Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 230 The Silent Lady Morgana
The next moment, Locke heard a distinct sound of footsteps outside the door. The person seemed very panicked and wanted to run away immediately.

But the next moment, the opponent was grabbed directly by Locke's Ominous Mandrag Vine using Green Grasp.

Greenwash Grab is a 0.3 ring spell, ridiculously weak, so it can be used freely without worrying about triggering the Wall of the Unbelievers' detection.

Locke's magic power was already some distance from the detection priority range of the Wall of the Unbelievers, and besides, there were many dark wizard apprentices in this place, so the slight magical fluctuations wouldn't attract anyone's attention.

Locke's ominous mandrake vines can become invisible and sense hostility. Therefore, the moment he discovered someone following the black wizard Nils, he immediately sensed the other party's presence and location, and used the invisibility ability of the magical vines to secretly trap the other party.

The opponent was a first-class wizard apprentice with 200 mana, while Locke's current mana was 505. He had also taken the Heart of the Giant Tree potion, which increased the power of all his magical plants by 10% because they were irradiated by the energy of the Talmud Tree People.

Under these circumstances, the opponent had no ability to resist at all and was directly locked up and captured by the three Ominous Mandragora Vines.

Niels stared in astonishment at the man Locke had dragged in. "Quintus, is that you? What are you doing, sneaking around following me?"

Niels instantly realized what was happening, looked at Quintus who was being controlled by Locke's magical vines, and said, "You've been following me? Why? What do you know?"

Quintus tried to resist and escape by casting a spell, but the next moment, Locke scattered a handful of iron wire and goosegrass seeds on him and used a 0.5 ring of wild grass to completely seal him.

This was also to prevent the first-class wizard apprentice from escaping and to send back information directly.

The entire process, from the initial sneak attack to the plant magic seal, was incredibly swift and smooth.

Albert and Andy were both somewhat surprised. Although the other party was only a newly promoted first-class wizard apprentice with a magic power of 200, Locke was also a first-class wizard apprentice who had just been promoted this year.

The difference between the two sides was so enormous that the first-class wizard apprentice, the black wizard, had almost no ability to resist Locke.

Albert looked at Locke thoughtfully. 'Perhaps Locke isn't just a potential pillar of Lilith's Hut, but rather, he is destined to become its next pillar?'

'Does he possess the same talents as the Sophia Witch?'

Albert stepped forward and took out a bottle of Truth Potion from his Astral Ring. "Nils, you don't need to ask him."

"Come on, open your mouth and drink this. This is a special truth serum made with my enhanced personal formula. As long as you drink just one drop, you'll be able to shake off all those unspeakable teenage fantasies of yours."

"I don't think it's anything serious. This guy was probably following you for personal reasons and just happened to run into you."

Albert grabbed Quintus's chin. "Relax, don't resist. If I accidentally pour half a bottle too much, your brain will be turned into an idiot by my special truth serum. You don't want to spend the rest of your life as an idiot, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Quintus dared not resist. He widened his eyes and drank the one-sixth of the truth serum that Albert had given him.

Quintus burped, exhaling a pink bubble, then his eyes became glazed over, and he began to tell the whole story of how he had been following Nils.

It turns out that he had always been dissatisfied with Nils's high position in the city-state of Corinth, his access to far more magical resources, and his ability to do everything one step ahead of him.

He had always wondered why Nils could obtain magical resources so easily, so he began to keep an eye on Nils in secret. Sure enough, he discovered that Nils was actually transmitting information about the Blood Curse Court to the outside world, and was even investigating the Curse Curse Research Institute and the Special Project.

At this point, he could choose to report to the Blood Curse Court or conduct a private investigation to gather evidence and gain greater credit.

He chose to investigate privately, hoping to gain more credit, and therefore has not reported it to anyone yet.

As a result, he happened to run into two legitimate wizards, which terrified him so much that he almost died of fright.

Then, before he could escape, he was discovered by the witch Gabriel, who had already set a trap for him and captured him.

Sophia nodded in satisfaction. "In other words, this guy hasn't told anyone about Nils's unusual behavior. Luckily, he had his own agenda, otherwise our plans would have been ruined by such an insignificant little guy."

Andy, the Incinerator, scoffed. "These dark wizards are all like that."

"That's why I say that black wizards are all unreliable."

"Kill this dark wizard named Quintus." Andy glanced at Nils, who was so frightened that he hid behind the witch Sophia, not daring to look him in the eye.

Andy was serious but still somewhat close to Albert and Locke, but when facing Nils, he seemed to be on the verge of killing him.

Morgana's voice came into Andy's ears. "Andy, don't kill him. I have no objection to you killing a dark wizard without a magical pressure structure, but if you kill a first-class dark wizard apprentice, his soul already has a magical pressure structure."

“At the moment of his death, his magical pressure will rapidly decrease, which the Wall of the Believers can detect. This is a very obvious anomaly. Therefore, it is absolutely not allowed.”

"The probability of this detection is 100%. Don't sabotage Sofia's mission."

Andy then gave up and extinguished the flame in his hand.

Albert gave the dark wizard apprentice three bottles of drowsy potion, a potion that could cause wizard apprentices with less than 300 magic power to fall into a coma for a very long time, at least a month or more.

Albert tossed him to Nils. "That solves it."

He looked at Locke and said, "What I'm good at are status-altering potions. I'm good at both buffs and debuffs. That's why I'm not good at dispelling curses, and that's why I've never been to your Healing Hands clinic."

The witch Gabriel then looked at Locke and said, "You've noticed that this little bug is only slightly slower than me."

"Furthermore, you launched a swift counterattack, which even Andy and Albert failed to notice. It seems that the magical vines in your hands are quite special?"

Locke saw that the witch Gabriel, a prophetic witch, had pointed this out, so he could only explain, "Well, it's because the Ominous Mandrake vine in my hand has the ability to become invisible and sense the malice of the enemy."

"This ability to sense the direction of malice is not prophetic magic, but rather close to the magic of the Mind School... However, it is a special magical ability possessed by magical plants due to their natural magical components."

Even the witch Sophia looked at Locke in surprise. "Locke, you've never mentioned this to me before."

"If that's the case, why are the magic vines you sell to the public Super Mandela Vines instead of this kind of magic vine?"

Locke thought for a moment, then somewhat embarrassed, revealed the truth: "I plan to upgrade the version gradually."

"Sell all the Super Mandela Vines first, then sell the Invisible Mandela Vines, and then sell the Ominous Mandela Vines. That way you can make money three times."

"If I had sold the most powerful version from the start, I would have lost the money I could have made from two version updates out of thin air."

Sophia the Witch fell silent upon hearing this answer.

Gabriel also secretly glanced at Sophia.

Even Lady Morgana, unusually, did not respond.

Andy, on the other hand, looked completely bewildered, as if what Locke was saying was beyond his comprehension.

Albert covered his mouth, chuckling to himself, and patted Locke on the shoulder. "Well said, I have similar thoughts. When I sell potions, I deliberately add some extra ingredients to reduce their potency, and then gradually increase it later, claiming it's a version update. That way, I can legitimately raise the price of the potions."

"Locke, we really should have met sooner."

"I can start a studio with you!"

Lady Morgana seemed unable to bear it any longer and changed the subject, saying, "You only have half a day to find the entrance. If you haven't found the entrance to the research institute after half a day, then Gabriel will have to risk using prophetic magic to locate it."

"The Nibelungian astrological system works for you."

"Remember, you only have half a day. Find the entrance to the research institute before dawn tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)