Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 332 The Truth About What Happened Back Then

A week after finalizing the business contract with Mrs. Irina, in Locke's makeshift laboratory.

Locke had already completed the magical grafting with Sea Gold Sand and Fire Pearl Tomato Flower, and had constructed three Scorching Gold Sand Stream series spells in his sea of ​​consciousness: [Gold Sand Torrent], [Gold Sand Bullet], and [Golden Fern Spear].

Three first-ring level botanical spells transformed into planets within Locke's sea of ​​consciousness, revolving around his core consciousness, which symbolized the sun.

Each of the three golden plant magic spells has its own suitable range of application.

Locke watched this scene with satisfaction. After becoming a formal wizard, his memory and comprehension had been greatly enhanced, so he learned these first-level spells very quickly.

Of course, this is just rote learning.

After learning these three Scorching Sand Stream spells, you will need to continuously fine-tune the spell model according to your own situation to suit your mana properties, magic pressure fluctuations, and soul traits.

This step is the moment that truly tests the wizard's skills.

Because learning is not the hardest thing; the hardest thing is creation.

Learning is merely mechanically copying things that already exist in the world, while creation is about building something new based on what already exists.

This step, however, is the most difficult.

The wizarding apprenticeship stage is mainly about learning, while a first-ring wizard begins to conduct their own research and creation.

A qualified wizard can continuously fine-tune the spell model in their hands to increase its power. Therefore, optimizing the spell model can give a wizard the possibility of turning the tide of battle when their magic pressure is lower than that of other wizards.

This step, however, requires continuous accumulation.

Locke put away the sea gold dust in the laboratory. "After learning these three first-level spells, it would be best to find someone to test them out."

"Only in this way can one better master these spells. But in the Chimera Market, those wizarding apprentices who have become debt slaves and serve as punching bags are at most first-class wizarding apprentices, and are still relatively weak."

"Who should I contact?"

It's best to master all the spells in the Scorching Sands series, as well as the first-circle botanical spell, Flame Aura, and the two accompanying spells for the Execution Hammerhead Mushroom.

Locke thought for a moment, "Forget it, the people who are suitable are either unsuitable in status or completely incapable of being my opponents."

"The Southeast Corner Region is too lacking in resources at the first stage. In the Southeast Corner Region, first-stage wizards are no longer within the scope of training. The academy needs first-stage wizards to give back to the wizard academy."

Locke thought for a moment and decided to submit his resume to the White Wizard Association first.

Teacher Harlan Vera had told me the principles of submitting resumes.

That means it needs to be more and wider.

Because the Starfield Sea is vast and contains many wizarding academies and cities, who knows which team might suddenly need a wizard whose qualifications are a perfect match?

So don't doubt yourself. Even if your qualifications seem unfavorable, be brave and apply.

What if someone wants it?

Whether it's a trap or not, we'll see then. Anyway, it's a two-way choice, and you can choose not to go.

Therefore, you must send out resumes at all times. You can't leave them empty. Whether it's the Starry Sea Academy, the True Knowledge Academy, or at least to find a good job, you should send out some of your resumes first.

As for submitting resumes to various wizarding locations, the White Wizarding Association has a dedicated organization that handles this; you need to submit your resume to the [Wizarding Dispatch Department] of the White Wizarding Association.

This, in turn, required a recommendation from a wizard who at least held a local wizarding mentorship position, so Locke contacted Harlan Vera on the Gray Mist Slab.

"Professor Harlan, I'd like to submit my resume to the Wizarding Dispatch Office today. Could you please provide me with a letter of recommendation?"

Locke didn't have to wait long before Harlan Vera replied to his message, as always very quickly.

Three messages quickly appeared on the gray mist stone slab in front of Locke—

"Yes, I'd be happy to. The head of the Wizarding Dispatch Department is my old classmate and friend, and also a wizard from our Lilith Hut."

"However, I'll need to trouble you, Locke, to wait for someone. He also needs to submit his resume to the Wizarding Dispatch Department soon. The two of you can go together."

'Wait at your place for a moment, I'll have him come over right away.'

Locke frowned. He hadn't heard of anyone in Harlan Vera's network becoming a certified wizard recently. Besides, even if someone became a certified wizard, many could still find work through private channels.

