Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 783 The Deceived World and the Counterattack of Lilith's Hut

In Locke's view, this ordinary second-circle wizard from the southeastern corner region was actually much stronger than the second-circle dark wizard from the Crimson Deep Court who had been hired by Solas to kill him.

That guy only has a little over ten thousand magic pressure.

It's unclear whether it's because that guy didn't live as long as the Pale Pilgrimage Dark Wizard, or because the Crimson Deeper Court's Holy Side Dark Wizard is weaker than the Pale Pilgrimage's Undead Side Dark Wizard.

Of course, the number of dark wizards I've seen in the five major wars is relatively small, so it's very likely that it's just an isolated case.

However, this wizard Berber Morgan used the most wrong way to fight, which was to inadvertently open a world channel with himself to transfer power to each other and start a world war.

Originally, he wasn't confident he could capture him with just a clone.

If he wants to leave, he can probably get away unscathed.

But that changed after I caught him making that mistake.

Locke manipulated the treant to transform the blank potion into the essence of the moon and stuff it into the plum tree, instantly putting the plum tree into the state of [Surging Evolution].

The plant essence of this plum tree manifested in a spiritual form and received the backflow of dimensional information.

In the plane of Louis, the Lich King, wielding an ice staff, walks among countless zombie snow demons. He sits atop an undead chariot, and wherever he goes, treants are cleaved in two.

Meanwhile, in the ocean, Locke manipulated the Treant to fine-tune the spell model of the Moon Cultivation Method, while simultaneously channeling the vast magical information of this world into his own magical plant.

"Berber's immense magic has been entangled with the Louis plane for over nine hundred years."

"The forces of both sides are deeply intertwined."

Locke, in his state of [doing whatever he wants without overstepping the bounds], quickly grasped the current situation of this world. "Therefore, by activating the mechanism of dimensional power reversal, I am essentially allowing the opponent's immense magical power to flow back into this magical plant."

"In this way, some kind of adaptive evolution can be produced."

"And even better..."

Locke pondered for a moment.

"The wizard's ultimate magic is, after all, the magical power generated through complex calculations and designs. Obtaining this information will allow the magical plants that evolve as a result to be closer to the second-ring magical plants that have been cultivated through complex design and strict planning, rather than wild magical plants."

Locke fell into deep thought.

So, the best situation to fully utilize one's lunar cultivation method is actually the current situation?
Then wouldn't I have to constantly invade other wizards' worlds?
No, that would violate wizarding law in white wizarding society.

However, if you're fighting a dark wizard, then you don't need to follow the law.

Locke's eyes brightened slightly, and the current special situation could only be created by black wizards who base their great magic on simple conquest, killing and plunder.

Only by confronting the dark wizards in the future and invading their world can one use the Moon Cultivation Method to create a situation similar to the one we see today.

At this moment, under the backflow of information from the two planes, the magical pressure of the snow plum tree continued to rise, reaching the limit of the first ring of magical pressure. Then, Locke cut off an imaginary root from a golden peach tree and grafted it onto the snow plum tree.

The next moment, the magical pressure of this snow plum tree broke through the limit of one ring, reaching over ten thousand!
This magical plant has three branches, and each branch has two plum blossoms, for a total of six flowers on three branches!
The white flowers exude a faint, cool fragrance amidst the chilly air.

It was the first floral fragrance in the Louisiana plane in over nine hundred years.

Locke realized that each branch contained a special winter spirit, and there were three subtle winter spirits in total, which constituted a relatively preliminary winter spirit and transformed into winter magic.

However, compared to the summer magic that Banxia possesses, this winter magic is far too simple, probably because the information in this plane is too simplistic.

If it weren't for the immense magical spirituality flowing in from Berber, the winter magic contained in this magical plant would probably not even be at its current level.

Locke's eyes flickered.

Meanwhile, his physical body is in the free area of ​​Golden Crown Mountain.

When the Ackerman troll wizard heard that Locke wanted to borrow two magic books from him, his eyes lit up.

"Articles about the World War, and articles about the Winter Magic Plant?"

"Of course I have some."

"Are you waging a world war against others?"

Locke nodded and said, "Yes, it's a dark wizard."

The Ackerman troll wizard looked at Locke with admiration and said, "I was wondering why you suddenly asked me to borrow the spellbook of [Summer Grass and Firefly] half a day ago."

"Dark wizards, huh? They're a very dangerous group of wizards. Heh, of course I'll help you."

The Ackerman troll wizard pounded his chest. "How much magical pressure does the opponent have? What's their method?"

Locke said, "Fifteen thousand, about a thousand years old, the pale black wizard who pilgrimages to the Bone Palace in the Hidden Spirit Land."

