Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 31 Dryad
Sophia the Witch stood up and walked to the door, but then, as if remembering something, she came back and tossed Locke a bunch of keys.

"This is the key to my magical creature breeding room. I originally wanted to issue a long-term quest to hire a second-class wizard apprentice to help me feed the potion materials in the magical creature breeding room."

"Now that you're here, you'll be in charge from now on."

"There are instruction manuals in the breeding room. Just follow the feeding methods described in the manual. You can also learn a skill."

"Feeding magical creatures is relatively simple. Once you're skilled, you'll be in charge of all the magical plants in my magical plant cultivation room."

The witch Sophia instructed, "In the cultivation room, for now you just need to focus on that tree spirit. No matter what it says to you, don't listen to it."

"If you let her out, you'll die."

"I'm not joking."

Locke nodded and said solemnly, "Yes, teacher."

"By the way, teacher, I'd like to buy some Mandragora vine seeds from you..."

Sophia the Witch waved her hand. "I have to go now."

"You want mandrake vines, right? Those outdated things are hard to sell now. If you want them, I'll give them to you. I have a hundred on hand right now."

"It's from an experiment I did before, and it was saved."

"I have nothing to say about the magical plant you chose. Anyway, you'll learn all the spells in the Vine Hand series sooner or later. So, I don't think you need to change the magical plant you chose."

"That's just basic magic before higher-level magic. It doesn't really matter what kind of magical vines you use. Of course, this is just my personal opinion."

Locke listened and nodded, clearly indicating that the witch Sophia and the first-class wizard apprentices on the wizard ship had completely different opinions on this matter.

Of course, this is based on the fact that the two sides are at different levels and have different perspectives.

In Sophia's eyes, the Vine Hands spell series was only for learning, with the main purpose of improving mental strength and raising the wizard's level.

Pursuing better magic vines is a waste of time.

For wizarding apprentices, however, pursuing better magical vines can enhance spell effects, and the difference is significant.

Locke didn't care; he didn't need to change it. He could just use the hundred Mandragora vines that the witch Sophia had given him to synthesize it.

If you have a hundred of them, you should be able to synthesize them to level five.

I don't know what a level 5 Mandrake vine looks like, but even if a level 5 Mandrake vine doesn't have any special effects, it will definitely be better than a level 1 Mandrake vine.

Based on past experience, a standard crafting recipe will generally improve the quality of the crafted item in some aspect.

If you're lucky enough to come up with the crafting formula and create a special effect, then it's a completely different story.

in the afternoon.

While Instructor Sophia was busy, Locke took the key and entered the magical creature breeding room.

He opened the wooden door with the key and, following the procedure manual, hung the key on an iron nail on the door before looking up and scanning the interior of the wooden house.

From the outside, it looks like just a small wooden cabin, but inside it's as big as a football field.

The air inside was filled with the aroma of a mixture of different magical creature feeds.

There were many sections, including stables, cattle pens, and iron cages containing mysterious creatures. Some cages were as tall as a person, while others hung in mid-air. Many cages were covered with black cloth, obscuring their contents. Locke glanced around briefly and was immediately amazed. Some horses had red manes that resembled burning flames, while others had brown manes that shimmered with lightning.

There are also large eagles with feathers that look like iron plates, and giant frogs that are 1.5 meters long with ice crystal-like protrusions on their skin and a dense layer of capillaries covering their tongues, making them look particularly strange.

“Alder Flame Horse, Alder Flame Horse subspecies Lightning Horse, Ironfeather Eagle and Frostthroat Giant Frog…” Locke looked at the instruction manual in his hand and gradually learned about the species of these magical creatures.

For example, the Aldefire Horse needs to be fed with magic stone fragments and a special feed made of lava and wheat flour.

The cage containing the Frostthroat Frog needs to be checked daily to ensure there is enough ice, as the creature's blood is an important ingredient for crafting the [Fire Protection Potion], and its eyes can be used as casting materials for many spells in the Frost Magic branch of the Evocation school.

Locke watched with great interest, partly because it was the first time he had ever encountered so many bizarre and wonderful magical creatures.

Secondly, these are common sense and foundations in the wizarding world, and they form the basis for learning and creating magic in the future.

I know I can't learn it all in a day, but I have enough patience to memorize it all.

Following the instructions in the manual, Locke gradually fed the magical creatures in the cabin.

Suddenly, he saw a faint light ahead, like a lamp in the darkness.

He looked up and saw that the black cloth that had been covering the iron cage at the deepest part of the wooden house had fallen to the ground at some point, revealing the creature inside.

Inside the iron cage was a naked blonde human girl, clutching her chest and private parts, looking at Locke with a panicked and shy expression.

She buried her head and wept, looking pitiful. "Save me, save me! That witch is a pervert, she's a devil! Look what she did to me! Please, save me!"

"help me."

"That witch named Sophia captures human girls and uses me for evil experiments. Please, just open this cage, and I'll do anything you want..."

Locke walked to the front of the iron cage with an unchanging expression, seemingly ignoring the shy human beauty before him. He picked up the instruction manual hanging on the cage and began to read it. "Tree Spirit, Child of the Forest, possesses a passive 0.7-ring [Human Charm] ability, capable of completely bewitching and altering the perceptions of ordinary humans."

"Extremely dangerous."

“Even a wizard apprentice will gradually lose their correct understanding of reality if they talk to the tree spirit for a long time. Therefore, it is not recommended to talk to the tree spirit for a long time.”

"The tree spirit's blood is an important raw material for many potions. Just feed the tree spirit a portion of dew every day, and you must not talk to it during the process."

Locke opened the can of dew, scooped some out with a wooden spoon, and put it into the iron basin inside the cage.

The next moment, the 'human beauty' crashed into the iron cage, letting out an angry roar like a wild beast. In that instant, her milky white skin transformed into a toad-like skin, covered in bumps and black in color.

Her appearance had changed drastically; she resembled a stinking, withered old tree stump, no longer resembling a human beauty. Her hair had turned into a pile of withered branches, and her face was filled with a resentful expression.

"Damn humans, when I get out, I'm going to rip your heart out with my own hands."

"You wait for me!"

"Don't go, don't go."

Having finished his last task, Locke turned and walked out of the cabin.

It must be said that the wizarding world is indeed very dangerous.

Even such a simple feeding task requires great care; a single mistake could be life-threatening.

(End of this chapter)