Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 220 Sophia the Witch's Plan
the next day.

Inside Sophia the Witch's office.

"A six-fold cursed barrier? I didn't expect the Blood Curse Court to deploy such a troublesome magic array. If you hadn't reminded me, it wouldn't have affected my plans, but it would have wasted some of my time."

Sophia the Witch pondered for a moment.

Locke has already reported his investigation of the cursed spell research institute to the witch Sophia.

After all, their operation was scheduled for four days from now.

During this time, Locke was also intentionally or unintentionally arranging the production plans for his plantation and personal pharmaceutical workshop while he was away on missions.

In the personal pharmaceutical room, your assistant, Terri, can fill in for a while.

This month's production of memory ointment can only be halved because without my presence, the final production process for a large batch cannot be completed.

As for the plantation, it wouldn't matter if I left for half a month. Apart from the newly opened 100-acre Emerald Iris Lichen Magic Field, the rest of the magic fields were mature and could stably produce the magic plants that were originally provided to Lijin Secret Language.

As for the Emerald Iris Lichen Magic Field, Locke rearranged the production plan for over a hundred minotaur slaves, planning to officially begin production work on the Emerald Iris Lichen Magic Field once he returned.

Before that, all that's needed is to cultivate the soil and consolidate the existing amount of jadeite iris lichen.

These are all rare and unique items; they are only found in their own laboratory and plantation, and nowhere else.

As for the Xiongling Cuidan potion, Anglu and Aishi were to use the more than one hundred Emerald Iris Lichens in their inventory to hold out for now, and they were to take the lead in the plan. To the outside world, they were to say that they were currently conducting a new round of magical plant research and potion research.

This wasn't entirely an excuse, after all, he was indeed considering selling the Invisible Mandela Vine and producing the Great Green Owl Banana on a large scale.

If I can mass-produce the Great Green Owl Banana, that will be the first time I've successfully tackled the challenge of mass-producing a rare magical plant.

I wonder how many high-value A-level articles I can publish, and how much more magic stones I can earn from those first-class wizard apprentices.

Of course, this is not guaranteed to succeed.

After all, he had tried to mass-produce the Rotten Earth Aromatic Agar King before, but he had to give up because he couldn't get a large number of first-class wizard apprentice corpses.

Rare magical plants are rare because there must be some insurmountable difficulties that prevent them from being mass-produced like ordinary magical plants.

The invisible mandala vine, or even the ominous mandala vine, has reached a point where it is no longer necessary to hide it.

Given his current achievements, even if he were to release them, it would only enhance his reputation and honor without arousing any suspicion.

This can be considered as my previous technical reserves, but now I can use them.

This can be considered an upgrade and update to the Magic Vine Plant product.

Anyway, it's been more than a year since I released my first plant-based product.

Inside the office, the witch Sophia praised Locke, saying, "I never imagined that the archaeology magic you learned would create such convenience for our operations."

“I did indeed send all my spies to that cursed spell research institute.”

"But I was never able to get into that curse spell research institute, so I don't know much about the inside of that curse spell research institute. I only know its location and the surrounding environment."

Sophia hesitated for a moment, then said to Locke, "I started making arrangements six months in advance, long after the academy gave me the final conditions for leaving. During these six months, I gradually transported the supplies we needed for our operation into the heart of the Blood Curse Court in batches, and built a safe route to escort us in."

"But I really didn't expect there to be a six-fold curse barrier."

"Locke, you did a great job."

Sofia the Witch's Way.

Locke immediately followed up, "Teacher, are you confident in dealing with the Sixfold Curse Barrier?" The witch Sophia nodded and said, "Of course. The war between wizards is a war of information. As long as I know a little more information than them, I can crack their methods in advance."

“You’ve really done a great job this time. If Rashid Tahrir’s original chance of survival was around 10%, his chance of survival now is less than 3%.”

"White magic cannot be used inside the Sixfold Curse Barrier, or rather, all white magic will be weakened, which is indeed troublesome, but we can solve this by destroying the core of the barrier's formation before entering."

The witch Sophia laughed and said, "Locke, the core of the Sixfold Curse Barrier is outside the barrier."

Locke blinked, a look of incomprehension on his face. "Teacher, I haven't studied much of the Protective School's magic."

Is there some trick to this?

Sophia the Witch shook her head. "There's no trick to it; it's just that the design of that defensive barrier was foolish."

"The magic of the Blood Curse Court, outside of curse magic, is just so-so. Locke, don't always think of every magic system as something that has been refined through countless trials. This world is just a big makeshift operation."

"You received almost the best education in potions and breeding at Lilith's Hut. This perspective will make you overestimate other people's magical abilities. For example, the Sixfold Curse Barrier that places the core of the magic circle outside the barrier, so that a place must be found to hide the core of the magic circle, is a typical example of this."

"That was purely because the official wizard who designed this cursed barrier was so focused on the effect that he didn't think to put the core of the magic circle inside the barrier."

"Once the framework is fully designed, the original spell framework can no longer be changed at will..."

Locke raised an eyebrow, giving a comical look.

The witch Sophia continued, "You can now make more potions for what you'll need and store them in your astral ring. Gather at this location in four days."

"All actions must be carried out quietly, so as to prevent your whereabouts from being revealed."

Locke nodded and said, "Teacher, I know."

The witch Sophia nodded and said, "Yes. In addition, you can also have that sketch artist continue to map out the interior of that cursed spell research institute. I do need it."

"Moreover, you have done a really good job of keeping this confidential."

Locke said, "Okay, teacher. I will make the magic map as soon as possible before we take action."

The witch Sophia took out 1,500 magic stones from her astral ring.

Locke looked at the witch Sophia with a puzzled expression. "Teacher, what is this?"

Sophia the Witch said, "I'll pay for hiring those sketch artists. The rest can be your payment."

“You’re working for me, so it wouldn’t make sense for you to use the students’ own money. Locke, you’ve already spent over four thousand magic stones to cultivate those one hundred acres of magic fields, haven’t you?”

“A typical first-class wizard apprentice has probably already invested all of his wealth.”

Sophia the Witch said, "And you underestimated the appetite of the Atlas Palette, those self-proclaimed artist wizards."

“If you hire them, the cost will definitely be substantial. You can keep the money. Besides, you can hire them for a month, and I really need the internal maps, so try to find them some work to do.”

Locke took the magic stone and looked at the witch Sophia with a puzzled expression. Why them? He had only hired a quick sketch artist.

However, since a teacher was there to back me up, I really had no reason to refuse.

This can be considered as Sophia the witch giving herself funds for her actions, from which she can also receive a free sum to fund her magical plants, potions, and the creation of magical paintings.

My current savings are indeed only six thousand magic stones.

(End of this chapter)