Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 668 Pure Magic Plant Wizard Shoes? Isn't this ridiculous?
In the peach orchard atop Jinmian Mountain and Xiaotao Mountain, there is a peach tree gate that has been opened. This peach tree gate consists of two peach trees.

The three peach trees grow close together and intertwine, forming an extremely sturdy gate.

Several patrolling wizards from Mount Golden Crown escorted two wizards who were undergoing testing to this place, where they saw that a dimensional gate composed of three peach trees had been opened, and an evil aura emanated from the other side.

That was the fluctuation of world power generated by the Twin Demon Realms rapidly approaching the Wizarding World, Cloudswamp Wetlands.

Yunze Wetlands is a vital transportation route in the Wizarding World, while Golden Crown Mountain is its gateway. If the Twin Demon Realms intend to plunder the Wizarding World on a large scale, they need to break through the gateway and rush into the rear. Only in this way can they unleash a demonic storm on the entire Wizarding World, summon the demonic black hole, and start a war of plunder.

The patrolling wizards looked at the Gates of Hell with serious expressions. "The Gates of Hell have been forced to open, which proves that the Twin Demon Realms are in near-Earth orbit and have begun to approach the Cloud Marsh Wetlands. The Demon Realms must be constantly descending their near-Earth orbit level, and each descent requires a huge amount of magical tidal energy."

"Therefore, if the Twin Demon Realms cannot plunder enough energy and matter, this descent will be a loss."

The [Gate of Hell] system is a dimensional defense system created by Yunze Wetland using the power science and breeding science, combined with efficient agriculture.

Specifically designed for large planes that are rapidly approaching.

Once the enemy approaches from the near-Earth orbit in the void, the three special magical peach trees of the third ring level will intertwine to form a sealing gate, creating a special space and forming an extraterritorial battlefield, pulling the enemy's army into this extraterritorial battlefield.

A second-ring patrol wizard leader said warily, "The Gates of Hell have been opened. According to the usual practice of the Demon Realm Wars, the vanguard black wizards of the Twin Demon Realms have already entered the Gates of Hell space."

"Please be careful, everyone."

From behind the peach gate formed by the three peach trees, an extremely evil world power emanated—the demonic energy of the Twin Demon Realms.

The two test wizards exchanged a relaxed glance. They were both moon ring wizards, and even if they encountered a third ring dark wizard, they could escape.

Therefore, they felt no burden when entering the "Gates of Hell" to carry out the equipment testing mission.

After exchanging a few words with the patrolling wizard captain, the two passed directly through the [Gate of Hell] and entered the extraterrestrial war space.

It was a space where there was no distinction between day and night; only distant light could illuminate this world.

Everywhere was rocky and bare.

The two equipment testing wizards looked around to make sure there were no dark wizards present, then smiled and said, "Alright, let's begin the testing. The design blueprints for the equipment procured from various sources have already been approved. Most of the designs were rejected by the War Council staff at the blueprint stage."

"The two of us are here to test the quality of actual samples of these equipment."

"Where should we begin?"

Another Moon Ring Wizard said, "Let's start by testing wizard shoes. From wizard shoes, then to wizard belts, magic robes, wizard gloves, wizard hats, and wizard swords—hasn't this been the usual approach in previous years?"

"By the way, only about one-fiftieth of the first-ring wizards will participate in the Demon World War this time, right?"

The Moon Ring Wizard casually picked up a pair of samples from the Thranduil Wizard Shoes brand that had been sent to Golden Crown Mountain this time. They were black wizard shoes that looked like sneakers.

"Yes. Apart from the first-ring wizards of the True Knowledge Institute, everyone else has a chance of being selected. About one-fiftieth of the first-ring wizards will participate in this Demon Realm War. But that's enough. There are about four hundred first-ring wizards, plus corresponding second-ring and third-ring wizards. These wizards combined are enough to wipe out any wizarding organization in the Eastern Realm except for those few high-level wizarding lands. In the endless void, what kind of world can withstand such a wizarding army?"

"Let's conduct the test. These wicked dark wizards should have been wiped out long ago!"

After testing, the two received a pair of black panther-themed wizard shoes from the Thrandu Wizard Shoes brand, made from their signature cloud silk and shadow panther belly skin.

These wizard shoes are incredibly lightweight and feature 77 miniature anti-gravity runes. Wearing them makes you feel light as a feather and move with incredible speed, while also increasing your resistance to dark energy damage.

