Recaps

Locke pursued the Outstanding Graduate quota, discovered his wizard talents, and left Corfu aboard a Wizard Ship after learning about his family and the Wizarding World. After Black Wizards attacked the ship and Zeno Smith drove them off, Locke improved his spells and prepared for the apprentices’ placement into wizard academies.

• Locke secured a chance to pursue Outstanding Graduate status, learned he had multiple elemental affinities, and joined Headmaster Tungus’s secret society as a Wizard Seedling.
• Locke learned that his mother had returned to the Wizarding World and taken his exceptionally talented younger sister with her, then received her mysterious Black Iron Ring from Count Augustine.
• Locke completed Vine Hand and became a Third-Class Wizard Apprentice, then helped Professor Alder refine a Stone Crab potion in exchange for Skull Explosion lessons.
• Locke left Corfu with Patti and Kode aboard the Wizard Ship, where mentors assigned them quarters according to their aptitudes.
• Locke improved his Mana reserves with Dark Cyan Jade rings and befriended Lorne Guerrero before Black Wizards and zombies attacked the ship and abducted some Wizard Apprentices.
• Barbara Vayne tried to force Locke and Lorne to join the White Bone Order, but Zeno Smith broke the attack and drove the Black Wizards away.
• Locke modified Vine Hand, synthesized Magenta Jade to strengthen his Mental Power, and heard from Lorne that Verdantia University would have priority in selecting the Wizard Apprentices.

Locke joined Lilith's Cottage, advanced through potion work and meditation, and began studying magical plant breeding under Sophia. Assigned to the dangerous Patrol Squad, he helped defeat a vampire and ended the stretch considering a bear bloodline modification while rejecting a family contract.

• Gregor Jackson traded seven Wizard Seedlings, including Locke and Lorne, to Lilith's Cottage in exchange for support for the Cottage and access to Ruixing.
• Yuli Burns brought the Seedlings to Lilith's Cottage, where Locke became Sophia's student and took on a loan, laboratory work, and a five-year deadline to reach Second-Class Wizard Apprentice.
• Locke developed his spellwork, raised his Mental Power, and reached Second-Class status, then chose a Moonlight Elixir and the Root-Vein Resonance Meditation Method to support his advancement.
• Sophia taught Locke potion work and plant breeding, assigning him to earn an Assistant Breeder Certificate so he could leave the Patrol Squad.
• Locke reported for patrol duty, where Bruno Suarez's Enforcement Squad fought a many-armed monster that transformed into the vampire Taren Curry.
• Locke caught Taren Curry with his invisible Mandrake Vine, helping Bruno kill the vampire, and received its heart as his share of the spoils.
• Locke checked on Lorne and Pierre, then considered bloodline modification using an Orkney Giant Bear and refused Chriselle Reeves's family investment contract.
• Locke measured his Mental Power at 61, and Sophia explained that the Reeves Family's offer had weakened because only two aging First-Class Wizard Apprentices remained.

Locke advanced as a breeder and wizard apprentice, selling two cultivated plants while building a plantation and investigating a magical-plant plague. After defeating a vampire ambush and reaching the First-Class rank, he returned to business with Yuli and expanded his workforce.

• Locke synthesized a Level 6 ancient-variant Giant Bear bloodline potion, gained powerful physical abilities, and used Deep Purple Jade to purify its Mental Power side effects.
• Locke restrained Berserk Rhinos with his plants, earned a share of the spoils, and received an Assistant Breeder Certificate from Witch Sophia for his Super Mandrake Vine.
• Locke sold thirty Super Mandrake Vines to Yuli Burns for 900 Magic Stones, bought six agricultural Minotaurs and twin catgirl slaves, and established a botanical garden.
• Locke synthesized Ironwire Ox-Tendon Grass, earned money from his plantation, and traveled to Ashgra City to investigate an illness caused by a Rotten Soil Konjac controlling infected rats.
• Locke removed the Rotten Soil Konjac and Clivia, claimed an Astral Ring from a dead wizard, and became a First-Class Wizard Apprentice after his Magic Pressure awakened.
• Five Vampire Apprentices ambushed Locke and Gabi Montoya on their return journey, but Locke defeated them with his plants, spells, and toxin.
• Witch Sophia tasked Locke with earning a breeder or potion certificate, while Locke sold Ironwire Ox-Tendon Grass seeds to Golden Secret and learned about Yuli’s curse and damaged soul.
• Locke bought five Ox-headed Minotaur noble slaves from Benny and declined an offer to buy a Mermaid slave with an Ancient Creature Bloodline.

Locke established himself as a capable Breeder and Assistant Potion Maker while building connections and pursuing resources at Lilith’s Cottage. After accepting Urien Ritchie’s request to tutor Caven, Locke synthesized Memory Ointment and saw a promising new source of income.

• Locke signed the Academy contract, chose the Forbidden Forest Secret Realm, and learned about his student benefits and annual plantation duty.
• Sophia advised Locke on advanced meditation and Breeder opportunities, lent him equipment, and assigned him three Wizard Seedlings to teach.
• Locke completed the Firework plant weapon, settled the Reeves Family dispute in exchange for plantation use and equipment, and planned new plant projects.
• Locke learned about ancient bloodlines from McCarthy, then began his mandatory work in the Academy’s public botanical garden.
• Locke considered joining Hughes Coffman’s breeding society and, two months later, passed the Assistant Potion Maker examination alongside Gogol.
• After rejecting a clinic’s work offer, Locke accepted Urien Ritchie’s request to tutor Caven in exchange for monthly payment and help securing his Advanced Meditation Method.
• Locke synthesized Memory Ointment from Mind-Calming Ointment and Mind-Concentrating Incense, discovering a product he believed could support his Potion Laboratory.