Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 248 The Wrathful Blood Curse Court

Beneath the Wall of the Believers in the Blood Curse Court, the dark wizards grew increasingly tense. The necromancy that had gathered at the source of the Wall of the Believers informed them that a first-ring wizard of the Blood Curse Court had died.

A fully-fledged dark wizard shrieked, "Which first-ring wizard is it?"

A crystal skull emitted seven-colored light, and instantly all the wizards saw the scene of Rashid Tahrir before his death.

The blue iris and Sophia's indifferent expression immediately aroused the anger and fear of the dark wizards of the Blood Curse Court.

"A dark wizard like Rashid was actually killed by a newcomer. What happened to his immortality?"

"How could a first-level vampire's immortality possibly be immune to the damage from the [Elemental Infusion] of a high-level magical plant? And as you all saw, Rashid was in very poor condition before he died."

"This is a blatant declaration of war. They killed one of our official wizards in our heartland. Such provocation! Aren't they afraid we'll start a war, causing them an economic crisis and bankruptcy? All along, those white wizarding organizations have been afraid of war with us, which would lead to their funding chain breaking and bankruptcy. Why would they dare to kill one of our official wizards this time?"

The black wizards, wearing pointed black hats, were filled with shock, fear, and rage. "Revenge! We must get revenge!"

"No, we absolutely cannot let them return alive and unharmed. Fully activate the Wall of the Unbelievers. Use all resources to intercept and kill them!"

"It takes 10,000 magic stones to fully activate the Wall of the Believers for one minute!"

"Our greatest loss would be if that witch and her accomplices left the Dark Wizarding Lands unscathed. For us, the Blood Curse Court, maintaining [fear] is of paramount importance. Have you forgotten what it was that made us First Ring Wizards?"

"What does the Blood Curse Tribunal rely on to form a force that allows those apprentices and mortals to collectively support us? Relying solely on curses would be far less efficient than it is now."

"We rely on fear!"

"Agreed. Immediately use all resources to intercept and kill the White Wizards who have invaded our territory. Moreover, Lilith's Hut provoked us first this time, so I think the White Wizard Association and the Black Wizard Alliance should have no objections. We must start a full-scale war!"

"It's the Blood Lord... The Blood Lord's message has arrived, and it is indeed—all-out interception and all-out war!"

In the Blood Curse Court, the residence of the Blood Lord, a middle-aged male wizard clad in black robes, his face devoid of any color, rose from a black coffin. His pupils were completely black, as if they could absorb all light.

At that moment, a trace of sorrow flashed in the Blood Lord's eyes. "Rashid, my student..."

"My proudest student..."

The sadness in his eyes quickly turned into anger. "Hmph, you're really useless."

“Curse Erosion was my last hope for advancing to the second-circle wizard level. Now that you, this piece of trash, are dead, I have no hope left. It was all for nothing that I personally bestowed upon you the curse of immortality more than forty years ago, yet you were so incompetent that you died at the hands of a little yellow-haired girl from the White Wizard’s side.”

"Lilith's Cottage..."

With a wave of his hand, the Blood Lord placed a decorative Blood Orchid Star Flower inside the Blood Clan Court into his palm. The moment the flower touched his skin, it immediately lost all its color and turned gray.

Then, the flower turned into fragments of ash, which scattered into the air.

“Lilith Hut, Dean Earl Thompson…” A deep rage flashed in the Blood Lord’s eyes. “You twice plotted to ruin my hopes of advancement, just because I used a curse to kill your beloved disciple with my own hands.”

"Heh heh, I'll make you regret it, and you'll never forget it!"

"After I defeat Lilith's Hut, I will capture you alive and cast an immortal curse upon you, so that you will never die and will live forever in fear of me."

Blood Lord gritted his teeth. In his anger, a touch of blood appeared on his pale face, and his pupils turned brown, like human eyes.

This terrified the Blood Lord. He quickly turned around and lay down in the cursed blood coffin, allowing the cursed energy to spread throughout his body and maintain his immortality. "Damn it, my advancement failed, and it's already starting to destroy my immortality."

"I almost became a human."

"The consequences of failing to draw a powerful spell are far too severe, but the only potions that can help me are those made by second-circle potions... And I've offended too many potions in the past, so I can't trust any potions given to me by any potion master..."

The Blood Lord reached out and grasped, and a cursed spiritual thread landed in his hand. "Pass on my orders: intercept and kill with all your might, and start a full-scale war."

"Don't let those white wizards go back! Send our students and mentors to hunt them down!"

……

On the other side, above the city-state of Corinth, the seven-colored crystal skulls transformed into an endless high wall, covering most of the sky like a cage, descending from the heavens to trap Locke and his companions below.

Magical runes belonging to the [Heroic Relics Court] appeared one by one in mid-air, and the soul power of the wronged spirits formed an unbreakable cage to trap Sophia and the others inside.

Gabriel gritted his teeth, chanted an incantation, and summoned a flock of white doves, attempting to break through the soul power cage. However, the doves were erased the moment they touched the invisible cage.

A sealing barrier composed of countless crystal skulls descended from the sky, causing buildings to collapse and mortals to be crushed to the ground by the immense pressure before they could even react to what was happening.

When wizards fight, mortals suffer.

Of course, most of the mortals in this city-state are beneficiaries who have enjoyed countless benefits from the Blood Curse Court. Ordinary mortals are not qualified to live in this city-state of Corinth, after all, it is one of the core city-states where several first-class wizard apprentice black wizards serve as city lords.

Locke attempted to summon the tomb spirit to decipher the dark magic within and see if he could find a chance to escape. However, as soon as he summoned the tomb spirit, it was deformed by the sealing barrier, and the spell model disintegrated.

"teacher……"

Sophia the Witch smiled. "Locke, my friends are here. Remember to say hello later. They're all the teacher's friends."

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the sealing barrier in the sky, and a large number of harpies passed through the crack. They were all dressed in brightly colored clothes and looked like fashionable human women, but their feet were eagle claws.

A harpy princess with eyeshadow on her face, left hand on her hip, beckoned to Sofia with her right hand, "Hey, Sofia, I'm here."

“These barriers are indeed troublesome. It took us some time to get here, but we harpies are born with a special bloodline talent to break through barriers and seals.”

"Our bloodline passive spells can easily destroy barriers."

Princess Aria, the harpy, placed her harp claws on the surface of a crystal skull, and a crack immediately appeared in the skull.

A seven-colored crystal skull floated in front of her, with streaks of bright red curse lines emerging from the eye sockets of the crystal skull.

"Princess Aria, please don't forget that we, the Blood Curse Court, and your Harpy Royal Court have signed a non-aggression pact; we are allies. Now, Princess, you've brought so many people here to help the Blood Curse Court's enemies. What is the meaning of this?"

Aliya sneered, crossing her arms. "Does this princess need your permission to do things? You humans always like to talk to yourselves."

"It's just a non-aggression pact, not a defensive alliance pact."

"When you allowed your ghoul army to attack that little wizarding organization called the Frost Choir through our harpy territory, did you ever think of our covenant?"

"Sophia saved me once, and I'm here to repay her kindness."

(End of this chapter)