Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 182 - 12: Courage Badge

Chapter 182: Chapter 12: Courage Badge

Dreamwalker Club, a Wizard Club headquartered on the fifth level of the residential layer. According to the Spider Wizard, the Minister of this club discovered research material on the Nightmare Wizard World in some Encrypted Notes from an Enlightenment period.

The mystery of the Nightmare World soon fascinated the Minister, and to better study the Nightmare World, he established the Dreamwalker Club and began recruiting wizards interested in the Nightmare World to study it together.

“Ten years ago, our club encountered a Master from the Three Rings. With the help of this Master, we completed the Ritual Magic to travel to the Nightmare World, thus truly entering this eerie world.”

Listening to the Spider Wizard explain the background, Richard gained a general understanding of this group of wizards.

“With a Master from the Three Rings among you, how could your companions still get captured?” Richard asked, puzzled.

The Spider Wizard sighed, “This Three Rings Master is a loner. After helping us with the ritual, he hasn’t really acted together with us. Only the Minister is able to contact him.”

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Upon hearing this, Richard raised his eyebrows, “Without the protection of a Three Rings Wizard, you still dared to provoke Demon Sword Amade?”

Under the circumstances of mismatched combat power, how did these wizards have the courage to continue capturing test subjects in Amade’s territory?

“No, no, no,” the Spider Wizard denied, “This operation was organized by that Three Rings Master. He had a plan, and we were just pawns for him to use, sharing in the spoils.”

Richard’s mind stirred, it seemed that the Dreamwalker Club was scheming against Amade.

Could he leverage the position of the Dreamwalker Club to fish in troubled waters?

Seeing Richard silent, a tinge of nervousness rose in the Spider Wizard.

He told Richard so much about the club, not just for the sake of talking. Richard obviously had designs on the Nightmare creatures, and if he could be brought into the Dreamwalker Club, his ability to conceal his identity would make their operations much safer.

Even now, he hadn’t noticed anything amiss about Richard.

Richard, standing among those Nightmare creatures, was virtually indistinguishable from them.

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After a moment of thought, Richard slowly spoke:

“Interesting. You’re telling me all this because you want me to join, right?”

The Spider Wizard smiled ingratiatingly, “Your wisdom is as vast as the sea.”

Richard looked at the Spider Wizard and suddenly split off a small clone of himself.

“I’m very interested in this matter. This is my clone, and I would like to meet your Minister.”

The Spider Wizard stared at the clone Richard had split off, his heart suddenly churning with shock.

This clone was identical to the Nightmare creatures, even seemingly more harmonious, without any trace of a wizard.

The knowledge this Master held about the Nightmare creatures was downright terrifying.

“Alright, Master, I’ll take you to the Minister right now.”

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Watching the Spider Wizard leave with his clone, Richard began wandering around the cemetery.

The cemetery before him was unlike any other Richard had seen; it was so vast that it almost rivaled a medium-sized city, with broken tombstones and crosses stretching as far as the eye could see.

With nothing else to do upon his return, researching this cemetery might just help pass the time, and he might even stumble upon some unexpected findings.

Although the Spider Wizard had left, the layer of grey Death Fog in the cemetery hadn’t dissipated, and due to the special environment of the cemetery, it had grown bigger and darker in color.

“Such a vast expanse of Death Fog, it will likely give rise to some formidable Undead,” Richard said lightly.

Ulysses scoffed:

“Gar, it’s useless. In the Nightmare World, Nightmare creatures are the true beings; even if a Demigod Undead were born, a Nightmare creature with the power of the Nightmare Domain could resolve it without injury.”

“Oh,” Richard asked curiously, “I hear you mention the Nightmare Domain often, what exactly is this Nightmare Domain?”

“Gar, the Nightmare Domain is a special space that Nightmare creatures condense using Dream Rules. This special domain can be considered a smaller version of the Secret Realm. There are often some extremely absurd rules in this domain, such as being unable to breathe or unable to walk on foot. If you violate these rules, certain punishment mechanisms are triggered. However, these rules not only restrict foreigners who enter the domain but also the user of the domain. The user, apart from knowing the rules of the Nightmare Domain beforehand, gains no additional benefits. I once encountered a Nightmare Domain, whose domain was an endless plain, the special rule was that one cannot touch the ground, nor be above one hundred and thirty-two meters in the air. As soon as the rules are violated, a deathless, indestructible spirit starts chasing you. I triggered the punishment mechanism as soon as I entered.”

“And how did you get out?” Richard inquired curiously.

Ulysses said nonchalantly, “Gar, later I used a rule clash to tear an exit from the domain and escaped. Essentially, the Nightmare Domain is just a manifestation of the Nightmare Rules, as long as you have the rules, escaping the Nightmare Domain is not impossible. In this world, there are few truly unsolvable things, as long as your strength is strong enough, these twisted things can’t really trap you. So, young man, hurry up and grow stronger, it’ll help me recover too.”

