Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 318 Ceasefire and Calculation of Merit

It's unclear what kind of deal the two second-circle wizards ultimately reached, but after some discussion, Justin, the second-circle wizard from the White Wizarding Association, ordered the first-circle wizards of the association to stand by and watch the dark wizards retreat, and to have Dean Thompson lift the seal on the Holy Flesh Punishment by the Giant Wood Spear.

Dean Thompson breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw that the war had subsided. The current situation was a great victory for the White Wizarding Association. Although it was not a complete victory, the significance of the victory was already very great.

As long as nothing happens to the second-circle wizards on the Black Wizarding Alliance's side, the White Wizarding Association basically has no chance of completely eliminating the Black Wizarding Alliance.

The current results are already very satisfactory to the association.

What follows is a protracted war. The White Wizarding Association, which has already established a complete wartime economy, will have to pay a huge price even if Justin himself wants to stop the war.

Once the war machine is in motion, it will generate enormous profits. Once this economic system is established, the White Wizard Society, which was originally very afraid of war, will become more warlike than any other society.

Not to mention the Black Wizard Alliance in the southeastern corner, which claims to have discovered a medium-sized world that no one has ever discovered before. This fact is even more likely to drive the white wizard society, which has already switched to a wartime economic system, crazy.

Locke could almost foresee that, for a long time to come, the industries in the white wizard society of the southeastern corner of the region that were highly related to war would generate huge profits.

Those industries less related to war, such as seasoning, may decline for fifty years, and seasoning masters may eventually be forced to leave the southeastern region and seek a living in other wizarding lands.

As the war progresses, shortages of supplies are bound to occur.

Then, there won't be so many wizards spending real gold and silver magic stones to buy the delicacies made by seasoners who only care about satisfying their appetites.

At the same time, medium to large wizarding organizations like the Atlas Color Palette may shift their focus from artistic enjoyment to magical maps and other useful tools for warfare.

The biggest impact on Locke is that his Augustus series of magical plants will likely see greater sales in the southeastern region.

Of course, having witnessed the first-ring level of warfare, the strange ritual magic of the crystallization wizards, and the sudden intervention of the second-ring wizards, Locke understood that in order to gain more benefits in the southeastern corner region, he needed to develop first-ring combat-type magical plants.

But I will soon be leaving the southeastern corner region.

Locke frowned. His best option was to continue cooperating with certain people and open a joint-stock wizard shop in the southeast corner region.

Locke thought of Harlan Vera and Lady Irina, one of Harlan Vera's most senior students.

Perhaps I could get in touch with Mrs. Irina through Professor Harlan Vera and discuss this matter with her.

It's impossible for him to stay in the southeast corner region, because while this wizarding land is very suitable for wizarding apprentices, the resources are a bit too limited for first-ring wizards.

In the past, many first-ring wizards stayed here to retire, but now even that last advantage is gone, and this place will become a battlefield in the next fifty years.

It is likely that a large number of ordinary first-level wizards will leave from here and go to other wizarding lands.

At this point, the battle outside had turned into a phase of collecting spoils and cleaning up the battlefield.

Dean Thompson found the astral ring belonging to the infant witch [Brittany] and her sister's astral ring on the ground and handed them to Locke.

Dean Thompson seemed to be in a good mood. "Locke, one of these rings is your spoils of war, and the other is a gift from me." Locke didn't refuse, but accepted the two first-ring Dark Wizard Astral Rings. He knew he would need money for many things in the future, and currently only had 50,000 magic stones in savings, which was far from enough.

It wasn't even enough to buy a ship ticket, nor enough to find someone to open a joint-stock wizard shop in the southeast corner region, let alone enough for him to buy the Druid's Ring.

Locke examined the two astral rings briefly. The two dark wizard rings were different in size from the two basic astral rings he had. His two astral rings connected to the astral region, which was only the size of a room, but these two astral rings were actually the size of a basketball court.

It contains a large number of artifacts, most of which are related to ghost magic.

Locke even found many strange human artifacts in the Brittany witch's ring. He suppressed his disgust and decided not to waste them. He would pack them up and sell them on the black market to interested wizards in a few days.

Make a fortune off them.

These things are considered waste or even disgusting to botanical wizards, but to dark wizards of certain disciplines, they are like rare treasures.

Anyway, it's like a turtle and a mung bean, they're a perfect match.

Locke looked at Dean Thompson with a puzzled expression. "Dean, you seem to be in a good mood."

Dean Thompson said with a smile, "Of course. In the end, Lord Justin and that second-circle dark wizard reached a good agreement."

"Some of the agreements were very favorable to our academy. We would give up hunting down their remaining members, and in return, they would have to buy a large number of goods from us as compensation for their defeat."

"The contract is guaranteed by the Aztec gold coins controlled by the association, and even a second-circle wizard cannot violate it."

Dean Thompson laughed and said, "This agreement is very well signed. In my opinion, it's far better than hunting down the remaining dark wizards. Those remaining dark wizards are tough nuts to crack, and even if we could take them down, we would have to pay a huge price."

Dean Thompson said, "By the way, the White Wizarding Association will calculate merits during this war. However, only formal wizards who have joined the association can receive merits, so to obtain war merits, you must have a teaching contract with the local White Wizarding organization."

Dean Thompson raised his palm and said to Locke, "Wait, I'm not finished yet, Mr. Augustine."

“I have a convenient solution. I have a few temporary job openings at Lilith's Hut. I can give you a temporary advisor title directly, which would indirectly make you a formal wizard of the Southeast Corner White Wizard Association, and you could also earn war merits.”

"The title of temporary advisor has no binding force and is not a proper teaching position. This title was created precisely for the current situation."

"So, it doesn't count as you ever holding a teaching position."

Dean Thompson advised Locke, "Cherish this opportunity to teach at a wizarding organization, your first job. You know, your first job determines the level of wizarding organizations you can find later."

"If the first wizarding organization you work for isn't prestigious enough, it will become an invisible obstacle preventing you from finding a better teaching position."

Locke blinked, recalling the advice Francis had given him earlier, and was speechless. Francis had never mentioned this point, but instead kept talking about the benefits of working at Lilith's Cottage first.

(End of this chapter)