Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 322 News of an Old Friend's Death

After confirming that there was nothing wrong in his medicine room, Locke decided to temporarily return to his residence at Lilith's Hut to organize his current magical power.

Having just advanced to the rank of a formal wizard, he encountered a series of battles, during which he gained considerable experience.

Secondly, my magical power is currently in a state of constant fluctuation due to continuous fierce battles, and I must undergo some adjustment to avoid leaving any future troubles.

Under normal circumstances, a formal wizard who has just advanced to a higher level may even need to repair his soul for a period of time.

The act of engraving a spell model on the soul will inevitably cause some damage to the soul, requiring a period of time to recover.

However, Locke did not have this problem because he used a magic sword.

Secondly, he needs to quickly organize his current resources and replenish his first-level spell pool immediately, otherwise he will be at a great disadvantage in battle.

The reason he was able to kill Brittany was because she had fallen into a special place—a sealed barrier—and was unable to escape.

Otherwise, relying solely on his own Great Green Owl Banana, he wouldn't be able to catch up with her at all.

Locke glanced at the Great Green Owl Banana behind him and saw that, due to the continuous battles, the base of the Great Green Owl Banana had become charred, indicating that it had reached some kind of limit.

Locke suddenly realized that someone seemed to be watching him. He frowned slightly and looked around, but found no one nearby.

……

On a mountain peak near Lilith's Cottage, which connects to a part of the Forbidden Forest, the King of the Forbidden Forest and the Silent Bee Fairy appeared among the leaves of Lin Muyu.

Silent Bee Fairy said, "It's finally over. The war between human wizards was truly terrifying. They summoned something horrible, something truly terrifying. But thankfully, that Type I Nature Guardian performed admirably, didn't he?"

"He used the city's forest to suppress that strange creature, but in my opinion, the forest's seal on it will only last for about ten years at most. It will soon find a new way to cooperate with a wizard who is easy for it to manipulate, and then try to break free from the forest's suppression."

"I never expected the wizards to let such troublesome things re-enter this world. I thought the disc creatures would leave this world completely. However, this is none of our concern. Those wizards are more powerful than we imagined. Perhaps, their growing power will be of great benefit to us?"

"King of the Forbidden Forest, you don't seem to care much about this."

The King of the Forbidden Forest gazed in the direction of Lilith's Hut, remained silent for a long while, and then said, "The affairs of humans and wizards are none of our business."

"Man-made forests are not forests."

“I’m here just as a spectator.”

The King of the Forbidden Forest turned and left, leaving a trail of animal-shaped footprints on the ground. "Let's go, Silent Bee."

The Silent Bee Fairy was stunned for a long time before saying, "You're just saying that."

……

Three days passed after Locke returned to Lilith's cabin.

Within three days, Locke learned that many wizard apprentices had died in the turmoil.

This incident was defined as a sudden attack by a dark wizard on Lilith's cabin.

The inside story and the truth were not revealed to the apprentices.

During this upheaval, both Laun and Pierre survived.

His friends Anglu and Aisie were in the same situation, but Anglu had lost an arm and didn't have the money for treatment, so he could only use one arm for the time being.

However, one of the wizard seeds he knew died; that was Andy the Burner.

At this time, Locke, Albert, and others, along with Andy's friends, attended a small funeral held for Andy.

At the funeral, Albert offered a bouquet of white chrysanthemums, which he placed on Andy's tombstone.

This cemetery was prepared by Lilith's Cottage for students of the second rank or above. Only those who have reached the second rank or above are entitled to be buried here, but of course, the burial plot must be purchased before death.

Albert looked at Andy's tombstone and sighed. "Andy's best friends were me, the Witch Sophia, and Stormmaster Mitchell Perrick."

"Now that you're all here, it's a pity that the Witch Sophia left the Southeast Corner Region, otherwise she would have come to mourn him as well."

Mitchell Perrick, a combat squad leader with a demonic eye in his right eye, also sighed. A flash of anger crossed Mitchell's eyes. "I, Perrick, am sworn enemies of those dark wizards. From this day forward, I will kill every dark wizard I see."

