Exploring Technology in a Wizard World

Chapter 161: Chapter 160 The Real Wizard World

Dengbusi looked at the crowd and said, “It’s normal for you to think this way. But… what I want to tell you is that you’d better keep these thoughts to yourselves from now on. The Wizard World is very complex and also very dangerous, unlike the friendly places where you lived before. Even your teachers, your friends, will not always help you without expecting something in return. You can only rely on yourselves.

In the Wizard World, the rule of the jungle prevails.

Being weak is your biggest mistake, and you will be killed without reason. If you are strong, then you can kill others and take their belongings to enhance your own strength.

White Stone Tower will not cultivate bookworms. Recruiting you means turning you into a qualified Battle Wizard. However, not everyone is qualified, or more precisely, most people are not. Becoming a Wizard is far more difficult than you can imagine, and most of you will end up just being a Wizard Apprentice.

At White Stone Tower, a Wizard Apprentice does not bring much benefit but instead consumes a lot of resources, causing unnecessary waste. To prevent this waste from increasing indefinitely, the best method is to continuously eliminate some people.

Yes, eliminate some people.

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The pirate incident just now was one such elimination, a test I deliberately set up. Those who are not proficient enough will be killed, and only those who are capable will survive—the elimination has already begun.

This is the first elimination, but it is not the last.

Later, you will repeatedly encounter eliminations, whether intentional or unintended. You either succeed or get killed—that’s the danger of the Wizard World.”

The entire deck was eerily quiet, people looked at each other with faces showing fearful expressions, more frightened than when facing the pirates at the beginning, as the situation described by Wizard Dempsey was indeed a challenge to their fragile hearts.

“Of course,” Dempsey spoke again, “the Wizard World is very dangerous, but it is also full of temptations. The greatest temptation is that, if you can survive through the numerous eliminations, then you will obtain unimaginable power. Like this.”

Dempsey stretched out his hand, his lips moved slightly, and a purple flame ignited in his palm, quickly expanding in size, turning into a fireball several inches in diameter in the blink of an eye.

Dempsey lifted his hand, and the fireball floated up, flying towards the sea outside the giant ship. As it flew, its size rapidly expanded and its speed increased, finally plunging into the sea.

“Bubble, bubble,” the sea quickly emitted a massive amount of bubbles, like boiling water on a stove, followed by a loud “boom,” as a water column several dozen meters high and several meters in diameter rose, causing the ship to rock and some unsteady students to fall abruptly. Looking back at the sea, you could see an area of tens of meters around turned light purple, with numerous dead fish floating.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Such power was truly terrifying.

Creating such destruction even in the sea, wouldn’t it easily break through the strongest walls and kill the most elite armies on the ground?

“Power! Unimaginable power!” exclaimed Dempsey, “If you can persevere far enough on this path of a Wizard, then you can obtain the terrifying power that satisfies all your desires.

This is a world supported by power, where having enough of it means you can have everything—authority, money, women, or anything else.”

The fears previously shown by the people slowly disappeared, replaced by a look of longing in their eyes.

“Well, that’s all I’ll say for now, just keep it in mind. The elimination tests will appear continuously, and you have to keep striving to stay.”

Dempsey stepped towards the ship’s cabin, the crowd automatically making way for him.

Just as Dempsey was about to enter the cabin, it seemed as if he remembered something and turned his head back to the crowd and said, “Oh, one more thing to remind you not to forget. Just like I said before, the Wizard World operates by the rule of the survival of the fittest. In the test just now, you defeated the pirates, which means you’re the stronger party, and thus you have the right and the qualifications to consume the ‘meat’ left by the pirates.

The pirate ship is parked nearby, and the giant ship will stay for about two more hours. During this time, you can go aboard and loot anything at will—gold, silver, jewels, weapons, women. Hmm, don’t be shy, those are your spoils.

All future elimination tests will offer various rewards, whether they’re set up by me or you encounter them genuinely. This is your future life, slowly enjoy it.”

After his last word, Dengbusi entered the ship’s cabin without looking back, leaving the crowd on the deck momentarily stunned. Then their eyes heated up rapidly. They ran to the edge of the deck, looking at the pirate ship not far away on the sea surface, their gazes as if they were looking at a naked woman.

Without hesitating, a large group of people grabbed onto the ropes of the Flying Claw used by the pirates to climb aboard, then slid down, boarded the pirate’s boats, and rowed towards the pirate ship. Some, more anxious, even jumped directly from the deck into the water and swam to the nearby pirate ship.

A slightly crazy atmosphere was spreading, and Richard felt this atmosphere, shaking his head. Honestly, he wasn’t interested in what might be on the pirate ship, but with everyone showing such eagerness, if he appeared indifferent, he’d seem too exceptional.

In that case…

The next moment, Richard grabbed a rope of the Flying Claw and slid down as well.

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“Snap,” Richard boarded the deck of the pirate ship, several minutes behind the main group.

Richard was not in a hurry. Boarding was just a gesture; whether he could gain any unexpected loot was not important.

He walked towards the cabin, then something caught his eye. Richard turned his head to the side and saw two bodies lying on the deck.

One body wore rather elaborate clothing, looking like the Captain, and the other was an old man with one eye, probably a confidant or deputy to the Pirate Captain.

Both bodies had already been ransacked by the frenzied crowd, obviously leaving nothing valuable, the empty scabbard on the Pirate Captain’s body being clear evidence. However, Richard was not interested in what was on their bodies, but in what caused their deaths.

In the center of their foreheads, each had a hole the size of a finger, appearing as if they were pierced by some sharp weapon, the main cause of their deaths. However, when moving the bodies, no weapon appeared underneath.

“So, was what killed these two invisible?” Richard speculated, “There’s no sign of Energy scorching, so it must have been either an Ice Cone or something like an Air Arrow.”

Air is naturally invisible, and melting ice can also be considered invisible.