Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 474 - 19: The Major Offensive

He looked at the three somewhat young wizards, his tone extremely stern, "Is there no one else? Why send these recruits? Do you think their mental fortitude is enough to sustain them through this mission?" freёnovelkiss.com

As an experienced wizard, Delis certainly wouldn’t soften his heart or pity these young wizards.

The only reason he spoke up was because this assignment was incredibly unreasonable.

These three recruits, neither had experience nor soul boxes. Sending them on a mission that was sure to be fatal was like gambling.

They were betting that these three wizards would stick to their beliefs and exhaust all their efforts to buy them time.

But such a possibility was too slight in Delis’s view to even be considered.

Once Delis pointed this out, his deputy had no choice but to withdraw the three wizards and replace them with three others.

The few who were called up were veteran wizards of the army. Their soul boxes had been triggered twice, and a soul box could at most be used thrice.

Beyond that, the wizard’s soul could only be referred to as a residual soul, and their personality would be annihilated.

Delis nodded slightly at the new personnel covering the rear.

"The command center issued the retreat order five minutes ago. Next, we will retreat to Fortress 394, and then continue to withdraw from there.

Now, everyone advance immediately!"

"Yes!"

...

At Fortress 394, Richard, who was preparing to retreat, suddenly sprang into the air. On the other side of the fortress, a group of wizards was rapidly approaching them.

"The wizards who retreated earlier?"

Richard didn’t have the time to think longer, immediately beckoning the wizards to fly up to the fortress to hold the enemy back. Behind this group of wizards, a landslide-like Mayfly army was swiftly closing in.

The wizards split into three thousand-person arrays in the air, with Richard in the middle, wearing an Alchemy Power Armor utterly different from the single-soldier armor of a Mechanic.

He had taken the advice given by the escort wizards from the airship.

Although it was the first time Richard had participated in a Military Department war, his battle achievements were actually higher than some of the Three Rings wizards because he had identified the Parasitic Calamity and provided a stable defense idea to the Great Wizard of Twilight.

Customizing a set of Alchemy Power Armor only required a thousand battle achievements, a number Richard had by far exceeded, not to mention he also had a wizard hero’s discount.

This Thunder Three-Type Alchemy Power Armor had been adapted to Three Rings and also had a radiation-converging device and convenient Alchemy components added per Richard’s requirements.

Its functions were utterly comprehensive.

In front of this Alchemy Power Armor, Richard’s single-soldier armor seemed as crude as an apprentice’s work, only superior in cost and protection.

Within seconds, the spirit network was established, and Richard, looking at the Mayfly Army in the distance, issued the combat order.

"Magic Concentrated Fire, Fireball Technique, ready!"

"Fire!"

With Richard’s command, three thousand wizards simultaneously waved their magic wands. In an instant, three thousand fireballs shot into the sky, drawing elegant arcs before plummeting like meteors into the Mayfly army behind the wizards.

Boom, boom, boom!

A wall made up of the Fire Element separated the Star River Mayflies from the wizards.

But every creature there knew that this wall wouldn’t hold off the Star River Mayfly army.

In the next moment, the Mayfly army clustered together and burst through the wall, streaks of light slamming towards the wizards like a rain of arrows or falling stars.

Seeing the Mayflies take a defensive stance, Richard, with an unchanged expression, ordered again:

"Legion Magic, Fierce Sun Storm ready!"

Upon hearing the command, the wizards adjusted their formation slightly. Each wizard acted as an energy node, and a massive Magic Array took shape with them as the foundation.

At the center of this array, Richard raised his magic wand high. In his mind, a vast force was swirling around him.

Although this massive force was tied with ropes, it needed a stronger constraint to truly subdue it.

Suddenly, Richard closed his eyes. As soon as he did so, all the White Wizards could feel that immense spiritual power.

Richard’s spiritual power, like a strong leash, firmly controlled that force.

Then, he opened his eyes and swung his magic wand.

Thousands of fiery gusts surged from behind him, like a horde of snakes, passing over the nearby wizards and forming a crimson storm behind them.

Boom!

Thousands of Mayflies turned to ashes.

Although the Mayfly generals reacted very quickly, adjusting their formation the moment the fiery gusts appeared, unfortunately, the spell was still faster than them.

After the Fierce Sun Storm, tens of thousands of Mayflies had been lost.

After the Fierce Sun Storm, Richard didn’t use Legion Witchcraft again. Because at this point, their escort mission was complete.

Those wizards who had retreated from the front line were already out of danger.

"Well done, I didn’t expect you to be so talented, Richard."

A shadow emerged from the Void next to Richard and materialized into a black-robed wizard. Richard looked closely, and it was Delis, the Legendary Wizard of the Four Rings Tower of Truth.

"Master Delis, it’s been a long time."

Richard was pleasantly surprised to see Delis.

He knew of Delis’s strength. With him, Delis, and these retreating White Wizards, even if they encountered a Mayfly Army of a million, they could break through.

"It’s only been a year, not too long."

Delis gestured to the White Wizards behind him, indicating for them to join Richard’s team. Richard was immediately taken aback when he saw this gesture.