Richard: “…”

…

Most of the tombstones in the cemetery were very damaged, but some still had legible inscriptions.

Like the one in front of Richard now.

“Richard, birth date unknown, died in the Wizarding History year 51845.”

Reading the words on the tombstone, Richard suddenly felt a sense of absurdity rising within him.

Wizarding History 51845, isn’t that this year?

And the owner of this tombstone is named Richard. Putting all these elements together, it’s hard for Richard not to think that this is his own grave.

“It’s getting interesting, my tombstone actually appearing.”

Richard smiled at the tombstone, feeling neither fear nor anger.

He approached the tombstone, and using the Power of Nightmare, he conjured a shovel and began to dig up his own grave.

Beneath the moist soil, a coffin bearing Richard’s name appeared before him.

Richard opened it to find it completely empty.

“It seems the time hasn’t come yet; I haven’t gone in,” Richard jokingly said to Ulysses.

Ulysses commented somewhat speechlessly, “Wow, you really are bold. Ordinary people would be scared seeing this scene, or at least feel uneasy. But you, you just dug it right up.”

Richard thrust the shovel aside and said in a relaxed tone:

“First of all, according to the theories proposed by the great Truth Wizard, there is no definite future in this world.

All prophecies and divinations are essentially hypothetical.

This theory is the foundation of the doctrine of free will. Without it, it would mean that everyone’s fate is predetermined.”

Richard looked at Ulysses with a sharpness in his eyes that made him hard to face directly.

“Ulysses, do you think your destiny is predetermined? From your birth, to becoming the World Master, and then falling into my hands.

Do you think all of this was predetermined before you were even born?”

Ulysses looked at Richard and suddenly shivered.

He had never thought about what Richard was discussing, and now that Richard mentioned it, it felt like a thorn in his back.

If destiny truly existed, wouldn’t all beings in this world be mere puppets?

Richard put the coffin back in place, and then he lay down inside it himself.

It must be said, the size of the coffin fit Richard perfectly; he lay there without any discomfort.

Just as he was about to stand up, a myriad of tiny points of light suddenly emerged from the Void.

These points of light converged into a white glow before Richard. When he touched it with his hand, the glow entered his soul.

Subsequently, the tombstone bearing Richard’s name turned blank, and the coffin no longer bore his name.

“Courage Badge, the reward given to those who can overcome fear.”

After receiving the white light, information about it automatically appeared in Richard’s mind.

“It seems that what I just did inadvertently met some criteria of the Nightmare World, hence triggering this Courage Badge,” Richard murmured.

The function of the Courage Badge was simple; it helped Richard overcome most fear-inducing spells.

For example: Intimidation Technique, Scare Technique, Eerie Skill, and so forth.

“This is indeed a good item,” Richard said, somewhat excitedly.

At the same time, he also formed a hypothesis.

The Nightmare Domain held some absurd rules, so this Nightmare Wizard World, filled with Nightmare rules, might also have some absurd rules.

Richard suddenly thought of that black sun in the sky that could not be stared at directly; perhaps it was one of the absurd rules of the Nightmare Wizard World.

After obtaining the Courage Badge, Richard didn’t find anything else of value in the graveyard.

After collecting some Demonized Plants that had mutated due to Nightmare rules, Richard left the graveyard, ready to explore the wilderness.

The Courage Badge might not be an exception; the discordant sights located in the wilderness might contain similar treasures.

While Richard was exploring the wilderness, the Spider Wizard also found the president of the Dreamwalker Club.

The president of the Dreamwalker Club was a Second Level Soul Wizard. When the Spider Wizard found him, he was dissecting a minor nightmare creature, trying to unravel the secrets of the Nightmare Core.

However, once a nightmare creature reached the First Level, the Nightmare Core developed a strong defense against external spiritual power, preventing the president from examining the secrets of the Nightmare Core without damaging it.

“Fosi, why have you returned? Is the mission complete?” the president asked somewhat surprised upon seeing the Spider Wizard return.

“Not yet, Mr. President,” Fosi replied, somewhat embarrassed. “But I met a Master in the wilderness, and this Master wants to join our project.”

“Oh?”

The president looked even more surprised. The Nightmare Wizard World is vast, and studying the Nightmare World is a very niche field.

Running into a wizard studying the Nightmare World in the wilderness could be considered an extremely low-probability event.

“Where is this Master? Why haven’t I seen him come over?”

The president looked around Fosi, seeing only a captured nightmare creature, but no wizard.

Fosi gestured to an avatar of Richard standing next to him and said respectfully,

“Mr. President, this is the Master’s avatar.”