Locke looked at the tombstone. Who would have thought that Andy, such a powerful and skilled wizard seed, would die in this war?

All of this was simply because Dean Thompson made a deal with the higher-ups of the White Wizarding Association.

The wizard apprentices participating in the gathering, even those who were considered wizards, were unaware of the truth behind the scenes. Even if some of them sensed something was amiss, it was only a simple guess.

Locke offered no explanation.

Locke walked over, and Andy's senior and junior classmates, as well as the ordinary people who lived in Andy's Lilith House, all bowed and paid their respects to Locke, grateful that a formal wizard had condescended to participate in Andy's funeral.

Albert looked at Locke and said in a low voice, "Locke, you've become a full-fledged wizard. Congratulations."

"Like the Sophia witch, you all became official wizards very quickly, in the blink of an eye, making us feel as if we are from a different world."

Albert bowed to Locke, who was now a full-fledged wizard, while Albert remained a first-class wizard apprentice with 900 magic power.

Moreover, she already has some wrinkles on her face and looks old.

Six months ago, Albert attempted to break through to become a full-fledged wizard, even taking a sacrificial potion, but the result was disappointing; he failed.

Of course, although he burned through about fifty years of his lifespan, Albert still escaped unscathed. Before burning through his lifespan, he took a potion he had bought in advance to terminate it.

Therefore, his current mental strength is 900. Although he failed to break through this time, as long as he repairs his soul and rests for a few years, he can try to break through again.

Moreover, the success rate will be relatively high.

This is also a common situation for apprentices in the academy who are breaking through to become formal wizards.

Very few people can break through on their first try.

Locke was able to do it because he had consumed a large amount of magical resources beforehand, and then used a sacrifice spell to make full use of these magical resources at once, which allowed him to charge straight in.

Furthermore, the ancient biological bloodline within him resonated with the natural primal force plane, resulting in a backflow of natural primal force.

Albert looked at Locke with a hint of envy and a barely suppressed jealousy, but under Locke's overwhelming magical pressure, these emotions transformed into reverence. "Lord Augustine..."

Locke shook his head. “Senior Albert, just like you said before, we call ourselves what we want, without being influenced by outsiders. So you can still call me Locke.”

Albert looked at Locke and, noticing that the sincerity in Locke's eyes had not changed at all, said, "Locke, Andy's mental state has never recovered since the last operation. He almost single-handedly withstood the high-level curse master's permanent defensive field, the Blood Curse of Fear. After that, he not only failed to recover from the injury, but his condition has deteriorated."

"That's why Andy died in this war. Otherwise, with his abilities, how could he have died at the hands of an ordinary first-class dark wizard apprentice?"

Locke nodded slightly. He had killed five wizard seeds of the Blood Curse Court by himself. Including Severin, he had actually killed ten wizard seeds of the Blood Curse Court by himself, leaving only four. One of them, Hussein, was beaten half to death by him. He only let him escape by deliberately holding back.

In other words, he single-handedly dealt with seven wizard seeds from the Blood Curse Court, while another wizard seed died at Albert's hands.

When the Blood Curse Court attacked Lilith's Hut, they didn't have many wizard seeds left, so Andy died in the siege of ordinary dark wizard apprentices.

Albert said, "However, you personally killed five wizard seeds from the dark wizard's side this time, avenging Andy. As Andy's best friend, I want to thank you."

Albert bowed to Locke, and Andy's parents and family also bowed to him.

They weren't from the wizarding world, but they knew at this moment that Locke held an extraordinary position, and their sorrowful eyes revealed respect for them.

Locke nodded slightly.

Then he turned and left the cemetery.

Over the next fifty years, the war will escalate, and such scenes will only become more and more common in the southeastern region.

As Dean Thompson said, no one can stop this war anymore, because the white wizarding community has established a wartime economy, from which countless formal wizards will benefit. Therefore, no formal wizard is willing to stop the war at this time.

Locke walked into Professor Harlan Vera's office. Professor Harlan Vera had contacted him through the Gray Mist Slab, seemingly wanting to discuss something with him.

(End of this chapter)