For example, through private channels within the network of wizard Harun Vera, one can obtain advance notice of recruitment for a research group at a wizarding academy, and then send out one's resume in advance.

This is the normal choice for students who graduated from Harlen Vera's school.

The reason he couldn't find a teaching position through Harlan Vera's network was simply because he wanted to go to the Star Sea.

It's practically impossible to use connections in the Starry Sea.

The price to pay for using connections is beyond what a first-ring wizard can afford.

"Who could it be?" Locke waited at his residence for half an hour.

Half an hour later, his servants told him that a guest had arrived.

As soon as Locke pushed open the magic door to his residence, a strange expression appeared on his face.

Then, someone I never expected was standing in front of my door.

The newcomer was none other than Hussein, the former number one candidate in the Blood Curse Court's wizarding lineage.

At this moment, Hussein was wearing a white wizard's robe, which looked quite incongruous with his appearance, giving the impression that he was about to take off the white robe and put on a black one.

Locke noticed that Hussein now possessed magical pressure at the level of a formal wizard. He didn't know the exact amount, but it wasn't the little over a thousand that an ordinary wizard would experience when advancing to a formal wizard. He estimated it to be over a thousand five hundred.

Locke frowned. "Was it the Sacrifice Potion from Lilith's Hut that you received? Are you an informant for Professor Harlen Vera?"

"So, it was you who betrayed the information that the Blood Curse Court was going to attack Lilith's Hut, putting the Black Wizard Alliance at a disadvantage."

Hussein remained as elegant as ever, like a nobleman in the night. He smiled wryly, "As expected of Locke Augustine, you guessed almost everything. In fact, I have always been a white wizard with a heart full of justice."

Locke pursed his lips and frowned slightly. "Your joke is quite interesting."

This guy has more than one life on his hands. According to the laws of the White Wizarding Association, he should have been imprisoned in the wizarding prison long ago. But he made a great contribution this time, so the White Wizarding Association should have granted him a pardon.

Hussein became serious and said, "I am indeed an undercover agent recruited by Professor Harun Vera. My mentor in the Blood Curse Court, in order to get me to work for her, is holding back my advancement in potions and preventing me from becoming a formal wizard."

"I could have advanced long ago, my mental strength even reached 900, but I couldn't advance because I lacked the advancement potion."

“I waited for years, thinking that she probably didn’t want me to become a full-fledged wizard at all. At that point, I only had one choice—to kill her.”

"Once she dies, the blood curse she placed on me will disappear."

"Freedom is hereafter."

"So, we should be considered on the same side now. According to my agreement with the White Wizarding Association, I am now Professor Harun Vera's student."

Locke gave Hussein a deep look. "When did you choose to join Lilith's Hut?"

Hussein hesitated for a moment, then said, “After our first meeting, which was some time before our second meeting at the infirmary, my Blood Curse of the Giants did not kill any of your Lilith Hut’s apprentices. That was because at that time, I had an agreement with your academy that I could not kill any more white wizards. As for those I had killed before, if I could perform a great service, it would not count.”

Hussein said, "When I used the Blood Curse on your wizarding apprentices, I only wanted to send a message to Professor Harun Vera and your headmaster Thompson."

“I am under several curses left by the wizarding mentors of the Blood Curse Court, which monitor me in all aspects. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to transmit information. I can only successfully transmit information by hiding it in the blood curse.”

“I hid the information within the advanced geometric patterns of the blood curse’s redundant curse formula, making it extremely difficult for others to discern. But even so, I took a great risk; if it were discovered, I would end up like Severin.”

"At the same time, if the message had not been successfully delivered, I might have been misunderstood by the higher-ups of your academy. Fortunately, Professor Harlan Vera had other dark wizard apprentices undercover, and through him, the message I sent was successfully deciphered."

Locke immediately guessed a secret hidden from back then. "So, back then, Angron didn't lift the Blood Curse on your Mother and Child Giants. Instead, you lifted the curse yourself after confirming that the message was successfully transmitted."

"Is that right?"

“That’s right, you guessed correctly.” Hussein glanced at Locke in surprise. He hadn’t expected Locke to react so quickly, guessing the truth of what happened back then based on the limited information available.

Hussein said, "Locke, what's with that expression?"

Locke shook his head. "I just didn't expect Angron to be even worse than I thought. I thought he at least had some real skills."

(End of this chapter)