Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 480 - 25: Mayfly Sacrifice Rule

Hearing the subordinate’s report, the acting commander took two strides in three steps, rushing directly to the Wizard who was reporting.

At this moment, images were continuously flashing across the Wizard’s Crystal Ball.

"What are these things?"

"I’m not very clear, these design diagrams are very complicated, I don’t quite understand them. Based on some of the information, it seems to be an Alchemy Machine that emits some kind of Magic Wave."

Before long, the Crystal Ball dimmed.

The acting commander took the Crystal Ball in hand and projected the design diagrams that had been forwarded.

"Call all the wastes from the Alchemy Department here!"

"Yes!"

After about thirty minutes, several Three Rings Alchemy Wizards, followed by the subordinate, hurried into the Command Room.

"These are the design diagrams sent from Fortress 194, take a look and tell me what these things are."

Wizards belong to the Five Major Schools, and apart from the Alchemy School and Shape-shifting School whose knowledge somewhat overlaps in advanced areas, the Wizards of the other three schools would be at a loss when confronted with the advanced knowledge of other schools. At best, they could glean a bit of understanding from the breadth of their knowledge, just like the Wizard who received the message.

The Alchemy Wizard took the Crystal Ball handed over by the acting commander and received the information with spiritual power. Afterward, an expression suggesting he had seen a ghost crossed his face.

"Commander Sir, where did you get this thing!"

Seeing his colleague react like this, another Alchemy Wizard snatched the Crystal Ball. After receiving the information, an extremely similar expression appeared on his face.

The acting commander, somewhat irritated, said, "It was sent from Fortress 194! Can you make out what this thing is for?"

The Alchemy Wizards looked at each other, eventually, an old Wizard stepped forward and said, "Commander Sir, this diagram is for a new communication device. It can emit energy waves beneath the curtain and thus bypass the Mayfly’s energy shielding to transmit information."

"Bypass the Mayfly’s shielding!"

Hearing this effect, the acting commander’s eyes widened instantly.

Although he always cursed the Alchemy Wizards in the logistics department as useless, he knew in his heart it was merely displaced anger.

However, now these experienced and knowledgeable Wizards in the logistics department hadn’t come up with a viable communication solution, yet a fortress on the front lines in the midst of war had done so.

This made the acting commander entertain a bizarre notion.

He must be hallucinating out of urgency.

This was indeed too fantastical.

However, before he could dwell too long in his daze, his subordinate’s words brought him back to reality.

The subordinate fiddled with the Crystal Ball for a while, then excitedly said, "Sir, among the wizard names at that fortress is Master Richard, who created the small Floating City.

No wonder they were able to make this thing!"

Hearing the name Richard, the Wizards present all showed expressions of it being only natural, especially the Alchemy Wizards.

The name Richard had almost become a legend in the Alchemy School.

A small Floating City, with one of its creators being a Three Rings Wizard—such inconceivable events were beyond even the dreams of an ordinary Three Rings Wizard.

"Since it was made by Master Richard, there likely isn’t any problem," said an old Wizard, "and we will start replicating a set right away."

"How long will you need?"

The old Wizard calculated briefly and replied, "About two days should suffice."

The acting commander breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Alright, get on with it!"

"Yes!"

...

After sending the design diagrams to headquarters, Fortress 194 began a long wait. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Although the number of Galaxy Mayflies was large, the battlefield area was only so big. Even if they filled the entire width of the battlefield, the Wizards could still resist the attacks of the Mayflies.

But all Wizards knew that this was only temporary.

War consumes a massive amount of materials, with Fortress 194 expending one million units of Magic Essence daily just on Magic Stones.

Even with their abundant reserves, they couldn’t withstand such consumption.

However, if the Magic Essence ran out, the fortress’s combat power would drastically decrease, leaving all Wizards facing imminent death.

Boom!

A dazzling river of lightning burst forth from the Magic Wand. A three-meter-tall fluorescent giant stood atop the fortress, like the main cannon of a War Airship, continuously emitting powerful rivers of lightning.

For Richard, battling the Galaxy Mayflies on this battlefield was comparable to a Grotto Heaven. Massive Energy Radiation, under the manipulation of the Radiant Giant Battle Body and Radiation Rule, was like an inexhaustible source of Magic Power.

Richard stood on the battlefield, only needing to expand his spiritual power as much as possible and then continuously releasing powerful Spells.

The Magic Power consumption that ordinary Wizards worried about was no problem for him.

Even in this situation, Richard’s mastery over the Radiant Giant Battle Body and the application of Radiation Rule significantly improved.

Now, Richard could maintain the Radiant Giant Battle Body for half an hour longer than before the war had started, and the intensity of the energy controlled by the radiation maneuver had increased by two hundred levels.

Moreover, Richard believed that this was far from his limit.

After releasing the Thunder River, Richard suddenly flashed and entered the fortress.