"Great magic is a burial ground."

The Ackerman troll's eyes were cautious.

"They're not easy to deal with. They're not weaklings."

"The Burial Grounds is a type of magic that the Pale Pilgrimage finds relatively difficult to deal with. The Burial Grounds reverse the order of cold and death, creating a large number of deaths in one place, and then continuously creating death and undead in that area through a special magic circle."

"At the same time, that region was transformed by necromancy, and gradually began to produce killings, eventually causing the region to automatically generate a low temperature that could kill people."

"So, whether it was the low temperature that killed people, or people killed each other first and then used the death energy to create the low temperature, the cause and effect order was reversed. Death energy - ice - death energy, forming a vicious cycle, this is the burial ground."

The troll wizard Ackerman laughed, "Necromancers always look down on us generalist wizards. Today, I, who can only read documents, will help you completely and utterly win this world war."

The Ackerman trolls were in high spirits.

"Not only that, I will also help you take advantage of him completely, so that he will not underestimate the power of knowledge."

The Ackerman troll wizard chanted a spell, summoning his immense magic. Instantly, the bookshelves in the second ring area of ​​the entire library began to pulsate as if breathing.

The Spiral Library—that was his greatest magic.

The library of Mount Golden Crown was pieced together from the great magic of various generalist wizards, and the one Locke was standing on was the great magic of the Ackerman troll wizard.

The Ackerman troll wizard's eyes gleamed blue as he searched through the literature, first focusing on the relevance of the papers, then the research methods, followed by the results and charts, and finally, he began to search for papers he could read.

The Ackerman troll wizard quickly found three high-scoring papers related to research on the Burial Grounds, and two papers related to the Winter Magic Plant.

“You’re reading too slowly. The situation changes in an instant during a battle. Let me read these five articles once first, and then I’ll summarize the key parts for you…”

The Ackerman troll's eyes glowed blue.

Clearly, he used the second-circle spell model of general knowledge.

Locke was deeply moved.

"Thank you, Ackerman."

The Ackerman troll wizard waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me. Dark wizards are to be killed by everyone. Locke, that's what we generalist wizards do."

……

In the southeastern corner of the region, at Lilith's Hut, lives Justin, the Director of the Organization Department of the White Wizarding Association. He is also the head of the southeastern corner branch of the White Wizarding Association and one of the three headmasters of the Vildantia Academy.

At this moment, Justin the Wizard looked listless, his magical pressure was also weakening, and his soul had been severely damaged.

Justin the Wizard looked at the group prophecy wizard instructor from the University of Verdandia beside him and asked, "Have you figured it out yet?"

This group prophet is meticulously calculating the gains and losses.

He was calculating whether the losses caused by inviting the White Wizards' Association headquarters into the southeastern corner of the region at this moment were already less than the losses caused by allowing the Black Wizards' Alliance to act recklessly.

The wizard mentor's eyes flickered.

"It's still a little short. If we invite the headquarters in now, we will be forced to undergo bankruptcy reorganization. The entire association will be under the strong control of the headquarters for the next hundred years, and most of its assets will be restructured and adjusted."

"This loss is still greater than the damage caused by the current Black Wizard Alliance."

After listening, Justin nodded in agreement.

"It seems we still can't notify the White Wizard Association headquarters."

On the other side, Harlan Vera was speechless.

He hesitated for a moment, then finally couldn't help but ask Justin the Wizard.

"Association President, we only have Lilith's Hut left as our stronghold. If the Dark Wizard Alliance breaches Lilith's Hut, is the loss less than the loss incurred by inviting headquarters to intervene?"

"Should we consider that the destruction caused by the Dark Wizarding Alliance is multiplying every moment, and that there are other interests besides economic interests, such as security interests?"

Justin the Wizard sighed.

"Harlan Vera. How could I not know that? It's just that once bankruptcy reorganization takes place, how many people in the entire Southeast Corner will go bankrupt?"

"We absolutely cannot involve headquarters unless it is a last resort. Otherwise, our association's branch will be forced into bankruptcy proceedings."

After bowing, Wizard Harlan Vera tentatively asked, "Then, Master of the Association, do you have a way to deal with that Star Ring Wizard from the Dark Wizarding Alliance?"

Justin the Wizard sighed and shook his head helplessly.

“I had no choice. If that Star Ring Wizard hadn’t suddenly intervened, Berber and I would have fought for so many years, and he would have always been at a disadvantage, and each time he would have suffered more losses.”

"How could I possibly be seriously injured by him?"

