Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 755 The Clone Potion and the Memory City of a Second-Ring General Studies Expert!

Inside the Golden Crown Mountain Library, Locke, wearing the second-ring badge, walked directly into the second-ring free area of ​​the library. When the first-ring wizards passing by saw him enter the second-ring area and noticed how young his soul aura was, their expressions changed slightly, and their eyes flashed with admiration.

The free area of ​​the second ring is also filled with rows and rows of bookshelves, each containing powerful protective magic, because every second-ring level magic book is extremely dangerous.

These spellbooks, which contain powerful magical energy, are themselves the outstanding achievements of scholars from the generalist school. Otherwise, it would be impossible for a second-circle spell to be contained in just one book.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to use an entire library to house a second-circle spellbook.

At this moment, there is a blue-skinned troll wizard with general knowledge at the second ring level within the free area of ​​the second ring, who is also a general knowledge expert.

The blue-skinned troll wizard had a large head on his strong shoulders, which could be described as having a blue face and fangs. On this troll head, he also wore a pair of small gold-rimmed glasses and held a book in his hand, exuding a scholarly air.

When the troll wizard saw Locke approaching, he paused slightly. The glasses he was wearing looked like reading glasses, and one of his eyes was very cloudy, while there was a scar on his other, undamaged eye.

The troll wizard Ackerman put down his book, his undamaged eyes flashing with astonishment. "Such a young second-circle wizard... unbelievable, God of Truth, my God."

Locke immediately knew that Wizard Ackerman was not a native wizard of Yunze Wetlands.

Since the shamans of Yunze Wetland do not associate truth with God, those who would have this habit must be shamans from some colonial world.

But... it's really not easy for a second-circle wizard who comes from a colonized world.

That colonial world would also see its status greatly enhanced because of the existence of this troll.

Ackerman apologized to Locke, saying, "I'm sorry. I know the wizards of Cloudswamp Wetlands won't like to hear the term 'God of Truth.' Alas, I was born in the Troll World. The fifty-seventh dynasty of the Troll Empire voluntarily submitted to the Wizarding World and accepted the knowledge of wizarding civilization, carrying out modernization reforms. I also benefited from this reform five hundred years ago, attending Golden Crown Mountain Junior Academy, passing the entrance exams all the way to the advanced academy, and finally entering the wizarding world of Golden Crown Mountain..."

"Although the troll world has reformed and embraced magical knowledge, it is difficult to change its theocratic empire nature. Therefore, in that place, magic is regarded as the blessing of the goddess of magic, and the goddess of magic is regarded as a subordinate deity of the god of truth."

Ackerman is very talkative. Despite his burly physique and seemingly rough appearance, he is actually very sensitive.

"Therefore, I always keep the mantra of thanking the God of Truth in my mind. By the way, according to my research, that so-called goddess of magic should have been a ring witch who entered that world back then, although she is now a moon witch."

Ackerman said in a low voice, "It's just that going from the lunar ring to the solar ring is very difficult, so I guess it will be very difficult for her to become a solar ring wizard."

Locke nodded slightly.

"So that's it."

“I understand, because I’m not a native shaman of Yunze Wetland either.”

The Ackerman troll immediately became interested.

"You're also a wizard from the colonized world?"

"Which dimension is it? Has it established elemental resonance with the Wizarding World?"

Locke said, “I come from the southeast corner region. The place I was born in is called Corfu.”

"However, for a time, I thought that was the entirety of the world. The islanders of Corfu called that island the world, and considered the seven countries on that island as the entire world consisting of only those seven countries."

The Ackerman troll paused for a moment, then said, "The southeastern corner region is considered a mid-magic area that is relatively close to a low-magic environment."

"And Corfu Island... I remember the name of that island. I read about it when I was reading the Chronicles of the Southeast Corner Islands. It produces three kinds of materials that are useful to the wizarding world. The first is Corfu grass, and there is also some luminous ore and cat's eye, all of which are apprentice-level materials. Corfu Island is named after the third-level apprentice-level magical plant Corfu grass."

