Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 966 Spirit Touch and the Fourth Type Nature Guardian!
Locke followed the wizard Trajan through a series of tunnels, then they turned into a corridor, stepped over a soft, brightly colored petal-covered floor, and stood before a columnar pistil.

Because they were shrunk, what Locke and Trajan saw was a huge pistil-shaped column, with a rose dragon composed of many petals standing at the top of the column.

This rose dragon's wings were composed of many varieties of multi-headed roses, and behind her was a dazzling wreath of flowers like a sun corona. The top of her head was also adorned with a crown of various rose-like magical plants. On her chest was a magnificent peach blossom, like a medal pinned to her breast.

Trajan the wizard bowed respectfully to the dragon.

“Ancient Fairy Dragon, I have brought this young wizard here. You are the guardian of this laboratory, and now it is up to you to determine whether he is qualified to enter the key laboratory.”

The flower dragon didn't react at all, just staring blankly at Locke and the wizard Trajan.

Trajan frowned and repeated his words, but Hualong still did not react.

Trajan thought for a moment, then walked to the base of the pistil column and shouted back his earlier words.

Hua Long then moved slightly. She looked down at the wizard Trajan and said, "It's Trajan. Why are you shouting so loudly? I'm just an old dragon, it's not like I can't hear. You're shouting too loudly."

The fairy dragon swayed its tail and looked at Locke, saying, "Hello, Locke Augustine. I am a third-circle wizard, but I have lived for over two thousand years, so I am considered an old fellow. My memory is not very good, and I often forget things. As I get older, my hearing is also affected, and my eyesight is naturally not very good either."

"I am the guardian of this key laboratory. Every key laboratory has its own guardian. I am a wizard of the prophetic school. Please extend your hand, and I will make a corresponding prophecy to you."

The wizard Trajan looked at Locke and said, "Junior brother, extend your palm. The Fairy Dragon will place her palm on yours, and then she will be able to make a corresponding prophecy for you."

“Under normal circumstances, you can enter the key laboratory if there are no problems. The verification of your identity and experience has already been completed, and your guarantor is Professor Ekaterina.”

Locke nodded, then bowed to the fairy dragon and said, "Thank you, sir."

He stretched out his palm, but the fairy dragon standing on the pistil column had no intention of asking Locke to come forward, nor did she intend to come down herself. She simply stretched out her palm to Locke, her dragon claws facing Locke's palm through the air. Then Locke seemed to feel a palm pressing down on his own palm.

But soon, it felt like it wasn't just a hand pressing down on him, but rather that his whole body was being touched by something.

However, Locke carefully sensed that such contact did not exist at all.

Because there was no physical contact, no energy coupling, and no magical resonance.

But he still felt touched.

This contact is so deep that one cannot avoid it, just like someone who thinks they are in an indestructible house, but is inexplicably touched by someone.

This even annoyed Locke.

Because of his anger, his magical pressure began to become violent, and he naturally began to resist this 'contact'.

Fairy Dragon let out a soft laugh.

"A very individualistic child. Young, very young, full of energy. I am using the 'spiritual touch' technique of the prophetic school to understand your past, your present, and even to glimpse your future based on these things. Spiritual touch is one of the core research contents of the Evocation, Prophecy, Conjuration, and Protection schools in the Second Ring."

Fairy Dragon said, "In low-level magic, the schools of prophecy, illusion, and mind magic all have certain magical abilities to create illusions. This led many wizards in the past to believe that perhaps the three schools pointed to the same area in many traditional spells, and that the differences between the three were not that big. However, the differences in some spells were much bigger than we thought, but the wizards at that time could not figure out why the differences were so big."

"The emergence of the School of Spiritual Touch led to a complete separation between the School of Prophecy and the School of Illusion and the School of Mind. Furthermore, in the later analysis of those traditional spell models, the differences between the illusion magic of this school and the magic of the other two schools were thoroughly clarified."

Locke nodded. Although the feeling of being 'touched' was very strange to him, the fairy dragon in front of him was clearly an old third-ring wizard from Golden Crown Mountain and was full of goodwill towards him.

