Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 951 The Red Dragon Witch Resolves All Hidden Dangers
The dragon wizard's eyes were filled with murderous intent. His gaze turned cold and ruthless. This elderly man, a polite fourth-ring wizard in disguise, was finally about to personally deliver the killing.

Locke, on the other hand, was unable to move for some reason. He was not actually being suppressed by the demonic pressure; he was simply unable to move.

And it's the kind of incomprehensible kind.

Neither the body nor magic can be used.

The only usable weapon is the Peach Bow Thorn Arrow, which is blessed and empowered by the sacred Dragon Star.

The Heavenly Jujube and the Golden Peach flew out of the Astral Ring automatically. The Golden Peach bent into a bow, and the Heavenly Jujube itself became an arrow. They were aimed at the Demon Dragon Wizard and then shot at him.

The dragon wizard laughed, "As expected of us dragons, even at this point you haven't forgotten to fight, and you're still using the only spell you can still use to fight me."

The arrows that the Sky-Supporting Jujube transformed into fell towards him, but suddenly disappeared mysteriously in front of him. Even the Sky-Supporting Jujube, this Star Ring Demon Plant, vanished.

The dragon wizard said, "Your courage is indeed commendable."

"But that won't do any good. You're no match for me. Your teacher could barely manage a move or two against me when I wasn't taking it seriously."

Locke bit his tongue, trying to stimulate his body and see if the pain could motivate him to move, or to observe why he couldn't move—was it neurotoxins or a suppressed soul?
What exactly is the reason?
Move!
Locke's pupils turned into golden vertical pupils.

The phantom of the demonic dragon behind him let out a mournful cry. Even the warlike demonic dragon had given up, believing that there was no way to break the deadlock and that this place had become a dead end.

But Locke did not. At this moment, his thirst for life, his desire for existence, and his pursuit of truth had surpassed the nature of his dragon bloodline. He was now fighting for his own life.

The dragon wizard shook his head slightly, then reached out and touched Locke's forehead again. "This time, no one can help you. Goodbye."

"This is your end."

The dragon wizard's fingers contained a terrifying power, burning with sacrificial fire, as he intended to sacrifice Locke directly to the Tower of the Black Sun.

A level two dragon and a Star Ring Wizard would indeed make a good sacrifice.

Locke's pupils suddenly shrank, and his eyes had returned to human eyes. His dragon bloodline had given up resisting, but he himself had not.

"I won't just become your sacrifice. There must be another way, there must be a chance to survive."

He cannot give up now; as long as he perseveres, there will surely be a chance for survival!
I cannot give up at this time.

Just as the dragon wizard's finger was about to touch Locke's forehead, a clover ring on Locke's left index finger suddenly lit up with a bright green magical light. The clover ring suddenly floated in front of Locke's forehead and the dragon wizard's finger, and the ring automatically slipped onto the dragon wizard's finger.

Dragon Wizard: "This is the magical pressure of another Star Ring Wizard..."

"Because your level is too low, I've been too lazy to divine the people in your social relationships that I marked as useless? Interesting. What do you want to do now?"

The voice of the witch Sophia emanated from the Lucky Clover Ring.

"Locke, congratulations on becoming a Star Ring Wizard, but I sense that your magical pressure is very chaotic. Have you encountered an insurmountable enemy? I had a project that I thought would be perfect for you and I wanted to give it to you."

A magical model flew out from the lucky clover and entered Locke's forehead.

Sophia the Witch's worried voice came from the Lucky Three-Leaf Ring.

"But when I put on another Lucky Three-Leaf Ring, I sensed the chaos in your magical pressure and the magical pressure of a fourth-ring level. What did you do to provoke such a powerful enemy? To make a long story short, I recently passed the major exam in the Starfield Sea and joined a top wizarding university in the Starfield Sea, obtaining my first tenured lecturer position. But I joined a classified project of that university's classified unit."

"I cannot give you specific information, and it will be difficult for us to meet directly in the future. When you come to the Starfield Sea in the future, remember not to forget to come and find me. Now, you must run away."

“Teacher, I can’t escape. The opponent is an ancient fourth-circle wizard, I can’t move.” Locke smiled bitterly. Although the witch Sophia had transmitted her magic in a strange form through her ecological corridor via a lucky three-leaf ring, she seemed to be completely unaware of her current situation, where she was, and that she was in the embers of an era.

Moreover, she was unaware that she could not move.

