Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 272: Seizing the Future

Locke's expression was strange, because the location in those memories was precisely the highest-grade wizard secret realm at Lilith's Cottage, the Forbidden Forest.
'Wizard Foucault must have been unwilling to give up. Their research had already been very close to success, but in the end it was still suppressed by the White Wizard Association.'
'So he did everything possible to preserve his research results and pass them on to later generations.'
'Wait, the problem of achieving a closer connection between magical plants and wizards... Is the connection from mana grafting not enough? Then is the distributed psionic network I've established with magical plants enough?'
Locke's eyes became alert. "I remember that mass production of Hive Mind Potion only began two hundred years ago, so Wizard Foucault and Wizard Cliff Lewis indeed didn't have the conditions to access this kind of potion at the time."
"So the basic environmental conditions at that time limited the height of their research results. If they had been able to access Hive Mind Potion then, perhaps everything would be hard to say."
"However, they had already become unprincipled enough to use their colleagues' souls for experiments. No matter what results they achieved, their ending probably wouldn't have been good anyway."
"If they wanted to do such experiments, why didn't they catch those black wizards to do it? Those black wizards aren't even considered human by the White Wizard Association."
Through the memory fragments, Locke obtained the prerequisite learning material list for that First Circle permanent defensive field magic.
All of these could be accessed in Lilith's Cottage's public library.
In other words, after Locke returned, he could first borrow books from the library and start studying.
Locke hadn't yet decided whether he wanted to try this magic that didn't seem so reliable, when suddenly he heard the bell ringing again from the clock tower.
Locke said in surprise, "Hm? There are still subsequent changes?"
"Wizard Foucault is indeed worthy of being a First Circle crystallization wizard. His permanent defensive field actually has so many complex variations. Then let's continue sparring..."
A voice appeared beside him. The guardian wizard appeared at his side, "Enough, Potion Master Augustine."
The guardian wizard was obviously afraid. He hurriedly said to Locke, "Potion Master Augustine, although wizard secret realms are trial-type resource secret realms."
"But the resources each person should receive should also have limits."
"The resources you just obtained from this secret realm all at once have already exceeded a reasonable range."
"If this continues, the Twilight Garden secret realm may be shut down."
Locke frowned and looked at this guardian wizard. The guardian wizard had now raised his head, revealing his gaunt face.
Moreover, his condition was very abnormal. He looked like a thin old man, his face covered with magical text that released magical radiance.
Locke looked at the guardian wizard and said with some regret, "Guardian, didn't you say that the only way to leave the secret realm was through death?"
"So I thought I could keep fighting until I died in this secret realm."
Locke looked at the manor behind the guardian. Time in this manor seemed frozen, having stopped changing. Obviously the guardian wizard had used his authority to stop this memory echo secret realm.
The guardian wizard's face twitched. "That's only under ideal circumstances."
"But maintaining a secret realm itself requires consuming massive resources. You wizard apprentices entering the secret realm obtained entry permission by consuming contribution points. In other words, the academy bears all these resource consumptions."
"I should have stopped you long ago."
"I just didn't expect you would actually destroy the ruler within the transmutation magic array. Apprentice-level wizards originally shouldn't have the ability to output magic capable of destroying the ruler in such a short time."
The guardian wizard looked at the manor behind him with an ugly expression. He didn't know how to explain this to the academy's higher-ups.
In the current situation, they would probably need to consume massive resources to repair this already damaged secret realm.
Locke nodded and said, "Indeed, relying solely on my own magic, there was no way to destroy the ruler. But combat has never relied solely on one's own magic."
"This unmanned transmutation magic array itself had the possibility of destroying itself. I just reasonably utilized that possibility."
The guardian wizard's expression was ugly, but he still tried to maintain a peaceful tone because he noticed Locke already had First Circle wizard characteristics. He had a passive First Circle bloodline spell on him.
Moreover, Locke's mana was already very close to 800.
This meant he was very close to becoming a First Circle wizard.
Therefore, the guardian wizard's attitude transformed. Wizards revered genius, and Locke's previous performance had already earned his recognition and respect.
The guardian wizard nodded and said, "So, please leave the secret realm, Potion Master Augustine."
Locke nodded and said, "I can, I can. But I still have one chance this year to exchange for entry to any ordinary secret realm. I want to exchange for entry immediately again. Is that possible?"
Ordinary secret realms were probably all about the same for his current self. Since he was already familiar with Twilight Garden, he might as well farm it once more to see if he could get more memory fragments to drop.
As soon as these words were spoken, the guardian wizard's expression changed drastically. "Oh no."
"This wizard secret realm resource point has already reached its limit. There's no way it can be opened again in a short time. Moreover, if you extract from it one more time, it may very likely become completely unusable."
Locke said with regret, "I see."
"I don't want to make things difficult for you, so let's forget about it this time. But as a trade, can you tell me what state you're currently in? I'm still very curious about your situation."
This time the guardian wizard didn't refuse. Perhaps to make Locke leave quickly, he pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, there's nothing magical about my state. I simply failed when breaking through to formal wizard. I'm right at the edge of about to break through but not yet broken through."
"Because the breakthrough failed, my mana is extremely unstable. Only by staying in this area with the Lantern Grass Solidification Formation can my body and soul barely exist stably."
"Breaking through to formal wizard is just this dangerous." The guardian wizard's voice was somewhat low, "I was once a genius at the academy too, with a bright future ahead. But after failing the breakthrough, I'm just a lonely soul guarding the secret realm, receiving the academy's pity and barely surviving here."
The guardian wizard laughed self-deprecatingly, "Heh heh, the most ridiculous thing is that those inferior to me ended up becoming formal wizards instead."
"Sometimes, whether one can become a formal wizard is really a kind of mysticism. Heh heh heh, of course, it was also because I was eager for quick success at the time. I forcibly attempted the breakthrough when I wasn't prepared. Because of my talent, I actually broke through halfway, which led to my current awkward situation."
"I suppose I deserved it." The guardian wizard said, "Alright, Potion Master Augustine, you should leave now."
He looked at Locke warily, afraid that Locke still wanted to farm memory fragments here.