Chapter 1093

Chapter 1075 Edgar and Haysan’s debate!

Under the complex gaze of Killian Moonring Wizard, Edgar, dressed in a white wizard’s robe with a collar embroidered with leaves drawn from blue silk threads, sat atop the canopy of an ancient tree of life, which walked towards them.

Locke looked at Edgar in surprise, because Edgar’s original ancient tree of life had supposedly been transformed into a perfect tree, meaning the Star Ring-level ancient tree of life Edgar was riding was his second ancient tree of life.

Locke now belatedly realized that Edgar’s ability to revive a long-lost ancient tree of life at the first ring stage was incredible, even from his own perspective. Even a Star Ring Wizard might spend fifty years in this area and achieve nothing, yet Edgar had succeeded; it was likely that Edgar had received a tremendous fortuitous encounter in his wizarding homeland.

In truth, which wizarding genius who reached this level didn’t possess immense good fortune?

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Edgar likely possesses a treasure trove of seeds from numerous ancient Tree of Life magical plants. This treasure trove might be an ancient magical artifact, or perhaps a plane of existence. After all, at the end of the great exploration of planes, due to the Demonic Winter of Tianjiang, the wizarding world lost contact with the various colonial worlds. The wizarding world of that time ultimately suffered the consequences of all the madness they had committed in that era.

The Demonic Winter lasted for an unknown period.

After that great snowfall, the Pureblood Order was formed to seek revenge against the half-blood wizards.

Wizard Edgar leaped from the canopy of the Tree of Life. A magical domain surrounded his Tree of Life, and as the Tree of Life approached the group, they all felt as if they possessed a special ability.

The branches of the Tree of Life were covered with many knotted red tassels, but upon closer inspection, they were revealed to be flower buds from the branches of this particular Tree of Life.

The witch Bailou emerged from behind Locke and asked Edgar David, “Could it be—you have granted us the collective ability of [Higher Animal Communication]?”

As a summoning wizard, Bailou was extremely sensitive to this. She pondered for a moment, then chanted a spell to open a summoning portal, randomly summoning a two-ringed Vajra creature from behind a space. The Vajra had just landed from the sky, pounded its chest with both hands, roared, and shouted, “Who forced me here?”

“Where is my home?”

Bailou waved her hand, instantly canceling the summoning. The summoning portal was not a spatial transfer, but a special magic to maintain the summoning state. Therefore, as long as she canceled the summoning spell, the summoned life form would be forced to return to its original world.

Next, the witch Bailou summoned three more creatures from different worlds, all using the [Random Summoning] technique, randomly selecting a creature from one of those worlds.

Random Summoning is an ancient form of magic, the first lesson for every second-circle summoner. Because it’s a forced, random summon, aside from the summoned being a second-circle being, their specific strength and type are unpredictable. Furthermore, the summoning contract is very weak, with the only binding force being the summoner’s return to their original world upon release.

Therefore, in the ancient past, summoners who randomly summoned a magical creature had to bribe it with livestock to ensure its service. This situation was only resolved after summoners developed a series of [Summoning Contracts] and special summoning spells.

The witch Bailou tried several times and discovered that she could communicate directly with all the summoned creatures.

“The spells for communicating with ordinary animals are simple, but communicating with all second-circle creatures is extremely difficult. I’ve heard that only the most powerful summoning schools possess this ability through their second-circle spell model arcane arts. You, a breeder, have actually achieved this.”

The witch Bailouluo, as a summoner herself, was amazed.

The wizard Edgar, initially slightly puzzled by the man’s identity, now, after being praised, crossed his arms, leaped onto the treetop, and stood on tiptoe, beaming with pride. “This is my creation, Edgar David’s masterpiece, the number one creation in the Star Ring. Of course it’s amazing. The Tree of Life is the most unique among magical plants, possessing third-ring potential. Of course, a Tree of Life that can evolve to the third ring is extremely rare, if not a phoenix feather.”