"I remember there's a unique terrain in the southeastern corner region, with some broken islands in the nearshore waters near the coastline. Earth wizards have investigated those island groups and discovered that they weren't formed naturally; the specific reasons for their formation..."

The Ackerman troll fell into deep thought.

"I can't quite remember."

"But I remember reading that article. It was written a hundred years ago by a second-circle wizard from the Blackrock Academy, a mid-level wizarding organization in the Golden Crown Mountain region. He loved to travel and was also an earth wizard, so he especially liked to write geographical records of various places."

The Ackerman troll whispered a spell, and then a spell model appeared in his palm. The spell model condensed into a magic key, which he inserted into his forehead and wound up like a clockwork, continuously turning it and stirring his thoughts.

Locke was quite surprised.

The Ackerman troll's eyes lit up.

"Found it. I knew I wouldn't forget. I've been reading too many books and taking notes lately, and my active brain capacity isn't enough. So I had to squeeze out some of that knowledge and put the excess into less frequently used areas of my brain, compressing it up. No wonder I couldn't remember it."

"Otherwise, with my second-circle spell [Super Memory], I wouldn't forget it."

"Oh, this is the second-circle generalist magic, [Memory City]. I modified my brain to give me an amazing memory capacity as a living being, so I can perfectly memorize things as complex as second-circle level spell models, as well as all the related theoretical data, and stuff them all into my brain at once."

The Ackerman troll was quite pleased with himself.

"We generalist wizards have reached the pinnacle of brain modification. We can even compress less frequently used knowledge to increase capacity, thus reducing storage space."

"Of course, we also need to develop matching second-circle spells to extract them..."

"Therefore, I say that the mind of a generalist is the most precious treasure of civilization. We generalist wizards do not seek to create new knowledge for civilization, but we seek to preserve knowledge for civilization. When civilization suffers a devastating blow, our importance will be fully demonstrated."

Ackerman's eyes lit up.

“I understand. After extensive investigation and the use of earth magic, the earth wizard confirmed that a third-ring level extraterrestrial life form once attempted to descend upon the southeastern corner of the region. The wizards fought against it back then, and the battle was so fierce that the heavens and earth shattered. Your hometown, Corfu Island, was created during that war.”

"But it's hard to pinpoint the exact era. The article suggests it was at least before the Enlightenment, and very likely the era of pure-blooded humans."

Locke was surprised to find that the troll scholar before him had such a powerful memory, and that he knew the origin of the name of his hometown, as well as the reasons for the formation of Corfu's geography.

Locke asked, "What exactly is a third-ring level extraterrestrial life form?"

Wizard Ackerman said, "The author of that article initially thought it was a disc creature because, by a coincidence, the southeastern corner of the region was the home of several disc creatures. But he later denied this guess. By observing the earth's veins, he confirmed that the invaders had entered the wizarding world through a huge meteorite."

"Then it's not a disc-shaped creature."

"But it's hard to say exactly which one. The era of pure-blooded humans is a very long time ago, and at that time, due to the fundamentalism of pure-blooded humans, the wizarding pure-blood cult emerged—"

"The Pureblood Order persecuted many wizards, and much information was lost as a result. The records from that time haven't been preserved, which is proof that Corfu took shape during the Pureblood era, because only in that era would the phenomenon of completely erasing a wizard's achievements and their background occur." Locke pondered for a moment and said, "Because the wizards who prevented that disaster in the southeastern corner weren't 'pureblood wizards'?"

Wizard Ackerman smiled sarcastically.

"Correct."

“When someone links truth with bloodline, everything becomes strange.”

Locke nodded and asked Wizard Ackerman, "I'd like to consult the free second-circle doppelganger spellbook in the library. Do you have any recommendations? Preferably one on botany, potions, or archaeology."

Ackerman's eyes lit up slightly.

"You're an archaeological wizard? That's amazing. Archaeological wizards are all very powerful; they can unearth many things from ancient times."

