Chapter 181

Chapter 181 Sophia Witch’s Last Mission

Inside the shop of the Historian’s House, Locke looked at old man McCarthy’s introduction and fell into deep thought.

According to the abilities demonstrated by old man McCarthy, archaeology can do more than just explore forgotten ancient magical knowledge.

It plays a huge auxiliary role in various fields.

For example, when fighting, you can investigate the enemy’s background, when tracking or counter-tracking, you can eliminate your own traces, or look for the traces of others, or when studying the fields of potions and breeding, you have many ways to apply what you have learned to other areas.

Becoming an archaeologist will bring you many benefits and no harm.

As for whether it will distract your attention, this is a question that requires trade-offs and balance.

But if archaeology is related to the ancient bloodline in his body, and whether he can strengthen his body so that he can use more forbidden d*rugs, then studying archaeology will not only not distract his attention, but will even speed up his process of becoming a formal wizard.

Although this conclusion is somewhat counterintuitive.

Moreover, becoming an archaeologist would definitely require investing a large amount of magic stones.

Locke tried to put the introductory book of archaeology, the Tombstone Grimoire, into his astral ring, but he found that it was an impossible operation.

Locke glanced at the Tombstone Grimoire with a little surprise. This Grimoire was filled with many black magic spells, probably because some of the spells could not be placed in the astral realm.

“The knowledge transmission in the Dark Wizarding Society relies heavily on magic books, so they would use various magics to bless an ordinary magic book to create a so-called grimoire.”

“The Grimoire is extremely valuable. I’m guessing it was intentionally restricted to prevent wizards from easily stealing it with their astral rings.”

Locke nodded to McCarthy and said, “Thank you very much, old friend. I will return the Grimoire to you in a month.”

McCarthy said, “Okay.”

After saying goodbye to McCarthy, Locke quickly returned to his residence.

After Locke left, McCarthy walked to the store entrance and looked in the direction Locke had disappeared. “It’s rare to meet a young man in the White Wizarding community who’s researching ancient biological bloodlines and producing results.”

“It’s rare.”

…

After Locke returned to his residence, he was surprised to find that a forest elf maid was waiting for him at the door.

Seeing him approach, the forest elf maid saluted Locke. “Master Augustine, the master sent me to see you.”

Locke said to her indifferently: “What did the teacher want to talk to me about?”

Locke was just wondering why Witch Sophia, who had been so busy recently, had to complete the academy tasks and pass the teaching assessment in the Star Sea, would suddenly come to find him.

He hadn’t met Teacher Sophia for some time.

The forest elf maid said apprehensively, “I don’t know. The master said she would be waiting for Master Augustine in her office.”

Locke nodded slightly. He first returned to his residence and placed the Tombstone Grimoire in his study. Then he left his residence and went to Witch Sophia’s office.

…

In Witch Sophia’s office, there was a hint of joy in her eyes, and her smile became even wider after she saw Locke.

“Locke, you’re here.”

“I do want to thank you this time.”

Locke said, “Teacher?”

Witch Sophia raised her hand, signaling for her to finish. “In the three years since I became a formal wizard, I’ve applied to many wizarding organizations in the Star Sea, but almost all of them rejected me.”

“It’s certainly not easy for a formal wizard from the Southeast Territory to gain a foothold in such a large place. Originally, I wasn’t sure I’d pass this induction assessment, as there were several formal wizards from overseas with similar qualifications, but I surpassed them in talent training.”

Witch Sophia’s eyes were filled with admiration. “Locke, you were promoted to a first-class wizard apprentice within two years, and passed the exams to become a potion master’s assistant and a full-fledged breeder within six months. Therefore, you were recognized as an outstanding talent there.”

“Even though the wizarding organization in the Star Sea doesn’t recognize many things in the Southeast Corner, your magic level advancement speed is real. The exam contents for the Potion Master’s Assistant and Official Breeder were actually confirmed by the White Wizard Association’s superiors in the Star Sea.”

“Therefore, these two exams are of great value and are also recognized by the wizarding organization over in the Star Territory Sea.”

Witch Sophia smiled and said, “You’ve really helped me a lot this time. Research results, talent development, magic level, and titles are the key areas in the teaching assessment.”

“Because of you, I’m considered to have special talents in talent cultivation.”

Locke laughed along. “Congratulations, teacher.”

“Teacher, what is the name of the wizarding organization that accepted you?”

Witch Sophia held out a letter. It was stamped with a golden seal depicting numerous towers. “It’s Parthenos, the City of a Thousand Towers.”

“This wizarding organization is considered powerful even in the Star Sea. The reason I voted for this organization is because the City of Thousand Towers is essentially a large-scale university alliance composed of more than a dozen comprehensive magic universities.”

“This wizarding organization places greater emphasis on talent cultivation.” Witch Sophia smiled and said, “Because I have you as a student, I have a great advantage in this area.”

“Normally, young wizards like me who won’t stay in this academy rarely have students as outstanding as you. My competitors are all formal wizards from outside the Star Domain Sea, so my advantage in this aspect is very prominent.”

“After all, I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn’t expect it to actually succeed.” Witch Sophia raised her head and smiled at Locke, “The Star Sea is a big place, and the Southeast Corner is just a small corner of this magical world.”

“To the mortal world, this place is a behemoth, but to the Star Domain Sea, it is just a small corner similar to the mortal world you once lived in.”

“I don’t mean to insult your hometown, Locke, you know what I mean…”

Witch Sophia turned serious. “For geniuses like you and me, it’s impossible for us to stay in a small place forever.”

“We will keep moving forward along the road ahead.”

“Let me, your teacher, explore the Star Territory Ocean for you first. I will try to carve out a career there. After you graduate from the academy, if you’re interested, you can come and help me.”

Witch Sophia explained: “The level of the Star Domain Sea is very high. It is a medium to high magic environment, and among the medium to high magic environments, it is considered the top.”

“Very close to a high magic environment.”

“There, even in the wild, an ordinary creature could threaten the life of an apprentice-level wizard. Therefore, without the magic level of a formal wizard, I do not recommend you go there in advance.”

“Furthermore, the round-trip fare is extremely expensive. Even an ordinary, official wizard might face financial ruin there, and thus fall into poverty. Without the money to return, they would be unable to survive normally there.”

Witch Sophia said, “Wizard apprentices there can only become people under the protection of formal wizards. If your talent is mediocre, I think it would be okay for you to be under my protection. But Locke, you are not.”

“Locke, I really hope you can come and help me when the time comes.”

“You’ve probably learned this lately, right? Behind every official wizard, there’s a network of relationships. It’s just a matter of whether the network is small or large.”

Locke nodded and asked, “Teacher, okay.”

“But the prerequisite is that I can only go to the Star Sea if I can become a formal wizard. By the way, teacher, are you leaving now?”

Witch Sophia shook her head. “That’s why I asked you to come here.”

“I got the position of an official wizard instructor at the City of a Thousand Towers [Parthenos].”

“But I still have to complete the last task that Lilith’s Hut has given me before I can escape from it.”

“That’s reasonable. This can be considered my graduation assignment.”

Locke asked doubtfully, “Then teacher, what is the last task?”

Witch Sophia raised her head, looked at Locke and said, “The same price as leaving Lilith’s Hut as a formal wizard is to kill another dark wizard.”

“My target is Rashid Talil, a curse caster at the official wizard level of the Blood Curse Court.”

(End of this chapter)