Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 243: Chapter 27 Chain Saw Sword and Armored Plate

“What… what did you say?”

Richard could sense his voice trembling. This was no mere fragment of Pioneer equipment; it was a genuine single soldier armor provided by the Pioneers to their servant army.

In the hands of any other Wizard, it could have served as a legacy, studied by generations of Wizards for decades, but in Richard’s hands, he could extract all the technology from this thing with the Mysterious Technique Furnace.

Although he might not understand all the technology, being unable to spend gold yet having it as decor at home was still delightful.

But now… it was all gone!

Richard took a deep breath and began to inquire about the circumstances surrounding the World Mushroom. When he found out that the armor had started to self-destruct as soon as it was thrown in, Richard paused and sighed deeply.

The items of the Pioneers certainly weren’t easy captives.

Even if the various structures inside the armor were almost ruined by his alchemical techniques, it could still endure self-destruction.

Settling his emotions, Richard started examining the single soldier armor with a heavy heart.

Although the World Mushroom’s mycelial tentacles absorbed a large portion of the self-destruction, the remaining force still pulverized the operator of the armor into a mix of bone and flesh, causing further destruction to the already jumbled internal structures.

Using Giant Dragon Alchemy, Richard disassembled the armor and separated the components that could trigger the Mysterious Technique Furnace from the scrap parts.

During the disassembly, the mix of flesh and bones of the Fire Lizard flowed out of the cracks in the armor, making Richard regret the loss of a good specimen.

The Fire Lizard was a doomed species; a sample of a Third Level Fire Lizard would surely be unobtainable in the future.

The mycelial tentacles absorbed those flesh and bones as nutrients cleanly, as the World Mushroom was not picky about its nutrients.

Repairing the armor took Richard a month. Throughout this process, Richard unexpectedly discovered that the destruction he caused to the armor structure to capture the Holy Guard Army had actually reduced some of the destructive power during the self-destruction.

Some components within were surprisingly not destroyed and even retained their complete structure.

This result delighted Richard beyond measure.

After the disassembly, Richard successfully gathered a pile of metal scrap. Although the material was of high quality, the patterns on it were utterly destroyed.

Even so, Richard planned to use this scrap in something like the outer shell of an Alchemy Golem.

The scrap from the Pioneer civilization was a treasure to Richard.

Apart from the scrap, the remnants were elements that involved Pioneer technology.

Two components in the armor still had refining functions. One was an arc chain saw sword disassembled from the armor’s left arm.

[Ingredient: Arc Chain Saw Sword]

[Refinable Information: Chain Saw Sword Design Diagram]

[Refining Cost: 70 spiritual power]

This device had a formidable ability to penetrate both physical and energy defenses. Even the Magic Barrier of a Three Rings Wizard could hardly withstand its continued assault.

But the downside was its ridiculously high energy consumption.

Richard tried to activate the chain saw sword with his magic, but his entire magic reserve as a Second Ring Wizard could only support the use of the sword for thirty seconds.

This energy consumption was astonishingly high.

Aside from the chain saw sword, another functional component was the Shield Generator, which seemed to have been located next to the Power Furnace initially. However, due to Richard’s damage, it was blocked by many twisted parts, retaining only partial functionality.

[Ingredient: Damaged Shield Generator]

[Refinable Information: Shield Generator Design Diagram (Partially Incomplete)]

[Refining Cost: 200 spiritual power]

It was another massive energy consumer; Richard’s overdrawn magic could only power it on for two seconds.

Apart from these two components, Richard also found a repaired armored plate on the outer layer of the armor.

On this armored plate, Richard found the technology for making the material of the armored plate.

[Ingredient: Unknown Battle Armor’s Armored Plate]

[Refinable Information: Special Steel Manufacture]

[Refining Cost: 50 spiritual power]

[Refinable Information: Giant Dragon Alchemy Tree Pattern]

[Refining Cost: 20 spiritual power]

[Refinable Information: Giant Dragon Alchemy (Incomplete)]

[Refining Cost: 20 spiritual power]

Looking at the benefits this single soldier armor brought him, the heartache from its destruction was suppressed.

Though he did not find the Power Furnace and central control chip he desired, the information from these components was still pretty good. Judging from the refining cos

According to this information, given enough resources, Richard could amass a chain saw sword using Giant Dragon Alchemy.

After meditating for a while, Richard began the refining process again.

This time, it was the creation of special steel.

“Refine.”

The weight of the hammer had been reduced significantly, allowing Richard to also refine the skills and patterns of Giant Dragon Alchemy.

The effect of the pattern was simple, similar to the Wizard’s defensive enchantments.

