Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems

Chapter 614: Antoine, Our Value Is Determined by Ourselves!

A Second Circle demon hunter wearing a gray wizard robe walked over to the First Circle crystallization stage demon hunter who had been monitoring the contestant from the White Elephant Group and inquired, "Did Suspect No. 1 reveal any sensitive information to Locke Augustine from Golden Crown Mountain's Origin Academy just now?"The demon hunter agent responsible for monitoring shook his head coldly, "He didn't say anything. So I didn't intervene."

The demon hunter agent removed an emerald-green earring bead from his earlobe. It was a special demon hunter surveillance pearl earring that only demon hunters possessed, specifically for monitoring.

This was one of the demon hunters' standard magical artifacts. Its manufacturing method and sales were all monitored by the White Wizard Association.

Although not as strictly controlled as advancement potions, it wasn't something just any wizard could obtain.

The demon hunter agent said, "But for some reason, Suspect No. 1 suddenly stopped hiding anything and his emotions became somewhat out of control."

The Second Circle demon hunter sneered, "Probably no special reason. He just couldn't hide anymore. His performance has already been very abnormal, so naturally there's no need to hide. Actually, we noticed his abnormality from the very beginning. We just wanted to observe who he contacted and his social network, so we let him move freely."

"I'll personally monitor this Suspect No. 1. You go immediately investigate all background information of the people who contacted him according to the list. Pull out their Big Five Banks credit records and confirm whether their credit is normal. Pull their colonial credit records from True Eye to see if it's still 1000 points!"

The demon hunter agent didn't hesitate at all and immediately turned to begin the investigation.

For white wizard society, confirming whether someone had problems was simple initially. Check their bank statements, check their colonial credit. As long as there were basically no problems, this wizard basically wouldn't have major issues.

But if they found someone full of loan records with completely collapsed colonial credit, this wizard very likely had close ties with black wizards!

This Second Circle demon hunter chanted a spell, using Illusion School magic to hide his form as much as possible.

But actually, this wasn't very important.

Because that black wizard no longer wanted to hide.

The magic eye embedded in the Second Circle demon hunter's left eye stared closely at that White Elephant Group contestant.

At this moment, Locke was checking the Arthas sales rankings and found his wizard shoes were currently in sixth place.

Even more magic weavers had sent him messages.

One magic weaver sent him a message asking if doing things this way wouldn't offend many magic weavers, and many textile workshop wizards would boycott him...

Locke directly ignored this message.

For a magic weaver, indeed offending so many peers, especially since the magic weaver field was very small, would be a problem.

However, there was an issue.

He... wasn't a magic weaver.

So what was he afraid of?

If he wanted to buy magic robes, there would definitely be magic weavers willing to sell to him. No one would have problems with money.

Wizards were all very rational beings. Because of profit issues, verbally boycotting him a bit was fine, but when they actually had to sacrifice their own interests, that was another matter entirely.

Moreover, he was planning to establish a new wizard shoe brand, so he didn't need to fear offending others. There would be plenty more to offend in the future anyway.

Locke saw the published schedule for tomorrow's final day of competition. His first match was against Antoine, and the fourth match was against Julian.

Locke frowned.

From current points, only he and Antoine hadn't lost a single match. He just hadn't expected that the first match tomorrow would decide the outcome.

At the same time, if Witch Juliana wanted to beat him, she would need to not lose a single match tomorrow and also beat him in one match.

If both sides had the same points, priority ranking went to whoever won their match that day.

Currently, only ten contestants remained.

Including that strange White Elephant Group wizard from earlier.

So, assuming he won all his matches against other opponents, then his first battle with Antoine tomorrow morning would determine who was champion!

He hadn't expected that the first match tomorrow morning would be so important, deciding who would be the final victor of this seven-day sports competition, who would be the biggest winner in the First Circle level competition.

At this moment, Locke heard the collapse of a cloud arena. A cloud arena shattered into pieces and fell, leaving only the final two arenas!

Arena No. 1 and Arena No. 2.

Locke felt somewhat excited in his heart, but also hesitant. Did he currently truly have the ability to defeat Antoine, who could simultaneously use over twenty magical artifacts?

No matter what, tonight was his last chance to strengthen himself. Locke firmed his resolve and turned to leave.

At the same time, Locke saw Wizard Shirley walking toward him and suddenly froze, because he had met this wizard at the very beginning of the sports festival.

Both had been observing competition opponents at the time.

The other party had told him he was a kineticist from Elm Garden.

Locke hadn't expected that on the final day of the sports festival, the other party was still here and had even made it into the top ten.

Wizard Shirley was obviously also quite surprised to run into Locke, "Hello, congratulations, Wizard Augustine. In your first year joining Golden Crown Mountain, you've achieved such good results in the sports festival. Unlike me..."

"I've also had special growth in this competition to make it to today."