But to his surprise, at this most dangerous moment, his first teacher in life actually came to his aid. Although he couldn't expect it to make any difference, since his teacher was only a Star Ring Wizard at the moment, Locke was still deeply moved.

The dragon wizard laughed.

“You’re joking, Star Ring Wizard. Your methods can’t stop me. I just want to see what you’re up to.”

The voice of the witch Sophia came from the astral ring.

"You are indeed a fourth-circle wizard, while I, a second-circle wizard, am like an ant to you. But unfortunately, I am an ant that can stand on the shoulders of the giant Starfield Sea. And recently, due to a research discovery, I have been able to enter the Starfield Sea's top wizarding university."

"And coincidentally, as long as there is a magical plant on site with which I have completed a magical grafting relationship, I can use this method."

“Your Excellency, this is my first student. No matter how he has offended you, please spare his life. Forgive and forget. Sophia will surely apologize to you on his behalf in the future.”

The next moment, the lucky clover ring on the dragon wizard's finger flashed with magical light, and then a botanical root realm of the Cloud Marsh appeared beneath the dragon wizard's feet.

The Dragon Wizard asked, "This is... the foundation of this era?"

Immediately afterwards, he was lifted up by the root realm of Yunze Wetland, his height rising out of thin air, just like a person suddenly rising from the foot of a mountain to the top.

Unfortunately, this clone of his was constructed with the immense magic he had seized as its core, so this immense magical clone was directly lifted to the mountaintop, far away from Locke, who was currently at the foot of the mountain.

The invisible barrier around Locke disappeared automatically as the Dragon Wizard was elevated from his position by the Root Realm, effectively moving away from him.

Locke was surprised that his witch teacher, Sophia, was so helpful, using such a bizarre method to create spatial distance between him and the fourth-circle wizard.

Locke grabbed Edgar's body from the ground, then summoned the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow and used the Great Spring Breeze Dragon Sparrow spell to fly quickly into the distance. He wanted to seize this rare opportunity and find a way to leave this place.

At this moment, the fourth-circle wizard at the very top of the botanical root realm in Yunze Wetland pressed his entire magical pressure onto the botanical root realm. Instantly, all the botanical wizards in Yunze Wetland felt as if something heavy was pressing down on the root realm, and the entire root realm began to slowly descend in height.

The dragon wizard, atop the Botanical Root Realm, wore a dark expression. The three-leaf ring on his hand was swiftly destroyed by flames, but he himself was lifted up onto the Root Realm and did not immediately descend.

After all, in that summoning, the witch Sophia did indeed use this ring to send him to the Root Realm.

However, he was a fourth-circle wizard. Once he was sent to the Root Realm, it was impossible for him to be at the foot or halfway up the Root Realm mountain. He directly leaped to the top of the mountain.

At this moment, the powerful force of the Botanical Root Realm empowered the Dragon Wizard, increasing the power of all his spells by nearly a third.

"Hmm? This Root Realm is so powerful? No wonder the spells of those third-ring wizards are far more powerful than those of the third-ring wizards in my time."

The Dragon Wizard was taken aback. The Root Realm was a product of the Enlightenment era, so he had naturally never seen such a thing before.

Sophia the Witch used the mechanism of the Root Realm to quickly distance herself from Locke.

It's not that the Sophia Witch is really that powerful, it's just that the Root Realm's mechanism is powerful.

Of course, Sophia's research could be supported by the roots of magical plants. This research was highly valued by the higher-ups of the Starfield Sea.

The Dragon Wizard stood atop the Botanical Root Realm, looking down at Locke on the ground below.

"My power has increased a lot, and my vision has broadened. This is what it feels like to be at a high place. So this is what it feels like for fourth-ring wizards in this era. Although that star-ring wizard fooled me, he also let me experience some of the perceptions of fourth-ring wizards in this era."

He crushed the last bit of the lucky clover ring.

"But it's still damned. I never imagined this era would be so chaotic and bizarre. How could an ordinary Star Ring Wizard do something like this?"

He had previously divined all of Locke's social relationships before setting up this deadly trap for Locke.

But who could have predicted that a witch named Sophia, who was clearly just a Star Ring Wizard, would suddenly appear out of nowhere and actually manage to stop him?

This is so counterintuitive.

Because he had never consulted the sorcerer Sophia, he was not wary of the ring.

The dragon wizard scattered the embers of these rings across the earth.

