Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 16 Magic Centrifugal Extraction Method

Professor Olde was as cold as a machine. "Actually, if conditions permit, the blood should be extracted from the live crabs using a low-temperature negative pressure method, which can extract the blood from the stone crabs more effectively."

He used special dissecting tools to extract pure blood from the blood storage area of ​​the stone crab, then divided the blood into three parts and extracted them with three syringes.

Next, Professor Old injected the stone crab blood from one syringe and the bloodline separation essence from another syringe into a small glass jar, which he then handed to Locke.

"Locke, I will now teach you the technique of mana centrifugal extraction. This is the knowledge of an apothecary; in the wizarding world, you could not learn it without a hundred magic stones."

"Now do as I say next. Use your magic to guide the mixed liquid and create a magic vortex within it. This will allow the Bloodline Separation Essence Injection to combine with the Stone Crab Bloodline and gradually extract the Bloodline we need."

Ald said, "Your magical precision and operational skill will directly determine the purity of the extracted blood essence."

"This is what I can't do now."

Old said regretfully, "In the end, any ordinary person could do the dissections and such with repeated practice."

"Those are just minor skills."

"But the centrifugal extraction method of mana is a technique that only wizard apprentices, and only those apprentices specializing in potions, can master. That is the real challenge."

"We only have three chances."

"But I believe in you. If you fail all of them, I can't blame you. Anyway, there isn't a single wizarding apprentice specializing in potions on Corfu."

Ald said calmly that, for some reason, he no longer had the madness and recklessness he usually displayed in front of his mortal students when he was with Locke, the young wizard apprentice.

Instead, he seemed more like a wise old man, calmly watching death approach him.

Instead, Ald comforted Locke, saying, "Even if I find Tunguska and he's willing to help me, he's just a second-class wizard apprentice specializing in fire magic within the Evocation school. He might not be able to do as well as you."

Ald said to Locke, "On the contrary, you are a third-class wizard apprentice in the plant magic subfield of the life sciences. You are naturally suited to develop in potion-making. In addition, your magic power is, for some reason, calmer than that of ordinary wizard apprentices, even than that of me. I think you actually have a lot of talent in potion-making."

"It's just that old fellow Tunguska didn't see that."

"This is his dereliction of duty."

Locke glanced at Olde. "Teacher, there are three students to teach. He's busy, so he didn't notice them at the time, but it's nothing."

Alder smiled because of Locke's defense of Tunguska.

"It was my loss that I didn't notice your wizarding talent in time."

Locke glanced at Alder, surprised that Alder would treat him, a fellow wizard, this way.

There's no trace of that crazy history professor.

On the contrary, Ald is witty, optimistic, and calm, displaying the charm of a wizard.

Perhaps, in Professor Old's mind, he never considered the ordinary people of Corfu as his own.

But it's also possible that Alder didn't want to lose face in front of his new wizard apprentice.

She didn't want to completely lose her dignity in front of someone who was also a wizard apprentice.

Following Professor Old's instructions, Locke grasped the glass bottle, simultaneously merging his magic into the mixture. He then swirled his magic, causing the mixture to begin rotating and forming a vortex.

Within this vortex, his own magical power guided and vibrated, accelerating the separation of the useful stone crab bloodline portion using the bloodline separation potion. Which portion of the bloodline to be separated was determined by the bloodline separation essence extraction potion, that is, by the design of the formal wizard.

However, whether it can actually be extracted, how much can be extracted, and the purity of the extracted material are all determined by Locke, who is using the magic centrifugal extraction method.

Professor Old stared intently at the glass bottle in Locke's hand. "It's much better than I expected."

“Locke, pay attention, the work you are doing is the main work done by the potions wizard assistants.”

"If you learn this, you can even find a job in a wizarding shop with this skill when you go to the wizarding world."

"Oh no, it failed. Your magic power was spinning too fast. The effective ingredients of the two potions didn't have time to come into deep contact, which reduced their purity."

"It's okay, there are still two more documents."

"Quickly, start."

Locke hesitated to act, instead looking at the glass bottle in his hand with a frown. According to his prediction, given his current level of mastery of the mana centrifugal extraction method, even if he repeated it twice more, he might not succeed.

His work style is that once he decides to do something, he should do it well and not start something but finish it.

Moreover, Corfu Island has limited magical resources, and opportunities to learn knowledge for free are rare. If I have the chance, I should try to master the centrifugal extraction method of mana and make the most of this opportunity.

'I can't just listen to Ald and repeat the process; that will definitely fail, and it won't be much different from the last time,' Locke thought, when suddenly an idea struck him. 'Wait a minute, the core of the mana centrifugal extraction method lies in the rotation speed of my mana and the precision of my mana.'

'Therefore, even with ordinary water, I can manage to practice, albeit barely.'

'Trying anything as a last resort is better than wasting a second batch of materials.'

Locke remained silent.

Ald asked Locke somewhat nervously, "What's wrong? I believe in you, you can definitely do it. Don't be discouraged."

Locke shook his head and explained his thoughts.

Olde then belatedly realized, "Yes, what you said is indeed a last resort."

"This can indeed increase the success rate."

"Locke... thank you."

Locke shook his head and said, "It's nothing, we just have a business relationship."

"It's just that I don't like failing."

"Since I promised you, I have to do it."

Locke took an empty glass bottle from the box and went outside, while Olde stared blankly at the young wizard apprentice's retreating figure.

Old sighed. "Young people are just different from me."

"It seems that no matter what the outcome is this time, I will have to teach him how to explode a skull properly."

(End of this chapter)