“The Tree of Life possesses incredibly powerful omnipotent evolutionary potential.”

“It can be influenced by our wizarding breeding magic, evolving in any direction. In other words, the Tree of Life is a magical plant whose characteristics are related to the traits of its breeder.”

“It is what its master is. If its master is the world’s number one wizard, then it is the world’s number one tree.”

Although Edgar was speaking to the witch Bailouluo, his eyes frequently glanced at Locke, secretly observing his reaction.

“In my quest for true knowledge, I have traveled to various worlds in the void many times, encountering numerous fortuitous events and witnessing countless experiences, some good, some tragic.”

Edgar’s expression darkened slightly as he spoke, then he continued, “I possess some seeds of ancient trees of life, and thus cultivated some of them. This is my second ancient tree of life, named the [Beastmaster Tree]. The mystical meaning of this ancient tree is the excellent-level mystical meaning [Communication]. However, due to limitations in the total amount and quality of spiritual energy, it can only allow direct communication between wizards standing within the domain of my Beastmaster Tree, most second-ring creatures, and a portion of ordinary star-ring creatures.”

“Young lady, you’re a summoner, aren’t you?”

“The reason you summoners can’t create spell models to communicate with all Star Ring and Second Ring magical creatures is because the spiritual power of these high-level magical creatures is immense. Some are even soul beings, skilled in soul-level attacks and battles. There are millions of powerful magical creatures in the world, and the endless void is vast. How can a Second Ring wizard communicate with all these magical creatures using just a spell model?”

Wizard Edgar said, “But the Ancient Tree of Life is different. It’s considered ‘naturally noble’ among magical plants. With its innate endowments, plus my development as the number one breeder in the Star Ring, my Ancient Tree of Life can naturally reach this level through the power of mystical meaning.” “

However, the current excellent-level mystical meanings are indeed difficult to achieve the effect I expected, allowing wizards to communicate smoothly with all creatures—it may require advanced-level mystical meanings.”

“That’s not surprising. Your summoning school has a series of summoning spells called ‘Summon Six-Eared Macaques.’ I remember one of them is the Six-Eared Green Silk Macaque, which can hear all things. Summoners can use it to communicate with their various high-level summoned beasts.”

The witch Bailou looked at him with admiration.

“You’re really amazing.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen a breeder so skilled in this field.”

“The Summon Six-Eared Macaque series of spells is a secret technique mastered only by the Summoning Hands of the Mamluk Great Rift Valley Wizarding Land. Wizards in other regions can’t possibly know it.” “

Your name is Edgar David, right?”

Bailou looked at the energetic and confident wizard in front of him, his eyes filled with deep admiration.

“You are truly one of the rare breeders I’ve ever met.”

Edgar David curled the corners of his mouth.

The witch Bailou’s tone suddenly changed.

“But if you claim to be the number one breeder in the Star Ring, then I think—maybe not.”

The witch Bailoulu pointed at Locke and said, “My elder brother, Locke Augustine, should be the number one breeder in the Star Ring.”

Edgar’s face darkened immediately upon hearing this.

“You’re talking nonsense and incoherently.”

“Locke, tell your sister not to boast.”

The wizard Edgar said with his hands behind his back, “I’ve been through a lot, and I’m confident that after all that, I’ve honed myself to far surpass you.”

Locke was quite speechless.

“Edgar, come down from your Beastmaster Tree first. I look up at you, and my neck is stiff. I don’t like looking up at people.”

The wizard Edgar snorted coldly.

“Then you’ll have to get used to it. I consider myself number one right now.”

“The uncrowned king.”

He jumped down from the treetop.

Locke introduced the people present to him: Haishan, the investigation team, and the members of the Swamp Folk Club. He emphasized the presence of the Witch Bailou, pointing out that she was a witch from the Maupassant family and had no connection to him. Therefore, her judgments of him and Edgar were based on third-party assessments, making them

relatively objective .

