Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 308: Chapter 27 Destruction

The design of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy differed from that of the Black Tower Wizard Academy.

The layout of the Black Tower Wizard Academy was like a fan-shaped chart, with one sector for commerce and another for testing. In contrast, the layout of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy resembled a target, with one ring encircling another.

In the outermost part of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy, many Wizard Apprentices resided in the living ring, the inner layer comprised of the teaching and experimental rings, followed inwardly by the commerce ring.

Finally, at the very center of the Academy was the Core Wizard Tower of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy.

This nested ring structure, compared to the fan shape, had no superiority but was easier to modify during wars.

Uniform structures were easier to modify than disorganized ones.

However, since the Meteor Star Wizard Academy was on the offensive side, they didn’t utilize this advantage for the time being.

After avoiding the patrol team on the outermost layer, Richard’s team encountered no further danger.

The only Undead Wizard in the squad even dispensed with his disguise and acted openly within the Academy.

When encountering wizards from the Meteor Star Academy, some younger wizards even performed the Wizard’s Salute to him.

This was one advantage of being an Undead Wizard, most wizards would face-blind upon seeing an Undead Wizard.

Even the Undead Wizards often couldn’t distinguish one from another.

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Their target this trip was a Communication Tower on the teaching ring.

Magic communication wasn’t like Curse Witchcraft, almost mystical in nature; a Magic Message trying to travel from one Crystal Ball to another would inevitably face Magic loss.

The farther apart the two Crystal Balls, the greater the loss.

When the distance between two Crystal Balls was so great that even if the Magic Message completely wore away, it couldn’t reach, a relay station naturally appeared.

As Magic Messages passed through these stations, they would be re-energized, allowing them to travel even farther.

Moreover, in some relay stations operated by the Wizard Commerce, the Magic Messages were altered in frequency or form, significantly extending their transmission distance.

And Richard’s target—the Communication Tower—was similar in function.

In this Mirror World, there were no densely scattered relay stations; all wizards’ Communication Crystal Balls relied on the Academy’s station for long-distance communication.

For dispatched wizards like Richard, their Communication Crystal Balls had become mere receivers; it was foolhardy to try and contact the Academy using the Crystal Balls.

Navigating within the Academy, the squad moved unobstructed and quickly reached the Communication Tower.

Before the onset of Academy warfare, nearly every wizard had obtained a layout map of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy.

This made locating their target remarkably easier for them.

“Everyone, be careful, there might be a Three Rings Wizard stationed inside,” Anka communicated to the team via a Spiritual Message.

Everyone nodded, and then one wizard began to fish something out of his pocket.

The wizard named Bell, a dual schooled in Plastic Energy and Alchemy, was extracting his proud creation—Bell’s Roar.

Bell’s Roar was a timed bomb, its design was beyond Richard’s knowledge.

But according to Bell, it could cause damage equivalent to Ten Thousand Energy Level within its core range and cost only two thousand Magic Essence.

If not for the extremely lengthy time required to detonate it and the fact that even Natives could stop the detonation before it exploded, this bomb could certainly be considered strategic Magic Equipment.

Bell produced three “Bell’s Roars,” each the size of a human head and spherical. Its casing was a layer of dense black metal, which Richard, as an Alchemy Wizard, recognized as a type of magic-resistant metal.

This was presumably a precaution to prevent the bomb from being discovered prematurely.

After exposing the bombs, Bell took out an Alchemy Potion from his pocket and poured it over them; it quickly became viscous upon contact with air.

“Richard, give me a scroll.”

Although Bell didn’t specify, Richard immediately pulled out a scroll of “Existence Fade.”

Bell used the scroll on the three bombs and then grinned at the group.

“Hehe, just wait and watch the fireworks,”

As he spoke, a piercing alarm suddenly sounded throughout the Academy.

Everyone tensed—had they been discovered?

But before they could react, they saw wizards nearby rushing towards another portion of the Academy, showing no intention of heading their way.

“Whew, looks like someone else got caught,” Anka remarked with a smile, watching the departing wizards.

Having someone else draw the wizards of the Meteor Star Academy’s attention was certainly a good thing.

Not wanting to waste this precious opportunity, the group immediately prepared to enter the Communication Tower to plant the three Bell’s Roars.

Each of Bell’s Roars was worth two thousand Magic Essence, and it would have been too wasteful to merely listen to them explode.

Breaking in was always easier the first time. If they couldn’t lure the frontline wizards back during this attempt, a second infiltration would be significantly harder.

There was a thick wooden door beneath the Communication Tower, the only entrance to the tower.

The door featured a brass beast head, which, predictably, was animated. If anyone tried to open the door, the beast head would surely verify their identity.

Richard stepped forward, with an Alchemy Array appearing in his palm.

“I can only block this beast head for thirty seconds; any longer than that, and the Tower Spirit system connected to it will definitely detect something wrong.”

