Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 110 Healing Hand Treatment Center
The next day, Locke followed the witch Sophia in a carriage to the Healing Hand Clinic in another city.

The Healing Hands Clinic is located in a valley, surrounded by the mortal city of Goye.

However, this mortal city has nothing to do with the Healing Hand Clinic, because mortals cannot approach the valley barrier where the Healing Hand Clinic is located.

Locke and the witch Sophia's carriage passed through the barrier and entered the valley of the Healing Hands Clinic.

Ahead along the narrow valley road stood a dozen or so steep, tall, white Gothic-style buildings, their walls adorned with the Lilith House academy emblem.

Many wizards come and go, using various means of transportation to enter and leave this Healing Hands clinic.

Locke followed the witch Sophia without encountering any obstacles along the way. In other words, the potion master badges and potion master assistant certification badges on their white wizard robes were enough to ensure that they would not encounter any obstacles here.

As soon as Locke entered the tower of the Healing Hand, his eyelids twitched. He saw many wizard apprentices whose entire bodies were entangled in curses.

These wizard apprentices are afflicted with malevolent curses and spells that ordinary wizard apprentices cannot break.

Locke saw a third-class wizard apprentice helping a second-class wizard apprentice who was bleeding profusely from head to toe, as they searched for a bed to sleep in.

They walked with a trembling gait, their bodies shrouded in an evil magic, a stench of decaying flesh and blood, remnants of deep-seated malevolent spells from their wounds.

Locke quickly recalled reading about this type of spell in a book. "Teacher, is that the Thousand Blades Curse from the psychic school's curse magic branch? The cursed person will feel as if their body has been cut open by a thousand knives, and if the wizard's magic power is low, they may even die instantly."

"His wounds are entangled in a curse that cannot be easily dispelled. Even if he does not die for a while, it is only because the one who cursed him is trying to make him suffer even greater malice."

Locke said, "This is also a common characteristic of curse magic."

The witch Sophia nodded in agreement. "Indeed, your theoretical knowledge has improved rapidly recently."

"That's the Thousand Edge Curse. This is the first time you've seen someone affected by the Thousand Edge Curse, isn't it?"

Locke nodded.

He turned around and saw a second-class wizard apprentice under another curse. His muscles were contorted, and he was lying on a hospital bed with white foam coming from the corner of his mouth. All four limbs were stretched upwards, but they were all contorted to varying degrees. He was lying on the hospital bed without any dignity and could only be carried by two third-class wizard apprentices on a hospital bed and hurriedly sent to the potion master's assistant's office.

Locke and the second-class wizard apprentice on the stretcher made eye contact for a moment. The other man was unable to move his entire body except for his eyes. At that moment, his eyes, filled with despair, rolled and looked at Locke with longing, staring at the potion master assistant badge on Locke's white wizard robe.

Locke was silent for a moment, then said to the witch Sophia, "That is a paralysis curse. The person affected will gradually become paralyzed over time. What's insidious is that it's a curse that slowly damages the nerves of the person affected. By the time the symptoms become severe, most of the nerves in the body have often been destroyed."

"I remember the special antidote is... Worm Regeneration Potion. Worm Regeneration Potion can regenerate the nerves of a wizard apprentice. If a healthy person takes it, it can increase their thinking speed for a short period of time. It is often used to assist in actual combat."

"The Worm Regeneration Potion can speed up some spellcasting. It's a very useful apprentice-level potion, and there are many potion-making assistants who research this kind of potion."

Locke added, "Of course, the white wizards don't have many opportunities to fight."

Sofia agreed, "Yes, you're absolutely right."

"The Thousand-Edge Curse and the Paralysis Curse are just the first level of this treatment center. There are even more seriously ill patients on the second and third levels."

"The Blood Curse Court... is the school most skilled in psychic curse magic." Sophia's eyes flashed with disgust. "Those curse masters, their only skill is destruction."

“The curse masters curse others, and we potion masters are responsible for breaking the curses. Over time, the Blood Curse Court naturally developed a deep-seated hatred for us, Lilith's Hut. In addition, for some reason, our academy's headmaster interrupted the curse ritual of the Blood Curse Court's leader, the Blood Lord, as he advanced to the second-circle wizard, and thus this wizarding war broke out.” Witch Sophia said, “For the curse masters, cursing others on the battlefield is practical experience, and for us potion masters, the process of breaking curses here is also a kind of practical experience.”

Locke was slightly surprised. At first glance, he saw that there were no less than a dozen kinds of vicious curses in this layer, but he did not expect that there were even more serious ones later on.

This Healing Hand Clinic is practically a giant museum of curses.

Locke observed that the wizarding apprentices waiting for treatment here were not only from Lilith Hut Academy, but also many wizarding apprentices from outside.

Locke also observed that there were some mortal slaves in the first-floor hall. These mortal slaves had become very weak because their bodies had been infected by the curses for a long time.

Essentially, this healing center is not suitable for anyone below the rank of third-class wizard apprentice.

Locke then followed the witch Sophia deeper into the Healing Hands Clinic.

They walked through the hall and up the spiral staircase.

The moment Locke stepped onto the spiral staircase, his expression changed slightly. In that instant, he sensed a twisted malice slowly creeping down the stairs from above.

Like the venom of a viper, or like a maggot clinging to a bone.

That is magic energy of a completely opposite nature to the magical energy of the plant magic of the life school.

Locke quickly took out a bottle of bear spirit bile antidote from his astral ring.

A crystalline magical power immediately rose from his body, resisting the distorted magical power drifting down from above.

The witch Sophia looked at him approvingly and said, "A wise move."

"As expected of my student."

"The Bear Spirit Bile Antidote can temporarily increase your resistance to curse magic. Judging from the type of potion you chose, you must have a solid understanding of the theoretical knowledge in this area."

"The curses on the second floor can spread through prolonged physical contact alone. The curse magic of the Blood Curse Court... to be objective, the spell model is indeed exquisite. It generally combines power, pain and torment, as well as the ability to spread."

Sophia the Witch added, "These are all directions of the psychic school of curse magic, key indicators for evaluating a new curse."

Sophia the Witch explained, “The biggest difference between curse magic and other magic is that part of its power comes from… pain. So the more pain the victim suffers, the more powerful the spell becomes.”

"Therefore, curse magic does not kill the enemy directly like ordinary magic; instead, it requires painstaking effort to torment the enemy."

"And we potion masters use potions to eliminate this pain, and even completely eradicate this foolish curse. The key is to break the vicious cycle of the curse."

Locke secretly memorized these key points taught by the first-ring potion master.

This knowledge is not recorded in ordinary magic books.

It can be considered a unique and insightful piece of knowledge.

(End of this chapter)