Therefore, there is no need for me to have a big reaction.

Locke asked curiously, "Then what is spirit touch?"

The eyes on the fairy dragon's petal head lit up slightly.

“Young man, you are more active than I thought. The so-called spiritual touch is the hidden workings of all things. These things are not completely independent and do not affect each other’s existence. Instead, there are some invisible and imperceptible connections and interactions. After the ancient wizards entered the second level, they began to study these aspects in depth. This is the same as the spiritual breath that you, as a breeder, have come to know.”

“Each school of thought has its own research on spiritual touch. At the second level, spiritual touch can be simplified and understood as a kind of physical contact.”

"At least this view is correct within the Second Ring Road."

“Every person and every thing has its own destiny, and different destinies influence each other. This invisible and intangible mutual influence can be a kind of spiritual touch.”

"This is the prophetic school's study of spiritual contact. It's how we view the hidden contact of all things from the perspective of destiny."

"At this moment, our hands are not touching, but our destinies have already intertwined. This is the third-circle spell model, 'Touch of Fate.' By touching your destiny with my own, I can see your past, present, and even future... Hmm?"

The wizard Trajan looked somewhat nervously at the fairy dragon and asked, "Fairy Dragon, is there a problem?"

Fairy Dragon tilted its head, seemingly deep in thought.

Trajan had a bad feeling. He gave Locke a look, hoping Locke would do something. In the past, there were people who had overcome many obstacles to reach the key laboratory, only to be turned away because they couldn't pass the identity verification.

After all, protecting the safety of key laboratories is an ironclad rule of the White Wizarding Society.

Every key laboratory is extremely important, far more so than the Zhenzhi Institute, which trains new talent, so there must be absolutely no security threats.

Fairy Dragon looked at Locke.

"You have come into contact with many ancient figures, you possess powerful life magic, your destiny is deeply connected with nature, you are favored by nature, and you are nature's darling."

"Few wizards trust nature as much as you do."

"My prophecy for you is this: you are a child of nature. Never betray yourself. And in the field of potions, your destiny has been linked many times with a great being."

Locke asked doubtfully, "May I ask, Lady Fairy Dragon, is this great being the Throne Wizard?"

As a half-apprentice in potions from the Sea Queen, it would be perfectly normal if the prophecy of this Fairy Dragon Lord was indeed referring to the Sea Queen.

But Fairy Dragon shook her head slightly.

"No, no. While the Throne Wizards are powerful and worthy of respect, they are still far from being great."

"You possess an ancient lineage in potion-making, and you have a certain potential within you. This potential may come true in the future, or it may disappear as you grow. This potential did not originate from you, but was given to you by someone else. Therefore, this potential can be taken away by others..."

"I have a piece of advice for you regarding potion-making: quickly digest the potential you have. Make it completely yours."

Fairy Dragon's eyes seemed to pierce through fate.

"Because that possibility, though not originally yours, has been deeply integrated with your characteristics and has become a more complete possibility through your possibility. It is a kind of inheritance, a kind of development, but there is still a possibility that it can be usurped by others, and the situation is still unclear."

"Once it is usurped, it may destroy this potential, which is not good for you, the world, or civilization. Because this potential originated from you, the usurper can only change it, not complete it; he can only downgrade it, not upgrade it. Therefore, it is your responsibility and obligation to complete it."

Trajan the wizard had a serious expression.

"Junior Brother, we must not take Fairy Dragon's prophecy lightly."

"You need to take this seriously."

"Well... of course, we don't need to take it too seriously. It's a matter of balance, and we can't be too timid because of it."

Locke then began to ponder what his potential might be in potions.

I have only received two inheritances in total. The first is the inheritance of King Otto, and the second is the inheritance of the Sea Queen.

Could it be... a reverse cultivation method of potion-making?

Could it be that if one cannot deepen one's connection with this possibility, then in the future this possibility might instead bring danger upon oneself?

However, his purpose in studying potions under the Sea Queen was also to improve his potions skills and obtain the potions knowledge that allowed him to fully digest King Otto's legacy.

