Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 702 The First Great Magic Descends!
In the capital, Locke, as the chief inspector, borrowed books from the Royal Library to quickly learn about many things in this world.

To be precise, as the incarnation of a saint, there are many things in this plane that cannot be hidden from him.

If you want to know, you will definitely be able to find out.

But there was one thing Locke couldn't know: the Inspector who made the Emperor the Second Ring—the Mind Network System.

This system has strong magical technological influences, so Locke was very curious about where this thing came from.

At the same time, Locke realized that the emperor had wiped out approximately 200,000 people in a part of a province.

This caused the total amount of magical pressure in the emperor's mental network to decrease, but the decrease was extremely limited.

"Because each person represents a civilization, does that mean that even if you actively attack someone from your own civilization, as long as you yourself are unharmed, that civilization will not be shaken?" Locke pondered.

Locke examined the spell models within his mind and saw that all the spells he had learned were surrounding him, the Permanent Defense Field Forest Sanctuary had transformed into Jupiter, and the Abyss Energy had transformed into Saturn.

The first-circle spell model is represented by an asteroid.

Many apprentice-level spells are located in asteroid belts.

This is the location of the spell model within the sea of ​​consciousness, while one's own conscious self is located at the position of the sun.

And his ultimate magic was not located in the sun, nor in the position of an important planet, nor on any planet at this time.

This enormous object, like many apprentice-level spell models, appeared in the asteroid belt.

However, as a symbol within the sea of ​​consciousness, it is extremely large, like a massive shadow of Jupiter.

This is the symbol of a regular second ring, which is the unforged stage.

This indicates that the separation between the immense magic and the physical body is extremely high.

The entire upward route of the Second Ring Road largely involves reducing this separation.

The symbol of the Great Magic within the sea of ​​consciousness becomes an important planet, then the moon, and finally the symbol of the Great Magic merges with the symbol of one's own conscious self, becoming the sun.

This is the entire process of star rings, lunar rings, and solar rings.

It also consists of four forging stages: nothingness, illusion, falsehood, and truth.

When one reaches the level of true forging, the ultimate magic merges with one's true self, the degree of separation decreases infinitely, and 1+1 becomes greater than 2. This is an achievement that other civilizations cannot reach, having surpassed the second-ring stage.

Moreover, the second-circle path of the Great Magic of the Wizarding Civilization allows wizards to continuously stack Great Magic, creating new levels within the second circle—a unique development path.

It can be said that the ultimate magic is a brilliant achievement of wizarding civilization.

Locke gazed at the enormous magical symbolic celestial body within his sea of ​​consciousness. "This symbolic celestial body is like a specially reserved vacuum."

Locke casually cast a botanical spell, and instantly all the plants in the flowerpots in the room bloomed and withered, entering the cycle of the four seasons.

Because he possessed the ultimate magic, Evolution Moon, all his magic was amplified by the ultimate magic.

The more powerful one's ultimate magic is, the more all the magic one can cast will be enhanced by the base stats.

Because in essence, one's own soul transforms from one into myriad, from individual into phenomena, and the greatest magic becomes one's own asset.

It was his own immense magic that was being used to cast the spell.

Magic performed by an individual becomes a manifestation of natural phenomena.

Each spell unleashes a powerful force that cannot be exerted at the first stage.

Therefore, in the second circle stage, more complex spell models became possible, and that was the beginning of the emergence of second circle magic.

At the same time, a permanent defensive force field appeared on Locke's body and on his ultimate magic.

The two permanent defensive force fields of the same attribute superimposed together seemed to be giving birth to something.

It just takes time.

Nothing much is likely to emerge from this match, so there's no need for me to consider it.

Essentially, possessing immense magical power, and always in a state where heaven and earth are aligned with one's own strength, even the most ordinary magic can transform the mundane into the miraculous in one's hands.

Locke exclaimed, "The difference between a second-ring wizard and a first-ring wizard is so vast. They're practically on different levels. I could easily beat my former self with just one hand now."

Locke looked at the enormous magical symbol on the star within his sea of ​​consciousness, where a massive magical rune was visible.

"Once the magic pressure exceeds 10,000, a massive magic rune will appear for every 3,000 increase in magic pressure. By placing this massive magic rune into a second-circle spell model, one can add one's own second-circle spell model to a massive spell."

Releasing a normal second-circle spell is equivalent to casting the spell with one's own soul and a great power at the same time.