The wizard Edgar snorted coldly.

“The strong always get stronger. I heard you organized a competition a while ago, and I bought the viewing rights to watch you defeat all the breeders in the Rainswamp. I was itching to watch, thinking, ‘When the tiger is away, the monkey is king.'”

“That’s all the intensity of the competition?”

“Is that all the Rainswamp has to offer?”

“I felt your victory was unfair, beating a few minor figures—what kind of skill is that? So I came. I’ve come to take the crown of this competition, so your victory will be truly deserved. Locke, you should thank me, really.”

Locke smiled without speaking, turning to step aside.

The thirteen Star Ring Wizards who had been standing behind him in the Swamp Folk Club were now gritting their teeth, seething with hatred.

Wizard Kent, enraged, took a step forward.

“What did you say? What do you mean, ‘When the cat’s away, the mice will play’?”

“Dare you say that again in front of me, the Tyrannosaurus Wizard?”

Wizard Edgar glanced at him. “So you’re Locke’s defeated foe, huh? I have no interest in you.”

Wizard Edgar checked out Wizard Kent’s writings and curled his lip in exasperation. If he wasn’t as good as him, he could be ignored.

“The strong always get stronger. Locke, I’m not what I used to be. You’d better watch out.”

Wizard Kent was furious.

The Witch Bella, Wizard Grandet, and the ten Star Ring Wizards also looked at him coldly.

At this moment, the Red Witch, who had remained silent, slightly changed her expression, glancing up at Edgar as if she had made a new discovery, but quickly lowered her head and said nothing more.

Wizard Edgar looked at Locke.

“I also submitted three articles to Razer this month. They were approved, and they’ll be published in Razer next month.”

“What Locke can do, I can do too!”

said Wizard Edgar. “But I should thank you; without your stimulation and encouragement, I wouldn’t have known I had such great abilities.”

The Star Ring wizards of the Swamp Folk Club gasped.

Grandet, Kent, and Bella exchanged glances.

Another freak like Locke Augustine!

Publish three articles in Section 1 of Razer within a month—is that something you can just do whenever you want?

Killian Moon Ring wizard, who had been silently listening and observing the two new wizards, twitched at the corner of his mouth. Even he, as a Moon Ring wizard, couldn’t do this.

This new wizard’s tone was too arrogant.

Killian Moonring Wizard had initially intended to teach this young man a lesson, to show him that there are always people more capable than you, that there’s no such thing as an eternal number one, or an ever-stronger. However, after hearing Edgar boast about the number of articles he’d published in the top tier, his intention to reprimand him vanished.

What academic level did he have— did he

even deserve to reprimand such a young genius?

Even if he managed to gain an advantage now with his Moonring Wizard status, what if Edgar became a Moonring Wizard himself and sought revenge? Wouldn’t he then become a laughingstock?

Firehawk Wizard ran to Killian Moonring Wizard’s side and whispered, “Boss, should we continue investigating?

Look, they’re entangled with dark wizard families. These people are all promising young talents from our White Wizarding Association, how could they so degenerate associating with trashy people of dark wizarding origin?”

“What kind of logic is that?”

“Boss, should we continue searching for evidence linking this competition to dark wizards?”

Killian Moonring Wizard whispered. “We’ve received feedback, and we’ve also seen connections between this competition and dark wizards, so we must investigate further. It’s my duty to eradicate dark wizards and eliminate them from this world. However, let’s first see who these two new wizards are.” “

Too many talented young people from our White Wizarding Association are gathered here. We can’t use force, and we must be mindful of our methods and attitude. We need to ensure our team members are well-behaved and don’t unknowingly offend people. The teachers behind these people are all influential figures. They can’t be treated like ordinary juniors.”

Killian Moonring Wizard straightened his clothes.