At this moment, Fairy Dragon continued, "You are also an archaeological wizard. Your future and destiny in archaeology..."

"I do not know."

Fairy Dragon seemed to become somewhat agitated, and she took a half step back.

“I see a huge trap. You are teetering on the edge of it. I see the threat of death. Your fate is uncertain, but it is heading towards the possibility of death.”

Locke quickly asked about the core issue.

"Fairy Dragon, should I immediately withdraw from archaeology to escape this trap, or what should I do?"

Fairy Dragon shook her head slightly.

“Based on my observation, if you choose to withdraw, you will likely fall into this trap immediately, my dear kinsman.”

Locke looked at Fairy Dragon with a puzzled expression.

"Fellow race? Fairy Dragon, I am a human wizard."

Fairy Dragon said, "In the ancient past, you and I were of the same race, because in the eyes of pure-blood wizards, you and I were both born with mixed blood of other races. My dear kinsman, I have seen your past very clearly. There is no problem with that. But regarding your future, there are many problems about you that I cannot observe."

The wizard Trajan asked anxiously, "Fairy Dragon, will my junior brother be able to gain entry into the key laboratory?"

The fairy dragon swayed its tail and smiled gently, "Little Trajan, you're too impatient. If you're so impatient, you'll definitely suffer because of it when you advance to the third ring wizard."

Trajan the wizard retorted, "When you first met me, you told me I would face a life-or-death crisis when I advanced to the Sun Ring. I survived that one, didn't I?"

Fairy Dragon said, "But you used the Resurrection Spring Water from the Crown Royal Court. That stuff can only be used once in a lifetime."

Trajan the wizard didn't care much.

“My teacher doesn’t believe in any prophecies at all. I don’t really believe in them either.”

Fairy Dragon said, "The witch Catherine was special; she defied many inevitable destinies."

"She's just an isolated case."

Fairy Dragon looked at Locke and brought up the subject again, saying, "Your father was a mortal, and your mother was a first-class wizarding apprentice witch. She was ruthless and had a powerful destiny, which makes me think that she possessed a very high level of spiritual connection. It could be destiny, or it could be something else. Therefore, I cannot determine your mother's specific identity."

“I can feel the powerful and frightening spiritual touch that she left on your destiny through your destiny.”

“The lingering spiritual touch makes me doubt your identity. This creates a conflict with the origins you wrote down on Mount Golden Crown.”

"That's one point."

"Secondly, you have connections with several important beings that I cannot see through. Leaving aside the Tower of the Black Sun for now, as far as I know, there are two great beings on you that I cannot observe, but you have indeed come into contact with them."

"Third, in breeding you are a child of nature, and in potion-making you possess some kind of unusual potential, which could have a significant or minor impact on this world. This is the first time I've seen such a strange phenomenon; it's like a bubble that grows very large when I'm not paying attention, and then shrinks rapidly when I do..."

"But in archaeology, I see the crisis of death."

“Locke Augustine, you are a wizard shrouded in mystery.”

The flower dragon suddenly disappeared from the pistil and appeared behind Locke, who turned to look at her and bowed to the dragon witch who was over two thousand years old.

The Dragon Witch walked around Locke.

"Mystery, secrecy, choices..."

“I’m considering whether it’s the right thing to let you into our key laboratory in the Sky Garden at Golden Crown Mountain. It’s a matter of my reputation as a prophet.”

“Locke Augustine, let me see you more closely.”

"Tell me, Locke Augustine, are you really Locke Augustine?"

Locke stiffened for a moment as a problem suddenly occurred to him. He hadn't been too worried about it before, but now it was indeed difficult to explain to the wizards here.

That is, who you are.

Am I Locke Augustine?

The fairy dragon looked at Locke and said, "My kin, please tell me honestly, who are you!"

Trajan glanced at Locke, then frowned and looked at Fairy Dragon, saying, "Fairy Dragon, if you continue like this, I'll have to go to our teacher. My junior brother is our teacher's last disciple, deeply favored and trusted by him. Even our teacher thinks there's nothing wrong with him, so I think you shouldn't worry about it too much."

