Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 403 The Origin of the Demon

Locke looked at Grand Wizard Sula and said, "Grand Wizard Sula, if I help you, you will help me in the competition? I wonder if this promise still stands? After all, you can only offer 500,000 magic stones to help me build the project in the City of the Holy Magic Hall."

Faced with Locke's doubts, the smile on the face of the great wizard Sula became more sincere, and he said, "Of course it counts."

“Even without my involvement, I can still sponsor your competition and get the Six Towers to participate in this year’s 15th Yunze Wetland Combat Magic Plant Competition, the Yunze Cup.”

“I can have Alicia do all of these things.”

Alicia was somewhat flustered. Such a momentous decision was far beyond her influence in the Six Towers. "Grandfather, I..."

Grand Wizard Sura laughed and said, "I have collected quite a few dirt on the older generation of the Plutarch family, especially those two old wizards who are in the crystallization stage."

“Alicia, with these leverages, you can persuade those old guys to work for you.”

“Alicia, you can come to me secretly from now on. Now that you’ve discovered my plan, that’s even better. I can guide you and help you gradually increase your prestige in the Six Towers.”

“Locke, as long as I give Alicia the dirt on those old guys, Alicia can help you get opportunities to participate in competitions, funding, and participants. Not only that, with the dirt I have, Alicia’s support for you will increase. You can also get more projects.”

"Participating in competitions and investing in projects can all be done transparently."

Grand Wizard Sura seemed to have made a decision, began to seriously negotiate with Locke, and took the initiative to make greater concessions.

Locke nodded slightly. If that was the case, then the deal would be more worthwhile for him.

He helped Grand Wizard Sura complete this project in the City of the Holy Temple, and in return, the Plutarch family, as his financial backers, helped him obtain more high-quality projects and participate in some prestigious competitions.

In fact, as long as I can do a good job on the project, it will be more than just a simple transaction between myself and the great wizard Sura.

Instead, it's about growing together with Alicia.

As long as she continues to win matches, Alicia's prestige in the Six Towers will gradually increase as the apparent sponsor.

Essentially, this is a mutually beneficial arrangement.

However, neither Grand Wizard Sula nor Alicia are likely to realize this yet.

This also ensures that Locke doesn't have to worry about the Grand Wizard Sula suddenly changing his mind.

Locke said, "Alright, then our deal is done."

Grand Wizard Sura curled his lips into a satisfied smile. He pointed to the resource vault inside the wizard's tower and said, "By the way, you and Alicia can use these resource vaults freely. There are quite a few magical creatures and magical plants unique to this plane inside."

“Perfect timing. These magical creatures can be used for Alicia’s research, while the magical plants can be used for your research.”

"Once you leave this plane, Alicia will purchase the necessary materials and use some methods to gradually convert those 500,000 magic stones into research funds for Locke."

“I can teach you all of this in detail later, Alicia. This is what you should do as the ruler of the Six Towers.”

The High Wizard Sura spoke with Alicia, mainly about how to study people's hearts, how to manage funds, and how to control the family business.

Locke, on the other hand, was happy to have some peace and quiet. In the Land of Six Towers, he only wanted to be a simple mentor, participate in competitions, acquire some resources, and use them as a stepping stone to apply for a teaching position. Therefore, he had no interest in getting involved in the conspiracies of the Land of Six Towers.

These matters have little to do with me, or rather, if I dared to show interest, it would probably arouse great fear from the High Wizard Sula.

Locke glanced at Grand Wizard Sula, wondering if what Grand Wizard Sula was saying to Alicia was a test of his own character.

It's best to try to maintain the image of a simple researcher.

For a seasoned old fox like him who has held power for many years, how could he allow others to spy on him from the sidelines?

It would be best to be more cautious in my future actions within the Plutarch family.

Knowing that the Plutarch family's long-time leaders had been secretly manipulating the entire family and the Six Towers, Locke now regretted that some of his previous actions had been rather rash.

In the future, I should be more careful when I go to other wizarding places.

Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake; who knows what kind of conspiracy vortex this wizarding land holds?

At this moment, the great wizard Sura glanced at Locke and was pleased to see that Locke showed no interest whatsoever in what he and Alicia were discussing, and was not even listening.

This made Grand Wizard Sula feel even more at ease with Locke.

Suddenly, the great wizard Sura smiled and looked at Locke, pointing to Locke's left hand, saying, "My dear Locke, sometimes when I see you, I feel like you're my grandson. How I long to have such an excellent grandson as you."

The great wizard Sura said, "I can find a way to remove the Death Curse spell on your left hand."

