Chapter 32

Chapter 32 Level 5 Mandrake Vine

Locke and Lawn rented two houses in the dwarf street of the port city of Lilith Cottage.

This is mainly because the owner of this dwarf street, the Hearthstone Dwarf Blacksmith, provides many free rental houses to wizard seedlings from overseas and those poorer local wizard apprentices.

At the entrance to Dwarf Street is a huge three-legged black iron furnace statue with a lot of burning charcoal inside.

It is indeed much more convenient for Locke and Lawen to live here. This street has free services from the dwarves, from food and accommodation to daily necessities, etc., all are free.

As wizard apprentices, Locke, Lawn and others were just insignificant students in Lilith’s cabin.

But in the eyes of other ordinary people in the city who depend on the wizarding organization Lilith Hut for their lives, they are incredible big shots.

There are many potential economic benefits for these dwarves in hosting these wizard apprentices.

This seemed to involve some unspoken rules and secret deals, but for Locke, who was now focused on studying, he was too lazy to figure these things out.

Locke heard a knock on the door. He pushed open the wooden door of the house where he lived and saw a male dwarf who was only half his height standing in front of the door.

The dwarf was wearing blue overalls and holding a large bag of milk, some eggs, and two slices of Queen’s white bread with honey and milk.

The dwarf waiter saluted respectfully to Locke and said, “Master Augustine, this is breakfast sent to you by the Hearthstone Blacksmith Master.”

“If you need anything, please let us know.”

“Welcome to Dwarf Street.”

Locke took the breakfast expressionlessly. “That’s all.”

“I need someone to help me clean my place this afternoon. But remember not to enter my study, there are dangerous things in there.”

The dwarf waiter quickly said, “Okay, Master Augustine…”

Locke closed the door and after finishing his breakfast, he sat on a fabric sofa in the study and looked at the several pots of Mandrake vines placed on the floor of his study.

These mandrake vines were given to me by my mentor Sophia.

To synthesize a pot of level 4 Mandrake vines, a total of 27 pots of ordinary Mandrake vines are needed.

To synthesize a pot of level 5 Mandrake vines, a total of 81 pots of ordinary Mandrake vines are needed.

To be honest, if I hadn’t been lucky enough to meet Teacher Sophia, it would have been impossible for me to obtain such a large amount of Mandrake vines in such a short period of time.

It can only be said that even with the Horadric synthetic cube, the path of magic still requires huge resources.

But the harvest is also very considerable.

Locke looked at the pot of level 4 Mandrake vines in front of him. He saw that this Mandrake vine was a circle larger than the ordinary Mandrake vines, and its skin was covered with dark purple scales.

According to the entry, this mandra vine is called super mandra vine, and its comprehensive functions have been comprehensively improved.

Locke spent two days of his free time testing the vine and found that the overall performance of this super Mandrake vine was even better than the description of the Tivrogen vine in the book.

But this is not the biggest gain I have made this week.

As Locke’s mind moved slightly, the invisible mandrake vine hidden on his right arm automatically appeared.

It took him 81 pots of ordinary Mandrake vines to synthesize a level 5 Mandrake vine. A special synthesis formula appeared, and he synthesized an invisible Mandrake vine.

The Invisible Mandrake Vine has all the features and properties of the Super Mandrake Vine, but with the added ability of invisibility.

This means that your magic plant is born with a passive invisibility trick.

This will give you a huge combat advantage.

With the blessing of the invisible Mandrake vine, the strength of his vine hand will reach a level that an ordinary third-class wizard apprentice cannot achieve.

Moreover, this will strengthen all subsequent Hand of Vine series spells.

Locke was in his study, recording relevant data. “Mandela vines aren’t worth much these days, but a pot of ordinary mandrake vines costs around one magic stone.”

“Teacher Sophia gave them to me because she thought these things were useless to her. If I didn’t want them, she would just throw them away to save them from taking up space.”

“Otherwise, the total price of these Mandrake vine potted plants she gave me alone would be at least over a hundred magic stones.”