"Anyway, you've seen his past clearly. Besides, even the most powerful prophet can't see a wizard's future. Although we are only second-ring wizards, even second-ring wizards can rival third-ring wizards by stacking magic levels, just like in that little wizarding world."

"This means that your observations of the second ring as a third-ring prophet cannot be complete either."

Fairy Dragon glanced at the wizard Trajan.

"It's not that kind of problem."

"Locke, I want to delve into your destiny and see the real you."

Locke suddenly felt his own destiny being struck by the fate of the fairy dragon. The fairy dragon seemed to be entering his destiny, and then it did.

The next moment, Fairy Dragon appeared on the outer edge of Locke's Sea of ​​Destiny.

“Strong, resilient, reflective, compassionate, and self-aware.”

"You have experienced failure and achieved even more success. You came from the bottom, from a world without magic, starting from nothing."

“Locke Augustine, you have grown up exceptionally well as a wizard. I have no complaints about you; it is a great blessing for the younger generation of Mount Golden Crown to have you.”

"These reflections and doubts ultimately transformed into your unwavering faith in pursuing the truth."

Many bubbles float in the Sea of ​​Destiny; these are Locke's past memories.

Fairy Dragon began to frown, because she was more interested in seeing Locke's fate before he became a wizard; her intuition told her that there might be something wrong there.

However, even a third-circle prophet cannot navigate freely in the sea of ​​fate of a second-circle wizard; she must traverse this realm of destiny.

As the fairy dragon collided with these bubbles, Locke's past experiences kept flashing before her eyes: rising from the Aurelian Academy, then studying in the Southeast Corner Region, and encountering the witch Sophia.

Fairy Dragon hesitated when she saw the witch Sophia, because she rarely saw a witch with such a powerful destiny.

In general, this situation is either due to some reincarnation of an old god creating a new account, or the world's favor bestowing upon them with constant cheat codes, or some extraordinary genius rising from adversity, or someone chosen by a high-level wizard, or some special person born for special reasons.

Her lifespan was far longer than she claimed, so she was used to all of this.

She just didn't expect Locke to be so lucky, becoming a student of such a witch right after entering the wizarding world.

She then skipped over the Land of Six Towers and saw Locke's past in the Cloud Marsh Wetlands.

There's nothing to pay attention to in the Land of Six Towers. Even if Locke might be a spy for the Wizarding Civilization, those hostile civilizations wouldn't bother looking for spies in a lawless area like the Land of Six Towers.

Fairy Dragon witnessed Locke's growth and couldn't help but marvel.

"He rose from almost nothing to where he is today. What amazing perseverance and talent that is! His starting point was almost lower than most wizards on Mount Golden Crown. In the past, such wizards were rare."

After all, Locke was basically an ordinary person from the edge of the southeastern corner of the region.

Fairy Dragon stubbornly gazed into the deeper reaches of the Sea of ​​Destiny. "No, I must see the destiny at the time of your birth. The connection between those two great figures may be overlooked, perhaps you stumbled upon it by chance, but your mother's side... I must see it clearly."

Fairy Dragon chanted a spell and walked deeper into Locke's Sea of ​​Destiny. Locke's Sea of ​​Destiny seemed to be enraged, constantly whipping up strong winds to try and drive her away.

"found it."

Fairy Dragon chanted a spell, shrinking her body and diving directly into the deeper part of Locke's Sea of ​​Destiny. Then, she plunged into it, wanting to see Locke's destiny at the time of his birth.

Fairy Dragon has found two targets.

One of the goals was so distant that even with her level of divination magic, she couldn't reach it.

This forced Fairy Dragon to give up. She rushed towards Corfu Island. She needed to find out who Locke's parents were. Only after she knew this could she dare to approve Locke's background and allow him into this key laboratory.

Jinmian Mountain...

She absolutely cannot allow this place to be threatened!
She headed in that direction.

On a rainy night, in a castle on the island of Corfu, Locke was born.

A witch was holding her children, muttering to herself.

“Power…I need power…one of these children can give me the power to surpass what I currently know.”

"This is how I interpret it. This plan can be carried out without my existence in this era. Then I can leave this era, and everyone and everything here will be irrelevant to me."

