Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 910

Chapter 905 Establishing the Aladdin United Store Alliance and Operating the Flying Gourd

In a corner of the audience seats at the Golden Grail competition, Rose the Witch and Olayer’s second-circle chief designer, a male wizard wearing gold-rimmed glasses, were surprisingly present.

Rose the Witch said, “We originally wanted to poach Leon Newman, the famous breeding genius from Ancient Vine Village, to join our Olayer, but we didn’t expect to see such a grand spectacle here.”

“The Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow, the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow… Locke has come up with another impressive series of magical plant products, just like his Great Blood Wave Air Pineapple series of pure magical plant wizard shoes.”

Rose the Witch smiled.

“Designer Joshua, what do you think?”

The chief designer beside her adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses.

“Ms. Rose, Locke Augustine is indeed a genius breeder. But your level of breeding is probably no worse than his; you just focused your energy on the Rainbow Cup in the Rain Swamp.”

“The Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow is indeed a fine flying magical plant. I heard… Silver Peach Garden recently got a new administrative director.”

Rose the Witch paused, because her true form was attempting to break through to the Star Ring Wizard level, and she also had to handle the affairs of three shop alliances simultaneously. She was also preparing her application for a special grant project from the Rose Council, and she had two colonies to establish. Therefore, she truly had limited energy and was unaware of this matter.

But it didn’t matter.

Anyway, her partner, Wizard Joshua, would tell her a lot of information.

And it was all carefully selected information.

“It’s Locke Augustine,” said Wizard Joshua.

Rose, the witch, paused for a moment—a rare silence for her—before laughing. “Interesting.”

“I didn’t expect to run into him so soon. It seems fate isn’t fair to Locke Augustine,”

Wizard Joshua said. “Silver Peach Garden is a long-established alliance of magical plant shops, while our Olayer is just starting out. In many ways, even reputation and the number of shops

, we are inferior to Silver Peach Garden.” “However,” he continued, “I’ve compiled a table of talented breeders from fifteen wizarding lands near the Eastern Boundary, and converted their abilities into indices according to my formula. Anyone with an index exceeding 1 represents high value and can be invited by our Olayer Shop Alliance to become our designers.”

Rose added, “Lion Newman’s score is 1.1; you recommended him.”

Wizard Joshua said, “Hmm. I’ve named this method the ‘Data-Driven Talent Selection Method.’ I can collaborate with you to verify the success of this talent selection method.”

“However, there’s something I need to remind you. I misjudged Leon Newman before. Now his score is only 0.95, which is quite low in terms of cost-effectiveness.”

Rose the Witch looked at him with suspicion.

Joshua the Wizard said, “Leon Newman is strong-willed, stubborn, and independent. Such independence is a negative factor in my calculation formula.”

“I would now recommend the third place. That wizard from Black Iron Mountain Wilds is also good.”

“Of course, if we could invite Leon Newman to join Olayer, that would be acceptable.”

Joshua the Wizard adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and said, “Although, given his personality, he might not agree to our invitation.”

Rose the Witch crossed her legs and asked, “In your evaluation system, what is Locke Augustine’s score?”

Joshua the Wizard frowned, looked at his notebook, scribbled, and after a short while said, “0.85. The main problem isn’t with him, but with our Olayer Shop Alliance. Our shop alliance is too small; we simply cannot invite such a talented breeder. Forcing cooperation would only cause us to continuously bleed money to maintain our partnership with him.” Rose the

Witch raised an eyebrow.

“Alright. Then I won’t ask about my score in your evaluation system. I imagine it won’t be very high.”

Wizard Joshua said, “Yes. It should be lower than Locke Augustine’s.”

Witch Rose gave him an unpleasant look.

“And what’s your own score?”

Wizard Joshua pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and said, “About 1.6. I’m good at playing second fiddle, that is, I’m good at being the second-in-command.”

Witch Rose snorted and turned her head away.

“Joshua, I’m warning you. If you dare to speak rudely again, you’ll regret it.”

Joshua felt the chilling malice emanating from Witch Rose, and at the same time, he saw a look of madness flash in her eyes as she turned her head away.

He immediately felt immense pressure.

If any other wizard had spoken like that, he wouldn’t have taken it too seriously.

But if it was Rose…

Joshua swallowed hard, realizing he had just gotten carried away.

This was Witch Rose, after all.

If she wanted to target someone, she would never consider gains or losses, nor would she care whether they were her allies.

Meanwhile, in another corner of the Golden Cup viewing area,

a young wizard wearing a monocle, an elegant silver watch on his right wrist, and a hat clapped softly along with the wizards of the Golden Dynasty around him.

“The Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow…”

“I sensed the aura of golden magic from that magical plant; it must be a magical plant infused with golden magic.”