"Alright. Your teacher has already done all she can to help you. Now there really is no one else who can help you."

The Dragon Wizard began to actively descend from the Root Realm, which indeed required some time.

Because he needed to come down from the Root Realm, otherwise he would be standing too high and wouldn't be able to find the insignificant Locke Augustine.

Standing tall allows you to see far, but standing tall also prevents you from seeing in detail.

Locke turned to look at the dragon wizard who was gradually walking down the mountain. He could suddenly feel the other party's magical pressure. In that terrifying magical pressure, Locke felt like he had lost his sense of direction and could no longer accurately measure the value of the magical pressure. It was as if he was constantly under excessive magical pressure and had lost control of his own magical pressure.

A leaf can block the view!
Who says that simply holding a leaf in front of one's eyes is enough to be blinded by a leaf? Right now, being interfered with by excessively powerful demonic pressure is also being blinded by a leaf!
At that moment, a voice suddenly rang in Locke's ears. "Are you afraid, young man?"

"Heh, there wasn't a trace of fear in your demonic pressure. I knew I hadn't chosen the wrong person."

“You did a good job. This dragon wizard is just a paper tiger; you don’t need to be afraid of him.”

The dragon wizard, who had already reached the foot of the mountain, was about to teleport to catch up with Locke and Edgar, but the next moment, he stopped in his tracks. "The feeling of this magical pressure is... how could this be..."

"The Time Destroyer... the Witch King who possessed the largest territory and the most powerful kingdom during the Age of Stars..."

Deep within the embers of time, a figure gradually emerged. He was clad in magnificent robes, exuding an air of elegance and nobility. Behind him floated eight great cauldrons, the surfaces of which were inscribed with the territories of the Heliotus royal court from the Age of Stars. These territories had transformed into the Spirit Hundred Solutions, each engraved on one of the eight cauldrons.

The miracle of the Heliotus Royal Court, the Wizard King who nearly unified the entire wizarding world during the Age of Stars, was considered by the world to be no longer worthy of the title "Wizard King," so he was given a special title—Great King.

King Otto emerged from the depths of the Ashes of Time, his expression calm as he looked at the Dragon Wizard. "This is the Ashes of Time, the ruined incense burner where the faith of the Tower of the Black Sun has burned out, still retaining its embers. It is not your private magical domain. You brought Locke Augustine here, which gives me the opportunity to see him."

"I have also worshipped the Tower of the Black Sun, and I have also performed a burnt offering for the Tower of the Black Sun, so my beliefs from that time have also been preserved in this world through the sacrifice!"

"Ezra Clarkson!"

The dragon wizard was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly realized that when he tried to touch Locke's forehead with his finger to break the last defensive magic left on him by the Red Dragon Throne through the Heart Spell, Locke's Peach Arch Thorn Arrow spell that he shot at him was not a desperate act.

If Locke Augustine had already made contact with King Otto, then it was indeed possible for him to meet Otto, who was in the embers of this era, through his own power.

Even in his moment of despair, Locke Augustine not only did not give up the fight, but also came up with a way to break the deadlock.

His peach-blossom arrow was actually meant to summon King Otto.

The dragon wizard's gaze turned serious. He absurdly felt a threat. This was a second-ring wizard who knew nothing, not even the ability to switch eras. Yet, this weak wizard made him feel pressured.

The dragon wizard murmured, "In my time, I don't think I've ever seen such a spirited young man."

King Otto remained silent.

Indeed, there are very few young people with such passion in this era of stars.

In the Age of Stars, everyone had their bones broken by the Tower of the Black Sun. Wizards with such spirit would have become high-ring wizards long ago. Almost all the young people accepted that everything should develop and change within the order of the Tower of the Black Sun. Therefore, it is true that the Dragon Wizard said that he had never seen such a spirited young man in the past!
The dragon wizard said, "You have the princess's interference with your destiny, so it's not surprising that I can't foresee that he had contact with you or even received your inheritance. But Otto, with just this empty shell, how much power can you exert?"

King Otto winked at him. "You're in a hurry."

“Angel Clarkson, are you really still a fourth-ring wizard? I’ve never heard of a fourth-ring wizard in the Tower of the Sun being able to remain in the fourth-ring state without the Grand Ritual.”

