Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 407 Yunze Cup Tournament

At noon, Locke arrived at the library of the White Dragon Tower. Unlike his first time entering the Plutarch family, where no one paid any attention to him.

At this moment, his status in the Plutarch family was that of Alicia's favorite, so many students, and even the official wizard instructors of the White Dragon Magic Gem University, nodded and greeted him.

The library in the Land of Six Towers does not use a points system, meaning it does not require contribution points; instead, it is subject to authority restrictions.

Students or wizards of higher status have greater authority, while those of lower status have only the lowest authority.

Permission levels, from highest to lowest, are level one to level seven.

Locke even saw an ordinary, officially recognized wizard sitting discreetly in a corner of the library. He seemed to be of commoner origin, not a wizard from the Plutarch family or its affiliated families. He had become an officially recognized wizard entirely through talent and some luck, which is why he only had a level 4 privilege.

This meant that he could hardly access any valuable books, and could only sit idly in a corner with three apprentice-level documents in front of him, sitting alone at a desk.

Locke glanced at the badge on his chest and discovered that the guy was just a teaching assistant.

As Locke scanned the area, he absurdly discovered that some of the wizard instructors at the White Dragon Magic Gem University were actually only first-class wizard apprentices.

This is simply absurd and ridiculous.

It can be said to be a rare spectacle within the wizarding civilization.

A first-ring wizard serves as an assistant instructor, while a first-class wizard apprentice becomes a formal wizard mentor, simply because one is a commoner wizard and the other is a family wizard from the direct line of Plutarch.

A wizard from the Plutarch family, who is a distant relative of Alicia by blood, wears a badge on his chest representing his position as a wizarding instructor at the White Dragon Magic Gem University, where he is also the director of the library.

The librarian of the White Dragon Library bowed to Locke. He regarded Locke as Alicia's favorite and had even heard about Locke's clashes with Lord Eric, resulting in Lord Eric suffering losses several times.

This further solidified the librarian's opinion of Locke, and he flattered Locke, saying, "Lord Augustine, um? This is... hahaha, you possess the White Dragon Ring, and even the Scorpion Woman Ring of our Plutarch family, which means you are the most honored guest of our Plutarch family."

"You have level two access, which means you can access all books and documents except for those core Plutarch secrets."

What book would you like to view?

How can I help you?

Locke nodded and said, "Director, I need some information about the Yunze Cup tournament."

The library director looked confused, clearly having never heard of the Yunze Cup before.

But the Yunze Cup is definitely not some secret knowledge known to very few people.

The other party was unaware of this for one reason only: they were different from the dwarven scholars in Lilith's Hut. Those dwarven scholars dedicated their lives to reading books, while the heads of these libraries in the Six Towers were all incompetent family wizards whose knowledge reserves were extremely limited.

It's already not easy to do your job well.

The librarian immediately smiled and bowed to Locke before walking away. Then, with a dark expression, he began shouting at some commoner wizard apprentices working in the library.

"Go and search for literature related to the Yunze Cup immediately. Do you know what the Yunze Cup is? It's such a profound thing, I'm sure you don't know. So let's take our time to find it!"

"This is exactly what Lord Augustine wanted!"

The librarian completely ignored the fact that the family wizard apprentices working in the library were not because they had any great backgrounds, but were just students from some lower-ranking families of the Plutarch family.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be working in a place like a library. But the problem is, they really don't have much ability; if you asked them to find information, Augustine would probably have to wait all day.

Inside this library, the people who can work are mostly wizards from commoner backgrounds.

Ten minutes later, a bespectacled first-class wizard apprentice, somewhat nervously carrying a stack of documents, brought them to the librarian. "Director, these are all the Cloud Cup documents in the entire library."

The library director was skeptical. "So fast? You found it in ten minutes? Who are you trying to fool?"

"This is Lord Augustine, someone I can't afford to offend," the director said in a low voice.

The first-class wizard apprentice said guiltily, "A week ago, I organized all the commonly used materials, including the Yunze Cup. So, I just brought over all the materials related to the Yunze Cup."

The first-class wizard apprentice looked at the director with hope, "Director, look at this year's library's rising star in general studies. I certainly wouldn't dare to have any designs on him, but could you give me a spot for outstanding library staff?"

"I want to accelerate the growth of my magical power. Master, I'm almost forty years old. If I can't become a formal wizard before forty..."

He looked up, but to his surprise, despite his great contribution, the library director's face was as cold as ice.

The library director gave him a cold glance. "I know. What's yours will definitely be yours. You're the most capable person in the entire library, and I've seen that for myself."

A glimmer of hope appeared on the face of this first-class wizard apprentice. Could it be that he really had a chance to obtain a spot this time and thus acquire the corresponding magical resources?

The moment the librarian turned around, his expression turned extremely gloomy. "What are these commoner wizards thinking? They're practically insane with their desire to get ahead. They actually asked me for a few resources, thinking that hard work will bring rewards. Are they crazy? They're so restless."

"If it weren't for Grand Wizard Sula, the Wizard Academy shouldn't have allowed commoner wizards to enter. Only children of wizard nobles should have been allowed to study there."

"You dare to mock me? The Yunze Cup is a common thing. Hmph, it was proposed by Lord Augustine from the outside world. How could it be common?"

When the librarian approached Locke, he once again wore a fawning smile. In his eyes, Locke was a renowned potion master from the outside world, a distinguished guest of the Plutarch family, and was carrying two magical artifacts of great significance to the Plutarch family. His status and respect might even surpass that of Lord Eric.

Therefore, when the library director served Locke, he was extremely courteous and considerate, making him feel very comfortable.

Locke glanced at the director and shook his head slightly. As expected of the Land of Six Towers, it was so magical that it couldn't be more magical.

Locke, however, focused his attention on the Yunze Cup tournament. He quickly flipped through the documents and learned that there was a Yun Abyss next to the Yunze Wetland, which was bottomless and went straight underground. Because the Yun Abyss was bottomless and had an extremely large diameter, and because of some special magical air currents and celestial phenomena, a suspended lake was formed at the top of the Yun Abyss. Therefore, the Yun Abyss was also known as Yun Lake.

Locke looked at the topographical map of Cloud Lake in the book, and no matter how he looked at it, for some reason, he felt that Cloud Lake looked like the shape of an eye.

Below Yunhu Lake is a bottomless pit. Many creatures live in the cracks in the pit's walls. It is a natural sanctuary, but also a dumping ground for the failed experiments of Yunze Wetland.

Among them is a group of cyborgs called the "Mecanians," who escaped from the psychic school's cyborg synthesis laboratory in the last thirty years. They are growing stronger there and disrupting part of the White Wizards' economy.

Locke quickly flipped through the documents. "The Mekanis are the purpose of the Yunze Cup. This experimental life form is the product of a high-level project that went out of control at a university in Yunze Lake. It is a metallic life form created by alchemists and cybernetic mechanics among black wizards, and it is equipped with a large number of mechanical weapons from the mechanical magic sub-direction of the alchemical school."

"The Yunze Cup has two main purposes: first, to prevent this experiment from going out of control."

"Secondly, eliminating this out-of-control experiment will definitely require a large amount of funds, because it involves a second-circle wizard experiment that went out of control, so the Mekanis are very powerful. Therefore, the Yunze Cup will be used to fund the war effort and utilize the Mekanis to select talented breeders from the Eastern Boundary."

"Using magical plants to fight against cyborgs who are mechanically alchemists."

(End of this chapter)