Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 870

Chapter 866 Seizing the Divine Position!

Orion opened his eyes and found himself seemingly in a magical forest. His soul flew above this forest, filled with many strange plants he had never seen before.

These included the Gem Holly, whose leaves resembled jewels, and powerful magical plants like the Thorn Queen and the Fagus.

He followed a barely perceptible forest path, enveloped by massive roots and fern-like magical plants, and finally encountered Locke in the forest.

Orion looked at Locke’s treant avatar with confusion.

“Mr. Treant, why can I see you here? Am I dead?”

“Where is this?”

Locke looked at him in surprise, because Orion’s soul had been impacted by the War Principles of the Three Worlds, his consciousness had been instantly disrupted, and his consciousness had entered the forest within the Forest Sanctuary.

This was an opening he had left when designing the Leaf of Power.

The souls of the Rangers could enter the Forest Sanctuary, thus making each Ranger a part of the forest, and they could also receive the forest’s blessings.

When he discovered that the Leaf of Power could evolve alongside the Rangers, this pre-existing opening took on even greater significance.

However, he was currently meeting this native of the Three Holes World in his true form, yet in the native’s eyes, he still appeared as a Tree-man.

‘Something is preventing him from seeing me.’

Locke instantly realized this, secretly examining the planar principles contained within Orion’s consciousness.

“I didn’t see anything wrong.”

“It’s probably not his problem; it’s likely a problem shared by all the natives of the Three Holes World. I’ve found it strange before; in a world of the Three Holes World’s level, mortals couldn’t be without power. Even if they followed the technological path, they shouldn’t be at this level.” “

Although the upper plane atop the crater has plundered resources, there are still considerable resources in the present world. It seems that the so-called ‘God Above God’ has done something, creating a barrier between the mortals and spiritual beings of the Three Holes World.”

“This barrier is likely the key to how those giants can manipulate the world’s principles.”

Locke instantly realized this and made his judgment.

To confirm his suspicions, Locke asked Orion, “Orion, what am I like in your eyes?”

Orion replied, “Teacher Tree Man, you are a powerful Tree Man…”

Locke thought to himself, “Just as I suspected.

” ‘Something is directly blocking his connection with the spiritual world. If his soul has a congenital defect, unable to perceive the true nature of the spiritual world, then… his connection with nature will likely be severed.’

Locke pondered for a moment, already having some guesses about the current state of the Three Caverns.

‘Most power systems originate from a vague understanding of nature.’

‘If mortals are cut off from their direct connection with nature, then it will be difficult to develop any power system or civilization from the very beginning.’

‘But what exactly is it that has severed the direct connection between mortals and nature in the Three Caverns?’ Orion

looked at Locke anxiously and said, “Teacher Tree Man, am I dead now? I’m not really dead, am I?”

Locke said, “That’s hard to say.”

“Now you face a choice. You have already defeated the puppet of the God of War in the war ritual. You died as a glorious mortal warrior. That war giant directly attacked to kill you. So as a mortal of Terella, you have indeed fulfilled your mission.”

“But you can make a different choice.”

“Your consciousness was shattered. But you are my student, under my power system, so before you completely died, your soul did not go to the afterlife of this world, but returned to the forest. But when you chose death, you must go to the afterlife.”

Orion’s eyes lit up, and he asked, “Can I see my deceased family members in the afterlife?”

Locke answered honestly, “I’m not sure. Maybe yes, maybe no.”

His power had not fully descended, so he could not determine the law of death in this world, nor could he determine the specific situation inside the other higher plane of this world.

Who knows what the afterlife of this world is like?

Orion said to Locke, “Then I choose to live. Just as you told me, Teacher Tree Man, life is precious. Even if I can see my family in the afterlife, I won’t have anything to say to them.” “

The afterlife is another world’s matter. But my battle with the God of War is not over yet!”

A stubborn glint flashed in Orion’s eyes.

“I killed his puppet in the war ritual. A warrior can defeat his opponent and take his most precious possession in a war ritual. This is the principle established by the God of War, and according to this principle, he must compensate me.”

“Secondly, I believe the greatest responsibility for the deaths of my family lies not with Theodora or the High Priest, but with the God of War. He is my true enemy!”

“I swore an oath during my three years of apprenticeship with you that my life would not end until my revenge was complete.”

