forest Sanctuary.

As individuals, they were insignificant to the two-ring wizards who had fallen to their lowest point, but as members of that vast forest, they were all part of that immense forest.

And the total magical pressure of Locke’s Forest Sanctuary was several times greater than that of these black wizards!

Therefore, this two-ring black wizard’s magical pressure was actually being suppressed by these rangers!

The second-circle wizard’s pupils suddenly contracted.

“Damn it. Locke Augustine, the Great Wizard of the Beholder. Just who are you?”

A gentle breeze swept through the forest where the Ranger had become, a natural wind rustling through the golden leaves. In that instant, Locke descended in his Saintly Avatar!

The moment he appeared, the second-circle Dark Wizard’s body instantly collapsed and exploded.

A second-circle Dark Wizard’s Saintly Avatar was annihilated by Locke in a flash.

Locke turned to look at Jack and the Leaf of Power in his hand.

‘This is too strange. Just now, the Leaf of Power resonated with this native boy. That Leaf of Power, which carries my simplified version of the Beast Panel, seems different from other Leaves of Power. He truly did attract the favor of the will of the Natural Force Plane.’

‘Although it was only for a moment, and through me as the medium. In other words, in the eyes of the Natural Force Plane, he is my student?’ “

In that instant, he borrowed my Beast Panel to amplify his magical pressure, which made it possible for him to harm the Blood Ancestor’s true form.”

“Of course, the prerequisite for borrowing was obtaining my permission. The Beast Panel is indeed special.”

Locke realized at this moment that he had connected his Evolution Moon, Forest Sanctuary, and Beast Panel—the three foundations of his power—through the Leaf of Power.

The Leaf of Power, which carried the Beast Panel, the core power of the Nature Guardian, seemed to possess some kind of powerful evolutionary ability and resonated with Jack.

At this moment, because he carried too much power, Jack’s skin was cracking and his soul was almost completely shattered.

He glanced at Locke and, before losing consciousness, said to Locke, “Tree Man, is this your true form? Thank you for giving me power.”

Locke hugged him.

“Good child, I should be thanking you.”

The Leaf of Power in Jack’s hand scattered on the ground.

And that Leaf of Power, the Path of Nemesis, had actually grown from 0.1 ring to 0.3 ring.

“This child’s conviction has actually allowed my Leaf of Power to evolve to this extent.”

Locke’s eyes shifted slightly.

“Without my intervention, without my modifications, the power system I designed has actually broken through its limits through self-iteration, acquiring 0.3-ring spells.”

“Is it because of the power of the ferocious beast?”

“This is a characteristic that only a mature power system can possess.”

He could sense that the beggar-version ferocious beast panel on that leaf was merely a facade, but after Jack resonated with the Leaf of Power, the evolved Path of Nemesis had truly entered his power system.

“I never expected that by accident, the power of the ferocious beast would actually enter this power system. Originally, I only intended to use it to deal with those vampires.”

“My Leaf of Power seems to combine the power of the Guardian of Nature and the power of great magic.”

Locke originally just wanted to experiment, but unexpectedly, he seemed to have unintentionally created something amazing.

(End of Chapter)