Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 895

Chapter 890 Master Patrick Finch’s Academic Conference and the Emerging Augustus Wizard Shoes Brand!

A week later, in the Rose Council District, Locke and Daniel hired two magical carriages and entered Rose Town, an important wizarding town within the Rose Council District.

Although Rose Town was just a small town, it was breathtakingly beautiful, bursting with flowers and rose-like magical plants everywhere. Magical fountains were scattered throughout Rose Town, in other words, spewing out various special types of spiritual energy.

The town didn’t have many inhabitants, but they were mostly high-ring wizards of the second ring or above. It was a rare tourist destination in the Eastern Boundary, where land was incredibly valuable.

Patrick Finch’s Sun Ring Wizard Academic Conference was being held here. Some students from the Rose Council were already standing at the town gate to welcome Sun Ring and Moon Ring wizards. Although Locke and Daniel had received invitations, they weren’t Sun Ring or Moon Ring wizards, so unlike other Moon Ring and Sun Ring wizards, they weren’t greeted by a group of students as soon as their magical carriages entered the town.

However, when Locke alighted from the magic carriage, he was surprised to find a first-class wizarding apprentice from the Rose Council already waiting for him below, ready to serve him.

Locke glanced at him in surprise.

The academic exchange summoned by Patrick Finch, a Sun Ring wizard, was merely a meeting he convened using his personal influence; he hadn’t expected a student to come and serve him.

Daniel looked at Locke enviously and said, “He’s a Second Ring Archmage, after all. Even a Crystallized Wizard like me didn’t have a student come to entertain me personally.”

Locke said, “It’s just some insignificant details.”

The Rose Council student bowed to Locke and said, “Mr. Augustus, greetings. Professor Patrick heard you were coming and specifically asked me to come and greet you and guide you to your seat at the meeting.”

“Please.”

Locke nodded slightly.

“Alright. Lead the way.”

He and Daniel followed.

At the entrance of a hall in the center of Rose Town, roses were planted everywhere, followed by a massive crystal rose.

Locke looked up at the crystal rose, his expression changing slightly.

“An artificial flower?”

“Is this the revolutionary new technology that Patrick Sun Ring Wizard spoke of, the eternally unchanging flower?”

Locke heard a clapping sound. He turned around and saw a chubby wizard with a beaming smile, resembling a fat penguin, walking towards him.

“As expected of Locke Augustine.”

“You are quite famous in Golden Crown Mountain and the Rose Council. Your reputation is indeed well-deserved. Yes, this is an artificial flower.”

Daniel glanced at the exaggerated number of badges worn on the chest of the chubby penguin-like wizard and quickly bowed.

“Lord Patrick Finch, greetings.”

Locke also nodded and bowed.

However, since both were second-ring wizards, the difference in their ranks wasn’t that great.

Master Patrick Finch smiled at Locke: “Real flowers are perishable. Only artificial flowers are eternal. But to say that this is entirely an artificial flower wouldn’t be quite right.”

“This is the [Crystallization of Magical Plants] technology that I invented.”

Locke immediately began to think.

This sounds like some kind of technique for preserving magical plants. The Rose Council’s study of rose symbolism has always had a problem: their magical bouquets, without the careful nurturing of breeders, are unlikely to last long.

Therefore, the Rose Council has been investing in techniques for preserving magical plants.

At this moment, Brandy the Wizard, accompanied by two high-ranking wizards from the Golden Crown Mountain’s Academy of Truth, also arrived to attend this academic conference.

Brandy the Wizard looked surprised, then excitedly turned to Locke.

“Locke, I didn’t expect you to come after all. I thought you weren’t coming because you ignored me several times.”

Master Patrick Finch glanced at Brandy, then at Locke, and then smiled. “It’s truly gratifying to see such outstanding young talents like you all here at this meeting.”

“I know you’re about to start applying for special grants. That’s why I invited everyone here to brainstorm and give you a good direction for development.”

Master Patrick Finch bent down and picked up a magical plant from the ground. He pointed at it, and the entire magical plant began to disintegrate, leaving only certain key nodes. Then, starting from these key nodes, the entire magical plant transformed into crystals.

The wizard Brandy and the other two wizards from the Golden Crown Mountain Advanced True Knowledge Academy stared wide-eyed.

