Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 233 The Vanished Sophia Witch
“I’ve emptied this warehouse.” Locke walked out of the warehouse and said, “To prevent us from suddenly encountering the dark wizard again, we should use some methods.”

"It would be very troublesome if one of the dark wizards escaped."

Locke softly uttered the incantation to summon the tomb spirit, and instantly, as if a laser had scanned the entire corridor of the research institute, messages in various languages ​​appeared before his eyes.

Two invisible tomb spirits, one on the left and one on the right, probed in the front and back directions of the corridor ahead, always keeping a distance of 100 meters from each other.

Using this method, even if you encounter a dark wizard face-to-face, you will have time to react.

Locke looked at the magic map in his hand. With this magic map, he could freely move around the research institute and avoid all kinds of magical mechanisms and traps.

Of course, the Blood Curse Court's magical traps were of average quality; they were just that kind of thing to begin with.

"The locations where the teachers and others fell must have been completely random, while I am currently on the southernmost edge of the research institute."

“I can have the tomb spirits search for them, and I also have an undercover agent of mine inside this research institute,” Locke said. “Through the tomb spirit on him, hmm?”

"Andy's actions were too fast. He didn't even use his full magic power, yet he slaughtered all the second-class wizard apprentices and dark wizards in the Cursed Hall who were responsible for folding curse spells, using only basic magic power and a high-level enchanted item."

"It must be because he has a profound understanding of the fire magic branch of the Evocation school. Both Andy and Albert have the qualities to become formal wizards."

At that moment, Locke saw Captain Andy standing beside the Witch Gabriel, holding the enchanted Candice Wizard Sword, through the tomb spirit on Leonie Murphy's body.

Captain Andy held a burning greatsword, surrounded by charred corpses he had hacked to pieces.

He wielded the Candice Wizard Sword and with a single strike, killed the head of the second-class wizard apprentices. In an instant, the head's body was reduced to charcoal, engulfed in flames.

A whirlwind of fire enveloped him, and before he could even scream, his throat was destroyed by the flames.

Just as Incinerator Andy was about to wield his flaming greatsword and strike at Leonie Murphy, who was crouching on the ground in fear, he suddenly frowned, slightly deflected the flaming greatsword, and struck the ground. Instantly, the obsidian floor of the research institute was melted into a pile of glass shards.

Andy raised an eyebrow. "Locke? This black wizard maggot, is he one of yours? I can feel your magical pressure."

A voice came from behind Leonie Murphy. "Yes, that's right, Andy. This is my man."

At this moment, the invisible tomb spirit behind Leonie Murphy, stimulated by Locke's Three-Eyed Tiger Cat's ancient creature bloodline, began to manifest. A Pharaoh Mask tomb spirit was born from the invisible tomb spirit's body and replaced its appearance.

Leonie Murphy was startled; he felt a heavy pressure pressing down on him.

The ghost that parasitized him underwent a decisive change in nature.

But Leonie Murphy suddenly felt a surge of joy. "Master?"

"My two white wizards, I am my master's black wizard slave. Please don't kill me. I am your servant. I am one of your own."

Leonie Murphy glanced smugly at his supervisor, who had been constantly offending him, and now the supervisor was a charred corpse.

He sighed again, realizing that his decision to risk everything to become Locke's man was the right one.

Andy sheathed his wizard's sword, raised an eyebrow at the Pharaoh Mask Tomb Spirit, and said, "The methods of an archaeologist? Impressive. Archaeology is a core profession among dark wizards. Junior Locke, you've even mastered this magical discipline."

"That's great. Having an archaeologist on our team would be a huge help to this operation."

Locke asked through the tomb spirit, "Senior Andy, Lord Gabriel, where are my teacher and Senior Albert?"

The Incinerator Andy immediately said, "Junior Brother Locke, the witch Gabriel and I were randomly teleported here. I had no choice but to kill all the black wizard apprentices who saw me."

"In the instant that the research institute's automatic defense system struck, I managed to capture the Witch Gabriel. Through some of my secret techniques, I ensured that the Witch Gabriel and I could act simultaneously."

