Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 101: Chapter 1 Review and Reward

Richard was somewhat confused about the situation. He had just been firing Annihilation Bombs at the White Wizard Army, but in the blink of an eye, he found himself in this eerie place.

He looked around. The place he was in was a dark, enclosed space, surrounded by darkness and nothing else.

What was even more terrifying was that this place seemed to have a magical power that caused any sound he made to disappear into nothingness, so that he could clearly hear his own heartbeat and even the sound of his blood flowing.

Suddenly, a figure emerged from the dark space.

“You’re called Richard, correct? I remember you.”

Richard found the voice very familiar, yet he couldn’t remember where he had heard it before. However, as the figure approached, Richard jumped up from the ground.

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“Lord Headmaster!”

The Black Tower Great Wizard raised a hand, and Richard promptly shut his mouth.

The Black Tower Great Wizard took out an Annihilation Bomb and suspended it in the air.

“Richard, how did you come by the knowledge of this thing? I don’t remember Jolod having this,” the Black Tower Great Wizard said with a calm voice, but within that calm, Richard sensed something amiss.

But before he could figure it out, he found himself answering the question involuntarily.

“Lord Headmaster, I designed it myself.”

“Designed it yourself?” The Black Tower Great Wizard’s voice raised slightly, “That’s quite interesting.”

With that, the Black Tower Great Wizard waved his hand and the darkness of the surrounding space receded like a tide, revealing its true form—a room simply decorated.

Aside from the Black Tower Great Wizard, there were five other “people” in the room, each of them emanating an unfathomable presence.

“The leaders of the other five academies?” Richard thought to himself.

“You see, my student didn’t cheat. He designed this thing himself, which conforms to our rules.”

Richard suddenly shuddered, as if awakened from a dream.

“How did I suddenly answer the question just now?” Richard thought in horror.

The Black Tower Great Wizard had used some spell that made him answer the question involuntarily, with no intention of lying.

“Designed it yourself?” Great Wizard Qing Shuang snorted coldly, “Kid, this device has almost reached the status of Strategic Magic Equipment. You claim this is your own design?”

Before Richard could open his mouth to explain, the Black Tower Great Wizard interjected.

“What’s the matter? Qing Shuang, do you think I’m covering for this young man?” The Black Tower Great Wizard’s tone was slightly menacing, “Or do you think I can’t even influence the mind of an apprentice?”

“Why don’t you let the young man explain his design thinking?” Qing Shuang challenged without backing down.

“Design thinking?” The Black Tower Great Wizard retorted, “Qing Shuang, before you ask someone else about their design, where’s your sincerity? How about you also tell me about your design thinking for your Eternal Frost?”

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense and confrontational.

“Cough cough cough, let’s not harm our relations,” the Secret Keeper Great Wizard stepped forward to mediate, “It’s only a small issue. I have a suggestion, let’s have the young friend here share his thinking, and if there’s no problem, Qing Shuang, you give something to compensate him.”

With the Secret Keeper Great Wizard smoothing things over, the atmosphere in the room improved considerably, although the Annihilation and Void Great Wizards seemed somewhat disappointed.

“Richard, explain your thinking to this old man. As long as your reasoning adds up, the Headmaster guarantees you a big profit.”

Upon hearing his words, Qing Shuang turned to look over, and her icy blue gaze sent a chill down Richard’s spine.

“Well… My thinking is as follows,” Richard steadied himself and began slowly, “The concept isn’t complicated. After I encountered the concept of the Realm of Annihilation, that is, the model of the Water and Fire Annihilation Spell, I had an idea.

Since it’s so difficult to constrain concentrated Fire Elements with Magic Power and Rune Arrays, why not use solid materials to contain them instead?

Many alchemy materials have good fire resistance and aren’t particularly rare.

So, I concentrated the two elements separately and then stored them in two solid containers, added a Magic Array between them, so that when the Annihilation Bomb is subjected to a strong impact, the Magic Array would explode the two containers, allowing the two elements to undergo an annihilation reaction.”

Having finished, Richard nervously lowered his head.

He didn’t know if his explanation would convince the powerful wizards before him.

A few seconds later, the Black Tower Great Wizard spoke up.

“Qing Shuang, do you have anything else to say? Isn’t my student’s line of thought clear enough?”

Saying so, the Black Tower Great Wizard levitated the Annihilation Bomb into the air, flicked his finger lightly, and the bomb disassembled into individual components, with the two chambers containing the concentrated elements being particularly eye-catching.

Qing Shuang remained silent and conjured a Crystal Ball out of thin air.

Within the Crystal Ball, a Rune faintly appeared.

“…This is a Dark Water Rune,” Qing Shuang explained tersely, then flew it toward Richard.

“Hehehe, Richard, here’s your reward,” the Black Tower Great Wizard said with a mischievous laugh.

“Oh,” Richard hastily put the Crystal Ball into his Magic Pocket.

“So how do we count this competition?” the Void Great Wizard suddenly asked, “I think the Black Tower’s lad can absolutely win.”

