Chapter 1162

Chapter 1138 Augustus’s Blown-Up

Locke nodded to Hugo the Wizard and his friend before quickly leaving.

Watching Locke’s departing figure, Hugo the Wizard said, “Augustine the Wizard has only just become a Moon Ring Wizard. I wonder if he can withstand the impact of this higher-dimensional world.”

Wesley Payne exclaimed, “Yes. He became a Moon Ring Wizard so quickly, and I heard his pseudo-forging level is exceptionally high. Is pseudo-forging at the Universal Truth level more powerful than ordinary pseudo-forging?”

Hugo

the Wizard glanced at him. “You’re not yet at the level to understand what false forging is. False forging of universal truth has its advantages and disadvantages. If you become a Moon Ring Wizard someday, in another hundred years, you’ll probably understand what I mean now.”

“We Moon Ring Wizards pursue that touch of truth. Universal truth and a stone are both just possible illusions, reflections in water or flowers in a mirror. Moreover, compared to the strength of constancy, the difference in strength between the two is a very complex matter.”

Wizard Payne shrugged. “We’ll talk about that later. It’s too far removed from my current situation.”

“Besides, given the current circumstances, if I were to become a Moon Ring Wizard, I’d actually become a prime target.”

Wizard Hugo explained, “False Forging is a rather special stage. A sufficient number of powerful spells at the False Forging stage can protect the academy, allowing it to solidify from the abstract. If an academy doesn’t have a Moon Ring Wizard or higher, I’ve heard the entire academy will fall off the Path of Truth.” “

Targeting Sun Ring Wizards is too difficult, and while targeting Star Ring Wizards is easier, the rewards for success are minimal. Considering all factors, hostile academies will definitely target us Moon Ring Wizards first.”

Wizard Hugo pondered for a moment. “At least that’s the case in this situation where all pretense has been broken. Of course, this requires enough wisdom to formulate a countermeasure, since wizards who engage in ‘false forging’ are prone to modifying their doctrines. If a rash attack turns into helping them with their ‘false forging,’ that would be laughable.”

Locke quickly left the castle in the Saffron Peach Garden. Then he contacted Queen Ella and opened the Lingzhi Magic Plant website to search for the inter-wizard alliance [Dream Bookstore], which was operated by wizards of the Illusion School. This was a shop alliance whose products only existed in the system used by Lingzhi Magic Plant to connect with other wizarding lands. Many wizards would use Dream Bookstore to publish experimental videos, so one could search for these videos to learn from, as well as some face-to-face real-time videos.

“Found it. Sure enough, it was released three days early.”

Locke saw Solas Barefoot’s various wizarding agents, shareholders, and administrative executives sitting around a round table with Solas himself. On the table were seven magic boxes, clearly containing the wizarding shoes.

Below them sat Solas Barefoot’s designers and senior staff, as well as invited wizarding celebrities from Cloudze Wetlands—heads of top-ranked wizarding academies, chief wizarding instructors, and renowned shoemakers and alchemists invited from nearby wizarding territories.

What a grand gathering of alchemists!

Behind these alchemists were various

imitations woven with textile magic: plush balloons, magic carpets, magical handkerchiefs, wizarding robes, and magical gloves. There was even a magic umbrella in the corner; Solas had clearly attempted to enter the magic umbrella field, but likely without much success. After all, there was the separation of wizarding territories, and the White Wizarding Association’s market protection policy, meaning a portion of the market belonged to ordinary wizarding territories.

This was to prevent higher-level wizarding lands from seizing all the market from ordinary wizarding lands, thus turning ordinary wizarding lands into de facto vassals and rendering them meaningless as independent wizarding lands.

At the launch of Soras’s new product line, Argos, wearing a meticulously tailored, form-fitting wizard’s robe, sat with his legs crossed. Beside him sat Aura, the resource integration committee wizard wearing heart-shaped glasses. Aura wore a grey wizard’s robe, while Argos wore a colorful one, looking quite stylish.

The two were clearly the focus of the event, hence their seats at the head.

Argos, the new administrative director of Soras’s new wizarding lands, smiled at the camera, revealing his pearly white teeth.

“Good morning, wizards watching this presentation. The humidity in the Cloudze Wetlands has increased recently, so please pay attention to changes in humidity when conducting experiments.” “

I am Argos, the new administrative director of Solas Barefoot. Both Solas Barefoot and Melochy Magic Foot have histories spanning over a century, and both are businesses under the Rose School. Today, these two alliances have finally come together to fight side-by-side.”

