Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 644 The Weapon of Kingship! And the Mysterious Iron Ball!

'Boom~'

The Book of Dragons transformed into a paper dragon that breathes fire, falling to the ground from the sky like a fireball.

At the most critical moment, Warwick used the [Summon Demon God] technique, fully utilizing all the historical materials within his own Sovereign's Book, and summoned a paper demon god.

At the same time, the Paper Demon used its curse on the ground, transforming it into soft black cotton, which protected the four people from any injury during their rapid descent.

As the Paper Demon disappeared, the ground returned to its original state.

Warwick carefully inspected the ground to ensure that Locke's sudden descent had not caused any damage to the city's surface.

Warwick said, "This city is so valuable, with so many great discoveries to be made, that we can't afford to see any damage."

“Even if it’s time, the four of us can continue to develop this city. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to form a small club for this purpose.”

Warwick said, "We need to do our best to protect the city from any impact. Of course, if we really encounter danger, we won't be able to worry about that anymore."

Locke looked at the spot where they had fallen and saw that it was in front of a huge statue.

The statue, also made of M-shaped magical granite, is a lifelike depiction of a woman.

Dressed in the finest attire of an era of stars.

There were three magical pet dogs in front of him, each dog holding a magical leash. These leashes were not statues, but some kind of real substance sealed with magic.

Meanwhile, next to the princess statue are a prototype of a spinning machine and a prototype of a steam engine, and at the feet of the statue are some strange and ingenious objects.

But as time passed, the magic on it faded with the passing of days and months, and the tool itself decayed and turned into rubble.

The witch Shirley examined the three ropes and said, "These ropes... seem to be some kind of rubber band. Did such high-strength artificial polymers exist in the Age of Stars?"

Warwick said, "Moreover, there are prototypes of steam engines and spinning machines here, with the inscription: 'Dedicated to the princess who developed these things.'"

"If that's the case, then this loom princess should be one of the sources of historical fragments where steam machines were prevalent."

He rubbed his hands together, eager for the discovery. "This is truly a major find!"

"It's really a worthwhile trip."

Locke saw the statue of the Loom Princess; her face was beautiful, but her eyes were ethereal. The sculptor had captured the essence of the princess's melancholy expression with remarkable skill.

At this moment, the princess seems to be gazing into the distance, waiting for someone who can never return.

The princess waited in vain, but the man could never return.

The princess looked sorrowful, her eyes protesting the cruelty of fate.

Locke noticed an inscription carved at the foot of the princess statue: 'Future generations should show their respect to the princess who ushered in a great era; this is respect for those who pursue the path of truth.'

Please bow once to the princess to show your respect.

Following Locke's gaze, the witch Shirley saw the words on it: "This tomb has tried to kill us several times, and yet it has the nerve to ask us to show respect to the princess."

Locke sighed. "It's just a measure to guard against tomb raiders. But since that's the case, bowing once won't hurt."

"This is a gesture of respect to those who have journeyed together on the path of seeking truth. Respect for the deceased is paramount."

Locke bowed once to the statue.

After thinking for a moment, the witch Shirley bowed to the statue along with Locke, and the wizard Warwick followed suit.

Only the wizard McKinley gave a cold laugh, without making any move.

When Locke looked up, he saw that three lines of text were carved inside the skirt of the princess statue.

If they hadn't bowed, they probably wouldn't have noticed it so quickly.

This angle is too tricky.

It seems we'll only be able to discover it during a more thorough investigation later.

The first line reads: "He's gone, he'll never come back. My heart died with him."

The second line reads: "He believed everything in this era was far too simple for him. He considered himself the protagonist of this world, so he manipulated events, and I joined him. Our long period of success made us truly believe we were gods. But for the first time, we encountered a real crisis: the Black Sun Tower lurking behind the Age of Stars…"

Locke's pupils suddenly contracted.

Because he had heard of the Tower of the Black Sun.

I've only heard it once.

When he was still a mortal, he was on the continent of Corfu when he heard Count Augustine tell him that his mother was being hunted by the Tower of the Black Sun and had hurriedly fled to the continent of Corfu to marry him.

The couple had three sons.

My older brother, myself, and my younger sister.

“The Tower of the Black Sun…” Locke murmured to himself, “I never expected to find such a name in an ancient tomb from the Age of Stars.”

"Could it be that the Tower of the Black Sun is not a force from the modern magical era at all?"

"But if that's the case, then why did my mother... say that she was being hunted down by the Black Sun Tower?"

"What exactly does she want?"

Locke looked at the third line of text, which was a warning.

'To those who pay homage to me in the future: Consider this a return of your respect and pity; do not touch any offerings beneath this statue, for they are traps that summon death.'

Locke was startled, but at that moment Wizard McKinley had already walked up to the statue, put on a pair of gloves, and touched the mechanical offerings in front of the statue.

Wizard McKinley's eyes gleamed with interest. "Look at this crossbow bolt inlaid with a magical gem. It's made with a special rubber band. I dare say that the magic of some alchemical schools in later generations was definitely influenced by it."

