Chapter 933
Acceleration and Preparations Before Advancing to the Star Ring
Chapter 933 Acceleration and Preparations Before Advancing to the Star Ring
Locke looked at Orion seriously and said, "No, that's possible."
"This world, which you call your world, is, in my opinion, the source of all power systems in the Three Cave Worlds. Of course, the power path of the gods is rather special. But in any case, if someone can utilize all the resources of this world, it is possible for them to become a second me."
Locke said, “Orion, you must progress, I must progress, and this world must progress. Through continuous evolution, all things prosper.”
"Contrary to what you think, I hope you can become like me, reach my level, or even surpass me."
Orion immediately bowed respectfully to Locke.
“Few people have the magnanimity of a Treeman teacher. Those excellent Rangers, though possessing extraordinary strength, diligently hone their skills every day, all for the sake of always staying ahead of others. They teach their students martial arts, but the more skilled the Ranger, the less likely they are to admit that their apprentice could one day surpass them.”
Locke walked to the very center of the city-state and took out a golden tree seed.
This is a plaza with perfectly fitted marble tiles. Locke tossed a golden seed into the gap between the marble tiles; this was the fertile seed of his powerful magic, the Tree of Prosperity.
His magical power was so profoundly integrated with the Second Ring Tree of Life that it formed a new and unique magical plant.
The golden tree seed quickly took root and sprouted, breaking through the bricks and stones, and grew rapidly. In just a few breaths, it became a huge tree, standing in the very center of the city, to be admired by all the forest rangers.
Locke placed a wisp of verdant spiritual energy onto the magical plant, and immediately it began to grow again, its golden leaves unfurling, each leaf scattering golden spiritual energy.
Orion asked Locke, "Teacher, what is this?"
Locke said, "This is a sapling of my Tree of Prosperity, the Golden Tree. It can connect to my great magic and can preside over the lower forests of the Forest Sanctuary in this world."
"It is currently in the ordinary first-ring stage, but I plan to cultivate it into a second-ring magic plant."
“The Golden Tree can connect to my ultimate magic, and my ultimate magic can connect to the Emerald Dream. In other words, you can enter the Emerald Dream through this Golden Tree.”
Orion's eyes widened in confusion.
"Emerald Dream?"
Locke nodded.
"The Emerald Dream is the underworld of plants, but it has been invaded by the power of nightmares. Even I need to keep my promise, enter it to destroy the nightmares, and purify them."
Orion's expression gradually changed.
Orion took a hunting axe from his back and excitedly twirled the weapon in his hand.
"Teacher Shuren, leave it to me... leave it to us forest rangers. Let me fulfill your duties for you."
"We forest rangers are here to fight for nature, and only in the process of fighting can we learn the breathing techniques of the forest... We are warriors, and now that we have been at peace for so long, we are itching to get our hands dirty."
Locke glanced at him.
“Orion, that’s exactly what I’m thinking. I will bestow my Emerald Blessing upon this golden tree, so that as long as you sleep under this tree, you can enter the Emerald Dream and fight to purify the nightmare. This can solve many problems, such as the Rangers’ lack of combat experience and their obvious slow progress.”
Locke closed his eyes and raised his right hand. He chanted a spell, and instantly the edge of the entire golden tree was enveloped in the special power of the Emerald Dream.
Orion was eager to try.
Locke said, “Wait, Orion, you cannot enter it yet. You need to guide the Rangers of the Three Caverns World into it step by step, and your city-state will become the center of this world. I will guide the civilization of this world toward its second prosperity, namely the Summer Prosperity. And your city-state will be the core of this prosperity.”
“In this process, your family will face many responsibilities and trials. As my beloved student, I can give you a choice: you can choose to step down from this responsibility and let someone else take over.”
Orion asked in confusion, "What do you mean by 'withdraw'?"
Locke said, “Your family is far from the center of power in this city-state, and I can guarantee your descendants a thousand years of wealth and honor. You possess a certain talent for wizardry. If you leave the Rangers, I can take you away from this world, just like the Demon Wolf Giant.”