Master Patrick Finch held the crystal flower in his hand and then cast an accelerated growth spell on it.

Under this botanical spell, the crystal flower in his hand grew rapidly, as if it were a living magical plant.

Master Patrick Finch put away the magical plant, sighed, and said in a rather enigmatic tone, “Crystallization is just another way of displaying life.”

A number of wizards had already gathered around.

Master Patrick Finch stood between Locke and Brandy, addressing them, “Both of you are excellent breeders. And not just you two, there are many other outstanding breeders present.”

“In the process of developing magical plant preservation technology, I inadvertently discovered this crystallization technique for magical plants. Crystallized magical plants are still alive; they can still grow! My purpose in this academic exchange is to introduce this research approach and encourage talented breeders to enter this field.”

Master Patrick Finch continued, “Imagine a magical plant that lives forever, surviving without soil, sunlight, or water—what a scene that would be! Of course, current crystallization technology is far from achieving that.” Master Patrick Finch added,

“I won’t deceive you; currently, crystallized magical plants, for many reasons, while not dying, will shatter. Many technical challenges still need to be solved.”

The crystal magical plant in his hand suddenly shattered and vanished without a trace.

“Therefore, I invite all of you young breeding geniuses to enter this field together, and let’s work together to explore this technical route. This will be a blessing for our Yunze Wetlands.”

Many wizards present applauded.

The Brandy Wizard’s eyes also gleamed as he greedily gazed at the crystallization magic plant technology.

“So, how exactly do we crystallize magic plants while maintaining their vitality?”

Master Patrick Finch asked. “I will discuss this at the meeting later. You all need to apply for projects soon, right? Don’t you think this is a good direction?”

“Plant preservation technology has always been a popular research area. Wizard Augustine, if your magical plants could be crystallized and made into wizard shoes for sale, wouldn’t the product quality improve? And this wizard from the Nexus, if your carnivorous magical plants could be crystallized and become the Eternal Crystal Carnivorous Flower Forest, wouldn’t that greatly increase the power of your spell models?”

At this moment, a wizard asked in a cold voice.

“Then there’s a question. Since Master Patrick Finch’s technology is so good, why don’t you continue your research yourself and instead share it with us?” Wizard

Brandy turned to look at the person who spoke, and his face immediately showed surprise.

“Zeno, you’re here. And Droma too. I knew this would attract your attention.”

“After all, everyone wants good things.”

Locke and Zeno exchanged a glance. Zeno was wearing a white wizard’s robe, had a buzz cut, and looked like a rather thin young wizard.

The Brandy Wizard greeted him, and Zeno nodded slightly in return, but Zeno seemed to ignore him, instead focusing on Master Patrick Finch.

Master Patrick Finch said, “First, I’m considering the overall level of botany and breeding in Yunze Wetland. Second, this field is too vast; I alone… simply don’t have enough funds to manage it all. So I’m bringing you all along.”

“To put it simply, we lack money and manpower. This is a completely new field; if we do it well, the strength of our Yunze Wetland will greatly increase.”

Master Patrick Finch continued, “Alright, everyone, that’s all for now. I know you’re all looking forward to my explanation of the crystallization technique for magical plants; I will discuss these in detail at the academic exchange later.”

Master Patrick Finch nodded to Locke and the Brandy Wizard.

“Young breeding geniuses, you are the future of this discipline.”

He quickly led his students away.

The Brandy Wizard looked at Master Patrick Finch with admiration.

“When will I ever become a master breeder like that?”

“He’s my goal.”

A greedy glint flashed in his eyes; even the Arctic Peach in his hand seemed unappetizing now, replaced by the belief that this crystallization technology for magical plants was the future.

He said to Locke, “Locke, I told you you should come. Did you see that just now? The crystal magical plant was still alive and growing. Putting everything else aside, that alone has already sparked a heated discussion.”

“After this academic conference, related research will likely surge immediately.”

“We need to speed things up as soon as possible.”

“If we miss this opportunity, we might be left behind by the times. Crystallization of magical plants should become a major trend in magical plant breeding in the future.”

Many first- and second-ring breeders were discussing the scene they had just witnessed.

Crystallization of magical plants wasn’t unusual.

