Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 213: Six Layers of Curse Barriers

At Lilith's Cottage, Locke opened his eyes, his consciousness returning to his current body.
"Six layers of curse barriers? What is that?"
Vampire Howard nearby was immediately surprised upon hearing this, as if amazed that this term would come from Locke, who was a white wizard.
He said to Locke, "Master, the six layers of curse barriers are a special type of barrier that only our First Circle level curse masters can create."
"This is a type of defiling barrier that can defile all energy within the barrier. For example, if wood elemental energy enters this barrier, corresponding curse energy will combine with it. The six layers of curse barriers have six different curse energies combining with it. This causes all white wizards entering it to be unable to cast even a single spell."
"Moreover, it can also prevent white wizard magic from entering our six layers of curse barriers."
Howard seemed to think that since Locke had planted some kind of magic within his body, he was already Locke's slave. Therefore, he was now speaking without reservation, no longer showing the gritted teeth hatred toward enemies, but more like a dog wagging its tail enthusiastically.
Looking at this scene, Locke was somewhat shocked. The influence of slavery on human nature was so terrifying.
Locke nodded slightly, "Mm, you did very well."
Howard's eyes widened, as if after receiving Locke's praise, he fell into extremely intense excitement.
Locke questioned, "But if that's the case, the previous operation using Crystal Palm Fire Lotus to bomb a Curse Ritual Research Institute shouldn't have been successful."
"The six layers of curse barriers would make Crystal Palm Fire Lotus and Scorched Earth Bombs ineffective."
Vampire Howard respectfully said to Locke, "Master, maintaining the six layers of curse barriers consumes an astronomical amount of magic stones daily. That's not something an individual can afford. It's said that the magic stones consumed to maintain that barrier for one month equals the magic stones consumed by a medium-scale project."
"It was because last time, your white wizard combat squads conducted cluster bombing on our... no, their Curse Ritual Research Institute, that they've been maintaining the six layers of curse barriers ever since."
"It's said that several curse projects under research had all their results reset to zero that time, making the Blood Curse Court's council of elders very angry."
Vampire Howard ingratiated himself with Locke, "Master, now you and I are the 'us.'"
Locke understood and nodded, then said to vampire Howard, "Howard, you understand curse studies well, right?"
"Then come with me. There's something I need your and a speed artist's help with. There are some formulas in that place that I can't understand."
Vampire Howard fell into extreme joy from Locke calling his name just now, so he momentarily didn't notice that what Locke was talking about was one of their Blood Curse Court's Curse Ritual Research Institutes.
Locke glanced at vampire Howard following behind him and thought, 'Slavery is too terrifying. This guy completely sees me as his backer, or rather his slave master.'
'Not only does he no longer hate me, he's incredibly loyal to me, wanting to use this loyalty to please me.'
'Of course, his loyalty to me might not be worth much. It's just loyalty to any slave master.'
Locke thought, 'I'm about to infiltrate black wizard territory soon. Understanding their logic in advance is good.'
'For these black wizards, concepts like trade, law, and contracts seem not to exist. The law of the jungle, where the weak depend on the strong, is natural law.'
'This might be because in black wizard territory, the strong can obtain everything.'
'If I use this logic well, it's indeed easy to develop spies in their society.'
Locke first returned Howard to the restraint cage in Witch Sophia's breeding room, then went to Chimera Trading Market.
Because today was the day he had arranged with Andrew and Axi to recruit assistants for the third phase experiments of the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion.
The academy had been urging him to complete the third phase experiments of the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion quickly.
At Chimera Trading Market's talent market.
Andrew, Axi, and Locke each sat in a talent market office that Locke had rented for 10 magic stones.
Locke said to Andrew and Axi, "Because of the authority assistance from the Healing Hand Treatment Center, we won't lack wizard apprentice experimental subjects for the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion."
"Mortal experiments and animal experiments are also manageable, but we lack manpower. We need at least four second-class wizard apprentices to handle mortal and animal experiments separately, while we three handle the third phase wizard apprentice experiments."
"We'll recruit some more second-class wizard apprentices to assist us with the third phase trials."
Locke said, "So we plan to recruit six second-class wizard apprentices. Consider them recruited jointly by our team."
"How about it, you two?"
Andrew smiled, "Agreed. That's best. Two second-class wizard apprentices help us with mortal experiments, two help with animal experiments, and two help us organize data at the Healing Hand Treatment Center."
"This can save all three of us a lot of time and energy."
Andrew yawned, "I've indeed been too busy lately."
"Axi and I have rarely been involved in such busy projects over the past ten years."
"Recently I've had very little sleep time. Every day when I open my eyes, I have to go to the treatment center to observe the physical conditions of patients using the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion. Every day when I close my eyes, I have to organize the various changes in those patients after taking the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion."
"Some first-class wizard apprentices become very worried when they hear I'm giving them new medicine. Every day they suspect that any problem appearing in their bodies is due to taking the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion... No matter how I explain or assure them, they don't believe me..."
Andrew, sporting dark circles under his eyes, said to Locke and Axi, "I'm nearly annoyed to death by them. If we had two dedicated assistants, we could let them bother those assistants instead."
Axi laughed, "Andrew, you have some nerve complaining. That's because we couldn't access high-level projects and topics before."
"That's why we were so idle."
"Now we're finally lucky enough to join the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion research group thanks to Locke. You should be secretly delighted."
Axi yawned, "Projects like this in the past would definitely be snatched up by senior students as soon as they appeared. How could it possibly fall to Axi and me?"
"Of course, Teacher Edwin has... relatively few high-quality projects like this. Even if he wanted to distribute them, he couldn't."
Andrew coughed, "Don't speak ill of our teacher. He's not very magnanimous. If he hears about this later, watch him give you trouble."
"If he doesn't allocate any research resources to you in the future, you'll be in trouble."
Axi laughed, "What's to fear? Everyone in this office is one of us anyway. No one will say anything."
Axi looked at Locke, "Locke, we'll be following you from now on."
Andrew looked at Locke, "Speaking of which, I don't know if it's my imagination, but why do I feel like your mana has already surpassed mine, Locke..."
Andrew’s eyes showed confusion, "Forget it. Anyway, geniuses like you are beyond us ordinary people's understanding. I'll just follow you to get some project benefits."
Locke smiled and reminded the two, "Those second-class wizard apprentices who want to interview are here."
Andrew and Axi immediately straightened their clothes, putting on cold and serious attitudes in the office before those second-class wizard apprentices lined up to enter.