"You can scare other wizards who don't understand, but you can't scare me. The grand ceremony of the Tower of the Black Sun shouldn't exist yet, so what makes you think you can maintain your fourth-ring rank? You're just a third-ring wizard with some fourth-ring memories! And a third-ring priest wizard who's been removed from the ritual environment. How much do you really have left to use?"

"It must be tiring to bluff in front of young people, right? Plus fighting so many third-ring wizards at the same time."

The dragon wizard's expression remained unchanged, because it was true; he had indeed meant to scare others.

But this time, he had set up a trap with no chance of survival, and by doing so, he had brought Locke Augustine here. So his plan was already more than half complete.

He just didn't expect that two people would interfere with him in a row.

The first one is that little star ring wizard from the Starfield Sea.

The second one is even more troublesome, namely King Otto.

The Dragon Wizard glanced at Locke, who still bore the remnants of the Red Dragon Throne's magic. He then looked at King Otto and said, "Then let's not waste any more words. Let's fight."

The next moment, he pointed his finger at King Otto's forehead, and a sacrificial fire appeared in front of King Otto, to sacrifice him to the Tower of the Black Sun.

Suddenly, a bronze cauldron behind King Otto grew larger and swallowed the sacrificial fire.

The sacrificial fire burned fiercely inside the bronze cauldron.

Another bronze cauldron flew out from behind King Otto, inverted towards the Demon Dragon Wizard. The Spiritual Enlightenment on the surface of the bronze cauldron shimmered with magical light, and then a huge suction force appeared, trying to pull the Demon Dragon Wizard into it and refine him.

The next moment, the bronze cauldron suddenly exploded, and a ball of sacrificial fire burst out from it.

The Dragon Wizard laughed heartily. "So, the you you are now is just the you who ascended the throne for the second time, when you had only recently become a Third Ring Wizard."

The two resumed their fight.

The dragon wizard possessed an incredibly powerful physique. He abandoned his human form and transformed into a giant dragon. The dragon's entire body was like the most terrifying weapon, and his sacrificial magic was extremely unpredictable and impossible to defend against.

King Otto was one of the most talented potion masters in the past. Even though he has not mastered the art of reversing potion-making at this stage, his potion-making skills are still incredibly terrifying. If you are not careful, you will be sucked into the bronze cauldron and turned into dregs!
Overall, the Dragon Wizard had the upper hand in their confrontation, while King Otto was at a disadvantage.

Locke was searching for a way out on the other side when he heard King Otto's voice. 'Locke, are you afraid now? Do you understand how I felt in the past? Have you ever considered giving up your dragon bloodline?'

Locke was taken aback, because he didn't know why the embers of King Otto would recognize him.

Does King Otto remember everything that happened in the Historical Boundary Marker Curse?

The Otto I encountered should not have been the real Otto.

The real King Otto is long dead, he died in the past!
That's for sure. Locke said to King Otto, "I'm not afraid. I don't think this is the most desperate moment yet, it just looks desperate. But I did think of a way out just now. And just like you said, he's not really that powerful. You've enlightened me, he might not be a match for my teacher now. As for giving up the bloodline... this dragon bloodline is my original bloodline, even if I wanted to give it up, I couldn't think of any way to wash it away."

This is truly a helpless situation.

To give up this original bloodline, especially one of high level, is unimaginable in terms of the amount of magical resources required.

Moreover, by the time he realized that the Tower of the Black Sun forbade outsiders from obtaining the dragon bloodline, this bloodline power had already become too deeply integrated with his magical power.

Besides, I have no reason to give up.

Don't you have enough problems already?
Even those who are nature guardians associated with the World Tree don't know how deep the waters run behind them.

In addition, he also had the mark of the abyss on his body. Even though his teacher had removed many of the external marks, the power of the Eye Demon was itself the mark of the abyss.

In addition, there's his mysterious mother, and the will of the Blood River Plane's lingering concern for his soul after death...

As the saying goes, every wizard, as a seeker of truth, has their share of troubles. Every wizard who enters the endless void explores everywhere and inevitably attracts some trouble in the process.

The boat will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge, and the car will find a way when it reaches the mountain.

King Otto said, "That's good. Even if you give up that bloodline, the Black Sun Tower will still target you, only to a lesser extent. You have a World Tree leaf on you, right? During the Age of Stars, the power of the World Tree lineage was driven out of the Wizarding World. But the Black Sun Tower will target you just because of the World Tree leaf on your body."

Locke was startled, and suddenly realized.