However, if a second-circle spell model is infused with extremely powerful runes, it is equivalent to continuing the casting of extremely powerful magic, and the enhancement of the spell's power is undeniably strong.

The magic pressure of a normal second-level ring is between 10,000 and 19,999.

In other words, an ordinary second-circle wizard can have a maximum of four extremely powerful magic runes.

Because when you first become a second-circle wizard, you will have a very large magic rune, and for every 3,000 magic pressure you gain, you will gain another very large magic rune.

When there are 19,000 magic pressures, a second-ring wizard will possess four extremely large magic runes.

However, based on Locke's current experience, this extremely large magic rune cannot be randomly placed into any spell model.

Firstly, once a Greater Rune is added to a spell model, it is equivalent to connecting that second-circle spell model with one's own Greater Rune.

This will greatly alter its magical properties.

If the nature of the two is too conflicting, it may cause a great collapse and regression of magic, which is equivalent to harming one's own soul and devaluing one's own assets.

However, if managed properly, it can increase one's assets.

Secondly, if an unsuitable second-circle spell model is added arbitrarily, the power of that second-circle spell model will not be brought into play.

Secondly, each time these second-circle spells, infused with massive magic runes, are used, they consume the user's total magical pressure.

Strength is strength.

But the consumption is also high.

Each use essentially reduces the total amount of magic pressure one can use to launch powerful magical attacks against enemies in the future.

Therefore, knowing how to control the degree of usage is something that a second-circle wizard needs to learn and master.

If you use a second-circle spell that consumes a lot of mana pressure and keep using it during battle, it will reduce the total amount of mana pressure remaining in your mana source, which is greatly reduced.

When you use extremely powerful magic, you may find that your total magic pressure is insufficient.

Locke had only recently become a second-circle wizard, so there was much to adapt to. "True great magic is indeed completely different from the imitations I learned in the Historic Marker Charm."

“Greater runes… I’ve never seen them before, I’ve only read about them in books.” “So it seems that in the course of a second-circle wizard’s battle, neither direct attacks with Greater Runes nor spells enhanced with Greater Runes can be used indiscriminately. Ordinary second-circle spells still have a lot of room for use.”

"At least during the probing phase, when it is uncertain whether we can defeat the opponent, we cannot use this method."

"Also, if we can use ordinary second-level spells to block the opponent's high-cost spells, or to test them, we should actively use them."

Locke realized at this moment that, at least, a normal second-circle ultimate spell, if used directly to attack an enemy, would be like bombarding with cannons.

That would instantly deplete a large amount of magical pressure, and if it failed, things would be terrible.

Therefore, second-circle wizards cannot use ultimate magic at will.

The ultimate magic is the source of magic for a second-circle wizard. If this source of magic is used to attack others indiscriminately, it will result in great energy consumption and increased risks.

Of course, ultimate magic is a powerful tool for second-circle wizards, so it is definitely their most reliable trump card.

"I still have a lot to learn and understand about the Greater Runes and Second Ring spell models. I don't know a single Second Ring spell yet. However, my teacher had me read a lot of related Second Ring spells before, so I can use this time to learn them." Locke pondered, "Adding spell models to Greater Runes is also a process that requires systematic learning to do well."

Essentially, the process of adding second-circle spells to a Great Rune is a way of supplementing one's Great Rune magic, or even a form of forging.

Therefore, choosing which spell to use to forge one's ultimate magic is something that needs to be considered.

The four opportunities to add significant magic runes represent four choices and four forging opportunities.

Of course, there are other ways to forge Great Magic.

Locke pondered, "They're fighting fiercely, so I'll help the Emperor stabilize his total magic pressure for now, and use this time to learn a few second-circle spells."

"Then, investigate what exactly this mental network of his is all about."

Inside the library, the gunslinger and the young priestess are helping Locke find books on the shelves.

The priestess was drenched in sweat from exhaustion. "It was so hard to find."

Gunslinger looked at Locke with a complicated expression and asked, "What exactly do you want?"

"I have a feeling that you get along quite well with the emperor, and you even helped him establish a religion."

"You didn't happen to side with the emperor because he's powerful, did you?"

The young priestess, blushing, stood on the shelf and said, "How could you say such a thing about God?"

"God, there must be a deeper meaning to everything you do. God, could you go out and take a look at night? I've always wanted to show you what the world looks like when there is no light."

Locke nodded and said, "Okay."