She suddenly looked up. "Have you looked enough?"

"You are presumptuous!"

Those were merciless eyes. She showed no anger, no fury at being spied on, no shame or emotion whatsoever. She was like a heartless machine, her eyes even filled with divinity.

It's as if all emotions, when they touch her, are bounced away by her.

The witch stretched out her finger and swept it across the void. In an instant, Fairy Dragon screamed as she was struck by a pure magical energy. She was thrown backward and was blasted out of that part of the Sea of ​​Destiny.

"That witch..."

"who is she?"

Fairy Dragon sensed her ruthlessness, but was swept away by the force of her destiny, which contained a vast amount of historical information, and was sent to an unknown place.

She wandered aimlessly in Locke's sea of ​​fate.

The next moment, her eyes showed terror, because the space beneath her suddenly transformed into a gigantic demonic dragon, which opened its maw to swallow her and her fate whole.

"This is..."

Fairy Dragon's forehead was drenched in sweat, because she hadn't expected that simply venturing into the ocean of fate of a low-level wizard would trigger a life-or-death crisis for her.

'Yes, he has close ties to the Tower of the Black Sun.'

'I delve into his secrets through the touch of destiny, but in the process, I'm prone to touching the fate of the Black Sun Tower, and if that happens... I'll be consumed by my own magic.'

'I've always been careful. But…'

'I was just jolted by the unknown witch's fate, and now my magic is out of control. Damn it, the fate of the Black Sun Tower is going to devour me. Once my fate is devoured, won't I become a puppet of the Black Sun Tower? Damn it, the Black Sun Tower is too powerful in sacrificial magic; maybe it already possesses similar magic.'

Fairy Dragon never expected that she would lift a rock only to drop it on her own foot. At this moment, she was essentially being devoured by her own magic, and thus had to face the power of her own magic.

The dragon opened its mouth wide and leaped out of Locke's ocean of destiny, intending to swallow her whole.

Fairy Dragon barely dodged the bite, but when she looked up, she saw a dark sun appear in the sky.

More dragons appeared in the darkness...

Fairy Dragon's forehead was covered in even more sweat.

"Damn it, if this continues, I will definitely be swallowed up by the fate of the Tower of the Black Sun, and I will die by my own magic. This kid has too many lightning bolts on him. He is like a combination of lightning. If I am not careful when I try to understand his fate, I will step on a lightning bolt."

"This is troublesome. Wait, based on my previous perception using the Touch of Fate, he should still have connections with at least two beings of the same or even higher level as the Tower of the Black Sun. I can use the third-circle spell model [Rhapsody of Fate] to summon those deities and then teleport myself there. That should be enough to get rid of this demonic dragon. At least that way I can avoid... the current danger."

Fairy Dragon quickly chanted a spell, just before a demonic dragon leaped up from the ocean of destiny, opened its mouth to swallow her, and was about to close its mouth.

The fairy dragon's figure vanished instantly from the dragon's mouth.

Then, she appeared above a stream of lava, and immediately, as a three-ring life form, her permanent defensive force field shell was scorched by the heat of the lava.

This magma was like being in Locke's ocean of destiny, bubbling and gurgling.

'Heh... I actually managed to find this place.'

A sound came from beneath the magma.

"The prophets of the modern magical age are truly formidable. This is the first time a prophet has found this place using divination magic. Identity verification in your era is so troublesome. This will only lead to fewer and fewer secrets."

This is a problem.

Fairy Dragon composed herself and said, "Secrets are naturally becoming fewer and fewer, aren't they, Senior?"

"In the past, every wizard had their own secrets, which caused a lot of trouble. In the modern age of magic, before anyone is to take on an important position, a professional soothsayer will check their past, present, and future to determine if there are any problems with them. Although we have discovered their secrets, we will remain silent."

"I won't tell anyone. In this way, the reduction of secrets makes everything more stable."

The being beneath the magma said, "Prophet, everyone needs secrets. Everyone wants to protect their secrets, and you are no exception."