"Has the Great Wizard also put you in command at the fortress?"

Delis nodded, "Half a year ago, at the fortress I was stationed at, the White Wizard commander was killed by the Mayflies during an operation. The Command Center had no clue what happened and just had me take over his position.

"This war is getting stranger by the day, new tactics are hardly understood, and a Black Wizard has become the commander of the White Wizards."

Richard scratched his head awkwardly. He seemed to be the first Black Wizard Commander in the Third Battle Zone. His performance had apparently made the Great Wizard at dusk see the feasibility of Black Wizards serving as commanders.

"Looking at you, it’s probably the same situation for you."

Delis glanced at the White Wizards behind Richard. He had seen quite clearly that the Legion Witchcraft had come from Richard’s hands.

Richard smiled and said, "There’s a bit of a difference, but the outcome is the same."

With that, he made a gesture and integrated the White Wizards Delis brought with him, immediately beginning to form a new array.

The Mayflies chasing from afar numbered only seven or eight hundred thousand, while on their side not only did they have high-end combat power like Richard and Delis, but the White Wizard Army had also expanded to five thousand men.

They could totally handle seven or eight hundred thousand Mayflies.

But Delis stopped him.

"Don’t get tangled up with these Mayflies, we need to retreat quickly."

Delis spoke with a very solemn expression.

Richard, hearing this, didn’t argue and made another gesture, ordering the White Wizard Army to retreat. The two of them also entered the White Wizard Army, retreating towards the rear with the army.

On the battlefield, Delis’s suggestions were generally not wrong.

On the way, Richard asked, "Master, are you in such a hurry to retreat because you know some inside information?"

Delis shook his head slightly, "It’s not so much inside information, but based on what’s happened along the way, I have a faint guess."

"What guess?"

"The Mayflies are gearing up for a decisive battle."

"... A decisive battle?!"

Hearing Delis’s speculation, Richard’s tone sharply rose.

"We’ve barely ended the probing phase, I can guess the escalation in ferocity of the upcoming battles, but why would it be a decisive battle right now?"

The Galaxy Mayfly plane being this confident was a prelude to a first battle that’s also a decisive battle.

Delis sighed lightly, "I too find this conclusion absurd, but my intuition tells me that this seemingly most unreliable conclusion is actually the correct one.

"These Galaxy Mayflies war in a way that is completely different from ours.

I also don’t know if my intuition is correct.

But either way, not getting entangled with this group of Galaxy Mayflies is definitely the right decision.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the White Wizards I brought actually don’t belong to one single army."

Richard glanced at the White Wizards and realized that the newly joined White Wizards did indeed seem to be divided into two groups.

Richard had a thought, "Could it be..."

Delis nodded slightly, "Yes, some of these wizards are from Fortress 494. Their commander had his head taken by the Mayflies while breaking out, so I took them in.

According to them, the elite level of the Galaxy Mayflies is a notch stronger than before. They are smarter and even more fearless in death.

Their commander misjudged the strength of the Mayflies, meeting a fatal end."

Richard couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.

He had not only witnessed but personally experienced the self-destruction of the Galaxy Mayflies twice.

If they encountered some ruthless Mayfly generals, the White Wizard Army would definitely suffer heavy damage, and he estimated he would be done for too.

This time, he didn’t have the protection of the Snake King.

"Master’s advice is right," Richard said, still frightened.

Delis managed to pull a smile that resembled a curve on his lips, and replied, "It’s one of the few advantages of being older."

...

At the Third Battle Zone Command Center of the Galaxy World, the Great Wizard at dusk looked at the constantly retreating boundary on the map, unsure whether his decision was right or wrong.

The wizards monitoring the World Barrier had detected extremely abnormal intense fluctuations; if nothing went wrong, these fluctuations meant that the Galaxy Mayflies had decided to launch a large-scale offensive.

And this battle would determine the future direction of this battlefield, this world, and even the future of both civilizations.

"Has everyone retreated?"

The Great Wizard at dusk suddenly asked his subordinate.

The subordinate fiddled with the Crystal Ball and replied, "Supreme Commander, 72 percent of the wizards from the Third Battle Zone have returned. Most of the wizards at the edge of the Battle Zone have not managed to arrive in time.

The information department suspects that the large-scale movement of the Galaxy Mayflies is obstructing our magic information, causing a delay in receiving the messages."

The Great Wizard at dusk sighed and made his final arrangements before the great battle.

"If I fail, you must blow up the Teleportation Gate and then activate the backup retreat plan."

The subordinate shuddered and performed a respectful Wizard’s Salute.

"Yes!"

Afterward, he hesitated a bit before adding.

"Teacher, may you have a prosperous military fortune and return triumphantly."

None of the wizards at the Command Center had realized that the unremarkable Three Rings Wizard, who was always bustling about, was actually a student of the Great Wizard at dusk.

The Great Wizard at dusk patted his shoulder, his voice tinged with a hint more of common human emotion.

"Yeah, keep up the good work."

At the same time, the sky of the Galaxy World suddenly darkened. Ripples in space made the sky look like an inverted ocean.

As if a deep-sea monster was about to surface.