Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 492 - 37 Changes in the Wizard World

"James, you went to the military conscription a few days ago."

"Yeah, unfortunately, I wasn’t selected by the Military Department."

On the second residential floor of the Black Tower Wizard Academy Community, Ross and James chatted intermittently.

"Not selected?" Ross was surprised. "Your strength is not weak among us at the Black Tower Wizard Academy. How could you not be selected? Is the standard set by the Military Department so high?"

James shook his head and sighed, "The standard isn’t high, but what the Military Department urgently needs now are White Wizards, not us Black Wizards; they simply don’t want us."

"Not want!?"

Ross was even more surprised.

"How could they not want Black Wizards? In the Plane War, the losses of Black Wizards are much higher than those of White Wizards. Could it be that the Military Department has more Black Wizards than White Wizards? How is that possible!"

"God knows, they just don’t." James said helplessly. "Moreover, I even heard from someone in the Military Department that there will no longer be Black and White Wizards, only Ordinary Wizards and Elite Wizards."

"What? That person must be crazy. How can there be no Black and White Wizards? Without Black and White Wizards, who will perform sabotage and assassinations in the rear?" Ross exclaimed in shock.

"It’s just hearsay, who knows what the Wizard in the Military Department heard." James said indifferently, "By the way, I saw that other academies have conscripted all the Three Rings Wizards. Has our academy conscripted anyone?"

"They started conscription a few days ago. You just happened to miss them when you went for the military conscription."

As they were deep in conversation, suddenly a streak of light flew past them, startling them.

Ross watched the departing streak of light and murmured to himself, "Goodness, from the looks of it, that might be that veteran Three Rings Wizard."

James was puzzled, "Aren’t all the Three Rings Wizards conscripted?"

"Who knows, maybe he didn’t gather all his things."

...

The streak of light traced an elegant arc through the sky and landed in front of a Wizard Tower.

Richard straightened his Wizard Robe and then knocked on the large door of the Wizard Tower.

Soon, a non-human servant opened the door and welcomed Richard inside. In the parlor, Anna, holding a Magic Book, seemed somewhat distracted.

"Senior Sister, what’s really going on? How could our teacher be conscripted?"

Anna stood up from her chair and gestured for Richard to sit down.

"Sit down first. This involves not just our teacher but also a decision by the council. The entire Wizard World’s all Three Rings Wizards have been conscripted."

"All Three Rings Wizards have been conscripted?" Richard exclaimed in astonishment.

Although he was aware that the situation at the front was not good and that the council would definitely begin to mobilize Wizards, he had not expected that the council would conscript all the Three Rings Wizards at once.

"Not only the Three Rings Wizards, but the situation with the White Wizards is even more severe. Not only were all Three Rings conscripted, but a large number of Second Ring Wizards were also conscripted."

As she spoke, Anna looked at Richard with some concern.

"What exactly is the situation at the front? The council’s actions are somewhat frightening."

"What’s the situation?" Richard gave a bitter smile, "Senior Sister, didn’t you hear the Mourning Bell recently? A Five-Ring Great Wizard perished along with a Galaxy Mayfly World Master on the front line.

Now, one of the three major battle zones in the Galaxy World has already been lost. The losses of Wizards are estimated to have exceeded two million."

"Two million!?"

Anna felt dizzy for a moment as her body staggered back a couple of steps before she steadied herself.

"I... If I remember correctly, haven’t you just been there for a year?"

Anna’s voice was weak, unable to comprehend the death of two million Wizards in a year. When had the Wizard World ever suffered such a massive loss?

Moreover, with the front line in such a desperate situation, she feared for their teacher, Jolod...

Anna dared not think further.

For her, unlike Richard, Jolod was like a father.

"That’s the reality." Richard sighed lightly, "Surviving this time was sheer luck for me.

Sigh, but since it’s the council’s decision, I..."

"Richard!"

Anna suddenly rushed to Richard’s side, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Help our teacher. On a battlefield where survival depends on luck, our teacher can’t possibly make it. You are a favored person in the eyes of Garon Great Wizard; you definitely can..."

"Senior Sister, stop hoping against hope," Richard interrupted.

Looking at Anna, whose eyes were misty with tears, Richard spoke calmly, "This war has already seen the fall of Great Wizards.

In the future, such occurrences will become common.

Even Great Wizards face this; what about us lesser Wizards—do you think we could escape?"

"But... It would be somewhat better to stay in the rear," Anna choked out.

Richard was silent for a moment before he said softly, "I will do it. Jolod isn’t just your teacher; he is my teacher too."

...

Leaving the Tower of Truth, Richard felt heavy-hearted. Although he had mentally prepared for the sacrifice of his loved ones and friends, he wished he would never have to use such prepartions.

On his way, Richard contacted the acting president of Richard Jolod’s Commerce.

"President, the count of your Magic Essence is complete. A total of thirty-five million seventy-two thousand five hundred three pieces."

Hearing this astonishing number, Richard nodded slightly and replied, "Kayang, don’t be so formal. Just call me Richard."

