Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 760 Root Realm! The Essence of the Struggle for Academic Lineages!

Locke's Ancient Tree Fruit clone returned to the Free Library and opened the Second Ring Wizard's Treasure Map, examining it closely.

This is a nautical chart, and it shows the archipelago.

There were many unpredictable red dots on the archipelago. Locke counted them and found that there were seventeen markers on the map pointing to the coordinates of the treasure, and each red dot was constantly moving.

As Locke touched the treasure map with his palm, the number of red dots on the map began to disappear gradually, until only one red dot remained.

Locke looked at the red dot. "I see. The main reason Zoe Witch gave up on searching immediately was that this map had an encrypted combination lock."

"This is a level two encryption. It is estimated that only wizards who meet certain requirements can make the treasure show the correct target. Otherwise, even if you can see the real treasure map, the route indicated on the map will be wrong."

"No. Since it's a second-ring wizard's treasure, they probably won't be so stingy. They'll likely offer different rewards based on the different characteristics of each wizard and the different paths they take."

"But it has absolutely nothing to do with the treasure left behind by that second-circle wizard from the pure-blooded human era."

Locke removed his hand from the map, and seventeen red dots reappeared on the map, each surrounded by a dense network of guide routes.

Locke blinked his right eye and placed the map into the Cosmic Light contact lens in his right eye. At the same time, his main body on Mount Golden Crown took out the wizard's treasure map from his contact lens.

At the same time, Locke's Ancient Tree Fruit clone suddenly sensed that the power of botanical magic was abruptly decreasing after the wizard's airship entered the second sky.

"What happened? Is it because of the changes in the laws of the world that my botanical magic power has decreased? No, botanical magic is the least affected magic power by different worlds."

"The principle of life still exists in the second sky."

At that moment, Locke stood up and, through the Time Crystal window of the free library, saw the [Vulcan Palace Guardians] attacking the spaceship.

On the second day, there seemed to be different shrines in the sky, and the guards of these shrines would constantly attack the wizard's airship.

These Vulcan Palace guards were surrounded by the principles of planes, which were the principles of life.

Since the principle of life exists, it means that there is still a part of life in the world principle of the Second Sky, so my magical power should not decrease in any way.

Locke observed the fiery clouds in the sky the next day with his naked eye, as well as the guards of the Vulcan Palace, and pondered, "It doesn't seem like a decrease in magical power caused by different world principles."

"The power has decreased by at least one-fifth."

Locke pondered, "It's like suddenly falling from somewhere..."

Locke seemed to suddenly realize something and looked at the dimensional principles inside the cabin.

"The world inside the wizard airship is still the wizarding world, or rather, the world of Cloud Marsh Wetland. So I have not broken away from the world principles of my wizarding world."

"My power did not decrease because the world's laws were changed."

"But it is indeed because I was removed from a certain environment that the power of my botanical magic has decreased. The biggest difference is probably that there are not many second-circle, first-circle, third-circle, and fourth-circle botanical wizards here."

Second-circle wizards are extremely sensitive to energy and dimensional power, so they can see the energy flowing in the air with the naked eye.

Currently, the air composition inside this wizard's airship remains unchanged in terms of elements and dimensional principles; the only difference is the loss of much of the radiance of life magic.

'Although the exact reason is unknown, the number of wizards specializing in the same magical subfield within a region seems to influence the power of a particular spell.'

Locke pondered, "So, when I leave Cloud Marsh Wetlands, my botanical magic power will drop by one-fifth out of nowhere. This doesn't mean I've become weaker, but rather that I've returned to the normal level of a second-circle botanical wizard with a magic pressure of 16,000."

"No one is there to support me anymore."

"The influence of the schools on wizards is that great."

"No wonder those high-ring wizards need more and more wizards from a certain school."

That is to say, for high-ring wizards, increasing their magical power not only requires increasing their own power, but also increasing the number of wizards in a certain direction in the surrounding environment, so that these wizards can support their own body and increase their magical power out of thin air.

Locke said, "But when I was a first-ring wizard, I didn't seem to feel any changes in the strength of botanical magic as I moved around the various wizarding realms. This means that for a first-ring wizard, this kind of lift is probably nonexistent or has only a slight effect."

"The biggest difference between a first-circle wizard and a second-circle wizard is the difference in their ultimate magic. Therefore, this special lifting mechanism works on ultimate magic."

Locke's clone closed his eyes, sensing his immense magic.

Meanwhile, his true form closed his eyes in the Victoria Magic Glasses Shop, sensing his immense magic.

There was nothing beneath the Great Magic: Evolution Moon that the clone sensed, but beneath the Great Magic: Evolution Moon that the main body sensed was a phantom object resembling a square platform, supporting its own Evolution Moon.

