Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 373 The Truth Institute of the Hand of the Jungle
The wizard's airship gradually descended to the ground, hovering above the array of iron pillars. Simultaneously, a communication array within the airship broadcast a message: 'The Sun-Chasing Silver Shuttle has arrived at the Six Towers. All esteemed passengers are requested to disembark within 24 hours.'

'The Sun Chasing Silver Shuttle reserves the right to use the room within this airship 24 hours a day. Please be mindful of your belongings.'

Locke led the wizard Salvador and the old wizard Cord off the ship. At that moment, the wizard Salvador immediately encountered the wizards of the Hand of the Jungle who came to greet him. A large group of students of the Hand of the Jungle, as well as wizards from the Adam Smith family, stood at the edge of the airship docking area, holding up wooden signs in a high-profile manner.

The signs they held read: "Welcome to the Land of Six Towers, Senior Expert of the Jungle Lands, Wizard Salvador Dali."

The Salvadorian wizard smiled and bid farewell to Locke, then joined the ranks of the Adam Smith family and the students of the Hand of the Jungle.

The wizard Salvador also had a brief exchange with the official wizards of the Hand of the Jungle. He glared at the family wizards of the Hand of the Jungle in the Land of Six Towers and said, "When I came here, there were also black wizards hired by the Ptolemy family who wanted to kill me. Fortunately, I had the protection of our botanical wizard, Locke Augustine. Although he is young, he is extremely reliable and has a very profound understanding of botany and ecology."

"What! Such a thing exists?" An old woman with a sunflower on her head from the Hand of the Jungle stared wide-eyed.

She herself is a wizard of the Adam Smith family, and although she is a family wizard, she is also a formal wizard of the Hand of the Jungle.

Because of the griffin jungle's ecological habitat, the Adam Smith family has gradually shifted its allegiance to the Hand of the Jungle over the past three years, and is currently the Hand of the Jungle's primary target in the Six Towers.

The old woman with the sunflower on her head is Charlotte Adam Smith, the witch. She didn't always like to wear a sunflower on her head; she just followed suit after seeing that the first-ring wizards of the Hand of the Jungle had a similar habit.

And gradually, I started to think...it's not bad.

At this moment, the witch Charlotte was trembling with rage. "How could the Ptolemaic family be so shameless, completely disregarding the interests of our Adam Smith family, and even the greater good of the Hand of the Jungle!"

“This is absolutely outrageous. Wizard Salvador, rest assured, our Jungle Hand’s White Wizard Association’s Environmental Protection Division in the Land of Six Towers will, under your guidance, immediately investigate all of the Ptolemy family’s family businesses to see if they meet our Environmental Protection Division’s requirements.”

“We have everything ready, and we are just waiting for you to provide a professional ecological damage assessment report. You are an expert in our Jungle Hand, and your ecological damage assessment report will be recognized even at the White Wizard Association headquarters.”

Charlotte the Witch snorted. "Now let's see what those Ptolemaic family members can say."

The eccentric old man from El Salvador wholeheartedly agreed. "Those foolish ecological destroyers, how dare they! They will pay the price!"

“These people should all be imprisoned in the wizard prison, but unfortunately the Holy Wizards of the White Wizarding Association always refuse our Jungle Hand’s proposals.”

Charlotte the Witch said, "The Holy Wizards' consciences are all corrupted. Wizards these days are morally depraved. For the sake of profit, the Holy Wizards have actually placed the importance of the commercial trade environment above ecological protection! The Holy Wizards have also restricted our Hand of the Jungle by issuing ecological protection laws for colonized planes, believing that there is no need to excessively protect the ecology of the colonized planes, in order to limit the colonization of that plane by the wizards of our White Wizards Association."

"It's just ridiculous."

"Those people have no conscience."

The eccentric old man from Salvador, as if he had found a kindred spirit, said excitedly, "Witch Charlotte, your understanding is truly profound. The Holy Wizards are responsible for establishing moral rules and laws for our White Wizard society, creating a virtual divine kingdom for mortals, providing them with faith, hope, and the joy of life. This should have been their responsibility."

"But now they're not on our side, the hand of the jungle. Alas."

"If you ask me, the Holy Wizards should create a God of Nature, so that all mortals belonging to our White Wizard society will worship the God of Nature. The Holy Wizards should wholeheartedly become a department that assists our Hand of the Jungle!"

Locke, who was standing to the side, was almost unable to listen anymore. The conversation was just too bizarre.

The wizard Cord beside him also forced a blank expression, relying entirely on his professionalism as the butler of the Philaid family to keep from laughing out loud.

Locke and Wizard Cord exchanged a glance.

At that moment, the witch Charlotte had already noticed Locke. Her eyes lit up as she looked at him. "This must be the young and promising botanical wizard, Mr. Augustine. Such powerful magical pressure! Judging from your soul aura, you seem to be quite young."

"It's a real shame that someone as talented as you isn't with the Hand of the Jungle. I remember the Hand of the Jungle also has a Institute of True Knowledge. Right, Mr. Salvador Wizard?"

The wizard Salvador nodded and said, "Yes, in the Wizarding Lands of the Sands Delta, the Hand of the Jungle has just conquered a medium-to-large-scale world. So, using the joint development of that medium-to-large-scale world as a reason, they applied to the White Wizard Association headquarters for a quota to open a regular True Knowledge Academy, and it was just finalized in the first half of this year."

"The Jungle Hand department in that area gathered quite a few students and wizard instructors in order to secure a spot at the Institute of Knowledge. After all, the number of wizard instructors, the number of students, and the quantity and quality of the projects determine whether an application can be submitted to open the Institute of Knowledge."

Salvador the wizard turned to Locke and said, "A botanical wizard as excellent as Augustine should apply to join the Institute of True Knowledge. I can write you a letter of recommendation."

Charlotte the Witch's eyes lit up. "In that case, I can write you a letter of recommendation. Protecting the environment is a long road, and it's good to have someone like-minded on this path."

"By the way, this is the Jade Cup Round Hat Watermelon Vine. Once planted, a watermelon hat will grow on your head. I wonder if Mr. Augustine would be interested? I can sell it to you at a discount. Although it is a first-level magic plant, it has an auxiliary function, so it only costs eight thousand magic stones!"

Locke looked at the strange triangular green striped seed that Charlotte the witch handed him and was speechless.

However, Locke wasn't entirely uninterested in the letter of recommendation from the True Knowledge Institute that the other party mentioned.

In any case, Zhenzhi Academy is Zhenzhi Academy. If I can get my application approved, I might as well keep it as a backup plan.

When it comes to job hunting, the more backup options you have, the better.

Although the wizards of the Hand of the Jungle do not seem to focus on researching combat-type magical plants, potions, and damaging spells, their main research goal is probably to study how to restore the ecosystem.

Locke smiled at the two men and said, "Then thank you both, experts."

"If you two would be willing to make recommendations, that would be wonderful."

"As for that jade-green round-hat watermelon vine... I don't have that many magic stones on me, so I'll pass on that."

Charlotte the witch looked disappointed. "I see."

"I thought you young people would prefer these things."

(End of this chapter)