Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 718 Disc-shaped Creatures and Terrifying Assimilation Abilities
Locke saw a familiar blue ring in the man's pupils, but the shape of this blue light was different from the perfect blue ring of the disc Gromdal; this blue light ring was incomplete.

A pattern similar to Ω.

Suddenly, a blue light burst forth in the eyes of this middle-aged man, as if that blue light had become eternal.

'Beyond humanity, there are even more profound mysteries.'

'You and I come from the same place; we have come seeking the essence of the wizarding world. Surrender to me; I am the wizarding world!'

'Beyond the realm of wizardry, there lie even more profound mysteries!'

Beside the Silent Throne, in the audience seats of three fourth-ring wizards, the Wizard of Truth and the Silent Witch remained unchanged, seemingly unsurprised by the appearance of the disc-shaped creature revealed in the competition.

The astral projection of the truth wizard from Green Steel City let out a sneer. "Every time I see those discs, I think they're quite cute."

Meanwhile, many Wizarding World viewers realized that the Silent Throne's secrets had been unlocked.

"In previous Silent Grail Wars, the participants would fight while the disc-shaped creature would gather power on the sidelines. By the time the participants discovered it, it had already become very powerful and beyond redemption. As a result, in many Silent Grail Wars, the disc-shaped creature would devour everything, even the participants. So, in each tournament, we didn't even know what the disc-shaped creature was called. It seemed to be an entity that had never interacted with the wizarding world."

"It should be the kind of disc-shaped creature that searches for things related to the Wizarding World in the endless void, rather than a disc-shaped creature that seeks to return to the Wizarding World. These disc-shaped creatures will follow things related to the Wizarding World. Their appearance in that world now is likely due to the seed of civilization sent there during the Enlightenment."

"Not necessarily. After all, it's impossible for it to directly smell the location of the seed of civilization. Something in that plane must have summoned it for it to discover that plane."

"Because of the Silent Witch Truth's magic, we didn't realize that there would be disc-shaped creatures in this competition."

"The abilities of the disc creatures are quite complex, but generally speaking, the more a world declines, the stronger the disc creatures become. Usually, by the time it appears in a competition, it's because several contestants have fought to the very end and the world is already in ruins. So at that time, the disc creatures can easily invade the Silent Dimension and become exceptionally powerful. Their strength far surpasses that of an ordinary second-circle wizard."

"Especially this disc-shaped creature, its true form seems to be at least at the level of a lunar ring. To an ordinary second-ring wizard, it is like a behemoth. The difference between the two is at least the difference between intermediate and minor divine power."

"However, this time, the appearance of the Silent Grail Plane seems to be much more complete than the previous appearance of the Silent Grail Plane. Moreover, the total amount of magic pressure in this Silent Grail Plane has successfully doubled! Therefore, after the appearance of the disc creatures this time, it did not lead to the kind of deeply entrenched problems that existed in the past."

In the viewing area of ​​Kungudin Academy, Wizard Mike looked up at the disc-shaped creature that appeared in the eyes of mortals within the Silent Grail Plane and exclaimed in astonishment, "This is the first time I've ever seen creatures formed from the extreme ecological fragments abandoned by the wizarding world—disc-shaped creatures. Are those disc-shaped creatures?"

"It actually appeared directly on the retina of an ordinary person. This... method is indeed bizarre. That strange light seems to penetrate everywhere and is full of destructive power."

Wizard Mike felt extremely uncomfortable. Just seeing the blue light made his scalp tingle, as if all the magic power in his body had become extreme under the light, and the degree of energy dissipation would increase out of nowhere.

The disc-shaped creatures originate from the wizarding world, representing an extreme form of natural ecology abandoned by that world.

Because a great catastrophe once occurred in the wizarding world, and in the long period afterward, nature became extreme and averse to life, thus the disc creatures represent an extreme ecosystem.

Wherever such extreme ecosystems appear, they will invade and erode that area.

The strength of the disc-shaped creatures is directly related to the strength of their physical bodies and the current state of the world.

At this moment, because the Silent Grail Plane was essentially strengthened, the disc-shaped creature Locke encountered was not the despair-inducingly powerful one that had appeared in previous Silent Grail Tournaments.