He paused, eliciting gasps of surprise from the invited wizards. Most were unaware of the merger of two top wizard shoe shop alliances. Wizard reporters frantically raised their crystal balls, trying to capture the moment. Perhaps the photographs they took with their photographic Crystal No. 5 would become a historical landmark, a timeless masterpiece.

Their reputation as wizard journalists would soar.

Wizard Argos stood up and joined the wizard audience in applause, which lasted about three minutes. He listened to the cheers of many wizards in the audience—loyal users of Solas’s Barefoot shoes, invited by Solas, as well as expeditions and teams supported by Solas’s Barefoot.

Wizard Argos’s applause gradually stopped, prompting the other wizards to cease their movements.

This was a small trick from the Enchanting school of magic he had learned in his youth. He incorporated it into his clapping, allowing him to control the pace of the press conference by mimicking the applause of the entire audience. This was a common technique used by Enchanting wizards when organizing concerts; once a Moon Ring wizard understood it, it wasn’t difficult to learn.

Wizard Argos smiled, looking around at the nearly seven thousand wizards in the audience.

This was the glorious reign of Solas’s Barefoot.

An impregnable empire.

Wizard Argos announced, “The alliance of two top wizard shoe shop alliances is no small matter. Starting today, the Solas Shop Alliance – Melochy Magic Steps branch will be established. Designers from both alliances will work together to bring a new future to the wizard shoe market. We will double our current R&D speed, double our current technical level, double our comfort, and double our practicality!”

Wizard Argos continued, “In addition, Solas Barefoot has acquired fifty-one wizard shoe shop alliances, establishing fifty-one alliance branches. Solas Barefoot will look to the future and has partnered with the Magic Shoemakers Guild, removing restrictions in three areas: scheduled scrapping, after-sales service and repair, and the requirement for wizard shoes to come with nineteen functional documents.”

Below the stage, the wizard audience, after a brief moment of astonishment, erupted in thunderous applause.

The guild master of the Shoemakers’ Guild, also a Moon Ring Wizard, was ashen-faced. Argos, seemingly gentle and amiable, was ruthless and had managed to persuade numerous interest groups within the guild to abandon their interference in Solas’s barefoot business.

The Shoemakers’ Guild, once the undisputed leader of the wizarding shoe market, had become a vassal of Solas’s barefoot business.

Guild master [Miraigen Wizard] was gloomy, but Argos was currently riding high, aided by Aura Wizard from the Starfield Sea Resource Integration Committee. Furthermore, Argos Wizard had incriminating evidence against him and many other wizards in the guild. For now, he could only swallow his anger.

Argos Wizard smiled at Miraigen Wizard.

“Mr. Milangan, please deliver a speech on behalf of the Guild Master of the Shoemakers’ Guild—Dear wizard audience, at the end of the festival, we will release seven wizard shoes that will shake the heavens and earth and shock the Cloudze Wetlands. They will bring a new landscape and changes to the wizard shoe market.” “

To express our gratitude for the Resources Committee’s assistance, I have decided that during the speech by the Resources Committee’s Chairman, Wizard Aura, we will have a second-circle witch from the Solas Barefoot School of Enchanting give a collective demonstration of these seven wizard shoes.”

“Today’s press conference will change the chaotic and unreliable quality situation in the wizard shoe market, and bring new industry standards and rules,”

Wizard Argos said with a smile to the wizards below. “These seven wizard shoes are the starting point. They will have brand-new, unique performance and be offered at a great price. At the same time, I assure you wizards that for the next month, if any wizard wants to sell Solas’s Barefoot to our Wizard Shoe Shop Alliance, I will offer them double the market price.”

At this moment, Antoine, one of the invited wizards from Mount Golden Crown, asked, “I have been frequently exploring the Void lately and need the help of wizard shoes. It would be great if there were new changes and innovations in the wizard shoe field. I hope that many of your cutting-edge technologies can be used in wizard shoes on the market. For example, I read an article about wizard shoes made with natural plant materials that can help wizards save on magic pressure consumption. The technology mentioned in that article is very interesting.”

Argos looked at Antoine with a smile.

