Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 478 Hush Money

Locke was able to stand on the flower bridge. He glanced at the bridge, which was enormous, like an island of white flowers.

The act of creating such a large flower island in the unique magic-absorbing environment of the Bottomless Pit with a snap of the fingers seems simple, but after careful consideration, Locke realized that it seemed to exceed the scope of magic at the first level.

First, there's the range of this spell; second, there's its stability...

Even a first-ring wizard could create a similar flower island, but it wouldn't be this stable, as if it were a natural island in a vast, dark abyss.

Wizard Morrison smiled and said, "Locke, what have you noticed?"

Locke hesitated for a moment, then said, "Director Morrison, I feel that your magic is particularly stable, exceptionally stable. The power of your magic gives me the illusion that I am not facing an individual life, but a natural phenomenon."

Eberhard Morrison paused for a moment, then looked at Locke with a slightly serious expression before chuckling. "As expected of the champion, your senses are very sharp. Your intuition is correct; I think you must have sensed the characteristics of my Great Magic."

Director Morrison opened his right hand, revealing a green moon. His magic had actually materialized in this world, rather than appearing as a spell model.

This made Locke realize that the ultimate magic of a second-circle wizard is a characteristic, that is, the characteristic of a first-circle wizard is a permanent defensive force field, while the characteristic of a second-circle wizard is ultimate magic.

The ultimate magic of a second-circle wizard seems to be different from ordinary magic.

Wizard Morrison smiled as he looked at the green crescent moon in his hand. With each rotation of the green crescent moon in his hand, Locke felt the magic power within his body rising uncontrollably, then calming down, then declining, and then rising again.

The flower island beneath his feet also experienced both upright and fallen states of the flowers and plants.

Wizard Morrison said, "The tidal forces of the moon have a crucial influence on the special plant essence of plants. I was in a medium-sized world—I found that the plants in that world were not developing well because of the lack of the moon, and the number of advanced plants was scarce."

"Therefore, I created a green moon there. The plants share a wisp of my power, and my green moon provides them with precise tidal forces, allowing the plants' specific and precise plant essences to have a stable time system to refer to."

"So this green moon is me, and I am this green moon."

"A simple second-level botanical spell, [Plant Gravity], has become my ultimate magic."

"Each second-circle wizard can only possess one ultimate spell."

"Since you can sense my characteristics, you will understand these words sooner or later even if I don't tell you."

Wizard Morrison put away the Green Moon in his hand and said, "I won't go into details. You have your own teachers to teach you, so I won't go into that."

"Locke, we should get down to business."

Locke was deep in thought about what the wizard Morrison had told him; the information contained in those words was simply too much.

The key to breaking through to the second ring is that as a transcendent being, the first ring was once beyond the limits of one's own race's soul. However, as time has passed, the achievements of the transcendent being that were once made have reached their limit. The race's soul has reached its limit for the second time and can no longer go any further.

And this limit is the magic pressure of 9999.

In other words, life as an individual, whether physical or spiritual, is inherently very fragile and insignificant.

Magic pressure of 999 is the limit for an ordinary life form; it's impossible to go any further.

Many civilizations from different planes within the void are at this stage, unable to break through any further.

The wizard civilization's solution to this was a permanent defensive force field.

But this was the first time it had been surpassed. After the first surpassing, the limit of magic pressure increased from 999 to 9999. But even so, the soul strengthened by the eternal defensive force field still had its limits.

This is clearly the main reason why wizards distinguish between the first and second rings. Second-ring wizards are all those who have transcended twice.

This was the second time he had exceeded the limits of his own race's soul.

This second breakthrough is clearly related to the Great Magic. I have never been able to understand why the Great Wizard Sura needed to construct a power cycle in the world in order to break through the second circle, and why he needed a world of medium or larger scale. Now I finally have a complete understanding and the most crucial point missing in my cognitive chain has been filled.

What remains is the detailed method for condensing immense magic to break through to the second-circle wizard level.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be explained in just a few words, and this kind of knowledge can't be obtained without paying any price.

Director Morrison told him about this as a reward for listening to his advice; it was a fair exchange.

Moreover, breaking through to the second-circle wizard level requires advanced meditation techniques, which I haven't even seen yet. I wonder what the relationship is between advanced meditation techniques and ultimate magic.

It seems that a great magic can elevate a wizard's essence from an individual to a phenomenon, thus transforming their magical pressure limit from a fragile individual phenomenon into a complete collective phenomenon.

Locke suddenly realized that his Forest Sanctuary also had this tendency in its essence, meaning that the Forest Sanctuary naturally possessed the characteristics of a second ring, which explained why this magic was so powerful.

No wonder Dean Levi believed that this magic could help him advance to the second circle of wizards.

Director Morrison said to Locke, who was deep in thought, "Locke, I quite like you, and your personality."

"Many high-ring wizards have expressed their fondness for you, while others have expressed their doubts. Look, this is a small gift from the alchemist Raymond Griffin."

Director Morrison took out a mechanical box from his astral ring. The mechanical box was about the size of an adult, with the same length, width and height, and was a cube.

The surface was smooth and flawless, with only Raymond Griffin's name in the middle. He stretched out his finger and pressed the name Raymond Griffin, and the area where the name was immediately dented.

Then, the entire magic box transformed into a series of small rectangular robots, which were even smaller component robots than the Mekanis.

Locke asked, "Director, what is this?"

Director Morrison laughed and said, "This is a good thing. To be honest, I want it too. Although it is only a first-level item, it is something that cannot be bought at Yunze Market at present."

"This is a generation more advanced than the Mekani people's simulated permanent defensive force field, and it is also a magical plant prosthetic limb."

Locke asked in confusion, "Plant-based prosthetic limbs?"

Director Morrison paused for a moment, then said, "By the way, Locke, you've only lived in the Southeast Corner and the Six Towers before, right? Because you're the Cloud Ze Cup champion, I subconsciously forgot that you're so young and assumed you were a wizard who knew a lot about the Eastern Boundary."

"In a prosperous wizarding region like the Three Swamps, the technology of prosthetic limbs for magical plants would naturally exist. That is, through the methods of alchemists, prosthetic limbs are created to assist magical plants in combat, thereby enhancing the combat power of individual magical plants."

"The Land of Three Swamps has always been one of the most powerful wizarding lands for botanical wizards, so things from this area are quite popular."

"And this is the Griffin No. 1 prosthetic limb, also known as the Griffin Cube. It is currently still in the testing phase and has not yet been released to the market. As far as I know, there are only three wizards, including you, who currently possess the Griffin No. 1 prosthetic limb."

"There is only one breeder in the Three Swamps who was invited to do the test, and the other is a young first-ring alchemist from the Dragonfall Lands, who also did the test to help Griffin No. 1 prosthetic limb."

"That's how I got it."

Director Morrison chuckled, “If this prosthetic were sold on the market, I think it could fetch around 500,000 magic stones. Firstly, it’s the work of Qing Gan, a second-ring alchemist, and it’s an add-on product he’s preparing for his application for the Throne Wizard project after reaching the third ring. Secondly, this permanent defensive force field simulation prosthetic, if attached to a magical plant, will enhance the plant’s defensive capabilities. You can even use it on yourself to extend the range of your permanent defensive force field and enhance the precision of your manipulation.”

Locke suddenly realized that this must be the hush money the Yunze Cup tournament committee had given him.

(End of this chapter)