Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 333 Rematch with Hussein
Hussein said, "Locke, we can go to the Dispatch Department together now."

"I don't intend to stay in the Southeast Corner either. The moment I saw you, I knew we were kindred spirits. We would become friends."

"However, before that, I have one more request."

A fighting spirit flickered in Hussein's eyes. "How about we fight again?"

"I have long been qualified to become a first-circle wizard, I just lack a potion to advance, so I already have a relatively complete permanent defensive field and a spell pool of first-circle magic that can be combined."

"Since we've already fought four times, why don't we have a fifth battle?"

He was clearly unconvinced. Before becoming a formal wizard, he had been beaten up by Locke and believed that it was just a matter of being suppressed by a higher level.

Hussein was a man who had fought his way out of the Blood Curse Court amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so he naturally didn't think he would be defeated by Locke in his area of ​​expertise.

For him, a dark wizard by birth, combat was as essential as eating and drinking. Only wizards with powerful combat abilities could survive in the dark wizarding world; talent in other areas was meaningless.

Even a genius sketch artist, with all his artistic talent, can only be reduced to a weakling in the land of the dark wizards.

Locke thought for a moment and immediately agreed. "Okay."

"However, I have a plantation here, so let's go to the wasteland outside the city. Battles between formal wizards are quite large-scale, and Lilith's Hut has a rule that battles cannot take place in the city or the suburbs near the city, otherwise you'll have to pay compensation... You probably don't have the money to pay compensation, do you?"

He was just looking for someone to test his newly formed first-circle magic combination when Hussein conveniently offered himself up.

Hussein was taken aback. For the Blood Curse Court, everything should be based on the feelings of the official wizards, so there had never been such a rule.

When Locke told him that he would have to pay compensation, he was stunned for a moment.

He hadn't expected that Lilith's Cottage would impose certain restrictions on formal wizards because of mortals and cities, and that these restrictions would be so reasonable that both sides could accept them—by paying compensation.

For formal wizards, losing money is a way to remind them of the issue without truly angering them.

The white wizard society is really interesting.

It is full of soft, yet sufficiently effective, restrictions.

Hussein's eyes flickered, and he immediately understood the hidden meaning behind the system—in other words, as long as you have enough money, you can do whatever you want, and the college's higher-ups are happy to accept money that you offer voluntarily.

Of course, everyone works hard to earn money, so there are generally no formal wizards who are this bored.

The two arrived in the suburbs far from the city. The next moment, their magical pressures collided. Locke did not use abyssal energy, so his current magical pressure was 3040, while Hussein took a few steps back. In terms of magical pressure, his magical pressure was only half that of Locke.

However, the amount of magical pressure and mana is not everything. What determines a first-ring wizard's combat strength is also the depth of their research into their own domain.

The next moment, Hussein's body swelled up, and a powerful aura erupted from him. "Be careful, Locke."

"This is a notebook left by the progenitor of the Blood Curse Court. It traces back to the original version of the vampire count and is a complete version of the vampire count that disappeared because the Blood Curse Court deliberately hid some knowledge of it generation after generation. This version of the vampire count may only be known to the Blood Lord."

"Its bonus to my base stats is exceptionally high. Although my magic pressure is only 1500, as long as I use this vampire curse to transform my state, my combat power will receive an exaggerated boost."

Hussein directly reminded him, using this method to make him remember that this was just a friendly sparring session with a friend, or rather, a fellow disciple, and no longer the life-or-death struggle for resources that took place in the Blood Curse Court.

"Roar~" Hussein's body swelled up. His wizard robes seemed to have been replaced with some kind of special magical fabric at the Chimera Market. Even when Hussein transformed into a small giant, they only stretched out and did not tear.

Three pairs of black, thin bat wings sprouted from Hussein's back, his face transformed into a beast-like form, and three pairs of scarlet eyes appeared. His magical fluctuations were indeed different from those of the vampire count Locke had encountered before.

