Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 788 The Dean of the University of Verdandia's Regret

Within the forbidden forest, the sound of iron chains scraping against the ground could be heard. The sound was incredibly heavy, as if some kind of chain used to suppress demons was being dragged, thus producing a roaring sound like an earthquake.

Seeing this, Locke glanced back at the battle on Hussein's side. Although he didn't immediately realize Hussein's purpose, he quickly discerned Hussein's true intentions from the spell models in the Mithril Codex.

He's a debt slave. Hussein wants to make him a debt slave.

Locke realized, 'Debt slavery is a curse. Judging from Hussein's previous conversation with the black wizard Isaac, Hussein seemed to be in a precarious situation, constantly fearing the commands of the descendant of the progenitor wizard.'

'So, the method he came up with was...'

Locke, with his superhuman intuition and keen observation, as well as the knowledge he gained at Mount Golden Crown, deduced Hussein's true purpose.

'He wants to use the power of the codex to confuse the power of the blood curse, thereby interfering with the [claiming of ancestral lineage].'

'It seems the wizard Isaac has completely fallen into his trap.'

Locke glanced back in that direction.

'After all, he's just a dark wizard; his experience is limited. Hussein's fighting style is something most white wizards can't use; they need to work at the Mithril Law Firm for four years to gain a certain status first.'

Locke looked into the depths of the Forbidden Forest and saw a Star Ring Wizard in tattered black wizard robes fly out. He was already severely injured. For a moment, Locke thought about whether he could take advantage of his injuries and kill him immediately.

Anyway, everyone should kill dark wizards!
But he immediately dismissed the idea. As soon as the Star Ring Wizard appeared, his magic permeated the world, and countless cold winds blew out from his immense magic, covering the earth.

In an instant, a layer of frost enveloped the ruins of the University of Verdandia.

Many first-ring wizards with insufficient magical pressure are unable to maintain flight and can only walk on the ground.

Upon witnessing this scene, Locke immediately realized the decisive difference between a Star Ring Wizard and an ordinary Second Ring Wizard.

'Forget it, I'll try to reason with people. Fighting and killing all the time isn't my style.'

Locke coughed.

'Augustin, Augustine, do you still remember that you were a white wizard, a researcher farming on Golden Crown Mountain?'

'How can you see someone and immediately want to plant a field on their immense magical power?'

Locke realized that the biggest difference between the Great Magic of the Star Ring Wizard and that of an ordinary Second Ring Wizard was that the Great Magic of the Star Ring Wizard seemed to have more cohesion and could enter this world more easily.

At this moment, a chilling wind blew out from the immense magic of the Star Ring Dark Wizard, colder than the burial ground of Berber Morgan.

It pressed down on everyone.

The Star Ring Wizard rushed out of the forest, carrying a broken sword fragment in his hands. He called out, "Berber, Isaac, I have obtained part of it. I must bring it to the Highlord as soon as possible."

"Remember to deliver the final blow to the White Wizarding Guild here."

"Ok?"

The Star Ring Wizard was immediately surprised to find that Berber Wizard's magical pressure had disappeared, while Isaac Wizard's magical pressure was steadily decreasing.

"Reinforcements sent from the White Wizarding Association headquarters?"

He was a little dumbfounded.

He thought that after finally escaping that horrible place, the Forbidden Forest, he would finally receive support from the Black Wizard Alliance. But as soon as he rushed out of the forest, he saw that his Black Wizard Alliance army had been routed.

To be fair, before he entered the forest, the Black Wizard Alliance was in a very favorable position in the southeastern region.

what happened?
'Oops. '

The Star Ring Wizard knew in his heart that the problem was troublesome.

At this moment, Isaac realized something was wrong and shouted loudly to the Star Ring Wizard, "Lord Marcus, save me!"

The Star Ring Wizard glanced at him, then turned and left without looking back.

A frost bone dragon appeared beneath him, larger and stronger than Berber Wizard's, and with more magical modifications.

The Star Ring Wizard immediately chose to leave, riding the Frost Bone Dragon.

"There's no way to save me. I'm severely injured, with very little magic left, and although I don't know why, the Dark Wizard Alliance is already doomed."

"The higher-ups meticulously planned this rebellion for fifty years, deliberately instigating conflict between the Blood Curse Court and Lilith's Hut as the starting point."

