Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 502 - 47: Special Warfare Mode

Facing the promise of the Great Wizard, Richard was briefly startled before he sternly performed the Wizard’s Salute.

"Thank you, Dean."

Such a share was not something that Garon the Great Wizard would mention frivolously; since he brought it up, he surely intended to give it.

Thus, to decline was but an unnecessary gesture.

Garon the Great Wizard then added, "By the way, that Magic Wand of yours, ’the Melter’ has finished it. Once you reach the Floating City, my true body will hand it over to you."

Having said that, he teased, "You’re rather lucky, now having transcended third-level creatures and possessing the Balance Hand Wand.

This war, you’re likely to earn a fortune."

Richard was momentarily taken aback before becoming overjoyed.

He hadn’t expected his Balance Hand Wand to be ready at this critical moment. To him, it was indeed an added advantage.

"Dean, you flatter me; the little I’ve earned is less than what shows between your fingers."

Garon the Great Wizard laughed heartily, "Haha, indeed, you’ve earned less compared to me."

Leaving the Wizard Tower, the two returned to the community of wizards. At the same time, a fleet of Flying Airships appeared in the sky.

Jimmy explained to Richard, "The place we are headed this time is far. Flying directly from the Wizard World would take too much time.

The council has therefore moved the Floating City to the Hub World, where we will embark on our expedition."

Upon hearing this, Richard was slightly surprised.

"Why didn’t we do this when we went to the Green Forest World? Isn’t it necessary to go through the Hub World to get to the Green Forest World too?"

Jimmy explained, "The location of the Green Forest World is awkwardly placed, it precisely falls at the limit distance of the Teleportation Gate."

Soon, the airship approached.

The wizards boarded according to their levels, and once everyone was aboard, the fleet set off toward the Tower of Truth.

On the airship, Richard sat in his room, looking over the newly scouted intelligence by the Reconnaissance Wizard, as well as his upcoming tasks.

"It’s not the usual barbaric conquest, huh?" Richard remarked with some surprise as he looked over his tasks.

On his shoulder, Ulysses casually replied, "Gah, quite normal. Just rounding up mutts."

According to his task description, Richard’s upcoming activates included assassinations behind enemy lines, espionage, sowing discord, along with a new task of supporting Puppets.

The Truth Council thought the Wild Beastmen were a good race, hence they planned to support a Puppet power within the Wild Beastmen and thereby turn the Wild Beastmen into a vassal race of the wizards.

This method of conquest was very similar to the Puppet State envisioned by Richard, its only difference being that, in Richard’s vision, the Puppet State had a certain degree of autonomy.

The administrative affairs of the Puppet State were to be managed by the Puppet State itself, with wizards simply acting as the strategists behind the scenes.

However, the method proposed by the Truth Council involved wizards and some Wild Beastmen as the upper tier of the Wild Beastmen community, directly participating in their management.

Both methods had their merits, but Richard believed his method had an edge.

If only the history was modified to keep wizards hidden behind the scenes, then even if internal issues arose among the Wild Beastmen, they would not blame the wizards.

That way, the wizards would simply need to support a "wise" ruler to maintain stability among the Wild Beastmen.

However, the council’s method had its advantages too; direct involvement in management could effectively prevent hidden rebels within the Wild Beastmen, which was crucial in the initial stage after conquering the world.

Richard skimmed through the new intelligence briefly—this new intelligence mainly detailed specific situations about Wild Beastmen cities, as well as some customs and culture.

This information was primarily to facilitate infiltration by Black Wizards like Richard.

But at the end of the intelligence, Richard noticed a peculiar piece of intelligence.

[Among the Wild Beastmen, there often appear Magic Martial Artists who are dedicated to destroying the lost relics of the various Sects, regarded by all Sects as mortal enemies.]

[Once such warriors are discovered, both righteous and evil Sects will unite in exterminating them.]

Touching his chin, Richard flipped through the pages of the report.

In the information on Wild Beastmen customs, a mythological figure — the Demon Lord — was suddenly mentioned.

Legend had it that in the Ancient Times, when heaven and earth first formed, the ancestors established a splendid nation in the Wilderness Land. And then one day, a giant demon suddenly emerged from the Void and destroyed an ancestors’ city upon its birth.

Afterwards, it led billions of demon troops born from the Void and waged war against the ancestors for thousands of years.

Eventually, the giant demon was killed by the ancestors, and its corpse was sealed in the Underworld, leading to the decline of the ancestors.

The age of the Wild Beastmen started, and this giant demon was reverently called the Demon Lord by the Beastmen.

According to the Wild Beastmen, those Magic Martial Artists were influenced by the resentment of the Demon Lord that had seeped out of the Underworld, thus their commitment to destroying the ancestors’ relics.

Honestly, if nothing unexpected, this story should have been the process of the old Fighter’s great battle against that civilization.

And that esteemed Demon Lord must have been a figure of Star Realm Master.

But Richard felt, there was probably more to this than met the eye.

The Martial Arts of these Wild Beastmen were almost as sophisticated as those of wizards. And given Richard’s understanding of the Pioneers, these Wild Beastmen were likely creatures created by the Pioneers.