Antoine the Wizard suddenly changed his tune. “However, the wizard shoe market isn’t just about Solas Barefoot; there are also mid-level wizard shoe shop alliances like the Augustus Shop Alliance and the Golden Peach Wizard Shoe Shop Alliance. So I still hope to see more wizard shoe shop alliances improve their standards.”

Antoine suddenly reminded the wizards present at the press conference that Solas Barefoot wasn’t the whole story, and that Solas Barefoot’s acquisition of over fifty small shop alliances didn’t represent the whole picture.

Argos appeared very calm, saying, “As the technological barriers to wizard shoes become higher and the investment increases, the market will gradually be dominated by the largest shop alliances. Small and medium-sized shop alliances will inevitably lead to unstable quality and a lack of recourse for complaints.”

Many wizards in the audience shared this sentiment.

Because they had bought wizard shoes from some small shop alliances and been ripped off, they were often given the runaround when they wanted to return or repair them. On the other hand, wizard shoe alliances like Solas Barefoot, although much more expensive—basically three or four times more than the same magical artifact—offered better service and more functional wizard shoes.

Solas Barefoot’s wizard shoes were indeed expensive, but due to the existence of the Shoemakers’ Guild and its exploitation of the smaller shop alliances, the prices from any wizard shoe alliance were never cheap. Therefore,

for wizards, buying Solas Barefoot’s shoes had many advantages.

Generally, even the wizard shoe alliances of Golden Crown Mountain were managed and suppressed by the Shoemakers’ Guild; only alliances like Augustus’s were completely independent of the guild and thus not under its control.

Seeing the applause erupt again, Wizard Argos nodded to the wizard audience below, ignoring Antoine’s reaction. Argos

had anticipated the wizards of Golden Crown Mountain would cause trouble.

Although he hadn’t invited Locke Augustine, he figured the latter wasn’t a textile wizard or a shoemaker, and such casual shop alliances were hardly worth mentioning.

Argos’s gaze fell on the group of wizards from Boniface University seated not far away, led by a sun-ring wizard named Samuel.

Samuel was currently glaring at Argos.

Argos’s heart sank, and a rare anger flashed across his usually calm face. He recognized Samuel as the new textile school wizard from Boniface University, who had founded the school’s daily newspaper, the “Samuel’s Newspaper,” which frequently published the achievements of the new textile science.

He had complained to the White Wizarding Association several times about the newspaper’s bias and prejudice, and had even tried to write articles to refute the other new textile school wizards in the paper, but his submissions had been rejected several times.

Argos knew that the wizards from Boniface University had come with ill intentions. However, the university held an extraordinary position in textile science, representing half of the textile industry in Yunze Wetland. Although it had recently undermined its own reputation, unlike the wizards from Golden Crown Mountain, Boniface University’s wizards could not be ignored, and they needed to invite a large number of them.

However, Argos knew that these unorthodox new textile wizards might disrupt the press conference.

Therefore, he had prepared a contingency plan.

At this moment, the guild master of the Shoemakers’ Guild, Milangan, reluctantly stood up. He walked to the front, preparing to offer his opinion with a forced smile. He exchanged a glance with Samuel, a wizard from the Boniface University.

Although the Shoemakers’ Guild had previously resisted the new textile science because it would undermine the interests of the original textile school of wizards,

he was now somewhat angered by Argos’s proactive attack from the Rose School.

He wanted to use this speech to make Solas, barefoot, suffer a minor but significant loss.

The wizard Milangan recounted the history of Solas’s barefoot and the history of the magic shoemakers. He then began to explain the master-apprentice system of magic shoemakers, highlighting that while most wizards valued this system, only magic shoemakers placed exceptional importance on it. It was said that without an apprentice, one could not integrate into the circle, find work, or open a related shop alliance.

This was why the industry’s guild was so powerful.

Argos’s sudden ability to suppress the guild represented the will of the wizard Solas behind him, and even the will of the Rose Witch.

However, during his narration, the wizard Milangan planted a seed of discord in Argos’s mind. Before becoming Solas’s apprentice, Argos had studied under a Moon Ring magic shoemaker who had been expelled from the guild. He intended to use Boniface University to detonate this seed, thus constantly steer the conversation towards the master-apprentice system of magic shoemakers.

The Shoemaker was extremely sensitive about the Moon Ring Wizard. If he could ignite public opinion, Argos’s press conference would be ruined, and Argos’s continued role as the administrative head of Solas’s Barefoot would be uncertain. He might even have to step down, especially since the Witch Rose had a conflict of interest with him.