Locke looked at the level 5 Mandrake vine wrapped around his right hand, and sighed in his heart that learning magic was so expensive.

Locke pondered, “Besides, this isn’t just about money.”

“It’s difficult for me to buy such large quantities of Mandrake vines because they were eliminated a long time ago.”

“That’s because Teacher Sophia happened to have an experiment that required so many Mandrake vines. Otherwise, I would have to try to cultivate so many Mandrake vines myself.”

“That will take about a year.”

“I was lucky to obtain the Level 5 Mandrake Vine so quickly this time.” Locke looked at the invisible Mandrake Vine on his right arm. “Because of the upgrade of my magic plant, my mental strength has also increased a little.”

“This magical plant should be able to support me until I reach the second-class wizard apprentice stage. This way, I won’t have to replace the magic vines with the Tivrogen vines.”

“After the public class, I will go to Teacher Sophia’s office and use her amethyst matrix to test my mental strength.”

Witch Sophia agreed to let Locke use some of the safer items in her office.

Among them is the amethyst matrix for testing mental strength.

During his communication with Lawn in the past few days, Locke learned that not all wizard mentors are as generous as Witch Sophia.

Most wizard apprentices except himself have to pay 5 magic stones if they want to borrow the amethyst matrix once.

Even when using the Amethyst Matrix, there will be no consumption of magical resources.

Locke looked at the pot of Super Mandrake vines he had placed on the ground. “If I sell this pot of Super Mandrake vines, I can earn about fifty magic stones.”

“Besides, since its performance is even stronger than that of the Tifrogane vine, there’s absolutely no problem selling it. But if I really do that, I’ll be courting death.”

Locke thought cautiously, “It would be fine if I used it myself. First, others wouldn’t know the details. Second, they would just think it was the work of my teacher, Witch Sophia, and wouldn’t say anything. My teacher wouldn’t reveal my background to anyone either.”

“But if I, a third-class wizard apprentice, suddenly take out this enhanced Mandrake vine and sell it, it will attract countless wizards to spy on my secrets.”

Locke drummed his fingers on the table and thought, “Even if I want to sell it, I need to raise my wizard level a bit and learn the magical plant breeding course to become a breeder.”

“That way, when I sell them, people will just think I’m a talented breeder.”

“It just so happens that my teacher, Witch Sophia, is also a first-ring breeder.”

The so-called breeder is a wizard who cultivates special magical plants.

Plant magic requires many special magical plants as casting materials. Different magical plants will cause the same plant magic to have different powers.

Therefore, breeder is also a relatively common wizarding profession.

The improvement of the Tivrogensis vine was the masterpiece of a first-ring breeder from Holly Tower fifty years ago.

Since then, the Tivrogen vine has replaced the Mandrake vine and become one of the most popular magical plants used by novice wizards.

Locke set a goal for himself in his mind: to become a breeder.

“By becoming a breeder, I can openly sell the super magical plants I synthesize.”

“Also, I can continue to be Sophia’s potion-making assistant, and I can also learn some skills.”

“Of course, the most important thing is to become a second-class wizard apprentice as soon as possible. Only in this way can you avoid the risk of being eliminated by the academy. And only by becoming a second-class wizard apprentice can you truly be considered a wizard of Lilith’s Hut.”

Locke glanced at his room, where the Hearthstone dwarves had given him a housewarming gift: a delicate mechanical clock. “There’s still an hour until the Basic Rune Class.”

“It would be better for me to start at once.”

“The quality of the public courses at Lilith Lodge is even higher than I expected.”

“If I don’t go early, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get a front seat.”

Public classroom at Lilith Lodge, located in the heart of the port city.

Public classes are taught by different formal wizards and first-class wizard apprentices in turn.

Most of the time, first-class wizard apprentices teach the class, but a few times, formal wizards will give lectures.

Although it was said very carelessly, this was the only chance for many wizard apprentices to see a formal wizard.

Unlike Witch Sophia who only has one student, other formal wizards in the academy have many students under them. Generally speaking, a third-class wizard apprentice cannot meet a formal wizard mentor.

(End of this chapter)