Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 488 The Battle Among Major Wizarding Organizations

"Hello, Augustine Breeder. I am Tux Wizard, a wizard mentor from the Cloud Marsh Wetland Wizarding Organization and Arrow Stream Harbor, and also a marine wizard." Tux Wizard's eyes lit up when he saw Locke walk out of the forward town of Kalimra and lead his research team to the wizard airship. He took the opportunity to come forward and talk to him.

Locke glanced at the Tux wizard in front of him and found that the other party was a wizard at the first stage of crystallization, with some students following behind him.

When the wizard Tux saw Locke looking at him, he immediately produced a contract. "Breeder Augustine, I also watched the Yunze Cup competition, and your performance was outstanding."

"This is an invitation to teach at Arrowstream Harbor. Arrowstream Harbor is a large wizarding organization in Cloudswamp Wetlands, with thousands of students and many first-ring wizards. We would like to invite you to become a chair mage at Arrowstream Harbor and promise to provide you with free accommodation in the wizarding community near Arrowstream Harbor, as well as a first-ring magical creature, the [Flame Spirit Bright Horse] carriage, for your travel."

Wizard Tucker smiled. "Besides providing you with a car and a house, we can also offer you the opportunity to enter a wizarding secret realm once every two years in the near future—a first-level wizarding secret realm."

"In addition, our academy will guarantee that you will become a wizard mentor and obtain the position of wizard mentor within five years."

The Tux wizard of Arrowstream Harbor kept making promises to Locke and handing him a contract. "Augustin Breeder, if you join our Arrowstream Harbor, you'll even have a whole set of specialized talent and newcomer mentor training programs to choose from."

"Choosing our Arrow Stream Harbor is definitely a worthwhile investment."

"Our Arrowstream Harbor is a wizarding organization primarily focused on the marine magic subcategory of the Life School. We are all from the same Life School, so Arrowstream Harbor also has a Breeder Academy."

Wizard Tucker handed Locke the magic quill and the contract drawn up by the contractor. "Augustin Breeder, if you're willing, you can sign the contract now. You can check the relevant benefits and entitlements on the contract. I can guarantee that Arrowstream Harbor can provide all of these benefits!"

Locke hesitated for a moment; he didn't intend to sign it right away, as such matters required careful consideration.

After the Yunze Cup, I will receive more and more offers for teaching positions.

At that time, Diana the Witch, along with her research team, was also heading to the wizard airship docking point. She saw the Tux Wizard, and Tux Wizard's light blue wizard robes, with three simplified Gulfstream patterns on the chest of the robes. She suddenly said, "Arrowstream Bay Harbor? Isn't that a small to medium-sized wizarding organization in Cloudswamp Wetlands? It only recently became a small to medium-sized organization. Although it has a large number of students, they basically all pay magic stones to attend school. It's hard to say how much profit it can bring to the wizarding organization."

“The number of truly important first-class and second-class wizarding apprentices is very small. There are not many people who can do the work, but there are many who want to enjoy the resources.”

Diana the witch glanced at the embarrassed wizard Tux, then said to Locke, "What Arrowstream Harbor can promise is all within your grasp, Locke. Although we can provide you with a house in Cloudswamp Wetlands, a house in the wizarding community there is extremely expensive. So it's just for your use. If you want to leave Arrowstream Harbor, we will force you to leave that house."

"And the same goes for that carriage. The [Flame Spirit Bright Horse] carriage is extremely valuable. How many carriages does your Arrow Stream Harbor have? If a group of wizards share one, it's as if you don't have any."

"The queues alone take a very long time."

Diana the Witch looked at Locke and said, "Also, never believe the promises these small wizarding organizations make about becoming a wizarding mentor within a few years. Legitimate wizarding mentor positions require registration with the White Wizarding Association."

“Each position is a specific role, and teaching positions correspond to social status and resource allocation. Even if you leave Arrowstream Harbor, your status as a wizarding mentor will be recognized by other wizarding organizations under the White Wizarding Association.”

“Small wizarding organizations like this don’t have that many teaching positions to allocate to you. So the wizarding mentors they talk about are just people who enjoy all or part of the same treatment as wizarding mentors within their academy, and who are called mentors by their students.”

The witch Diana said, "Actually, none of this is of any use. That's not a proper teaching position. You're just a lecturer mage who enjoys high treatment."

"It won't be of any help to your application for specific funding resources from the White Wizard Association."

Tariq the wizard looked at Diana the witch with some embarrassment, bowed to her, and then said with a wry smile, "Diana the witch, why do you have to be so harsh? How can small and medium-sized wizarding organizations like ours survive if you do this?"

Unlike before, when he spoke to Locke with great enthusiasm, Wizard Taric regained his composure and said to Locke, "But our junior wizarding organization also has its advantages. First of all, although we are a junior wizarding organization, we still belong to the wizarding organization of Cloud Marsh Wetlands."