Orion shook his head.
“Teacher, I will not run away. My family and I have responsibilities to bear, and we will not shirk them. I am here making a choice for all my descendants. We will stay at the center of this world, and no matter what happens, we will go all the way. We will shoulder the responsibility of prosperity.”
Locke sighed.
Unfortunately, those who enjoy prosperity are often not the ones who create and maintain it.
Well, since this is Orion's own choice, I can only respect it.
Locke recalled the scene of his first meeting with Orion, never expecting that the boy from back then would be so stubborn.
Orion patted his apprentice, Julian, on the shoulder.
“But teacher, I want my child to become a wizard. Can you take him out of this world? I originally wanted him to become a Ranger, but since that responsibility is so heavy, perhaps… he should go into the wizarding world with you.”
Locke, with his hands behind his back, reminded Orion, "There are no suitable conditions or environment for wizards to learn here, and your child has a high level of wizarding talent. I don't want to settle for less."
This talent, if taken to Yunze Wetland, would be a valuable resource for various universities.
Locke reminded him, "I will take him away from this world, and I will soon accelerate the time in this world. In other words, if you become a Ranger and your child chooses to become a wizard, the two of you will have to separate from now on."
“Orion, you can choose to become a wizard, or your child can choose to become a ranger.”
Orion seems to have made up his mind.
“Teacher, I am ready. I entrust Julian to you from now on. I hope to take on this responsibility myself, but I want my child to be far away from this responsibility. Teacher, I was separated from my father when I was very young, and Julian is already ten years old. I want to entrust him to you.”
Locke nodded.
"I understand. I will use this golden tree to open a dimensional portal, and you can send your child through."
He produced a timeline marker. "The instant your child passed away, I accelerated time in this entire world. But you can still back out now. Once this happens, even I cannot stop it. Orion, if you go to my world, that wizarding world, you will thrive."
Orion looked at Locke seriously and said, "But Teacher Tree Man, this is my hometown, and I will not leave. But I hope my child will leave. I have thought about it, and I want him to go further. He is still too young, and this place is far from his hometown."
“Teacher, I’ve been thinking about this. Our world is constantly at war. My child is ten years old. His peers have already been sent to military camps or training grounds, but because of my hesitation, he hasn’t. He won’t achieve anything by staying by my side.”
"I will only feel at ease once he is sent to your side."
Julian clutched his father's clothes. For a moment, he wanted to refuse, but the instant his eyes met those of his father, Orian, he understood his father's thoughts, and so he remained silent.
Julian looked at his father's teacher, the Tree Man Teacher, who was likely to be his guardian in the larger world his father spoke of in the future.
How far away is the new world?
Would it be farther than if he left his own city-state and went to a neighboring city-state?
It must be much farther. Maybe dozens of times farther than this distance.
Locke nodded. He chanted a spell. The Golden Tree was his greatest magic and an important core of the Forest Sanctuary. Therefore, he could create a dimensional portal in this world he already possessed, directly connecting it to his Forest Sanctuary in the Wizarding World.
At this moment, the branches of the golden tree drooped down, forming an archway.
Orion nudged Julian in the back, gesturing for him to come inside.
"Goodbye, Julian. When you get to that world, study hard under Teacher Treeman."
Julian looked back every three steps, his figure disappearing into the archway formed by the branches of the golden tree.
Locke asked Orion, "Where is the child's mother?"
Orion said, "He died from a fever."
Locke looked at him in surprise, only then realizing that the principles of medicine in the Three Cavern Worlds had not manifested or responded, and that the herbal medicine techniques in this world were very primitive. Basically, they would crush whatever they suspected was useful, squeeze out the juice, and give it to the patient. So it was not surprising that Orion's wife would die from a common fever.