I have already gained the emperor's trust. Although the emperor may not believe me, the total amount of magic pressure on the emperor's side is constantly decreasing, and he needs to rely on me more and more, so he can only trust me.

Therefore, I now have the energy to do other things.

I'm also very curious about the secret behind the inevitable demise of this world.

Although the emperor is cruel, it doesn't seem to be a big problem for now.

Although the other party is brutal, he loves himself and power. Any possibility that might threaten his rule or undermine his power will be eliminated in advance.

Locke looked up in surprise at the gray sky outside the glass window, only to see that the total amount of magic pressure in this world had increased again.

The whole world is thriving and expressing gratitude to those who brought about this phenomenon.

“Edgar… I never expected that you would be the first person to complete a Great Magic Cycle.”

At this moment, a Time Shadow Fern appeared in the sky, but it was no longer as tall as a person; it had transformed into a colossal creature.

An illusion appeared in the sky, as if proclaiming to the world.

A seed fell to the ground, took root and sprouted. Countless souls poured into the seed, and the seedling grew underground.

Growing in places no one cares about, the shadow fern differentiates its roots underground, creating individual fern plants. One shadow fern after another, through the spread of its rhizomes, transforms underground into a fern community.

Soon, individual fern shoots emerged from the soil, resembling tiny ferns just sprouting from the ground.

But in reality, the underground portion is far larger than the portion exposed on the surface.

Meanwhile, the main plant of the Time Shadow Fern continued to grow upwards, transforming into a towering fern tree that was three thousand meters tall.

The Time-Shadow Fern manifests the Land of Spirits, collecting the spirits of the dead, thus creating a rudimentary version of the Land of Spirits in botany, much like the Emerald Dream.

In that land of all spirits, there seems to be another world, a world without any animals, only plant spirits.

Edgar summoned a large number of plant spirits into the Land of Spirits, and a primitive and powerful tropical jungle appeared in that Land of Spirits.

The total magical pressure of his ultimate magic is increasing rapidly!
As a result, the total magical pressure in the entire world is also increasing.

The world is excited, and global consciousness is gradually awakening from its past rigidity.

Edgar's Timeshade Fern, capable of transforming deathly spiritual energy into a land of spirits, is the culmination of ten years of research by a botanical moon ring wizard.

Time Shadow Fern can be activated by the Land of All Spirits, a collective attack that transforms the spirits within the Land of All Spirits into magical plants to attack enemies. It can also pull enemies into the Land of All Spirits, instantly mobilizing magical pressure to its limit to launch an attack.

The existence of the Shadow Fern completes a rule of the Silent Plane, giving it the simple graveyard of the plant 'Land of All Spirits,' a simple spiritual gathering place in the natural world.

Therefore, the world is complete.

The balance of power between humans and nature has been achieved.

On the Silent Throne viewing platform, in the Quinjol University viewing area, a burst of applause and cheers rang out.

"This is the Shadow Fern that Quinnjoll prepared for this competition. The Shadow Fern can transform the spirit of death, adding to the land of spirits. It is a complementary mechanism between life and death, plants and animals, and that world will certainly welcome it."

"Moreover, we've made history using this method. What's the fastest time for the Silent Grail to unleash a powerful magic attack? Historically, the fastest was fourteen days! And now it's only taken ten!"

The Moon Ring Witch, the developer of the Shadow Fern, stood up proudly and surveyed her surroundings. "This is the level of botany we at Quinjol possess. What ability do ordinary universities have to reverse-engineer parts of the Emerald Dream's principles!"

On the judging panel in the spectator stands, the Japanese wizards kept nodding in approval.

"I see. No wonder that young wizard didn't go to the forest reserve, but instead chose to fight directly against the Imperial natives."

"It turns out to be a special botanical ultimate magic that can transform the spiritual energy of death into other resources. It is indeed very unique. Although it seems to have some issues with its attack power, that is, the problem lies in the instantaneous multiplication rate of magical pressure. It seems that some compromises were made in terms of rapid deployment and power."

On the viewing platform, many wizards were whispering among themselves about Quinnjoll's collaborative creation—Timeshade Fern: Great Magic.

In the Silent Dimension, in the Imperial Capital, inside the library.

Locke frowned as he gazed at the enormous magic spell in the distance. "Edgar, why has your magical pressure become so oppressive?"

"If you don't like this kind of magic, then why are you using it?"

(End of this chapter)