“Tree Master, how can I return?”

Locke glanced at him. “I can use potions to learn magic and piece your scattered consciousness back together, but I’m not sure if there will be consequences. Your current state is very special. Normally, you should have died long ago. It is my Leaf of Power that is actively protecting your consciousness.”

“Your soul was struck by the laws of the world; you would have had no chance of survival otherwise. It is a combination of factors that has allowed you to live. In addition, if you want to return, you need to do one more thing. You need the help of the world will of the three planes.”

“Otherwise, your chances of returning are slim.”

Orion’s soul is shattered, his consciousness chaotic. Although he had studied basic magic with me for three years, despite his supposed wizarding talent, he remained completely clueless about the Ogan Tree runes no matter how hard he tried.

At the time, I guessed it might be related to the special circumstances of the Three Cavern Worlds.

Now, I’m certain that the ‘God Above Gods’ tampered with the souls of these natives.

Now, I need to use Orion as a test subject to formally forge my power system beyond the first level, to refine my ultimate magic to a certain degree.

Therefore, I have two choices.

The first is to wait for Orion to learn on his own, at least to the point where he is roughly equivalent to a first-class wizard apprentice.

However, after teaching him for three years, he immediately abandoned the idea because he couldn’t learn magic; he was somehow isolated from the possibility of direct communication with nature.

Secondly, even if he could learn, unless he was brought into the wizarding world and given more than ten years, he wouldn’t be able to meet his demands.

That left only the second option.

Locke said to Orion, “I’ve studied the War Ritual. This War Ritual is a core element of the War Principles of this world. Since you defeated the God of War in the War Ritual, especially since your martial arts are now superior to his, he must compensate you with something very precious.” “

In the end, I believe the War Principles of this world should have responded to you. The War Principles are the source of power for the God of War in your world. I think you can share the War Principles with him. Of course, he has more now, but when you seek revenge, perhaps you will have more?”

Indeed, his second option was to utilize the characteristic of this world’s War Principles—that they can respond to anyone meeting specific conditions and elevate their status—to forcibly elevate Orion to the first ring.

Although this would be difficult to execute,

it was certainly worth trying.

If that’s the case, then by utilizing the unique planar principles of the Three Hole Worlds, one could bypass the time-consuming stages of the Great Magic Forging process—promoting their apprentice to the first ring level.

Most importantly, the planar principles of this world can even influence and elevate a person’s rank to the second ring, if one can forcibly seize their world’s response.

Therefore, this special colony world is so important to them.

Simply put, encountering this world is truly a stroke of luck.

With this world, he didn’t know how much effort he could save.

Orion was dumbfounded.

“Teacher Tree Man? I’ll seize the Principle of War? Then won’t I become the God of War? This…”

Locke said, “Alright, since you want to go back, then listen to me.”

Locke stretched out his palm, used the Reverse Refinement Technique, and concentrated all his attention, gathering his spiritual knowledge. The Primordial Fire burned in the fragments of his consciousness.

Locke used his expertise in Spiritual Macroscopic Science to try to shatter Orion’s consciousness as much as possible, but barely managed to piece together the overall consciousness. At the same time, he used Spiritual Macroscopic Science to do something else.

He tried to capture the Spiritual Macroscopic of the Principle of War from the air of the Three Cave Worlds using the [Name Potion] technique, and then used the captured portion of the Spiritual Macroscopic to put it into Orion’s soul using the Reverse Refinement Technique.

Simply put, he was forcibly squeezing out the War Giant’s login, wanting Orion’s account to log in to the Principle of War!

This method wouldn’t work in other worlds.

But in this world, because of the special nature of the World’s Principle of Responsiveness mechanism, it might be useful.

…

Above the city-state of Terella, the dark clouds had dispersed. The high priest, still shaken, scrambled to his feet. Pointing at Orion’s corpse, he cried, “Who…who will throw this sinner’s wicked body into the river…”

Before he could finish, a divine light descended vertically from the sky, entering Orion’s body.

Orion’s body floated in mid-air.

He suddenly opened his eyes, then fell to the ground, instinctively slashing the high priest’s throat with a dagger, ending his life.

Orion coughed violently, his body covered in blood.

He pulled a stone from his chest—the sealing stone he had found three years ago.