"This... ah..."

The instant his palm touched the crossbow bolt, his entire right hand was bitten by some kind of red insect from the spot he touched, and his right hand turned into white bones in an instant, while heading towards his body.

Warwick the wizard was startled. "It's the magic of the Insect Curse school!"

"The Insect Curse School possesses life-related magic that can bypass permanent defensive fields! The moment the wizard makes contact, an Insect Curse is cast on the wizard based on physical contact. This Insect Curse is like the wizard's own limb, so it can ignore permanent defensive fields! This ancient tomb actually contains such a high-level trap!"

The next moment, the wizard McKinley, holding a wizard's sword in his left hand, severed his right arm, thus stopping the spread of the insect curse.

Fortunately, he made a decisive decision; otherwise, his entire body would have been completely eroded.

However, countless elytra-winged insects sprouted from his severed arm, and these insects flew directly towards the wizard McKinley's face.

In an instant, Wizard McKinley's expression changed drastically.

But the next moment, countless insects crashed into the wall formed by the emerald green life force field.

These insects are of the same life origin as the wizard McKinley, and therefore are recognized as his limbs by his permanent defensive field, thus they can ignore his permanent defensive field.

However, it could not penetrate Locke's permanent defensive force field.

At that moment, these insects crashed into the life force field, like a car traveling at full speed crashing into a wall, instantly bleeding profusely and dying one by one.

Meanwhile, Wizard McKinley was still panting heavily. "Thank you... Wizard Augustine."

Warwick said, "Don't let your guard down, everyone. Damn it, McKinley, you bastard."

"The trap has been activated..."

At that moment, the ground beneath their feet rippled like clay, while granite bricks fell downwards.

What they saw beneath their feet was a bottomless abyss.

Dark.

Unfortunately, at this very moment, there is also a no-flying array from the Protective School.

Moreover, all the streets centered around the statue collapsed into the ground in an instant.

As a result, the four of them could only fall.

Warwick said, "McDinley, you damn troublemaker."

Wizard McKinley was also pale. "How could I have known there were such high-level insect curses here!" "How could there be traps at every turn? I was already wearing specially treated magical gloves. The design of this city far surpasses that of ancient tombs from the same era!"

Locke said, "The flora and fauna beneath various places..."

At this moment, below were various ancient, first-ring level carnivorous plants, and even a few second-ring level ones. These carnivorous plants were primitive and diverse, some of which were plants that had already become extinct in modern times.

Locke glanced at it and saw the Venus Giant Pitcher Plant, the Exploding Seed Sandbox Tree, the Molten Throat Man-eating Flower, and other ancient and powerful man-eating magical plants.

Moreover, at this moment, a large amount of abyssal energy appeared behind these primitive man-eating plants, and all of these plants were being eroded by the large amount of abyssal energy.

Or rather, the area beneath this trap is a naturally occurring environment with carnivorous plants.

The moment the trap was triggered, abyssal energy erupted, corrupting all the plants and greatly enhancing them in a short period of time.

This once pristine ecosystem of man-eating demonic plants has been transformed into an abyssal demonic plant ecosystem.

Although this ecosystem will inevitably be destroyed afterward, at this moment, it is so powerful that all four of them are enveloped in a tremendous malice.

Warwick the Wizard, McKinley, Locke, and Shirley the Witch all summoned their own Sovereign Books and used the Summoning Demon God.

It summoned a paper demon, a paper fire-breathing dragon, a paper thunderbird, and a paper phoenix.

The Sovereign Book of Shirley the Witch is a book of phoenixes.

Even the four paper-folding demons were still besieged by the carnivorous flower swarm, and it looked like the four of them were about to be covered by the endless carnivorous flowers.

Warwick used the Abyssal Werewolf's innate Eye of Wisdom to scan the entire trap, and his face immediately darkened. "No, there are too many of these man-eating plants, and their combined magical pressure is far too great."

"We have to find a back road and fight our way out."

The witch Shirley shouted, "Fight your way out? You make it sound so easy!"

The witch Shirley chopped down a carnivorous plant with her sword and quickly approached Locke. Clearly, in this critical moment, she couldn't care less about anything else and only wanted to protect herself and Locke.

Wizard McKinley looked grim. "Everyone, think of something quickly!"

"Damn it, flying is prohibited here, otherwise we could just fly up directly. Wait... this carnivorous flower jungle seems to be under some kind of magic; it has the property of automatically regenerating..."

The carnivorous plant they had destroyed was quickly restored under the influence of a magical power.

Warwick's Eye of Wisdom swept across the area, quickly analyzing the situation. "The magical plants here are afraid of water. Only flooding can kill them. But this land is under a drought curse; if we summon water, the land will devour it."

"We need a lot of water! We need to break the drought curse here!"

"Oh no, that two-ringed carnivorous flower is looking this way."

A giant, man-eating flower, resembling a worm from the abyss, turned around. Its mouth-like center opened wide, and sharp spikes surged and rolled inward from within.