Beside him sat a blonde witch who appeared to be in her thirties, her expression indifferent.

“Lord Trisk. Will this person become an obstacle for us?”

The young wizard smiled, lazily stretching.

“Don’t assume everyone’s a potential competitor. I’m an alchemist, he’s a breeder. We’re completely unrelated.”

“If you see everyone as a future rival, you’ll easily offend people. Besides… it’s nothing special. I was just bored and came to the Golden Cup to watch the excitement. Who knew I’d get even more bored afterward?”

“Let’s go.”

“The higher-ups at the border of Darkness and Light probably still have some doubts about our path. They’ve already bet on the [Eternal Dragon Project], yet they’re still hesitant. They’ve even held this competition at this crucial juncture, and invited the wizards from the Windbringer’s Holy Land.”

“But that doesn’t concern us much,”

Wizard Trisk said. “If I were a breeder instead of an alchemist, I would only bring out a magical plant better than that flying magical plant today.”

The witch quickly stood up and followed him.

“The high-ranking officials at the border of light and shadow simply don’t know if the [Eternal Dragon Project] can be realized. Besides, our genius class has indeed not developed as expected recently.”

At the Golden Grail tournament, after all the matches concluded, an awards ceremony was held. Locke received the badge representing the Golden Grail champion from the head of the Sun Ring Wizards.

This Sun Ring Wizard held a cup of flowing, gold-leaf-like mead.

Amidst the envious gazes of many high-ranking officials of the Golden Dynasty, he approached Locke again.

“Lock Augustine, this is our Golden Dynasty’s title potion, the [Crimson Gold Guardian Potion].

The winner of any one of the three Golden Grail matches will receive the title of [Crimson Gold Guardian] and enjoy glory within my Golden Dynasty.”

Locke bowed to him. Before participating in this competition, he already knew what the Golden Grail champion would receive: primarily honor, and secondly, this so-called title.

The three Golden Grail matches would each award three different titles, all of which were [Guardian] level titles.

The Golden Dynasty has four ranks of nobility: Guard, Marquis, Duke, and King.

In its heyday, the Golden Dynasty boasted numerous Golden Kings, but now, the ranks of nobility in the Boundary Between Eclipse and Light are increasingly precious and rarely granted.

Generally, the Guard rank is the highest rank awarded to outsiders. To obtain a Marquis rank, one must be a native of the Boundary Between Eclipse and Light. To obtain a Duke rank in this era, one must possess several important bloodlines of the Golden Dynasty; otherwise, it is impossible.

Locke bowed to him.

The Sun Ring Wizard Master said, “Please bow towards the sun.”

Locke hesitated for a moment, but obeyed, bowing towards the sun in the Boundary Between Eclipse and Light. In a daze, he seemed to see again the illusion of the distant city within the sun.

At the same time, the mead in the Sun Ring Wizard Master’s cup, which resembled gold leaf, rapidly decreased in volume and then vanished without a trace.

At the same time, Locke sensed an external entity converging towards him. After checking and confirming it wouldn’t affect him, he allowed this external entity to enter his own dimension.

Locke looked down at his feet and saw a golden circle appear on the ground beneath him.

That was the symbol of the [Crimson Gold Guard].

With a smile, the head wizard of the Sun Ring said, “The Crimson Gold Guards were formerly the guards protecting the Golden City. All wizards with this title can use the [Crimson Gold Armor] once a day, each time for half an hour. Once used, the body and soul will be temporarily enveloped in golden magic, transforming into a crimson gold body.” “

Even for wizards who don’t follow the path of golden magic, it has a certain bonus. And if you are skilled in golden magic, then using golden magic again while wearing the Crimson Gold Armor will bring unexpected benefits.”

“Young friend Augustine, you can try activating the Crimson Gold Armor.”

Locke sensed the Crimson Gold Guard’s aura in the darkness. After activation, the golden circle beneath his feet emitted a blazing light, automatically becoming more complex. Then, an incredibly intricate magic circle appeared beneath his feet. Every detail of this magic circle seemed meticulously crafted, composed of many circles, cubes, and triangles, forming a complex magic array.

Under the illumination of this magic circle, Locke’s body rapidly grew larger and taller, transforming him into a small golden giant.

His wizard’s robes automatically changed into a set of golden robes, adorned with sun and moon patterns on the outside.

This was the attire of the Crimson Guard.

‘I see. This Crimson Guard potion is definitely a second-ring potion, and likely not an ordinary second-ring potion.’

‘It not only altered my rank, granting me a rank-based ability—an ability not derived from a spell model, but as if it were innate. It wasn’t learned, but something I possessed from birth.’