The next moment, Fairy Dragon suddenly disappeared from here again. Fate Rhapsody was a magic that she could not control precisely. At this moment, this magic was driving her fate to connect with the fate of another great being.

Fairy Dragon found herself in what appeared to be a vast primeval forest. Her heart skipped a beat, and just as she was about to observe this last great being connected to Locke, she discovered a giant pit beneath her before she could even see anything clearly. A tremendous gravitational force emanated from the pit, pulling her completely in.

"Oops."

Fairy Dragon looked down and was terrified. She saw that a huge gravitational force was being generated in the giant pit beneath her.

'This is... a phenomenon called the Pit of Fate, which only appears when I observe a fate far exceeding my own. And I've actually encountered this in the ocean of fate of a low-level wizard.'

Fairy Dragon didn't have time to think too much, after all, the Ocean of Destiny was inherently very magical, and its boundaries were not so perfect.

Even if there are some strange phenomena inside, that's perfectly normal.

"This is..."

Fairy Dragon discovers that her destiny is dissipating, and those images are being pulled out by the gravity of the giant pit of destiny and falling into Locke's ocean of destiny. This may cause Locke, as a person in this ocean of destiny, to see parts of her past.

In these images, the fairy dragon, as the only fairy dragon in the world, possesses a long life and unique talents.

When a true dragon is about to die, her body begins to wither, like a withered flower. Then she transforms into a seed, which she plants in the earth, where it can take root and sprout anew, grow into a flower, and then hatch anew from the flower bud.

She is that kind of person.

This is Fairy Dragon's talent, and also her limit.

Because the Fairy Dragon is just a creature with a bloodline level of ordinary three rings, she can be reborn continuously through the process of "flowers blooming and withering," but because of the constraints of this bloodline power, her power is difficult to break through the framework of the Fairy Dragon.

She did have her own secret. She told Golden Crown Mountain that she was just a fairy dragon who was over two thousand years old, but this was just a lie. She was afraid that this kind of rebirth ability would attract the attention of wizards, so she concealed the fact that she had already been reincarnated eight times.

Because she is the last fairy dragon in the world, and possibly the longest-living fairy dragon, she cannot be certain of the limits of her reincarnation.

She didn't know how many times she could be reincarnated.

In the last thousand years of her life, she chose to become the guardian of Mount Golden Crown.

Although each time it transforms back into a seed, it loses most of its memories and power and needs to grow again, Fairy Dragon has grown from a baby dragon to its current state time and time again.

In this life, out of fear that she might not be able to reincarnate again, she learned the magic of prophecy and pushed to the third ring. In order to obtain more life resources, especially those precious spiritual breaths, she came to Mount Golden Crown.

"Damn it. My magic can't escape this gravitational pull of fate."

The fairy dragon flapped its wings, but it still couldn't escape the pull of fate.

She was sliding steadily toward the giant pit, about to fall into it and disappear.

Once fate is swallowed up, she will no longer be herself.

This wasn't an attack from Locke; even as a second-circle wizard, Locke didn't possess such an ability. It was a dangerous backlash from the very nature of prophetic magic.

It's just that Locke had too much lightning on him, which caused her magic to backfire.

Fairy Dragon tried her best to fly upwards, but she kept falling towards that giant pit of fate.

"Once I fall into the deep abyss of fate in this young wizard's ocean of destiny, where I will end up is unknown. I don't want to use myself as material for exploring the truth!"

The fairy dragon chanted a spell and drew a triangle in the air with its claws. The Triangle of Fate struck the Giant Pit of Fate, but was swallowed up directly.

"Whose fate is this? Why is it so terrifying?"

Fairy Dragon was terrified.

She gradually felt that she could not resist this attraction and was gradually being captured and drawn into the abyss of fate.

At that very moment, Locke's voice suddenly appeared.

'Wait, the World Tree, she's deeply connected to the forces of nature, perhaps she could become a part of us?'

The next moment, Fairy Dragon saw a leaf heading in her direction. Looking at the World Leaf in front of her, Fairy Dragon was not too confused. First, she grabbed the World Leaf with her dragon claws.