The key was that the crystal magical plant could continue to grow; it was still a living organism. This meant that once this technology matured, it might truly change the current landscape.

Some secretly speculated that this was Master Patrick Finch’s plan to become a third-ring wizard, which was why he publicly revealed this direction—he wanted to perfect it to help him achieve that goal.

Droma’s eyes flickered, her heart moved.

Daniel, standing beside Locke, whispered, “I’ve looked into Patrick Finch’s background. He’s a very nice person, with good qualifications, and his students and colleagues all speak highly of him. It seems this technology is real.”

“Could it be that he wants to become a third-circle wizard, so he needs to perfect this area as soon as possible? Most third-circle wizards are at the Genesis Conference now, discussing the future of the wizarding world.”

“This is indeed an opportunity for him.”

“Locke, what do you think? If you get involved in this technology, I think you’ll have a great chance.”

Locke frowned.

“Let’s go to the conference first.”

He wasn’t too bothered by the change in his mind. After all, he had already decided on his research direction; the top-tier grant project would mostly focus on atavism.

After completing the top-tier grant, he would also research the resonance evolution between magical plants and ‘humanity’.

Without a compelling reason, how could he suddenly change his research direction?

“That’s right,” Wizard Daniel said expectantly. “Let’s listen to the Grand Wizard’s lecture first. This time, many researchers from the Advanced True Knowledge Institute of Mount Golden Crown have been invited. These are all your competitors this year, right?”

Locke nodded slightly.

At the same time, he was watching the changes in Melochy Magic Step and Solas’s Light Foot (30k). Both of them should have started holding themed events by now.

And Scarlett the Witch should have already started to exert her efforts.

Locke used the Ganoderma Magic Plant to open Arthas’s backend interface and found that the number of pre-sales of his magic plant was rising wildly.

…

The backend of the themed event held by Solas’s Light Foot was also set in a wizard town. The wizards in this town were all traditional producers of Solas’s Light Foot and their descendants. The whole town was called Solas Town.

It was the birthplace of the wizard Solas and one of the places in Cloud Marsh Wetland with the most magic shoemakers.

At this moment, the Soras Barefoot event was at its peak. They were supposed to successfully sign a large order for second-circle wizard shoes with the ten traditional wizarding universities or independent wizarding expeditions from Cloudswamp Wetlands that they had previously negotiated.

But this step had stalled.

Manager Holm rushed backstage and whispered to Soras Barefoot’s chief second-circle designer, “What happened?”

The chief second-circle designer looked grim.

“It’s almost time for these star expeditions to announce their multi-million magic stone contracts. But these expeditions have refused to sign contracts with us for ordinary second-circle wizard shoes. They have another product they prefer.”

Manager Holm’s face was dark.

“Is it a product from Melochy Magic Steps?”

The chief second-circle designer shook his head slightly. “It’s Augustus.”

Manager Holm immediately smiled, a hint of amusement on his face.

“Augustus?”

“Did I hear that right? Their second-ring wizard shoes can only go for volume, not quality. Once we announce our promotion, they won’t even be able to go for volume.”

“I remember those were the Great Bloodwave Wizard Shoes. I had people test those shoes a long time ago. They worked fine in the Blood River region, but they had problems in other areas. Our clients are all going to undertake dangerous void explorations, so there’s no room for carelessness. Opportunity cost outweighs other costs.”

“They have a very high preference for quality.”

This is the foundation of the wizard shoe market in Cloudze Wetlands.

Only second-circle wizards would have such a strong demand for void exploration.

The chief designer of the second-circle shoes, Solas’s Barefoot (30k), looked extremely grim. “No, quite the opposite. I don’t know why, but Locke Augustine’s magical plant cultivation technology has improved very quickly; in a short time, he’s advanced a whole new level.”

“Take a look at this magical plant trait.”

Manager Holm looked curiously at the data chart handed to him by the chief designer. His expression changed slightly because, according to the data, Locke’s second pair of second-circle wizard shoes, priced at two million magic stones, had performance very close to the best version of Solas’s Barefoot ordinary second-circle wizard shoes. The

second-circle wizard shoe version they were promoting this time was the [Radiant Messenger], made with special material threads, capable of entering various extreme environments.

However, based on the data tests, the performance of the Radiant Messenger shoes, costing five million magic stones, was comprehensively inferior to the Golden Dragon Claw Air Plant shoes, costing two million magic stones.