After Jolod was drafted, he did not pass the leadership to Chax or Anna; instead, he entrusted it to Kayang, who had been introduced by the manager and had entered the commerce.

After Richard had removed the Curse Of Misfortune from Kayang, his luck started to turn for the better.

The research that had troubled him for hundreds of years was successively overcome, and the businesses he took over developed rapidly.

Initially, Kayang took over the Magic Potion business, mainly dealing with the deputy dean of the Wizard Academy to expand the Magic Potion Store.

And with his luck, he took merely ten years to spread Richard’s Magic Potion stores to every academy in the Tower of Truth of Four Rings.

Among all tasks, it was the travelling that took up most of his time.

Kayang’s bizarre luck was noticed by Jolod, who also handed him the business of the Projection Hall, in collaboration with Truth Fist Commerce.

Now, the Projection Hall was expanding at an astonishing speed.

Unless something unexpected happened, the Projection Hall would become one of the pillars of Richard Jolod’s future.

This was also why Jolod had handed the acting president position to Kayang.

He believed that, under Kayang’s leadership, the commerce would definitely flourish.

"Alright, President Richard. These are your Magic Essences, and if you need anything else, just let me know."

"I need a batch of materials. I’ll send the details to you later, and if there’s anything you can’t find, cooperate with the Nine Star Chamber of Commerce, just mention my name."

"Sure, I will."

After ending the communication, Richard found Jimmy’s contact in the Crystal Ball. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to make the call.

"Richard, calling me right after you got back?"

After the communication was established, Jimmy’s weak voice came from the Crystal Ball.

"Master, are you hurt?" Richard asked with concern.

"I was hit hard by those bugs, almost tore my soul apart; so you better get straight to the point."

"I want to see the Dean."

"...Alright, but remember that civil wars are the domain of the Military Department, and the Dean might not be able to help you."

"Thanks for the reminder, Master, I just seek a clear conscience."

"Haha, good attitude."

Ending the communication, Richard transformed into a streak of light and flew at high speed towards the Extreme North.

...

After the war began, a lot had changed in the Extreme North. The massive Airship fleets became even denser, surpassing even some newly established White Wizard Academies.

This change inspired Richard to explore further.

He landed on the outskirts of Extreme North City and walked into the city. On his way, he was shocked to find an alarming number of Wizard Apprentices in Extreme North City.

"What’s going on here, when did Extreme North City get so many Wizard Apprentices? One in every five people is a Wizard Apprentice."

The sudden increase in Wizard Apprentices left Richard somewhat baffled.

Although these apprentices were mostly novices, not even qualified low-level apprentices, becoming an apprentice already lifted them out of the ordinary mortal realm.

Although he had always planned to popularize the Wizard Apprentices, because of his identity, this idea had always been suppressed in his heart.

And now, having been away for barely a year, how could the number of Wizard Apprentices have increased so much?

With these questions, Richard arrived at the Mayor’s residence. Inside, the Mayor was scolding the Chief of Police of Extreme North City.

"Hans, explain to me, what do you mean by ’can’t solve the case’!"

Ivan slammed the documents onto the table, his face almost as red as his rosacea nose.

Hans looked down sadly, explaining helplessly, "Sir, those Wizard Apprentices commit crimes. How can we mere mortals solve them? Even if we do solve a case, are we supposed to put these Wizard Apprentices in prison?"

"Why not?"

A calm voice came from behind Hans.

Mayor Ivan, seeing Richard, immediately gave a respectful Wizard’s Salute,

"Sir, you’ve returned."

Richard naturally walked to the mayor’s main seat and sat down, calmly asking, "What’s the deal with these apprentices?"

Hans joined the Chief of Police, respectfully responding, "Sir, about a year ago, the Wizard Academy started to recruit adult apprentices.

Those who passed the test were given the Meditation Method issued by the academy."

"Adult apprentices?" Richard’s brow furrowed into a furrow. He felt as if he hadn’t been on the battlefield for a year but rather lost in an Exotic Realm for thousands of years and had only recently returned.

Otherwise, why would the Wizard Academy recruit adult apprentices?

To become a Wizard, an apprentice must have at least ten points of spiritual power between the ages of ten to fifteen.

That was the threshold. Anyone falling below that threshold would never become a Wizard in their lifetime.

Normally, any Wizard Academy would rather not fill up their quota than recruit a bunch of apprentices doomed never to become Wizards. But now, they were recruiting adult apprentices.

Had he crossed into a parallel world?

"Yes, sir, according to these apprentices, this was a command personally issued by Garon the Great Wizard."

"...Alright, I understand."

Richard stood up, opened the Secret Realm Rift, and soon, a group of Fire Lizard Warriors marched out.

"You’re the Chief of Police, right?" Richard pointed at Hans and said, "My Fire Lizards are now under your command; I won’t allow any lawbreaker to roam free in Extreme North City."

The Chief of Police bowed deeply, fearfully responding, "As you will, Great Richard Holy Son..."