However, when combined with the strong metal produced by Giant Dragon Alchemy, it improved the armor plate’s capability to withstand forces dramatically.

A fireball from a five-thousand energy level Fire Wizard struck the armor plate leaving no mark. While it wasn’t solely due to the armor plate, it still accounted for sixty percent of this capacity.

Following the pattern was the skill of Giant Dragon Alchemy. The skills of a repair artisan from many years ago were nothing short of miraculous; even his incomplete skills left Richard in awe.

Blending his expertise, Richard’s skill in Giant Dragon Alchemy immediately advanced to a new height. Solely in terms of proficiency and technology mastery, Richard’s Giant Dragon Alchemy even surpassed Wizard Alchemy.

Once the refinement of the Giant Dragon Alchemy skills was complete, Richard lay on the ground, quietly watching the sky of the Secret Realm.

In his mind, the knowledge extracted from the parts of the battle armor constantly swirled, clashing with Pioneer and Wizard knowledge.

A sense of satisfaction surged in his heart.

Soon, Richard stood up from the ground and approached the pile of scrap materials.

The materials in the scrap pile were of excellent quality, just with damaged patterns. Now that Richard had the patterns, it was the perfect opportunity to practice.

Richard picked up a piece of scrap, enveloping it with Alchemy power as he entered a spiritual state.

Under Richard’s skillful manipulation, the scrap quickly transformed, and golden patterns blossomed upon it.

Soon, the scrap turned into a neat armor plate. The intricate patterns looked dense, and under the light, they shimmered with golden brilliance. To the unfamiliar eye, these lines might seem like some opulent decorative pattern.

After tossing the armor plate aside, Richard sat down heavily on the ground.

Engaging the patterns drained more spiritual power than Richard anticipated; a palm-sized armor plate nearly exhausted his remaining spiritual power. Moreover, unlike Wizard Alchemy, once started, the pattern engraving of Giant Dragon Alchemy couldn’t be stopped, somewhat akin to certain processes in creating Magic Equipment.

After meditating to restore some spiritual power, Richard picked up the armor plate. Using Magic Hand, he levitated it and casually threw two Hearts of Annihilation towards it.

Buzz!

The spherical black hole created by the Hearts of Annihilation swallowed the armor plate momentarily.

Once the black hole disappeared, the armor plate fell to the ground, and Richard went to inspect it, finding no damage. However, when he touched it, he felt that the armor plate was terribly hot.

He conducted further tests on the armor plate against blunt force, shock waves, and low temperatures.

With the enhancements from the patterns, the armor plate displayed impressive resistance to elemental attacks, with two thousand energy level Hearts of Annihilation having no effect. However, against physical attacks like blunt force, the armor plate’s performance was not satisfactory.

The armor plate lacked energy absorption capability and was not particularly hard; blunt force damage exceeding a thousand energy levels could deform the armor plate and thereby affect the pattern’s efficacy.

Richard speculated that in the original battle armor, these armor plates likely had other enchantment-like methods that could reduce the impact force received.

Of course, it was also possible that the original armor’s patterns were not the same one Richard had acquired.

After all, Richard had obtained the patterns from armor plates that were repaired by later generations. Looking at the current craftsmanship of the Fire Lizards, it seemed their techniques had degraded significantly over time.

Using slightly inferior patterns for repairs was quite normal.

After all, these Fire Lizards no longer even knew how to activate shields.

After testing the armor plate, Richard engaged in deep meditation to fully recover his spiritual power.

Then, he left the Secret Realm and plunged towards the Wizard-controlled area through the Magma Sea.

“Master, Balashar is growing more suspicious of me.”

In the basement of Linksa’s Eye office, Toin humbly stood before his much shorter Wizard.

The Wizard’s body continuously emitted chaotic magic fluctuations, which were virtually impossible for any Three Rings Wizard—unless he was severely injured.

Theodore looked at the lowly Fire Lizard before him, somewhat irritably said,

“I know, go apply for a transfer, and let’s leave this accursed place.”

Hearing this, Toin turned to leave, but suddenly Theodore stopped him.

“What’s the matter with your head?”

On Toin’s forehead, there was a patch of freshly grown small scales.

Frozen, Toin turned back, trembling, and said, “It happened when I was on a mission, I bumped into something.”

“You lost the scales of a Second Level Fire Lizard so easily?”

“It happened when I bumped into a scimitar. We were playing dress-up, and Bili was dressed as a Palace Guard.”

“…Alright then, you can go.”

As Toin walked out of the basement, he touched the new scales on his forehead.

Beneath that patch of scales, a nail that could temporarily shield the Soul Seed’s control had once been embedded.

“Finally, I can leave this place.”