Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 591 The Hidden Rules Behind the Spellfighting Tournament
Locke returned to the reading room to continue reading materials; the Feathered Serpent Pavilion also made it convenient to purchase various potion-making materials.

It's truly a great place for potion-making wizards to research potions.

At the same time, he noticed that the Celtic leader had replied to him, so he used the Lingzhi Magic Plant to open the interface.

The Celtic group leader sent him a message: 'The Student Affairs Department has always been the Senate's territory. They manage student organizations and often use this as an excuse to harass students from other factions. The worst off are the ordinary students who don't openly belong to any faction; they might not even know what's happening before they're being targeted.'

"The Senate oversees the Finance Department, Student Affairs Department, and Admissions Department—three major departments. They possess the authority to manage finances, student admissions, student scholarships, grants, and dormitory allocations, which is quite troublesome."

Moreover, the Senate itself still held a large portion of administrative power.

Our academic committee oversees the academic affairs department, personnel department, and research department. We control academic rules, personnel matters, and various related powers.

'The main departments controlled by the inspection team are the Supervision Department and the Security Department, which have always been more than capable of protecting themselves.'

"Anyway, I'll go to the student affairs office and talk to them, use my connections, and ask them to stop targeting you. That should do the trick."

The Celtic group leader didn't seem to understand why the student affairs department was suddenly targeting his students.

A while later, the Celtic team leader sent himself another message: 'Don't worry. If there's any misunderstanding, I'll apologize; it should be resolved.'

Locke was speechless. "Team leader, this is too easy to talk to. Go apologize?"

"This isn't my style. Even if I'm not the one apologizing, but my boss is... that would make people look down on my reputation as the Eye Wizard."

"Besides, if apologies were effective, they wouldn't have targeted me in the first place."

Locke frowned, but since this matter involved second-circle wizards, there was no need for him to get involved.

All I can do is wait for my direct supervisor to resolve the issue for me.

But right after the Celtic team leader sent him a message, someone else immediately sent him another message.

It was a message sent by the witch Catherine the Great.

"I've already spoken to the head of the student affairs department about this. The matter has been resolved; don't worry about it."

The next moment, Locke saw the first-ring vaporization wizard from the student affairs department, who immediately sent him a message: 'Wizard Augustine, after our investigation, we found that we made a mistake. Neither of your students has missed any classes. Please forgive us. This was an oversight on our part.'

……

[Liuli Garden] Inside the Student Affairs Office of the Castle.

The wizard at the first crystallization stage looked at the old director at the moon ring stage in surprise. "Director, what happened? Why did you tell us to stop targeting that wizard from the academic committee?"

The head of the student affairs department rolled his eyes at him. "Stop with these petty tricks all the time. What's the point? Besides, the Throne Wizard is involved in this matter."

"There are unspoken rules at Golden Crown Mountain: the interests of wizards above the throne cannot be touched. Once the throne is involved, even if it is a factional dispute, the competition can only be carried out in other forms, such as through a contest."

The wizard at the first stage of crystallization turned pale. "The throne of the Academic Committee actually intervened in such a trivial matter. I was just following the orders of the Senate to give him a little trouble and make things less easy for him."

"But targeting him actually triggered the intervention of the Throne Wizard. He is highly regarded by that Throne King."

The Moon Ring Wizard snorted and said, "In short, stop it as soon as possible. If it causes another conflict among the Throne Wizards, like the conflict between Lu Xu Bridge and Golden Crown Mountain, I can't bear the responsibility."

"Don't split up Golden Crown Mountain and Dragon Blood Society again."

The Moon Ring Wizard muttered to himself, "Even Mount Golden Crown, if it keeps splitting up like this, no matter how rich it is, it won't last."

The seven top powers of Yunze Wetland in the past were not the same as the seven powers today; at least three of them have been replaced.

The White Wizard Association of Yunze Wetland has developed a comprehensive path for wizards to advance in their ranks.

Small wizarding organizations can advance to small-medium, then medium, and then large based on the number of first-ring wizards they cultivate and the number of articles they publish.

Ultimately, it was promoted to one of the seven major powers.

The seven top wizarding academies of Mount Golden Crown are themselves constantly vying for academic resources, while also having to guard against hundreds of medium-sized wizarding organizations chasing after them.

If there are too many divisions, it is indeed possible to narrow the gap with those medium and large-scale wizarding academies, and thus be caught up in a short period of time.

Yunze Wetland has only seven top-tier academies, not because there are only seven excellent wizard academies, but because the distribution of Yunze Wetland's ley line resources, magical tides, and wizarding secret realms can only support seven top-tier forces.

Whoever occupies this position will have more advantages.

Quinnjoll University suffered heavy losses due to the previous Chaos War, and recently, the academic gap between them is rapidly being caught up by Little Rest Mountain.

The worst part is that Little Rest Mountain was founded three thousand years ago by a third-ringed wizard who graduated from Quinnjoll University. Because it has developed for three thousand years, it has not disappeared, but has instead grown stronger day by day.

It is now considered the most promising medium-sized wizarding academy in Yunze Wetlands to replace one of the seven top academies. Director Yuehuan whispered, "I heard that Luxu Bridge will also send wizard athletes to participate in this year's sports festival. Damn it, they try to challenge our Golden Crown Mountain every few years."