However, why would the Pioneers create such a race at the last minute?

Wouldn’t it be better to leave the civilization to the Giant Dragons?

Richard was unclear about the secrets behind this, and his power was also insufficient to delve into these secrets.

"Never mind, thinking too much is useless. Better to continue training the Invisible Face."

Speaking of the Invisible Face, Richard suddenly left the room and found Jimmy.

Knock, knock, knock!

"Who is it?"

"It’s me, Richard."

Click, the door opened, and Jimmy welcomed Richard into the house.

"What’s the matter?"

Jimmy, sitting opposite Richard, asked curiously.

He knew that Richard did not visit without a reason.

Richard chuckled in response, "These past two years, I practiced the Invisible Face. Although the skill is good, using it is too painful.

Out of necessity, I implanted an anesthetic gland in myself. So, I came to ask, does this anesthetic gland affect the skill?"

"Does it affect it?" Jimmy was stunned, finding Richard’s question rather perplexing.

"Of course it doesn’t affect it. Practicing the Invisible Face definitely requires an anesthetic gland. Enduring that kind of pain through sheer will, a wizard’s will might withstand it, but the body would naturally resist."

Richard breathed a slight sigh of relief and then asked, "Then why didn’t the dean add a suggestion about this in the skill’s documentation? Isn’t everything the dean writes very detailed?"

At this, Jimmy burst out laughing. frёeωebɳovel.com

"Hahaha, does something like that even need to be written? Surely no wizard would stubbornly endure that kind of agony to use this skill.

Honestly, if a wizard used this skill enduring the pain just because it wasn’t written down, that would only show he’s an inflexible fool. If he died, it’d only be what he deserved."

Richard was silent for a moment.

He almost became that inflexible fool.

...

The flying airship took half a month to transport the wizards to the Tower of Truth, and then through the Tower of Truth’s teleportation gate, they arrived at the Hub World where their expedition was to start.

In the Hub World, a massive floating city hung in the air. Around it, like satellites, several smaller floating cities orbited.

Seeing this scene, Richard couldn’t help feeling a bit proud.

He had also exerted a great deal of effort in the development of the smaller floating cities.

However, Richard soon discovered a problem—that the number of wizards participating in the expedition seemed too few.

The wizards near the floating city were only enough to explore a miniature world.

Suddenly, Richard’s crystal ball received an order.

[Operator Richard, please report to the command center in Floating City Number One within one hour.]

Richard glanced at the message, kept his doubts to himself, and turned, transforming into a streak of light as he flew towards the floating city.

At the center of the floating city, the towering command tower had already become busy.

Seeing the wizards rushing past him, Richard felt a bit lost.

Were they not ready yet?

Following the flight passage, Richard directly arrived at the top floor’s command center. The door was wide open, and Garon the Great Wizard sat inside, playing with a sealed metal box.

Seeing Richard, Garon the Great Wizard stood up and tossed the box to Richard.

"Kid, your new magic wand."

Richard caught it smoothly, the weight of the box causing his hand to slightly sink.

Garon the Great Wizard smiled and said, "Open it and let me feast my eyes, too. Just drop a bit of blood to break the seal."

Richard did as he was told, and as the blood fell, the web-like seal on the box immediately shattered. The faint aura of a World Master Level pressure solidified the air around it.

Watching the scene, Richard grinned slightly and closed the box in one smooth motion.

Having broken through mortal limits, the World Master’s pressure felt like a mild breeze on his face.

Inside the box, a jet-black arm-shaped wand lay silently embedded in a gel.

This Earth Hand, altered by an Alchemy Wizard, had completely transformed its appearance; the originally dry arm like a dried corpse now appeared obsidian. Within the obsidian, countless fine runes flowed like liquid gold within the wand.

At the wand’s head, five fingers adorned with secret silver rings clutched a crystal ball wrapped in a hollowed pure gold. This crystal ball, made from omniscient crystal and various auxiliary materials, was seamlessly integrated by the Alchemy Wizard’s exquisite craftsmanship.

The wand’s shaft was inlaid with a few secret silver rings, which were the only decorations on this wand. At the bottom of the wand, there was also a joint segment. If a wizard was unsatisfied with the length of the wand, he could use this socket to extend it.

The Alchemy Wizard had even specially prepared a handle he thought suitable, placing it together in the box.

Plain and straightforward—this was Richard’s first impression of the wand.

"Try this wand, see if the Melter’s skills have regressed," Garon the Great Wizard said with a hearty laugh, "If it’s below thirty thousand energy level, I’ll have words with him when I get back."

Richard infused magic power into the wand, and the next moment, a message left by the Alchemy Wizard entered his mind.

[This wand is named Balance Hand, material grade: Great Wizard.][Amplification effect: Provides a thirty thousand energy level amplification for Four Elements Magic; ten thousand energy level amplification for common Shaping Magic; and eight thousand energy level amplification for Force Blunt Strike.][Note: Although the wand’s material is sufficient, I still would not recommend using this wand for close combat. Wands are meant for casting spells; for physical attacks, you might as well use your fists.]

Looking at the information retained in the wand, Richard chuckled, "Dean, you guessed it exactly right. Thirty thousand energy level, neither more nor less."