“Furthermore, these young wizards are outstanding juniors from other wizarding territories. We need to adopt the attitude of the Demon Hunter Squadron from the Rainswamp. We shouldn’t make our Demon Hunter Squadron look like some kind of bandits.”

With so many people here, Killian Moonring Wizard couldn’t help but feel the need to protect the reputation of the Rainswamp.

Locke said to Edgar, “Congratulations, Edgar. These people are now members of the committee for the Probus Truth Unveiling Competition that I founded.”

“If you’re going to participate in the competition, you should get along well with them,”

Edgar David smiled dismissively.

“Actually, I originally wanted to submit one more article this month, a total of four, to beat you. Unfortunately, three articles are indeed my current limit. This has also exhausted the research materials I accumulated from exploring the planes.”

Wizard Edgar said to Locke, “This time I must participate in your competition and beat you. Besides, the witch Georgina also wants to come.”

“She asked me to tell you if you could hold the competition a little later, because she also wants to participate.”

Locke’s expression shifted slightly, because he had only posted the news of his competition in the competition group along the Tianjiang River on a whim, but he hadn’t expected so many people to follow suit, with so many wizards wanting to participate.

However, this did meet his teacher’s requirements.

Locke guessed that, judging from his teacher’s strategic thinking, this investigation mission wasn’t just about rapidly improving his magical abilities before participating in the Tianjiang River expedition.

Her summoning of so many powerful wizards likely had another purpose. It

was probably related to her own plans.

Locke thought of the Bitterwood, the dominant species of the Bitterwood genus.

Could it be that his teacher also had her eye on the Bitterwood?

But the Bitterwood was only a dominant species at the Moon Ring level; logically, his teacher wouldn’t be too interested in such a high-level magical plant.

At least, she wouldn’t need to go to such lengths for it.

However, for now, he only needed to follow her instructions.

Locke asked Edgar, “Does the witch Georgina also want to come? I can postpone it for her a little while, but it can’t be delayed for too long.”

Edgar replied, “You can discuss the specific time with her. From what I see, it’s not just Georgina who’s interested in this competition; many others are. The results of the competition along the Tianjiang River are incredibly important. After all, it’s a chance to advance to the Moon Ring realm.”

Edgar continued, “My teacher told me that the results along the Tianjiang River will truly catch the attention of those important figures.” “

Furthermore, it’s a rare competition for Moon Ring advancement resources. Just the spots for the first round are fought over by various contestants within their own schools. Just being able to participate is already a significant opportunity.” “

This competition is so important. After all, many wizards who want to advance to the Moon Ring realm don’t end up well; Probus is a prime example. Many people have encountered problems with their research, while others feel they lack sufficient resources. Of course, most people don’t attribute the problems to themselves, so they all think it’s due to insufficient resources.”

“In short, advancing to the Moon Ring stage is extremely dangerous and requires a lot of resources to increase the success rate. The competition along the Tianjiang River is something many of us may only experience once in our lives, so they all want to have a mock competition before the official event.” And your competition provides just such an excellent stage. “

So the wizards who want to come are definitely not just me, Appian, and Georgina,” said Edgar. “Locke, if you want to make your competition bigger, I suggest you wait a little longer.”

“If you wait another month before holding the finals, the quality and quantity of participants will definitely improve decisively.”

Locke looked at Edgar and said, “The more people come, the lower your chances of winning the championship, right?”

“Those people are not easy to deal with. ” The wizards from

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Investigation Team, the Demon Hunter Squadron, and the club all looked at each other, guessing who Locke and Edgar were talking about.

They suddenly had the illusion that they and Locke were from different worlds.

Edgar was unconcerned.

“I don’t want a championship among the weak, I want a championship among the strong. If I only value the title of the championship, then why don’t I just go and participate in those low-level small competitions? There are quite a few small competitions at the Star Ring level. I can spend a year sweeping through all kinds of competitions, stomping fish there.”

“The strong are not only always strong, the strong also have dignity and responsibility.”