‘It could become an innate extraordinary ability. But this is only at the level of an ordinary second-circle potion. This Crimson Gold Guardian potion can actually activate the inherited magic array to bless my body, strengthen my physique, enhance my melee combat ability, and give me a large amount of damage immunity.’

That damage immunity is granted by golden magic.

He had previously witnessed the results of using golden magic to strengthen the body—that was a typical characteristic of the golden swarm.

But Locke thought of more.

This inherited magic array entered the potion in some form, but the energy must have a source, right?

Locke subconsciously looked up at the sun in the sky. Could it be that the energy came from the Tenochtitella palace mentioned by the three-legged golden bird, and that palace was really located in the sun?

At this moment, on the podium, many third- and fourth-order officials looked at Locke with envy.

For these high-ranking officials of the Golden Dynasty, although they held high positions and power in the Golden Dynasty, serving as deans, vice deans, or chief wizard instructors in various academies of the Golden Dynasty, these were all part of the teaching system.

To obtain a title from the Golden Dynasty, one would essentially have to win through major competitions in the border region between the Dark and Bright, or through military merit.

However, the border region has been largely untouched by war for a long time.

Time seems to have forgotten this place; it is no longer the center of wizarding civilization, and even the primary target of its enemies is not here. Therefore, it’s impossible to obtain a title through military merit.

This means that only those like Locke, who win major competitions, can obtain a title.

But in competitions like the Golden Cup, even if they participate every year, they are merely running for the title.

For example, in this year’s Golden Cup competition, some officials from the Golden Dynasty participated, but still achieved no results.

Therefore, these people looked at Locke with great envy, having obtained the Crimson Gold Guard title.

Putting aside everything else, just having a title, combined with an official position, would give them more leverage and respect in the entire border region between the Dark and Bright.

The head of the Sun Ring Wizarding Academy nodded slightly to Locke.

“Guard Augustine, congratulations on winning our Golden Grail Championship.”

He then approached the second-place winner, Leon Newman from Ancient Vine Village, but only awarded him a badge and a prize of one million magic stones.

The third-place winner received only a badge and five hundred thousand magic stones.

However, these were merely bonuses, as the truly valuable reward of the Golden Grail Championship lay in the [Guard] rank for the winners of all three matches.

Locke, maintaining his Crimson Gold Body state, even felt his absorption of magical energy within the Boundary Between Darkness and Light had accelerated. He could foresee that during the Boundary Between Darkness and Light’s heyday, the Crimson Gold Guard rank could potentially boost a wizard’s magic pressure increase rate.

After all, he was a second-circle wizard.

Anything that could increase a second-circle wizard’s magic pressure increase rate was a valuable item.

‘The Boundary Between Darkness and Light indeed has quite a few good things.’ Locke

recalled the invitation Alaric had extended to him after the Cloud Cup, and the teaching position invitation he had received from the Golden Dynasty in the Southeastern Region—it seemed to have come from this very ancient site, the Merri Ruins.

If he had come here then, he might be a seventh-tier official of the Golden Dynasty now.

He wondered if he could be a sixth or fifth-tier official by now.

But thinking about it carefully, if he hadn’t gone to Golden Crown Mountain, he might not have won the Golden Cup and obtained the [Guard] rank here.

Locke pondered, “If the Parallel History Spell my ancestor gave me could only be used twice, and if I weren’t unable to confirm whether the Black and White Codex existed in the ruins of the sun, I could even try to collect information about the ruins of the sun to see if I could meet the criteria for activating the Parallel History Spell.”

He had enough historical aura to activate the Parallel History Spell.

However, he needed relevant historical information, and it needed to meet certain quantity and quality requirements to activate the spell.

Locke looked up at the sun in the sky.

Never mind.

He only had two chances to use the Parallel History Charm, and unless there was a greater benefit, it was best not to use it.

Unless there was information from the Black and White Codex, rashly using the Parallel History Charm would waste the opportunity given to him by his ancestor, which would be very troublesome.

After all, as long as his archaeology skills improved, he might be able to cast the Parallel History Charm himself in the future to explore this dark and light borderland full of history and ancient sites.

For an archaeological wizard like himself, the treasures in this land could be explored by himself.

The award ceremony lasted for half a day. After it ended, Locke was about to leave when he was stopped by Bruce, a wizard from the Windbringer’s Holy Land of the Fallen Dragons.

At this time, Locke had already deactivated the [Crimson Gold Armor].

Wizard Bruce approached Locke, a half-smile playing on his lips. “Commander Augustine, congratulations. As you wished, you’ve won the Golden Cup.”

“But even without the championship, we could still cooperate.”

“This Mr. Leon Newman just reached a cooperation agreement with me.”

