In the Land of Six Towers, at the White Dragon Tower, 10km residential area.

Locke and Halen Vera were having a voice conversation using gray stone tablets. Halen Vera showed a thoughtful expression.

"I watched the recording of your Cloud Marsh Cup competition. Your development of that Hydra magical plant truly amazed me. I only learned later that you had learned our Lilith's Cottage's Forest Sanctuary magic. That was the painstaking work of the previous dean."

"So that's how it is. Dean Lewis had already basically completed the development of Forest Sanctuary? His luck really was terrible. He was already very close to completing the Forest Sanctuary magic at that time. It's just unfortunate that the Hive Mind Potion didn't exist in his era."

Halen Vera's image in the gray stone tablet appeared very regretful. He spread his hands and said, "By the way, regarding what you mentioned about recommending defensive magic to you, if you can stack force fields, and you've now mastered Life Force Field..."

"As you said, your most proficient defensive magic currently is Life Force Field. Then I suggest you learn two more Botany defensive magics, Harvest Force Field and Withering Force Field."

Locke showed a confused expression. "Teacher Halen, I haven't heard of these two magics before?"

Halen Vera said, "Oh, you mean that."

"Harvest Force Field and Withering Force Field aren't considered magics that traditional permanent defensive fields would choose, so generally Botany wizards rarely learn these, and not many know about them. After all, they're not commonly used defensive magics."

Halen Vera said, "But these three magics are the highest masterpiece of our Lilith's Cottage's founding dean, Dean Myst. Harvest Force Field is a red force field that can rapidly mature plants and magical plants and greatly increase their numbers in a short time. It generally needs to be used in combination with thorn-type seeds. Although powerful, as a permanent defensive field it requires matching seeds to use, so few wizards would choose this magic."

"Withering Force Field forms an ice ring around the body. That's the force field of all things withering and winter dormancy. Anyone who approaches will be affected by winter withering. But the disadvantage is also here, even the wizard's main body will be partially affected by the withering power."

Locke understood. These two Botany defensive magics had major flaws, so no wizards would choose to use them.

Halen Vera said, "But these two force fields combined with Life Force Field can become Nature Force Field."

"In other words, this is a combination spell, Mistress Myst's classic combination spell. When Life Force Field, Harvest Force Field, and Withering Force Field, these three major force fields are combined together, one can use Myst's Power, also known as Nature Force Field."

Halen Vera leaned back against his chair and said, "Of course, this is just hearsay."

"Because aside from Mistress Myst, no one else has been able to use Nature Force Field. The reason is that one needs to simultaneously possess three permanent defensive force fields and stack these three force fields to form Nature Force Field."

Locke's expression changed slightly.

Halen Vera nodded and said, "You're very perceptive and caught the key point. A large part of the reason Lilith's Cottage originally researched switching between permanent defensive force fields was wanting to recreate Myst's Power."

"Mistress Myst was a figure from a very, very long time ago, so long ago that some wizards even suspect she's just a fictional character in books created by Lilith's Cottage."

Locke said, "Then, Teacher Halen, how does Lilith's Cottage confirm that Mistress Myst actually existed? Wait, is Myst's Forest Path protected by Nature Force Field?"

Halen Vera nodded and said, "Yes. The entrance to Lilith's Cottage's Forbidden Forest wizard secret realm, Myst's Forest Path, is protected by Nature Force Field. You've also received protection from Nature Force Field. It's a kind of moistening protection power, but that's only area-wide protection, not targeting you alone. And for the sake of the trial, Myst's Power won't completely protect you, completely without injury."

"But if you could receive complete protection from Myst's Power, then at the First Circle stage, I really can't think of who could harm you."

Halen Vera said, "Even if the previous dean's research had succeeded, the original Forest Sanctuary would still have difficulty displaying Myst's Power, but if your Hydra is added, then it's uncertain."

"So I believe that although this is just a coincidence, you, Locke, are indeed the wizard in Lilith's Cottage's history who is closest to being able to use Myst's Power." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Since you came to ask me, I'll tell you this secret by the way. If you need the magic books for Harvest Force Field and Withering Force Field, I can provide them to you for free. After all, verifying whether Myst's Power truly exists and whether the legend is true is also something our Lilith's Cottage would be happy to see."

Locke nodded slightly. "Alright, Teacher, then I'm willing to give it a try."

Halen Vera showed a slight smile. "Harvest Force Field is suitable for using the Golden Apple Tree. The Aiden Twig you purchased during your apprentice stage is a subspecies of the Golden Apple Tree."

"Withering Force Field is suitable for using the Blue Ginkgo Tree."

"Besides this, I can also recommend two Botany magic combinations to you. One is Oak Armor that you've learned. If it can be combined with the Botany magic Oak Belt and the Botany magic Oak Crown, it will become Life Heavy Armor!"

"This is also one of Mistress Myst's combination magics."

Halen Vera said, "Oak Armor, Oak Belt, and Oak Crown are all suitable for using Winter Summer Giant Wood or White Oak Tree."

Locke nodded slightly while guessing that Lilith's Cottage's founding dean, Mistress Myst, very likely possessed magic that allowed simultaneous use of multiple defensive force fields. That's why she had so many permanent defensive force fields that needed to be combined together before they could be used.

And obviously, some wizards in Lilith's Cottage believed this was something that actually existed, while other wizards believed it was a mythological legend.

They urgently needed to find someone to prove whether this was legend or actual existence.

And currently, he was the person most likely to accomplish this.

Locke nodded and said, "I understand. What effects does Life Heavy Armor have, Teacher Halen?"

Halen Vera said helplessly, "Life Heavy Armor is different from Nature Force Field. This one truly has no physical evidence. Legend says that when Lilith's Cottage faces an extinction crisis, the existence of Life Heavy Armor's power will appear to protect Lilith's Cottage. But that requires encountering a catastrophic disaster and facing extinction-level attacks."

"So far, we haven't seen such a thing anyway."

Locke said, "Alright then. Teacher Halen, thank you for your recommendations. How about you send me those magics? I currently have 870,000 in savings. The money to purchase these magical plants should be sufficient."

Previously he had 160,000 in savings. Later, because a year had passed since the Cloud Marsh Cup, and he had large amounts of project funding available for expenses, he basically had no living consumption. So aside from self-funded purchases of some cultivation materials, he had no excessive extra expenditures. Therefore, he had saved a total of 870,000 magic stones.

This amount should be sufficient to purchase large quantities of First Circle magical plants and transplant magical plants in his Forest Sanctuary to expand the forest's total biomass.

Currently, his Forest Sanctuary, under his careful care, had accelerated its growth, advancing roughly from the first stage to the second stage. Next, Locke needed to transplant large quantities of magical plants to make his forest enter the third stage.

Allowing the forest to completely reach maturity and greatly expand his Forest Sanctuary. Reaching the stage that a forest could only reach after a hundred years but that required consuming enormous resources.

Locke received the materials Halen Vera transmitted through the gray stone tablet and expressed his thanks, "Thank you, Teacher."

Halen Vera smiled. "I'm also very curious whether Myst's Power is a legend, our wishful thinking, whether such a dean actually existed in history, or whether we just exaggerated the records."

"In any case, you are the wizard in our Lilith's Cottage who has come closest to success in the past hundred years."

"So I should be the one thanking you!"