Nevertheless, Locke felt that under the blue light, the dissipation of his magical power was constantly increasing.

All magical power seemed to have lost its control, and even the spell models became uncontrollable due to the increased dissipation.

'This disc-shaped creature seems even more troublesome than the one we saw before,' Locke frowned.

Gromdal is a grassland covered by inorganic matter, but its aggression shouldn't be this strong. For some reason, the disc-shaped creature in front of them seems to have an unusual influence on everything in the Silent Plane.

Locke summoned a Golden Eye Grass and placed it in front of him, blocking the blue light halo.

Upon seeing the blue light, the Duke of Westminster seemed greatly alarmed. "Your Majesty Zoro, is that you? You've returned?"

Locke frowned and, through the connection of the mind network, saw the scene appearing before the Grand Duke of Westminster.

He was a middle-aged man I didn't recognize.

Surrounded by an eerie blue light, he stood expressionless before the Duke of Westminster, coldly staring at him as if offering a silent condemnation.

The Grand Duke retreated repeatedly. "Your Majesty Zuo Luo, you have finally returned. Please don't misunderstand me; I was merely holding the throne in your stead until your return. You will always be the only emperor in this world."

The next moment, Locke made his move, and the illusion that looked like Zoro instantly shattered into pieces.

A ring flew out from the fragment.

It was a strange blue light.

The Duke of Westminster immediately realized. "It's the illusion mentioned in the report. This blue light could never have affected me before. How could it... now affect my mind!"

Locke glanced at him. "Grand Duke, you're actually affected by it?"

This isn't right.

Disc-shaped creatures represent an extreme natural ecosystem that has existed for a long time. Even with a powerful possession ability, it would be impossible for a second-level creature to fall into an illusion.

Because their ability to possess is essentially an extreme form of erosion of the natural ecosystem, it is a manifestation of ecological erosion.

Strictly speaking, this is not even a capability of the Mind School or the Enchantment School, but rather the concept of "ecological erosion" within the Life School!
Moreover, the Grand Duke of Westminster used the Mind Network and became a second-ring member, leaning towards the Mind School.

The entire gene lock system is a power system that leans towards the spiritual school!
How could it erode a second-ring being who is adept at manipulating mental power?

Locke instantly thought of many things. 'This disc-shaped creature can influence the Grand Duke; this can't be explained simply by it being more powerful than Gromdal.'

The Duke of Westminster bowed to Locke. "Your Majesty."

"Originally, it shouldn't have been able to affect me, but I don't know why, this thing can now affect me. Perhaps it's because my power has weakened too much recently."

“It’s not just your problem,” Locke said. “The more the homeland declines, the more deaths occur, the stronger the negative energy becomes, and the stronger the disc creatures become.”

"It must be because of the previous clash between the five of us at the second ring level, which caused too many disasters. This allowed the disc-shaped creature to take advantage of the situation and secretly grow stronger."

The battle between Edgar and the Emperor, in particular, resulted in the deaths of far too many people.

This undoubtedly allowed the disc-shaped creatures hiding in the shadows to grow significantly.

The Duke of Westminster murmured, “It has grown so large in such a quiet way.”

Locke frowned as he looked at the blue light.

Even so, it doesn't explain how it could affect the Grand Duke's abilities.

Similarly, this disc-shaped creature's power even attempted to influence itself.

Upon meeting oneself, one tries to influence oneself.

Could it affect other second-circle wizards?

Could it possess other wizards, or even itself, just as it possessed Albert?

What would happen if this disc-shaped creature succeeded?
At this moment, the eerie blue ring Ω rose into the air and continuously emitted an eerie blue light, approaching Locke.

The Golden Eye Grass in front of Locke reflected all the eerie blue light back.

Within the eerie ocean of blue light, a golden ray remained motionless like a stabilizing pillar. Locke chanted a spell: First Ring of Botanical Magic - Photosynthesis!

The Golden Eye Grass absorbed the eerie blue light from the disc-shaped creature and then reflected it back, causing the eerie blue light ring Ω to retreat half a step.

With the blessing of the Great Magic: Moon of Evolution, his first-level magic, Photosynthesis, was also greatly enhanced.

The Grand Duke looked at Locke with a puzzled expression. "Your Majesty, why don't you use your true power?"

