Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 469 The Shocked Third-Ring Wizards
After observing, the third-ring wizard of the Rose Council suddenly said, "The Laurel Tree People cultivated by that little girl Diana seem to have the characteristics of the second ring. The fragrance of its laurel blossoms can naturally gather the surrounding magical energy to form ice magic."

"This little girl has a deep understanding of the special ultimate magic in the second-circle magic, but what's even more terrifying is that she can actually integrate this understanding into the magical plants she cultivates."

"Diana, you should be very close to becoming a second-circle wizard."

A third-circle wizard from the Rose Council remarked, "Our academy, the House of True Knowledge, is also very interested in this witch. Even if that Laurel Tree Person cannot compare to Edgar's Tree of Life, it is still extremely outstanding."

All 130 wizards present nodded involuntarily. The Tree of Life was an ancient and powerful tree being, so although the Laurel Tree Being was excellent, it was still no match for the Tree of Life.

Even so, the competition is not about rankings, but about skill level.

The witch Diana has proven her ability to create a powerful new species of tree-people from scratch, demonstrating her capabilities to the major wizarding powers. Naturally, many wizarding academies and the Institute of True Knowledge will take notice of her.

The third-circle wizard of the Rose Council glanced at the Mushroom King of Yennefer, the third witch of the Spiral Basin. He saw that the Sureas Legion was driven by eight mages, who were controlling a huge mushroom. As the giant mushroom moved slowly forward, it released mushroom offshoots to attack the steel bodies of the Mekanis.

The mycelium clashed with the Mekanian cannons and surprisingly held its own.

“Not bad either.” The third-ring wizard of the Rose Council nodded in satisfaction. “The quality of the participants this time is indeed quite high.”

"Then let's see what kind of wizard team from the Six Towers Land that you have your eye on, Sir John. I'm really curious to see what they can come up with from the Six Towers Land... hmm?"

John the Wizard frowned in displeasure, about to say that the other party was just a young man he had a connection with and he didn't think much of him. But then, the screen on the dome of the theater showed images of the No. 3 Sureas Legion.

Furthermore, at this moment, the True Sight Crystal Ball focused most of its image on the No. 3 Suryas Legion.

The crystal in the Yunze Cup will focus the image on certain legions based on different performances.

After all, this is a commercial competition, so aesthetics naturally need to be taken into account.

If your army is getting badly beaten by the Mekanis in the scene, you can just cut to a few shots of that; there's no need to show the audience that stuff.

However, if your legion performs well, the opposite will happen. True Sight Crystal will allocate most of its filming resources to your legion, both for aesthetic reasons and because most wizards who choose to pay to watch are only interested in those magical plants that perform well.

At this moment, True Sight Crystal concentrated 80% of its filming resources on Legion 3, commanded by Locke. This indicates that the system behind True Sight Crystal judged that Locke Augustine's work from the Land of Six Towers was performing better in battle.

This attracted the attention of five third-ring wizards, as well as the remaining one hundred and twenty-five wizards.

Generally speaking, True Vision Crystal will only allocate more than 80% of its filming resources to a single contestant when it has an absolute advantage. However, the contestants this time are the Living Ancient Tree and the Laurel Tree, two extraordinary works.

The third-place Mushroom King is also a very well-made work.

Even so, the system behind True Sight Crystal still allocated most of the filming resources to the team led by a single player.

The third-ring wizard of the Rose Council paused for a moment, then turned to look at Wizard John and said, "This system is the work of your Rootcrown Court. What did you do, Wizard John?"

John the Wizard frowned. "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I possibly tamper with a competition like the Yunze Cup? That young man isn't even a relative of mine."

"Neither is the offspring of my student."

"The Yunze Cup involves sports betting on various events in the Yunze Wetland. The economic scale is huge and the interests behind it are very far-reaching. Even a third-ring wizard wouldn't dare to do anything dirty in this kind of competition."

"Do you think I want to harvest the magic stones from those who bet on the Yunze Cup?"

The third-ring wizard of the Rose Council was taken aback. "That makes sense."

"The betting outside the competition is also quite interesting. I've already staked some of my magic stones on Edgar and Diana the Witch, so that no matter who wins, I'll make money."

John the Wizard glanced at him. "Boring." The third-ring wizard of the Rose Council's gaze sharpened. "This is..."

The five third-ring wizards immediately focused their attention on the dome screen.

The eight mages of the Third Sureas Legion each had eight layers of botanical magic shields on their bodies. As a result, the missiles from the Mekanis hit them as if they were just tickling them, and they didn't need to dodge at all.

These eight Sureias magicians were all wrapped in rusty, iron-like magical vines, and connected by countless iron chains, forming a style that differed from the beautiful aesthetics commonly found in the Yunze Wetlands.

However, this ingenious composition, which brings a unique aesthetic impact, is what the wizards of Yunze Wetland find appealing.

However, at this moment he couldn't care less about aesthetics.

The third-ring wizard of the Rose Council suddenly stood up. "Eight permanent defensive fields on each person? Are you kidding me?"

"Is that kid serious? With the research resources of the Six Towers, he can actually make something like this? He can actually turn the outlandish ideas in the project proposal into reality."

The Rose Council's third-ring wizards' expressions changed drastically. "This absolutely cannot be a project from the Six Towers Land, absolutely impossible!"

John the Wizard glanced at him, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Whether it's possible or not, it's all laid bare before you. It seems the outcome of our bet is decided."

The third-circle wizard of the Rose Council turned around and said, "No? When did we make a bet? When I criticized that young man, didn't you refute me and tacitly agree that I was partially right?"

After all, he was a third-ring wizard. Such competitions were extremely important to first-ring wizards, but to them they were just child's play. The criticism of Locke in the eyes of the third-ring wizards of the Rose Council turned into appreciation. "It really opened my eyes. It's amazing that you can make something like this with the resources of the Six Towers Land."

"Wouldn't he be even more amazing if he joined our True Knowledge Academy? I really want him too."

John the Wizard sneered and retorted, "You want everything."

"According to the rules, each True Knowledge Academy can only recruit one person from the top three. Diana, Locke, and Edgar, you can only choose one of these three."

"You should still pick Diana and Edgar, whom you've already bet on. Didn't you put a magic stone on them, betting they could win the championship?!"

The third-ring wizard of the Rose Council shrugged and said, "Life is always full of surprises."

Dean Richie sat up straight, stroking his chin with his fingers as he pondered, "If a permanent defensive field can be stacked, what kind of magic would be needed to break it? Eight defensive spells stacked together?"

Is there really magic that can blast open the first ring?

These words caused the 130 wizards present to fall into deep thought.

Dean Richie pointed out a fundamental difference between the magical plants cultivated by Locke and those cultivated by the wizards Edgar and Diana.

That's practicality!
The Tree of Life is excellent, with extremely powerful regenerative abilities. Every attack from the Laurel Treant has a great magical prototype, making it extremely powerful.

However, neither of these two magical plants—one tracing back to ancient tree people and the other creating powerful modern tree people—is good enough to make all botanical wizards choose them without hesitation.

But the Hydra plant that Locke cultivated was different.

It has the potential to revolutionize a phase of the tactical plant history in the Wizarding World.

Dean Rich glanced at everyone, but didn't voice his thoughts. "This young man is really good at securing projects. I investigated his background before; it was very ordinary. Yet, he managed to create something like this by securing and implementing projects on his own."

“We at Bonifacius University can’t miss out on such a talent who is good at attracting projects. We can even let him join my Bonifacius University directly without him having to enter the True Knowledge Academy. We can immediately give him a chair mage position.”

(End of this chapter)