Clearly, the problem lies with this thing.

When his clone left Yunze Wetland, his immense magic on the clone's side was equivalent to leaving the square, turquoise platform, as if he had stepped down from it.

However, his true form is still in the Cloud Marsh Wetland, so for his Evolution Moon, he is currently still on that platform.

At this moment, the blonde witch Victoria, dressed in a red silk robe and wearing an ornate, intricately carved silver monocle over her left eye, sat opposite Locke with her liquefaction wizard student. Victoria nodded slightly to Locke with the look of someone looking at a junior, then smiled and asked, "Locke, what did you see?"

"This should be the first time you've left Yunze Wetlands since becoming a second-ring wizard. You saw it, that... Root Realm."

Locke opened his eyes and looked at the Victoria witch, saying, "Lady Victoria, is the scientific name for that thing Root Realm? I saw my Evolution Moon, and under its support, its power increased by one-fifth out of thin air."

"and many more……"

Locke observed carefully and discovered that there were actually three root realms under his Evolution Moon.

The first type is a bluish-green botanical root habitat.
The second type is a bluish-purple Potions Root Realm, and the third type is a yellow Archaeology Root Realm.

The three root realms do not have superimposed power; each root realm merely supports the power of a certain magic within its own immense magic. That is, the botanical root realm supports the botanical magic portion of the Evolutionary Moon.

Of the three root environments, the botanical one is the largest, covering an extremely vast area, seemingly boundless and incredibly thick, like the earth beneath the sky, with numerous details on it.

Secondly, the Potions Realm is only two-thirds the size of the Botany Realm.

A Potions Mastery level can only increase one's Potions Magic power by approximately 15%.

Finally, there's the Archaeology Root Realm, which is dilapidated, extremely small, and almost extinct, offering virtually no improvement to one's archaeology magic.

However, his own Evolution Moon focuses primarily on botany, secondarily on potion-making, and secondarily on archaeology.

Since both potion science and botany are life sciences, they are relatively easy to reconcile.

Therefore, the vast majority of my own evolutionary moon is actually supported by the root environment of botany.

Locke told the Victoria witch about these observations: "The root zone of the botanicals seems to have been formed and strengthened by the magical resonance of the various botanical wizards in the Cloud Marsh Wetlands."

"Furthermore, this root realm can only support phenomenal things, so it can only support the most powerful magic of wizards, and has almost no effect on first-ring wizards. This is because a first-ring wizard is just an individual, while a second-ring wizard is a natural phenomenon. Therefore, one phenomenon can be supported by another phenomenon."

The Victoria Witch nodded and smiled, "If you can recognize that it's a lift, then your observation skills are acceptable. If you can notice that it's formed by the resonance of magical power that various wizards unintentionally release into the air, then you're excellent."

“Your insight is quite good. Katya didn’t tell you about the Root Realm, probably because she wanted you to observe it for yourself. After all, every wizard would be moved when they first see the Root Realm.”

The Victoria Witch became serious and said, "Is the dragon able to soar high in the sky because of its own power? Not only that, but also because the magical winds of this world are strong. The stronger the magical winds are, the higher it can fly."

"Behemoth, as the overlord of the earth, can lift an entire mountain range. Is it because it is incredibly strong? No, it is because the solid earth provides it with support."

"Every first-ring wizard is always very concerned about their own personal strength and strives to improve themselves, while neglecting the supporting role of the environment. However, for second-ring wizards, they can directly observe the power of the plane and the flow and changes of the plane's principles with their naked eyes. They can directly see the existence of the root realm, and their own great magic is also supported by the root realm. Therefore, second-ring wizards will realize the power of the group and the environment from all aspects."

"Therefore, they can better understand why the White Wizarding Association supports each school of magic to such an extent."

"I can understand better why both the association and the academy are competing for resources. The more funds are invested in a school of thought, the stronger that school will become. And for wizards of that school, it will be easier to learn magic in that area."

"However, this is only the most peripheral and superficial knowledge within the faction, because it only affects a large area."

The Victorian witch explained, "Take your teacher and the Rose Witch Anna, for example. They are both botanical wizards, so their botanical magic and that of their students are supported by the botanical root system."

"Hmm... More advanced knowledge is too complicated for you. This involves the factors of the Ladder of Truth. In terms you can understand, it's the conflict between your teacher and the Rose Witch. The important reasons are the exclusive authorization of the laboratory on the high-ring wizard's side, the project funding, the honor, the title, and most importantly, the resource allocation."

"The main problem is that their research paths are too similar. Therefore, the White Wizard Association can only use its limited resources to focus on supporting one Throne Wizard and using that path to become a Fourth Ring Wizard."