"Unfortunately, I don't know the exact location of Sophia the Witch and Albert; they are likely still acting alone. But it doesn't matter, Gabriel the Witch is a prophetic witch; she will surely be able to pinpoint their location."

"Our original plan was to help the witch Sophia get closer to our target quickly, and then she would kill the official wizard. We could then retreat immediately while she was assassinating him. But unexpectedly, plans don't always go as expected."

Gabriel Witch nodded and said, “I am not worried about Sophia Witch’s safety. Locke, your teacher, she is far more powerful than me. Perhaps only Lord Harlan Vera and Lady Morgana, as well as the Dean and the seven senior advisors in the academy, can be more powerful than her.”

"Therefore, I am only worried about Albert and hope he has good luck."

The witch Gabriel held up a magical artifact resembling a fishing net and said, "This is a dream catcher, a magical item from the School of Prophecy. It can capture Sophia and Albert's location information by capturing dreams. But strangely, the dream catcher can't find any information about your teacher, but it does have Albert's location information."

“Let’s meet up with Albert first. Your teacher is someone I can’t understand; she must have her own plans.”

“I’ll tell you Albert’s location. By the way, do you have a magic map? Please share it with us. With your magic map and my dreamcatcher, we can easily find Albert’s location.”

Locke immediately used the location information provided by the witch Gabriel to tell them, through the tomb spirit, how to proceed. "I haven't learned the archaeologist's [Historical Projection] yet. But I can use the tomb spirit to verbally tell you how to get there."

"Albert appears to be in an isolation area. There are six paths leading there, but five of them are very dangerous. Some of them are either places where dark wizard apprentices gather to rest, while others have important security measures."

"There is only one safe route. This route is a bit far, but the advantage is that we can avoid all the difficulties in the middle and prevent us from alerting the enemy."

“There’s only one defensive corridor in the middle, which is unavoidable and is riddled with cursed traps. But we can use some flight magic to quickly pass through that corridor. I happen to have a flying magic plant and have also learned plant mimicry spells.”

Andy and the witch Gabriel listened and nodded repeatedly. With this magic map, so many problems had been solved.

Andy suddenly spoke up: "Locke, there's a problem. I don't have any flight spells. The Witch Gabriel does, but she can't use first-circle spells; that would alert the enemy."

“Albert doesn’t have any flight spells either. If it’s as you say, then Albert can’t escape from his current location. He’s essentially trapped in a specific area of ​​this research institute.”

Locke only realized at this moment that, yes, the ability to fly at the apprentice level is quite rare.

The witch Gabriel quickly said, "Locke, the task of rescuing Albert is now entrusted to you."

“Andy and I will continue with our original plan to approach Rashid Tahrir. My gut feeling tells me we should stick to our original plan, assuming Sophia is perfectly safe and that her disappearance was of her own volition. And when we get close to Rashid Tahrir, Sophia will also be able to get close to him,” said Gabriel, the Witch. “I have absolute faith in Sophia; there’s nothing she can’t do if she sets her mind to it.”

"Therefore, Locke, Albert's safety is in your hands."

Locke was silent for a moment, sensing the trust and heavy responsibility that the Witch Gabriel placed in him, and then said, "Yes, Lady Gabriel, I will bring Senior Albert back."

Andy suddenly said, "But there's another problem. I was forced to kill too many dark wizard apprentices just now. They were covered in curses. The fact that so many of them died at once is likely to attract the attention of the research institute's central control room."

“But I couldn’t do anything about it. The Witch Gabriel couldn’t intervene, and I don’t have any control magic… I’m not good at this. If only Albert and Locke had been here with me just now.”

Locke thought about it for a moment, and realized that this was indeed a problem.

With so many second-class wizard apprentices and dark wizards dying, the curses on them will all disappear, making the invisible web of curses all too obvious.

Leonie Murphy, who had been lying on the ground listening to his master's conversation with his master's friends, suddenly had a bright look in his eyes and said abruptly, "My lords... I... I have a way."

