Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 291 Forest Reaction
In the Forbidden Forest, when Locke became a formal wizard, the drastically increased magical pressure caused strong changes in the surrounding magical tides, which in turn triggered some natural disasters.

Hurricanes, torrential rains, and dramatic changes in the magical creatures within the Forbidden Forest.

Within the Forbidden Forest dwell some mysterious creatures, including powerful intelligent beings such as the Treant Elder and the Wood Elemental Spirit, who are urgently meeting within the forest.

"Can you feel it? There's a magical pressure reaction at the level of a formal wizard in this area, and his magic power is still rising. He doesn't seem to be an ordinary formal wizard."

"Formal wizards... these are not characters we tree people can deal with. Every formal wizard possesses demigod-like power. They are gods walking among humans. They are the embodiment of terror and evil, beings that disrupt the balance of nature. Some formal wizards have violated their agreement with us and entered the outer perimeter of the Forbidden Forest, which will seriously disrupt a certain balance."

"Could it be that those wizards are about to wage a full-scale war against the intelligent magical creatures of our Forbidden Forest lineage? Is this a test? We must report this to the King of the Forbidden Forest."

"Don't be silly, can't you see what happened?" A tree fairy with leafy wings flew among the tree elders and wood elemental spirits, seemingly holding a high position. "That wizard didn't violate the agreement between the Forbidden Forest and human wizards."

"He entered this area as a wizard apprentice and became a first-ring wizard here."

"Therefore, he has fulfilled the agreement. You should not do anything unnecessary; we cannot fight against a formal wizard with our own strength alone."

“Moreover, I sensed a familiar and reliable power within his magical pressure.” A strange look appeared in the tree fairy’s eyes. “That’s really strange.”

“Those wizards are children who have betrayed the way of nature and defied Mother Earth. But why can I feel warmth and peace from the magical pressure of that official wizard, as if he would never harm us?”

The Tree Fairy said, "We will report what happened here to the King of the Forbidden Forest, after all, our King of the Forbidden Forest is a Type III Nature Guardian!"

"Until then, as long as that official wizard doesn't go too far, we shouldn't get involved. Remember, nature allows powerful creatures to prey on weaker ones. Our Forbidden Forest philosophy has always been to acknowledge that the strong must occupy a more important position in the natural ecosystem."

"If we interfere too much with nature, we will become the destroyers of the ecosystem ourselves."

The tree fairy flapped its leaf wings in the air, swayed, and then transformed into streaks of green ripples in the air before disappearing.

A group of ancient Forbidden Forest tree people and elves, along with some intelligent magical creature leaders, remained here, looking at each other in bewilderment.

In another part of the Forbidden Forest, the wizards of the Secret Fire Academy sensed a change in the magical pressure in the air, and the expressions of the five Secret Fire Academy wizard apprentices changed drastically.

Wayne Acosta stared in disbelief at the direction emanating the magical pressure of a first-ring wizard: "Someone has broken through to become a first-ring wizard in the Forbidden Forest?"

His expression changed repeatedly, as if he were weighing the pros and cons.

Wayne said to his four companions, "Guys, let's get out of here as soon as possible. We'll have to abandon the mission to find the queen army ants for now."

“It must be that one of those wizards from Lilith Hut who clashed with us before has become a formal wizard.”

"It's most likely that bewitching wizard."

A wizarding apprentice from the House of Secret Fire was somewhat unwilling. "But if we leave now, won't all those magical traps we set in the Forbidden Forest be wasted?"

"All the bait we scattered earlier has been wasted," Wayne Acosta said. "That bewitching wizard is ruthless and incredibly resourceful. What if he becomes a full-fledged wizard and then runs into us in the Forbidden Forest?"

"Don't forget, we broke the unspoken rules and trespassed into someone's backyard. If you don't take this opportunity to escape now, are you going to wait until you're caught before trying to escape?"

Wayne Acosta made a quick decision. "Let's go, leave immediately. We were just unlucky this time; we tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead."

“Furthermore, I will report this matter to my wizarding mentor immediately upon my return.” Wayne’s expression shifted several times before he began to reprimand them. “You shouldn’t have attacked those wizards at Lilith’s Hut in the first place.”

“I know you’re just trying to scare them. But now things are in trouble; we’ve already broken the laws of the White Wizarding Association.”

"This matter is beyond our ability to handle on our own. Next, we will have to rely on our wizard mentor to negotiate with that bewitching wizard. It may involve paying some benefits in order to settle this matter."

Wayne Acosta realized that the sensitivity of the issue now lay in the timing of their previous encounter with that official wizard, which was far too sensitive. Even within the White Wizarding Association, it was a serious crime for a wizarding apprentice to attack an official wizard.

Therefore, if Locke insists that they attacked him, a formal wizard, they will definitely not come out on top.

The White Wizarding Association will not tolerate any wizarding apprentice offending a full-fledged White Wizard in this way.

This involves many issues.

The wizards of the Secret Fire House had no choice but to turn around and flee quickly toward the exit of the Forbidden Forest.

……

Inside the central control research room inside the swamp, Locke's mana had reached 1500 and was still increasing. Although the potential of the potion in his body had been exhausted, there was still natural force pouring in from the natural force plane.

Locke's consciousness once again entered the plane of the natural forces. This time, he stood directly beneath the World Tree, and under that magnificent, towering tree, he once again placed his palm on the trunk of the World Tree.

A series of magnificent and powerful forces emerged on the surface of the World Tree. Even Locke, who has now become a formal wizard, could not comprehend those forces and could only understand the most superficial layer of power for the time being.

'Three-Eyed, you've finally grown up.'

'Old friend, you have returned once more. You are the last remaining three-eyed being, one of the very few guardians of nature, and I will once again entrust your race with the responsibility of defending it.'

We are all winners in this ecosystem, but victory is merely accidental and temporary; how to maintain this victory is an eternal question.

'Your adaptation to this world, and mine, is like a serendipitous chance in eternal darkness—an opportunity so rare and fleeting, yet most people do not cherish it.'

'Therefore, we need to defend...defend all the victories we have achieved from ancient times to the present. We must prevent a recurrence of...the terrible cataclysmic disaster of half a million years ago!'

(End of this chapter)