If I had accepted the Dragon Wizard's invitation, it would have been like resetting my character's stats and starting over. I would have walked the purest path of priestly magic in the Tower of the Black Sun, and naturally, the power of the World Tree lineage within me would have been washed away.

'The Tower of the Black Sun invited me to participate in the ritual, not out of admiration, not out of kindness, but to cleanse me of the natural forces within me. So that's how it is.'

'If you kill me directly, the power of the World Tree Leaf might fall into the hands of other wizards. Only by changing allegiance can I possibly suppress the power of both World Tree Leaves!'

Locke realized. 'So it seems I was at odds with the Tower of the Black Sun from the very beginning, even without the bloodline of the Demonic Dragon. But why does the Tower of the Black Sun reject the World Tree?'

'Thinking about it carefully, both the plastic flowers and the crystal flowers were created by the Black Sun Tower. The entire faction's attitude towards nature is indeed strange; they're not entirely hostile to nature, but there's something inexplicably odd about it.'

'Well, that's normal. King Otto and the princess didn't come into contact with the dragon's bloodline or the World Tree leaf, yet they were still targeted by the Tower of the Black Sun, even worse off than me, directly erased from history. The Witch King Lagmamon also didn't come into contact with the World Tree leaf or the dragon's bloodline, yet he was still suppressed until only a wisp of his will remained, parasitic within someone else's soul.'

'The Tower of the Black Sun is inherently domineering. It can suppress whomever it wants; I don't need to consider why they reject others.'

'Am I supposed to abandon my exploration of the power of nature for the sake of this stagnant, polluted homeland? At its core, it's just an outdated wizarding organization.'

Locke said to King Otto, “Your Majesty, in my time, when I entered Mount Golden Crown, a Sun Ring Wizard told me not to be afraid of offending people. Because as long as I want to rise, I will offend people.”

"I cannot abandon the path I was on that was going well just because the Tower of the Black Sun is blocking my way!"

King Otto did not answer.

A voice sounded in Locke's ear. "Um, Locke, you're right, but could you put me down first? I don't know why, but I feel a little nauseous. It's probably because you were running around with me just now."

Edgar, who was being held in Locke's arms, touched his head.

Locke looked at Edgar. "Huh? Edgar, you're still alive?"

Edgar spat out a precious jade from his mouth. The jade had cracked in the middle, and a spiritual energy was released from it, dissipating into the air.

However, unlike normal spiritual energy full of vitality, this special type of spiritual energy seemed to carry some kind of anti-life energy.

Edgar exhaled a breath of stale air.

"This is a rare artifact I obtained on the new route, a Yuan-Gathering Soil Sphere. It's one of the few treasures that can powerfully repair extremely powerful magic. The downside is that after each use, the special spiritual energy within the Yuan-Gathering Soil Sphere loses its life energy, turning into a special kind of pollutant. It can seriously pollute the surrounding environment, but looking at it now, that doesn't matter. Anyway, this isn't the Wizarding World."

Edgar looked left and right and said, "Actually, the moment your Spring Thunder Arrow spell model pierced my chest, I figured out where the problem lay. The World Artifact repaired my Great Magic, and my Great Magic then activated All Things Return to the Tree, which, in a sense, turned the Yuanyuan Earth Sphere from an item originally used only to repair Great Magic into an item that resurrected me."

"I just need to stay in the Tree of All Things to adjust the spell structure, and I trust Locke that you will protect my body, so I have not returned yet."

"And now, I finally understand what I should do. My Tree of Perfection is different from your Tree of Prosperity. Your Tree of Prosperity is not natural, but my Tree of Perfection replenishes the original plane with the cycle of life and death, and is itself part of the plane's cycle. Therefore, my Tree of Perfection does not need to be like your Tree of Prosperity, which uses great magic itself as a way to break out of the cycle."

"The one who should step forward is me, and all the creatures that cycle through the tree."

Behind Edgar appeared a perfect tree, and some of the leaves on its crown were burning with flames. Locke recognized that it was the underworld created inside the Tree of All Things.

A complex spell model appeared in Edgar's right palm.

“I have added a selection mechanism to my cycle of all things returning to the tree, that is, the cycle of life and death is not the ultimate goal, but only a process, and the cycle of life and death is not our only destination. My cycle of life and death is to help everyone, including myself, to one day break free from the cycle of life and death and exist.”

Locke's eyes lit up slightly; this idea was promising.

