Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 413 Results of the Three Major Projects

Locke left the Elemental Pool Room and arrived at his office in the White Dragon Tower, which the Plutarch family had provided for him to oversee three major projects and participate in the Cloud Ze Cup.

Locke summoned Claudia and the old wizard Collins to his office. At this time, the old wizard Collins had already written a paper and report on the Shadoweye Grass and applied for a patent.

Meanwhile, the old wizard Collins had come to have great respect for Locke, because Locke had transformed the Eye Grass, which he had been studying for over thirty years, in just one month, making it completely different and even developing two subspecies.

That's probably what genius is all about.

Wizard Collins looked at Locke, his eyes filled with approval. "Lord Augustine, I have submitted the project completion report to the White Wizard Association and received its signature. Thank you for your help with my research. Without you, my Eye Grass would never have been able to reach the practical stage."

"And the two subspecies of eye grass that you developed have greatly enriched my eye grass species."

The wizard Collins bowed to Locke, who continued his research based on Collins's work and developed two new types of eye herbs, which would make his eye herbs even more famous.

Although such fame is of little use in the land of the Six Towers, it at least gives him an account of his life's research.

Wizard Collins laughed and said, "I have returned all the fixed assets and funds, and the team has been disbanded."

"I even put my eye grass on a small innovation award in the Six Towers Land. Although I don't think I have a chance of winning, I'm already quite satisfied." The old wizard Collins smiled at Locke and said, "Lord Locke, I'm too old to participate in the Cloud Ze Cup. My energy and knowledge can't keep up. But I can help you with the interview process and save you some energy."

Locke nodded slightly. "Okay."

In fact, Locke had already written two articles about Shadow Eye Grass and Golden Eye Grass, which were published through the White Wizard Association in the Six Towers and received two S-rank awards from the association.

Meanwhile, Locke also submitted these two types of eye herbs to two niche awards that cross the Wizarding Realm level—the [Moss Shield Medal Competition] and the [Thousand-Eyed Vine Competition], both of which are relatively niche competitions held in the Southeast Corner Region.

It was also a cross-wizard-land competition, but it was quite small in scale. It was a competition that was popular only among wizards in a few wizarding academies in a few wizarding lands. Locke only learned about these two competitions through Harun Vera's network of connections. It is estimated that even a typical first-ring wizard would have a hard time finding out about their existence.

Sometimes, just knowing that a competition exists means you've already won half the battle.

There weren't many participants in these two competitions, so Locke spent 30,000 magic stones to find someone to send two Eye Grasses back to the Southeast Corner Region to participate in the competitions.

Unfortunately, no one really recognizes the competitions in the Six Towers region anymore. Because of the existence of the Forbidden Forest, the breeding science in the Southeast Corner Region has never been weak, and the breeding science competitions there are still quite well-received by various regions.

He currently has 16 magic stones in savings.

Because he has funds for three major projects and competitions, he rarely needs to spend his own money now.

After giving Claudia some instructions, Locke met with the wizards from the project team that had helped him develop botanical magic in this office.

Only one-third of the wizards in this project team are commoner wizards; the other two-thirds are family wizards.

The work has been going on for over a month now, and while there's progress, it's been pitifully slow. Locke looked at the two Plutarch family botanical wizards before him and could only sigh; he had lowered his expectations of them again and again.

One drawback of the Six Towers region is the scarcity of talent; a rigorous process of natural selection is needed to sift out the weak.

In the Land of the Six Towers, there are far more wizards who do nothing than wizards who can actually do something.

This led to a continuous decrease in my requirements for them. Initially, I planned to make major changes to the Eye of the Grass, Photosynthesis, and Plant Mimicry to adapt to Golden Eye Grass, Shadow Eye Grass, and Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow. Later, I realized that these were not suitable, so I prepared to make medium changes, and now I have made minor changes.

Even so, the two Plutarch wizards told him that the amount of data was simply too large, and they had been working on it for a month with almost no progress.

Locke looked up at the two wizards, wishing he could imitate the great wizard Sura, cast a powerful human charm spell on them, and then remotely manipulate their memories and control their bodies, making them the subject of his research.

Locke sighed inwardly. There was no other way but to rely on himself; it seemed he could manage by piecing things together himself.

Locke revised the three blueprints on his desk. "If we can't keep up with the data, we'll increase manpower. Our research group has plenty of funding. If we still can't keep up, we'll recruit a few more first-class wizard apprentices. By the way, don't recruit family wizards, recruit commoner wizards."

"Commoner wizards can get things done."

"Is that alright? I will continue to work with you to try to develop three botanical improvement spells within six months."

Unfortunately, I had no prior experience and there was no one else here to help, so this botanical spell improvement project was a complete mess.

After the two family wizards spoke with him for a while, made their presence known, and promised to do their best to complete the task, Locke felt more at ease about what was to come.

Since the next two magical plant cultivation projects were his strengths, Locke listened to their reports. First, the seven magical plants involved in the Holy Spring Dew potion had all been created with Locke's help using the Synthesis Cube. They were Emerald Iris Lichen, Azure Lichen, Moonlight Lichen, Sunlight Lichen, Crimson Lichen, and Starlight Lichen.

Among these, the Emerald Iris Lichen is the most unique, possessing active adaptive magic resistance.

However, the other six apprentice-level lichens have also undergone some improvements.

This project is almost ready to conclude here.

Meanwhile, at another Louis Mine Research Institute, the Gemstone Magic Plant, which Locke accelerated by using the Synthesis Cube, combined with his own finite element cultivation technology and the institute's excellent research capabilities, was almost complete.

On Locke's table was a diamond-shaped succulent that appeared to be transparent. However, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was just a succulent composed of white diamond-shaped leaves. It had a gelatinous texture and contained vacuoles inside.

Its tiny succulents resemble many small leaves stacked together, making them very beautiful.

The middle-aged wizard Takla proudly declared to Locke, "Director, thanks to our efforts, this tiny thing can unleash tremendous energy, making it extremely useful for both surprise attacks and strategic reserves. I can hardly believe that our research institute could produce something like this. Of course, this is all thanks to you."

(End of this chapter)