Moreover, a blood moon faintly appeared behind him.

"Roar~" Like a mighty beast, Hussein, in his beast-like vampire form, let out a terrifying sound.

Locke frowned, looking at the phantom of the blood moon behind him. 'So that's it. The complete version of the original vampire transformation curse seems to be related to some kind of celestial phenomenon. Is it using a curse to link its existence to the blood moon?'

'By harnessing the power of those celestial bodies, I will further strengthen my physical body.'

'If that's the case, then the Blood Curse Court's lineage is probably much older than I thought.'

Locke was slightly taken aback when he sensed that the other party's magic pressure had almost doubled, approaching 3000. "It's related to the star chart, like an external source of magic pressure, which has amplified his magic pressure. So his mana should be around 1500 now, and his magic pressure is around 2900."

The next moment, Hussein, in his vampire form, suddenly swooped down and punched Locke with his right fist. His fist collided violently with Locke's permanent defensive force field and life force field, and an invisible collision wave swept outwards from the two of them.

Cracks appeared on the rocky ground, and small stones flew everywhere.

Locke looked at the fist that was inches away from him, and quickly calculated, by applying the formula to the depth of the fist that had penetrated his life force field, that the opponent's magic pressure, supported by an external magic pressure source, should be 2997.

Even if these numbers fluctuate, the difference should not be significant, and they definitely do not reach the level of breaking through the vaporization stage.

This indicates that the original version of the vampire transformation curse on the other party is far less effective than the Nature Guardian panel's bonus, and cannot help him jump directly from a regular wizard to the vaporization stage in the first stage.

The next moment, Hussein, in his vampire count form, unleashed a series of massive punches aimed at Locke's head. Furthermore, each of Hussein's vampire count eyes emitted a blood curse—a fear curse and a thirst curse—in an attempt to weaken Locke and then defeat him using the vampire count's physical strength.

This is still the traditional fighting style of the dark wizards of the Blood Curse Court, only a step further and more refined. However, judging from Hussein's ability to trace back to the original version of the Blood Curse on his own, he has always only followed this path.

At least for now, that's still the case.

One after another, bright red curse lines crashed into his permanent defensive field, impacting his soul and attempting to weaken him.

Intense magical sparks rubbed against its own permanent defensive field.

But the next moment, Locke opened his right hand, and a green spiral staircase-shaped magical plant, Sea Gold Sand, appeared in his palm.

Locke chanted a spell and used [Golden Sand Torrent].

Instantly, the green, spiral staircase-shaped magical plant, Sea Gold Sand, transformed into a long spear, its surface turning golden. Golden spore powder sprayed from the edges of its triangular leaves, which then formed six golden sand balls, which in turn created a golden sand wall that blocked its path.

Two blood-red curse lines of a single-ringed blood curse spell struck the magical golden wall, leaving two red marks on it, but nothing happened.

Hussein slammed his fist into the golden sand wall. The impact was immediately absorbed by the sand, and then his fist was enveloped by the golden sand. "This is..."

"Golden magic? Locke, you actually know such rare magic. It seems I'm not the only one who has improved during this time."

The next moment, the golden sand wall transformed into three golden torrents, spiraling upwards along his arm and attacking Hussein's face.

Golden magic possesses many qualities, which Locke doesn't yet fully understand, but he unexpectedly finds it very compatible with Sea Gold Sand.

He was even more powerful than the ordinary botanical wizards who used sea gold sand as recorded in the magic book.

This may be related to the special ancient biological bloodline in his body.

Moreover, he is able to fully utilize one of the most important characteristics of golden magic—the immutability of gold.

Golden magic possesses a unique and almost unalterable property, so Hussein's two first-level attack blood curse spells had virtually no effect when they struck the golden sand wall.

Locke, however, turned the tables and used [Golden Sand Torrent] to attack Hussein's main body.

(End of this chapter)