“So, the more powerful wizards who come, the better,”

Locke said, looking at him with surprise. “Edgar, you seem to have changed a lot in just a few days.”

Wizard Edgar replied, “A scholar should be viewed with new eyes after three days’ absence.”

The two chatted amiably, and Wizard Grandet secretly told Kent and Bella, “Wizard Locke Augustine knows so many powerful people. That Contract Master Haishan’s physical strength is even higher than that of a Bloodline Essence Master with higher magical pressure. This Edgar even published three ‘Raize’ chapters in a month.” “

And there’s the Tree of Life, such a powerful weapon.”

“Where does Locke get to know so many powerful friends? The outside world is truly vast. Our Swamp People’s Club has been somewhat closed off before, perhaps because we’ve been too focused on competitions within the Rain Swamp. Our club’s wizards don’t seem to care much about competitions in other wizarding lands.”

There are no large schools in the Rain Swamp, but there are many small and medium-sized schools, which results in a far greater number of competitions here than in other wizarding lands.

The competition system in this wizarding land is unique, and most wizards dislike leaving their homeland to participate in competitions held in other wizarding lands.

At this moment, Haishan suddenly spoke up, asking Edgar, “This wizard, this should be our first meeting. From the beginning, I’ve noticed you constantly talking about first place. Is first place really that important to you?”

“We wizards pursue truth; first place is merely an external thing,”

Edgar replied, turning to look at Haishan. He sized her up, seemingly considering whether he should even acknowledge her.

Locke said, “Hai Shan has some unique insights. ‘Among three people walking together, there’s always something I can learn.’ There are things I can learn from him.”

Edgar’s expression shifted slightly as he looked earnestly at Hai Shan and said, “Being number one is of course important. Being number one in everything: doing things, competing, projects, writing articles, cultivating magical plants—you have to be number one in everything.”

Hai Shan asked, puzzled, “Are you that stubborn? You’re practically etching ‘number one’ all over your forehead.”

“I have no interest in being number one. Winning number one doesn’t prove I’m better than others,”

said the wizard Edgar. “Locke said I’ve grown a lot since my trip. That’s definitely true.”

“After going out, I realized how naive I was to always strive for first place and championships,”

Locke said, looking at Edgar in surprise. He couldn’t believe these were the same Edgar who said this.

Edgar said, “I went out for a while and realized that my understanding of pursuing first place was still too superficial.”

“I have a new understanding now. Pursuing first place is meaningful.”

Locke rubbed his forehead. Well, it seems that Edgar’s somewhat naive statement about pursuing first place refers to the fact that he had never thought so much about why he wanted to pursue first place.

Haishan seemed interested and asked, “What meaning?”

The wizard Edgar said, “I pursue first place so that the world can understand what is good and what is bad, so that the world can admire me and imitate me, and thus the world can also become better.” “

Before, I thought that I wanted to pursue first place because I wanted to become excellent and outstanding, to be stronger than others.”

The wizard Edgar crossed his arms and looked thoughtful.

“But during this trip, I suddenly asked myself, what’s the point of becoming stronger and more outstanding than others?”

The witch Bailou interrupted, “Being one step ahead is meaningful, isn’t it?”

The wizard Edgar said, “Wrong.”

“If it’s just about being one step ahead and more outstanding than others, then you’re only temporarily more outstanding. Perhaps others will catch up with you and surpass you in the future, so you haven’t truly won. It’s like a race between two people, the distance is infinite, until death. If you win a race, you’ve only run half a step longer than others at a certain point in time.” “If

you slack off even slightly, others will catch up.”

“You’ve only won by a few seconds, how can that be considered meaningful?”

The witch Bailou gave a strange look.

