Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 108: Healing Hand Treatment Center

The next day, Locke followed Witch Sophia, riding in a carriage to the Healing Hand Treatment Center located in another city.
The Healing Hand Treatment Center was located in a valley, surrounded by a mortal city called Goye City.
However, this mortal city had nothing to do with the Healing Hand Treatment Center, because mortals could not approach the valley barrier where the Healing Hand Treatment Center was located.
Locke and Witch Sophia's carriage passed through the barrier and entered the valley of the Healing Hand Treatment Center.
Ahead on the narrow valley road, there were more than ten steep, tall Gothic-style white buildings. The walls of the white buildings bore some academy insignia badges of Lilith's Cottage.
Many wizards were coming and going, using various means of transportation to enter and exit this Healing Hand Treatment Center.
Locke followed Witch Sophia all the way without encountering any obstruction, or rather, the potion master badges and potion master assistant certification badges on their white wizard robes were sufficient to ensure they would not face any obstruction here.
As soon as he entered the tower of the Healing Hand, Locke's eyelids twitched. He saw many wizard apprentices here who were covered from head to toe with curses.
These wizard apprentices were afflicted with malignant curse spells that ordinary wizard apprentices could not dispel.
Locke saw a third-class wizard apprentice assistant supporting a second-class wizard apprentice who was bleeding continuously all over his body, looking for an available bed to rest.
They walked unsteadily, their entire bodies wrapped in a sinister mana, the stench of flesh about to rot, the remnants of deeply malicious spells from their wounds.
Locke quickly recalled the type of spell he had read about in books. "Teacher, that's a Necromancy School curse magic sub-direction... the Thousand Sores curse, isn't it? The cursed person will feel as if their body is being cut open by a thousand knives. If it's a wizard with low mana, they might even die instantly."
"Their wounds are wrapped in curses that cannot be easily dispelled. Even if they don't die immediately, it's only because the curser wants them to suffer greater malice."
Locke said, "This is also a common characteristic of curse magic."
Witch Sophia nodded in agreement. "Very good, your theoretical knowledge has been progressing very quickly recently."
"That is indeed the Thousand Sores curse. This is your first time seeing someone afflicted with the Thousand Sores curse, isn't it?"
Locke nodded.
When he turned around, he saw another second-class wizard apprentice afflicted with a different curse. His entire body's muscles were twisted, lying on a hospital bed, foam flowing from the corners of his mouth, all four limbs stretched upward but all showing different degrees of distortion. He lay on the hospital bed without dignity, could only be carried by two third-class wizard apprentice assistants on a stretcher, rushing quickly to a potion master assistant's office.
For a moment, Locke made eye contact with the second-class wizard apprentice on the stretcher. The other person could not move his entire body, only his eyes could roll. At this moment, his eyeballs filled with despair rolled once, looking at Locke with longing, staring at the potion master assistant badge on Locke's white wizard robe.
Locke was silent for a moment, then said to Witch Sophia, "That's a paralysis curse. The afflicted will gradually become paralyzed as time passes. What's insidious is that this is a curse that slowly damages the afflicted's nerves. By the time the symptoms become severe, most of the body's nerves have already been destroyed."
"I remember the specific antidote is... Worm Regeneration Potion. Worm Regeneration Potion can regenerate wizard apprentices' nerves. If taken by healthy people, it can temporarily increase thinking speed and is often used to assist in combat."
"Worm Regeneration Potion can speed up some casting. It's a very practical apprentice-level potion, and quite a few potion master assistants research this type of potion."
Locke added, "Of course, white wizards don't get many opportunities to fight."
Sophia agreed, "Yes, you're absolutely right."
"The Thousand Sores curse and paralysis curse are just curses from the first floor of this treatment center. The second and third floors have even more severely ill patients."
"Blood Curse Court... is the school most skilled in Necromancy School curse magic." A look of disgust flashed in Witch Sophia's eyes. "Those cursers, the only thing they're good at is destruction."
"Cursers curse others, while we potion masters are responsible for dispelling curses. Over time, Blood Curse Court naturally formed deep resentment with our Lilith's Cottage. Plus our academy's dean, for some reason, interrupted the curse ritual of Blood Curse Court's leader [Blood Lord] advancing to Second Circle wizard, so this wizard war erupted."
Witch Sophia said, "For cursers, cursing others on the battlefield is practical experience, and for us potion masters, the process of dispelling curses here is also a kind of practical experience."
Locke was slightly surprised. At first glance, there were more than ten types of vicious curses on this first floor alone, but he didn't expect there were more severe ones ahead.
This Healing Hand Treatment Center was simply a huge curse museum.
Locke observed that the wizard apprentices waiting for treatment here were not only from Lilith's Cottage Academy, but also many wizard apprentices from the outside world.
Locke also observed that there were some mortal slaves in the first floor hall. These mortal slaves had become very weak because their bodies were also affected by curses from long-term exposure to these curses.
Essentially, this treatment center was not suitable for anyone below third-class wizard apprentice to enter.
Locke then followed Witch Sophia deeper into the Healing Hand Treatment Center.
They passed through the hall and walked up the spiral staircase.
The moment he stepped onto the spiral staircase, Locke's expression changed slightly. At this moment, he felt a twisted malice slowly spreading down from above along the staircase.
Like the venom of a poisonous snake, like maggots clinging to bone.
That was magic with completely opposite properties to the magical energy of the plant magic sub-direction of the Life School.
Locke quickly took out a bottle of Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion from his astral ring.
A crystalline mana immediately rose from his body surface, resisting the twisted mana drifting down from above.
Witch Sophia looked at him approvingly, "A wise move."
"Worthy of being my student."
"Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion can temporarily improve your resistance to curse magic. From the type of potion you chose, you must have a solid understanding of this part of the theoretical knowledge."
"The curses on the second floor can spread just from prolonged physical contact. Blood Curse Court's curse magic... objectively speaking, the spell models are indeed ingenious, generally combining power, pain, torture, and transmission ability."
Witch Sophia supplemented her explanation, "These are all key indicators for evaluating new curses in the curse magic sub-direction of the Necromancy School."
Witch Sophia explained, "The biggest difference between curse magic and other magic comes from the fact that part of its power comes from... pain, so the more painful the afflicted person is, the more powerful this cantrip model becomes."
"Therefore, curse magic won't directly kill enemies like ordinary magic, but instead goes to great lengths to torture enemies."
"And we potion masters must use potions to eliminate this pain, even completely eradicate such foolish curses. The key point lies in interrupting the vicious curse cycle."
Locke silently noted these key points taught by the First Circle potion master.
This knowledge was not recorded in ordinary magic books.
It could be considered the kind of knowledge that was exclusive expertise.