Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 116 Enemies and Friends

Hussein's blood claws were adorned with numerous curses. These curses, following the blood lines on Locke's scratched skin, broke through Locke's magic resistance and entered his body.

It affected his condition.

The Thousand Edge Curse caused numerous wounds to appear on Locke's body, the Bleeding Curse caused Locke to bleed profusely from even the smallest wounds, and the Pustule Curse caused one abscess after another to grow on Locke's skin.

These curses were reducing Locke's mobility, allowing the claws of the half-vampire controlled by Hussein to get closer and closer to Locke's throat.

But at that moment, the muzzle of the rotten earth troll cannon floating behind Locke was aimed at the face of the half-vampire controlled by Hussein.

Hussein pondered for a moment, then decided not to dodge; after all, this wasn't his body. 'Mayfly Flower Cannon is a relatively rare plant-based magic. I didn't expect this young first-class wizard apprentice to know such magic, but its effect is more supportive; it won't immediately harm me.'

"At most, the fungus caused some nerve damage and made my limbs uncoordinated; a vampire's body has extremely high resistance to this kind of damage."

A murderous glint appeared in Hussein's eyes. 'He must think I'll dodge, but I won't. I'll trade blows. This puppet will at most be injured, but he will surely die.'

'I still came out ahead.'

'His lack of combat experience.'

Hussein's half-vampire claws landed on Locke's neck, tearing off a piece of flesh, while he was also hit by the mayfly firework.

Locke clutched his throat and retreated quickly, feeling a more powerful curse enter his body through the wound.

It took root and sprouted within him, and is developing rapidly.

"But I did hit him."

"The magical plant that comes with the Mayfly Flower Firework is not the traditional Amorphophallus humifusa, but the King Amorphophallus humifusa. Amorphophallus humifusa is a relatively rare magical plant, let alone the upgraded one I have here. He probably didn't expect that the fungal spores this time would be so toxic."

Locke noticed that the half-vampire had stopped attacking him.

In fact, after the half-vampire controlled by Hussein was hit by the spore projectiles of the Mayfly Flower Cannon, the half-vampire's nerves were immediately invaded by fungal spores.

Then, the fungal spores began to alter his perception, creating hallucinations, essentially changing the entire control interface of the puppet.

Everything was upside down, left and right. If it weren't for the partial magic immunity of its vampire physique, this puppet probably wouldn't be able to distinguish between enemies, people, and objects.

Even Hussein was not familiar with the operating system for a while.

This resulted in him depriving the seven first-class wizard apprentices present of their sight, while Locke's mayfly firework further distorted the perception of his puppet.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate for a time.

Time passed quietly, and Locke's vision slowly returned. He breathed a slight sigh of relief; he had won.

The magical toxicity of the special fungal spores of the Rotten Earth Amorphophallus King overcame the opponent's vision-depriving magic trap.

What alarmed Locke was that he saw that the puppet, whose cognition had been completely altered, had now basically regained the ability to walk normally and had a relatively accurate sense of direction.

If given another ten seconds, he would probably be able to fully adapt to the magical toxicity of the fungal spores and the resulting changes in his perception.

Hussein, this dark wizard, has incredible combat talent.

The next moment, the six first-class wizard apprentices, having realized what was happening, immediately attacked the puppet controlled by Hussein, whose mobility had been greatly reduced, and several spells landed on him.

Most of them are plant magic that restricts movement, such as root entanglement and banishment magic.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, they completely restricted the puppet's mobility and used dispelling magic to stop the vampire conversion curse from continuing.

Anglu strode forward and poured the multi-curse potion, the [Tree Demon Dispelling Potion], into his mouth.

The apprentice at the Holly Tower suddenly looked up in pain and let out a painful wail.

His shadow fell to the ground, and at the same time, two shadows appeared, each with a slightly different appearance. Clearly, one shadow was his, and the other was Hussein Quinn's.

Hussein Quinn's shadow laughed. "Alright, alright, you bunch of drug dealers do have some skill."

"I've never suffered such a loss with the White Wizard before."

"This time you really did drive me away and successfully rescued a first-class wizard apprentice who had become a puppet of my curse."

“You drug sellers, you all deserve to die.”

"My curse will one day be unbreakable." The shadow turned to look at Locke. "Also, interesting white wizard, I'll remember you."

"Your combat talent is...not bad. Next time we meet, I will personally remove your brain and add it to my trophy collection."

Anglu sneered. "You bunch of dark wizards are doomed to fail."

"Just like this time. Lilith's Hut will completely wipe out you Blood Curse Court, you scourges."

"I really wish you sheep had that kind of ability. I also really hate the Blood Curse Court." Hussein's shadow laughed heartily. "Before I leave, I'll give you something. To break my curse, you'll have to pay a price."

"You know what? The most interesting thing about magic is that it always continues in another form."

The energy of multiple self-curses, dispelled by the tree spirit dispelling potion and dispersed in the air, all converged into Hussein's shadow.

The shadow opened its mouth as if drinking down the curse energy, which gathered in its throat. Then, in the next instant, the shadow exploded, attempting to collectively curse everyone in the office.

"He's about to self-destruct. Quickly, drink the bear spirit bile!" Locke had already taken out all the bear spirit bile potions he had stored in his astral ring and frantically poured them down his throat.

The shadow of the explosion moved along the ground, attacking the shadows of everyone in the office, instantly enveloping them all.

A minute later, Locke was bent over, coughing and spitting out the bear bile potion he had just drunk, which had caused him to feel nauseous.

The other first-class wizard apprentices were similar to Locke.

Everyone was frantically drinking medicine just now, and now they're all vomiting.

Locke looked up and saw Anglu and Aisie approaching him. The three of them looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

The three of them contributed the most in the battle. Because they were closest to each other, they developed a friendship that only comes from fighting together.

Aisie chuckled helplessly, "We really are in a mess. My name is Aisie Pera, and thank you both so much for what you did earlier, especially... you."

Aisie looked at Locke.

Anglu nodded. "Let's be friends. My name is Anglu Gra. You two have quite a few curses on you; you need to get them treated as soon as possible. By the way, brother, I don't think I've seen you before."

Locke said, "I am Locke Augustine. I just became a first-class wizarding apprentice and potion-making assistant this year."

Anglu nodded. "I see. You're really impressive. Aisie and I have been first-class wizard apprentices for almost ten years."

"But if we were the ones being targeted like that, it would have been very troublesome."

Locke said, "I was just lucky."

Furthermore, Hussein was unaware of the specific effects of his two new magical plants and mistakenly believed they were two magical plants he knew, thus making an incorrect judgment.

Information itself is a power.

Aisie suddenly became serious. "The official wizards have arrived. Our battle just now must have attracted their attention."

"We've made such a mess here, we're bound to get a scolding, but hopefully they won't ask us for compensation."

(End of this chapter)