The moment Julian's figure disappeared, the entire world trembled. It seemed that the Three Hole World had sensed Locke's intentions and agreed with Locke's ideas. This world itself was only one step away from becoming a medium-to-large-scale world.
Locke, on the other hand, believed that if his immense magic, the Tree of Prosperity, could bear the Fruit of Summer Prosperity, it would likely allow this world to truly upgrade to a medium-to-large-scale world.
Clearly, this is why the world approves of his plan.
Locke's Timestone disappeared into the land of this world.
The speed of the entire world suddenly accelerated.
One day in the Wizarding World is equivalent to a hundred years in the Wizarding World.
Orion only saw the stone tablet magically 'drill' into the ground and then disappear. He blinked, wondering why nothing seemed to have happened.
The Timestone can only be used to accelerate worlds of medium size, and has no effect on the Wizarding World, so Locke could not use it to accelerate the Wizarding World.
But that's enough.
The Three Caves World is one of his main bases.
I will build a Ranger's Sanctuary here and forge my power system to the point where I can advance to the level of a Star Ring Wizard at any time!
Suddenly, a golden light appeared behind the golden tree, and countless other lights appeared behind it, creating a scene that resembled a divine light shining from behind the golden tree.
Within the divine light lies a magnificent emerald dreamscape, within which reside countless powerful nightmares.
These nightmares are laughing triumphantly.
Locke said, "Do you see that? That's the Emerald Dream, those are the misguided ones—the Nightmares."
The Emerald Dream seemed to agree with his thoughts at this moment, and therefore cooperated with them perfectly.
Locke's move to use his own power system, Ranger, to go to the Emerald Dream to repay his debts can be described as a win-win-win situation.
Because the Rangers' power has indeed stagnated after the lack of enemies, which has caused the Rangers of the Three Caves World to become restless, and if this continues, problems will arise.
However, his actions actually brought joy to the forest rangers.
Orion held the hunting axe in front of him.
"Such immense pressure. That world is filled with powerful evil beings; they are enemies of nature."
Orion seemed to see a shapeless nightmare taunting him, as if beckoning him to come.
His previously stagnant strength began to change again with a heavy heartbeat.
He felt he was making progress!
He wants to go into that place!
Locke blocked him a second time, using his left hand to stop Orion.
"If you go in like that, you'll die. You're not strong enough."
Locke reached out and plucked a golden leaf. Instantly, his magical power entered the leaf, transforming into its veins and patterns.
"This is a beginner-level flight spell model. I have infused this knowledge into these blades."
"By holding these leaves, you can sense the knowledge within and learn from it. These are also leaves of evolution, but they are more focused on knowledge."
This was actually a model of the [Leaf of Knowledge] spell that I found in the free library of Mount Golden Crown, which I then combined with the Leaf of Power to create.
This spell had already been phased out in the wizarding world. The reason is simple: the spell appeared because the inheritance of magic was extremely precious and the number of wizards was very small. So, using this spell model to crudely and slowly instill knowledge into other people's minds became an option.
However, in the modern age of magic, this method of injecting overly advanced spell models, which also contained significant flaws, was immediately phased out.
But at this moment, this spell model is meaningful to me.
This is because it gives the Power Leaf system an interface to access a large amount of spell model knowledge, making the Power Leaf system highly compatible.
In fact, it can enhance the value of the Power Leaf system.
At this moment, after receiving the Leaf of Power from Locke, Orion immediately closed his eyes, sensing the knowledge hidden within the leaf.
He was completely absorbed, learning rapidly based on his past experience and his position in the Second Ring Road.
Locke said, "You and those rangers will learn through these leaves of power."
“You need to innovate. Currently, there are only a dozen or so selectable spell models for the Leaf of Power, but I hope to increase that to a hundred, and then a thousand.”
"In this process, for the next few hundred years, I will act alongside you."
That was also the moment when he laid the foundation for his own star ring.
My computer broke down, so I'm typing this on my phone. I'll post Chapter Two tomorrow during the day.
(End of this chapter)