Manager Holm’s eyes widened.

“No, how did he do that? Half a year ago, he could only design a barely decent second-circle wizard’s shoes. In just six months, the performance of the wizard’s shoes he designed could catch up with the wizard’s shoes designed by our best designers?”

The chief second-circle wizard’s shoe designer added helplessly.

“Not the best. The Radiant Messenger is not the best design from our shop alliance. It’s not even on the White Wizard Association’s recommended equipment list.”

Many wizards from the expedition teams in the backstage glanced at them, and the expedition teams were discussing among themselves.

Obviously, they had been dissatisfied with Solas’s barefoot harvesting of their resources for a long time, and now, this matter had completely exploded.

Manager Holm quickly smiled apologetically.

“Our chief designer is just being straightforward; that’s not what he meant. The Radiant Blessing will soon be on the White Wizarding Association’s recommended list of second-circle wizard shoes, so please rest assured.”

A male wizard, clearly a storm wizard with a scar on his face, snorted coldly. He wore a wizarding robe with a storm tower pattern and exuded an aura of iron and blood.

“Do you think we don’t know whether it’s on the list or not? We’ll put our words here: the Golden Dragon Claw wizard shoes are only priced at the level of Vikos, but their quality is comparable to your Thoras barefoot shoes, and there’s no annual maintenance fee. Why wouldn’t we choose Augustus?”

Manager Holm smiled confidently, picking up the data in his hand—one sheet showing the Golden Dragon Claw, the other showing the Radiant Blessing.

“Did I hear that right? The Moon Ring Wizard of Storm Tower—the Stormclaw Wizard. How could a world strategy expert of your renown possibly choose a newly established brand, a small-scale operation, or even a wizarding shop without its own store and supply chain?”

“In terms of revenue and various data, Solas’s Lightfoot is far superior to any small shop alliance. Choosing a major brand ensures reliable after-sales service and quality maintenance.”

Manager Holm added, “The Radiant Messenger is made using special [Cloudlight Silk], which enhances our mobility. Most importantly, our products have extensive practical experience after design and production. Please look, this is a performance record from entering a medium-to-large-scale world.”

The Stormclaw Wizard, sitting in a chair backstage with his legs crossed, suddenly sneered. Accustomed to his domineering and autocratic ways in Storm Tower, he was naturally enraged by Manager Holm’s seemingly gentle refusal.

“Practical experience? You Solas’s Lightfoot have it, but Augustus has it too. He possesses practical experience fighting against the gods.”

Manager Holm’s heart skipped a beat.

“The gods? Which gods?”

The gods in the Great Void are all extremely formidable, enemies of the wizarding civilization.

Using gods for practical testing?

Manager Holm wondered. Could it be that Golden Crown Mountain provided Augustus Wizard Shoes with special resource subsidies? Otherwise, where would Augustus get the resources to use gods as testing partners?

Before Manager Holm could react, the leader of a Sun Ring Expedition Team from a medium-to-large-scale wizarding academy in the Rose Council region, [Oak Paradise], spoke up: “We don’t all want to buy Augustus Wizard Shoes. After all, it’s a new brand, and they currently only have one super item: a second-ring wizard shoe. So we plan to exchange our expedition’s ordinary second-ring wizard shoes for Augustus’s to try. We’ll continue to purchase the rest of Solas Barefoot’s wizard shoes.”

Another expedition leader whispered among himself, “I heard the Black Hummingbird Wizard Shoes are a super item among first-ring wizard shoes, currently the best first-ring wizard shoes in Cloudswamp Wetlands. It’s just that we didn’t get them before to maintain cooperation with Solas and to allow team members to adapt to tactics, we didn’t want to have a bunch of branded wizard shoes within the team.”

“Now it seems we should get some and try them out.”

Manager Holm felt a chill run down his spine; a tremendous pressure weighed on his shoulders.

The anger of Solas’s barefoot shareholders’ meeting and board of directors…

the anger of the Throne Lord…

the anger of Hades the Wizard…

Manager Holm braced himself and said, “But after all…”

He looked at the star expedition team from the Rose Council, the student of Lana the Witch—the Moon Ring Wizard Luna the Witch.