"this is for you."

The great wizard Sura took out a black scorpion ring from the astral ring worn by his clone. "Wear this ring on your right hand, and the spell of Predestined Death will be temporarily blocked. As long as you wear it for six months, the prophecy spell will be unable to lock onto you and will disappear from you permanently."

"I'll lend you this magical artifact for now. Remember to return it to me in six months," Grand Wizard Sura added. "It's not that I'm stingy, but this magical artifact needs the Scorpion Maiden bloodline of our family as its energy source. You don't have the Scorpion Maiden bloodline, so it's useless to you."

Locke took the ring, checked it briefly, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, put it on the index finger of his right hand.

The moment he put on the ring, the blue mark on the back of his left hand disappeared automatically. "Even you couldn't immediately remove this spell?"

Grand Wizard Sura said helplessly, "I can roughly guess who the dark wizard who cast this spell is. She is a wizard at the first stage of crystallization and can use ritual magic. This spell of destined death was enhanced by her ritual magic, so it is difficult to remove."

"Ritual magic is the privilege of wizards who have reached the crystallization stage. Only wizards who have truly reached the crystallization stage can use ritual magic. Even if one temporarily uses some special methods to reach the magic pressure level of a crystallized wizard, it will not work. There is a special issue involved here."

The great wizard Sura said, "The demons in this world were created by another dark wizard. I couldn't understand why that dark wizard would target this world at the same time as me, but now I think that the dark wizard who targeted me first was probably not him, but the dark wizard from the prophetic school who plotted against you."

“Those sorcerers of the prophetic school always prefer to hide in the shadows and attack from the inside, never daring to stand out directly.”

With a wave of his hand, the magical alloy door to a room in the corridor opened, revealing ten demons of varying levels imprisoned within. "This world lacks the fundamental particles of dark element, which is why many spells of the Necromancer school are affected. And that dark wizard is an old enemy of mine, with whom I share an irreconcilable hatred."

"These demons were created by him by modifying psychic magic according to the rules of this world."

"Locke, Alicia, can you two figure out his general thinking?"

Alicia shook her head slightly.

Locke glanced at the ten imprisoned demons in the laboratory and offered his conjecture: "They probably use earth element particles as death energy, and pollute a ley line with the death of a large number of lives, forcibly combining the basic earth element particles with death."

"However, the ability of earth element particles to combine with death is naturally not as strong as that of dark element particles to combine with death. So even so, the power of his necromancy was still greatly reduced."

“I killed a demon before, so I can roughly guess what kind of technology was used.”

"These demons can essentially be seen as earth elemental creatures twisted by the power of death."

Locke said, "If I'm not mistaken, the other party should be a dark wizard specializing in the psychic school of prosthetic synthesis magic."

Grand Wizard Sura turned to look at Locke with surprise. "It seems you are even more outstanding than I expected."

"You're actually right. The other party is a cybernetic master from the Spiral Basin Wizarding Grounds—the Black Wizard Academy—Neher University."

Grand Wizard Sura said, "I know my old friend's talent all too well. He once created an army of deadly monsters with just one spell and the simplest materials."

"Those demons are his creation. And as long as we kill the demons, their demonic energy—which is actually distorted ley line energy—will be transmitted through the earth back to a certain location in this plane, where an ultimate demon is being conceived."

"My old friend used a method they use to become second-circle wizards to breed ultimate demonic creatures there, wanting to compete with me for advancement speed in this world."

“However, it seems I’m one step ahead of him right now.” High Wizard Sura was lost in memories, momentarily dazed. “I know him too well.”

"He will definitely launch an attack on the City of the Holy Law Hall at any time soon. This attack is just the beginning."

Locke keenly discerned two points from the words of the great wizard Sura.

First, wizards from different schools of thought use different special resources in medium-sized worlds to advance to the second-circle wizard level.

Secondly, it seems that the great wizard Sura has a very complicated relationship with the dark wizard behind the current demon race, which seems to be more than just an enemy relationship.

If it were simply a matter of enmity, then the great wizard Sura would have gritted his teeth when mentioning that wizard, and even if he was quite shrewd, he would have remained tight-lipped about it.

But it wouldn't be a complex expression in his eyes, lamenting the unpredictability of life.

Locke pondered for a moment, then decided that these matters were none of his concern.

All I need to do is figure out how to uncover the secret of utilizing special resources in the Middle World from that old fox, Grand Wizard Sula.

Then, he used the Plutarch family's funds to add more achievements to his resume.

(End of this chapter)