“However, you don’t need to worry. That Star Ring Wizard has entered the Forbidden Forest for some reason, and hasn’t come out for a long time. I sensed chaotic magical pressure fluctuations in the Forbidden Forest before, as if a fierce battle had taken place. I believe he is injured now and will not come out of the Forbidden Forest for a while.”

Wizard Harlan Vera hurriedly asked, "If that's the case, then is our main pressure now coming from those two second-ring dark wizards?"

“I heard reports from students at the mortal realm that dark wizards have appeared in large numbers at the University of Verdandia, possibly preparing for a new all-out attack on us.”

“We sensed it before, a chaotic clash of magical pressure emanating from the University of Verdandia, along with four second-ring level magical pressures. It seems there was some kind of battle taking place there.”

"Should we take the initiative now?"

Justin the wizard hesitated for a moment.

"This is indeed a good opportunity."

"But it could also be a trap set by the dark wizards. If they're trying to trick us into leaving the academy's protective barrier around Lilith's Hut, then we're in trouble. Lilith's Hut has a large-scale anti-undead barrier—a life field—and is supported by the power of Myster. We're like being in a fortress here."

"The academy barrier of Lilith's Hut is the most effective against the power of the undead, which is why they attacked Lilith's Hut last."

Justin said, "Of course, there's also the reason why they suffered heavy losses at Lilith's Hut in the war about five years ago, so they dare not attack casually."

Wizard Justin hesitated, "At this moment, I am already seriously injured. If we misjudge and launch an attack recklessly, we will lose everything."

"My idea is to hide here and wait for the battle over there to end... The magical pressure of both sides is still fiercely clashing, but one side's magical pressure has begun to weaken significantly."

"One of those two unfamiliar magical pressures seemed to be no match for that black wizard, Isaac."

Harlan Vera was somewhat anxious.

That's why we need to go out and help!

"If that's the case, then we must seize the opportunity and help them. If we miss this chance, Association Master, we will truly lose. Are you going to wait until we've all been captured by those dark wizards and forced to sign an agreement with them, thus handing over the Southeast Corner to them, before you take action?"

Justin the Wizard hesitated.

"Let me think about it some more. I suspect it's a trap."

At that moment, Dean Earl Thompson and Mrs. Morgana entered, along with Albert.

Lady Morgana spoke up: "President, that is definitely not a trap."

"Because one of the magical pressures belongs to an outstanding graduate of our Lilith House."

Justin the Wizard looked at Lady Morgana with suspicion.

"A top graduate of your Lilith Hut? A second-circle wizard? In the Southeast Corner Region, there are only a handful of top graduates who can become second-circle wizards. I remember the magical pressure of every wizard."

"The most recent outstanding graduate is also Bazel. He is currently working at the Sun Shadow Peninsula."

"The last outstanding graduate to become a second-circle wizard was Alaric, a student who left your college 150 years ago. He lost contact with your Lilith Hut for over a century, and their bond has faded."

“There is almost no connection.”

Wizard Justin said, "The Southeast Corner is a small place. I can definitely remember the magical pressure of any second-ring wizard from the Southeast Corner!"

Lady Morgana said with certainty, "No, you're actually wrong. In the recent past, it's very likely that two second-circle wizards have emerged from Lilith's Cottage. One is the witch Sophia, who went to the Starfield Sea."

"The other one is Locke Augustine. Because he just became a second-circle wizard, you probably haven't heard about it yet, and his magical pressure has changed a lot."

Mrs. Morgana said calmly.

Justin the Wizard blinked. "Two second-circle wizards? In a small place like this?"

Harlan Vera also looked at Mrs. Morgana in surprise.

"What? Locke is already a second-circle wizard? Are you serious?"

"Dean of the Academy..."

Dean Earl Thompson nodded slightly. "I can certainly confirm that; it's not just something I made up. Albert, you've explained it."

Wizard Albert stepped forward, coughed, and then bowed to Archmage Justin.

"President, it's like this. I'm currently working at the Mist Power Research Institute."

“I once learned a special magic called Forest Sanctuary from the wizard Locke Augustine.”

Justin the Wizard's expression changed slightly, clearly recalling the bloody history hidden behind the Forest Sanctuary.

That was magic that the association forbade to continue researching.

Justin glanced at Dean Thompson, then said to Albert, "Go on."

Albert said, "The wizard Locke Augustine is the most talented wizard I have ever seen, and the most talented breeder."

"He proposed a plan that, after becoming a second-circle wizard, he could use a spell to connect my Forest Sanctuary with his own. He is currently connected to my Forest Sanctuary and is constantly mobilizing the magical power within it. Therefore, I highly suspect that the second-circle wizard currently fighting the dark wizard is him."