This wizard had recently led an expedition alone, conquering a medium-to-large-scale plane, and was currently enjoying great success, hence the invitation.

However, Luna the Witch frowned and shook her head slightly.

White wizards are all driven by profit.

The collaboration between Solas’s barefoot and the expedition team was more like a temporary gathering of friends for mutual benefit, and thus, it would also disband as well.

The expeditions Solas’s barefoot sponsored themselves didn’t possess the prestige and capabilities of these star expeditions, making

it difficult to gain widespread support .

The witch Luna pondered, “The Golden Dragon Claw Air Pineapple Wizard Shoes are indeed more in line with our team’s interests. The price of Vikos, the quality of Solas’s barefoot shoes, and most importantly, they can replace magic gloves.”

“Good quality at a low price.”

“I’m remaining silent now only because we’re all wizards of the Rose Council. I’m not a wizard from the Rose Throne lineage; my teacher is the witch Lana, and Lana is a student of the Rose Throne.”

“I’m from the Rose Throne lineage; I don’t need to give Holm face, nor do I need to consider the face of wizard Solas or Hades the Sun Ring wizard.”

Thus, the witch Luna remained silent.

Supervisor Holm frowned slightly as he saw the expeditions reach an agreement. At this point, unless he personally subsidized the wizards within these expeditions, he feared he couldn’t change the trend.

Of course, he wasn’t sure if these people were feigning compliance or waiting for his next move.

Holm pondered whether he should promise a significant price reduction or directly subsidize the wizards.

However, the stock price behind the Solas Barefoot was complex, and he hesitated to make a promise at this moment.

Without a meeting or endorsement, how could a supervisor like him make substantial concessions on second-circle wizard shoes to the wizards of ten teams?

Holm was racking his brains for a solution when, just as he was organizing his thoughts, the Stormclaw wizard from the Storm Tower suddenly spoke up: “Seven pairs of Augustus’s Golden Dragon Claws sold in an instant, wait, now it’s eight pairs, that’s fast!”

The Stormclaw wizard’s lips curled into a wicked smile as he glanced up at Holm.

“If we don’t order now, they might sell out quickly. It’s not easy to find a pair of second-ring wizard shoes with practical experience.”

“Let’s order as soon as possible.”

Many wizards who were initially observing and waiting for Manager Holm to offer further concessions realized that they were genuinely interested in the Golden Dragon Claw.

It wasn’t a matter of cost-effectiveness.

Rather, the Golden Dragon Claw’s specifications were already extremely good, comparable to the best wizard shoes from Solas’s Barefoot. Solas’s Barefoot had a scarcity marketing strategy; they weren’t currently willing to offer their best second-ring wizard shoes, only the second-rate Radiant Messenger kind.

They wondered if the same applied to wizard shoes in other rings like the Star Ring, Lunar Ring, and even Solar Ring.

Their thinking wasn’t hard to understand.

If the best wizard shoes were so easy to buy, who would buy the average-designed ones? Therefore, they had a tradition of buying a certain number of ordinary second-ring wizard shoes before being able to purchase the best ones.

Even that depended on luck.

In other words, they simply couldn’t buy the best second-circle wizard shoes from Soras Barefoot, which were relegated to the shelf.

In contrast, the appearance of the Golden Dragon Claws was like a ray of light breaking through the clouds, giving them a new option.

Secondly, as polar expedition wizard shoes, the Golden Dragon Claws perfectly embodied the unyielding nature of gold. Moreover, they possessed a certain degree of offensive power, similar to the characteristics of magic gloves.

Even as magic gloves, they were still excellent wizard shoes.

Soon, these wizards placed orders one after another.

Manager Holm’s face was extremely grim when he saw this. He knew that the die was cast.

Now he had to handle the subsequent public relations.

Soon, it was the turn of ten expedition teams to go on stage and sign contracts. These ten expedition teams demonstrated the process of signing various contracts in front of the audience in the Soras Wizarding Town.

But soon, some observant people noticed that these ten expedition teams almost unanimously avoided signing contracts for ordinary second-circle wizard shoes.

The residents of Soras Wizarding Town looked puzzled.

“Why didn’t they sign a contract for regular second-ring wizard shoes? Are there better options?”

“Everyone, look at the Arthas platform. My god, look at the number one magical plant product on this platform.”