It also comes with a series of auxiliary functions such as cooling, sweat absorption, pain transfer, fire prevention, poison prevention, and sound wave interference prevention. In addition, these wizard shoes also have [automatic lacing straps], [dustproof barrier], and [voice assistant]. If you talk to the wizard shoes, they will even respond with some pre-recorded voices.

The cost of such a pair of wizard shoes is also very high, basically 20 per pair.

Furthermore, due to its numerous functions, there are also regular service and maintenance fees every six months.

After testing it, the two Moon Ring wizards rolled their eyes. "While Thranduil's wizard shoes are indeed of very good quality, these features are a bit too many and unnecessary."

Another Moon Ring Wizard sighed. "I think the most essential function of the Shadow Panther series of wizard shoes is that they're enchanted with a first-circle Shadowstep spell. Wizards wearing these magical artifacts can use Shadowstep to quickly escape enemy attacks. As for the other functions, they're all superfluous."

The Forbes Wizard sighed. "There's nothing we can do. Wizard shoes designed by magic weavers all have redundant features. It's practically impossible to get them to lower their prices. Unfortunately, while smaller brands of wizard shoes have fewer redundant features and lower repair costs, their quality is inferior to big brands like Thrandu.

The Forbes Wizard said, "Let's test the submissions from the brands Melochy Magic Step and Solas Barefoot (30k) again. I've looked at the work of our internal magic weavers at Golden Crown Mountain. Although we at Golden Crown Mountain aren't particularly skilled in magic weaving, the quality of our internal wizard shoes is quite good. Even brands like Thranduil produce wizard shoes that are inferior to them."

"Let's take another look at Melochy's Magic Step and Solas's Light Footwork (30k)."

"If the quality isn't too different, then choose the wizard shoes designed by our own people. Although we'll still have to pay a lot of extra fees and service charges, at least they're for our own people."

The two exchanged a glance, both with a sense of helplessness in their eyes.

As wizards who have conducted many tests, they are used to a pair of ordinary wizard shoes with a whole host of functions that seem unrelated to wizard shoes.

Therefore, nothing was said about it.

Even the works within Jinmian Mountain are like this.

The two presented Solas Barefoot (30k) with their latest submission, named Radiant Wanderer, a new series of wizard shoes from their brand.

When Forbes Wizard put them on, his face immediately darkened, for the surface of the wizard shoes emitted a great deal of light, making the surroundings shimmer with golden light.

Shoelaces are a fixed aurora view.

With each step he took, a solid carpet of light appeared, and a pair of golden angel wings appeared behind him, along with an angelic halo on his forehead.

He himself had practically become a dazzling, multicolored light machine. Forbes Wizard was speechless. "Did the designer of Solas's barefoot (30k) wizard shoes know we were going to war?"

Another Moon Ring Wizard, Luca, said, “Um, let me see. This is a letter from the designer of Solas's Lightfoot (30k) to our Golden Crown Mountain.”

"Oh, the other party seems to be a student who has just graduated from the tutelage of a famous magic weaver master within the Lightfoot of Solas (30k). The other party sent a letter saying that we should respect his artistic creations."

"These shoes are the best, both in terms of functionality and artistry. Even if we don't appreciate his pursuit of art, we can only succumb to the functionality of these wizard shoes in the end."

"His philosophy is that wizard shoes should not only be practical, but also pursue individuality, and the best wizard shoes are works of art. Art can reflect his understanding of truth and aesthetic appreciation."

"His teacher is the Throne Wizard, Master Edward."

The Forbes wizard was somewhat speechless. "Students taught by famous teachers all have the bad habit of being arrogant and complacent."

"Damn it. I'll try on these wizard shoes first. If I'm not satisfied with them even a little bit, I'll immediately get rid of these oversized light bulb shoes."

He was dressed as a radiant wanderer, and wherever he went, the ground was covered with a sacred carpet of light.

Forbes Wizard looked surprised. "Hmm? It increases my walking speed very quickly. In terms of performance, it can almost allow an ordinary wizard to keep up with the speed of a first-ring crystallization stage wizard using movement magic, simply by inputting magic pressure and activating the wizard shoes after wearing them."

"Impressive. No wonder it's Solas's Barefoot (30k)." Although Forbes Wizard still thought that such ostentation was foolish, he had to admire the accumulation of Solas's Barefoot (30k) on wizard shoes with light magic attributes.

Although the functions of warmth, angel wings, angel halo, and various dazzling lights that one can see in different places are all superfluous, the function of increasing a wizard's walking speed alone is enough to erase all these disadvantages.

