Chapter 86

Chapter 86 A Belated Apology

Blue-purple spores, like cannonballs as big as rubber balls, were launched out and landed in an iron cage in the corner of the operating table. The big white rat in the cage was immediately parasitized by countless magical fungi.

It first let out a scream, then suddenly stopped, and then as if it saw something, it kept spinning and running in place.

Locke nodded and said, “The Level 7 Rotten Earth Konjac King combined with the Mayfly Fireworks is indeed quite effective and can interfere with the enemy’s cognition.”

“The original Mayfly Fireworks spell simply transforms the Rotten Earth Amorphophallus so that its spores attack the enemy and damage their nerves.”

“But this one works better now.” Locke waved his hand, and the Mayfly Fireworks behind him automatically floated to his palm. Now this Rotten Earth Amorphophallus King, like his level 7 Mandrake Vine, has become an appendage of his own.

Locke put it into the Star Ring. This way, he wouldn’t have to carry such a heavy magic plant when he went out, and he could also hide his spells.

Locke said, “The Mayfly Fireworks are complete, but my mana has barely increased this month.”

In the past month, Locke’s magic power has hardly increased, only by 2 points. After all, the advanced meditation method has not been delivered yet, and it seems that it is still going through the process.

Locke had asked around before, and it seemed like he had just finished the process at Lilith’s Hut, and was still in the process of going through the White Wizards Association.

There was no other way. He was just an ordinary first-class wizard apprentice and could only sit and wait. Even if he urged him, it would not be of much use.

Teacher Sophia has tried her best to help me urge it.

Locke drank a bottle of bright red weeping nightshade. This was the tenth bottle he drank this month. Because his talent was only level 3, his current talent was forcibly raised to level 4.

As long as it is during the period of taking the Weeping Nightshade.

But in return, one would have to pay an extra 900 magic stones every month.

After taking the Weeping Nightshade, Locke felt his whole body was hot and warm, and he felt particularly comfortable. It was the energy of the Weeping Nightshade that was transforming his body.

Locke complained, “Not only has the advanced meditation method not yet completed the process, but even the application for small and medium-sized botanical gardens is still going through the process.”

“Luckily, Teacher Sophia gave me ten acres of land in her botanical garden to grow wiregrass. Otherwise, I would have lost money just by buying five more minotaurs.”

“If it were a Dark wizard, I’d probably plant whatever I wanted. No one would care how big my botanical garden was, or if any experiments got out of control or caused a disaster.” Locke quickly dismissed his childish thoughts. “That’s not true. If it were a Dark wizard, I’d just build a botanical garden and people would steal and rob me the next day.”

“And the wizard mentors of dark wizards basically only use their apprentices as slaves. If I were a dark wizard, I would probably be a serf of a formal wizard by now.”

“Regulation has its advantages, and non-regulation has its advantages. Generally speaking, as a breeder, it would be better for me to stay in the white wizard society.”

Locke heard someone knocking on the door outside the laboratory, and his face suddenly turned cold, because that was not the witch Sophia, nor were they the three wizard seedlings he brought with him.

The other party is an unfamiliar magical power.

And it’s not just one person.

The knocker was an elderly voice, who whispered, “Excuse me, is Breeder Locke Augustine here? I am Domenico Reeves of the Reeves family.”

The man outside the door paused and spoke in a pretentious tone, as if he were some kind of important person and Locke should have heard of him.

Domenico Reeves was outside the door and said, “I’ve brought my little granddaughter, the witch apprentice you met earlier, Master Augustine, to apologize to you and explain some misunderstandings between us.”

“During this period, there have been too many misunderstandings between our family and you.”

Domenico Reeves said coldly, “Christle, you must quickly admit your mistake to Master Augustine. You previously acted on your own and slandered Master Augustine. You made a serious mistake and need Master Augustine’s forgiveness.”

Locke finally remembered who the two birdmen outside the door were.

It turned out to be the Reeves family, one of the seventy-two local wizard families of Lilith’s Hut.

Before, Locke didn’t remember them simply because they were not important.

The seventy-two local wizarding families had long since declined. Furthermore, suppressing them secretly was probably a hidden rule among the higher-ups at Lilith’s Lodge, something they couldn’t openly discuss.

Otherwise, if you’re all engaging in inbreeding, how can Lilith House develop?

If Lilith House wants to move forward, it must recruit more talents instead of standing still.

Locke walked over and opened the door of the laboratory with a unhappy look on his face.

He saw an old wizard wearing a wizard robe as gorgeous as aristocratic clothing. Next to the old wizard was a slim witch wearing a violet wizard robe. It was Crystal.

But unlike last time, this time, Crystal’s face was pale, as if she had received a great lesson from her elders. When she saw Locke, her eyes lit up slightly, and she lowered her head in fear and panic and said to Locke, “Breedmaster Augustine, what happened before was all my fault.”

“It was my shortsightedness that led to the spread of misunderstandings. Now I have clarified the facts…”

“And let them know that it was my superficiality that caused others to misunderstand you. I’m truly sorry.”

Locke looked impatient. “Oh.”

I’m really not interested in this kind of thing of mending the fence after the sheep have been lost.

Crystal was a little frightened. She thought of the warning given to her by her family elders: a person who had become a first-class wizard apprentice in two years, passed the exam to become a breeder’s assistant, and was heard to have developed two new varieties of magic plants in succession.

This kind of person is someone their family can never afford to offend.

Even if Locke wants to become a formal wizard, it may be decades later, but even in the next ten years or so, as long as Locke becomes a breeder, his power will be considerable.

Therefore, it would be better to resolve the matter of offending him during the second-class wizard apprentice stage while it is still early and before Locke has established the energy network belonging to the breeder.

Otherwise, if you want to solve it later, the price you have to pay will be very high, and it is very likely that it will no longer be solved by paying the price.

Domenico smiled at Locke and said, “Breedmaster Augustine, I really don’t know much about what happened before. If I had known, I would never have allowed her to do such a stupid thing.”

“As an apology, the Reeves family would like to give you some gifts to clear up the misunderstanding.”

Locke then raised his eyes with interest and looked at Domenico. “Mr. Reeves, what are you prepared to pay for your previous actions of stigmatizing me?”

Crystal looked embarrassed.

She never imagined that her momentary willful behavior would cause such big trouble.

Even her grandfather rarely scolded her and immediately brought her over to apologize.

If I had known this, I would have…

Crystal felt a deep regret in her heart.

(End of this chapter)