"I just don't know why, in our white wizarding society, there are relatively few wizards in this discipline, and it's rare for mainstream wizarding colleges to set archaeology as a core subject. Don't you find that strange? I've always found that very odd."

Locke was stunned. Sure enough, the higher the ring number, the clearer the understanding of the world.

Yes.

Why does the White Wizard Society secretly suppress archaeology?

Archaeological magic is undoubtedly powerful, but it doesn't seem to thrive in white wizarding society.

Even if it's due to historical reasons, archaeology and magic should be thriving now.

Locke immediately realized that an invisible hand was secretly suppressing archaeology.

Of course, all of this is just unfounded speculation.

Perhaps it was simply a series of coincidences that prevented archaeological magic from flourishing in white wizarding society.

But if there really is a wizard secretly suppressing things, could it be the Starfield Sea?

wrong.

It now seems that the Academy City in the Starfield Sea has even put its desire to recruit archaeology wizards in its job requirements, and the Academy City is not a small force in the Starfield Sea.

Therefore, even if there is a latent force suppressing the archaeological wizards in the white wizard society, it is not a force from the Starfield Sea.

The defining characteristic of the Starry Sea is that it has no taboos.

Since there are no taboos, it's unlikely that they would do such a thing.

Locke snapped out of his daze and had a conversation with the wizard Ackerman, which immediately broadened his understanding.

Communicating with these generalist second-circle wizards can quickly fill the gaps in one's own perspective that a second-circle wizard should have.

"Mr. Ackerman, please recommend some clone magic."

Wizard Ackerman chuckled, “Alright. Let me think. Here’s a reading list; you can take a look.”

He took out a piece of white paper from his astral ring, and instantly, lines of black writing appeared on the paper in his mind.

Locke glanced at the book list, which consisted entirely of magic books.

Locke said, "Okay, thank you."

Locke searched through the free section of the book list. In fact, the free section mainly contained second-tier content that had passed its patent period and was outdated, with no secrets whatsoever.

However, given the long history of wizarding civilization, even these outdated elements are more than sufficient for constructing clone magic.

There is absolutely no need to purchase a dedicated second-circle spellbook.

The development level of clone magic has exceeded normal needs, so outdated clone magic, without so many variations, is more in line with my needs.

Locke found two clone spellbooks built around treants, as well as a clone potion recommended on the book list.

Two books on clone magic centered around treants are indeed quite good.

However, I haven't actually invested much in the area of ​​tree magic yet, unlike the wizard Edgar.

The Moon Goddess Blessing Spell was the only spell he had invested a lot of resources and energy in for the Treants, but in reality, it was an outdated spell.

Essentially, the power of the Moon Goddess Blessing Spell is based on the user's immense magical power and their truly impressive level of evolutionary understanding.

Locke, however, noticed the clone potion.

"The core ingredient of the clone potion is the blood of a reincarnated person, 300ml of blood from the reincarnation of a third-ring wizard."

"Secondary materials are the heart of a chimera, the heart of a griffin, and the heart of a two-headed dragon."

"There are 69 kinds of auxiliary materials and peripheral materials in total. Most of them are used to call on the power of the blood of the Three Rings Reincarnation and to harmonize the energy of the hearts of the three magical beasts. By combining these two energies, they can be transformed into the clone potion."

Locke's expression turned strange.

"When a wizard takes the potion of doppelganger, he will create a doppelganger based on his own shadow. His own shadow will not disappear, but a doppelganger will be born from his own shadow."

"The best thing about the clone potion is that the clone it creates will have 10000 magic pressure, possess second-ring level combat power, and will share experience, memories, consciousness, magical understanding, and so on..."

Logically speaking, the blood of a third-circle wizard's reincarnation should be extremely precious and difficult to obtain, but the problem is that he happens to know a third-circle wizard's reincarnation.

As a potion master, I do need a second-circle potion recipe to practice with so that I can confirm that I have reached the second-circle level in potion mastery as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)