Forbes Wizard also discovered that wearing these Radiant Wanderers, he could easily adapt to various terrain changes on the battlefield outside the realm, and even walk on flat ground in the areas of the Twin Demon Realms where the demonic energy was dense, without being impacted by the demonic energy.

Forbes Wizard shook his head slightly. "When it comes to making the best wizard shoes, Solas Barefoot (30k) and Melochy Magic Step are still the best. With such functionality, even the wizard shoes made by our students and wizarding mentors at Golden Crown Mountain can hardly match them."

Wizard Luca nodded and said, "That's true."

"By the way, this Radiant Ranger also has a matching magical robe called the Radiant Magical Robe, which seems to have been designed by the designer's senior brother. It's a set of linked magical artifacts, or using both magical artifacts at the same time can produce even more dazzling magical light effects."

The corners of their mouths twitched.

"Does Solas really think we only have him as an option? Let's take a look at another top wizard shoe brand, Melochy Magic Steps, which has sent us this time." Forbes Wizard said angrily.

Wizard Luca sighed. "The magic weavers have certainly become increasingly unscrupulous in recent years. They used to have some competition, but now they have absolutely no competition in wizard shoes, gloves, and robes. Especially in the last thirty years, these products have become more and more outrageous. Isn't anyone going to do anything about them?"

"That's true. In normal business competition, there's nothing we can do about this kind of behavior."

“In the stock market, wizards invest their own money in Solas Lightfoot (30k) every day. Even if Solas Lightfoot (30k) does all sorts of outrageous things, they will still have plenty of funds and enough room for error.”

"Solas Barefoot (30k) is no longer a small shop alliance; their position with consumers has been reversed. They no longer need to beg consumers for orders, but believe they can educate consumers on how to consume and what wizard shoes are."

Forbes Wizard took out a pair of Shadow Dancer series wizard shoes that Melochy Magic Step had submitted for the group procurement bidding.

This series is one of the classic styles of Merachi Magic Step.

These are the Wizard shoes from the Melochy Magic Step series, and the current model is the Shadow Dancer 86.

After putting on the wizard shoes, Forbes Wizard instantly became incredibly fast, flashing forward with each step. "This is... normal teleportation? No, it's normal shadow transformation, so after putting on the wizard shoes, I can achieve a level close to normal teleportation."

"With each step, you can teleport about ten meters. To teleport five hundred meters, you only need fifty steps."

"Good stuff. Although its absolute speed can't keep up with Solas's Lightwalker (30k), this idea of ​​teleporting in normal mode is a small innovation in the field of wizard shoes. It doesn't win with absolute speed, but with the instantaneous speed of each movement."

Just as Forbes Wizard was about to say that these Shadow Dancer 86s were much more understated than the Radiant Ranger, his wizard shoes emitted a musical sound, seemingly some kind of special effect.

His face stiffened, and he turned around to look at the wizard Luca.

Wizard Luca shrugged. "I told you long ago, Solas's Barefoot (30k) and Melochy's Magic Step are two peas in a pod."

"These two shop alliances are no longer the same as when they first started out. Back then, they were just trying to survive, so they thought about how to satisfy their wizard customers every day. But now they are the bosses. They define the market and the trend of wizard shoes, so naturally they have to add a series of redundant functions to wizard shoes."

"Otherwise, how can they ensure their market dominance?"

"However, these two companies are truly unmatched in the design of wizard shoes."

"Although it has a lot of features, its performance is definitely top-notch."

Forbes Wizard looked at Luca Wizard and said, "But they have gone a bit too far this year. They haven't been this extreme in previous years."

Wizard Luca said, "Recently, the magic weavers felt that their past works were too conservative, so they started a wave movement... to break the stereotypes wizards have about wizard shoes."

The Forbes wizard was speechless. "Among these wizard shoe creations, are there any that aren't so bizarre or grotesque?"

Wizard Luca casually pulled out a blueprint and a pair of wizard shoes. "No. But someone did send over a pair of pure magic plant wizard shoes. Would you like to try them on? These don't have many additional features."

Forbes Wizard frowned. "Pure magic plant wizard shoes? This is ridiculous. Even if they don't have many additional functions, what use are they if they don't meet the basic requirements of wizard shoes?"

“Demon plants are not really suitable for making wizard shoes, especially living demon plants.”

Wizard Luca said, "It was designed by our own wizards, and it's a brand we created ourselves. That's why we weren't eliminated in the first round."

Forbes Wizard paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "That makes sense. Since they're on our side, we should naturally give them a chance."

(End of this chapter)