The wizard Edgar addressed the crowd, saying, “That’s how I came up with the meaning of being number one. The meaning of being number one is to provide others with a benchmark, to show them how to move forward.” “

This time, I’m going to a medium-sized world called the [Blackwater World]. That world is a technologically advanced civilization that emphasizes collectivism. Individuals don’t have a significant difference in strength, so it’s difficult to distinguish who is strong and who is weak. The only difference is wealth; some are rich, some are poor. However, the rich aren’t necessarily wise, and the poor aren’t necessarily foolish.”

“The Blackwater World has split from a single empire into several nations, which wage war against each other, causing chaos.

But the Blackwater World’s ecosystem is already nearing collapse. Researchers within the world have also expressed opinions indicating that the Blackwater World’s ecosystem has reached its limit.”

“The Blackwater World is formed by a giant azure serpent encircling its body, and the world exists on the vast ocean encircled by this serpent. I call the serpent of the Blackwater World the Black Serpent. If the Black Serpent is awakened, not only will the ecosystem collapse, but the entire world will vanish the moment the Black Serpent rises. I went there because I discovered this world and became curious about the Black Serpent. It also has special magical plants growing on its back, and studying these plants has been very rewarding. But let’s leave that aside for now.” “

Although I pretended to be a citizen of their civilization, trying to stop them from waging war against each other to prevent the Black Serpent from being awakened, my words were irrelevant. Because the Blackwater World has strict laws of equality, everyone is of equal status, and at the same time, they have distorted the concept of equality. They no longer acknowledge differences between people; they believe everyone is the same and equal.” “

Adults and children eat the same amount of food. Furthermore, they continue to distort the concept of equality, requiring everyone to be exactly the same, rejecting dissent, and hating difference.”

“Everything must be the same.”

“The wise and the foolish should be the same, except that they still believe in private property and that everyone has the right to be wealthy.” “

In that civilization, I was just an ordinary citizen. No matter how many reports and analyses I wrote, trying to tell the people of that world that continuing the war would lead to its destruction,

my words would be drowned out,”

Edgar said. “Because everyone’s right to speak is the same as mine, and everyone’s words attract the same amount of attention. Thus, the words of the wise are drowned in a vast ocean of opinions, ignored and uncared for.”

Edgar shared his explorations in the Great Void, which gradually attracted the attention of many wizards.

Because such a high level of adventure story was meaningful in itself.

Everyone was intelligent and naturally knew how to glean something useful from his experiences.

The wizard Edgar continued, “It wasn’t just me; the opinions of the few intelligent people in that civilization who noticed the world was on the verge of destruction and that the Black Serpent was showing signs of awakening because of their war were also ignored. Because everyone’s voice carries equal weight, malicious people quickly discovered that they could release words deliberately designed to incite public sentiment, stirring up public interest and manipulating public opinion.”

“When people can’t distinguish who is strong, it’s difficult to distinguish who is wise and who is foolish. Because the advice given by fools often aligns with people’s short-term interests, while the advice of wise people may require people to give up immediate, visible benefits.”

“The worst part is that fools often think they are wise, believing their decisions will benefit them. But that’s just an illusion. And in a world where everyone tries to appear the same, but many actually want to be equals, to be the best, to be more equal than others, the difference between wise and foolish becomes even more difficult to discern.”

Haishan asked, “And then what happened?”

The wizard Edgar replied, “Later, I also held a competition in that world, a contest to see who could repair a mech faster. With astonishing skill, I won against all the challengers in that world. As time passed, I changed the world’s perception; people began to worship me, regarding me as a saint.

They learned from me, imitated me, and they stopped the war.

My words were followed by all of them.”

“I told them to stop provoking the Black Serpent and prevent the World Serpent from awakening, and they all did as I said. Thus, the Blackwater World was spared the threat of destruction,”

said Wizard Edgar. “That’s why I want to be number one. Only by being number one will the world know who the strong are, who to follow, who to imitate, and how to become better. My number one will become the driving force and a goal for many wizards.” “

This wizard,” Edgar said, “do you think my number one title is meaningful?”

