Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 716 The Truth Behind the Death of the First Emperor
At this moment, Georgina the Witch returned to the Realm of Destiny and hid in its deepest part to prevent herself from being besieged by Locke and the strange witch when she was at her weakest.

But Georgina the Witch soon realized something was wrong.

'Wait... why hasn't the Shadow Fern disappeared? Why hasn't the Land of All Spirits disappeared?'

'The loom of fate severed Edgar's very being, his very destiny. Even a saintly incarnation could directly kill his physical form, hastening his demise. His destiny has been severed by me, it has been killed by me.'

'The Land of All Souls should also disappear.'

Georgina the Witch stood in the realm of magic, gazing upon the mortal world, and was astonished to see that the Land of All Souls was being swallowed up by Locke's realm of magic at this very moment.

Locke originally wanted to merge the Land of All Spirits with the Realm of Law, a move that was in the interest of the Silent Dimension.

At this moment, with Edgar's dominant magical pressure disappearing, his Land of All Spirits was left uncontrolled and was thus swallowed up by Locke's Dharma Realm.

What Georgina the Witch was most concerned about was that Edgar's Time Fern was actually leaving the Land of All Spirits and flying towards the Moon of Evolution hanging above the Dharma Realm.

Georgina the Witch stood at the deepest part of the magical realm, gazing up at the sky. "Was this Edgar's doing, or Locke's?"

The fate loom behind her transformed into a fate computer, beginning to help her calculate her destiny. However, this was not a purely prophetic magic, so Georgina the Witch, lacking information, was unable to deduce the true outcome.

“If Edgar were to die, his immense magic should also collapse. How could it possibly change masters?”

"The situation is somewhat beyond my expectations; the Time Fern is changing owners."

Georgina the Witch pondered. "Never mind. For now, we can only proceed cautiously. The first step in weaving is not acquiring raw materials, but observing the original pattern I want to weave."

At this moment, the loom of destiny behind her had already woven five full moon patterns, and was still continuously weaving new fabrics with full moon patterns.

The wizards below the Silent Throne, witnessing this scene, began to discuss it amongst themselves.

The reactions, especially from the magic weavers, were very strong.

The first step in normal textile science is to prepare raw materials.

Georgina's first step was to observe the original textile design and continuously adjust textile techniques and raw materials. She also ordered her officers in the Imperial Charity Association to collect specific raw materials to create threads more suitable for the Textile Evolution Moon pattern.

Therefore, this so-called new textile science has changed even the first step.

In the eyes of those conservative magic weavers, this was like digging up their ancestral graves.

Georgina the Witch's Loom of Fate possesses the ability to reverse-engineer the loopholes in the flow of magical pressure in others through the existing spiritual system.

By imitating and referencing the other party, and embroidering it onto clothing, one can further explore more complex and powerful goals.

Georgina the Witch aims to use the principles of new textile science to find the weaknesses of the Evolutionary Moon in reverse, and then defeat them.

Meanwhile, within the special privileged space of the Mind Network, Locke realized that two things he had always wanted were that the Land of All Spirits was being eroded by his own Dharma Realm.

The Time-Shadow Fern is entering its own month of evolution.

Two objects flew into his hands automatically. At this point, Locke had not yet realized that Wizard Smith's 'selflessness' had saved everyone.

Locke gave a strange look and glanced at the Grand Duke of Westminster.

He flipped his right hand over and saw a Time Shadow Fern appear in the crater on the dark side of his Moon of Evolution.

'The Timefly could not resist my lunar gravity and became part of my ecosystem. Although this is not a complete Timefly, it signifies that something has happened to Edgar.'

Locke turned his attention back to the real world, only to find to his surprise that the real world of the Silent Dimension was completely empty, with not a single second-ring level magic pressure reaction.

'What's going on? I only entered the mind network's access space, but Edgar and Wizard Smith's magical pressure reactions disappeared. Georgina the Witch vanished without a trace, hiding in the deepest part of the magical realm.'

Within the access space of the mind network, Locke blinked.