Upon hearing this, Qing Shuang shivered, and a frost mist dispersed from her, her voice tinged with annoyance,

“We’ll consider it your win this time!”

Seeing this, the Annihilation Great Wizard couldn’t help but burst into laughter,

“Haha, Qing Shuang, you’ve truly lost both your wife and your soldiers this time.”

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Since the problem was resolved, the Black Tower Great Wizard sent Richard back to the Academy and gave him a scroll.

“My boy, you did well this time,” the Black Tower Great Wizard said cheerfully, “This is a Wizard Scroll. After you get back, give it to your mentor Jolod, and when your spiritual power is sufficient, have him take you to the Tower of Truth for your promotion to Wizard.”

After saying that, the world spun around Richard, and when he recovered his senses, he found himself at the entrance to the three-hundredth floor’s staircase of the Central Black Tower.

Looking at the scroll in his hand, Richard was stunned for a moment, then his face broke into a radiant smile.

“With this scroll, I’m halfway through the door to becoming a Wizard!”

Descending from the three-hundredth floor, Richard quickly arrived at the ninety-ninth floor laboratory.

At the moment, Jolod was conducting experiments.

Knock, knock, knock!

“Hmm?” Jolod paused in confusion and stopped what he was doing.

“Who would be looking for me at this time? Alex? Doesn’t that old guy prefer to come in through the window?”

With some puzzlement, Jolod opened the door, and outside the room, a familiar figure stood there. @@novelbin@@

“Richard?” Jolod exclaimed in shock, “Has the Apprentice War ended?”

Richard nodded, and then he pulled out the Wizard Scroll from his Magic Pocket.

“Teacher, take a look at this.”

Jolod was startled and took a glance at the scroll after receiving it.

“Hmm? A Wizard Scroll!” Jolod’s pupils shrank, “Where did you get this from?”

Before Richard could answer, Jolod slapped his forehead and answered himself.

“Look at me, asking such a silly question. It seems you’ve already met the headmaster.”

“Yes, the headmaster told me to give this scroll to you, and said when my spiritual power is sufficient, to have you take me to the Tower of Truth for my promotion to Wizard,” Richard explained, and then asked curiously, “Teacher, what is the Tower of Truth? I’ve heard you mention it before.”

“The Tower of Truth…” Jolod stroked his beard, “The Tower of Truth is the holy land for Wizards, the residence of the five Truth Wizards.

In the entire Wizard World, all Wizard promotions are to be conducted at the Tower of Truth.”

Besides that, the Tower of Truth itself is also a massive wizard city. Each Tower of Truth is home to several million Wizards, and the headquarters of the majority of the Wizard Commerce, advanced research laboratories, as well as the Floating Cities for conquering planes are all located there.”

Richard nodded, understanding that the Tower of Truth must be like the capital of a nation or a top-tier mega-city.

Jolod secured the scroll, patted Richard on the shoulder, and said, “Now you’re halfway to becoming a Wizard too. Relax for a while, don’t just read books and do experiments. There are many cities in the Academy, go out and explore, get your mindset right.

In a few years, I’ll be attending a friend’s gathering, I’ll take you to the Tower of Truth then to become a Wizard.”

Richard agreed and left the ninety-ninth floor.

Upon returning to his bedroom, Richard stared blankly at his room.

His room was filled with books and notes, and the walls were adorned with various specimens—traces of his hard work over the years.

And now that he had qualified for Wizard promotion, a sense of uncertainty suddenly arose in his heart.

He had always strived to become a Wizard, and now that he had what he wanted, he suddenly felt aimless.

Richard lay on his bed, filled with a sense of relief as if a weight had been lifted, which mixed with his uncertainty about the future.

“Huh… no wonder the teacher said I need to adjust my mindset.”

After twenty years, Richard had almost forgotten why he wanted to become a Wizard in the first place.

“Forget it, no use overthinking. I’ll just sleep on it.”

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Soon, all the battlefields of the Apprentice War had concluded.

The outcome of the war was somewhat beyond Richard’s expectations; besides his own region, there was another zone where a Black Wizard had won the war.

With the war ended, the Academy issued rewards for the victors of the war—Wizard Scrolls.

But among these people, Richard did not see Ali.

“There was no way around it, I almost got killed by those White Wizards and missed quite a bit of the war,” Ali said, complaining while lying on top of Richard in his room.

On the eve of the war, Ali happened to encounter a senior White Wizard Apprentice and after a fierce battle, she emerged victorious but heavily wounded.

“Don’t be so down. With your abilities, becoming a Wizard is just a matter of a few more years,” Richard consoled her.

Ali, as Master Susanna’s official Apprentice, was virtually guaranteed to become a Wizard.

“Let’s not talk about that,” Ali said irritably. She showed her fangs to Richard, “We haven’t seen each other for half a year, you have to keep me company tonight.”

Richard raised an eyebrow:

“My Lady Ali, you’re already lying on top of me, how could I possibly let you get away?”