"The other one will be forced to change her research path and find a point of significant difference within the existing research path. As a result, it is very likely that one of them will lose the possibility of becoming a fourth-circle wizard."

The Victoria witch was relaxed. "I never had any intention of becoming a fourth-circle wizard. Not every wizard has to become a fourth-circle wizard."

"In my opinion, being a third-circle wizard is enough. I can't keep pushing myself anymore. Staying in the third-circle realm, teaching students every day, and working on the topics I like is enough. Why keep pushing myself? Pushing myself might not even yield any results."

"Becoming a third-ring wizard means that even in death, one can enjoy the blessings of their past life, naturally possessing the aptitude of a seventh-level elemental child, and finding it easier to retrace the path of magic than ordinary people. Your friend Antoine is an example." The Victoria Witch looked at Locke and smiled, "However, there is one thing you observed incorrectly. The root realm is not formed by the resonance of a wizard's magical power, but rather by the resonance of a wizard's extremely large magical overflow."

"Have you forgotten that the energy dissipation of your Great Magic, which is in its initial stage of development, is extremely high? Therefore, the Root Realm is formed by the resonance of the Great Magic of Second-Circle Wizards of the same Second-Level Discipline in a region, forming a network that can capture the magic dissipated by the Basic First-Circle Wizards of a region, and thus continue to strengthen."

"But this is not a spontaneous process. It requires a region to produce a third-circle wizard of the same second-level discipline."

The Victoria Witch said, "In other words, there must be a third-circle wizard in this region for the Root Realm to be formed."

"Yunze Wetland has many root zones, which gives it an advantage that other wizarding lands cannot match."

Locke asked, "Then, Professor Victoria, does this mean that only theories that can form a root realm can become a secondary discipline?"

"According to what you said, whether a root realm can be formed is directly related to whether this doctrine has three-ring wizards and enough two-ring wizards, and one-ring wizards."

The Victorian witch glanced at Locke with surprise.

"Indeed, your thinking is very sharp. You immediately grasped the crux of the problem. That's exactly it."

Locke then realized that the conflict of interest in Bonifacius University's new textile science was greater than he had originally thought.

I used to think that at most the new textile wizards at Bonifacius University were just making a fuss about splitting up, and that the so-called splitting up was just about dividing up the interests and the right to speak. But now it seems that they want to split up the entire root realm.

Therefore, the ability to form a root realm is the key to determining whether a magic category is second-tier.

Locke pondered, "The primary goal of the new textile science now is not to become a first-level discipline. Rather, it's merely a grand ambition, intended to give the wizards of the new textile science a sense of purpose."

"What they're fighting for now is to first establish the new textile science as a secondary discipline, that is, to form its own foundation. But that would require pulling many wizards away from the foundation of textile science. This would weaken and lower the foundation of textile science, and reduce its supporting role."

This is a serious conflict of interest.

At this moment, Locke thought of something else.

Therefore, the three wizarding lands in the Three Swamps have different development directions, which also reflects different attitudes towards the Root Realm.

Clearly, the reason why the Raize Lowlands chose to develop three centralized wizard universities is to produce three super-realm experts in order to compete with the Star Domain Sea. Otherwise, there would be no way to compare with the many realm experts formed by wizards in the Star Domain Sea.

Therefore, the three resource-intensive wizarding universities in the Razer Lowlands are all single-discipline wizarding universities.

That's correct.

Razer Lowlands is pursuing extreme development, but can a wizarding land rely on three separate magical classes to develop?

No.

The mere absence of a specific magic category, leading to exorbitant material prices in certain environments, can cause significant problems.

Therefore, Yunze Wetland must take on the comprehensive development path of the Sanze area, vigorously promote comprehensive development, and make up for the shortcomings of the Leize Lowland.

Even more so, it could provide the Razer Lowlands with an environment that counteracts the attraction of the Starfield Sea.

The advantage of integrated development is that it provides a complete supply chain of magic categories, and a wizarding land has more root realms, but the disadvantage is that it cannot form a super root realm.

Locke realized that it was like his own Moon of Evolution, supported by three root realms. A wizard's great magic is rarely very pure.

Therefore, multiple root states have their own advantages, while a single super root state has its own advantages.

However, it is likely that the Three Swamps region is not only linked by the geography of Cloud Lake, but also by the root environment issue alone, which has led to the integration of the three major wizarding lands.

Yunze Wetland and Leize Lowland respectively fulfilled different responsibilities in the Three Lakes region.

The Rain Marshland is even stranger. There are no medium-to-large-scale wizarding academies like those in the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, let alone the top-tier wizarding academies of the Thunder Marsh Lowlands. Instead, there are a bunch of small and medium-sized wizarding academies.

