Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 437 The Astonished Great Wizard Sura
In the six-tower land, the White Dragon Tower, on the 10km level, in the research group meeting room of Locke and others, Montgomery and the others had long guessed that they could pass the preliminary rounds of the main competition, but at this moment they were still excited and cheered.

All the hard work has finally paid off.

Besides the four officially certified wizards who were overjoyed, even the students in the research group could feel the joy of passing the preliminary rounds.

Locke also received fifty magic crystal cards from the tournament committee office. Over the past month, Locke had spent thirty magic crystal cards, leaving him with only seventy. And this was based on his frugal approach to conducting experiments.

The fifty magic crystal cards, which amount to 500,000 magic stones, sent by the tournament committee office have undoubtedly been a great help.

Moreover, by passing the first round of the preliminary rounds, he could request additional investment from the Plutarch family.

Locke told his students, "Our research group has passed the preliminary rounds. I think those who thought we were just trying to make money will eventually realize how foolish and ignorant they were."

“I will request the Plutarch family to upgrade your accommodations, moving you from the low-level apprentice quarters at 5km to the high-level apprentice quarters at 15km.”

The forty-five students present were stunned for a moment, then burst into cheers.

The higher the White Dragon Tower, the higher its magical tide concentration. The height at which one lives in the White Dragon Tower represents different social statuses and the resources one can enjoy.

Since they joined Locke's research group, many of them have been forced to move down from the student dormitories at an altitude of 10km to the cramped and cramped lower-grade dormitory area, and the quality of food has been declining. But fortunately, all of this will change today.

Locke will improve the quality of their housing and food.

Locke said, "In that case, the Plutarch family should have no reason to object."

"In addition, we can increase the training subsidies that the Plutarch family provides to our research group's students... For example, instead of giving a second-class wizard apprentice one Moon Dew Gel each month, we can give five; instead of giving a first-class wizard apprentice one Arcane Power Potion each month, we can give three."

Moon Dew Gel is a simple potion used in the Six Towers Lands to enhance the speed of an apprentice's magical power, similar to the Concentration Ointment of the White Wizard Society in the Southeast Corner Region.

Arcane Power Potions, in the Land of Six Towers, have similar effects to the Bloodstained Dragon's Nest Potions and Star Tears Potions from Lilith's Hut in the Southeast Corner Region.

These are all benefits distributed to apprentices by the Six Towers, but not only are they inferior in quality to the potions from the Southeast Corner Region, they are also inferior in quantity.

Lilith's Hut distributes five bottles of Concentration Ointment per month, and three bottles of Bloodstained Dragon Sunflower Potion and Star Tear Potion per month combined.

As a result, there was only one bottle of each item here.

Actually, it wasn't that they gave out too few. As far as Locke knew, it was just that some people pocketed all of these potions. The academy would give out five bottles, but the apprentices would only get one, and the remaining four bottles would all go to certain people.

Now that his research group had passed the preliminary rounds and achieved success, Locke believed it was only right to concentrate resources on his research group, and the resources for his students should not be withheld by certain individuals.

Barbara the Witch and the others nodded repeatedly. All three were victims of corruption in the Land of Six Towers, so when they heard that Locke was going to uphold justice for the students, they naturally sympathized with him and respected him even more.

After a moment of stunned silence, the students erupted in cheers again, expressing their gratitude to Locke.

Montgomery smiled and said to the students, "Since the benefits have been improved, you should all work harder. Although everyone is happy today, we need to work even harder now that we've entered the finals, so there's no holiday today; we'll continue with the experiments."

"We need to try to produce the finished product as soon as possible."

The students were all full of energy at the moment, and none of them refused.

Montgomery said to Locke, "We've produced five Chain Vine subspecies over the past week, but I know that's still not enough."

"Including the other first-ring level magical plant subspecies you created this week, we now have seven chain vine subspecies, five apprentice level, and you personally created two first-ring level subspecies."

Montgomery said, "I think we should speed things up. I've been trying to optimize our approach to see how we can accelerate the cultivation of subspecies." "I want to cultivate subspecies by grafting fast-growing magical plants [Fast-Growing Vines]. Also, Boss Locke, could you apply to the Plutarch family for permission to use the Elemental Pool? With this unique tool of the Six Towers, we can definitely accelerate the catalysis of magical plants and increase our cultivation speed."

Locke nodded: "Okay, I'll give it a try."

Tacitus said, "I plan to optimize our speed by adjusting the division of labor among the students."

Barbara the Witch spread her hands. "Hmm... I'm thinking about how to optimize it. Unlike you two, whose minds are so quick, I haven't thought of any optimization methods yet."

Everyone was amused by Barbara the Witch's words.

The atmosphere within their research group gradually improved, conflicts began to disappear, and everyone became friends instead.

Even Tacitus and Barbara the witch, who were usually at odds, have become close at this moment.

As Alicia said, sometimes doing nothing is the right thing to do. Trusting the team's self-correcting ability might also be a good choice.

Of course, this only applies to two management newcomers.

For management newcomers, trying to manage things might only make things more chaotic. It's better not to make unnecessary changes, and the conflicts will usually disappear on their own.

……

Land of Six Towers, Mage Plane, City of the Holy Mage.

The Mage plane has two suns. At this time, the High Wizard Sura turned all the people in the City of the Holy Hall of Magic into puppets, and then spoke with Alicia.

He was surprised to learn from Alicia that Locke's team had actually passed the Yunze Cup qualifiers.

Grand Wizard Sura's face immediately showed surprise; even someone as shrewd and calculating as him was somewhat taken aback. "It passed?"

Grand Wizard Sura knew his own limitations; he hadn't expected Locke to participate in the Cloud Ze Cup at all, merely offering empty promises to win people over. "He actually made it through the preliminaries, and ranked sixth!"

"He's using wizards from the Land of Six Towers?"

Alicia asked doubtfully, "Grandfather, why do you seem to lack confidence in the wizards of my Six Towers Land? He only uses commoner wizards from the Six Towers Land."

The great wizard Sura remained silent for a long while, then said three times in succession, "Good, good, good."

High Wizard Sura whispered, "I was originally thinking about how to quickly increase your prestige. I was hoping to secretly guide you and teach you how to balance the interests of all parties and win over your confidants. As long as you spend about ten years, you will eventually be able to establish a certain level of prestige."

“But unexpectedly, there is an even simpler way right in front of you. Alicia, your choice to support this wizard is excellent. I think you are a good person to be the head of the family.”

Alicia hesitated for a moment. "Grandfather, Locke and I are just friends. And I didn't choose him; he saved me. At first, I wanted to thank him, but later I discovered that we had a lot in common in potions and could learn from each other."

High Wizard Sula waved his hand and said, "That's alright. What you're saying are just minor details. Now that he's won, I'll invest more in him and try to get him a good result in the finals. Even just being among the top would be good. If he can get third place... that would greatly enhance your prestige and be very helpful."

Grand Wizard Sula said, "I really underestimated him before. He was able to win the preliminary rounds using the commoner wizards from my Six Towers Land. His ability is astonishing."

"That group of commoner wizards is leaderless. Although there are indeed some talented people among them, they are used to fighting alone and find it difficult to work together. Their abilities are naturally extremely limited."

High Wizard Sura said, "It seems I must raise my opinion of your friend once again; he can no longer be someone to be sacrificed at will."

(End of this chapter)