“We have joint training policies with some of the larger wizarding organizations.”

"As the champion of the Yunze Cup, you will enjoy all the preferential policies of our Arrow Stream Harbor. Therefore, what I promised you before may not all be false promises or exaggerated statements as Diana the Witch said."

The wizard Taric gave a wry smile. "A talent as outstanding as Augustine the Breeder would be given special attention and training anywhere."

Diana the Witch coldly said to Tariq the Wizard, "You Arrow Stream Harbor really have big appetites, daring to invite even the champion of the Cloud Ze Cup. Don't you know your own worth?"

"Your university only has one second-circle wizard."

"She's a second-circle wizard specializing in marine magic within the Life School. Even so, you still dare to extend an invitation to the champion of the Yunze Cup. Even if you do manage to invite her, I doubt you'll be able to handle it."

Diana the Witch shook her head slightly, indicating her skepticism. She looked at Locke, nodded slightly, and then said to him, "Now that you're the champion of the Cloud Ze Cup, you're highly sought after. You need to be even more careful to learn how to discern the level of those wizarding organizations."

"Right now, you would only be worthy of an invitation from the top universities and advanced academies of knowledge in Yunze Wetland."

"After all, you are the champion, a champion who beat me once!"

"I'll take my research group back to the Moon Temple first."

Diana the Witch is a wizard of the Temple of Moonlight. After becoming a full-fledged wizard, she stayed at the school. The Temple of Moonlight is a wizarding organization with many third-ring wizards and is considered one of the top schools in Cloud Marsh Wetlands.

Locke nodded to her, and the witch Diana led her people to the boarding gate of a wizard airship.

After Diana the Witch left, Locke nodded slightly to the Wizard of Tux and, out of politeness, took the contract and an invitation letter from him. "I will consider it carefully, Wizard of Tux."

“Arrowstream Harbor is also a good wizarding organization, but I want to think about it for a while longer.”

Wizard Tux's face was saved, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. "Of course, you are the champion of the Cloud Ze Cup and have the right to choose from various wizarding organizations."

Wizard Tucker thought for a moment and said, "Breeder Augustine, you'd better not go any further. There are two wizard mentors from the Night Dew Gathering and the Thousand-Faced Water Serpent who want to invite you, but if I may be frank..."

Wizard Tucker said in a low voice, "Those two wizarding organizations are even more... shady than our Arrowstream Harbor. The things they promise are even more outrageous, like promising you a teaching position as a senior wizarding instructor within five years."

"Just as Diana the Witch said, there is no way this promise can be fulfilled."

“Augustin Breeder, your current location information is being secretly sold by middlemen. A single copy of your travel information could be worth a thousand magic stones.”

Locke's brow furrowed. "Am I that valuable?"

Wizard Tucker gave a wry smile. "You're joking. You're the champion of the Cloud Ze Cup."

"Moreover, you also have projects like Hydra in your hands. Countless wizarding organizations are eyeing you. The champion means resources that can be leveraged, and Hydra means tangible resources right in front of you. You are a young first-ring wizard with a lot of funds and projects of your own. Since you won the championship, you are no longer a blank slate."

“Countless wizarding organizations want to sign a contract with you to gain the opportunity to apply for a certain fund from the White Wizard Association.”

"Therefore, you yourself are a large, walking resource that can be exploited by wizarding organizations."

The Wizard of Tux spoke the truth.

Locke nodded slightly, thanking him for informing him. "Thank you, Wizard Tux. There are some things I really don't know."

Wizard Tucker laughed and said, "It's nothing. In fact, I'm the one who bothered you."

Locke led his team along the second path to their landing site. From a distance, he saw several wizards standing in the area he had to pass, holding contracts and wanting to sign with him.

As Locke and his team boarded the airship, a sharp-eyed wizard spotted him and exclaimed, "Wait a minute, Wizard Locke! We, the Thousand-Faced Water Serpent, are a wizarding organization specializing in beast taming magic within the Summoning School. Our academy has unique expertise in researching magical creatures and pets like water serpents."

“Recently, we opened a new academy, the Breeders’ Academy, and it is the perfect time for a capable wizard like you to join us.”

"Augustine the breeder... wait a minute..."

Montgomery quickly used a magical Ganoderma lucidum plant installed on the wall of the airship to say to the central control room of the airship, "Take off quickly, otherwise I'm really afraid those wizards will rush onto the airship."

A voice came from the Lingzhi Demon Plant's side. "Alright, the airship will take off in one minute. Wizards, please prepare."

Locke instructed Montgomery, "Have the students get into the pressurization chamber quickly. When they enter the Second Sky, their magical pressure and mana should become chaotic."

(End of this chapter)