Champion, Champion!

Locke returned to his residence and sat on the sofa. He first opened the Academy's Custom Magic Plant Competition rankings. "Third place goes to Green Sprout Studio's Gear Iron Thorn. This Gear Iron Thorn has improved its automatic response speed by 0.3 seconds, greatly increasing its practical value in combat."

"Indeed, Gear Iron Thorn is Lilith's Cottage's most mature apprentice-level defensive Magic Plant. When it comes to non-defensive Curse Magic, even Perseus's Eye Lichen can't compare to Gear Iron Thorn."

"But a Magic Plant like this could only rank third."

"That was beyond my expectations."

Locke looked at the second-place entry. "Second place goes to Breeder Gina Haike of Vine-Speech Studio, who led a six-person First-Class Wizard Apprentice team in developing the Curse-Reversing Snake Willow."

Locke froze for a moment, then remembered that Gina should have been Wizard Harlan Vela's student.

This project had also received cooperation from a large wizard organization outside Lilith's Cottage. Or rather, some of its original experimental data had been provided to Gina by that large wizard organization, Four Seasons Garden.

The introduction to the winners briefly explained the background of this off-campus collaborative project.

Leveraging his influence, Harlan Vela had applied to the White Wizard Association amid the Wizard War, asking Four Seasons Garden to provide some of its strongest projects for joint research and exploration with Lilith's Cottage students, demonstrating the White Wizard Association's support for Lilith's Cottage.

Naturally, Harlan Vela had given such a good opportunity to his own student.

That was why the witch named Gina had risen so suddenly, actually overtaking Green Sprout Studio, which had long been the champion of similar competitions, in the Custom Magic Plant Competition.

Locke read through the Curse-Reversing Snake Willow's specific effects and general cultivation approach. "The Curse-Reversing Snake Willow can transfer curses on