'I thought we could at least reach an agreement with the local White Wizarding Association, allowing the Dark Wizarding Alliance to expand its influence here without restriction. But alas, it still failed. Even the best-laid plans can have flaws.'

Marcus Dalton racked his brains but couldn't figure out where he had overlooked something.

He had carefully reviewed the plan for a long time in order to carry it out, and everyone of note had taken note.

Where exactly did the problem lie?

but……

He looked at the broken sword fragments in his hand.

"Although I didn't completely achieve my goal, I found the most important thing in the mission. I can finally repay part of the Great Khan's kindness, hahahaha..."

Wizard Marcus Dalton decisively chose to ride the Frost Bone Dragon away, leaving Wizard Isaac completely dumbfounded.

He tried to extend his left hand to the wizard Marcus.

"No, Lord Marcus. How can you abandon me, a fellow wizard granted an official position by the Pale Pilgrimage!"

The next moment, Hussein grabbed his throat and, with his left hand, pressed the finger of a high-ranking demon to his forehead, obfuscating his identity as a dark wizard and making him appear as a white wizard by the Codex.

Then, chains of mithril flew out from the mithril codex, binding Isaac and his immense magic tightly.

Hussein said, "Isaac, you are now my debt slave."

"You still dare to be tough when you see your creditors?"

He flung Isaac aside.

Isaac rose from the ground, his massive form like a demon, causing a small earthquake to occur around him.

His eyes were filled with anger.

"Ridiculous. A low-ranking vampire from a 'leek organization,' in the past, you wouldn't even have been qualified to study magic further. You actually call me a debt slave and yourself my master? How laughable!"

"Let's get this straight, my bloodline is superior to yours. I am a pure-blooded descendant of a high-ranking vampire, a descendant of a prince of the Three-Ring Vampire Clan! You..."

He was about to charge at Hussein to attack, but at this moment, chains of mithril had completely sealed off everything about him: his magic, magical pressure, ultimate magic, permanent defensive field, and all spell models.

Including his mental strength.

He hadn't run more than a few steps when he discovered that his strength was completely blocked; he couldn't use his strength even though he clearly had it.

He lay on the ground, his body gradually returning to a normal human form.

Hussein quickly wrote him a bill.

"This is the bill you owe. I will help you restructure your assets so that you can pay me back."

"And you must serve me for free for 110 years in order to pay off your debt."

Hussein was also drenched in sweat. If this dark wizard had been any smarter, he wouldn't have been able to turn him into his debt slave. He had won his gamble!

With this dark wizard by his side, he was no longer a lamb to the slaughter in the face of the Pale Pilgrimage.

This gave him some breathing room, allowing him to use the existence of this dark wizard to buy himself some time.

As for why he wanted the other party to be his debt slave for 110 years, it's quite simple: it's because the Primordial Wizard is expected to awaken in a hundred years.

What would a vampire want to do once they awaken?

It's not hard to guess.

It should be time to suck the blood from the blood pack.

Hussein stood before Isaac and said, “In the White Wizarding Society, bloodline doesn’t matter. All beings are equal. If you owe money and don’t pay it back, you will be controlled by others. I understood this principle not long after I entered the White Wizarding Society. I hope you will understand it soon, Isaac.”

Isaac suddenly stood up, wanting to curse Hussein, but was horrified to find that his soul was now filled with the power of curses, and he could not use any magic at all.

Isaac was pale.

"How could such a thing happen?"

At the same time, Hussein glanced around and lifted the Eleven Killing Blood Curse, allowing some dark wizards to escape, but he intercepted all the dark wizards of the Blood Curse Court.

He let those dark wizards escape because he didn't want to offend the organization behind them.

His only enemy has always been the vampire palace within the Pale Pilgrimage system.

Therefore, he is now taking over the Blood Curse Court.

Hussein spoke, saying, "Please, esteemed wizards, do me this favor. I am Hussein, the wizard of Lilith's Hut."

“It’s just that I have some close ties with the Blood Curse Tribunal. I hope to completely incorporate the Blood Curse Tribunal.”

"Don't pursue them anymore. If they've already been killed, it doesn't matter. They were just unlucky."

At this moment, the many white wizards at Lilith's Hut looked at each other in bewilderment.

After a moment's thought, President Justin immediately agreed. He looked at Hussein and remembered Hussein's identity.

I never expected that two such figures would emerge from the southeastern corner of the region back then.

This made Justin the wizard think.