Orion finally understood why he hadn’t been killed by the God of War’s finger.

The God of War had struck the sealing stone he had placed in his chest, and the miraculous stone hadn’t shattered.

It was this stone that had prevented his body from turning to dust.

And it was again thanks to the Tree Spirit Teacher that he didn’t die from shattered consciousness.

Orion stumbled along, and wherever he went, the people of Terella gave way, for Orion had twice defied the God of War before their very eyes and survived.

Now, no one dared to feel any hatred towards him, much less call him a sinner to his face.

Orion shuffled to the gates of Terella’s city-state, then braced himself against the gate. He felt a power flowing from the void, continuously pouring into his body during this resurrection.

“The God of War is a sinful god.”

The Terella people behind him looked on with utter terror. What kind of combination of words was this?

Was this something they could hear?

Orion said, “The God of Kingship is the guardian of the king’s rights and the law. I must find him. I must go to the God of Kingship’s city-state to find his high priest. The problem lies with the God of War, not the other gods. If I can find the God of Kingship, he can uphold justice for me…”

“Yes, go find him.”

“I must seek the support of the other gods.”

He stole a warhorse from the city-state gate and headed towards the God of Kingship’s city-state, [Antoli].

Meanwhile, on the crater, the War Giant watched as the mortals favored by his divine power split into two factions, engaging in a meaningless battle.

Suddenly, he felt his divine power waning, and his steel palace began to collapse.

The War Giant cried out in terror, “Impossible! Who but Nicholas and those chosen by Nicholas can steal the power of a god? My principles of war are being taken away…”

He had been outmaneuvered!

The War Giant rose angrily from his seat and paced through the palace, berating everyone who approached him. He swept his suspicious gaze over each mortal he had blessed with the principles of war.

“Who is it?”

“Who stole a portion of my power?”

He was more fearful than anything else; only a small part had been taken now, but what about later?

The War Giant quickly locked onto his target.

“That brat from Terella?”

“Damn mortal. Was it Nicholas again? What’s wrong with the Wind Giant? Can’t he even keep an eye on one person?”

The War Giant told his servants, who were blessed with the principles of war, “Go down the mountain and hunt down that mortal named Orion.”

At the same time, he immediately informed the other giants on the crater.

Inside the War Giant’s palace, the Grass Titan and the King Titan came to visit him.

The Grass Giantess said regretfully, “It’s a pity that for some reason, the Supreme God forbade me to leave the crater. Otherwise, I could have gone down there myself and killed that presumptuous mortal for you.”

The King Giant laughed, “No rush. When my followers prayed to me, I discovered that brat’s whereabouts. I can go down and kill him for you myself. However, these mortals are indeed becoming more and more disobedient; it’s time to reduce their numbers.” “

Didn’t the Supreme God order the War Giants to make those mortals fight amongst themselves, depleting their numbers through war, then have the Fire Giants unleash flames to ignite the volcano, and then have the Earth Giants cause an earthquake? Hahaha…”

The laughter of the three giants resounded deafeningly in the palace, and the King Giant descended the mountain amidst the laughter.

At the same time, the moment the King Giant left the upper plane and entered the mortal realm, Locke immediately noticed.

On the Vanguard of Exploration, Hussein sighed.

“Why wasn’t it that Grass Giant who came down?”

“But Locke, you actually thought of a way to have that native replace the War Giant. That’s good.”

Henry said, “Has this plane cultivated more than a dozen second-ring beings?”

“I’m very interested too.”

A greedy glint flashed in his eyes, but when he remembered that this plane belonged to Locke, the greed in his eyes disappeared instantly, replaced by restraint and envy.

Locke said, “That’s not the point. That’s just a minor detail. The point is why the plane’s laws are so special. Studying the reasons behind this, the results might benefit all three of us.”

Old pirate Henry and Hussein nodded in agreement.

Hussein exchanged glances with Locke, he gave the old pirate a wary look, while Locke confidently shook his head.

Old pirate Henry was just a stubborn man.

Locke believed that the man was simply acting like a pirate, stubbornly insisting on keeping his mouth shut when faced with something good.

But his stubbornness was just that—stubbornness…

no need to be overly concerned.

After all, he had witnessed someone’s integrity firsthand in the near-Earth orbit of the Wizarding World.

(End of Chapter)