Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 144 Public Libraries

Locke looked at the test report in his hand and said, "The vampire baron has actually overcome the vampire's common fear of fire and the weakness of being afraid of wooden spikes piercing his heart."

"At the same time, light cannot kill him, but he retains the characteristic of fearing light, which will blind him."

"The simplest way is to use a curse-removing potion, similar to a lesser Emerald Potion, to completely purify it. However, dispelling magic and holy magic can still kill him."

"Moreover, I'm not sure if he's immune to higher-level first-circle elemental magic." Locke fell into deep thought, because he had just conducted a round of cutting experiments on Howard and found that Howard could survive even after being cut open from all over his body.

The only thing you must not do is cut off his head, otherwise he will die immediately.

Locke certainly wouldn't kill such a hard-won and precious experimental subject; such rare items are not commonly seen.

"If it were a first-ring elemental spell, it would probably annihilate him in an instant. Therefore, even with his level of immortality, the vampire baron still retains a host of weaknesses," Locke wrote in his report.

"Moreover, it has added many weaknesses that ordinary creatures do not have, such as fear of holy magic, fear of dispelling magic, fear of protective barriers, and necromantic avoidance barriers, etc... It can be considered a bloodline modification with both advantages and disadvantages."

Locke's eyes showed a hint of disdain.

In his view, while these vampire modifications do indeed grant them a significant boost in power and some killer instincts, their outstanding advantages are matched by their equally prominent drawbacks.

With proper investigation and preparation, many of their weaknesses can actually make them weaker.

The White Wizarding Association has no shortage of wizards skilled in holy magic, dispel magic, and potions.

Locke set aside his completed report; a copy could be submitted to the college library.

The academy's public library has its own reward system. If a report is deemed valuable, it will be scored, and the reporter will be rewarded with magic stones based on the score. The report will also be made public in the academy's public library for all wizards in the academy to access and use.

To some extent, this is a way of sharing information.

The southeastern corner region has the most public libraries of various colleges, as well as the White Wizard Association Library, which is established at the level of the White Wizard Association.

The Association Library and the public libraries of the major wizarding organizations are both in a superior-subordinate relationship and in a competitive relationship.

The major wizarding organizations still value magical knowledge highly and will not easily share it with other wizarding organizations. Therefore, they will try their best to preserve their own unique magical knowledge, or even other magical knowledge.

The White Wizards Association's response was to establish a patent system and periodically require its subordinate wizarding organizations to partially open their public libraries to the association, in order to enhance the association's record of research findings on the entire white wizarding society in the southeast corner region.

Previously, Locke hadn't had much contact with public libraries—the association's library system—simply because he had only recently been promoted to a first-class wizard apprentice.

He didn't have anything he could take to the library to convert into resource and reputation rewards, and he couldn't reveal the money for the magical plant cultivation methods and potion recipes until he had earned enough.

The products I currently have can be made public only after I become a first-ring wizard.

In this way, you can earn money and gain fame at the same time.

This time, however, he captured a vampire at the level of a first-class wizard apprentice. He believed that the information he obtained from it might not be of much use to a high-level library like the Association Library, and the rewards he could obtain would be minimal.

But for the public library at Lilith's Hut, it is a rare resource.

Locke stared at Howard with burning eyes.

The value of a vampire baron's experimental subject is so immense that even if he had the money, he couldn't possibly buy it.

This vampire could be used as a high-level experimental material for my personal pharmaceutical lab.

The secondary Emerald Green Elixir and the Bear Spirit Bile formula he had previously wanted to innovate could both be used to generate experimental data on him. A lot of high-quality experimental data could be obtained from him.

Locke tapped the control panel with his fingers. "I don't need to worry, the White Wizard Association has an ethical review mechanism."

"In the eyes of the White Wizarding Association, black wizards have already been expelled from humanity. Whatever I do, no one will object. Besides, this person tried to kill me before."

"They also want to destroy my experimental data."

"Then it's reasonable to make him pay a price."

Locke did indeed need this high-quality test subject.

If he were to announce to the public that he possessed a vampire baron, most of the pharmacy workshops at Lilith's Cottage would likely immediately contact him, wanting to purchase it from him.

Or it could be rented out from him.

After all, such test subjects are extremely rare, considered top-tier goods even in slave trading posts. If Locke wanted to buy such high-quality goods, he would have to go bankrupt and still not be able to get them.

The fact that a wizarding war is taking place between Lilith's Hut and the Blood Curse Court has further increased the value of this vampire test subject.

Locke had no intention of selling it, but renting out the vampire later would be a good idea.

Locke looked at Howard and thought, "It's too unsafe to keep him in the lab. Sooner or later, because of his immortality, his body will fully recover. I'd better keep him in the teacher's magical animal breeding room, where there are the safest security measures."

"Let him go first, and then we'll talk to the teacher. The teacher should agree."

"If the teacher also needs to use it for experiments, the teacher and I can share it."

Inside the restraint cage, vampire Howard was furious. "You hypocritical white wizards, you've finally shown your true colors!"

"Don't let me out! If I can get out, I'll rip out your heart and brain and eat them raw!"

Locke paid little attention to his words. In Locke's eyes, black wizards had committed countless evils. They could decide the fate of others at will when they were powerful, so they shouldn't blame others for deciding their own fate at will when they were powerful.

……

Inside Sofia's office.

The witch Sophia laughed and said, "Locke, you did a good job. I do need a high-level test subject recently."

"One of the things the wizarding organizations on the other side of the Starfield Sea tested on my teaching position was to create a new type of potion formula for undead creatures."

Sophia the Witch said, "You've saved me a lot of trouble."

Locke said, "Then, teacher, I'll leave that vampire with you for safekeeping. You can keep it safe for me, and I'll share this advanced experimental subject with you."

The witch Sophia smiled slightly and said, "Yes."

Such transactions are quite common among white wizards, since advanced experimental subjects make it easier for them to produce results.

However, advanced experimental subjects are relatively rare, so masters and apprentices often share some advanced experimental materials.

It's usually just wizard mentors sharing these resources with their students.

(End of this chapter)