A tremendous suction force was applied towards the four of them.

Warwick's expression changed drastically. "There's one more trick. I'll use sealing magic on all four of us at the same time, exiling us to another dimension. But that will send us back to a demiplane, and we'll have to find a way to get back in."

"Gentlemen, give me ten minutes, and I will cast the exile spell on you."

Locke glanced at him. "Warwick, I didn't know you were so good at joking."

"It took everyone a lot of effort to get here."

"If it's a magical plant, I have a way to deal with it."

Locke chanted a spell, and the Porcelain Moon in the Astral Ring flew out automatically. A full moon, seemingly from ancient times, appeared behind Locke.

Under the full moon's light, the surrounding carnivorous demonic plants instantly reached their demonic pressure limit, and under the influence of abyssal energy, their aggressiveness also reached its peak.

They launched a fierce attack on the four.

The four were in unbearable pain.

However, this attack only lasted for a short while.

The next moment, all the man-eating demonic plants began to wither rapidly, and one after another, they began to self-destruct due to the abyss energy.

Demonic energy permeated the air.

Even the large demonic plant that looked like a giant abyss worm began to develop large holes on its surface, surging outwards with demonic energy.

Then, the entire magical plant exploded.

The porcelain moon behind Locke also underwent eight phases of change.

The changing gravitational pull of the moon completely detonated the man-eating flower, a second-ring demonic plant that had been severely tainted by abyssal energy.

Locke gritted his teeth, trying to tug at the second-ringed magical plant, feeling as if he were pulling a mountain with a small cart.

If his Porcelain Moon hadn't been perfected to a certain extent, and if the trap itself hadn't had design flaws—the abyssal energy was far more ferocious than the designer had imagined—his Porcelain Moon wouldn't have been able to affect the second-ring demonic plant.

The man-eating flower suddenly raised its roots from the soil, some of which were real plant roots, and many others were imaginary roots!

An iron ball flew out the moment it lifted its roots out of the soil, but Xia Li caught it quickly, preventing the iron ball from flying away.

Meanwhile, the two-ring man-eating flower finally couldn't hold on any longer, and its imaginary roots, under the moonlight of the porcelain moon, were invaded by the energy of the abyss.

Then, all the roots exploded.

Locke took the opportunity to observe this scene and witnessed the self-destruction of the second-ringed magical plant.

This phenomenon is extremely rare for me at present.

It is clear that every part of this second-ring demonic plant is gradually dying under the erosion of abyssal energy. For a breeder, this scene is quite luxurious.

It's not usually seen unless it's a very special coincidence.

The witch Shirley tossed the iron ball to Locke. "Here you go. You're the wizard who dealt with this second-circle magical plant, so this should be yours."

At this time, all the carnivorous plants on the ground had withered under the growth of the porcelain moon.

All four were also covered in wounds.

The four stood in a large pit filled with plant corpses and permeated with abyssal energy, breathing heavily.

This trap... is really too ruthless.

Every move is fatal.

Locke looked at the spot where the second-ringed magic plant had fallen, and saw a hidden little princess statue beneath its rotting plant parts.

The princess in the statue remains gazing into the distance, holding a crown in her hands.

Warwick and the others followed Locke's gaze and saw the crown.

Warwick stared at the crown, his Adam's apple bobbing. "No way. Could this be the crown of the Nameless King?"

Locke saw the inscription on the statue's base: "My king, your expedition has come to an end. The Tower of the Black Sun descended and destroyed everything we had built in an instant."

"This instrument of becoming king will also decay and decay."

"I'll preserve it for the next era. I've set up numerous traps; will that be enough to block the gaze of the Tower of the Sun? Or has the Tower of the Sun already stopped caring about it?"

"Can a decaying royal artifact, no longer capable of leading the times, be preserved through the ravages of time and discovered by future generations?"

As Locke finished reading the words, the so-called instrument for becoming king began to crumble.

Locke, Warwick, and the other three instantly opened the Book of the Sovereign, scanned the crown, and recorded its negative energy particle field information before it completely collapsed.

Warwick was incredibly excited. "No wonder these traps were so terrifying, each one meant to kill us. And behind these traps lies such a great secret. A royal artifact... We've never heard of anything like this in the archaeological discoveries of the Age of Stars."

"What the hell is this?"

"Although the royal artifact has decayed, which is a great pity, the four of us have preserved its negative energy field information. We'll compare them later to see if there are any errors in the preservation."

"These traps are meant to kill tomb raiders in later generations, but it seems that this princess wants future generations to discover them."

Locke was silent for a moment, then said, "I can probably understand the princess's conflicted feelings. She hated those who would intrude on her final resting place, but as someone who had achieved something in that era, she also wanted future generations to see everything that she and her husband had created."

"Or perhaps, the princess had to put on an act, showing that these were mechanisms to prevent future generations from intruding, but in reality, she wanted to tell future generations something. Things that were not allowed to be told to future generations."

(End of this chapter)