Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 833 First Attempt at Forging a Power System

The Leaf of Power is essentially Locke's voluntary transfer of a portion of the total magical pressure from the Forest Sanctuary.

Because his permanent defensive force field has transformed into a four-dimensional permanent defensive force field shell, his permanent defensive force field shell can now directly mobilize the power of his Forest Sanctuary.

This led to a deeper connection between himself and the sacred forest.

Using the permanent defensive force field shell, one can transfer a portion of the forest sanctuary's energy into the leaves of the trees, condensing it into special life energy leaves, and inscribing spell models on them, transforming them into special magical equipment as power leaves.

This was also inspired by the World Tree Leaf, and Locke attempted to imitate it.

Of course, at this moment, he could only draw upon the power of the forest sanctuary in the Heidelberg plane.

One must wait until the strength of the Forest Sanctuary in the Heidelberg Plane reaches a certain level and establishes a connection with one's own Forest Sanctuary before one can draw energy from the Forest Sanctuary located in the subspace zone.

At this moment, Locke was in no hurry. He used the Moon Goddess Blessing Spell to enlighten an ordinary holly tree, and then used the holly tree person as an avatar to walk through the forest.

"The power system is the core of Void Forging and the foundation for the flow of Great Magic."

"But only a power system that meets the three major requirements can be the currency of a complete Star Forging Great Magic power system."

"First, a second-ring being must be born within this power system. This could be an avatar or an incarnation of the individual who enters this system."

"Secondly, this power system must be highly compatible with the wizard's ultimate magic, and itself be a highly abstract symbolic system of the wizard's ultimate magic power. After all, the so-called power system is to abstract one's own ultimate magic as a whole symbolic system, and then improve it so that it can generate a second ring existence, thus becoming fully mature."

"Third, this power system must be created from scratch. This is the core of virtual forging."

Essentially, this entire power system is merely a highly abstract symbolic system that summarizes his immense magic.

But having it is like having a soul for one's great magic, or like having water resources for the plane of life.

Only one's own immense magical power can deduce the future based on this system of power symbols.

To obtain this virtual rune system, one must have a deep understanding of one's own power and a high level of knowledge about one's own magical category.

Locke, having only recently become a second-circle wizard, was unable to fully develop his immense magical power into a complete system.

But it doesn't matter. According to the magic books on the reading list recommended by the witch Catherine, there's no need for me to build the entire power system all at once.

I can do it brick by brick, step by step.

This way, even if you take the wrong path, it's easy to turn back.

Some unorthodox wizards often try to understand the entire category of magic from the outset in order to build the entire power system.

That would be counterproductive and could lead you down the wrong path that would be difficult to correct.

At this moment, Locke, following the path of the World Tree Leaf and drawing upon all the botanical and magical knowledge he had acquired along the way, created these Power Branches and Leaves.

The holly tree man's twigs brushed against a perfectly intact leaf on an oak tree in front of him.

"There are no magical plants in this world, but that doesn't matter. Even among ordinary plants, the oak tree represents sacredness and the power of nature. Oak leaves are the best vessel."

The Holly Tree Man's finger traced across a leaf, leaving behind an apprentice-level spell model: [Plant Tricks].

"I simplified the first-level spell 'Plant Weapon' into a third-level wizard apprentice spell called 'Plant Tricks'."

This was something he, as a second-circle archmage, could easily do, after all, the Plant and Wood Divine Weapon was one of his favorite first-circle botanical spells in the past.

Locke finished inscribing the spell model on the leaf, and immediately golden runes appeared on the spell model.

They form a unified whole.

Then the leaf flew out automatically and landed on the holly tree person controlled by Locke's consciousness. Then all the branches of the holly tree person's body emitted a bright green light.

“Okay.” Locke said happily. He stretched out the treant’s palm, and a small flame appeared in his palm. He snapped his fingers with the treant’s hand, and a thunderous roar followed by lightning without any visible light.

The spells "Every Plant is an Enemy," "Divine Plants," and "A Single Tree Cannot Support" can all harness the power of any magical plant; in essence, they can harness universal natural forces.

Locke simplified the model of plant-based divine weapons and spells into plant-based tricks, which essentially became the ability to borrow the energy of surrounding ordinary grasses and flowers to create certain natural phenomena, such as a small flame appearing out of thin air on one's finger or a gentle breeze.

These little tricks are useless.

But in this world, it's enough to demonstrate one's power.

Next, Locke spent some time using two other oak trees nearby. With their consent, he selected two healthy leaves from each tree, choosing them as the leaves that would carry the power of the forest sanctuary, and inscribed spells on them.