Therefore, although Argos had some leverage over him, it wasn’t enough for Boniface University to exploit a loophole in his words and turn the tables on Argos, for Argos to dare use that leverage.

The Wizard of Milangan smiled faintly. He was still young, lacking experience.

Having leverage over someone doesn’t give you the power to intimidate them.

Anything only truly exists when used well; if used poorly, it’s as good as nonexistent.

The Wizard of Milangan felt he had only been suddenly betrayed. Once he recovered, he could retaliate against the new administrative head of Solas’s Barefoot. In doing so, he glanced at the Star Ring Witch Rose, sitting in a corner of the Solas’s Barefoot press conference.

The two exchanged a glance.

His words gradually shifted towards Argos’s first teacher, the wizard who had tried to break the rules of the shoemaker’s trade, resulting in his expulsion from the ranks and being regarded as an enemy by all shoemakers. Suddenly, he saw the witch Rose’s pitying yet sarcastic gaze upon him. The next moment, Guild Master Milangan suddenly felt something was amiss, a chill running down his spine.

He saw the holy wizards and the audience from the White Wizarding Association suddenly stand up and walk towards him.

Guild Master Milangan froze for a moment, until the wizards entered, pointed their holy weapons at him, and surrounded him. Only then did he react, noticing the investigation document held by the holy wizard of the Star Ring.

The Holy Archmage of the Star Ring declared righteously, “Guild Master Milangan, we have received reports that you have abused your power, using magic to damage the bodies and souls of many textile wizards. Furthermore, we suspect that your various shop alliances have business dealings with the Shoemakers’ Guild, and we suspect you of embezzlement and misappropriation of illegal funds.” “

Please come with us,”

Guild Master Milangan said stiffly, looking at Argos. He never expected Argos to strike first.

The other party had actually used his incriminating evidence against him without any scruples or fear, reporting him to the Holy Archmage Court of the Wizarding Association.

At the same time, many members of the Shoemakers’ Guild sitting below suddenly stood up and said, “I want to report that Guild Master Milangan has committed serious illegal acts. I personally witnessed a shoemaker’s hand being—”

Many members began to make accusations against him.

Guild Master Milangan immediately glanced at his deputy, who averted his eyes in alarm. But that single glance was enough for Guild Master Milangan to understand that his deputy was also involved.

Listening to the accusations, Guild Master Milangan’s face turned ashen. Many of them were completely fabricated.

Although he was domineering within the guild and had engaged in some illegal activities, he wasn’t a dark wizard and hadn’t committed serious physical harm. Many of the accusations were either fabricated or attempts to frame him. Now, as a wizard facing attacks from his former colleagues and other wizards in the crowd, he was naturally unable to defend himself. Meanwhile,

Samuel, the wizard from Boniface University who was about to go up, raised his left hand, signaling to the crowd not to rush forward.

Samuel’s eyes flickered. “What ruthless tactics!”

“Was this really the idea of that wizard Argos? In an instant, the prestige of the Shoemakers’ Guild Master has crumbled. Even if he walks out of the Holy Wizard Court, he won’t have the power he once had. The Shoemakers’ Guild will soon be embroiled in internal strife.” “

And the industry’s deterrent power will be greatly reduced, allowing Solas to get rid of this bloodsucking guild barefoot. The guild’s exploitation relies on the shoemakers’ unique apprenticeship system and personal relationships. But now that the guild master is embroiled in so many scandals, he has long lost his special deterrent power.”

Wizard Samuel couldn’t seize the opportunity to publicly expose Argos’s past scandals.

Because all the wizards present were now focused on the guild master’s scandals.

Wizard Samuel suddenly thought: Could it be that Argos realized that someone would attack him at the press conference by bringing up his first master, so he created this scandal that could shake the entire shoemaker community? With such a huge scandal, Argos’s little bit of dark history becomes insignificant? “

If I continue to hold on now, I’ll only make myself look ridiculous.”

He had also killed two birds with one stone, completely eliminating the bloodsucking Shoemakers’ Guild.

Wizard Samuel gritted his teeth.