Locke asked, “So what was the fate of the Blackwater World?”

Wizard Edgar replied, “It was destroyed.”

Everyone looked at him.

The witch Bailou asked in confusion, “Didn’t you seize the power of discourse? How come that world was still destroyed?”

Wizard Edgar sighed.

“The flow of time within the Blackwater World differs greatly from that of the void, a characteristic of its planar laws. Therefore, billions of years can easily pass in that world, and the lifespan of mortals there is less than fifty years.” “

I returned to my void warship with the magical plant materials I had collected. When I returned, I found that the inhabitants of the Blackwater World, shortly after my departure, had once again fallen into disarray because of my absence.” “

Their war awakened the World Serpent. With the World Serpent’s awakening, the entire world returned to chaos, and the World Serpent meandered through the void, seemingly searching for a new place to sleep. Its speed was extremely fast; even my void warship couldn’t keep up with it. In fact, if I hadn’t left the Blackwater World quickly enough, I might have been carried by the World Serpent to other parts of the void, far from my void warship, and completely lost in the void with no way back.” “

Or perhaps I would have been swept into the chaos.”

Wizard Edgar sighed.

“It’s clear how important it is for a world to have a strong individual.”

“Their world will be destroyed the moment I leave.”

The witch Bailoulu nodded. “My father often said that the world is changed and driven by geniuses.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Locke added, “Even so, geniuses themselves emerge from the masses.” “

Moreover, the concept of genius is difficult to define. To be honest, I was considered a mediocre wizard back in the Southeast Region.”

Everyone looked at Locke with surprise.

Especially Bailoulu, who said, “A wizard who makes that judgment must be insane.”

Haishan said, “Whether someone is a genius is inherently difficult to define. There are many cases of people considered geniuses who end up achieving nothing. There are also those who are initially underestimated but later become incredibly successful. In this world, some people achieve early success, some achieve great things late in life, some achieve success in middle age, and some achieve their goals before death. This is quite common.” “

There’s no need to be surprised by this.”

The witch Bailoulu was also very curious about Haishan.

“So, Mr. Haishan, what kind of person are you?”

Haishan paused for a moment. “I’m a precocious child. I’ve always been at the top of my class since I started school, everywhere. But let’s leave that aside for now. Mr. Edgar, you’ve forgotten something. You said the competition was meant to help people recognize who is more worthy of emulation.”

“Is it possible that the winner might achieve far less in the future than the runner-up?”

“For example, if I’m a contract master and you’re a breeder, and I don’t compete with you in breeding magic, I’ll compete in curse magic.

You’ll definitely lose to me. That’s an extreme case.” “

But this shows that the person setting up the competition can artificially decide who’s first and who’s second simply by setting the specific competition content. Competitions aren’t omnipotent.”

“What if the competition is poorly organized, and all the winners are just people seeking fame and fortune?”

“These fame-seeking people are best at acquiring various honors and using them to adorn themselves, when in reality they are nothing. But the more they do this, the more they crave those honors. So, the so-called ‘first place’ you speak of is basically that kind of person,”

Haishan shook her head and said, “and so it becomes a case of ‘as long as saints exist, so will thieves,’ because in the end, the winner of a competition is likely not the most capable person, but the one who best understands the competition and best knows how to win through ‘tricks.’ In today’s wizarding world, there are quite a few competitions like this.”

Edgar looked thoughtful, clearly taking it seriously.

Edgar’s face showed dissatisfaction.

“If that’s the case, the reputation of such competitions will quickly tarnish itself. Nobody will care about such competitions.”

Haishan was about to continue speaking when Locke suddenly interrupted their debate.

He knew Edgar and Haishan; they were both very stubborn. Getting them to admit defeat was impossible unless they were completely refuted.

So, if he didn’t stop them before they got completely into the zone, it would be troublesome once they became fully serious.

Locke said, “Gentlemen, I’ve decided to hold a truth-revealing competition for the Wizard of Probus in a month.”

