Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 169 - 69 Unexpected Gains

Chapter 169: Chapter 69 Unexpected Gains

Leaving the White Wizard encampment, Susanna took out a bag of Magic Essence from her pocket and handed it to Richard.

“This is a thousand Magic Essence, consider it your reward for providing intel this time.”

Richard accepted it with both hands, offering a word of thanks, without showing any concern about how much Susanna had gotten from Andre.

No matter the amount, that was Susanna’s achievement; he had merely provided intel on happenstance, giving Susanna an excuse. To be able to get a thousand Magic Essence was already quite enough.

Not to mention, Susanna even conveniently sent that coward, who shrank from the battle, to the military tribunal.

Susanna had more work to do, and Richard didn’t want to delay her further. After parting ways with her, Richard returned to the White Wizard encampment and found Ivan, who had fought alongside him.

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“Hey, isn’t this our repair master?” Ivan greeted Richard with a loud jest when he saw him.

Richard’s title of repair master had already spread among the White Wizards, and if Richard were to fight with this White Wizard Army again in the future, his position would soar directly to the head of mechanical affairs.

A skillful Alchemy Wizard was treasured in any White Wizard Army.

Richard went over and gave him a hug and then proceeded to the squad’s camp.

Ivan’s squad had lost nine members in the war, leaving the entire camp feeling empty.

Upon entering the room, Richard got right to the point: “I’m here to tell you guys that the jerk who fled the battlefield is going to face a military tribunal.”

Ivan was just about to make Richard a pot of black tea when he heard this, and he spilled the boiling water all over the table.

He turned around and gave Richard a thumbs-up.

“Speedy!”

Ivan then conveyed the news through the mental network to the other squad members. Richard was not privy to their discussions, but judging from Ivan’s expression, they were clearly very pleased.

Although Richard felt that his actions were merely a small effort on his part, Ivan and the rest of the squad believed they owed Richard a favor. They assured him that if he ever needed help in the future, he should not hesitate to find them.

After a few cups of tea, Richard and Ivan exchanged addresses so they could easily meet up again in the future.

Departing from the encampment, Richard found the house where he lived in the residential area, which had been turned to ruins due to the war. Although logistical Wizards were repairing it, Richard would not be able to live there for a while.

Left with no choice, Richard set up a wooden hut in the wilderness, just as he had when he first entered the world. The hut’s windows faced the sealed Mother Worm God.

Although the sealing was complete, Richard could still observe the composition of the sealing energy through his Energy Vision.

Even though each observation would damage his eyes, Richard was undeterred and remained deeply fascinated.

This Sealing Skill incorporated everything the Great Wizard Qing Shuang had learned in his lifetime, and Richard could learn much from it.

A few days later, the headquarters held a small commendation ceremony. A group of Wizards who had performed excellently in the war received commendations from the Black Tower Great Wizard, and Richard was among them.

The commendation awards were varied; one of the Three Rings Wizards even received a perpetual title to a piece of the Insect Nest World, which could be passed on to students or descendants after his death, essentially as an inheritance.

The reward for Richard and Ivan’s squad was five hundred Magic Essence, which was considered a very generous reward for White Wizards but was just so-so for Richard.

Adding this award to the previous reward for providing intel on the Insect Nest, Richard had received a total of a thousand Magic Essence from the headquarters alone. Together with Susanna’s thousand and his spoils of war, Richard had reaped a bountiful harvest from this Plane War.

Although Richard had to surrender half of the spoils, he still earned nearly three thousand Magic Essence this time, not to mention the Pure Gold integrated into his Magic Wand and the knowledge he had acquired.

All things considered, Richard had made a very profitable gain from this war, striking it rich.

…

“What? You’re saying a golden light ran in from outside the Secret Realm and then flew into this insect’s body!”

It was the fifteenth day after the decisive battle, and Richard was engrossed in his research inside the wooden hut when he was abruptly contacted by the Holy Tree Elf’s spirit communication, reporting some trouble in the Secret Realm.

Richard looked in shock at the massive mushroom in front of him, thinking, brother, you’re so big and you can’t even stop this little thing?

Have your space storms all gone to waste?

As one of the Wizards who had witnessed the Mother Worm God’s sealing, he had clearly seen a golden light flee before the Mother Worm God was completely sealed.

Unexpectedly, that golden light had not entered one of the remaining unbreached Insect Nests but had instead come into his Secret Realm.

“Sorry, master. That golden light was a bit too fast,” the World Mushroom said helplessly.

That day, it had been leisurely consuming World Dust and drawing in space storms, diligently expanding the Secret Realm.

Who would have thought that a golden light would shoot out of the Void and plunge head-first into the Secret Realm? By the time it realized what had happened, the golden light had already burrowed into Inhardt’s body.

Faced with this situation, the World Mushroom did not know how to proceed and left the decision to Richard.

Richard looked at the World Mushroom, knowing that there was no point in blaming it now. He released Ulysses and shared the situation with the experienced World Master.

“Ga, from what you’re saying, that golden light is likely a resurrection mark. That insect must have been set as a backup for resurrection by that old bug,” Ulysses commented nonchalantly after hearing the whole story.