Thus, the key to the concept of all things returning to the tree lies not in the cycle of life and death, nor in life itself, but in how this concept can help those within it transcend their circumstances.

The Tree of Perfection essentially became a Tree of Transcendence and is developing in that direction. In this way, the quality of this great magic can be said to have been improved in stages.

Although Locke could see that Edgar's spell model for this idea was still very rudimentary and could only be considered a framework, it was sufficient for a major spell of the Star Forging level.

Edgar's magical pressure continued to rise, and a silver crown-shaped star ring, resembling oak leaves, gradually formed beneath his feet.

After Edgar the Wizard's magical pressure stabilized at the Star Ring level, he breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had spoken lightly, he was indeed truly dead this time.

It was just that by applying the brakes of "All Things Return to the Tree," it had brought it to a state of near-death.

The level of danger involved was so high that others would turn pale upon hearing it, and would think he was too crazy and unreasonable.

That rare artifact could only repair his ultimate magic, not revive him. He wasn't even sure if he could return this time, but thankfully he made it through unscathed. Although there was a mishap during his soul's return, leaving some aftereffects on his soul, he managed to return successfully, repair the flaws in his ultimate magic, and advance to the Star Ring level here.

As for that slight flaw in his soul...

Edgar realized that after his resurrection, his soul power was constantly leaking out, as if he were just an alien soul occupying this body, so he was constantly returning to a state of death.

'This will probably require a high-grade potion, or some other method to solve.'

Edgar activated the "All Things Return to the Tree" technique, locking away his leaking vitality.

'However, I am a breeder, and I am extremely sensitive to spiritual energy. As long as I constantly maintain the "Return of All Things to the Tree" activation, I can lock down the spiritual energy I currently possess.'

Edgar looked at Locke and said, "Locke, thank you for trusting me and helping me so much."

"Now I'm here to help you. As per our agreement, I must help you out of this predicament this time."

Locke nodded.

"This seems to be some kind of alternate dimension, but I think we are most likely still in the Wizarding World in terms of spatial coordinates."

“Do you have a way to leave? I’ve tried many methods, but none of them have worked. King Otto is an ancient wizard I know, and he’s helping us buy time.”

Edgar looked around at the space and shook his head.

“If you can’t leave, then I probably can’t either. However, I do have a way to help that third-ring alchemist who is currently fighting.”

Locke's eyes brightened slightly.

"Do you have a solution?"

The wizard Edgar said, "To be precise, it is the two of us who have a solution."

“Locke, you’ve never been to the new route, have you? Nor have you been to the Protoss battlefield. I’ve been to the battlefield against the Titans, and that’s where I learned War Magic.”

The wizard Edgar quickly handed several spells to Locke.

"It's not really anything mysterious. It's just magic created so that regular wizards can help second-circle wizards, and second-circle wizards can help high-circle wizards on the battlefield. Because on the battlefield, it's easy to find a situation where the enemy has high-circle wizards, while we only have some second-circle wizards. So, to deal with this situation, [War Magic] came into being."

"Right now, two third-ring wizards are fighting. We are star-ring wizards, which makes us qualified to form a battle formation with that third-ring potion master and assist him."

“I’m not qualified enough; I only know one War School spell right now—[Comradeship War Ritual]! Fortunately, this War School spell requires at least two second-ring wizards to use. You and I are both Star Ring wizards, far exceeding the requirements for its use. Locke, this is magic used on a real battlefield…”

The wizard Edgar taught Locke the spell model that Quinnjoll could only obtain by exchanging contribution points. Then the two began to chant the spell simultaneously and held a comradeship ceremony.

After chanting the incantation, the two used their demonic weapons to cut open their left palms. Their blood dripped onto the ground, whereupon a stone cup emerged to catch the drops of blood. The stone cup bore the image of the Eye of Truth.

Upon seeing this, Locke immediately shouted to King Otto in the distance, "Your Majesty, give us a drop of your blood, and we can perform a ritual magic to help you."

"We need a drop of blood."

The Dragon Wizard glanced at his fellow warriors' war ritual and was immediately enraged. He could tell at a glance that the ritual magic of this so-called war school was modified from the priestly magic of the Tower of the Black Sun.

What is this thing?
It's been changed into a complete mess.

Why is there no one to offer sacrifices to?
The object of the ritual, which should have been the core object of worship, has inexplicably become a mysterious eye as the presiding, maintaining, and energy provider. This means that this is a ritual magic without a specific object of worship, which turns it into a ritual magic.