Clearly, the Rain Marshland is a further extension of the Multi-Root Realm route, taking on the full magical responsibilities of the Cloud Marsh Wetlands and the Thunder Marsh Lowlands.

Because the seven top academies of Yunze Wetland have, it seems, supported a fairly powerful Root Realm, which is essentially a centralization of resources.

Locke pondered, "Now that I know about the existence of the Root Realm, I understand the division of labor within the Three Swamps better. The integration of the Three Swamps is more profound than I initially thought, not merely superficial."

'So, will there come a day in the future when the root realm of the Three Swamps is shared?'

'It seems that the development strategy of Misawa is itself geared towards integration.'

The three super wizarding universities in the Razer Lowlands were actually supported by the three Razer lands together.

Only in this way can we compete with the top academies across the Starfield Sea!

After a moment's thought, Witch Victoria said, "For you second-ring wizards, this is probably a good way to understand the Root Realm. For sun-ring wizards and wizards of higher rings, you can try to understand it in a deeper way."

"Take the conflict between your teacher and the Rose Witch as an example. Their victory or defeat also involves a struggle for relative control over the Root Realm. For a third-ring wizard, we can do more things based on the Root Realm."

"We should try to come up with more creative ideas. But there's no need to do so unless absolutely necessary. Doing so could easily trigger academic clashes and ignite key points of disagreement."

"However, you have only just become a second-circle wizard, and this knowledge is too distant for you. All you need to know is that the Root Realm is an artificial construct."

"Therefore, there is a lot of room for man-made objects to operate."

Locke nodded slightly, stood up, and bowed to the witch Victoria, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Teacher Victoria."

"You helped me understand what the root realm really is and what its function is."

The Victorian witch smiled. "You are very polite, Locke."

Locke asked, "Professor Victoria, do you have a way to upgrade the dimensional level of the internal demiplane of the Cosmic Light Invisibility Lens...?"

"Currently, this demiplane is no longer able to support the imaginary root of the second-ring magical plant."

The Victorian witch raised her eyebrows, a look of surprise on her face.

"A second-ring magical plant? A first-ring magical plant is already the king of magical plants, let alone a second-ring magical plant. A second-ring magical plant is a high-level magical plant that can only be born in one or two medium-sized worlds, and it is not even considered rare in the endless void."

"A mere demiplane is certainly insufficient to support a second-ring magical plant. Even the lowest-level imaginary roots, sparse roots, of a second-ring magical plant will absorb the power within the imaginary sea of ​​the plane."

The Victoria Witch sighed, "If the imaginary sea of ​​a world is not powerful enough, it will cause a lot of trouble. Normally, the existence of a magical plant must be the optimal solution within the environment."

"From a long-term perspective, the existence of second-ring magical plants can help increase the energy within the Imaginary Ocean of the world. However, in the short term, it will instead consume the power within the Imaginary Ocean. The Imaginary Ocean is the key to supporting the present world. If it is arbitrarily drained, it is like using the groundwater of a region. That is like draining the pond to catch all the fish, leaving a legacy of disaster for future generations."

"The present world may collapse directly."

"It's like land collapsing after losing the support of groundwater."

"In the past, during the pure-blooded era of human civilization, the wizarding civilization chose imaginary magic for a period of time as a characteristic of second-circle wizards, but it was later abandoned during the era of wizarding despotism, and that is why."

"The switch to using ultimate magic was arguably the only meaningful thing those inhuman wizard monarchs did during the autocratic era."

The Victorian witch took a history magic book from her astral ring and handed it to Locke.

"You can take a look at this book; I'm reading it recently."

Locke took the magic book and said solemnly, "Okay, Teacher Victoria, I will read it carefully."

"We can always learn lessons and gain strength from history."

The Victorian witch curled her lips into a smile.

"So, you can plant a first-ring magical plant in a demiplane by replenishing magical resources. But planting a second-ring magical plant in a demiplane is troublesome. It's like using groundwater from a sinking area directly, which would cause the demiplane's present world to collapse."

Locke asked doubtfully, "Ms. Victoria, isn't there any other way?"

If it cannot be planted in a demiplane, then the forest sanctuary cannot move with it, and one must then consider how to protect the forest sanctuary.

Perhaps we could establish an academy?
Locke shook his head slightly. He was joking; he still had to go to the Starfield Sea. How could he have time to find a place to establish a wizarding academy?

At most, a second-circle wizard can establish a wizarding university in a place like the southeastern corner of the region.

The Victoria Witch said, "Hmm, I'll try to think of a way for you. Actually, your request is rather unusual... other second-circle botanists don't have such a strong need."

(End of this chapter)