“Where did this Augustus Wizard Shoes Shop Alliance come from? Golden Dragon Claw Wizard Shoes, could it be that those expeditions didn’t renew their contracts because they wanted to reserve a share for these wizard shoes? Impossible…”

The residents of Soras Wizard Town were almost all loyal users of Soras Barefoot or their descendants.

At this moment, the name Augustus Wizard Shoes spread among the residents below the square.

At this moment, countless people noticed Augustus Wizard Shoes.

Although this was supposed to be a celebration for Soras Barefoot, Holm watched the residents of Soras Town without a smile, hearing them discussing Augustus Wizard Shoes and Golden Dragon Claw.

Holm knew things were bad.

He had to say something now, he had to turn the tables, perhaps he still had a chance.

But the next moment, his Ganoderma lucidum magical plant began to vibrate wildly.

He opened the Ganoderma lucidum plant, only to see the Sun Ring Wizard board member, standing barefoot in Soras’s office, staring at him with a grim expression.

“If it weren’t for the witch Rose’s reminder, I wouldn’t have known this would happen. Look at what you’ve done. Holm, you’ve disappointed us greatly.”

“The previous setbacks could be considered minor incidents. Failing to completely shut down pure plant-based wizards from their infancy was already a serious mistake. Now, at the most important business gathering of Solas’s Lightfoot, you’ve made such a ridiculous spectacle. Nine out of ten expeditions haven’t signed contracts with us for second-ring wizard shoes.”

“Damn it, damn it!”

“The board has decided, effective today, to relieve you of all your positions at Solas’s Lightfoot. From this day forward, you are no longer an administrative head employed by Solas’s Lightfoot, and your work will be completely transferred to the witch Rose.”

“The witch Rose has submitted a follow-up plan that has caught our attention.”

Holm was about to explain, but the video call was abruptly cut off.

Manager Holm stared blankly, unusually lost in thought for a Moon Ring wizard.

“How could this happen? A small brand that appeared a year and a half ago has cost me my job.”

“August…du.”

He walked forward, stammering, a group of wizards behind him watching him with complex expressions.

Holm then spotted Wizard Michael standing in the crowd, sneering at him.

He immediately realized something.

He was being targeted.

Augustus had chosen this moment to strike, using a pair of superb quality wizard shoes to steal the spotlight from Solas’s barefoot at today’s celebration.

The timing… he had no inside information… how did he manage that?

Holm gritted his teeth.

“Witch Rose.”

“You’ve gone too far… leaving yourself no way out.”

“Are you that confident? Even if you had discussed it with me, it would have been better than this. You actually plotted against me.”

Holm’s face darkened. He remembered his enormous debts, the many unpaid projects, the equipment he had recently purchased with a loan, and the entire wizarding mansion he had bought with a loan.

That mansion was surrounded by the houses of Sun Ring wizards.

He had spent a fortune to live there, hoping to infiltrate their circle.

Now, it seemed that mansion was a burden.

Holm the Wizard stepped out of the square, then suddenly shouted,

“No!”

Instantly, all the residents of the square, as well as the wizards of the expedition team signing the agreement, looked up at the former administrator of Solas Barefoot.

Stormclaw the Wizard smirked.

“How ugly. But it seems there’s another wizard shoe brand coming to Cloudswamp Wetlands. Locke Augustine, hmm, not bad.”

“You owe me a favor.”

Stormclaw the Wizard glared at Holm the Wizard.

Anyone who dared offend him would die.

At the same time, Melochy Magicstep encountered a similar situation. The Rose Witches’ Joint Board of Directors suddenly fired its administrator.

This left Melochy Magicstep’s administrator with no time to react.

Of course, he was also overwhelmed. He hadn’t expected that on this day of confrontation with Solas Barefoot, it wasn’t Solas Barefoot that suddenly turned the tables on him,

but rather the Augustus Wizard Shoe Shop Alliance, which he had previously looked down upon.

Meanwhile, in the town of Melochy, the topic of Augustus’s Wizard Shoes was also being discussed.

A resident of Melochy asked the mayor, “Won’t that mean there will be a Town of Augustus in the future? Won’t every well-known wizard shoe shop alliance in Cloudze Wetlands establish a wizard town? Will the Town of Augustus also participate in our Wizard Town Games?”

