Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 244 Hussein's Bizarre Attitude
After Locke used the potion to restore himself to full strength, he immediately flew back to the original battlefield, to where he had started.

About twenty minutes later, he flew back to the edge of the original D-sector quarantine zone and found Albert. Albert had lost one of his right arms and only had his left hand left.

Meanwhile, the dark wizard named Maurice, who was his enemy, stood motionless, looking very strange.

As Locke approached, Morris suddenly spoke up: "That defensive magical plant in your hand is really troublesome."

"If it weren't for it, I could at least have escaped."

The next moment, his body began to collapse, like countless building blocks falling down, all collapsing in an instant.

That was the damage caused by the first-ring demonic plant larva [Sky-Splitting Fern]. His body had long been cut apart by wind elemental blades that were equivalent to countless incomparably sharp divine weapons. If his body moved even slightly, it would scatter into pieces. Even the vampire baron's immortality could not save him.

Locke looked at Albert. "Senior, do you need treatment?"

Albert waved his hand. "No need. I cut off my own right arm because I was cursed with a 'Rotting Curse' by him. If I hadn't cut it off, my whole body would have rotted away."

"Go back to the Healing Hand Clinic for treatment, and it will grow back."

“By the way, Locke, I also want to thank you for the defensive magic plant you gave me before, the Eye of Perseus Lichen. That defensive magic plant is really too effective against curse magic. It can neutralize and reflect all the opponent's curse magic, hahaha... I have never gained such an advantage in a battle against a black wizard of the same level.”

Albert gave Locke a thumbs up. "It's just a pity that after such a fierce battle, the Perseus's Eye lichen you gave me was completely destroyed."

Locke looked at the withered, charred magical plant beside him.

The Eye of Perseus lichen is a semi-consumable item; it will inevitably deteriorate naturally with repeated use.

Although it has some self-healing ability, it requires several weeks of careful nurturing by breeders.

In the heat of battle, there is certainly no time for it to repair itself.

Albert, the wizard seed of Lilith's Hut, also possessed a 0.8-ring moss-type defensive spell. He was already evenly matched with Morris, and with the addition of this defensive magical plant that generated broad-spectrum resistance, it was as if he had added a weight to the scales that could change the situation.

This gave Albert the victory.

Locke nodded. "Okay, senior, I'll go check on Sisyphus. Sisyphus is definitely no match for Hussein; I wonder if he's still alive."

Locke took out a Perseus's Eye lichen from his Astral Ring and tossed it to Albert. "Senior, use this magical plant for protection."

"You're injured now, so it would be troublesome if you were attacked by thieves."

Albert nodded and said, "That's true, thank you. With this defensive magic plant, I don't even need to use offensive magic against ordinary dark wizards. Its magical counterattack ability alone is enough to eliminate them."

"There is a significant difference in magical pressure between me and ordinary dark wizards."

Locke used Plant Mimicry: Raptor, and flew towards the direction from which Hussein was emanating magical pressure.

As soon as he rushed over, he found that the area was shrouded in a gray mist, and at the same time, Hussein's blood claws suddenly stretched out from the gray mist, heading towards his neck.

Locke's three ominous mandrake vines in his right hand immediately sensed the attack and used the 0.7 ring vine whip to unleash countless vine whips in a certain direction in an instant. Even the walls of the research institute were shattered by the countless vine whips.

Bloodclaws and vine whips clashed repeatedly.

At the same time, a blood claw came toward his throat. Locke used the 0.7 ring [All Plants Are Soldiers] and the Black Lock Bamboo Sword to block the blood claw that was slashing toward his throat.

The slender, slightly curved black bamboo sword and the blood claw clashed against each other.

The magical pressures of the two sides clashed fiercely, and sparks of magic electricity erupted from the sword bamboo and blood claws between them.

Life magic and curse magic clashed violently in a confined area.

At the same time, a golden glint flashed in Locke's pupils, followed by another flash of his vertical pupils, unleashing a burst of murderous aura. He used [All Plants Are Soldiers] for the second time, and streaks of green Ogan tree runes swirled around the leaf blades of the Clivia miniata, which were then slashing towards the neck of the vampire attacking him from within the gray mist.

The vampire baron's immortality will be broken and he will die if his head falls off.

Hussein quickly retreated, dodging the fierce attack, still looking relaxed. "I never imagined you could grow to this level."

"In such a short period of time."

He snapped his fingers, and the cursed gray mist that had enveloped the area immediately dissipated. At the same time, Locke saw Sisyphus lying unconscious on the ground of the research institute.

A look of confusion flashed across Locke's eyes. Why didn't Hussein kill Sisyphus when he could have done so?

Locke hovered in mid-air, watching Hussein warily.

Hussein pointed to Locke's right hand, where three ominous mandrake vines were visible, one of which had withered, seemingly afflicted by some kind of malevolent curse.

The other two ominous mandrake vines were also withered and lifeless.

However, his two rare magical plants, the Clivia and the Black Lock Bamboo, withstood the opponent's curse magic and did not wither.

Locke sneered. "Look at the bloody claw on your left hand."

Hussein looked down and his pupils constricted. There was a crack in the nail of the middle finger of his left blood claw. The crack widened rapidly, and then one of his blood claws broke apart. The folded curse spell on the blood claw also shattered and disappeared.

Clearly, in their exchange just now, the two were evenly matched.

This was because Hussein had deliberately held back a significant amount of mana, mistakenly underestimating Locke's current magical strength.

“Interesting…” More than nine hundred magic pressure erupted from Hussein. The powerful magic pressure even caused the air in front of Locke to distort to some extent.

"In less than a year, you have grown to such an extent. You, me, and your teacher, we are indeed of the same kind."

"However, I held back just now. You won't be so lucky next time we fight."

Locke keenly sensed the key point: "Next time?"

"You have the upper hand now, at least on the local battlefield. Aren't you prepared to continue fighting me?"

"Your magic power is clearly over 800, why don't you take the advancement potion and become a full-fledged wizard?"

"Or has the Blood Curse Tribunal imposed certain restrictions on you, refusing to allow you to advance to the rank of a formal wizard?"

Hussein paused, glancing at Locke. "A clever brat."

The next moment, his figure shattered and turned into countless blood-red bats, flying towards the entrance of the Cursed Research Institute.

Locke pondered for a moment, wondering whether he should continue the pursuit to prevent Hussein from escaping and notifying the Blood Curse Tribunal.

However, considering that there is at least a 300-point difference between his magical pressure and that of his at this moment.

Moreover, Hussein's current attitude is very strange, and Locke still hasn't caught up with him.

Locke looked at Sisyphus lying on the ground and fell into deep thought. "I didn't kill him, nor did I place any curse on him."

"This Hussein doesn't seem to want to be our enemy."

"Forget it, as long as Rashid is dead, the objective of this operation will be perfectly achieved. Let's go check the situation on the edge of the battlefield near the teacher's side first."

(End of this chapter)