The New Textile School had already partnered with the Shoemakers’ Guild, and now that the guild was gone, the wizard shoe market was about to be dominated by Solas Barefoot. The alliance of wizard shoe shops at Bonifacius University, which was supposed to be able to resist Solas Barefoot, would likely also be ruined, leaving them bankrupt and acquired.

Wizard Samuel was deep in thought, but everyone’s attention was now drawn to the Guild Master of the Milangan, who was being investigated by the Holy Wizards’ Court. It was difficult for him to disrupt the press conference now.

This Argos wizard’s methods were indeed formidable.

His methods were ruthless and vicious.

Wizard Samuel could only wait and see.

On the stage, although Wizard Mirangen could easily defeat these Star Ring Wizards and Second Ring Holy Wizards, how could he dare to directly confront the Holy Wizard Court of the White Wizard Association in full view of everyone? That would be suicidal.

Covert confrontation and direct rebellion are two different concepts.

If he refused the investigation, he would be going against the entire White Wizard Association of Cloudze Wetlands.

How hard-headed could he be to do that?

Therefore, Guild Master Mirangen could only obediently be taken away.

Argos, on the other hand, returned to the stage with his rhythmic steps.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for the interruption. President Milangan’s speech was very interesting, but unfortunately, he was taken away just as he was about to get to the point. Please forgive him. Next, please welcome our most important guest, Wizard Aura of the Resource Integration Management Committee, to give a speech and open our magic box. This is our upcoming first-level wizard shoes, Radiant II!”

A pair of wizard shoes, seemingly studded with diamonds, was taken from the magic box. A professional enchanting witch, using a voice that could attract attention and persuade, began to introduce the various specifications of these first-level wizard shoes.

Many wizards discovered that these shoes not only lacked many redundant functions, but their specifications also far surpassed any previous first-level wizard shoes.

Their specifications were approximately 1.2 times that of the best first-level wizard shoes ever made.

The wizards present applauded.

Many loyal fans of Solas’s barefoot whistled.

When the witch announced the price of the Radiance II shoes—only 100,000 magic stones—the wizards present were stunned. Previously, the price of the Solas’s Lightfoot shoes was between 350,000 and 450,000 magic stones, but the latest Radiance II shoes were only 100,000 magic stones, almost the price of a normal first-tier magic item. Was

this still the same Solas’s Lightfoot shoes?

Hadn’t Solas’s Lightfoot shoes said that wizard shoes were unique, the most technologically advanced and most frequently used magic item category, so the price needed to be higher to ensure more functions, comfort, and to meet the wizards’ requirements?

Why were they only selling for 100,000 today?

The wizards present erupted in applause. They

began to discuss it, because this eliminated the biggest drawback of the Solas’s Lightfoot shoes—they were more expensive than those in the small and medium-sized shop alliance. The price-performance ratio of these Radiance II shoes was simply explosive.

Argos’s lips curled slightly.

In fact, to achieve this, determination alone is not enough; wisdom and ability are also required. For him, there was the constant threat of Rose the Witch replacing him, so he had to do things well; otherwise, he would have to relinquish his position. Therefore , he naturally needed to leverage the special circumstances of the War of the Schools to counter the Shoemakers’ Guild, while simultaneously controlling Solas the Barefoot. Only by unblocking the various profit chains could he bring the manufacturing cost of wizard shoes back to normal.

Of course, he couldn’t accomplish all this alone.

But he used external forces.

Argos and Aura exchanged a glance. Aura had intervened, helping him eliminate one by one the stubborn old men and interest groups with conflicting interests who refused to compromise for his plans. Only then could he bring the manufacturing cost of wizard shoes back to normal.

If he could achieve this, he could almost guarantee his position and wouldn’t have to worry about being replaced by Rose the Witch.

At this point, Rose the Witch naturally realized this as well. “Is Grandma using me as a Damocles’ sword hanging over his head?”

Argos was quite capable. However, he was originally a renowned individual shoemaker, a representative figure among top free individual shoemakers, with high prestige. Now that he has returned to Solas Barefoot, it is indeed possible for him to achieve these things by leveraging the resources that can be mobilized during the War of the Schools. Nevertheless, I think that besides his personal skill, there must be other help that enabled him to do these things. That Resource Integration Committee seems to be a very interesting organization. At first, I thought it was just a theatrical troupe.

I didn’t expect it to be something real.”