Locke nodded, "Congratulations to you as well for making the top ten. Wizards who can enter the top ten are definitely not weak. I see tomorrow my battle with you is the sixth match. I'm honored to exchange magic with Wizard Shirley."

Wizard Shirley showed a satisfied smile, "Locke, you're really too polite. I originally thought geniuses like you would be more difficult to communicate with. I didn't expect you to be so easy to talk to. That was my stereotyping."

"For me, you're my fifth match opponent," Wizard Shirley said. "Then see you tomorrow. Locke, I hope you can win the championship, because compared to Antoine, I prefer your personality."

Locke smiled and didn't continue the conversation further.

After exchanging a few words, the two separated.

The Second Circle demon hunter who was staring at that White Elephant Group member repeatedly scanned and recorded that wizard's spiritual and magic power characteristics with his left eye's magic eye, confirmed his identity, and discovered this wizard had many bad debts on him.

It seemed very likely this wizard was from the Twin Demon Realm.

The Second Circle demon hunter frowned, "So a wizard from the Twin Demon Realm infiltrated the First Circle level Spell Combat Tournament. This is different from what we predicted before, that they infiltrated the Second Circle level Spell Combat Tournament."

"Then this is just a harassment-type attack."

If they had infiltrated the Second Circle level competition, that would be different. A Second Circle level wizard deeply embedded in white wizard society could cause incomparable destruction. That would be an action with actual destructive significance.

Of course, even for the Twin Demon Realm, having Second Circle level black wizards infiltrate was quite difficult.

Golden Crown Mountain's prophecy schools had been trying to lock onto all infiltrator positions. It was just that the Twin Demon Realm also had mediums doing prophecy power counteraction.

At the same time, Golden Crown Mountain had locked down the surrounding space. Generally speaking, no black wizard could use special methods to suddenly teleport large wizard legions over.

However, this experienced demon hunter knew the Twin Demon Realm was different from ordinary black wizards.

They... were more powerful, had better execution ability, and were harder to predict.

As Golden Crown Mountain's current greatest enemy, the Twin Demon Realm, Golden Crown Mountain and the Twin Demon Realm had already fought countless demon realm wars.

The Second Circle demon hunter's eyes were extremely determined, "All black wizards should be killed. Tomorrow is the final day of the sports festival. If the black wizards don't want to end anticlimactically, they'll definitely make a move. They couldn't really have sent someone over just to simply participate in the competition."

"If that were the case, it wouldn't matter anyway. Their people absolutely couldn't touch the Spell Combat Tournament championship!"

...

Locke returned to his dormitory and entered his simple laboratory. Just as he was about to continue researching his porcelain moon, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside.

When Locke opened the door, he was stunned, because the visitor was actually Witch Yekaterina.

Locke quickly moved aside from the doorway and immediately offered Witch Yekaterina a seat.

"Teacher, why did you come to my dormitory?"

Witch Yekaterina looked around Locke's dormitory with slight curiosity, "Good taste in decorating style."

"I came because I want to fulfill my duty as a cooperative mentor, because right now, the Council of Elders has also sent specialized wizards to tutor Antoine."

Locke wasn't surprised by this result.

This competition wasn't just a competition. It was also a power struggle within Golden Crown Mountain's three major forces, not simply First Circle level wizards fighting over resources.

The forces they each represented behind them all wanted to maximize the guarantee that the champion belonged to their side on this final night.

Witch Yekaterina said to Locke, "I don't have much to instruct you. Currently, what you can most improve tonight is your Peach Bow Thorn Arrow."

"Your Peach Bow Thorn Arrow magic foundation is already very solid now. You can enter the next step. If the previous parts were known by wizards outside Golden Crown Mountain, this part is different."

Witch Yekaterina said, "You need to completely fuse the magical energy of the Peach Bow part and the Thorn Arrow part!"

...

Council of Elders, Wizard Fischer walked before Antoine and said, "Grandson, your first battle tomorrow is with Locke Augustine. From the paper data, you still hold an absolute advantage. However... he did defeat the White Dragon Princess after all, and has Immortal Dragon Scales on him, and has a deep close relationship with Witch Yekaterina."

"So, the Council of Elders wants to give you pre-match special training to prevent accidents."

Antoine didn't refuse, but said, "Grandfather, I was actually planning to request pre-match special training from you."

"Although with my strength, I'm sufficient to ensure absolute victory against those wizards, you've taught me well. Even a lion uses its full strength when hunting a rabbit."

"There's also being humble, which means using the worst face toward others and the best face toward oneself."

Antoine sneered, "That is the greatest humility. Pride is my protective coloring, arrogance is the illusion I give others."

"After all, for people from families like ours, reputation... doesn't have much use."

Wizard Fischer nodded with satisfaction, "Grandson, this is what I appreciate about you."

"Even if you're humble, even if you respect others, as long as you're a genius of my Council of Elders, you'll be antagonized by those wizards. A truly powerful beast's strength isn't its claws, but its seemingly harmless appearance."

