Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 335: Chapter 51 Post-War Reconstruction

Because the two Great Wizards reached a reconciliation, the war between the two academies naturally also came to an end.

In this war, the Black Tower Academy lost nearly ten thousand One Ring Wizards, as well as several hundred Second Ring Wizards. Over nearly thirty thousand wizards’ soul boxes were ejected, and the entire academy had to be rebuilt, except for the Central Black Tower.

The losses of the Meteor Star Academy were more than double those of the Black Tower Academy, but a considerable part of those were student soldiers who had never seen the battlefield.

Considering everything, it was the Black Tower Wizard Academy who ended up at a disadvantage.

However, on the level of Great Wizards, the Black Tower Wizard Academy undoubtedly made a killing.

Twenty years after the war ended, the World Mirror reopened, and both academies returned to the Wizard World.

“Sigh, this return is really taking some getting used to.”

Standing outside the Central Black Tower, Richard was suddenly tense due to the thin energy environment of the Wizard World.

Having a life core that’s overly active isn’t all good; fifty years had made Richard’s body accustomed to the high concentration energy environment of the World Mirror.

Now, suddenly returning to the Wizard World, his body produced a series of discomforts.

He estimated it would take about two years to eliminate this reaction.

However, looking at it from another angle, this also meant that if Richard were to go to other harsh environments, he would take only two years to adapt.

“Stop sighing and come over to help!”

Jolod’s voice came from a distance. Because materials from the Mirror World would vanish as soon as they came out, the academy’s reconstruction work did not start there.

Now that they had returned to the Wizard World, the Black Tower Wizard Academy, which lay in ruins, naturally began the reconstruction work.

And in rebuilding the academy, the Alchemy Wizards naturally exerted the most effort.

Therefore, Richard Jolod, the chairman of Richard Jolod’s Commerce, a highly sought-after figure amongst the higher echelons of the White Wizard Army, was now like an earthwork foreman, starting by clearing the ash and then rebuilding the academy.

Before clearing the ash, however, Richard suddenly remembered something.

He detached the pocket from his waist and released the Magic Dwarves that had been feigning death for twenty years.

With the infusion of the Thawing Potion, the dozens of Magic Dwarves soon woke up.

“My lord, is this the real Wizard World?”

Bruto, feeling the scarce energy in the air, couldn’t help but shiver.

“Yes, this is the real Wizard World. Disappointed?”

Bruto shook his head, “Not disappointed, but surprised. The High Priest once said that the Wizard World was left broken and desolate because of a great war.

But I hadn’t imagined that the Wizard World could be so devastated.”

“You’ll get used to it. In a few days, I will take you to see your ancestral lands.”

“Thank you, my lord. But where have our clothes gone?”

Bruto scratched his head awkwardly. As soon as he woke up, he found that the armor and clothes he was wearing, and even his hammer, had all disappeared.

“Um… everything in the Mirror World is a True Illusion; it disappears outside the Mirror World. Wait here, I’ll go find you some clothes.”

Richard also realized this and approached Jolod to inquire if the academy still had any Apprentice Wizard Robes.

“Apprentice Wizard Robes? I’ll give you a slip; go ask Urich, he should still have some.”

“Urich?”

Hearing that familiar name, Richard couldn’t help but reminisce about some “minor incidents” from his apprentice days.

“Haha, that old geezer Urich will have a fantastic expression on his face when he sees you.”

Jolod obviously remembered Richard’s actions from his apprentice days too, and his face broke into a smile.

“By the way, that Joseph you killed back then, he’s now a wizard too—and he’s still alive.”

Richard smiled slightly. The incidents from his apprentice days might have seemed earth-shattering at the time, but recalled centuries later, they barely counted as trifles.

“Alright, I’ll go find Master Urich now.”

“He should be near the original commercial district.”

“Okay.”

In the commercial district, Urich was directing a few Alien Slaves in moving materials. This Second Ring Alchemy Wizard, who had never met Richard, had two shiny heads, one of which was extremely deformed, looking like an alien from ET.

“Are you Master Urich?”

Urich turned around and saw a Second Ring Wizard with life radiation as vigorous as the sun standing behind him.

“You are…”

Urich’s two heads spun rapidly, quickly retrieving information about the face before him.

“You are Richard, Jolod’s student, Richard.”

Urich clearly did not expect Richard to come to him, and as the man who once killed his grandson, after the shock, Urich immediately put on a sour face.

“What are you here for?”

Richard didn’t take much notice of his attitude; due to Jolod’s foresight back then, Richard had hardly ever interacted with Urich and naturally, there was no enmity.

“I need some Apprentice Wizard Robes and came to collect some from the Master.”

“Apprentice Wizard Robes? Where’s your slip?”

Though Urich’s face was sour, he didn’t make things difficult. Apprentice Wizard Robes, after all, belong to the academy, and a wizard collecting items from the academy naturally needed approval from the academy.

Richard handed Urich the slip Jolod had given him, and upon seeing Jolod’s signature, Urich’s face grew even darker.

