Entering the Forbidden Forest

On the 31st, in a private room, Christine cast a Plant Magic spell of the soundproofing type. Little wildflowers sprouted across the floor, sealing off all sound.

She gave Locke a wry smile. "Locke, you're about to become a Formal Wizard, aren't you? Otherwise, you couldn't possibly need to buy so many resources for a breakthrough. You really have a lot of Magic Stones."

Christine gave Locke a reassuring look. "It's fine. I'll temporarily block some attention for you."

Christine smiled bitterly as she considered how to give the outside world a reasonable explanation.

Locke said to Christine, "Senior, thank you. I don't want too many people to know that I'm about to break through and become a Formal Wizard."

"Thank you so much for helping me this time. If we hadn't been in a private room, I simply wouldn't have been able to conceal my identity."

Christine nodded slightly. "It's fine. When all is said and done, it was only a small favor."

"If you can break through and become a Formal Wizard, Teacher Harlan Vela will certainly be very happy as well."

Christine immediately understood. Based on what she knew of Locke's talent, along with the vast quantity of magical resources he had purchased, his breakthrough into a Formal Wizard was practically a foregone conclusion.

Of course, only someone who could obtain resources comparable to those of a Formal Wizard while still at the apprentice stage could spend so lavishly.

That was his own capability.

Not to mention anything else, with the potions and special magical resources Locke had bought, an ordinary wizard with insufficient physical constitution would explode and die after consuming even a third of them.

If Locke could truly consume all these magical resources, then in a certain sense, his talent was indeed astonishing.

But