'As expected of the Silent Holy Grail Tournament, there are so many talented participants.'

'My supernatural intuition prevented me from directly attacking Edgar, and now it seems I was right.'

'At that time, something must have happened that I'm unaware of. That is to say, either Edgar orchestrated it, or Georgina the Witch orchestrated it.'

Locke looked at the Time Shadow Fern in the crater of the Evolution Moon, "I want this thing, not because I'm interested in its function."

The Duke of Westminster, seemingly transforming into a loyal subject, asked from the side, "Your Majesty, what do you need it for?"

Locke glanced at the Duke of Westminster with a half-smile. This man was quite interesting; ever since Locke had usurped his position, he had acted as if he were his subordinate.

"I am a botanical wizard, but after becoming a second-circle wizard, I do not have a single second-circle magical plant in my possession."

"The core of the Moon of Evolution, as a great botanical magic, lies in the word 'evolution.' If a magical plant cannot be evolved into a second-circle magical plant, it is never complete."

"But there is a huge difference between second-ring magic plants and first-ring magic plants, namely, imaginary roots."

Locke pondered for a moment, then used his left hand to manipulate the Moon of Evolution in his right palm. He then used his magic to cut off the top of the Time Shadow Fern, which had lost its master. Next, he grafted an ordinary Sea Gold Sand onto the Time Shadow Fern rootstock using a grafting cultivation method.

At the same time, he used the power of the Evolution Moon to continuously strengthen the ordinary sea geese and prevent them from dying.

Locke said, "Second-ring magical plants have special roots, imaginary roots. Even during the Evolution Moon, a magical plant cannot be transformed into a second-ring magical plant before this is available."

"So I want the Shadow Fern because I want to obtain the Imaginary Root. With just one Shadow Fern, I can create many second-ring magic plants."

Imaginary roots are themselves external plant roots, making them easier to graft. You only need one second-ring magic plant to harvest its external plant roots and graft them onto another selected magic plant to help it evolve into a second-ring magic plant.

Only when a first-ring magical plant evolves into a second-ring magical plant can one's Evolution Moon be considered truly complete.

So far, my own Evolution Moon has only been a trial run and has not yet truly demonstrated its capabilities.

The first evolution of roots by plants led to their migration from the ocean to the interior, and the emergence of roots also led to the formation of soil.

Without plant roots, there would be no such thing as soil in this world. The second large-scale evolution of plant roots was the emergence of imaginary roots, which led to the appearance of second-ring magical plants.

This also led to the emergence of a series of corresponding things.

Therefore, this is a matter of extremely high magical level. Even Locke's extremely high magical level cannot directly create an imaginary root. He can only borrow the imaginary root of the second-circle magical plant in Edgar's possession.

It's likely that Edgar obtained his second-ring enchanted plants from Quinnjoll.

He rose to fame because of Quinnjole, and he also fell because of Quinnjole.

Because of Quinnjol, he gained many resources, and because of Quinnjol, his great magic seemed unable to be constructed according to his own will.

Conversely, while Catherine the Witch didn't offer much direct help, she guided me to the Dune plane where Group 2 was located. Looking back now, it was only after becoming a second-circle wizard that I realized Catherine the Witch's purpose in sending me to the Dune plane.

Stand tall and see far.

Upon becoming a second-circle wizard, Locke finally saw many of the witches' previous plans and immediately realized that he still had a major advantage in this competition that he hadn't used!
Locke thought to himself, "That's fine too."

"I still have quite a few tricks up my sleeve."

At this moment, the former emperor, now the Grand Duke of Westminster, glanced at Locke, his eyes filled with shock.

So, did Locke still have many tricks up his sleeve?

Locke looked at the Duke of Westminster and said, "Go on."

The Duke of Westminster bowed to Locke and then said, “Your Majesty, the creator of the Mind Network is named Zoro Rick.”

"At that time, there were dozens of countries inside the Silent Dimension, and each country was hostile to the other. We were fighting every day, and it seemed that we were trapped in an eternal war."

Locke nodded. The Age of Stars in the Wizarding World had encountered the same situation, which was caused by the division of 300 million magical kingdoms, leading to an eternal war.