A glimmer of hope flashed across Justin's face.

"So it really isn't a trap, but one of our own. That's great! If we send out our entire army now, we can catch the Black Wizard off guard and even turn the tide of battle. Their Star Ring Wizard, for some reason, is still in the Forbidden Forest and hasn't come out yet."

"Great."

"That Augustine wizard truly lives up to his reputation as a genius from our southeastern corner region."

"Wait, I vaguely remember him."

Justin the wizard thought back to more than four years ago when he had indeed paid attention to that young man who had just become a full-fledged wizard.

"He shouldn't be very old, right? Not even thirty? Hmm~ Can our Southeast Corner Region really produce a wizard like this?"

"What will his future achievements be...? He'll probably go to the Starry Sea."

Harlan Vera was also stunned and stood there.

He recalled years ago when he was mentoring Locke, he told Locke that he would definitely become a great breeder in the future. It was just a senior’s encouragement to the younger generation.

Even the person who said it—himself—was just saying it casually.

But now, what he said back then may very well have come true.

Lady Morgana asked, "President, can we go and provide support now?"

Wizard Justin immediately said, "Alright. We must give our full support; the outcome depends on this battle. Gather all the wizards on our side, the various directors of the White Wizarding Association, the wizarding instructors and deans of the various wizarding academies, and the academic supervisors."

"We must go and support the wizard Locke Augustine!"

……

In the Louis plane, Locke, controlling the treant, said, "According to the information about the Burial Grounds that Wizard Ackerman provided me, the so-called Burial Grounds are built on deception. The Burial Grounds created a deceptive spirit land that confused death and winter, making that world mistakenly believe that winter equals death."

"This creates a vicious cycle."

"The original cycle of the four seasons has been broken. Winter was originally a season for all things to hibernate and gather their strength in order to bring forth life in spring. However, because the world was deceived, death energy gathered together and turned into a burial ground, thus turning winter into a season of death."

"Of course, winter is inherently characterized by its ability to cleanse everything, and necromancy takes advantage of this characteristic, twisting it into a season of death for all things."

"Therefore, to break the Great Magic of Burial Ground, we must first make the world realize that it has been deceived. To make the world realize that it has been deceived, we must make the world realize what true winter is like."

At this moment, the wizard Ackerman of Mount Golden Crown, like a broken record, told Locke the core essence of the 20 relevant documents he needed to read.

At the end, Wizard Ackerman said, "I am merely telling you this as you need. Wizard Locke, you are the true expert in botany and evolution."

"Therefore, only you can use these things."

"I was afraid of interfering with your judgment, so I did not change even a single word."

At this moment, Locke's true form smiled and said, "Ackerman, are all you generalist wizards this amazing? It's so convenient to read the documents with you guys around."

Wizard Ackerman chuckled, "It costs money. But since you're dealing with a dark wizard this time, I'm giving it to you for free. As I always say, everyone has the right to kill a dark wizard."

At this moment, Locke began to think, "If I deal with the dark wizard a few more times, wouldn't I be able to get that old blue-headed Ackerman for free?"
In the Louis dimension, Locke did not pluck the Moon Plum that had evolved through his own Moon Cultivation Method.

"According to those documents, once death and winter separate again at the Burial Grounds, I can extract a large amount of winter magic. Combined with the information mentioned in the botanical cores that Old Blue Head helped me find, and my Evolutionary Moon, I can construct a spell model that can use winter magic to quickly hatch magical plants..."

Locke used the Moon of Evolution to accelerate the growth of this Moon Plum, and then made it bloom and bear fruit.

Ultimately, the plum tree withered and died, but it flowered and produced three seeds.

This is the second-circle botanical spell model: Flowers Bloom and Fade!

It was Old Lan who helped me rummage through a pile of old documents, find them, and then helped me fine-tune and modify them.

It can accelerate catalysis, allowing the adult demonic plant to flower and bear fruit, at the cost of its own withering, in order to produce three seeds with a certain increased chance of successful hatching.

Of course, the technology and resources required to turn a seed into a mature magical plant are unimaginable, and this magic requires the consumption of a mature magical plant to be successfully cast.

Therefore, it has always been considered by wizards to be not cost-effective.

But Locke knew that this magic was absolutely perfect for him!

Locke said, “I want this world to discover that it has been deceived by the Burial Ground. Therefore, I cannot act myself. I must let a being choose this world and, through his hand, plant these three seeds in the core of the Burial Ground.”

"The moment three moon plum trees sprouted from the core of the burial ground was the moment I made this world realize that it had been deceived by necromancy."

(End of this chapter)