Just then, a wizard suddenly spoke up: “I have used Augustus’s Black Hummingbird Air Plant and Great Snowcap Air Plant. The former costs 100,000, and the latter costs 50,000. The Great Snowcap Air Plant’s stats are completely inferior to Radiance 02, but the Black Hummingbird’s stats seem to be about the same as Radiance 02, even the price is about the same.”

At this time, the other wizards who heard his discussion also began to whisper among themselves.

Soon, amidst thunderous applause, some voices were discussing the Black Hummingbird Air Plant.

Argos’s smile remained unchanged as he turned to a second-ring designer beside him and asked, “What is the Black Hummingbird?”

The second-ring designer whispered, “It’s the super-selling wizard shoes launched by the Augustus Shop Alliance during the first-ring phase. It’s still ranked number one in cumulative sales of wizard shoes in Arthas. It was a creation that even the previous administrator, Holm, and our previous first-ring chief designer, Michael, couldn’t replicate.”

“My lord, you weren’t in this wizarding territory before, so you didn’t know these things,”

Argos said, a hint of displeasure appearing on his face. “Is it that Augustus again? I’ve heard you guys talking about Augustus a lot these past few days, and even just now someone used him to make things difficult for me. And now it’s happening again. That’s a pure magical plant wizard shoe, right? This technical route is actually feasible.”

“You guys were beaten like this by a wizard using this technical route, it’s shameful. That’s just an immature wizard shoe shop alliance.”

“You’ve been researching for so long, and you still haven’t designed a first-level wizard shoe that surpasses the Black Hummingbird?”

Argos was a little angry. He hadn’t paid much attention to Augustus before, focusing instead on the Magic Shoemakers’ Guild, the opposing forces within Solas’s Barefoot, and Boniface University. He had already suppressed three opponents, securing his position among the magic shoemakers in Cloud Marsh Wetlands. Who knew he would encounter such a small obstacle from the breeders?

Argos calmed down; it was just some trouble from the Red Dragon lineage.

He could handle it.

At this moment, Wizard Aura walked to his side. “Augustus, huh? I’ve actually heard of him.”

Argos looked at Wizard Aura with keen insight. “Lord Aura, have you met Mr. Locke Augustine?”

Wizard Aura smiled. “Yes. He’s a very interesting wizard. We once both had our eyes on a mushroom-type magical plant. He wouldn’t let me have it. He even said he could sell it to me when he made the ultimate wizard shoes. So, Mr. Argos, you and he don’t get along?”

Wizard Argos said calmly, “We’re both wizards, how could we not get along? Mr. Aura, you’re exaggerating.”

Wizard Aura stepped to the front of the stage and left a message. “The plan continues. Don’t you have six other products?

”

“Augustus is just a small shop alliance. It’s already a miracle that he has one ultimate product that can barely match ours. You can focus on releasing the remaining six ultimate products.”

Wizard Argos nodded.

The simultaneous release of seven high-value, top-tier items was a grand occasion, one

that will be remembered by wizards for a long time to come.

Wizard Aura stepped onto the stage and began speaking alongside the witches representing the remaining six wizard shoe items. Their voices intertwined, creating a powerful and awe-inspiring sound.

One witch introduced the Radiance 03, a pair of ordinary second-ring wizard shoes, whose price and performance still shocked the wizarding audience and sparked a rush of pre-orders.

Wizard Aura then said, “Gentlemen, I am the head of the Resource Management and Integration Committee of the Eastern Boundary in Yunze Wetlands. This committee is currently piloting this system in various wizarding territories, and it’s possible that it will be introduced to every wizarding territory in the entire Eastern Boundary in the future. However, currently only a few wizarding territories are using it, and I am also trying to persuade the White Wizard Association of Yunze Wetlands to fully support us and expand our Resource Management and Integration Committee.”

“Gentlemen, this time it was our Resource Management and Integration Committee that helped Mr. Argos reorganize the Solas Barefoot, reducing their manufacturing and distribution costs, and bringing the price of wizard shoes back to normal.”

Wizard Aura smiled confidently. “This is the capability of our committee. As we all know, second-circle wizards need to apply for funds from the association to obtain resources, gaining financial support and access to certain laboratories. Simultaneously, they need to manage shop alliances to secure substantial funding. Only through this two-pronged approach can magical research advance rapidly and more papers be published. However, the problem is that not all wizards are adept at managing shop alliances, and not all wizards skilled in developing new products and researching new fundamental principles are skilled at finding market niches.”

