Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 213 Exploring the Curse Formula Research Institute
The vampire Howard frantically fled through the air, flying around like a fly.

Using Plant Mimicry: Raptor, Locke, following behind him, fired a series of three rows of Burning Steel-Bullet Peas at him from his Three-Headed Shooter Pea.

Burning flames and terrifying steel bullets seemed to be tearing the air apart.

Howard the vampire glanced at the Flame Line of the Demonic Plant Seed that had been following him the whole time, and beads of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.

"My master's magic is too close to me. If I'm not careful, I'll be hit."

"Curse magic requires physical contact to take effect. Ordinary curse casters can't possibly get close to their master. What exactly is that magical plant? I've never seen it before..."

"As expected of the white wizard master to whom I, Howard, have pledged allegiance."

The next moment, Locke chanted the Split Spell, and instantly the three burning steel pea seeds turned into six. These six burning steel pea seeds outlined a network of fire lines in the air, directly locking onto Howard in all directions.

'Boom~'

Howard grunted and was knocked down from the sky by Locke.

Locke watched this scene and nodded in satisfaction. He had only used the three-headed pea shooter's half-speed firing mode, and at most added the Split Spell.

If you use full-speed firing mode, plus the Split Spell, the firepower network that forms in that instant will be even more terrifying.

Even a first-class vampire wizard apprentice with greater magical power would probably not be able to withstand it.

In this way, my current mid-to-long-range attack spells are [Metal Frenzy Series] and [Mayfly Flower Cannon], my melee spells are [All Plants Are Soldiers] and [Vine Frenzy Series], and my flight and movement spells are [Plant Mimicry].

There are also auxiliary 0.5-level spells such as Wild Grass Entanglement and Scorched Earth Bomb.

Their own combat system is basically complete.

The only defensive magical plant he used, the Eye of Perseus, could only be barely activated using a 0.5-level spell he had recently learned, called Moss Shield.

But it's usable enough.

The 0.8-ring [Ephemeral Flower Firework] can be used as a trump card besides the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat's bloodline.

The potential of the Rotten Earth Amorphophallus and the Mayfly Firework is actually very strong, but they were previously limited by their own magical power and could not fully unleash it.

With my current mana of 500, I can barely unleash the full power of its spells.

The [Mayfly Firework] has a relatively slow attack speed, but once it hits an enemy, it can be almost decisive.

Even the puppets that Hussein manipulated with curses back then were unable to break through the fungal spore projectiles of the Mayfly Flower Cannon for a while.

The puppets manipulated by curse masters possess a significant portion of the original master's power.

From Locke's current perspective, when he encountered Hussein at the clinic, he was manipulating a puppet and fighting against seven white wizards on his side. The difference in their strength was not as great as he had initially thought.

After all, the most powerful weapon of a curse master is curse magic, and Hussein was already using the new curse he was developing to deal with them.

Locke stored the three-headed Pea Shooter and the Great Blue Owl Banana into his Astral Ring, then landed on the ground and walked to the crater where Howard had crashed. He threw a vial of magical creature blood into the crater.

One advantage of vampires is their durability.

Ten minutes later, Howard climbed out of the pit, and Locke took a clean coat out of his Astral Ring and tossed it to him.

Howard, holding the clothes, quickly thanked Locke. "Thank you, Master." Locke glanced at the vampire Howard and asked, "Howard, why did you become a dark wizard in the first place?"

Howard, who was getting dressed, paused for a moment, then gave a wry smile. "Master, I was born in the Black Wizard Land. I come from a commoner family there. Have you ever seen people eat each other?"

"Furthermore, people are not guilty of murder, yet we commoners are forced to pay compensation to slave-owning nobles because the deaths of us commoners have offended their eyes."

"The mortal kingdoms of the Black Wizard Lands are far more disorderly and chaotic than those of the White Wizard Lands. Those kingdoms still practice slavery, with the majority of the population being slaves. Only by becoming a Black Wizard can my family join the cannibalistic class... then I won't be breaking the law when I kill, and we can go and eat others..."

“This is why I first wanted to become a dark wizard.” Howard’s eyes showed a hint of doubt. “But before you asked me why I wanted to become a dark wizard, I had never seriously thought about this question.”

"Shouldn't everyone born in a dark wizarding land aim to become a dark wizard?"

Locke nodded slightly; he had only asked casually.

It seems that there are many sources of dark wizards. One type is those like Howard who were trained from childhood, another type is those who were taken from the mortal world by dark wizards, and the last type is a few white wizards who voluntarily joined the dark wizards.

Locke looked up and saw a snow-white owl flying towards him. He waved, and the owl landed on his hand. Locke took the letter from the owl's leg, and as soon as he opened it, his eyes changed slightly.

"I see."

'The teacher has used her dark wizard spies to arrange for the second-tier dark wizard apprentice, whose tomb spirit I planted, to return to that cursed spell research institute.'

'Five more days until the scheduled start date.'

'My teacher wants me to use this advantage to gather some information in advance. Of course, it seems that Professor Sophia also has her own way of investigating this cursed magic research institute.'

Just as the Black Wizard had developed spies and undercover agents at Lilith's Lodge, Locke knew that Lilith's Lodge had also planted many spies within the Blood Curse Court.

Locke closed his eyes, as if due to the great distance, the connection between himself and the second-class dark wizard apprentice named Leonie Murphy had become somewhat faint, almost to the point of being severed.

Fortunately, Locke now possessed the bloodline of the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat, which he used to enhance his archaeological magic's sensory abilities, thus stabilizing the connection signal between the two for summoning the tomb spirit.

"The stability of negative energy particles makes them naturally suitable for preserving and transmitting information, especially information over long distances. This would be impossible with other forms of magic," Locke pondered.

At the same time, Locke closed his eyes, trying his best to sense the tomb spirit located in a cursed magic research institute, which was far away and heavily interfered with by magic.

Locke's eyes gradually overlapped with the eyes of the tomb spirit behind Leonie Murphy, and he directly saw the scene that the invisible tomb spirit could see.

At this moment, Leonie Murphy was in a large hall. The dome of this hall was made of the bones of various magical creatures, and even human bones. Dozens of specimens bound with white bandages like mummies were hanging from the dome by black chains.

Like corpses hanging down from the sky above hell.

The four walls of the hall were all refracting complex, folding geometric patterns of cursed spells into the air.

In the hall, there are many control panels, and each control panel usually has a living person who is not wearing any clothes.

Their bodies were covered with densely packed curse spells.

Among these living people were dwarves, elves, and humans, all of whom were afflicted by a paralysis curse, rendering them unable to move and completely at the mercy of others.

At each workbench stood a second-class wizard apprentice dressed in a black wizard's robe. They were nervously using obsidian priest's knives to carve curse spells onto these living sacrifices, constantly folding basic curse spells onto the sacrifices to create new, advanced geometric curse spells.

(End of this chapter)