It was one of the four major problems of that era.

At that time, because each major magical kingdom had a kingdom domain, it could be said that the wizarding world had at least 300 million kingdom domains in the present world.

So, does the wizarding world still want peace?

Of course, the situation in this silent plane should be different from that in the Wizarding World.

The Wizarding World exists because of the Kingdom Realms and the duality of the sun and moon, while this world is probably barren because there is a hole in the sky, resulting in a lack of resources to guide this plane into the next era.

This situation will likely only be alleviated after the first emperor, Zoro Rico, established the mental network canopy.

The Duke of Westminster remarked, “We were all young then. I was just a boy. I remember the first day I met Zorro Rick was on a street corner, when I was one of those poor kids.”

"I played football with the children of the poor, wearing dirty T-shirts. If I hadn't met him, becoming a poor person would have been my original fate. I'm just an ordinary person."

Locke glanced at him.

In the era when the Duke of Westminster was born, ordinary children could still play football in the streets, but in his reign, ordinary children in the Silent Dimension could only climb into chimneys and dark factories to work.

This person clearly came from a poor background, but after he rose to power, ordinary people in this world not only did not live better lives, but actually lived even worse lives.

However, these things were none of his business, so although Locke saw through this, he had no intention of saying anything.

The Duke of Westminster said, “Zorro Rick was a descendant of an ordinary man, but he himself was extraordinary. He found me, and others, those old bones, to tell us that the rulers of this world are foolish and corrupt.”

"Our future must be in our own hands. Our future does not necessarily mean becoming the prey of those in power."

"Some of his ideas somehow gained the approval of the neglected second sons of some great nobles at the time, or some marginal figures within the noble class. He was always so dazzling and charismatic that no one knew why they liked him."

“He brought us the outdated power system content at the time and made us learn it. He always learned faster than anyone else. When we learned 1, he had already learned 100. Even if he only showed us that he had learned 100, he may have already learned 1000.”

The Duke of Westminster said with a nostalgic tone, "Zorro Rick was like a ray of sunshine shining on us. Back then, many people, inspired by him, began to think about our future: whether to continue to sink into depravity or to rebel."

"We chose to resist."

“Countries see us as dangerous elements and want to suppress us, but our numbers are growing. Our strength is increasing. At first, we were running around in various countries, and later we actually controlled some territory.”

The Duke of Westminster said, "Then one day he suddenly told us that he had obtained a meteorite. A meteorite that had been hidden in the upper levels. It turned out that there was a beautiful ideal world in this world, a world called the Great World of the Other Shore. That world was giving away knowledge of backward civilizations for free everywhere."

“He told us that we are not alone. The other world is our distant and never-before-seen ally.”

"That meteorite was previously hidden by the world's powerful and wealthy, but now, it will help us overthrow the corrupt rule of the world's powerful and wealthy and lead us to a new future."

The Duke of Westminster reminisced about the past, tears welling in his eyes. "Back then, we were truly willing to go through thick and thin with him. Not one of us would have hesitated to die for him!"

"Later, we finally overthrew those powerful and influential people according to our ideals. We gained control of the world."

Locke suddenly spoke up: "Grand Duke, how did the first emperor die?"

The Duke of Westminster gritted his teeth, "I killed him."

Locke said, "So, you were one of those who would have died for him back then?"

The Duke of Westminster seemed very excited. "Of course. I consider him my idol, my everything."

"But he betrayed us first! We risked our lives for him and fought so hard to conquer this world. Yet he wants us to hand over power to those who are better able to govern it."

"He also wants to announce all the power systems that he and we have summarized to the whole world. He wants everyone in the world to become a superhuman."

The Duke of Westminster's eyes widened in fury. "How can he be so selfless? Does he even consider us, his brothers who have risked our lives for him, as human beings?!"

“We thought… I thought… he should be the emperor and we should be the feudal lords! Shouldn’t it be like that? But he dared not to be the emperor! So, I had no choice but to take his place.”

(End of this chapter)