Upon seeing this, King Otto suddenly laughed and exclaimed, "In my time, there weren't so many young people with backbone."

"This era... is truly wonderful. In the past, I could only fight alone, but I never imagined that someone could support me from behind at this time."

The next moment, King Otto threw a drop of his blood into the stone cup in the distance. Instantly, the blood of Otto, Locke, and Edgar was mixed in the stone cup, and flames burst forth in the stone cup, like a candle.

King Otto realized that he could share his magic with Locke and Edgar.

King Otto suddenly realized that this would be equivalent to using his magic to enhance the magic of Locke and Edgar, the two second-ring wizards. While the two star-ring wizards were still unlikely to cause any real trouble for the third-ring wizards, they could provide assistance and support, and could effectively interfere with the battle.

This so-called school of war's ritual magic is really interesting.

With the development of the times, the basic level of magic in the entire wizarding world seems to have improved qualitatively.

In the Age of Stars, low-ring wizards had little chance of interfering in the battles of high-ring wizards.

The dragon wizard observed the current situation with a headache.

Too many unexpected situations have arisen.

His divination did indeed reveal everything he wanted to know, but he hadn't anticipated that these second-tier beings of this era would be capable of creating so much trouble.

Even now, the Dragon Wizard had to admit that the wizarding world had reached a much higher level after so many years of development.

And these young geniuses of the Second Ring Road in this era are all formidable figures.

……

At the highest point of Mount Golden Crown, Principal Gaia was fishing in a small pond atop the mountain. The pond was crystal clear, with only one small fish in it. The fish seemed to sense someone fishing, so it stayed at the very bottom of the pond, only nibbling at the bait floating on the water above Principal Gaia's bait, but refusing to swim to the surface to eat any of the bait on top.

Dean Gaia laughed and scolded the ordinary second-ring creature, the Water-Fire Fish, saying, "When Katya gave you to me, she told me that you were extremely clever and difficult to catch. Alas, I think you're not clever, you're just a scoundrel. As a pet fish, you've always refused to be caught."

"You're not qualified to be a pet fish."

"You want my air force?"

The headmaster of Gaia Academy turned to look at Ekaterina, who had transformed into a red dragon and was chasing after Esther, who was lurking in the Golden Crown Mountain.

"Looks like this is none of my business. Katya went to great lengths to invite this old man to help, but she handled it herself. What can I do?"

Dean Gaia slowly began packing up his fishing gear.

At this moment, the witch Catherine, transformed into a red dragon, pursued Esther. Esther seemed extremely terrified, feeling as if she had nowhere to escape. She summoned her ultimate magic, but in an instant, her ultimate magic was forced back by the red dragon.

She herself was also knocked away.

'Click~'

As the dragon's claw swept across, a ring flew off Esther's body and landed in the red dragon's hand.

The love ring on Esther's hand and the engagement ring on the red dragon's hand joined together, devouring each other. The next moment, the two merged into one, becoming a engagement ring.

The Red Dragon Witch immediately put on the unfinished engagement ring and stored the portion of the Red Dragon's power within it.

"Anna's original intention in developing the engagement ring was to solve her dual personality problem. As for me, I developed the engagement ring to solve the conflict between my human and dragon nature. Our research paths were originally very similar, and Anna gave you her half-finished engagement ring in order to enhance your combat power, Esther, but this gave me an opportunity."

Catherine the Witch returned to human form and stood in mid-air.

“Esther. I’ve always wanted Anna’s mother ring, and Anna also wants mine to speed up her research. That’s why she gave her mother ring to you, hoping to take advantage of the chaos to seize mine with yours. Her plan was too clever; she thought I would reveal a weakness when foreign enemies invaded. But in fact, I’ve long been able to basically control my dragon soul. And now, with this new engagement ring, I can store my dragon soul within it, indirectly and completely eliminating my hidden danger.”

"At this point, I have no flaws left."

“Estelle, for the sake of our past relationship, you should go. This is the last time.”

The Red Dragon Witch turned to look at the Temple of Truth on Mount Golden Crown; it was time to close the net.

She had already obtained the Mother Ring, and while the Rose Witch thought she was losing her composure and trying to take advantage of the situation, she turned the tables on Anna.

The Red Dragon Witch activated the heart-shaped spell she had left on Locke, and she vanished into thin air.

(End of this chapter)