"If it's just a short delay, that should be fine."

Immediately, Andy, the Witch Gabriel, and the Tomb Spirit all looked at Leonie Murphy.

Locke, speaking coldly through the tomb spirit, said, "Speak."

Leonie Murphy immediately fawned over Locke. “Master, I can pretend that there’s been a leak of the cursed artifact from the lab, causing a mass death.”

"This happens frequently within the research institute and doesn't seem unusual."

“I can activate the Two-Way Sound Curse in this cursed hall right now and tell the first-class wizard apprentices in the central control room that a serious laboratory leak has occurred here.”

The witch Gabriel nodded slightly. "Alright."

Andy also thought it was a good idea. "Locke, let your dark wizard slave do it, but be careful he doesn't try anything funny. These dark wizards are all cunning."

Andy placed the flaming greatsword next to Leonie Murphy's neck, and then, out of respect, explained to Locke, "When I was young, I was deceived by a dark wizard spy and almost made a terrible mistake that wiped out my entire combat squad."

"None of these dark wizards can be trusted."

Although Locke didn't think Leonie Murphy would betray him, after all, in Leonie Murphy's mind, he had the ability to read his thoughts at any time.

But Locke acquiesced to Andy's actions.

Locke coldly ordered Leonie Murphy, "Leonie, immediately report the experiment leak to the research institute's control center."

"Senior, Lady Gabriel, I'll go rescue Senior Albert now."

"You should leave that area as soon as possible; I suspect they will seal it off."

……

Inside the central control room, a first-class wizard apprentice, a dark wizard, paused, somewhat bewildered. "Suddenly, the curses within over thirty second-class wizard apprentices have begun to dissipate. How could so many second-class wizard apprentices suddenly die?"

"And most of them are from the Hall of Curses, those useless people who are in charge of folding the higher geometry of curse spells, and a few second-class wizard apprentices from other areas."

"what happened?"

“Damn it, only Severin can see the scene before them directly through the curse on them. I don’t have that authority, but now Severin…”

He was about to report this anomaly to the high-ranking curse master, Rashid Taril, when suddenly a cursed spirit line fell toward him, and behind this cursed spirit line were complex high-level geometric curse patterns.

Leoni made contact with the central control room through a two-way sound curse, a simple curse of 0.3 rings.

The Two-Way Voice Curse was originally just a curse used to attack and harass enemies. By cursing the enemy, you can make that enemy always hear your voice in their ears, whether they are eating, sleeping, working, or meditating. This method is used to attack the enemy's mind.

Later, a first-class wizard apprentice, a dark wizard, accidentally rotated and folded the original geometric pattern of the sound curse spell by 180 degrees while researching the sound curse. This resulted in the creation of a means of two-way communication, thus transforming the curse from an offensive spell into a functional curse spell.

Leonie's anxious voice came through. "Reporting, sir, the cursed artifact in the laboratory has leaked, and everyone here is dead."

"Please, sir, save us..."

The first-class wizard apprentice was stunned for a moment, then said nervously, "Even if it was a leaked experimental subject, it couldn't possibly kill so many of us at once! Could it be that Pandora's Box has been leaked?"

"If that's the case... then it's troublesome. Those are blood curse test subjects specifically designed for wizard apprentices."

"You piece of trash, get out of that area right now. I will seal all the magic alloy doors in that area and lock the magic locks there in five minutes."

"Get out of there immediately and go to the central control room to report the situation."

The first-class wizard apprentice, a dark wizard, was extremely nervous. "If it really is Pandora's Box that has been leaked, then I must report it to my teacher. No, if I report it now, my teacher will inevitably take his anger out on me."

"Then I'm doomed."

"I don't want to become the next Severin."

"There's only one way. I have to solve this problem myself first. Once I've got the problem under control, I can report it to the teacher. That way, the teacher won't punish me too much."

"So let's wait for that good-for-nothing second-rate wizard apprentice to come over first."

(End of this chapter)