“These wizards haphazardly open shop alliances, only to suffer from failed product positioning, broken cash flow due to reckless expansion, unintentionally incurring fines due to ignorance of wizarding law, or even ending up in the Holy Wizard Court—like that guild master we just spoke of, it’s such a pity.” “

Our committee is here to help you wizards. Wizards who are not skilled in business can entrust their shop alliances to our committee.”

“We’ll manage them for you.”

“You only need to focus on your research.”

“This is simply the best of both worlds.”

“At the same time, our Resource Integration Management Committee will have consultants covering all industries throughout the Wizarding Lands. Through these consultants, we can find clients for the services needed by wizards in each industry, and they can refer business to each other. This will create a vast network of business relationships. Our committee can also help you control costs, unify shop alliances, dominate the market, help a shop alliance grow, and help an entire industry grow.”

“We can help you find customers and help you maximize profits—”

At this moment, the enchanting witch, following Aura Wizard’s speech, began introducing the Light 6, the wizard shoes in the fifth magic box.

Solas’s Barefoot had temporarily created four different versions of second-circle wizard shoes, Light 3 to 6.

Each pair used a different sealing technique and had different focuses, resulting in two more versions than originally planned.

This was due to the recent spate of external wizard wars in Cloudze Wetlands, resulting in a larger-than-expected shortage in the market for second-ring wizard shoes. Two additional models were added temporarily, while the originally planned development of the super-single wizard shoe for the apprentice stage was reduced, as the Resource Integration Management Committee found there was little commercial profit potential.

At this moment, the wizarding audience began discussing the four different pairs of wizard shoes.

One was the Hell War-themed Radiance 03, incorporating materials to resist high temperatures; another was the Abyss War-themed Radiance 04, incorporating Abyss Spider Silk to resist Abyss energy; another was Radiance 05, inlaid with a special magical gem to enhance magical resistance; and most importantly, the Radiance 06, crafted from extremely precious Cloudbeard thread, a collaborative work between the witch Rose and Solas, the chief second-ring designer of the barefoot line.

Cloudbeard Thread is a special textile material woven by the witch Rose using special magical plant materials. It’s a massive magical creation called Spider Paradise, modeled after a water cannon spinning machine, combining wind and light to create a unique material resembling cloudbeard. Wizard shoes made from this material can stand on botanical roots, instantly enhancing magical power and making them difficult for enemies to hit.

As the enchanting witch explained, many wizards were awestruck by the preciousness of the textile material used by Radiance 06 and the intricate structure of its creation, deeply impressed by the work meticulously crafted by Solas’s bare feet. This further increased their respect for Aura and Supervisor Argos.

Aura was about to speak, suggesting that the wizards present could request assistance from their Resource Integration Management Committee if interested. However, before he could speak, a wizard exclaimed, “Wait, wizard shoes that can stand on botanical roots are indeed unprecedented, but has anyone heard of second-circle wizard shoes that can use excellent-grade mystical meaning?”

This statement was like a bomb dropped into the crowd.

What?

Second-circle wizard shoes using excellent-grade mystical meaning?

Many wizards had this thought in their minds: “Are the terms in this passage logically connected?” “

Mystical meaning” implies the realm of Star Ring Magic Plants, “Excellent” means Moon Ring Magic Plants, and “Second Ring Wizard Shoes”—that’s the third term.

Could there be a connection?

One wizard said, “Everyone, use the Ganoderma lucidum magic plant to watch the live video feed in Arthas. It’s simply divine! Augustus is selling wizard shoes with excellent mystical meaning. Oh, it’s pre-order. Right now, there’s a one-hour special offer.”

Upon hearing this, many wizards were immediately drawn to these so-called excellent mystical meaning wizard shoes.

For them, buying good wizard shoes was undoubtedly their primary goal, so naturally they were all using the Ganoderma lucidum magic plant to watch Augustus’s product launch.

Wizard Aura was interrupted, and the words he most wanted to say were left unsaid.

He looked at Argos with a faint smile, amused, and deep in thought, seemingly pondering something.

Argos stood up, his face ashen.

At that moment, he suddenly felt a shared sense of empathy with the former administrator, Holm, and the current administrator, the witch Rose.

Argos angrily exclaimed, “What is that Augustine wizard doing here instead of tending his fields?

Does he think shoes can magically grow from the ground?!

“