“Are you two going to participate? Wizard Appian, are you going to participate?”

Haishan’s attention was immediately diverted, after all, whether he could obtain a wisp of the Queen’s energy from the Abyss Queen was related to his heart, which was controlled by the Great Demon God of Lightning.

“I’m going to participate, Locke.”

Wizard Edgar glanced at Haishan, “So you’re going to participate too. That’s perfect, your words just now made me very unhappy.”

“I’m going to take first place and leave you speechless.”

“Locke, I’m participating too. I’m not just going to take first place, I also want to obtain the memories related to the truth about the Wizard of Probus.

Since this competition is a truth-revealing competition, the memories of the Wizard of Probus are the prize, aren’t they?”

Locke pondered, “If that’s how you want to understand it, then so be it. ” At

this

moment, Wizard Killian suddenly spoke up, “Wizard Locke.”

Locke looked at Wizard Killian, “Lord Killian, what can I do for you?”

Wizard Killian took out a golden bull horn from his astral ring.

“This is the Golden Bull Horn, which can summon our Demon Hunter team. Just blow it, and our Demon Hunter team will arrive at top speed. You can borrow this magical artifact for now. During the competition, if you sense anything amiss, you can immediately blow this horn.”

Locke looked at the wizard Killian with surprise.

The wizard Killian glanced warily at the witch Bailouluo.

“This is, after all, the territory of dark wizards—well, to use your contractor’s words, the territory suspected to be dark wizard territory. You’re hosting a competition, and too many of our association’s geniuses are gathered here. So, if you sense anything amiss, you can use this horn to summon our Demon Hunter team.” “

This horn is a treasure of the Summoning School of magic from the Rain Swamp, so you must return it to me afterwards. During the competition, I allow you to summon demon hunters, provided there is a dark wizard present.”

Locke took the horn. “Thank you, Captain.”

“Captain, you are truly dedicated and admirable.”

The wizard Killian didn’t reply, but simply turned and left with his men.

They left the wizarding town.

On the dirt road outside the town, Firehawk Wizard asked Killian Wizard, puzzled, “Captain, why didn’t you continue investigating whether they were allied with the dark wizards? Instead, you gave Locke Augustine a golden bull horn specifically for summoning the Witcher Squadron.” “

That golden bull horn is a treasure of the Witcher Squadron. It not only summons Witcher Wizards, but it also increases the speed of magical pressure boosting when carried,”

Killian Wizard said. “There are too many wizarding geniuses over there, and even our Swamp Folk Club is on their side.”

“These people all have teachers and mentors behind them. Their gathering for a competition isn’t considered illegal; it’s a friendly exchange between the various academies in the wizarding world. The number of top academies involved is probably too many to count on one hand.” “

I came here only to ensure the dark wizards wouldn’t cause trouble. Giving Locke a golden bull horn is enough to keep the Maupassant family from making a move.”

Killian the wizard turned to look at the town gate of the wizarding town not far away.

“I overheard Edgar and Haysan debating just now, and I know they’re not ordinary wizards.”

“And several more wizards like them will arrive here in the next month.”

“Unbelievable.”

“Now we’ll see how the White Wizarding Association and the various schools in the Rainswamp react.”

“We’ll act according to orders.”

“Right now, our wizarding community’s higher-ups haven’t given any specific instructions on this matter.”

Meanwhile, in a private, secret gathering in the Rainswamp, a group of wizards wearing black death masks were discussing the matter.

After their debate, they quickly reached a conclusion.

“We absolutely cannot let the Probus Truth Revealing Competition continue; this matter cannot be allowed to escalate further.”

“Otherwise, at least three established honorary titles will—be utterly ruined.”

“Does anyone know the Red Dragon Throne?”

“Or—Locke Augustine. Go and contact him.”

At this moment, a witch wearing a death mask raised her hand.

“I know him   .

“