Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 162 - 62: Fortress Siege Battle (Part 3)

Chapter 162: Chapter 62: Fortress Siege Battle (Part 3)

“Curse Virus?”

Richard found the combination of these two seemingly unrelated words absurd yet sensible as he listened.

“Curse Virus, it really is this thing.”

Unlike Richard’s confusion, Ivan was quite familiar with this item, obviously having used it before.

“Ivan, what the heck is a ‘Curse Virus’? A virus with a curse?” Richard asked curiously.

Ivan glanced at him, “Still pretending? How could you not know about Curse Virus? It’s a brilliant creation concocted by your Alchemy School and Curse School, merging curses and viruses together, endowing deadly viruses with the spreadability of curses and making them untreatable by conventional means.

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A strategic weapon specifically for creatures below Level 1.”

As is commonly known, deadly viruses, due to their lethal nature, tend to have a very limited range of spread, confined to a specific area. However, once combined with curses, everything changes.

Within Curse Magic, there is a branch known as Curse Plague. Curse Plague typically has lower lethality but can spread through various, unexpected mediums.

Like the curses in the books at the Black Tower Wizard Academy—it’s a type of Curse Plague. Just by opening a book, a student could be afflicted by the curse. However, if left unopened, the curse would be ineffective.

Wizards combined the deadly virus and Curse Plague, resulting in the current Curse Virus.

Upon hearing this, Richard pinched the bridge of his nose. The creativity of wizards in certain aspects was truly chilling.

“With such an effective thing, why not make it stronger and target Level 1 creatures?” Richard offhandedly asked.

“Hm?” Ivan looked at Richard in surprise, “Do you really not know about the Curse Virus?”

“Of course.”

“The lethality of the Curse Virus lies in the virus, not the curse. For Level 1 creatures, these viruses are completely ineffective.

Using the knowledge of your Alchemy School, it seems that the cells are too strong, preventing the viruses from invading.”

“Moreover,” Ivan added, “even if there was a virus that could kill Level 1 creatures, command wouldn’t use it.

Those Level 1 creatures are prime war trophies, prime slaves—it would be such a waste if all of those creatures died from disease.

We are using Curse Virus this time only because the battle situation is dire, and there is no other choice.

After all, those little insects are valuable too.”

After listening to Ivan, Richard suddenly shivered.

Ivan’s words carried a cold logic.

Great Wizards didn’t care about the losses of wizards, only about whether these losses could yield the expected value.

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Twelve hours later, an Alchemy Machine driven by a logistics wizard arrived at War Fortress 352, bringing not only the much-needed Curse Virus but also ten thousand Magic Stones, Alchemy Potions for maintenance of the Alchemy Magic Stone Cannons, coolant needed for the Alchemy Magic Stone Cannons, and other various spare metal parts.

After delivering the items, the logistics wizard drove the Alchemy Machine back to the Floating City Fortress.

It seemed that the current war situation was still stable, so these logistics wizards weren’t needed on the battlefield yet.

The Curse Virus was designed to look like arrows; ten feathers with Black Crystal arrowheads neatly placed in a box.

Ivan went to the observation port of the fortress, then picked up a feathered arrow and pretended to draw a bowstring.

The next moment, a line of silk spread from Ivan’s hand, these magic fibers spreading in the air, eventually forming a giant Magic Bow.

Ivan released his hand, and the virus feathered arrow shot into the swarm of insects like a meteor, hitting a retreating insect precisely.

Ivan clapped his hands and turned away from the observation port.

“No need to worry about the rest, those little insects are as good as dead.”

Six hours after firing the virus arrow, inside the insect nest.

“What’s going on! Why are all our little insects sick!”

A priest insect wearing moon white silk pointed angrily at the small insect in front of him.

These cannon fodder insects looked exactly like the warrior insects. Right now, the insect in front of the priest insect was continuously convulsing, and green mucus was coughed up from its mouthparts.

If it wasn’t for the priest insect forcibly stabilizing its life, this cannon fodder insect would have probably returned to the Mother Worm God long ago.

The other priest insect and Golden Armored Warrior Insect remained silent. This wasn’t an isolated incident. They had seen similar cases along the entire battle line today. The best-performing squad had lost nearly half of their cannon fodder insects, and in some of the worse squads, the cannon fodder insects were even wiped out entirely.

“Priest, this is some kind of disease.” One priest insect spoke up, “Those wizard monsters used evil methods to modify this disease, allowing it to spread through means we can’t detect.

In fact, we have also contracted this disease. It’s just that our physiques are much stronger than these little insects, so the disease doesn’t manifest in us.”

“How do we solve this!” the moon white priest insect demanded loudly, “I need a solution now!”

Another priest insect stepped forward and said, “My lord, water blessed by the Mother Worm God can temporarily treat this disease. But those wizard monsters will keep using this method, and our holy water can’t keep up with the speed at which the insects are getting infected.”

“Can’t keep up with the speed?”

