Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 213: Chapter 43: The Failed Magic Statue?

“After three years, why the rush?”

Looking at the message in the crystal ball, Richard couldn’t help but feel a headache.

According to the military clause, Richard Jolod’s Commerce had to send a technical adviser to participate in the Plane War. The technical adviser needed to collect first-hand data from the prototype on the battlefield, namely the Magic Support Vehicle designed by Richard, to use for later optimization and upgrades.

The White Wizard Army had spent a large amount of Magic Essence and did not just buy the Magic Support Vehicle; the accompanying upgrade service was also included in the purchase.

Moreover, since Richard was the creator of the prototype, he had to attend the first actual battle as a technical adviser.

As everyone knows, prototypes often have many technical problems, and some issues need the designer to find solutions.

In summary, Richard had no choice but to go to the Plane War.

Putting the crystal ball aside, Richard had to rearrange his life for the next few years.

With training in the Gravity Laboratory, Richard’s physique had reached 117 points, which was significantly effective. Richard was even considering partnering with the Jialong Club to establish a gravity gym on the residential level.

This type of training, which could effectively improve physique, Richard thought, would be liked by many wizards pursuing physique evolution.

In addition to his physique, Richard’s Adaptation Body and Dragon Transformation Battle Body had also reached new heights over the years.

He could now ignore all damage from flames, thunder, and ice below 500 energy levels, and had 250 energy levels of resistance to blunt, cutting, and penetration damages.

Right now, Richard, relying solely on his Adaptation Body, could overpower some newly promoted, knowledge-lacking One Ring Wizards.

However, to achieve this effect, Richard had spent tens of thousands of Magic Essences on the Adaptation Body over the years, making it the largest gold-eater among Richard’s subordinates.

For the Dragon Transformation Battle Body, Richard had developed both the Detoxification Gland and the Dragon Skin Hardening Gland.

The former could speed up detoxification effects, while the latter further enhanced Richard’s defense capabilities.

But what Richard really wanted, the Physique Enhancement Gland, still had not appeared. If he had the Physique Enhancement Gland, Richard’s physique could grow even while sitting.

Aside from physique, Richard’s spiritual power had also steadily increased over those years, now having reached 112 points. Although spiritual power could only be rapidly increased with top-tier treasure like Soul Essence, the growth rate was stable.

Almost every ten years, he could improve by one point.

For Richard to reach the limit of a Second Ring Wizard, it would only take a thousand years. And this thousand years wasn’t even all spent in meditation; meditating for just eight hours a day could basically be regarded as sleep.

For wizards, increasing spiritual power was never a problem, and spiritual power’s impact on a wizard’s fighting capabilities was also minimal.

Without enough knowledge, a Second Ring Wizard with 199 spiritual power could still be defeated by a Second Ring Wizard with 100 spiritual power.

“These years of gravity training have become less meaningful, and I can also stop training my Adaptation Body,” Richard pondered, casually pulling out a notebook from his pocket to start recording.

“Stop gravity and Adaptation Body training, and in the next few years, focus on actual combat training and equipment upgrades.”

Richard’s magic wand incorporated a lot of Pure Gold, and if these were mixed in proper proportions, they could create alloys of excellent properties. These alloys, whether used to make Magic Equipment or craft Alchemy Golems, were top-notch materials.

Richard casually wrote down a few Magic Equipment ideas in his notebook, and then he left the Wizard Tower to go find Anna for his Magic Statue.

He wanted to check out what good things Anna had crafted over the years.

Outside the Wizard Tower, the sun was bright, and the brilliant sunlight on Richard made him involuntarily shield his eyes.

Even though his dragon eyes were not affected in the slightest by the sunlight.

Seeing such fine weather, Richard decided to walk rather than use the Flying Technique after a long time.

The Black Tower Wizard Community had road systems, with twisting and turning walkways made of brick and stone, decorated with pebble mosaics in different colors.

These paths were generally traveled only by subhuman servants on ordinary days, even those with wings normally walked.

The sky belonged to the wizards.

Following the path, Richard soon arrived in front of Anna’s Wizard Tower.

He pressed the doorbell.

Ding-dong!

Soon, a subhuman servant opened the door and welcomed Richard in.

“Lord, please follow me, the master has been waiting for you for a long time.”

Following the subhuman servant, Richard descended into the Wizard Tower’s basement. Every Wizard Tower had a basement; while Richard used his for storing food and books, Anna had expanded hers into a small Alchemy Workshop.

Various small-sized Alchemy Machines were gathered inside this basement, serving as Anna’s daily tools. Richard even suspected that if he gave the Magic Support Vehicle blueprints to Anna, she could produce one straight from the basement machines.

Rumble, rumble…

Passing through the corridor, the brightly lit Alchemy Workshop unfolded before Richard. The sounds of operating Alchemy Machines blended together, making Richard feel as if he were in a noisy factory.

In the center of the Alchemy Workshop, Richard saw Anna busily working.

Anna was using her multifunctional mechanical hand to tinker with something that looked like an Alchemy Golem, occasionally emitting sparks as though she were welding.

“Master, Lord Richard has arrived,” the subhuman servant announced.

Anna looked up, seeing Richard, and hastily beckoned him over.