Releasing such powerful spells multiple times was a massive test on spiritual power. Now, Richard’s spiritual power was almost exhausted, and he had to meditate.

But before he could enter the quiet room, a surprising message came through the soul network.

"We’ve made contact, we’ve made contact! Headquarters has ordered us to break through to Fortress Nine!"

Upon hearing this news, Richard first paused, then was overjoyed.

"We can finally move, if we keep defending like this, our people will be depleted."

Although defending the fortress resulted in fewer casualties than field battles, there were still losses. It had been six days since Richard had entered the fortress, and during these days, fifteen thousand wizards had perished.

Though because of the existence of soul boxes, the actual number of wizard casualties was much less than the number of deaths. But those wizards whose souls had been captured in soul boxes no longer had any combat ability, making them as good as dead for the battlefield.

Having pulled Ulysses from the Secret Realm, and since there was no need for him during the defense of the fortress, Ulysses had returned to rest in the Secret Realm.

But now, with the need to break out, Ulysses’s Divine Eye was indispensable.

In the soul network, about a dozen White Wizards were discussing the retreat plan. Richard did not speak; he always refrained from interjecting on matters he was unfamiliar with.

Suddenly, a terrifying oppression that made their souls tremble swept across them.

Almost simultaneously, they looked up at the sky—the Great Wizard had emerged from the curtain.

...

Above the Heavenly Vault, the body of the Bronze Spear Great Wizard glowed like gold, every movement filled with immense power. He wore a set of bronze armor, the force of rules continuously flowing within his body, as if a Divine statue inhabited by a deity.

Opposite him, the Sixth Level King of Mayfly had a body translucent like crystal, shining as brightly as the sun. However, in its abdomen, an almost transparent wound was continuously dissipating the radiant flow of rules.

Clearly, the King of Mayfly had fallen behind in the battle within the curtain.

"Indeed formidable," sighed the King of Mayfly, watching the Bronze Spear Great Wizard. "Relying solely on one’s own power, it truly is difficult to battle against a real powerhouse."

Because of their race’s characteristics, an individual Mayfly’s combat ability was far weaker than other creatures of the same level.

This characteristic was somewhat mitigated after becoming a World Master, allowing them to compete equally with native World Masters of the same level. However, when encountering civilization’s wizards, this characteristic became apparent.

Not just him, but the other two Kings of Mayfly were also injured to varying degrees.

The King of Mayfly fighting with the Rocky Great Wizard had a broken limb segment, while the one fighting with the Twilight Great Wizard had a withered insect wing.

"Are you finally resorting to your tricks?"

The Bronze Spear Great Wizard swung his spear, and the sharp light on its tip instantly tore through space.

All the Great Wizards recognized that the Galaxy Mayflies were up to something with their early probes, which were overly intense, but they could never find concrete evidence.

"Trick? Such a contemptuous term."

The King of Mayfly looked at the Bronze Spear Great Wizard, when suddenly, a sharp cry emitted from its mouth.

The next instant, the face of the Bronze Spear Great Wizard changed slightly, and his bronze spear immediately lit up with the brilliance of the rules.

Buzz!

The spear thrust forward, but it was blocked by an invisible barrier of rules.

For the first time since the battle began, an attack from his spear, which could pierce the vault of heaven, was obstructed by an unremarkable barrier of rules!

Simultaneously, the other two Kings of Mayfly encountered similar situations.

The Kings of Mayfly seemed to have resorted to some forbidden tactic, and an enormous power continuously poured into their bodies from behind the veil.

The King of Mayfly arrogantly said to the Bronze Spear Great Wizard, "Wizard, the Mayfly Sacrifice Rule is no mere trick. The Galaxy Mayflies who die in this world do not die in vain!"

The Mayfly Sacrifice Rule was the reason for the earlier probes, sending so many Mayflies to their deaths.

Under the coverage of the Mayfly Sacrifice Rule, any Galaxy Mayfly that died would transform into a force within the Mayfly dimension. And when the Kings of the Mayfly deployed the rule, this force would be at their command.

Having said this, the King of Mayfly suddenly shot forth two beams of light that tore through space, heading straight for the Bronze Spear Great Wizard.

"So... die!"

The Bronze Spear Great Wizard’s expression remained unchanged, the brilliance of the rules within his armor continuously flowing.

Buzz!

Two dents appeared on the bronze armor.

The Bronze Spear Great Wizard spoke indifferently, "I thought it would be stronger, but it’s only doubled in strength."

As he spoke, his armor suddenly shattered and fused into his body, his aura instantly skyrocketing.

The Bronze Spear Great Wizard, as it turned out, had been in a sealed state!

But compared to the ease of the Bronze Spear Great Wizard, the other two Great Wizards were somewhat distressed.

The Twilight Great Wizard, watching the suddenly strengthened King of Mayfly in front of him, suddenly flashed back to a divination done in his youth.

The wizard who divined for him said, "Sullivan, you will die in a net formed by the sun and a swarm of insects."