Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 400 Special Resources of the Mage Dimension

Alicia and Locke entered the City of the Holy Temple together with the great wizard Sura.

At this time, since the demons had retreated, the martial law in the city of the Holy Temple had been completely lifted, and the magical radiance on the various mage towers had completely disappeared.

Locke looked at these mage towers, which were different from wizard towers.

One after another, magical eyes floated atop these towers, transforming into colorful, spiritual, eye-shaped virtual magical models, as if magical eyes had sprouted from the top of the towers, with magical radiance swirling around them.

This is because mages cast spells entirely using external forces, so the energy core of the mage tower is located externally.

Those spell eyes are the energy cores of these mage towers. Inside the mage towers are numerous magic circuits that amplify magical energy. Apart from the differences in the energy cores, the other parts are basically a simplified version of a wizard tower.

At this moment, all the spell eyes of those mage towers turned towards Locke, or rather, towards the back of his hand.

Some of the native mages in the Holy City had already noticed the blue mark on Locke's hand, and their faces showed anger.

"That is the child of prophecy, everyone prepare..."

The next moment, the great wizard Sura snapped his fingers, and at the same time, some bark marks appeared on his face, along with the tree-like patterns that only tree spirit elders possessed.

Clearly, this clone of his is not based on the Scorpion Woman's bloodline, but rather on the Tree Demon Elder.

Locke had seen tree spirits before; one was imprisoned in the deepest part of Sophia Witch's magical creature breeding room.

The Tree Spirit Elder is even more powerful than the Tree Spirit. It was fortunate enough to live past the Tree Spirit's limit of 300 years and then survive. Through some unexpected coincidences, it broke through the bloodline limit and became a Tree Spirit of the first ring, hence the name Tree Spirit Elder.

At this moment, the avatar of the great wizard Sura activated the bloodline of the tree spirit elder, casting a powerful human charm spell on the entire city.

He was the one who founded this city, so he left countless hidden traps within it. When teaching these native students, he didn't trust them at all because of his personality, and he left countless traps for them during their studies.

As a result, tens of thousands of mages of different levels throughout the city, including the thirty Archmages who were equivalent to first-ring wizards, were all instantly controlled by the Grand Wizard Sura's clone.

All the natives stared blankly, then stiffly turned around and went about their business.

The entire city has been transformed into a puppet city for the great wizard Sura. Every native has been turned into a puppet of the great wizard Sura under the influence of a powerful human charm spell, and they are unaware of it, even believing that they have free will.

A Grandmaster-level mage scholar from the Hall of Magic Saints wrote the following on the first floor of the city's central hall: "The Hall of Magic Saints has defeated those monsters of unknown origin for the 45th time. Today is a day of great victory, representing a new chapter in the three-hundred-year civilization of the mage plane."

"Thanks to the great Sage Sura, who brought us civilization and magic."

The great wizard Sura glanced at the marionettes and explained to Locke and Alicia, "I don't have much patience for these natives. They have some memories, but I directly used a powerful human charm spell to write them into their brains."

"The core bloodline of this body is that of the Tree Demon Elder, along with ten Tree Demon subspecies bloodlines, forming a body avatar equivalent to a wizard at the crystallization stage. However, the potential of this bloodline is limited, ending at the crystallization stage, unless I can find a high-level meditation technique that matches the Tree Demon bloodline." "However, that won't be easy. Many first-ring wizard geniuses have dedicated so many years to the academy for a single high-level meditation technique; it's not something I can simply obtain at will."

The great wizard Sura said, "With powerful human charm spells, we can directly control them and obscure many irrational things."

"That way, no one will doubt my identity, and in the history of this plane, no one will have a question about how I suddenly appeared out of some obscure corner."

High Wizard Sura led the two into the beggar's version of the White Dragon Tower in this plane. In fact, it was a proper large wizard tower. Inside the wizard tower was an elemental fission well, which was constantly drawing energy from this plane to supply the energy of the wizard tower and the entire city.

The first thing Locke saw upon entering the wizard tower was the numerous thick black pipes at its base, along with enormous amounts of hot steam, and mages constantly repairing these pipes.

"This is because the Mage Plane is a low-magic world, so it can't support the energy of this Wizard Tower. You had no choice but to connect the Wizard Tower's pipes to the core of this plane and forcibly draw energy from the core?"

Locke guessed.

Grand Wizard Sura chuckled, “Hmm, you’re very clever, that’s true. So I need a lot of manpower to repair the numerous pipes inside this wizard tower, and these people should ideally be able to use magic.”

"That's one of the reasons why I teach these people magic. So, you really should trust me. I believe sincerity is the most precious quality in the world. Therefore, I am full of sincerity towards everyone."

“Look…” Archmage Sura and Locke and the others stepped onto the floating staircase. As the staircase rose, they saw that the wizard tower had many rooms inside. Deep inside those fenced rooms, some magical creatures unique to this plane were imprisoned, as well as some unique treasures and even unique plants.

"These are all treasures I collected from this plane. There are 237 kinds of magical creatures unique to this plane, all of which have been collected and carefully studied to determine whether they can be of use to me. Moreover, new kinds of magical creatures are always discovered every few years."

"In addition, I also discovered a special water resource underground called the [Boiling Silver Spring]. Immersing the body in this special water resource will completely heal the hidden injuries of the body and soul. At the same time, the efficiency of meditation in it will increase several times. Moreover, it is a treasure for us bloodline essence masters, as it can accelerate the fusion of the impure bloodlines in our bodies."

The great wizard Sula said, "Unfortunately, this special water resource has a shelf life. It must be used within a week of being dug up, otherwise it will lose its effectiveness and become a kind of poison."

"Therefore, resources are precious. I only have one left. Alicia, go and use it."

The floating staircase stopped, and the great wizard Sura pointed to a bath at the end of the corridor ahead, filled with a silvery liquid that looked like mercury.

Alicia looked at Locke. "But, grandfather..."

High Wizard Sula smiled indulgently at him. "Don't worry, I have my own plans."

“Locke, I have also unearthed a treasure that is considered a priceless artifact for you potion makers—a spark of primordial fire.”

With a wave of his hand, the great wizard Sura opened a door in the corridor ahead, revealing a flame that was restrained by magical forces.

"Locke, now you should understand why I spent over three hundred years building the City of the Holy Law. It's because this city can gather so many resources from this plane for me. Similarly, if you can help me enable those mages to cast first-circle spells, this precious, possibly unique, primordial flame in this plane will be yours."

(End of this chapter)