Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 51 - The Exam Begins

Chapter 51: Chapter 51 The Exam Begins

Time flashed by, and before long, examination day had arrived.

In the same clearing where the entrance exam had taken place, Richard stood cloaked in a Concealer Cloak in the corner, tossing iron beans to Wuni.

“Richard, you still like to hide away.”

A voice suddenly came from beside Richard, who turned to see a Wizard Apprentice with a pointed wizard hat and a long staff, her face marked with dark circles under her eyes, standing beside him.

“Ali, long time no see,” Richard greeted, casually passing Wuni to her.

Over the years, their relationship had evolved from the initial lovey-dovey phase to a more gentlemanly and detached friendship. This was partly because familiarity had dulled the novelty of their feelings and partly due to the teachings of wizards.

Under wizardly guidance, they both came to a clear understanding.

Without becoming a wizard, everything else was illusory.

Even so, there had been some interactions between them that went beyond mere friendship, such as…

Exchanging research findings.

He and Ali had established a very good cooperative model: he would supply Magic Stones to purchase Magic Models and library materials, which Ali would modify and improve, and then they would share the results.

Simply put, he provided the capital, and Ali provided the effort, with both sharing the outcomes.

Of course, this sharing was only superficial; Ali would certainly not, and indeed could not, share what she learned from Susanna with Richard.

Nonetheless, this arrangement had brought Richard substantial benefits.

Beyond that, Ali also commissioned various pieces of Magic Equipment and Alchemy gadgets from Richard, which he sold to her at cost price.

Ali stroked Wuni’s feathers, and Wuni affectionately nuzzled Ali’s hand.

“Looks like it’s probably going to be random teleportation again. Shall we agree on a time and place to meet up?”

Richard took out the map that the Academy had distributed beforehand. The exam area was vast, covering a circle with a radius of fifty kilometers. Within this range, all the Apprentices would partake in a month-long survival challenge, and each must obtain at least one Apprentice Mark.

The Apprentice Mark was a Curse Mark imbued into the Apprentices by the Academy before the exam began, which would automatically dissipate after the exam.

This Curse Mark served two functions: the first was to prevent Apprentices from leaving the exam area, as the Mark would activate and turn into a lethal Curse if an Apprentice attempted to leave. The second was to facilitate the tallying of the Apprentices’ kills; the mark would automatically transfer to the perpetrator upon an Apprentice’s death.

Unlike the entrance exam, this time the Academy had established a system for exchanging Apprentice Marks for Magic Stones. Each Apprentice Mark could be traded in for a reward of one hundred Magic Stones, with no limits on the number of exchanges.

That meant, if you were strong enough, you could make a fortune from this exam.

In addition, the Academy had set up a points leaderboard. Each Apprentice Mark earned by an Apprentice would add one point to the board. At the end of the exam, the top ten on the leaderboard would receive prizes distributed by the Academy, with special prizes from the Dean for the top three.

Of course, aside from battling other Apprentices, the Academy had also released ten magical creatures with the strength of Advanced Apprentices into the testing ground, which would indiscriminately hunt Apprentices. While killing these creatures wouldn’t yield Apprentice Marks, successful challengers would be rewarded with a piece of quality Magic Equipment and fifty points.

In terms of points, one of these magical creatures was equivalent to fifty Apprentices. For those aspiring to rank in the top ten of the leaderboard, slaying these creatures was essential.

“Let’s meet at the central point,” Ali said, marking a spot on the map.

“With random teleportation, no one knows where they’ll end up. At least the central point has a marker from the Academy.”

Richard nodded, “Alright, we’ll meet at the central point then. Just make sure you don’t get ambushed.”

Ali glared at Richard, “Do you think I’m still the same Ali from ten years ago?”

The exam time came quickly; once again, Deputy Dean Alex served as the proctor.

Alex flew into the sky and instantly silenced the crowd of Wizard Apprentices with his imposing presence.