He pocketed the slip, then pulled out a large box of Apprentice Wizard Robes from another Magic Pocket.

Richard took the box and, with a slight smile to Urich, left.

Watching Richard leave, Urich turned around to face a pile of ruins that hadn’t been cleared yet.

“When are you going to stop hiding, Joseph?”

A head peeked out from behind the rubble, and after seeing Richard walk away, a Two-Headed Wizard like Urich stepped out.

Urich spoke with a trace of frustration, “This is the Academy, not the Wilderness. What are you hiding for?

Could he actually kill you inside the Academy!”

Joseph hung his head low with a languid expression, offering no rebuttal.

He wasn’t scared; he was feeling inferior.

Once, he and Richard had both been prominent figures among the Apprentices, but in just a few hundred years, Richard still stood as a Big Shot among wizards, with the upper echelons of the White Wizard Army clamoring to place orders with him, whereas Joseph was just one of the countless unremarkable Alchemy Wizards.

Wizards are one in a hundred talents, and those who survive their first battle can even be called one in ten thousand.

Sadly, the Wizard World never lacks for geniuses.

Urich saw this and knocked Joseph hard on the head.

“What a fool!”

He could naturally discern his grandson’s thoughts, but to Urich, this was nothing but needless self-torment.

Watching Joseph’s continued lack of response, Urich sighed and dismissed him,

“Go clean up the ruins. Sigh, when will you grow up!”

…

Returning to the side of the Magic Dwarves, many wizards had already taken note of the group of naked Magic Dwarves.

Wizards proficient in natural history recognized the identity of the Magic Dwarves, a race believed to have vanished from the Wizard World and only raised within the Great Wizard’s Secret Realm.

What were they doing at the Black Tower Academy?

But when they saw Richard, their questions instantly vanished.

“So they’re Master Richard’s slaves, no wonder.”

“Master Richard sure is well-connected, even able to acquire native slaves of the Wizard World.”

“I remember these Magic Dwarves are quite proficient in forging. I heard Master Richard owns an Alchemy Workshop. Could it be…”

Richard paid no heed to the whispers, pulling a box of Apprentice Wizard Robes from his Magic Pocket.

“This is all I have for now, make do with these.”

Bruto took the Apprentice Wizard Robes, instantly shocked by the softness of the fabric and the enchantments on them.

“Master, aren’t these a bit too valuable?” Bruto stuttered.

Though the Magic Dwarves were skilled at forging, they were not good at weaving. Their cloth was crude and rough, bearable only because of their thick-skinned nature.

For cloth of the quality of Apprentice Wizard Robes, only High Priests were usually deemed worthy to wear.

Richard laughed, “Don’t worry about it. They’re nothing precious. Just wear them.”

The dwarves took the Apprentice Wizard Robes, their faces revealing shocked expressions, especially the female dwarves.

Among the Magic Dwarves, it was the women who typically did the weaving, and they found such soft fabrics almost unimaginable.

Moreover, each of the Apprentice Wizard Robes even had enchantments on them.

The Wizard Robes were quite large, but on the dwarves, they seemed to fit snugly.

Seeing the Magic Dwarves dressed, Richard chuckled and promptly took them to find Jolod.

“Teacher, I’ve found you a group of helpers.”

Jolod looked down and saw a row of purple-skinned dwarves neatly aligned behind Richard, all dressed in Apprentice Wizard Robes.

“Magic Dwarves! Where did you get these?”

Richard smiled and recounted his experiences in the Mirror World selectively.

After listening to Richard’s narrative, Jolod’s forehead creased slightly.

“So, you’re saying these Magic Dwarves are no different from wizards in the Wizard World? That’s quite unusual, indeed.”

However, after the experience with the Fire Lizard, Jolod’s prejudices against Aliens had greatly diminished. And since the Magic Dwarves also possessed powers bestowed by the Truth Wizard, he found he had nothing more to say.

“But, you should still get the Judicial Department’s Law Enforcement Wizards to mark them. Otherwise, if they have a conflict with a wizard, it could lead to an accident.

You know what I mean.”

Richard nodded, he had thought the same.

Wizard Society might seem modern, with all kinds of well-established laws, but this was all for wizards.

Towards outsiders, wizards are nothing but cruel slave owners.

If an Alien Slave dares to contradict a wizard, it could provoke a thunderous rage.

And suddenly, Richard remembered he seemed to possess a Second Level Honor Medal of the Wizard World.

“Right, teacher, do you know anything about the Second Level Honor Medal of the Wizard World? I slayed a Three Rings Wizard gone mad last time and got a Second Level Honor Medal of the Wizard World.”

“…Say what?”

Jolod dug in his ear, feeling indeed that his age was showing and his hearing not as sharp, hallucinating, even.

Otherwise, how could he hear that Richard had acquired a Second Level Honor Medal of the Wizard World?

A prize so coveted that countless Three Rings Wizards would kill for it and yet not be able to obtain.