Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 477 We can't catch up, stop chasing!

Above Cloud Lake, Edgar the Wizard's treant avatar and his main body plunged into the lake without any hesitation. However, the area below Cloud Lake was vast and dark, so he immediately lost his way after entering the bottomless pit beneath the lake.

The wizard Edgar manipulated three ancient war trees through his natural avatars, commanding them to deploy war domains and create special phase spaces to capture hostile forces.

The wizard Edgar stared at the endless darkness around him, his face grim. "Damn it, I was just a step too late. I missed the Iron Fortress. If Locke Augustine had taken it first, I would have been left as runner-up."

Edgar the Wizard's expression changed several times. He was the center of attention on the Sunshadow Peninsula. He had never failed in anything he did, and he was certain that he could succeed in whatever he set his mind to.

No matter what competition he participated in, he always came in first place.

"This area of ​​Yunze Wetlands is really strange." The wizard Edgar manipulated the Tree of Life Treant and was surprised to find that even the Tree of Life could not maintain a balance between the replenishment and consumption of its magic power in this area.

Moreover, the war zone, which was originally capable of detecting the enemy's malice, has had its sensing range reduced to at least one-tenth in this region, which has led to the wizard Edgar not being very confident in finding the Mekanis's headquarters.

“Going back and clearing out those Mekani people on the ground will not help me at all.”

Wizard Edgar pondered, "The difference in scores between me and Locke should be small. The key to victory lies in who among us can find the Iron Fortress."

"In fact, my score should be lower than Locke's."

"He broke through that simulated permanent defensive force field."

Wizard Edgar said, "We can only search little by little, hoping to find it here. In the end, the environment of the Cloud Marsh Wetland is too strange, and this Cloud Lake in the Three Marshes Land is too peculiar. There is actually a bottomless pit under a lake."

Wizard Edgar looked down and saw a bottomless pit below, like the mouth of darkness. He had heard that there were thousands of projects every year in Yunze Wetland to explore the depth of the bottomless pit, with countless funds involved. There were even special competitions to explore the maximum depth of the bottomless pit, but so far, it seemed that no one had ever figured out the maximum depth of the bottomless pit.

This bottomless pit is full of mysteries.

In comparison, the celestial canopy over their Sun Shadow Peninsula has been studied quite thoroughly. It is a special celestial phenomenon created by the ancient wizards of the Shaping School's Shadow Magic Sub-direction and the Conjuration School's Shadow Manipulation Magic Sub-direction, which causes the Sun Shadow Peninsula to be shrouded in shadow almost all year round, turning it into a shadowy land of the world.

Edgar the Wizard sensed a life approaching in his war domain. He looked up and saw Diana the Witch, skating swiftly on the ice, surrounded by the sweet fragrance of osmanthus blossoms.

Just by breathing in the fragrance of osmanthus, the wizard Edgar felt as if every cell in his body was about to be frozen.

The sweet fragrance of osmanthus is 'poisonous'.

Diana the Witch, wielding two laurel wreaths, approached Edgar and said, "Edgar, do you see the Locke and Mecanian fortress?"

Wizard Edgar nodded slightly. "It seems I've spotted it; I'll find it soon."

"It's just a matter of time."

Diana the Witch frowned. "Seems like? Soon? Oh, it seems you didn't see it. Otherwise, given your personality, you would never speak like that."

Diana the Witch looked around. "Is this the bottomless pit of Cloud Lake? We can't go any deeper into the bottomless pit. I've heard that there are special cavitation bubbles inside the bottomless pit formed by gravity. It's a special phenomenon caused by the difference in gravity. Moving around here is extremely dangerous."

"It's just a matter of probability if something goes wrong," Wizard Edgar said indifferently. "As wizards, our job is to explore dangerous places. Alright, we're still in the competition. Let's split up and search. Whether we can find Locke and the Mekanis depends on our own methods."

……

On the other side, inside the bottomless pit.
Locke caught up with the enemy and reached the top of the Iron Fortress, only to find that the Mekanis had suddenly stopped attacking him. Locke was puzzled, but still chose to observe cautiously.

"Strange, why have the Mekanis stopped attacking?"

Locke saw that countless standard square component sub-robots inside the steel fortress began to gather together, piling up like sand into a sea, transforming into a massive Gundam. Locke frowned, and sea gold sand appeared in his hand.

The sea gold sand transformed into a spiral spear, and with the power of the two bloodlines enhanced, its power became even greater. Locke was about to recite the incantation for the Golden Fern Spear.

But at that moment, a special spellcasting teleportation rune suddenly appeared in a corner of the Iron Fortress. Immediately afterward, a spellcasting spatial magic particle descended from the direction of the spellcasting school, and an old wizard wearing a dark blue wizard's robe with sun and moon patterns appeared in the magic circle.

"Wait a moment, Augustine the breeder, please wait a moment."

The old man wore a kind smile, and several dazzling badges on his chest. One badge represented that he was a second-circle wizard, another badge represented his highest achievement in breeding science, which was a gold badge of honor for developing a second-circle plant that Locke had never seen before, and the third badge represented that he had won the title of young cadre wizard.

"Youth Cadre" is a second-level title, which is both an honor and represents a certain allocation of funds.

Locke immediately bowed to the second-circle wizard. "Second-circle wizard, may I ask what brings you here...?"

The old second-ring wizard smiled gently. "I am the director of the Cloud Cup tournament committee office in Bonifacius. You can call me Wizard Eberhard Morrison."

Locke greeted him politely, "Director Morrison, hello."

A satisfied smile appeared on Wizard Morrison's face. No one would mind that the young man was somewhat polite. "Locke, stop fighting. You've already won the championship; most of the judges gave you the highest scores."

"And the Mekanis' fortress... we can't catch up with them. There's nothing we can do. The Mekanis are too fast, and with the natural barrier of Cloud Lake protecting them, even a talented young wizard like you could easily let them escape if you're not careful."

Locke blinked and immediately understood what the other person meant. At the same time, he noticed that there were no more True Sight Crystals around.

At that time, the entire fortress was moving at full speed towards the depths of the bottomless pit, while Locke, having lost his foothold, could only use the Great Blue Leaf Dragon Sparrow to fly in mid-air so that he would not fall into the bottomless pit.

Locke feigned regret. "Indeed, my magic power has reached its limit, and I really can't catch up."

Morrison, the second-circle wizard, glanced at Locke and smiled with satisfaction, while inwardly letting out a sigh of relief. If Locke had been stubborn, then he... really wouldn't have had a chance.

Ultimately, Locke wasn't in conflict with him; he was still a participant. Even if Locke was determined to catch up with the Mekanian fortress, he would still find it difficult.

Fortunately, this young first-ring wizard was quite clever.

Wizard Morrison was somewhat grateful to Locke. He flicked his hand, and a stream of magic landed at Locke's feet. In just a moment, a flower bridge appeared out of thin air beneath Locke's feet.

(End of this chapter)