It's not that my Southeastern Region lacks talent, but rather that we can't retain it. As soon as talent emerges here, it's snatched up by the Starfield Sea, the Three Swamps, the Boundary Between Darkness and Light, the Siming Waters, and the Dragonfall Land.

'Ugh. '

Wizard Justin asked Hussein, "Since the Blood Curse Court is under the control of Wizard Hussein, will they still remain in the Southeast Corner?"

Hussein said, “Naturally, you will come with me to Yunze Wetland.”

Wizard Justin said, "Then I have no objection. As long as it's not in the southeast corner region, it's none of our business. I will naturally give Wizard Hussein face."

He had more to consider in his heart.

Although Hussein has been exonerated, considering his dark past, he has already suffered serious injuries on their side, and Locke and Hussein appear to be friends rather than enemies.

If he were to refuse Hussein now and force him to join the dark wizard's side, he wouldn't know how to handle the situation.

At this moment, he should still focus on eliminating the wizards of the Bone Cult and the Hall of Corpses.

Ironically, Locke and Hussein's return to the Southeast Corner not only brought an end to the five-year war, but they also each took away a top-tier dark wizard organization from the Southeast Corner.

It is estimated that the black wizards in the southeastern corner of the region will not be able to recover their strength for a long time to come.

The final victor emerged from this battle between the black and white wizards.

However, the victors did not win as they had imagined, and the losers did not lose as they had imagined.

No one expected that the two who escaped the Southeast Corner five years ago to avoid the war would return as second-circle wizards and personally bring an end to the war.

Locke was no longer concerned about the battlefield; the dean of the University of Verdandia seemed to be considering approaching him and apologizing to him in person.

At this time, the University of Verdandia had discovered that Locke was originally a wizarding prospect nurtured by their intermediate academy, and should have been admitted to their wizarding university.

Following the clues, the university's top officials quickly learned about the old story.

So they all regretted it.

I regret missing the opportunity to become a second-circle wizard's alma mater.

The dean of the college at Verdandia University originally wanted to catch up with Locke, since Locke had studied at their university's intermediate college for at least the first two years.

If we round it up, their university is also Locke's alma mater, so it's not an exaggeration!
Just then, Locke looked into the depths of the Forbidden Forest and suddenly a magical tidal fountain erupted.

"That location is... the site of the ruins I found in the Forbidden Forest years ago. Hmm? Is someone in the Forbidden Forest trying to contact me?"

“I did have the special right to freely enter certain areas of the Forbidden Forest back then. I was curious about why back then, but it’s fine.”

"I'm already a second-circle wizard, so I can go in and see him. Anyway, this is just an avatar. No matter what, it can't harm my real body."

The old dean of the University of Verdandia, along with several wizard instructors, approached Locke, only to be dumbfounded as Locke donned the Demon Dragon Rose and transformed into a demon dragon meteor, disappearing from their sight.

The next moment, Locke's figure appeared in the sky above the Forbidden Forest, and then he fell directly into it.

The wizarding instructors at the University of Verdandia all looked at the Dean.

"Dean, this..."

"Grand Wizard Augustine seems to be too busy. All second-circle wizards are very busy. I heard that the second-circle grand wizards in Yunze Wetlands are searching for new and valuable research projects every day. So I think it's normal that we haven't encountered Grand Wizard Augustine. It shouldn't be intentionally targeting us."

The dean sighed.

"In the future, let's not casually trade our own trained talent with outsiders. It's a huge loss. It's too much of a loss."

"They were originally trained by our own intermediate academy, so how did they end up at Lilith's Hut!"

Forbidden forest.

Locke landed on the ground of the Forbidden Forest. He heard the sound of some kind of animal's hooves hitting the ground, and then a being dressed in a black robe, with a pair of large feet visible beneath it, emerged from the jungle.

He was accompanied by a dark green bee fairy.

That's a silent bee.

The being beneath the black robe looked at Silent Bee and said, "So, you've seen me? Are you satisfied, Silent Bee?"

The face of the being beneath the black robe was obscured, but Locke could tell that it did not appear to be human.

He lowered his head, facing the direction Locke was in. "Hello, ferocious beast."

"The Forbidden Forest is your home too. You can come back often when you have time. Alright, Silent Bee, I have to go. I'm busy. The damage those damned human wizards caused to the Forbidden Forest hasn't been dealt with yet..."

(End of this chapter)