"Your arrogance will make people underestimate you. Even just by one or two points, it will make them suffer greatly at the most critical moment. After suffering losses, they still won't realize it and think they just had bad luck."

"Showing excellence is what people who need resources need to do," Wizard Fischer smiled. "For you, whatever you can obtain with ability, you absolutely won't fail to obtain."

"Then there's no need to gain a good reputation anymore."

"Alright, back to the main topic," Wizard Fischer said with his hands behind his back. "Currently, you've basically beaten all contestants. Those you haven't beaten are just minor characters. Locke Augustine is your final opponent. The others don't have much chance of a comeback."

"Locke Augustine excels at using plant magic, excels at using sea gold sand and Peach Bow Thorn Arrow."

Wizard Fischer said, "I'll now teach you a set of methods that can effectively seal those two magical plants of his."

Antoine asked doubtfully, "Grandfather, even if you can specifically design a method targeting him, can I learn it in one night?"

Wizard Fischer said, "I'm just seeing this possibility from your spell pool and selecting and combining them to suppress Locke Augustine. Your greatest advantage is that you can simultaneously use multiple sets of magical artifacts."

"You have more choices in tactics."

"When you fight him, abandon the choice of Ten Rings."

"Because his flight speed far exceeds yours, competing with him in conventional spells has little meaning... that's not the best choice. Use Wind-Thunder Twin Wheels, replace the Five Fire Mirrors with Polyhedron Mirrors..."

"His fighting style is steady and methodical, but also relies on rhythm. I want you to disrupt his rhythm and make him fall into an uncontrolled state."

As a Third Circle wizard, Wizard Fischer saw through Locke's spell style at a glance and found his weakness, "So you need a Void Walking necklace."

"The basic magical artifact set should be..."

Under Wizard Fischer's operational plan formulation, a complete plan targeting Locke's previously displayed fighting style was fully completed.

Antoine asked one more thing, "Grandfather, what if he has new trump cards during battle?"

Wizard Fischer was confident, "You can adapt as needed. However, his fighting style won't change. Following my method, it will still be sufficient to deal with him."

"You're both a kineticist and a combat-oriented alchemist, an object controller. Your advantages are enormous."

"Tomorrow, the four contestants for the Silent Grail's Plane Conquest Competition will all be selected. Those are the top First Circle wizards from the four major academies among our Cloud Marsh Wetland's seven top forces. Those people are your opponents. Grandson, you are the future pride of our Council of Elders. You deserve to obtain everything."

Wizard Fischer said, "You are a secret weapon collectively cultivated by our Council of Elders. If any individual wizard can surpass you, it's disrespect to our Council of Elders."

"On you, you also have your teacher, Throne Jamie Wood, the object control master's magical inheritance. No one knows this yet."

"Let those outsiders only see that you used many magical artifacts and think you relied on these external objects to reach where you are today. Believe me, others' contempt for you won't have any bad effects on you."

"A wizard absolutely cannot let outsiders evaluate their own value. Our value is determined by ourselves. This is a true powerhouse!"

Wizard Fischer said, "No matter what happens tomorrow, you don't need to care. The only thing you need to do is seize the championship throne. Represent our Council of Elders' new generation. And the moment you obtain the championship, our Council of Elders' investment attraction proposal in the Wizard Council will also be approved."

"An entire commercial street with infrastructure alone worth over a billion magic stones will be established. The enormous industrial scale will at least influence Golden Crown Mountain Region's history for the next three hundred years."

Antoine nodded, "Developing bloodline magic and breeding is easy to clash with Cloud Marsh Wetland's other top forces and medium-to-large wizard academies. But the kineticist track doesn't have as many wizard academies in Cloud Marsh Wetland entering it."

"Grandfather, I understand."

"This is the better path for Golden Crown Mountain. It's just that those bloodline wizards and breeders won't acknowledge this point, or don't realize this point. I won't let Golden Crown Mountain encounter the situation that Kungoding Academy faced in the Nine Origin Mountains wizard lands."

Golden Crown Mountain, as the wizard academy occupying a dominant position in the Golden Crown Mountain Region, one of Cloud Marsh Wetland's ten major regions, its development direction didn't just affect the academy itself.

Because too many magical facilities needed supporting infrastructure. With such an investment, if successful, the development direction of the Golden Crown Mountain Region's wizards for the next three hundred years would change because of it.

Perhaps this was even intentional.

The two generations of wizards from the Council of Elders' Fischer family looked at each other and smiled, seeing evil smiles in each other's eyes.

That was a layout targeting Magic Pivot City.

Once Golden Crown Mountain increased investment in the kineticist industry, related breeding support would be reduced, forming enormous pressure on Golden Crown Mountain's traditional enemy Magic Pivot City, forcing Magic Pivot City to make corresponding changes.

This was a drastic measure to undermine from below.