“Resurrection backup?” Richard exclaimed, alarmed, “Then doesn’t that mean the old bug could be resurrected in this insect at any time!”

As he spoke, Richard’s Magic Wand began unconsciously to gather Element, preparing to physically destroy Inhardt.

“Gah, don’t be nervous, this is not a bad thing for you.” Ulysses flew onto Inhardt’s body, a glint flickering in his eyes, “That old insect hasn’t died, this one is just a backup.

Only when that old insect dies, will this backup be activated.”

“But this is still dangerous!” Richard said anxiously.

Who knew when the Great Wizard would deal with the Mother Worm God, and once she died, the activation of this backup would resurrect a World Master in his secret realm, wouldn’t it?

Suddenly, Richard realized something was off. He glanced at the World Mushroom, then at Ulysses.

… Reviving a World Master didn’t seem to be such a big deal.

“Gah, with me and this big mushroom here, what’s the danger?” Ulysses gave Richard a look, and it was hard to imagine how Ulysses managed to convey such an expressive emotion with a bird face.

“Gah, the sooner that old insect revives, the better. As soon as She revives, Her rules will infuse into this insect’s body. By then, me and the big mushroom could simply handle Her soul, and you would essentially harvest a insect body filled with a large number of rules.”

Ulysses didn’t finish speaking, but Richard had already grasped his meaning.

A body of an insect with rules could naturally use the Miracle Furnace to refine out the rules.

Seeing that Richard understood, Ulysses flew to his shoulder.

“Gah, didn’t I tell you? The luck of the Divine Chosen is always good. The war has just ended on this side, and he’s already secured a Death Exemption Token.”

Richard gave him a look upon hearing that: “If he’s the protagonist, then what am I, the evil villain in the drama?”

But a wizard being the villain… seemed quite fitting.

Ulysses preened his feathers, speaking languidly, “Gah, you’re a more formidable protagonist than him. Even among protagonists, there are differences. Just look at your current strength. Does that seem like a Level 1 Creature?”

Richard looked around; indeed, his current setup was something that perhaps even a Great Wizard might not be able to pull together.

“Gah, so keep this insect.”

“Why do you so desire for this insect to survive?”

“… Gah, I want to taste what that old insect is really like. His original body was too hard, but after resurrection, it’ll be just right.”

Richard: “…”

Although Inhardt lived on because of Ulysses’ words, Richard’s vigilance against him was heightened.

The World Mushroom sent hyphae into his body, inducing him into deep anesthesia. If he made any movement, the World Mushroom would notify Richard and Ulysses and take control of Inhardt.

If the situation got out of hand, the World Mushroom would exile him from the secret realm to ensure its safety.

…

With the absence of the World Master, the Insect Nest World’s resistance quickly collapsed. Under the leadership of the Black Tower Great Wizard, the wars that were akin to university students cruelly overpowering kindergarten toddlers inflicted heavy losses on the insects.

The Mother Worm God’s sealing also led to the collapse of the insects’ faith, resulting in many insects giving up resistance and allowing the wizards to enslave them.

However, only a small portion of the insects did so; the vast majority were still resisting on a small scale.

According to intelligence, the leaders of the insects were hatching a grand plan. They intended to connect several Insect Countries to create a super-large Insect Nest, then using the complex terrain of the nest to engage in guerrilla warfare with the wizards.

They believed that as long as they could hold on, the Mother Worm God would definitely return.

In the twelfth year following the sealing of the Mother Worm God, the last above-ground Insect Nest was occupied by the White Wizard Army.

All the Black Crystal Insect resistance was forced into the Underground Insect Nest.

By now, the entire Plane War had ended all major battles, leaving only the Black Wizards to hunt in the insect nests, exploit the world’s resources, and cultivate slaves.

During the war, the Black Tower Great Wizard captured several Mother Worms and enslaved them. These Mother Worms would continually provide slave armies to the Black Tower Great Wizard.

However, this didn’t seem much different from the Mother Worms’ usual lives.

Their usual task was laying eggs, and their current task was still laying eggs; their life remained one of waiting to be fed and living in the Insect Nest.

Moreover, the Black Tower Great Wizard had not issued stringent orders to them.

The Plane War was not something the Great Wizards could initiate whenever they wanted.

All the coordinates of the planes were distributed by the Truth Council through a lottery, and every Great Wizard had a five-hundred-year cooldown period after acquiring plane coordinates.

Wizards like the Black Tower Great Wizard who frequently initiated Plane Wars did so purely because they had good luck accumulating several plane coordinates earlier.

The uncertainty of Plane Wars naturally affected the insect swarms.

They require resources to raise too many insects; it’s better to breed fewer.

After the major wars ended, the White Wizard Army began to withdraw from the Insect Nest World one after another, leaving the Black Wizards to wrap up the Plane War.

The sporadic resistance of the insects needed to be suppressed, and various terrains of the world needed to be explored. These detailed tasks could be done by both Black and White Wizards, but considering that the White Wizard Army was hired by the Black Tower Great Wizard, these tasks were better left to the Black Wizards.

A considerable number of Black Wizards were students from the Black Tower Wizard Academy; keeping the good stuff for one’s own people was always right.