Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 245: Rescuing the Crow’s Nest Brigade

Inside the Curse Ritual Research Institute, in the curse hall, due to the instability of the Blood Mirror Curse, large numbers of buildings continuously collapsed. Even space itself began to distort somewhat due to the shattering of curse formulas.
The black wizard apprentices who had fled here were each extremely desperate and terrified. They could even see that due to spatial distortion, one black wizard apprentice's body suddenly swelled up like an image in a funhouse mirror, then exploded like a balloon, turning into fragments.
This space was no longer stable.
Worse still, the curse storm caused by Rashid's death shrouded the entire space. Chain reacting with this unstable space, it transformed into something else. One after another, out-of-control curse creatures crawled out from this curse storm, indiscriminately attacking all wizard apprentices.
Black wizard apprentices died miserably one after another under the fangs and sharp teeth of these out-of-control curse creatures.
Locke and the others, just as this space was about to completely collapse, ran to the large resource vault and began frantically collecting a wave of Tartarus Cave Worm Spinal Fluid during this final time. They moved away all the spinal fluid and took a batch of the most precious magical resources. However, the vast majority of the remaining less precious magical resources could only be wasted here.
Before leaving, Locke used [Wild Grass Entanglement] on the large resource vault's magical door to reinforce it one last time.
Because there were still quite a few magical resources inside this large resource vault, he probably wouldn't need them in the future. The batch of magical resources he had plundered was enough to support him until mental power reached 800.
After returning, he could begin attempting to develop toward formal wizard.
But perhaps this batch of resources would be needed by wizard apprentices who came looking in the future. In any case, he had a magical painting map of the research institute. Perhaps he could even take this magical painting map to Chimera Trading Market and sell it as a package.
At the same time, Locke also asked Witch Sophia to rescue that First Circle female wizard of the Crow’s Nest Brigade who had been imprisoned by Rashid in Zone D quarantine area, and rescued a batch of the remaining people from the Crow’s Nest Brigade who were also in Zone D.
It was just unfortunate that in the midst of the chaos, Locke searched briefly for his young friend Kode from back then, but found nothing.
After all, Kode's talent wasn't high. He had very likely already died in black wizard experiments, so Locke could only give up searching for him.
Of course, it was also possible that he hadn't been captured at all back then, and instead evacuated elsewhere with the remaining Crow’s Nest Brigade members. That was also possible.
At this moment, they retreated to the curse hall, because the dome of the curse hall was actually the exit of this research institute.
Locke looked toward the many black wizard apprentices in the hall, finding Leoni Murphy among them. He was still someone who kept his agreements. Since Leoni Murphy had helped him a lot in this operation, even if he didn't need him anymore, he should at least take him out.
Locke pointed at Leoni Murphy, saying, "Come out, come with us."
Ecstatic joy appeared on Leoni Murphy's face. He had just been uneasy, thinking that perhaps after losing his utility value, Locke would no longer pay attention to him but Leoni didn't expect that not only did this not happen, on the contrary, Locke even gave him the chance to leave together.
Leoni hurriedly walked out from the crowd, "Master, I'm here... I'm here..."
Among the black wizard apprentices, some bold ones actually also spoke up pleadingly.
"Take us away together, white wizard lords..."
"White wizard lords, we're willing to pledge loyalty to Lilith's Cottage, to turn against Blood Curse Court forever. We're willing to become white wizards. Please take us away together, save us..."
Witch Gabriel smiled coldly, then said in a low voice, "Ridiculous. These black wizard students, if they went to white wizard society, would have at least a dozen crimes. Their fate would be immediate imprisonment in wizard prison."
Locke looked toward Witch Gabriel. Wizard prison was a prison established by the White Wizard Association. There were specialized wizards guarding that prison, making it an impregnable fortress.
Some people called that prison the 'wizard garbage dump.' All wizards who didn't conform to white wizard society's values would ultimately be thrown into that garbage dump.
Of course, the garbage dump had large quantities of dense primary magical processing industries.
Going to the garbage dump also required mandatory labor.
At this moment, a starlight appeared at the top of the curse hall. Witch Gabriel used her own Divination School magic with the Nibelung Astrology System to forcibly open the Blood Mirror Curse space that had already completely lost control.
Witch Gabriel breathed a sigh of relief. "Excellent. Although this space has lost balance, the magical lock at the entrance hasn't been damaged by excessive distortion to the point of being unable to open and close."
"In the past, there have been cases where the magical lock was destroyed, causing the space to be permanently sealed. Our luck isn't bad."
Her eyes flashed with arcane radiance. Clearly, their current luck was largely due to Witch Gabriel using Divination School magic to intervene.
Witch Gabriel also had a pale face without a trace of blood due to repeatedly using Divination School magic. The consumption and backlash seemed quite significant.
That starlight shrouded Locke and the others. The next moment, everyone disappeared from the hall.
Leaving behind a group of wailing black wizard apprentices.
They watched the white wizards leaving from the curse hall, each revealing desperate expressions.
On the second floor of Corinth city-state fortress, after Locke and the others walked out of the mirror, they startled the black wizard Niles who had been staying here all along.
Before Niles could speak, cracks appeared on the magic mirror behind Locke and the others. Then with a loud crash, the entire mirror surface shattered. Fragments scattered across the floor, a pile of glass mirror shards.
Locke looked at the mirror, curiously saying, "Teacher, after the mirror shatters, will the Blood Mirror Curse's space disappear?"
Witch Sophia shook her head. "Possibly, but more likely the space formed by the Blood Mirror Curse is left behind in some corner of the mirror world."
"There's too much to explain about this. If you're interested, you can buy a few articles to read after returning. There's no time to explain now."
Witch Sophia looked toward Andy, who was being supported by Albert and Sisyphus, slightly frowning. "How is Andy?"
Albert shook his head slightly and sighed. "He was under Fear Blood Curse for too long. Andy's mind has suffered serious damage."
At this moment, Andy coughed. His eyes were lightless, but he was still barely standing on his own. "I... I'm fine. This time we grabbed a lot of Tartarus Cave Worm Spinal Fluid. Albert and I can attempt to break through to formal wizard after returning."
"As long as we become formal wizards... everything will be fine."
Witch Sophia and Witch Gabriel frowned slightly. At this moment, they could both sense that Andy's current state was very wrong.
He had spent too long alone with a senior curse master.
Locke suddenly became serious. "Look overhead."
At this moment, everyone raised their heads to look overhead. They saw countless colorful crystal skulls appearing in the sky above Corinth city-state.
Witch Sophia raised her eyebrows. "It's the Wall of the Faithless defense system."
"They want to seal off the sky to prevent us from escaping."
Witch Gabriel said, "There are at least five formal wizard level magic pressures rapidly approaching us."
"Of course, they're still some distance from here. The research institute's location was originally chosen to be remote."
The Crow’s Nest Brigade members surrounded their First Circle female wizard, fearfully looking at the crystal skulls in the sky.
Lady Morgana's voice appeared in everyone's ears. "Rest assured, Sophia is very meticulous in her actions. She already thought about how to retreat long ago."
"About one more minute."
"Sophia, when did you develop connections with [Harpy Royal Court]?"