"In the eyes of the White Wizard Association, we have always belonged to the same wizarding academy because of the Golden Crown Mountain-Luxu Bridge Agreement. It's just that Luxu Bridge has complete independent autonomy."

"Besides, the medium and large organizations within the Golden Crown Mountain region—Cyclone City, the Hall of Eternal Radiance, the Tower of Sands, and even the youngest, Kungudin Academy—will all send wizard athletes to participate in the competition. These people are coming on strong, so at the very least, I can't let the Student Affairs Department become the front line in the battle between the Senate and the Academic Committee..."

The Minister of the Moon Ring Wizards said, "Let's abandon our targeting of Locke Augustine."

"Rudolf Fisher".

During the first crystallization stage, Rudolf Fisher clicked his tongue and could only bow to the Minister of Student Affairs.

Although the Fisher family does hold a very high position in the Senate, the Moon Ring Wizard in front of them is also a member of the Senate, and a distinguished Moon Ring Wizard at that.

He could only stop these little actions.

At the same time, he was somewhat anxious. 'Lock Augustine is so highly regarded by the Throne Wizard. I need to remind my cousin Antoine Fisher.'

Be careful of this person in the magic combat tournament.

……

In the reading room of the Feathered Serpent Pavilion, Locke asked the witch Catherine, puzzled, "Teacher, why are the Senate wizards targeting me for a first-level magical combat tournament?"

Catherine the Witch quickly replied. 'This involves a power struggle among the Senate, the Academic Committee, and the Inspectorate over the direction of the wizarding organization. To prevent conflict, in addition to establishing a specific body—the Golden Crown Mountain Wizarding Council—to synthesize the opinions of the heads of various laboratories and the formal wizards…'

"On a broader scale, we can still use the wins and losses of some competitions to resolve our points of disagreement."

For example, whichever wizard among the three factions gains the right to participate in the Silent Grail War could gain an advantage in their own agenda and have certain proposals unconditionally passed in the Golden Crown Mountain Wizarding Council.

'The Senate has always wanted to develop the School of Power, prioritizing resources for projects researching its magical fields, recruiting more full-fledged wizards in the School of Power, and finding more suitable apprentices to study it.'

Our academic committee, however, leans towards bloodline science and breeding.

Locke sent a text message asking, "So, teacher, what subjects does the patrol deacon group want to develop?"

The witch Catherine said, "The deacons can usually only protect themselves and rarely have the initiative. Our academic committee and the Senate are the founding members of Mount Golden Crown. However, they recently want to push Mount Golden Crown to move from abstract academic pursuits to a partnership with major super-large stores."

"But that approach was met with joint resistance from us and the Senate. The wizards in the inspection team preferred to produce results quickly and use Mount Golden Crown as a stepping stone to gain fame and fortune."

"But the Senate and our academic committee would prefer to see Mount Golden Crown become some kind of academic benchmark in the future."

“Especially in the fields of bloodline science and breeding science,” said the witch Ekaterina. “For example, our strongest area at Golden Crown Mountain is actually a subfield of breeding science, namely the cultivation of peach-type magical plants.”

"Our strengths have always been in the bloodline modification of the dragon race and the physical enhancement magic of the Power School."

"For example, within the body enhancement magic subfield of the Senate, there is the wave flow energy magic."

"Although those guys are living in the modern magic age, they're almost turning themselves into a magic family lineage from the Age of Stars. But their Wave Flow Power Magic has indeed made good progress recently. It holds a leading and authoritative position in power magic in the Golden Crown Mountain region."

Catherine sent a message: 'The Senate probably thinks your participation was unfair. Their recent plan to prioritize a campus-wide bidding process within the Golden Crown Wizarding Council to create a commercial street for shops related to the Power School has failed.'

'They're even planning to turn the tide with this magic combat tournament.'

"But you were admitted to our Zhenzhi Academy through legitimate means. Therefore, you fully meet the requirements for participating. You don't need to worry about this; the student affairs department won't cause you any further trouble because of this."

Locke sent a message to the witch Catherine: 'Thank you, teacher, for solving my problem. By the way, teacher, I have learned the Peach Blossom Arrow spell.'

Catherine the Witch replied instantly. 'In that case, come to my office in January. I will let you choose an advanced meditation method.'

"Besides that, I have new arrangements regarding your research work at the True Knowledge Institute. You will likely not be spending much time with Group Six anymore. Your team within Group Six can continue to follow you."

"Furthermore, after choosing the Advanced Meditation method, you should also consider which offensive spell you want to choose as your ultimate spell. Generally speaking, unlike a permanent defensive field, wizards choose one offensive spell as their ultimate spell."

Locke was stunned for a moment by these few words.

This is a huge amount of information.

Locke frowned. "Strange. Haven't I been doing quite well in Group Six? Why are they considering transferring me? Wouldn't continuing the previous research be more beneficial for both the professor and me?"

"In the end, I still don't understand what the teacher's ten-person project is researching. The Three-Circle Wizard is just too far removed from me."

"I've never really figured out my teacher's personality."

(End of this chapter)