The mayor of Melochy was also bewildered.

“This… I don’t know either. The current scale of the Augustus Wizard Shoe Shop Alliance shouldn’t be that large, right?”

The townspeople of Melochy whispered amongst themselves, discussing this suddenly appearing wizard shoe shop alliance.

At this time, not only these two wizard towns, but many people in Cloudze Wetlands had already noticed this spectacle. Therefore, in various colleges and universities in Cloudze Wetlands, wizards were paying close attention to the rise of a new god and the fall of a giant.

Many people also took the opportunity to place orders with Arthas’s shop.

In the Rose Council District, at the Rose Council College, the witch Rose was stirring her wizard coffee with a silver spoon in the witch’s kitchen.

“Lock Augustine, I was right about you. You have the potential to revolutionize the wizard shoe market, which is why I’m working with you. You helped me control these two shop alliances. Thank you.”

Her magical pressure fluctuated, clearly indicating she could break through to Star Ring Wizard at any moment.

She took a sip of coffee.

“It’s time to advance to Star Ring Wizard. Controlling these two shop alliances will grant me some rare magical resources I need. I was still lacking some, and although I could forge Star Ring Great Magic, it wouldn’t be perfect.”

“Lock Augustine, you’ve given me the interest to devour you.”

Rose’s eyes flashed with a mad crimson light, but it quickly subsided, and her gaze returned to reason.

Rose’s assistant immediately stepped forward and, before anyone else noticed, poured a vial of second-ring potion into her coffee cup.

“Master, please be careful… there are many people here. If someone sees us, it might cause some members of the Tacitus family to look down on you.”

Rose the Witch quickly mixed the potion with her wizard’s coffee and drank it down.

The crimson madness in her eyes subsided somewhat.

Rose the Witch curled her lips into a smile and looked at her assistant.

“Are you saying I’m a madwoman?”

The assistant was completely stunned, trembling under Rose the Witch’s gaze.

“I… I don’t know. Master, you are the smartest witch I’ve ever met, and the most capable. You’re not a madwoman.”

Rose the Witch said in a cold tone, “No, I am a madwoman. Only by recognizing this can I break through the Star Ring.”

…

Master Patrick Finch’s academic conference lasted all day.

After it ended, Locke, having shaken off the many wizards who wanted to talk to him, quickly led Daniel out of the conference room.

“Wait, Locke,” said Wizard Daniel. “There are plenty of free dishes made by the witches’ kitchen seasoners over there. Why don’t you try them before you leave?”

Locke turned to look at him.

“My wizard shoes sold well today. So I need to go back and tally the results, and plan the production schedule as soon as possible. I’m busy getting back to work.”

“If you’d like, you can stay a while longer.”

Daniel felt the unusually enthusiastic atmosphere behind him and shook his head slightly.

“No, thank you. After you pulled me out, I don’t know why, but I don’t want to go back.”

The two walked through the gate.

Several first-class wizard apprentices from the Rose Council guarding the gate immediately bowed to Locke and Daniel.

As Locke walked out, he saw the wizard Zeno get into his carriage.

The wizard Zeno disappeared in a flash.

At the same time, some breeders also came out one after another, but most people stayed there, engaged in a heated discussion.

Before boarding the carriage, Daniel asked Locke, “What, aren’t you interested? It sounds like a hot research area. If you researched in that direction, you might have a better chance of getting a top-tier grant.” “

Or do you have reservations?”

Locke replied, “That’s a technology promoted by the Sun Ring Wizards. I’ve seen it; there are already many results. It’s definitely real. From any perspective, there’s nothing wrong with it.” “

But the problem is I have my own pace and plans. That direction isn’t suitable for me, and I don’t need to think about it too much.”

Daniel paused, then said, “That’s true. I’m just here to broaden my horizons with you. But now that you mention it, I wholeheartedly agree. No matter how good someone else’s work is, it’s never as practical as your own.” “

Besides, I think some people at that conference…were spreading anxiety.”

“They were worried that if they didn’t keep up with this trend, they’d fall behind the times, fall behind others. They were so anxious, they couldn’t process it themselves, and they had to hold an academic conference to spread it to others. I find that very uncomfortable. Are you too, Locke?”

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