“Richard, come take a look at this.”

Richard approached, and Anna excitedly introduced him to her creation.

“Look, this is the Alchemy Golem I’ve made. See its advantages?”

Saying so, Anna slapped the golem, and its eyes lit up.

“Anna Number One has awakened, please issue your command, Master.”

Looking at the Magic Statue that was smaller than his, Richard casually tapped its outer shell.

“This isn’t made of pure metal, is it?”

“Of course not. This enchanted metal shell is for increasing defense power.” Anna said somewhat discontentedly, “Even if my skills are poor, I wouldn’t create an Alchemy Golem just by stacking Alchemy Metal.”

Richard walked around the Magic Statue, looking at it from left to right and noticed that besides its reduced size, the Magic Statue seemed to have nothing special.

“Senior sister, could it spar with me for a bit?” Richard tentatively asked.

Without opening up the Magic Statue to see its internal structure, Richard could only judge the quality of the Magic Statue by its attack and defense.

After all, a Magic Statue is a war machine; attack and defense are its two most important metrics.

“Hey, can’t you see that I’ve miniaturized this Magic Statue?”

Hearing Richard was about to make a move, Anna could no longer hold back her thoughts.

“Ah? Just this? I thought it had other excellent features.” Richard said somewhat embarrassedly.

“It has reduced size, isn’t that a major advantage?” Anna said somewhat angrily, “This Magic Statue’s attributes, compared to your original version, are all stronger and not weaker.

On this basis, reducing its size was already a very big advantage!”

“Uh… so, what exactly is your positioning for this thing, Anna?” Richard asked cautiously looking at the Alchemy Golem.

“Positioning?” Anna asked confusedly.

Richard tapped on the Magic Statue, “The Magic Statue that you researched, Senior Sister, its positioning is as a cheap weapon. Its material is made from Enchanted Stone, which is very affordable. Moreover, the internal structure of the Magic Statue is also very simple, so even if it gets destroyed, it wouldn’t be a big loss.

And like some Magic Statue Armies of Alchemy Great Wizards, those are positioned as elite weaponry. Great Wizards use expensive Alchemy Metal to make Magic Statues, significantly boosting their performance without considering the cost, making them formidable fighters that ordinary wizards can’t contend with.

But your this…”

Richard did not finish his sentence.

If this were the Enlightenment period, Anna’s improvement could be said to be very strong. Back then, Magic Statue technology wasn’t as advanced as it is now, and being able to reduce its size without lowering its attributes would have been a significant improvement.

Releasing this news would have definitely caused crazed scrambles among many Wizard Families.

But now, Magic Statue technology is very mature, and Magic Statues have completed the process from miniaturization to metalization.

Even if these technologies are in the hands of some Alchemy Great Wizards.

One could say that as far as the optimization of Magic Statue size goes, the path was essentially exhausted.

So now, very few wizards delve into researching Magic Statue miniaturization, generally they research transformative Magic Statues.

Like Richard’s Magic Support Vehicle, in a sense, is also a kind of transformative Magic Statue, except that Richard didn’t install autonomous controllers inside.

Moreover, ordinary wizards usually design Magic Statues as guards, focusing firstly on designing their functions and then finding ways to optimize their size, rather than optimizing size first and then adding functions.

Size is simply not as high a priority as functionality.

After hearing Richard’s words, Anna’s face immediately turned unsightly.

With a gloomy face, she looked at the Magic Statue she had toiled over for so many years, not knowing what to do.

What positioning should this thing have? As a cheap weapon, it’s too expensive; as finely crafted weaponry, its data is insufficient; and as a guard, it lacks many functions.

After much thought, Anna heaved a sigh:

“Sigh, I was blinded by that design on the Encrypted Notes.”

“Design blueprint?” Richard recalled the Sheepskin Scroll he had seen twenty years ago, “Anna, did you create this puppet based on the design blueprint?”

“Of course not! I was inspired by that blueprint, then combined it with your Magic Statue to create this one.”

Saying this, Anna took out the Sheepskin Scroll from her pocket.

She was captivated by the contents of the Sheepskin Scroll, forgetting that Magic Statue technology was now very mature.

The work that took her twenty years to complete could now only be considered a part of knowledge reserves.

Seeing the somewhat depressed Anna, Richard didn’t know how to comfort her. He walked over to Anna, wanting to say some encouraging words, but as his eyes wandered, he swallowed all the comforting words.

“That… Senior Sister, could I take a look at that Sheepskin Scroll?”

The depressed Anna handed the Sheepskin Scroll to Richard indifferently: “Take a look if you want, consider it as the cost for borrowing your Magic Statue during this period.”

After receiving the Sheepskin Scroll and seeing what was on it, Richard was sure he had not seen wrong.

The entire internal structure of the Magic Statue was constructed around an Earth Element Core.

“Senior Sister, perhaps there’s still some future for this thing.”

“Hmm!?”

Anna was startled, quickly standing up from the stool.

“What did you find, Junior Brother?”

Richard waved the Sheepskin Scroll in his hand:

“If the internal structural principle of your Magic Statue is similar to what’s on this scroll.

Then a research of mine over these years might just make this Magic Statue a bit more useful.”