In that instant, the World Tree leaf entered her body and deeply merged with her power.

Fairy Dragon became a Type IV Nature Guardian.

That enormous pit of fate has also disappeared.

Fairy Dragon opened her eyes and immediately received a large amount of information. At the same time, she understood her responsibilities: Type 4 Nature Guardian - Ecological Restorer. She would have the ability and responsibility to restore the ecosystem.

Fairy Dragon seized the opportunity and quickly left this ocean of destiny.

……

In the key laboratory, on the pistil column, the fairy dragon reappears.

Fairy Dragon looked at Locke with a complicated expression. She originally wanted to find out who Locke's mother was, Locke's true identity, and figure out all his secrets, but she almost got caught up in Locke's secrets and couldn't come back.

Moreover, during this process, her secret was also revealed to Locke.

Fairy Dragon shook her head, then suddenly chuckled and said, "Fine, Locke Augustine, you've passed my review. Your identity is fine, you can enter the key laboratory now."

Locke bowed to her and said, "Lady Fairy Dragon, thank you for your work."

The fairy dragon swayed its tail, looked at Locke, and tentatively said, "Locke, you can't keep my secret..."

Locke looked at Fairy Dragon and said, "Of course, Fairy Dragon, we're all in the same boat now. I certainly won't tell any wizards your secrets."

Fairy Dragon was quite speechless. In order to prevent Locke from being someone's spy, even if Locke didn't know he was their spy, she wanted to dig deeper into Locke's secrets.

As a result, she dug all the way to the World Tree, and in order to survive, she was given a World Tree leaf by the World Tree.

Then she would become a guardian of nature.

They are indeed on the same side as Locke.

Now she didn't need to verify Locke's identity anymore, because she had directly joined forces with Locke, which left Fairy Dragon speechless.

However, upon closer reflection, being able to directly interact with the World Tree and become a guardian of nature is not a bad thing.

Moreover, she had to thank Locke, because if Locke hadn't spoken up when she was about to fall into the giant pit, she might have been dead.

The fairy dragon swayed its tail and laughed, "Locke Augustine, thank you for earlier. I understand, I owe you a favor this time."

I will find a chance to repay this favor to you in the future.

Trajan was somewhat bewildered, because from his perspective, he truly had no idea what had just happened.

Why did Fairy Dragon suddenly go from being suspicious of Locke to becoming so close to him, even starting to use jargon that only the two of them could understand?

The Fairy Dragon Witch said, "Locke, those questions about you will no longer be investigated after my review. However, next time you undergo a similar level of identity verification, you'd better make sure you can answer one question first: Who exactly are you?"

Locke and the Fairy Dragon Witch locked eyes.

He also experienced firsthand the terrifying nature of identity verification in this world, with prophetic magic able to foresee your past, present, and future.

He will definitely pay attention to this issue next time, but that's a matter for the future. At least for now, he can enter this key laboratory.

The Fairy Dragon Witch said, "And Locke, you must be extremely careful. I see at least two imminent dangers in your destiny, one from archaeology and the other from potions."

"The archaeological trap was too complicated for me to understand. But the danger in potions comes from a legacy you possess."

"That inheritance is enough to attract attention and people want to usurp it, or even seize it ahead of time."

"This kind of takeover is likely not from force, but from other aspects. In short, you need to improve your potion-making skills as soon as possible. Only by improving them can you be unafraid of others taking advantage of your time and lying through their teeth to seize your possession."

The dragon witch's figure disappeared on the pistil column.

Locke exhaled a breath of stale air upon seeing this scene.

Trajan the wizard breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

"Although I don't know what happened, we were really lucky. That dragon is not easy to talk to. A researcher was once deemed to have questionable identity and was stuck in her position for several years. She is particularly strict in this regard so as not to make mistakes in her work."

"I didn't expect her to be so easy to talk to this time. What happened between you and her in the sea of ​​your destiny? What did you do to make her so agreeable and treat you like one of her own?"

Trajan also found this matter truly astonishing.

What did Locke do to make Fairy Dragon's attitude change so drastically?

They're surprisingly easy to talk to.

(End of this chapter)