“Don’t worry, thirty seconds is enough,” Bell said with a smile. “We are not slow like mortals.”

After speaking, Richard flew to the front of the beast head and used an alchemy array to temporarily put it to sleep. Richard had learned about this type of metal beast head before—it was an ancient technology widely used during the Enlightenment period by wizards in their Wizard Towers.

These metal beast heads often sealed the souls of wild beasts, whose consciousness and memories were reshaped by wizards and then connected to the tower spirits, serving as a kind of access control system.

This kind of thing also existed in the Black Tower Wizard Academy. When Richard first arrived at the Black Tower Wizard Academy, there was a similar metal beast head on the main door of the dormitory building.

Blocking the beast head, the door of the communication tower opened wide to the squad.

Bell and two wizards entered, each carrying a “Bell’s Roar,” while Anka and the Undead Wizard stayed outside to cover Richard.

Fifteen seconds later, three wizards quickly emerged from the communication tower.

Bell sent a spiritual message to the wizards:

“Let’s go, hurry up. There are two Three Rings Wizards inside, we almost got caught.”

Upon hearing this, everyone didn’t hesitate and immediately retreated outside the Academy.

At that moment, most of the wizards’ attention was drawn away by the discovered unlucky one, making it the perfect time to retreat.

The team members swiftly moved and soon reached the outer patrol area.

Facing the approaching patrol team, the squad didn’t show any sign of nervousness. They stopped and quietly waited for the patrol team to pass by them.

Their concealment had already been proven effective on the way here; the patrol team couldn’t detect them…

Suddenly, the Synthetic Beast led by the patrol team shrieked.

The wizard from the patrol team saw this and immediately sounded the alarm, the whole process took less than a second.

“We’ve been spotted!”

The squad’s wizards immediately swung their Magic Wands, ready to forcibly break through, but a figure moved even faster before them.

“Damn it, everything was fine when we got in, why can’t it be the same on the way out?”

A wizard in a black robe emerged from the shadows, waving his wand and making the shadows on the ground move as if alive, crawling up the legs of the patrol team wizards.

One wizard, entangled by the shadows, suddenly cried out in pain, “Ah! These shadows are eating my flesh!”

Anka recognized the spell-casting wizard and his face fell gloomy.

“Damn, why did we have to run into this disaster?” Beside him, the Undead Wizard also recognized the wizard. His Soul Fire stirred as he said,

“Retreat quickly, don’t bother with hiding now. This is the unlucky Kayang; his presence brings down everyone’s luck around him!”

After speaking, the Undead Wizard didn’t care about the rest of the team and immediately pulled out a White Bone Wand from his sleeve. With a wave of his wand, a surge of Death Energy transformed into a pitch-black arm, grabbing the wizard blocking the Undead Wizard’s path.

In less than five seconds, a One Ring Wizard turned into a pitch-black mummy.

“Unlucky Kayang?”

Richard watched the wizards around him bracing for battle, somewhat bewildered.

Lowering others’ luck? It sounded like a bit of a tall tale…

Just as the Undead Wizard made his move, the team sensed a terrifying surge of Magical Power approaching them rapidly.

“Shit, a Three Rings Wizard is coming.”

Richard’s face turned ashen. Although he didn’t want to admit it, they were indeed quite unlucky at the moment.

The first group that was discovered had drawn away most of the wizards from the Academy. Now, only the Three Rings Wizards could reach Richard’s group in time.

Had Richard’s group not been discovered, this point about timing would have been irrelevant.

But now that they had been spotted, their original advantage instantly turned into a disadvantage.

“Makar, let’s go!”

Richard shouted low and then, using all his might, retreated towards the outside of the Academy.

Upon hearing Richard’s command, Makar immediately took the lead as the vanguard. His Chain Saw Sword emitted a piercing roar, instantly cutting three One Ring Wizards in half at the waist.

Richard didn’t bother finishing them off. After passing over them, he flew deeper into the dense forest.

Richard didn’t even dare use Shadow Shuttling, since according to wizard research, using Shadow Shuttling had a small chance of getting trapped in the shadow cracks.

Although the probability was very low, given the current circumstances, Richard did not want to test out whether the moniker “unlucky Kayang” was truly deserved.

The squad members scattered, making sure to avoid Kayang’s direction as they retreated.

When Kayang saw this sudden group of people, he first paused, then scratched his head with some embarrassment.

He shouted towards the fleeing crowd:

“Sorry for dragging you down.”

After saying this, he swung his wand, and several sun-like fireballs instantly blasted the blocking wizards apart, then with a flash, he disappeared into the dense forest.

A few seconds later, the Three Rings Wizard arrived.

Seeing the corpses on the ground and the moaning patrol team members, the arriving Three Rings Wizard was livid.

“Damn rats!”

He cursed, and then immediately chased into the forest.

And the direction he chased was precisely the direction Kayang had disappeared in.