He was probably referring to the fact that Locke deliberately didn't use the Moon of Evolution, but instead used a powerful magic spell to enhance his ordinary first-level defensive botanical spell.

He deliberately avoided using powerful magic on the eerie blue light.

Locke pondered, "This thing's influence on the Silent Dimension seems to exceed the capabilities of the disc-shaped creatures. Until we figure that out, it's best to avoid using powerful magic on it directly."

"Actually, the best time to deal with it is right at the beginning of the game. That should be when it is at its weakest."

"It's too late to deal with it now."

Of course, we shouldn't be too hard on ourselves.

Because when everyone first entered this plane, they were all suppressed by the emperor, and everyone was at risk of being directly expelled from this plane by the emperor.

When they finally unleashed their immense magic and were no longer threatened by the emperor, everyone had already entered a stage of mutual struggle, and every contestant was at risk of being eliminated.

For example, Wizard Smith is now obsolete.

So, at that time, no one had time to care about any disc-shaped creatures.

Could it be that the disc-shaped creatures are responsible for the inevitable destruction of this world?

Locke fell into deep thought.

Disc-shaped creatures do indeed have the ability to destroy a world.

That makes sense.

Is the Silent Witch incapable of resolving an invasion by a disc-shaped creature?
Regardless, I've finally figured out why people in this world can't leave the light source at night.

At this moment, as if in a provocation, the blue halo reappeared before Locke, mockingly saying, 'You can't destroy me.'

'I am a higher art than even a wizard.'

You cannot destroy me.

At that moment, the Duke of Westminster suddenly made a move, unleashing a psychic attack that shattered the blue light.

"To provoke His Majesty is to die."

The next moment, the middle-aged man in the prison also collapsed and died.

The blue light disappeared as the possessed person died.

But soon, a blue halo appeared again in the prison.

You can't kill me.

The Duke of Westminster was enraged. "To provoke His Majesty is to die! All of you, die!"

He used his telekinesis to kill them one by one. Whenever a blue light appeared in the retina of a monster prisoner, he would use his telekinesis to twist their necks.

However, these blue light rings continued to appear one after another.

'As long as someone's retina detects my presence, they will be assimilated by me.'

Guess how many people I've assimilated right now?

You can't kill me.

'I am destined to win; conquering this world is only a matter of time!'

The Duke of Westminster, blinded by rage, continued to use his telekinesis to twist the necks of the prisoners.

At that moment, he was shocked to discover that Locke had actually attacked him. "Your Majesty, I am a loyal subject. I was upholding your dignity, why have you attacked me?"

Locke said, "Grand Duke, you have now killed all the monster prisoners in this tower."

The Duke of Westminster's eyes widened. "Impossible. If they were all killed, then what is this blue halo appearing before His Majesty, and what is this lively, energetic prisoner?"

"and many more……"

The Grand Duke immediately realized what was happening.

At that moment, all the illusions before his eyes vanished. There were no prisoners or blue halos left. The person standing in front of him was Locke.

In other words, he had just mistaken Locke for a prisoner and was about to attack him.

But there are no prisoners here, so why is he still seeing hallucinations?
“Your Majesty, I did not mean it,” the Duke of Westminster immediately knelt on one knee before Locke.

Locke looked at the Grand Duke and fell into deep thought.

The disc-shaped creature had just demonstrated an ability that violated the principles of soul science.

Assimilation of the soul?

This is impossible.

This violates the fundamental principles of spiritualism.

The mind can guide, thoughts can be enchanted, and ideas can influence, but the soul cannot be assimilated.

In addition, the opponent can also use mental power to manipulate a second-ring being whose power system leans towards the mental school.

This is too weird.

Therefore, if this is so unbelievable, the other party must be playing tricks or lying.

Therefore, it is best not to use powerful magic in front of the other party before you realize why it has these abilities.

Locke pondered, "I'm afraid that in the latter half of the Great Magic Modeling Competition, as is customary, the enemy of all participants will be this already developed disc-shaped creature."

"But I don't believe anything it says. Disc creatures can't possibly have the ability to assimilate others."

"Why is it that this disc-shaped creature can influence both me and the emperor simultaneously, right in front of me?"

Locke glanced at the Golden Eye Grass in front of him.

(End of this chapter)