Wizard Leon Newman, seeing Locke looking at him, suddenly jolted, as if on cue, craning his neck and leaning slightly forward, displaying an expression of defiant pride.

Locke smiled. “I know. But please forgive me, Lord Bruce, I currently have many projects on my plate, so I prefer things to be simple.”

Bruce’s expression shifted slightly, a hint of appreciation flashing in his eyes.

“I know. Augustus Wizard Shoes. I heard that despite the obstruction of many wizard shoe shop alliances, you managed to establish a pure magic plant wizard shoe shop. I must say, your vision is indeed remarkable.”

“I’ve discovered a blind spot,”

Wizard Bruce said. “This is also one of the things I admire about Guard Augustine.”

“As agreed, we will jointly establish a shop alliance. You decide on the name, after all, you are the champion. This is our contract.”

“Primarily, Guard Augustine will provide the technical data and high-quality seeds of the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow, while we will provide the technology for the giantification of magic plants, as well as the production and transportation. Furthermore, our Windwalker Holy Land will proactively help you negotiate the contract. Our profits will be split 50/50, and we will cover the costs of the giantification, transportation, and storage of magic plants.”

“The production cost of the adult Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow magic plant will be paid by you.”

“In addition, I have another suggestion.”

Locke thought for a moment and said, “Let’s call it Aladdin.”

Wizard Bruce pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, “Okay, that’s a good name. But I have another suggestion. Because the number of slots for the Windbringer’s Sanctuary to collaborate with other wizards and establish a shop alliance is limited. And I think this wizard Leon Newman’s work, the Flying Gourd, is also a very valuable piece.” “

So I want him to list his work under our cooperative shop alliance, Aladdin Flying Magic Plants.”

“That is, give him the position of chief designer, and count his work, the Flying Gourd, as a product of our Aladdin Flying Magic Plants shop alliance. Therefore, the net profit from the sales should be 30% for you.” “

That is, Aladdin and this wizard Leon Newman split the profits 60/40, we get 60%, he gets 40%. And the Aladdin shop alliance is a 50/50 joint venture between the Windbringer’s Sanctuary and you. So, we split the net profit from the sale of the Flying Gourd equally, each of us getting 30%.”

Locke’s expression was strange; he hadn’t expected to receive such a benefit out of nowhere.

Locke cautiously asked, “There’s a problem, what if we lose money selling the Flying Gourd?”

Wizard Leon Newman coughed and craned his neck.

Wizard Bruce chuckled, “Guard Augustine is indeed cautious. Don’t worry, the reason I want to affiliate with the Aladdin Shop Alliance is because while the Flying Gourd is good, it’s not good enough to form a shop alliance on its own. Besides, the number of slots for establishing a shop alliance is limited.”

“But I have some other shop alliances; if that doesn’t work, affiliateing with another one is fine.”

“It’s just that Aladdin is the first flying magical plant flying device shop alliance in the Wind Chaser’s Holy Land, so I want to put similar products together; this will improve the sales of both products.”

“If you have any concerns, I can refuse. Respect for both sides is the premise for our pleasant cooperation. So whatever your opinions are, I can accept them.”

Locke nodded. “Thank you for your understanding. So, if the Flying Gourd loses money, will I have to bear the corresponding costs?”

Wizard Bruce smiled and said, “The materials, transportation, and sales costs can all be covered by our Wind Chaser Holy Land. Even if we lose money, you won’t have to bear any of it. It’s just that from a legal perspective, there might be some entanglements.”

Locke said, “I have a friend at the Mithril Law Firm. I can ask him to draft a contract to define our respective responsibilities and obligations in legal matters.”

Wizard Bruce said, “That would be ideal, of course.”

He didn’t think much of it. The reason he was giving Locke 30% of the Flying Gourd’s profits was because he wanted to cooperate with this Wizard Leon Newman through the Aladdin Shop Alliance.

After all, the opportunity to establish this shop alliance arose from the cooperation between the Boundary Between Darkness and Light and the Golden Grail. Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for an individual to obtain the qualification to co-own a shop alliance with the Wind Chaser Holy Land.

For this reason, this shop is very special from all angles.

Therefore, he wanted to sell the Flying Gourd under this shop alliance.

As for letting Locke obtain a portion of the profits, that was unavoidable.

After all, having used someone else’s shop alliance, it’s natural to offer them benefits.

Moreover, Aladdin is a champion brand; having it listed under this shop’s banner is extremely advantageous for the sales of the Flying Gourd. Using their name naturally entails corresponding benefits.

He had already explained all this to the wizard Leon Newman.

‘The Flying Gourd’s base stats are still too poor. If it’s sold alongside the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow, it could actually boost the sales of both,’

thought the wizard Bruce.

Next chapter will be updated tomorrow during the day

(End of this chapter)