The first spell is a simplified version of the original second-level wizard apprentice's 0.2-level spell model, "Hand of Vines," which is now a second-level wizard apprentice's 0.1-level spell model called "Hand of Grass and Trees."

The second spell is a simplified version of the original 0.5-ring spell model, Wild Grass Entanglement, which is now a 0.1-ring spell model, Grass and Tree Entanglement.

The two leaves of power flew into Locke's canopy automatically, and the holly tree appeared with a bright green light on its surface twice in a row, which means that the holly tree has mastered the [Hand of Grass and Trees], [Fine Tree Tricks], and [Grass and Tree Entanglement] out of thin air.

"Let's try to inscribe a more advanced spell model on the Leaf of Power."

Locke chose an oak tree, gathered power leaves on its crown, and attempted to inscribe a 0.2-ring vine hand on it, which was also the first spell model he learned in the wizarding world.

Suddenly, the leaf of power collapsed.

"Not yet. With my current knowledge and understanding of botany, as well as my high level of abstract thinking, I am not yet capable of inscribing a 0.2-level spell on the Leaf of Power."

"This Leaf of Power, after all, bestows spellcasting power upon mortals out of thin air, constructing its own system. The difficulty lies not in inscribing a mere 0.2-level spell. That's easy for me. The difficulty lies in inscribing a 0.2-level spell within this system that bestows the leaf, and in granting that power to the recipient."

"However, I think that before inscribing a first-ring spell, one should only need to practice a little. After all, according to the idea of ​​my Leaf of Power system, the one who possesses power is not the person, but the leaf."

Locke realized that his power system was still relatively rudimentary. The best way to observe the depth of a power system was to look at the number of people it controlled and the upper limit of the power level of those people.

First of all, my own Power Leaf currently only has a maximum level of 0.1 rings.

Not to mention the number of people he controls, there are only 2, which is his own avatar plus his native student from the Louis plane.

"Moreover, this makes it easy to over-issue currency."

Locke realized that his actions of creating Power Leaves using natural magic within the ecological communities of the Forest Sanctuary and the Moon of Evolution were essentially printing money at will.

If I over-issue, wouldn't that cause my entire system to collapse?
However, since he had only constructed a power leaf at the 0.1 ring level, borrowing such a small amount of power would not cause him any pressure at all, so there was no pressure from over-exploiting it at the moment.

This is also the advantage of building a power system little by little, rather than all at once.

Locke pondered the experience of creating the Leaf of Power.

"Next time, it would be best to add a spell slot restriction. Each ranger who possesses a Leaf of Power can only use a certain number of spells each day, and cannot exceed the limit. Now, the Leaf of Power I create can infinitely draw power from my forest sanctuary and ecosystem in this plane."

"It means the owner no longer has a limit on the number of times they can cast a spell."

"That's not right. However, I was just conducting an experiment in this world war. It's unlikely that this level of power manipulation will backfire. Let's leave it at that for now."

At that moment, Locke noticed two people running wildly at the edge of the forest, so he adopted the slow steps of a tree-man and headed in that direction.

'This world still retains extremely powerful natural forces. Unlike the Louis Plane, where the entire plane's will is suppressed and hijacked by the Burial Grounds.'

'But this world possesses three Life-Stealing Instruments, so naturally it retains such immense power. Yes, this is related to the structural nature of ultimate magic. The Burial Grounds require deceiving the world's power to reverse the cause and effect of life and death.'

"But the Life-Stealing Instrument is different. It steals the power of life. This plane naturally maintains a very strong ability to resist. Now that this plane has sent these two people to my side, it's obvious that these two are definitely the chosen ones of this world."

……

In the jungle, Jack, holding Susan's hand, ran swiftly through the trees and leaves. The horses they were using to escape had their necks snapped by the terrifying monster behind them.

Jack swore to the God of Light that he had never seen such a powerful monster. The horse's neck was so thick, but in an instant, the humanoid beast with its beast-like face and blood-sucking fangs snapped its neck, and then it was reduced to a bloodthirsty beast.

Panting, Susan shouted to Jack in front of her, "I can't run anymore. I can't go on, Jack, you run first."

"I can't breathe. I might vomit... You run first."

Jack turned his head and, as a country nobleman, almost had his heart jump out of his chest in fright. Behind him was a monster with abnormally pinkish-white skin like cracked porcelain. The monster barely maintained a human shape, with a pair of pale bat wings and a chin like a wolf's.

What the hell is this?

