Chapter 253

Chapter 253: Thanks from the Witches of the Brigade

The dwarf scholar Orr’s expression suddenly grew serious. He glanced left and right, then whispered to Locke, “Potion Master Locke, don’t speak so loudly about the advancement potion. This knowledge is taboo for many first-class wizard apprentices, no, even for many of us general scholars.”

“That is knowledge that absolutely cannot be widely known.”

“Otherwise, it will definitely cause a huge impact. But we have a good relationship, so I can tell you privately that if you want to exchange for a bottle of advancement potion, you need 5,000 contribution points.”

Locke frowned, wondering how many contribution points were needed.

The dwarf scholar, Orr, explained in a low voice, “When your spiritual power reaches 800, the academy will ask you to sign a contract and provide you with a bottle for free.”

“Believe me, this is the only thing the academy will not cheat us on. Finding a way to prohibit the dissemination of relevant knowledge and restrict the methods and difficulty of redemption is definitely the academy’s greatest protection for people like us.”

The dwarf scholar, Orr, seemed to know the key to advancing potions, as his pupils slightly dilated, as if he had thought of something terrible. “It would be terrible if something like that got spread around.”

Locke glanced at the dwarf scholar Orr with a strange look. “Strange, what on earth are advancement potions? Why are they so closely guarded? The side effects of Abyssal potions are already severe enough, but I haven’t seen the White Wizards Association block this knowledge.”

Locke nodded to Orr. “I understand. I’ll be leaving now.”

After bidding farewell to Orr, Locke headed to the witch kitchen. A first-ring witch from the Crow’s Nest had previously informed him by carrier pigeon that she would be waiting there and would reward him.

When Locke entered the witch kitchen, he suddenly saw the first-ring witch Uma Gardner in room 1 of the witch kitchen, waving to indicate her location.

“Locke, you’re here.” Compared to her previous miserable appearance, Uma Gardner now looked like a completely different person. She was dressed elegantly, with many precious metals on her wizard robe and some magic rings on her hands.

The seasoning chefs in the witch’s kitchen respected her very much. This was an even bigger scene than when Zack brought himself to eat. There were even several special seasoning chefs coming together to serve witch Uma Gardner.

The other guests in the witch’s kitchen also became a little nervous.

After all, there is a One-Ring wizard here, and it is rare for him to dine here.

They all looked at Locke, whispering to each other and discussing in low voices. Locke’s reputation in the academy has been growing recently.

The scene of him opening his natural magic eyes and violently killing a large number of dark wizards at the entrance of the academy was witnessed by many wizards in the academy. Many people admired his behavior at that time, and even the dark wizards began to call him the “Eye Demon Wizard”.

Now, everyone saw that even the first-ring witches had to eat with Locke on a somewhat equal footing, which made the other first-class wizard apprentices feel that Locke seemed to be the new top first-class wizard apprentice in the academy and the new generation of wizard candidate seed of Lilith Hut.

Uma Gardner looked at Locke with a complex look in her eyes, a mixture of gratitude, embarrassment, observation, and appreciation.

During this time, Uma Gardner got to know Locke more carefully and knew clearly that Locke was a super genius.

Although she is a first-ring witch, she is just a wild first-ring witch who has taken a wild path. She cannot compare with the professional students trained by the wealthy family of Lilith Lodge. In addition, Locke had saved her before, so Uma Gardner has a certain sense of equality towards Locke.

Of course, if Locke cannot break through to become a formal wizard for a long time, then this atmosphere of equality will definitely dissipate over time, and the attitudes between the two sides will gradually become the normal way of getting along between an apprentice and a formal wizard.

But that’s not now.

At least for a few more years.

After Locke entered the private room, Uma Gardner waved and the door of the room closed immediately.

“Locke, the tri-color salt-grain steak in this restaurant is delicious. I particularly like it. This is the first time I’ve eaten such delicious food.”

“I’ve never eaten anything this delicious in the Crow’s Nest Brigade.”

Although Uma Gardner is a first-ring witch, she has never lived in an environment with such a complicated division of labor. At this moment, she is enjoying the superior living conditions in Lilith’s cottage. In fact, she is reluctant to leave.

Even if she returned to the original base of the Crow’s Nest Brigade, she would find it difficult to adapt to that place, which had nothing and was not convenient for life. In comparison, the Chimera Market seemed to be more suitable for the survival of the current Crow’s Nest Brigade.

Locke bowed to Uma Gardner before sitting down at the table. “Master Uma, why did you ask me to come?”

Uma Gardner smiled and said, “It’s mainly to thank you for saving my life.”

Locke said cautiously: “Master Uma, it was my teacher, Witch Sophia, who saved you, not me.”

Sometimes, great kindness can be a great revenge.

I’m not a formal wizard, so I don’t dare to mention that I’m the savior of a first-ring witch. This would be quite annoying to others.

Uma Gardner smiled and said, “Sophia has already gone to the Star Sea. It’s a huge place, a place that a wizard like me would never dare to imagine in my lifetime.”

“So, I want to return the favor of saving my life to you.”

“It just so happens that our brigade decided to rent a shop in Chimera Market and live here.”

Locke nodded slightly. There were indeed many small and medium-sized wizard organizations in the Chimera Market that relied on this to survive.

The Chimera Market brings together many wizarding organizations and is no longer entirely the private property of Lilith’s Hut.

Locke continued, “Lord Uma, what kind of store do you want to open?”

Uma Gardner pondered, “Let’s open a spell shop. I’ve seen that the number and variety of spell shops in Chimera Market are relatively small, and they lack this aspect.”

“Our brigade can survive well here.”

“The wizards in the brigade are all from the conjuration school, wizards who practice shadow creation magic.”

“We can sell some spell rune stones and rune wood made by wizards of our school of conjuration to some wizards in the market. These will be very useful in battle, and can assist in combat and reconnaissance…”

Uma Gardner is seriously planning the future of her brigade.

“The brigade has an apprentice-level magic. It uses the spells of the School of Conjuration from the Shadow Plane to summon a ball of shadow energy, and then creates it into one or more black crow conjured life forms. It’s a very good conjuration spell.”

“It can be used for reconnaissance. If it’s made into a specific spell rune stone using Rune Stone technology, it will definitely sell well.”

Uma Gardner said, “Let’s get back to the point. I’m here mainly to thank you, Locke.”

“Is there anything I can help you with? I really have to thank you for last time, otherwise our brigade would have been wiped out.”

Locke thought for a moment. In fact, on the way here, he had already thought about how to make good use of this favor.

There was a huge gap between his current status and that of Witch Uma Gardner. If he didn’t make good use of this favor, Witch Uma Gardner would be unhappy, and he might not be able to cash it in in the future. It would be better to cash it in now, and he really lacked resources at the moment.

It takes a certain amount of resources to accumulate mana to 800, and another amount of resources to advance to a formal wizard.

At present, I will definitely not lack resources, as my mana has accumulated to 800, but the resources needed to advance to a formal wizard also need to be collected from now on. I need more and more magical resources.

Locke said, “Lord Uma, it really does exist.”

“Will you create self-aware spells from the School of Conjuration? A cat’s intelligence is enough…”

“I want some rune stones that can create self-awareness for the demonic plants.”

“This way, I can use them in the future to create some automatic combat-type magical plants with simple consciousness.”

(End of this chapter)