The tentacles of the moon white priest insect fiercely whipped through the air like a crack of a whip, then he harshly said, “If we can’t keep up, then we start the attack! Use up all the holy water, send all the cannon fodder insects to the battlefield! All warrior insects and priest insects, follow up!

If we miss this opportunity, the cost of breaching this defense line will multiply!”

The cannon fodder worm took a gulp and instantly felt vigorous, and the disease vanished without a trace before the holy water, just like snow disappearing under the sunlight.

The healed cannon fodder worm knelt on the ground, loudly praising the mighty power of the Mother Worm God.

As another drop of holy water entered the mouth of the cannon fodder worm, a low humming sound suddenly emanated from the insect nest.

This hum was very deep, yet it excited all the insects.

This was the signal for a counterattack.

The day of the counterattack had come, and they would reclaim their land, reclaim their world!

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“Damn it, why does this attack seem endless!” a White Wizard cursed angrily.

The swarm’s harassment was usually intermittent, with a few minutes of rest between two invasions.

But this time was different, this attack had lasted nearly three hours, and the insects still surged towards the fortress like a tide.

They were like heartless cruel machines, continuously depleting the war fortress’s ammunition with their flesh.

Richard stood among the Magic Stone Cannons, constantly using spells to aid in cooling the Magic Stone Cannons. This attack felt very wrong to him; he had a premonition that this might be the insects’ total offensive.

Suddenly, a cry of alarm rang out.

“There are Level 1 insects here! No, wait, those are Level 2 insects!”

Richard quickly moved to an Alchemy Magic Stone Cannon and looked out at the situation.

He saw a Warrior Worm maneuvering through the swarm, skillfully avoiding the range of the fireballs, and rapidly advancing towards the war fortress.

And this was not an isolated case. One after another, Warrior Worms emerged from the cannon fodder worms, nimbly evading the Magic Stone Cannon’s fireballs. Although not every fireball was dodged, there was no doubt that their arrival caused the fire power of the Magic Stone Cannons to be hastily skewed.

More indistinguishable insects took this opportunity to get close to the war fortress.

“Don’t mind them!” Richard shouted, “Other wizards will handle those insects. You just make sure the Magic Stone Cannons operate at their maximum effectiveness!”

At the same time, the two Tesla V Magic Stone Cannons finally began roaring.

Boom!

A bolt of thunder shot out from the Magic Stone Cannon, like the heavenly thunder that punishes demons in legends, splitting one of the insects into charred remains.

But the Tesla V Magic Stone Cannons charged too slowly, their hunting speed was far surpassed by the speed of the insects approaching.

“Ulysses, you deal with those few insects outside.”

After speaking, a dark shadow flew out from the war fortress, streaking past a Warrior Worm like lightning.

The next instant, the Warrior Worm froze in place, a crack appearing at the center of its black crystal forehead, then spreading until the entire black crystal shattered into pieces.

“Ha, insects! Dare to ambush the great Ulysses again!” Ulysses taunted arrogantly in midair.

With Ulysses’ help, the situation temporarily stabilized.

But not a single wizard inside the fortress felt relief.

Everyone was aware that the insects’ total offensive had arrived.

Soon, different kind of insects began appearing at the tail end of the insect tide.

These insects looked broad and flat, resembling platforms, and Richard felt they seemed familiar.

Aren’t these the transport worms from the insect nest? Just a bit larger.

Why were these logistical insects sent onto the battlefield?

But the next moment, Richard’s expression turned fascinating.

He saw small Mother Goddess Cannons being carried onto large transport worms by the insects. These devices, originally designed for defense, were now being used as weapons of attack.

“Energy Shield defense!” a White Wizard roared in the mental network.

The next moment, hundreds of arc acid liquid balls flew towards the war fortress.

In the command room, Ivan stood at the center of the room, a Magic Array appearing beneath his feet. He closed his eyes, his mind entering a vast system guided by the Magic Array.

The war fortress suddenly trembled; the entire fortress of sleeping steel and concrete came to life.

Every corner of the fortress could feel subtle Magic Fluctuations.

“What the hell is going on!” Richard was bewildered by the fortress’s transformation. He felt like he had grown quite familiar with this group of White Wizards, but how was it that he was unaware of such an impressive capability of the fortress?

As the arc acid liquid balls drew closer, mysterious Runes emerged on the surface of the fortress, connected by magic to form various shapes of Magic Arrays. These arrays interlinked, eventually forming a Magic Barrier that covered the entire fortress.

How could the White Wizards’ war fortress just be a blank slab? The wizards had long integrated Magic Arrays into the structure.

The arc acid liquid balls continuously collided with the Magic Barrier, stirring waves, but the war fortress remained undamaged.

This barrier integrated a thousand years of architecture and alchemy experience from the White Wizards’ elder brothers in civil engineering!

Insects, what could you possibly shatter!

The next moment, a massive creature emerged from the insect nest.

Richard muttered, “Damn, these insects are defying the heavens.”

At the end of the battlefield, a mutated transport worm, resembling a small mountain, slowly entered the battlefield.