Jack was simply attending a meeting of a small, clandestine group of rebels who were secretly fighting against the corruption of the church.

Who knew that such a monster would infiltrate their organization's gathering and wreak havoc, wiping out almost all of them in an instant.

Only he and Susan were lucky enough to escape and find a relatively obedient warhorse with good stamina in the stable.

In the darkness, a pair of large, scarlet eyes were reflected on the vampire monster's pale face.

As Jack was pulling Susan away, he seemed to hear the vampire's gaze behind him, along with the stench and the terrifying sound of no breathing.

He heard the vampire's footsteps, as if they were right next to his ear.

'Ruined. '

Jack was filled with despair. Reason told him to abandon Susan, but his emotions made him hold onto Susan's hand tightly.

He practically dragged Susan along as they ran.

Once he let go, Susan, who was completely unable to run, would become the monster's prey.

Most importantly, his reason also told him that even if he abandoned Susan, he might not be able to escape.

Unless, of course, there is a warhorse in front of him right now.

"what!"

Susan screamed in agony.

Jack drew a small knife from his waist, turned around and glared at the monster behind him. Since he couldn't escape, he might as well fight the monster to the death; perhaps there would still be a chance.

It's better than being like a weak rabbit, chased by that monster, and dying after losing all your strength.

But when he turned his head, he was startled, because he saw several weeds wrapped around the vampire monster right behind his head.

Wild grass grew rapidly and wrapped itself around the monster's body.

The monster angrily tried to tear the vines apart.

But the next moment, a vine lashed out and struck him hard.

"roar~"

The vampire monster screamed in agony. In Jack's eyes, it seemed to be the most terrifying monster in the world. Under the whip, its body convulsed, and it staggered backward.

The vines left a deep scar on his body.

Then, a vine pierced through his heart, and in an instant, the low-level blood servant, who wasn't even a true vampire, screamed in agony as his entire body burst into flames and turned to ashes.

Jack and Susan were so frightened that they squatted down on the ground.

The two were still in shock.

Susan was panting.

"Could it be that the church is full of monsters? No wonder those adults look terrified when they mention the church. It turns out they're not afraid of the church's god, they're afraid of these monsters within the church! How could this be!"

"But who was it that saved us?"

Jack turned to look at Locke, who was observing the situation, and said somewhat uncertainly, "Perhaps it's not a person? It's a tree?"

Susan also turned her head to look over.

The two were unsure whether they should run away.

Because no matter what, a tree that can move on its own and looks like a small giant doesn't seem much safer than that vampire monster from before.

Susan gritted her teeth and said, "The tree-man saved us, so it must be a good person. And even if it isn't, I can't run anymore."

Jack nodded and said, "If it weren't a good person, it wouldn't have had to save us. By the God of Light, I repent for every tree I've ever cut down."

Locke walked towards them and said, "There's no need for that."

“Using trees properly is even beneficial to the forest. Jack, everything follows the principle of balance.”

Jack's eyes widened.

Do you know my name? Do you recognize me?

"Dear Mr. Shuren."

Locke said, "To be precise, I am not a tree person."

"As for your name, it was the world that told me."

An honest person doesn't do things in secret; there's no need for him to deceive two young indigenous men and women.

The moment he approached these two people, he immediately gained the world's approval and entered a state of "doing whatever he wanted without overstepping the bounds".

In this way, I can learn a lot of things through the principles of the planes of this world.

Essentially, my current state is that of a semi-saint.

Perhaps because of the nature guardians, and because this world was enraged by the ritual of those three vampire wizards, he actually received the support of this world when he approached these two chosen ones.

If I can restore some of the world's power, I can descend here as a saint and present my saintly incarnation.

At this moment, Locke's true form was high above the crystal wall system of this world, looking down upon the land. Locke's true form and the tree-man clone spoke to the two at the same time: "Jack, Susan, your parents and relatives have all been killed by those monsters. Those monsters are called vampires, and they live by blood. Your king, your superior lords, and your church bishops have all been replaced by those vampires."

Both Jack and Susan were filled with despair.

The monster was so powerful that it replaced all the rulers of their world.

So what do they do?
Jack said to the tree-man, "So the tree-men in the forest are resisting them?"

Holly Tree Man scratched his head.

"Resistance? Have you overestimated those walking corpses, those powerless weaklings? Jack? They are the ones resisting me, not the other way around."

Jack and Susan stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Locke said, “I can give you power. I can lend you the power of nature to become a forest ranger, but you must fight for the forest. Are you willing?”

Jack didn't hesitate at all.

“I am willing, my treant lord.”

(End of this chapter)