“Apprentices of the four hundred and thirty-second class of Black Tower Wizard Academy, I am Alex, your examiner for this test. We have a total of four thousand one hundred and twenty-one candidates, and all four thousand one hundred and twenty-one are present. The rules of the examination have been distributed in advance, so I will not repeat them.

Now, I declare the exam has begun.”

As usual, the Deputy Dean’s opening remarks were brief. With a grand wave of his hand, white light shone beneat the feet of the numerous Apprentices. Simultaneously, ethereal black chains extended upward from beneath them, leaving a black pentagram mark on each Apprentice’s hand.

As the scene before him changed into countless abstract color blocks, Richard’s figure vanished in the midst of the Teleportation Array.

As his vision returned to normal, a hill covered with shrubs appeared before him.

“Still feels a bit nauseating.” Richard frowned. Although he had used his physique to offset most of the nausea brought on by the teleportation array, the discomfort still made him feel like throwing up.

Looking around, Richard noticed an apprentice not far away, and that apprentice had also seen him.

“Lucky day,” laughed the apprentice.

Then a fireball came smashing over.

“Indeed, lucky day.”

Richard’s expression remained unchanged as a magic barrier instantly appeared in front of him.

Boom!

The fireball exploded, but not even a ripple appeared on the magic shield.

“Too weak. The inferior Fireball Technique used was still the initial version sold by the academy, with no improvements whatsoever.”

Richard shook his head, stepped forward, and instantly appeared in front of the apprentice, with the great sword on his back now in his hand.

“Goodbye.”

With one swing of his sword, a head the size of a fighting cock’s flew into the air.

The apprentice wasn’t even intermediate level and had no chance to resist in front of Richard.

After killing him, Richard glanced at the mark on his hand, the originally black pentagram seemed to have deepened in color slightly.

And he also sensed a weak magic fluctuation continuously emanating from the mark.

“Interesting, this magic wave might be a signal from the Wizard World,” Richard mused, guessing in his heart.

Looking up at the sky, there was a beam of light reaching to the heavens directly in front of him, a landmark for apprentices to orient themselves, the center point of the entire exam arena.

Richard was about to head towards the beam when suddenly he felt a chill down his spine.

The Guardian Pendant was triggered, and a magic shield instantly appeared on Richard’s back, blocking an invisible Wind Blade. At the same time, Richard used the Breathing Technique to fully stimulate his bloodline.

In an instant, the assailant apprentice saw Richard transform from an average-sized apprentice into a two-meter tall humanoid monster covered in black scales.

“Bloodline Alchemy! And at least two enhancements,” the apprentice’s eyes bulged, not even thinking before erecting a layer of magic barrier.

In the next moment, a great sword wreathed in black flames smashed onto the barrier.

The black flames spread rapidly over the barrier, and the apprentice immediately realized his magic power was draining away fast.

The flames were consuming his magic power.

“Escape!”

The apprentice had only one thought: this apprentice from the Alchemy School was beyond his ability to defeat.

Propping up his barrier, he pulled out a scroll from his bosom and opened it.

With a ‘bang,’ the assailant apprentice’s body exploded into a puff of smoke and disappeared in an instant.

“Short-distance spatial fold.” Richard recognized the effect of the spell, but a cold sneer soon hung on his lips.

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“Wuni, see where that guy teleported to.”

The Death Crow crowed joyfully and immediately flapped its wings into the sky.

“Thinking of running? Not so easy.”

At the same time, similar events were underway in every corner of the exam arena.

Apprentices from the Shape-shifting School waved their wands, and a Fire Crow burned their enemies to ashes; the Undead School apprentices simply pointed, and another apprentice fell to the ground, their flesh continuously withering away until they were reduced to skin and bones, a walking corpse; the Soul School apprentices only had to shout, and their Spiritual Shock stunned the surrounding apprentices. Although the Curse School apprentices were not good at direct combat, in unseen corners, Gu Worms carrying curses were spreading incessantly.

In this exam, all apprentices brought out the results of their ten years of study, vowing to pave their path to wizardry with the bones of others.

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